College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry

Spring 2013 Seminar Schedule

Fridays, 12:00pm, Gallahue Hall 108

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Date Speaker Speaker's Institution Topic
Jan 18 [No Seminar]
Jan 25 Dr. Rebecca LaLonde University of California, Berkeley Gold(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Nucleophilic Additions
Feb 1 Dr. Rajesh Sardar IUPUI Analytical Chemistry of Ultra-Small Semiconductor Nanoclusters
Feb 6
12:00pm, GH348
Dr. Norman Lu National Taipei University of Technology Synthesis and Reactivity of Bis(fluorous ponytail)-2,2'-bipyridine and Their Metal Complexes: From Green Chemistry to Medicinal Research
Feb 8 [Recruiting Event]
Feb 15 [No Seminar]
Feb 22 Dr. Markus Lill Purdue University, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology TBA
Mar 1

Dr. Tara Benz

(BU Class of 2006)

Stanford University

Networked to the Catalytic Core: Structure-Function Studies of RNA Enzymes Reveal Distinct Connections from the Periphery

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Benched: The Choices and Lessons of Graduate School
Mar 8 [No Seminar]
Mar 15 [Spring Break]
Mar 22 Chris Savas Butler University Substrate specificity of Rv0045c, a bacterial esterase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mar 29 Dr. Justin Shearer Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Carbon Cryogels: Synthesis and Application in Separation Science
Apr 5 Dr. Greg Whitaker Dow AgroSciences TBA
Apr 12 [Butler Univeristy Undergraduate Research Conference] [Various] [Various]
Apr 19 Cody Jackson Butler University Titration Automation and Lilly QC Internship Experience
Apr 26 Shelby Stavretis Butler University Synthesis of Fused Bicyclic Dihydropyrans
Apr 29 (Monday) [Chemistry Department Student Poster Session] Butler University [Various]