Chemistry

Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule

Seminars are usually held on Thursdays at 5 p.m. in room 140 in the Olin Physical Sciences Building except when noted otherwise.  Faculty, students and the general public are welcome and all chemistry students are strongly encouraged to attend.  We hope to see you there.

Seminar dates will be updated throughout the semester.

January 10 OPEN
January 17 OPEN
January 24 OPEN
January 31 OPEN
February 7 OPEN
February 14 Dr. Mathias O. Senge, Trinity College, Dublin
Porphyrin Chemistry with a Twist – Conformational Control as a Design Principle and Synthetic Tool
February 19 Dr. David M. Bartels, University of Notre Dame
Properties and Reactions of H atoms, OH radicals, and Hydrated Electrons in Hot, Pressurized Water
February 28 OPEN
March 6 Spring Break
March 13 Dr. Matthias Stender, ATMI Inc., Danbury CT
Novel Materials for Phase Change Memory Applications - A Tale of Germanium Chemistry
March 20

OPEN
March 27 Mr. Bello Illiassou, Florida Tech
"Hydrogen Production by Thermochemical Water Splitting Cycles"
March 28, 4 p.m.,
Room 144		 Dr. Andrew Knight, Loyola University
Cobalt(III) complexes as artificial endonucleases and anti-viral agents
March 31, 4 p.m.,
Dr. Vadim Soloshonok, Oklahoma University
TBA
April 3 2007-2008 H. A. Blatt Seminar
Dr. Alan Katritzky, University of Florida
Recent Work on the Synthesis of Peptides and Peptide Conjugates
April 10

Ms. Antoinette Macchia, Florida Tech
Thesis defense: Analysis of Binary Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers by DART-MS
April 17 Dr. William F. Carroll, Occidental Chemical Corporation
From Garbage to Stuff 
April 24

Ms. Margot Zaccardi, Florida Tech
Undergraduate thesis: Preparation of Electrochemically Etched Au Tips for Ambient Instructional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Mr. Tycho Spadaro, Florida Tech
Design of, and Approaches to, 2,18-Dithia[3](1,8)carbazolo[3](3.5)pyridinophane

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