CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES
Fall 2011
Seminars
are on Fridays from 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM
in Diamond 122 except when noted otherwise.
Link to tips for a successful
presentations
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September 9 |
Organizational Meeting
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September 16 |
Zac Helm, University of Maine
"Determining oceanic iron concentrations using a bio-based sensor"
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September 23 |
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September 30 |
Dr. Nicholas Bizier, Colby College
"Hops 101: An Introduction to Hops and Beer Chemistry"
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October 7 |
Special Chemistry-Biology Joint Seminar:
1:00 pm, Olin 1
Professor Craig Townsend, Johns Hopkins University
"Chemistry at the Interface of Biology and Medicine. How Inhibition of Fatty Acid Synthesis has led to Therapeutic Approaches to Tuberculosis, Cancer, and Obesity
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October 13 |
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October 21 |
Professor Anthony Chianese, Colgate University
"Alkane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by CCC-Pincer Complexes of Iridium"
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October 28 |
Special 3:00 pm start time, Keyes 105 Professor Patricia O'Hara, Amherst College
"The Chemistry of Oleo Europa - The Olive: How does one fit one extra virgin, two warring gods, and three fatty acid esters into a chemistry talk for family weekend?"
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November 4 |
Professor D. Whitney King, Colby College
"The Great Belt Cruise - 36 days, 6000 miles, and 120 sampling stations: Measuring everything from Humpback Whales to reactive oxygen species"
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November 11 |
Special 3:00 pm start time, Keyes 105
Professor Christine Thomas, Brandeis University
"Multielectron Redox Transformations & Small Molecule Activation Facilitated by Early/Late Heterobimetallics"
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November 18 |
Senior Presentations:
Lindsay Dale, Michael Verschoor-Kirss, and Vanesa Silvestri
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December 2 |
Senior Presentations:
Josie Thiele, Erin Powers, and Emily Kaye
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December 9 |
Senior Presentations:
Catherine Gallagher, Alex Hymanson, and Kristina Blazanovic
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