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Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Hours: 8:00-4:30 (M-F)
812-237-2239 (phone)
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Spring 2008 Seminar Series

Our chemistry seminar series meets in Science 061 at 11:00 AM on Tuesdays. Students interested in attending graduate school are encouraged to meet with the academic seminar speakers on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Date Speaker
Jan 8 Chem 399/499 Initial Meeting
Jan 15 No seminar
Jan 22 No Seminar
Jan 29 David Harvey, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, DePauw University, "BCR Sequential Extraction for the Analysis of Indiana Lake Sediments"
Feb 5 Chem 399/499 presentations
Feb 12 Brian Dian, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, "Ultrabroadband Rotational Spectroscopy: Novel Applications of a Shape-Sensitive Detector"
Feb 19 Amar Flood, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University-Bloomington, "Building Molecular Devices"
Feb 26 Chem 399/499 presentations
Mar 4 Departmental spring luncheon; no seminar
Mar 11 Spring break; no seminar
Mar 18 Mark Anklam, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, "Inhibition of Natural Gas Hydrates in Gas Pipelines"
Mar 25 John Swez, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana State University, "Memoirs of the ISU Radiation Laboratory"
Apr 1 Chem 399/499 presentations
Apr 8 National ACS meeting; no seminar
Apr 15 Tami Bond, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, "From Hearth to Heavens: Carbon Particles from Solid Fuel Combustion and their Implications for Climate"
Apr 22 Chem 399/499 presentations
Apr 29 Chem 399/499 presentations

Fall 2007 Seminar Series

 
Date Speaker
Sep 11 Zachary Aron, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, "The Chemical and Biological Synthesis of Natural Products."
Sep 18 Catherine Pilachowski, Department of Astronomy, Indiana University, "Finding Dusky Disks with Spitzer."
Sep 25 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Oct 2 Mark Brandt, Department of Chemistry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, "Do Proteins Get Drunk? Effects of Alcohols on the Estrogen Receptor Ligand-Binding Domain."
Oct 9 No seminar.
Oct 16 Aleeta Powe, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, "Structural Determination of Oligosaccharides."
Oct 23 Uwe Hansen, Department of Physics, Indiana State University, "Fizziks is Phun, Hands-On Acoustics Experiments."
Oct 30 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Nov 6 No seminar.
Nov 13 No seminar.
Nov 20 David Ceperley, Department of Physics, University of Illinois, "Computer Methods Based on Path Integrals for Understanding Superfluids."
Nov 27 Robert Hudson, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, "Methylmercury in Wetlands of the Grand Calumet Watershed."
Dec 4 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations

Spring 2007 Seminar Series

 
Date Speaker
Jan 9 Chem 399/499 Initial Meeting
Jan 16 Kyungsoo Oh, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IUPUI, "Tandem Cycloaddition Reactions in Natural Product Synthesis"
Jan 23 No Seminar
Jan 30 Seminar Cancelled
Feb 6 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Feb 13 No Seminar
Feb 20 Heather Rypkema, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, "Rapid On-site Soil Analysis in Survey Archaeology"
Feb 27 No Seminar
Mar 6 Spring Break; No Seminar
Mar 13 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Mar 20 Robert Sammelson, Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, "Reductive Alkylations, Cycloadditions, and Other Carbon-Carbon Bond Formations"
Mar 27 ACS Meeting; No Seminar
Apr 3 Shawn Hitchcock, Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University, "The Development of Structurally Novel Templates for Asymmetric Synthesis: The Oxadiazinones, Oxadiazines, and Related Heterocycles"
Apr 10 Dr. Daniel T. Wong, "Pre-clinical Studies Toward Mechanisms to Augment Antidepressant Effects of Current Medications"
Apr 17 Lane Baker, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, "Nanoscale Electrochemistry"
Apr 24 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
May 1 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations

Fall 2006 Seminar Series

 
Date Speaker
Sep 12 Steve Wolf, ISU Chemistry Department, "Meteorites and the Early Solar System: Volatile Trace Element Distribution in Primitive Carbonaceous Chondrites"
Sep 19 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Oct 10 Michael Nantz, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, "New Approaches and Materials for Non-Viral Gene Therapy"
Oct 17 Christopher Leamon, Vice President, Research, Endocyte, Inc., "Applications of Folate-Targeted Technology for the Treatment of Cancer and Immune Diseases"
Oct 24 Greg Sides, Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, "Pharmaceutical Drug Development" (ISU Chemistry alum)
Oct 31 Student Presentations
Nov 7 Peter Coppinger, Department of Applied Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, "Biochemical Oddities of a Pathogen Defense Protein"
Nov 14 Allan Pinhas, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, "The Conversion of N-Alkyl Aziridines to 1,2-Diamines, Oxazolidinones, Benzodiazepines, and b -Lactams"
Nov 28 Bradley Scates, Department of Chemistry, Indiana State University, "Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of the Steroid Derivative Dankasterone"
Dec 5 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations

Spring 2006 Seminar Series

 
Date Speaker
Jan 10 Chem 399/499 Initial Meeting
Jan 17 Mark Mason, University of Toledo, "Green Chemistry: What is it?."
Jan 24 Kevin Moeller, Washington University, "You Want to Build it Where? Using Electrochemistry to Solve Problems of Location."
Jan 31 Mark Watson, University of Kentucky, "Organic Electronic Materials Built from Arene/Perfluoroarene Units."
Feb 7 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Feb 14 Valarie Jacobsen, ISU Career Center
Feb 21 D. Scott Coffey, Eli Lilly, "Chemical Process Research and Development at Lilly: An Introduction and a Case Study." (Careers at Lilly)
Feb 28 Thomas Prisinzano, University of Iowa Pharmacy School, "Development of Novel Tools for the Chemical Biology of Opioid Receptors."
Mar 7 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Mar 14 Spring Break, No Seminar
Mar 21 Seminar cancelled due to uncertain weather
Mar 28 National ACS Meeting, No Seminar
Apr 4 TBA
Apr 11 Alan Kozikowski, University of Illinois Chicago, "Chemistry and Biology of Natural Product-Derived Molecules Targeted to the Brain"
Apr 18 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations
Apr 25 Chem 399/499 Student Research Presentations