2018 Chemistry Seminars
November 29, 2018
Ruma Banerjee
University of Michigan Medical School
Title: "The Road Less Traveled: How Coordination Chemistry Controls Cofactor Trafficking”
November 15, 2018
Leslie Aldrich
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Development of performance-diverse, natural product-inspired libraries for novel probe discovery"
November 8, 2018
Vladimir Gevorgyan
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Temporary Tether Strategy for C-H Functionalization"
October 18, 2018
Ludo Juurlink
Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Title: "The two faces of steps in the reaction of O2 with Pt."
October 11, 2018
DENKEWALTER LECTURE
Please note this lecture will be at 5:30 p.m.
Neal Devaraj
University of California, San Diego
Title: "Peering into the Lipid World"
October 4, 2018
Kathryn Renyer
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Transport of Toxic Compounds by Environmental Microplastics"
September 27, 2018
Daniel J. Mindiola
University of Pennsylvania
Title: "Using transition metal complexes to deprotonate methane, dehydrocouple to olefins and borylate it"
September 20, 2018
Stefan Tsonchev
Northeastern Illinois University
Title: "Theory and Modeling of Supramolecular Self-Assembly"
September 13, 2018
Irv Levy
Gordon College-Wenham, MA
Title: "Chemistry's Grand Transformation: The Green Chemistry Commitment"
September 6, 2018
Dan Catlin
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Single Molecule Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer(smFRET)to detect Oligomerization and DNA Conformational Changes Induced by the Transcription Factor GabR"
August 30, 2018
Kyle Grice
DePaul University
Title: "Elucidating the Mechanism of CO2 Reduction to CO by Group 6 M(CO)6 Species"
April 26, 2018
Daniela Andrei
Dominican University
Title: "Diazeniumdiolates as NO(nitric oxide) and HNO (nitroxyl) donors"
April 19, 2018
Ellen Yezierksi
Miami University-Ohio
Title: "Characterizing Chemistry Teachers' Data-Driven Inquiry Practices: A Chemistry-Centered Approach"
April 12,02018
Ramesh Jasti
University of Oregon
Title: "Nanohoops as New Architectures in Molecular and Materials Design"
April 5, 2018
Yuanzhang Zheng
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Crystal structure of Klebsiella Pneumoniae YczR, the transcriptional activator of domain of unknown function 161 (DUF161)"
March 29, 2018
Tom Jackson
Penn State
Title: "Thin Film Transistors for Flexible and Large Area Applications"
March 22, 2018
Heather B. Mayes
University of Michigan
Title: "Simulating Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions to Bridge the Gap Between Human Chemical Intuition and Molecular Biophysics"
March 15, 2018
John Albazi
Northeastern IL
Title: "The Power of Drylab® Modeling Software in Method Development and Robustness Validation for Separation of Seven Pharmaceutical Active Ingredients Using Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography"
March 1, 2018
Hiral Patel
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Regulation of bacterial glycogen synthesis: Structure-function relationship of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase"
February 22, 2018
Jixin Chen
Ohio University
Title : "Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Single-Molecule Studies"
February 15, 2018
Justin Mohr
University Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Regio- and Stereocontrol with Anions and Radicals"
February 8, 2018
Victor Ryzkof
Northern IL University, DeKalb, IL
Title: "Structure and Reactivity of Peptide Radical Ions"
February 1, 2018
Gregory Dye
Loyola University Chicago
"Principles of Surface Chemistry Central to the Reactivity of Organic Semiconductor Materials"
January 25, 2018
Dejan Nikolic
UIC
Title: "Structure Elucidation of Natural Products Using Mass Spectrometry: a UIC Perspective"
January 18, 2018
Daesung Lee
UIC
Title: "New Chemistry of Ruthenium Alkylidenes beyond Metathesis"
November 29, 2018
Ruma Banerjee
University of Michigan Medical School
Title: "The Road Less Traveled: How Coordination Chemistry Controls Cofactor Trafficking”
November 15, 2018
Leslie Aldrich
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Development of performance-diverse, natural product-inspired libraries for novel probe discovery"
November 8, 2018
Vladimir Gevorgyan
University of Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Temporary Tether Strategy for C-H Functionalization"
October 18, 2018
Ludo Juurlink
Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Title: "The two faces of steps in the reaction of O2 with Pt."
October 11, 2018
DENKEWALTER LECTURE
Please note this lecture will be at 5:30 p.m.
Neal Devaraj
University of California, San Diego
Title: "Peering into the Lipid World"
October 4, 2018
Kathryn Renyer
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Transport of Toxic Compounds by Environmental Microplastics"
September 27, 2018
Daniel J. Mindiola
University of Pennsylvania
Title: "Using transition metal complexes to deprotonate methane, dehydrocouple to olefins and borylate it"
September 20, 2018
Stefan Tsonchev
Northeastern Illinois University
Title: "Theory and Modeling of Supramolecular Self-Assembly"
September 13, 2018
Irv Levy
Gordon College-Wenham, MA
Title: "Chemistry's Grand Transformation: The Green Chemistry Commitment"
September 6, 2018
Dan Catlin
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Single Molecule Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer(smFRET)to detect Oligomerization and DNA Conformational Changes Induced by the Transcription Factor GabR"
August 30, 2018
Kyle Grice
DePaul University
Title: "Elucidating the Mechanism of CO2 Reduction to CO by Group 6 M(CO)6 Species"
April 26, 2018
Daniela Andrei
Dominican University
Title: "Diazeniumdiolates as NO(nitric oxide) and HNO (nitroxyl) donors"
April 19, 2018
Ellen Yezierksi
Miami University-Ohio
Title: "Characterizing Chemistry Teachers' Data-Driven Inquiry Practices: A Chemistry-Centered Approach"
April 12,02018
Ramesh Jasti
University of Oregon
Title: "Nanohoops as New Architectures in Molecular and Materials Design"
April 5, 2018
Yuanzhang Zheng
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Crystal structure of Klebsiella Pneumoniae YczR, the transcriptional activator of domain of unknown function 161 (DUF161)"
March 29, 2018
Tom Jackson
Penn State
Title: "Thin Film Transistors for Flexible and Large Area Applications"
March 22, 2018
Heather B. Mayes
University of Michigan
Title: "Simulating Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions to Bridge the Gap Between Human Chemical Intuition and Molecular Biophysics"
March 15, 2018
John Albazi
Northeastern IL
Title: "The Power of Drylab® Modeling Software in Method Development and Robustness Validation for Separation of Seven Pharmaceutical Active Ingredients Using Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography"
March 1, 2018
Hiral Patel
Loyola University Chicago
Title: "Regulation of bacterial glycogen synthesis: Structure-function relationship of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase"
February 22, 2018
Jixin Chen
Ohio University
Title : "Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Single-Molecule Studies"
February 15, 2018
Justin Mohr
University Illinois at Chicago
Title: "Regio- and Stereocontrol with Anions and Radicals"
February 8, 2018
Victor Ryzkof
Northern IL University, DeKalb, IL
Title: "Structure and Reactivity of Peptide Radical Ions"
February 1, 2018
Gregory Dye
Loyola University Chicago
"Principles of Surface Chemistry Central to the Reactivity of Organic Semiconductor Materials"
January 25, 2018
Dejan Nikolic
UIC
Title: "Structure Elucidation of Natural Products Using Mass Spectrometry: a UIC Perspective"
January 18, 2018
Daesung Lee
UIC
Title: "New Chemistry of Ruthenium Alkylidenes beyond Metathesis"