Past Seminars and Colloquia

Total Synthesis Using Enzymes: The Case of 6-Deoxyerythronolide B Synthase

Organic Seminar
Friday, May 16, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Fehmi Timur Senguen
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Chemistry and Biology of Inteins

Organic Seminar
Friday, May 09, 2008
12:30 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Naomi Lee
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Physical Organic Chemistry on the Brain

Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
California Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

The Cation-π Interaction: A New View of Benzene and the Aromatic Amino Acids

Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
California Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Chemical-Scale Studies of the Nicotine Receptor

Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Monday, April 28, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Dennis A. Dougherty
California Institue of Technology
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

From Heterocyclic Peptide Mimics to New Reactions of Highly Electron-Deficient Heterocumulenes

Organic Seminar
Friday, April 25, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor José S. Madalengoitia
University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry

The Structural Basis of Biological Nitrogen Fixation

Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Douglas Rees
California Institute of Technology
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Canceled          Canceled          Canceled

Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes of Self-Assembled Inorganic Nanomaterials

Other
Monday, April 21, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor David Watson
University at Buffalo
Department of Chemistry

New Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Heterocycles

Organic Seminar
Friday, April 18, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor John P. Wolfe
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry

Ultrafast Energy and Electron Transfer Processes in Photosynthetic Complexes

Colloquium
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Robert E. Blankenship
Washington University
Department of Biology and Chemistry

Semi-classical Description of Breathers

Physical Seminar
Monday, April 14, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Kirill Igumenshchev
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Cross-Coupling Reactions via Directed Carbometalation: Reaction Development and Applications

Organic Seminar
Friday, April 04, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Glenn Micalizio
Yale University
Department of Chemistry

Understanding Heavy Metal-Protein Interactions Using a De Novo Design Strategy

Colloquium
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Vincent L. Pecoraro
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry

An Overview of Solution Based Semiconductor Nanowires

Physical Seminar
Monday, March 31, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Masaru Kuno
University of Notre Dame
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Developing New Reactions Using Carbene Catalysis

Organic Seminar
Friday, March 28, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Karl A. Scheidt
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry

Understanding the Kinetics of Spin-Forbidden Chemical Reactions

Colloquium
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Jeremy Harvey
University of Bristol, UK
School of Chemistry

Developments in Fuel Cell Technology

Other
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
4:00 PM, Goergen Hall 101 (Sloan Aud.)

Professor Hector Abruna
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Metal-Organic Hybrid Materials For Catalytic and Biomedical Applications

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, March 24, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Wenbin Lin
University of North Carolina
Department of Chemistry

Protein Stabilization: Side Chain Length of Charged Amino Acids and Highly Fluorinated Amino Acids

Organic Seminar
Friday, March 21, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Richard Cheng
SUNY at Buffalo
Department Of Chemistry

Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy

Other
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
3:30 PM, Hutchison Hall, Hubbell Aud.

Professor Daniel G. Nocera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Powering the Planet: The Challenge for Chemistry in the 21st Century

Other
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
7:30 PM, Goergen Hall 101 (Sloan Aud.)

Professor Daniel G. Nocera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Making and Breaking of C-H, C-F and C-N Bonds Utilizing Titanium-Carbon Linkages. A Synthetic and Mechanistic Study.

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, March 17, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Daniel J. Mindiola
Indiana University
Department of Chemistry

Study and Applications of Small Strained Heterocyclic Synthons

Organic Seminar
Friday, March 07, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Jon Njardarson
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Minimal Amino Acid and Peptide-Based Catalysts for Organic Synthesis

Colloquium
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Scott J. Miller
Yale University
Department of Chemistry

Exploring Conductance Switching Properties of Molecular Scale Devices - A Computational Approach

Physical Seminar
Monday, March 03, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Barry D. Dunietz
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry

Total Synthesis of Phorboxazole A Revisited: Discovery of The More Potent Cogener, (+)-Chlorophorboxazole A

Organic Seminar
Friday, February 29, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchinson Hall 473

Abdallah Bitar
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Probing Dynamics in the Far-Infrared with THz Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy

Colloquium
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Charles Schmuttenmaer
Yale University
Department of Chemistry

Inorganic Nanocrystals: from Molecular Chemistry to Supramolecular Chemistry

Physical Seminar
Monday, February 25, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchinson Hall 473

Professor Y. Charles Cao
University of Florida
Department of Chemistry

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Thiazolium-Catalyzed Additions of Acylsilanes

Organic Seminar
Friday, February 22, 2008
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

John Miller
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

I. C-CN vs. C-H Activation of Nitriles Using Nickel(0); II. New Heterocycles Syntheses Catalyzed by Transition Metals and Brønsted Acids

SYCAM Seminar
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Ting Li and Kevin Cariou, Ph.D.
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Synthesis and Chemistry of Iridium Complexes Containing Chiral Diphosphine Ligands: Oxidative Addition to Iridium(I) Systems and Catalytic Activity of the Electrophilic Iridium(III) Complexes

Ph.D. Defense
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
2:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Abdurrahman C. Atesin
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Switchable Nano-Containers: Synthesis and Structural Properties

Organic Seminar
Thursday, February 07, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Laura Shirtcliff, Ph.D.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Department of Chemistry

From Alkyne Metathesis to Graphitic Materials: A Story of Application of Chemistry in Materials Science

Organic Seminar
Monday, February 04, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Wei Zhang, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

A Synthesis of the Furanosteroid Viridin and Investigations of Group 10 Transition Metal Catalysis and Mechanism

Organic Seminar
Thursday, January 31, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Erik Alexanian, Ph.D.
University of Illinois, Urbana
Department of Chemistry

Chemical Probes to Explore Protein and Metabolite Function

Organic Seminar
Monday, January 28, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Erin Carlson, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry

Metal Reagents for Biological Sensing and Chemotherapeutic Applications

Inorganic Seminar
Thursday, January 24, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Mi Hee Lim, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Exploiting engineered P450 enzymes for alternative fuel production and synthetic applications

Organic Seminar
Monday, January 21, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Rudi Fasan, Ph.D.
California Insitute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Adventures in Natural Products

Organic Seminar
Thursday, January 17, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Kyle Eastman, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry

The Development of a Large-Scale Synthesis of tert-Butanesulfinamide and New Rh- and Ir-Catalyzed Enantioselective Transformations

Organic Seminar
Monday, January 14, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Daniel Weix, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Urbana
Department of Chemistry

I. Homogeneous Iron Catalysts with Redox Non-Innocent Ligands: Synthesis and Electronic Structure; II. Sterically Pressured Uranium Complexes for Small Molecule Activation

Inorganic Seminar
Thursday, January 10, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Suzanne Bart, Ph.D.
Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany
Department of Chemistry

Synthetic Modeling of Cytochrome c Oxidase & Design of Programmable Anticancer Agents

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, January 07, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Eunsuk Kim, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Teaching Old Enzymes New Tricks

Organic Seminar
Thursday, January 03, 2008
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Kenneth Woycechowsky, Ph.D.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Department of Chemistry

Chemical Tools for Glycobiology

Organic Seminar
Monday, December 17, 2007
4:00 PM, HH 473

Peng Wu, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry

Label-free Biomolecular Sensing Using Single Color Near-Null Reflective Interferometry and Brewster Angle Straddle Interferometry

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, December 13, 2007
2:00 PM, Dewey Hall 2110D

Tingjuan Gao
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

I. Sequential C- And S- Coupling to Dibromoalkenes II. Effects of Electron-Wihdrawing Groups in the Polarized Nazarov Reaction III. Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Tetrapetalone A

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, December 13, 2007
12:30 PM, Goergen 108

Ildiko Rita Herrick
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation of Acetylene Derivatives via Photolysis of Platinum Complexes

Ph.D. Defense
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
2:00 PM, Meliora Hall 208

Ahmet Gunay
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Synthetic Control of Magnetic Anisotropy: From Molecules to Extended Solids

Organic Seminar
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
12:00 PM, HH 473

Bart M. Bartlett, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry

I) Dipolar Cycloaddition/Chelotropic Extrusion Sequence to Prepare a Variety of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds. II) Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Phomactin A

Ph.D. Defense
Friday, December 07, 2007
2:00 PM, Computer Studies Building 209

Daniel P. Canterbury
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Recent Advances in the Burgeoning Field of Gold Catalysis

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, November 19, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Paul Jarosz
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Alkaloid Biosynthesis

Organic Seminar
Friday, November 16, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Sarah O'Connor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Vibrational Energy in Molecules and Nanostructures

Colloquium
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Dana Dlott
University of Illinois
Department of Chemistry

Synthesis and Characterization of II-VI and IV-VI Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots

Ph.D. Defense
Monday, November 12, 2007
9:00 AM, 502 Morey Hall

Li Guo
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

The Simplest Nitrogen Oxides and Their Not-so-simple Bioinorganic Chemistry

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, November 12, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor George Richter-Addo
University of Oklahoma
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation, Alkane Dehydrogenation, and Formation of C-C Bonds

Colloquium
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Alan Goldman
Rutgers University
Department of Chemistry

Lessons from Natural Products

Organic Seminar
Friday, November 02, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Dirk Trauner
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Chemistry

Nickel Diimine with Immobilized Fe-, Cr-, and Ti- Based Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization

Inorganic Seminar
Thursday, November 01, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Keying Ding
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

(1) Catalytic Hydrogenation of Substituted Pyrroles: Stereoselective Synthesis of Pyrrolidine Derivatives (2) A Novel Camphor-amine Organocatalyst: Application to Hydroxymethylation of Aldehydes

SYCAM Seminar
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Chao Jiang and John Miller
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Molecules in Superfluid He Droplets

Physical Seminar
Monday, October 29, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Andrey Vilesov
University of Southern California
Department of Chemistry

Evolution and Synthesis of Polyketides

Organic Seminar
Friday, October 26, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Richard E. Taylor
University of Notre Dame
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Intramolecular Cycloadditions of Cyclobutadienes: Using Strain to Access Molecular Complexity

Colloquium
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Marc Snapper
Boston College
Department of Chemistry

New Materials for Magnetic Refrigeration

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, October 22, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Gordon Miller
Iowa State University
Department of Chemistry

Valency and Bonding: Lewis Structures for Transition Metal Complexes?

Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Clark R. Landis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry

Diazaphospholanes and Highly Selective and Active Catalysts for Hydroformylation

Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Clark R. Landis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry

Catalytic Perfection and Alkene Polymerization

Hutchison Memorial Lecture
Monday, October 15, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Clark R. Landis
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry

Not "Lectureless," but Definitely Lecturing Less: An Evaluation of Peer-Led Guided Inquiry

Organic Seminar
Friday, October 12, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Jennifer Lewis
University of South Florida
Department of Chemistry

Photosynthetic Water Splitting: Investigations by Multifrequency Pulsed EPR Methods

Colloquium
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor R. David Britt
University of California, Davis
Department of Chemistry

Thermodynamic Research on RNA Pseudoknots

Physical Seminar
Friday, October 05, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Biao Liu
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Illuminating Spectra, Images, Microfluidics and Biosensors with Laser NMR/MRI

W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
12:30 PM, Lander Auditorium, 140

Professor Alexander Pines
University of California - Berkeley
Department of Chemistry

Magnetic Resonance with Lots of Quanta and No Magnetic Field

W. Albert Noyes Jr. Memorial Lecture
Monday, October 01, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Alexander Pines
University of California - Berkeley
Department of Chemistry

Expanding the Language of Bacterial Communication Using Synthetic Ligands

Organic Seminar
Friday, September 28, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Helen Blackwell
University of Wisconsin
Department of Chemistry

Electron Transfer Dynamics in Efficient Molecular Solar Cells

Colloquium
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Gerald J. Meyer
Johns Hopkins University
Department of Chemistry

Synthesis, Assembly, Sensing and Imaging with Metallic Nanorods

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, September 24, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Catherine Murphy
University of South Carolina
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Synthetic Studies of Spiroketal Enol Ether Natural Products

Organic Seminar
Friday, September 21, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Jennifer Koviach-Côté
Bates College
Department of Chemistry

Canceled          Canceled          Canceled

Metal Catalyzed Ring Forming and Ring Opening Reactions: Synthesis of Heterocycles

Colloquium
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Mark Lautens
University of Toronto
Department of Chemistry

New Twists in Nazarov Cyclization Chemistry

Colloquium
Monday, September 17, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Alison Frontier
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

New Transition Metal Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions

Organic Seminar
Friday, September 14, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor John Chisholm
Syracuse University
Department of Chemistry

Preoganization in Biological Systems: Are Conformational Constraints Really Worth the Energy?

Colloquium
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Stephen Martin
University of Texas at Austin
Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Harnessing Redox-Active Ligands for Small-Molecule Bond-Activation Reactions at d0 Metals

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, September 10, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Alan Heyduk
University of California at Irvine
Department of Chemistry

Canceled          Canceled          Canceled

Beyond the Bezoin Reaction: New Discoveries with Carbene Catalysis

Organic Seminar
Friday, September 07, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Karl Scheidt
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry

Single molecule optical absorption of carbon nanotubes detected via scanning tunneling microscopy

Colloquium
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Martin Gruebele
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Departments of Chemistry, Physics and Biophysics

Studies on the Mechanism-of-Action of Diazoparaquinone Natural Products and Efforts Toward the Synthesis of Caged Alkaloid Natural Products

Organic Seminar
Monday, August 13, 2007
4:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Kyle Eastman, Ph.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry

Strong Bond Activation of Organic Substrates Using Metal Complexes Containing Hafnium and Rhodium

Ph.D. Defense
Monday, August 06, 2007
3:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Ryan Dennis Rieth
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Studies Directed Toward the Total Synthesis of the Immunosuppressant FK-506

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, July 26, 2007
1:00 PM, Morey Hall 321

Susan Hanson
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Kinetic and Thermodynamic Aspects of the C-S Bond Activation Reactions of Asymmetrically Substituted Thiophenes with Rhodium and Platinum Metal Complexes

Ph.D. Defense
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
1:15 PM, Computer Studies 209

Tulay Aygan Atesin
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Towards prediction of alpha helical membrane protein structure

Physical Seminar
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
2:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Cen Gao
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Synthesis and Reactivity of Low-Coordinate Iron (I) and Iron (II) Complexes Supported by Beta-Diketiminates

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, June 21, 2007
2:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Ying Yu
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Optical Spectroscopy of Lead Selenide and Lead Sulfide Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Ph.D. Defense
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
2:00 PM, Goergen 110

Jeffrey J. Peterson
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Fluorescence Efficiencies of Individual Carbon Nanotubes

Physical Seminar
Monday, June 18, 2007
4:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Lisa Carlson
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Selenoenzymes and Oxidative Stress: Glutathione Peroxidase and Bioinspired Mimics

Inorganic Seminar
Thursday, June 14, 2007
1:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Sally Rocks
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Atomic-resolution crystal structure of E. coli TruB bound to RNA: structural insights into the chemical isomerization of specific uridines in cellular RNAs

Biophysical Seminar
Monday, June 11, 2007
4:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Robert Spitale
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Cytochrome c Folding Studied by Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Flourescence Resonance Energy Transfer

Inorganic Seminar
Thursday, May 31, 2007
2:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Amy Ensign
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Ultrafast spectroscopy of single-walled carbon nanotubes under high laser excitation intensity

Physical Seminar
Friday, May 25, 2007
4:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Shujing Wang
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Sequence Dependence of Stability for RNA Bulge Loops Based on the Complete Set of Group I Single Nucleotide Bulge Loops

Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
3:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Professor Martin Serra
Allegheny College
Department of Biochemistry

Taking a Hit for the Team: Self-sacrifice as an enzymatic strategy in the biosynthesis of lipoic acid

Biological Chemistry Cluster Seminar
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
3:45 PM, Computer Studies 209

Professor Squire Booker
Pennsylvania State University
Center for Biological Inorganic Chemistry

New Computational Chemistry Methods for Studying Protein-Ligand Interactions and Membrane Permeability

Physical Seminar
Monday, May 21, 2007
1:30 PM, Computer Studies 209

Professor Matt Jacobson
University of California at San Fancisco
Department of Phamaceutical Chemistry

Palladium Chemistry: Synthesis of Heterocycles via Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Addition

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, May 14, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchinson Hall 473

Ling Li
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Artificial Molecular-Level Machines: How do they work?

Inorganic Seminar
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchinson Hall 473

Pingwu Du
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Caught in the Act: Watching the Ribosome Move

Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
2:00 PM, K-307 (MC)

Professor Harry Noller
University of California - Santa Cruz
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

Ferrocene-free Organometallic Electrochemistry: Structures and Reactions of New 17-Electron Radicals

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, April 30, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor William Geiger
University of Vermont
Department of Chemistry

Organocatalysis and New Concepts for Natural Product Synthesis

Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Thursday, April 26, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry

Enamine Catalysis, Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry

Iminium Catalysis, Advent of a New Activation Mode

Andrew S. Kende Distinguished Lecture
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry

Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkenes, Aldehydes, and Silyl Triflates

Organic Seminar
Friday, April 20, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Philip Warburton
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Catalysis and communcation in two active sites of the ribosome

Joint Chemistry/Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
2:00 PM, K-307 (MC)

Professor Rachel Green
Johns Hopkins University
Molecular Biology and Genetics

I. Pd(II)- and Hg(II)- Catalyzed Rearrangement of Propargyl Acetates;
II. Progress Toward the Synthesis of Terpestacin

Ph.D. Defense
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
2:00 PM, Computer Studies 209

Patrick Caruana
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

The Asymmetric Intramolecular Heck Reaction of o-Iodoanilides

Organic Seminar
Friday, April 13, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Chao Jiang
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Peptide structure and dynamics studied by two-dimensional infared spectroscopy

Physical Seminar
Monday, April 09, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Nien-Hui Ge
University of California, Irvine
Department of Chemistry

Gas Phase Ion-Molecule Reaction Dynamics Studied with Crossed Beams and Density Functional Theory Calculations

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, April 05, 2007
2:30 PM, Dewey 2162

Li Liu
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions

Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Gregory C. Fu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Asymmetric Catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" Heterocycles: Part 2

Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Gregory C. Fu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Asymmetric Catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" Heterocycles: Part 1

Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lecture
Monday, April 02, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Gregory C. Fu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Canceled          Canceled          Canceled

"New Developments and Applications of Unconventional Bond Forming Methodology"

Organic Seminar
Friday, March 30, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchinson Hall 473

Professor Karl A. Scheidt
Northwestern University
Department of Chemistry

Catalytic C-O and C-C Bond Formations for Organic Synthesis

Organic Seminar
Friday, March 23, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchinson Hall 473

Professor Chulbom Lee
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry

Development of Polarized Nazarov Cyclizations Using Lewis Acid Catalysts and Application

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, March 22, 2007
3:30 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Wei He
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Pericyclic Reactions and Carbon [1,3] Sigmatropic Shifts

Colloquium
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor John Baldwin
Syracuse University
Department of Chemistry

Synthetically Tuned Luminophoric Materials: 3D Displas, Solar Energy Conversion and Beyond

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, March 19, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Stefan Bernhard
Princeton University
Department of Chemistry

The Development of Methods in Static and Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry and Application

Ph.D. Defense
Friday, March 16, 2007
12:30 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Brian Richard McNaughton
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Shape Matters - Quantum Confinement in Semiconductor Dots, Rods, Wells, and Wires

Colloquium
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor William E. Buhro
Washington University
Department of Chemistry

Novel Catalytic Amination Reactions

Organic Seminar
Friday, March 09, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Hélène Lebel
Université de Montréal
Department of Chemistry

Enantioselective C-H Activation: Applications to Organic Synthesis

Colloquium
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Huw M. L. Davies
SUNY - Buffalo
Department of Chemistry

Understanding Water Oxidation Catalysis: What do we need to split water more efficiently?

Physical Seminar
Monday, March 05, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Mu-Hyun Baik
Indiana University
Department of Chemistry, Informatics

Small Molecule Control of Gene Activation

Organic Seminar
Friday, March 02, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Anna Mapp
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry

Canceled          Canceled          Canceled

Single molecule optical absorption of carbon nanotubes detected via scanning tunneling microscopy

Colloquium
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Martin Gruebele
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Biophysics

Unconventional Doping, Fano Lineshape, and Phonon Softening in Carbon Nanotubes

Physical Seminar
Monday, February 26, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Moonsub Shim
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Materials Science & Engineering

Multi-Catalyst Systems

Organic Seminar
Friday, February 23, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor D. Tyler McQuade
Cornell University
Department of Chemistry

Nanostructural Design of Photocatalysts and Photoelectrochemical Cells

Colloquium
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Thomas Mallouk
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry and Physics

A New Paradigm for Studies of Encapsulated Proteins

Physical Seminar
Monday, February 19, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Peter Flynn
University of Utah
Department of Chemistry

Cycloisomerizations of Diynols - An Alternative to the Intramolecular Aldol Condensation

Organic Seminar
Friday, February 16, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Yan Zhang
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Conversion of Biomass to Fuel

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, February 12, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Brett Swartz
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Molybdenum π-Complexes: Organometallic Chirons

Organic Seminar
Friday, February 09, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

David Min
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

"Conformational changes of Nitrosomonas europaea cytochrome c552"

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, February 08, 2007
2:00 PM, Hylan 201

Ravinder Kaur
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Competitive Biradical and Zwitterion Paths in the Bergman-like Thermocyclization of Ene-Yne-Cumulenes

Organic Seminar
Friday, February 02, 2007
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Thomas Mastrangelo
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Ultrafast Spectroscopy of the Primary Event in Vision and other Biophysical Processes

Other
Friday, February 02, 2007
10:30 AM, Wilmot 116

Professor David McCamant
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

I. The Alkylation of 2-Butyl-4,4-Dimethyl-4HBenzo-[d}{1,3}-Oxathiine-1,1-Dioxide, A New Class of Acyl Anion Equivalents; II. Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of FK-506

Ph.D. Defense
Friday, January 26, 2007
1:00 PM, Goergen 110

Susan Hanson
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Stereoselective Synthesis of Complex Heterocycles and Natural Products That Modulate Transcription and Bacterial Cell Division

Organic Seminar
Monday, January 22, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Jared Shaw, Ph.D.
The Broad Institute of Harvard University and MIT

Investigating the Unique Reactivity of Organosilanes: From Synthetic Methodology to Cellular Profiling

Organic Seminar
Monday, January 15, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Annaliese Franz, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

New Strategies for the Synthesis of Bioactive Targets and Multidimensional Screening of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

Organic Seminar
Thursday, January 11, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Weiping Tang, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry

The Chemical and Biological Synthesis of Natural Products

Organic Seminar
Monday, January 08, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Zachary Aron, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Department of
Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Thinking Outside the Backbone: Unique Approaches to Modifying Conjugated Polymers

Organic Seminar
Thursday, January 04, 2007
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Anne McNeil, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Approaches Towards Total Synthesis of Nakadomarin A

Ph.D. Defense
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
2:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Ke Chen
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Mimicking Biomolecular Structures: from Supersized DNA to Amide-Depleted Proteins

Organic Seminar
Monday, December 18, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Jianmin Gao, Ph.D.
Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry

Asymmetric Synthesis of Bisphosphonate Antiosteoporetic Agents and Studies of Asymmetric Organocatalysis

Ph.D. Defense
Friday, December 15, 2006
3:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Xinyi Song
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Versatile Stereoselective Synthesis of Carbocyclic Compounds
Through Electrocyclic Ring Closure Reactions

Ph.D. Defense
Thursday, December 14, 2006
2:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Yuchen Tang
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Total Synthesis of Disease-Relevant Natural Products;
Tetracycline and Garsubellin A

Organic Seminar
Thursday, December 14, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Dionicio Siegel, Ph.D.
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Department of Chemistry

Development and Applications of Cycloaddition Chemistry in Organic Synthesis

Organic Seminar
Monday, December 11, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

James Fuchs, Ph.D.
Scripps Research Institute
Department of Chemistry

Effects of Conformational Mobility on Bacterial Cytochrome c Function

Ph.D. Defense
Monday, December 11, 2006
3:00 PM, Neuman Room 1-6823 MC

Lea R. Vacca
University of Rochester
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

From novel ligand design for small molecule activation to the search for
molecular hydrogen evolution catalysts

Inorganic Seminar
Thursday, December 07, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Xile Hu, Ph.D.
California Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

Multi-Electron Redox Reactions at First Row Transition Ions

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, December 04, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Theodore Betley, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Chemistry

TBA

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, November 20, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Sean Elliott
Boston University
Department of Chemistry

The Story of Vildagliptin (LAF237):
A DPP4 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Organic Seminar
Friday, November 10, 2006
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Edwin Villhauer, Ph.D.
Novartis Parmaceuticals
Process Research and Development

Metal-Linked Artificial peptides as Model 1-D Molecular Wires

Colloquium
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Mary Beth Williams
Pennsylvania State University
Department of Chemistry

TBA

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, November 06, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Ryan Rieth
University of Rochester
Department of Chemistry

Promoting College Students' Intellectual Development

Other
Friday, November 03, 2006
3:30 PM, Lander Auditorium, H.H. 140

Professor Emeritus Richard Felder
North Carolina State University
and
Rebecca Brent, Ed.D.
Educations Designs, Inc.

Towards an understanding of the bases for diverse but specific flavin reactivities in enzymes

Colloquium
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Anne-Frances Miller
University of Kentucky
Department of Chemistry

Single-Molecule imaging of biomolecular and cellular processes

Seymour Rothchild Lecture
Monday, October 30, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Xiaowei Zhuang
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Synthesis and Design of Conjugated Polyelectrolyes

Colloquium
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Guillermo Bazan
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara

Electronic Structure Contributions to Catalysis in Pyranopterin Molybdenum Enzymes

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, October 23, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Martin Kirk
Department of Chemistry
University of New Mexico

General Acid-Based Catalysis and pKa Shifting in RNA Enzymes

Other
Thursday, October 19, 2006
3:30 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Philip Bevilacqua
Department of Chemistry
Pennsylvania State University

Amplifying Signals with Multivalency

Harrison Howe Award Lecture
Monday, October 16, 2006
1:30 PM, Strong Auditorium

Professor Laura Kiessling
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

PPAR Pan Agonists - The Next Generation of PPAR Ligands

Organic Seminar
Friday, October 13, 2006
9:30 AM, Hutchison Hall 473

Paul L. Feldman, Ph.D.
GlaxoSmithKline
Medicinal Chemistry

Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Quantum Optics and Photonics

Other
Friday, October 13, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Dr. Ulrike Woggon
Experimentelle Physik Ilb
Universitat Dortmund

Enantioselective C-H Activation: Application in Organic Synthesis

Colloquium
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
12:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Huw M. Davies
University at Buffalo
Department of Chemistry

New Ligands for the Hormone Binding Domain of Nuclear Receptors

Inorganic Seminar
Monday, October 09, 2006
4:00 PM, Hutchison Hall 473

Professor Robert Stockland, Jr.
Bucknell University
Professor of Chemistry