Friday, August 28, 2009, DO-202 (2:30-3:00 pm)

Ms. Sarah K. Clark

UNCW Career Center

"Careers in Chemistry"

UNCW Career Center's Website

Introduction by: Aleksandra Kirk

 

Friday, September 4, 2009, DO-202 (2:30-3:00 pm)

Dr. Robert J. Kieber

Graduate Coordinator, Department of Chemistry

UNCW
"UNCW Graduate Program in Chemistry"

Abstract of Dr. Kieber's Seminar

Introduction by: Jennifer Wilent

 

Friday, September 11, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Akbar Salam

Department of Chemistry

Wake Forest University
"Long-Range Interparticle Forces:

Molecular Quantum Electrodynamical Theory"

Dr. Salam's Website

Abstract of Dr. Salam's Seminar

Introduction by: Michael Anhorn

 

Friday, September 18, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Randy Thummel

Department of Chemistry

University of Houston

"Designing Ligands to Capture the Sun"
Dr. Thummel's Website

Abstract of Dr. Thummel's Seminar

Introduction by: Ashley Carolan

 

Friday, September 25, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Bruce M. Novak

Department of Chemistry

North Carolina State University

"Tunable Polarizers: +359° to -359° Using a Single Macromolecule"
Dr. Novak's Website

Abstract of Dr. Novak's Seminar

Introduction by: Angie Johnson

 

Friday, October 2, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Vladimir Sidorov

Virginia Commonwealth University

"Supramolecular Receptors in Chemical Biology:
From Biomembrane Assays to Drug Delivery Vehicles"

Dr. Sidorov's Website

Abstract of Dr. Sidorov's Seminar

Introduction by: Laura Huskins

 

Friday, October 9, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Stephen A. Thomson

GlaxoSmithKline, RTP

"Discovery of Glycogen Phosphorylase Inhibitors

for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes"

GSK's Website

Abstract of Dr. Thomson's Seminar

Introduction by: Sterling Wheaten

 

Friday, October 16, 2009, DO-202 (2:00-2:30 pm; NOTE TIME CHANGE!)

Ms. Sarah K. Clark

UNCW Career Center

"Resume Writing Workshop"

UNCW Career Center's Website

Introduction by: Todd Doroski

 

Friday, October 16, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. James P. Morken

Department of Chemistry

Boston College

"Dimetallation Reactions in Organic Synthesis"

Dr. Morken's Website

Abstract of Dr. Morken's Seminar

Introduction by: Dr. Jeremy Morgan

 

Friday, October 23, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Chris Osburn

Department of Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

North Carolina State University

"Photobiogeochemical Cycling of Dissolved Organic Matter 

in Coastal Waters"
Dr. Osburn's Website

Abstract of Dr. Osburn's Seminar

Introduction by: Michael Fritz

 

Friday, October 30, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Siddhartha Mitra

Department of Geological Sciences

East Carolina University

"Using Organic Molecules to Study the Relationship between Climate and Carbon Sequestration"
Dr. Mitra's Website

Abstract of Dr. Mitra's Seminar

Introduction by: Rigel Kishton

 

Friday, November 6, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Lesley H. Greene  (POSTPONED)

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Old Dominion University
Dr. Greene's Website

Abstract of Dr. Greene's Seminar

Introduction by: Jonathan Walter

 

Friday, November 13, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. Lawrence J. Marnett

Department of Chemistry

Vanderbilt University

"4000 Years and We Might Finally Know How Non-Steroidal

Anti-inflammatory Drugs Work"

Dr. Marnett's Website

Abstract of Dr. Marnett's Seminar

Introduction by: Matt Beyersdorf

 

Friday, November 20, 2009, DO-202 (3:00 pm)

Dr. D. Allan Butterfield

Department of Chemistry

University of Kentucky

"Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration in Brain from Subjects with Alzheimer Disease: Role of Amyloid Beta-Peptide (1-42) and Insights from Redox Proteomics"
Dr. Butterfield's Website

Abstract of Dr. Butterfield's Seminar

Introduction by: Sean Miller