| January |
7 January
10:00am
E3-25 |
Ronald Soong (University of Michigan)
Structural and dynamical NMR studies of membrane-associated Cytochrome b5 - "an accomplice of Mother Nature's blowtorch" |
7 January
11:00am
E3-25 |
Vicki Colvin (Rice University)
Nanotechnology in the Environment: Safety by Design |
12 January
11:00am
E3-25 |
Stephen Clark (University of Glasgow )
Total Synthesis of Bioactive Ether-Bridged Marine Cembranoid Natural Products |
18 January
11:00am
NRE 2-003 |
Michael Burkart (UCSD)
Proteomics of Modular Biosynthesis |
21 January
10:00am
E3-25 |
Xinyu Liu (Harvard University)
Case studies in natural product biosynthesis: neurotoxin cyclopiazonic acid and antibiotic andrimid |
25 January
10:00am
E3-25 |
Ratmir Derda (Harvard University)
Controlling cell growth and differentiation with synthetic extracellular environments |
25 January
11:00am
NRE 2-003 |
John Sorensen (University of Manitoba)
Natural Product Biosynthesis in Lichens and other Fungi |
26 January
11:00am
E3-25 |
Jon Rainier (University of Utah)
Targeting Heterocyclic Natural Products at 4700 Feet Above Sea Level |
28 January
4:00pm
E3-25 |
Lisa Rosenberg (University of Victoria)
Bringing selectivity to main group chemistry via catalysis |
29 January
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Sergey Kozmin (University of Chicago)
Small-molecule Regulation of Cellular Energy Metabolism |
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February
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1 February
11:00am
NRE 2-003 |
David Vocadlo (Simon Fraser University)
title |
18 February
11:00am
E3-25 |
Michael Baird (Queen's University)
Transition metal catalysis for organic synthesis and alkene polymerization: New Tricks |
26 February
4:00pm
E3-25 |
Ian Burgess (University of Saskatchewan)
Adsorption and Charge-Transfer Processes on Gold Electrode Surfaces |
| March |
3 March
10:00am
NINT 1-010 |
Byron Gates (Simon Fraser University)
Nanoscale Materials by Design |
3 March
1:00pm
E3-25 |
James Green (University of Windsor)
Nanoscale Materials by Design |
4 March
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Allan East (University of Regina)
Computational studies of transition metal chemistry: summary of recent collaborations |
15 March
7:30pm
Telus 150 |
Daniel G. Nocera (MIT)
Personalized Energy for 1 (x 6 Billion): A Solution to the Global Energy Challenge |
16 March
3:30pm
ETLC 1-007 |
Daniel G. Nocera (MIT)
The Chemistry of Solar Energy and Its Storage for the Non-Legacy World |
29 March
11:00am
E3-25 |
Robert McLaren (York University)
Understanding Atmospheric Chemistry: Taking it to the Field, Day and Night |
30 March
3:30pm
CAB 265 |
Geraldine Richmond (Univ. of Oregon)
Gunning Lecture
At the Water’s Edge: Understanding Environmental Processes at Liquid Surface |
31 March
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Geraldine Richmond (Univ. of Oregon)
Gunning Lecture
Going Nonlinear to Study the Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Assembly at Complex Interfaces |
| April |
1 April
11:00am
E3-25 |
Geraldine Richmond (Univ. of Oregon)
Gunning Lecture
The Fascinating Behavior of Water at Hydrophobic Surfaces |
12 April
11:00am
E3-25 |
Purnendu K. Dasgupta (U.of Texas, Arlington)
A charge detector for ionic solutes: Ionic semiconductors and other mysteries |
13 April
11:00am
E1-60 |
Uwe Schneider (University of Tokyo)
Catalytic C-C Bond Formation with Boron Reagents: Low-Oxidation Indium vs. Transition Metal Catalysis |
14 April
11:00am
CAB 235 |
Philip Jessop (Queen's University)
Persuading CO2 to be Useful |
16 April
4:00pm
E3-25 |
Weihong Tan (University of Florida)
Molecular Foundation of Cancer: A Chemical Biology Approach |
19 April
11:00am
E1-60 |
Tamejiro Hiyama (Kyoto University)
Invention of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions for Organic Synthesis |
19 April
2:30am
NINT 1-010 |
C. Daniel Frisbie (University of Minnesota)
Transition from Tunneling to Hopping Transport in Long, Conjugated Molecular Wires Connected to Metals
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26 April
11:00am
E1-60 |
Raymond Andersen (University of British Columbia)
NAEJA Lecturer
Coral Reefs to Clinical Trials: Discovering Drug Leads and Cell Biology Tools from the Sea |
26 April
2:00pm
E3-25 |
Sean E. Hightower (University of North Dakota)
New Chromophores for Solar Energy Based on Highly Oxidizing Excited States |
27 April
11:00am
E3-25 |
Patrick R. McCarren (Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research)
Genotoxicity prediction of aromatic amine building blocks using quantum mechanics
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29 April
11:00am
E3-25 |
Phil Power (University of California Davis)
Main group elements as Transition Metals |
| May |
4 May
11:00am
CAB 235 |
Don Tilley (UC Berkeley)
New pathways in metal-mediated transformations of organosilicon compounds
Pizza lunch to follow in E3-25 for inorganic chemistry students |
5 May
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova (University of Michigan )
Outsmarting bacteria: How to turn an aminoglycoside resistance problem into a solution |
10 May
11:00am
E3-25 |
Karine Auclair (McGill University)
Fighting antibiotic resistance |
17 May
11:00am
E1-60 |
Greg Fu (MIT)
Boehringer Ingelheim Lecture
Palladium and Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles |
| June |
18 June
11:00am
E3-25 |
Jason Kennedy (Bayer CropScience, Germany)
Total synthesis of tylophora alkaloids and preparation of 7-substituted Hajos-Wiechert ketone analogues |
21 June
11:00am
E3-25 |
Anthony S. Serianni (University of Notre Dame)
Side-Chain Conformations as Mediators of Saccharide Structure and Function: N-Acyl Groups in Aminosugars |
25 June
11:00am
E3-25 |
David L. Davies (University of Leicester)
Ambiphilic C-H activation: Mechanism and Applications in Catalysis |
| July |
date
time
room |
no seminars currently scheduled |
| August |
13 Aug.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Stephen R. Foley (University of Saskatchewan)
Applications of Iminoisoindolines and 1,4-Diamines in Palladium and Aluminum Chemistry |
| September |
9 Sept.
11:00am
DP 2022 |
François Gabbai (Texas A&M University)
Heavy Main Group Lewis Acids |
13 Sept.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Dmitrii F. Perepichka (McGill University)
Molecular and supramolecular design of organic electronic molecules |
15 Sept.
1:00pm
NRE 1-001 |
Sarah O'Connor (MIT)
Understanding and Engineering Alkaloid Biosynthesis |
16 Sept.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Paul Hayes (University of Lethbridge)
E-H Bond Activations Promoted by Organolutetium Complexes Supported by a Monoanionic Carbazole-based Pincer Ligand |
20 Sept.
11:00am
ED N2-115 |
Stephen Martin (Univeristy of Texas at Austin)
Boehringer-Ingelheim Lecturer
Recent Progress in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Natural Products |
27 Sept.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Gerard Meijer (Fritz-Haber Institute)
Gunning Lecturer
Cold Molecules |
28 Sept.
10:00am
E3-25 |
Gerard Meijer (Fritz-Haber Institute)
Gunning Lecturer
A molecular laboratory on a chip |
30 Sept.
9:30am
E3-25 |
Gerard Meijer (Fritz-Haber Institute)
Gunning Lecturer
IR spectroscopic characterization of gas-phase clusters and cluster-adsorbate complexes |
| October |
4 Oct.
11:00am
ED N2-115 |
Eiichi Nakamura (Univ. of Tokyo)
Sandin Lecturer
Imaging of Single Organic Molecules in Motion |
5 Oct.
3:00pm
ED N2-115 |
Eiichi Nakamura (Univ. of Tokyo)
Sandin Lecturer
Organic Chemistry for Photovoltaics |
6 Oct.
1:00pm
NRE 0-001 |
Eiichi Nakamura (Univ. of Tokyo)
Sandin Lecturer
Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Metal Catalysis |
14 Oct.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Andrew Grosvenor (University of Saskatchewan)
Final-state effects in X-ray spectra: a solid-state study |
25 Oct.
11:00am
ED N2-115 |
Victor Snieckus (Queen's University)
Partnering Aromatic/Heteroaromatic Lithium - Transition Metal Catalyzed Chemistries |
28 Oct.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Samir Zard (Ecole Polytechnique Paris )
Some Adventures in Radical Chemistry, A Matter of Lifetime |
29 Oct.
4:00pm
E3-25 |
Richard McCreery (University of Alberta)
Molecules as circuit components: Analytical challenges in Molecular Electronics |
| November |
4 Nov.
time
room |
Shih-Yuan Liu (University of Oregon )
title |
5 Nov.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
J. Michael Chong (University of Waterloo)
Stereoselective Synthesis of Insect Pheromones |
8 Nov.
10:00am
NRE 2-016 |
Gary W. Slater (University of Ottawa)
It is Easier for a Camel to Pass Through the Eye of a Needle: Forcing DNA Molecules to Move through a Nanopore |
18 Nov.
11:00am
E3-25 |
Kirk Peterson (Washington State University)
State-of-the-art ab initio quantum chemistry: from kJ/mol thermochemistry towards wavenumber accuracy spectroscopy |
19 Nov.
4:00pm
E3-25 |
Xingfang Li (University of Alberta)
Title |
22 Nov.
1:00pm
E3-25 |
Yujun Shi (University of Calgary)
Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition Chemistry in the Gas Phase and on the Catalyst Surface |
22 Nov.
2:00pm
DP 2022 |
Martin Tremblay (Boehringer Ingelheim)
title |
25 Nov.
3:00pm
E3-25 |
Wely Floriano (Lakehead University)
Structure-based Virtual Screening for the Discovery of Recognition Agents |
29 Nov.
11:00am
ED N2-115 |
Marvin Miller (University of Notre Dame)
Utilisation of Microbial Iron Assimilation Processes for the Development of New Antibiotics |
| December |
10 Dec
2:30pm
2F1.04(WMHSC) |
Keith Tierney (University of Alberta)
Underwater Olfactory Toxicity: Fish Smelling Contaminants |
14 Dec
9:00am
2-117 CSB |
Jerald Schnoor (University of Iowa)
Sustainability and Grand Challenges |
