Seminars 2006“2022
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2021
Fall 2020
Spring 2020
Fall 2019
Spring 2019
Fall 2018
Spring 2018
Fall 2017
June 26, 2017
, Waseda University
œDecarbonylative Coupling and Multiple Arylation of Aromatic Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
June 30, 2017
, University of Regensburg, Germany
œPhotoredox catalysis - Organic synthesis with visible light�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 31, 2017
, National University of Singapore
œCatalytic Enantioselective Redox-Neutral Processes for Efficient Chemical Synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
August 11 & 12, 2017
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry
Friday, August 11, 2017
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
, Kyoto University
œHelical-Polymer-Based Chiral Catalysts for Switch, Amplification, and Transfer of Chirality��
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
Saturday, August 12, 2017
9:30 AM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
Dr. Daniel R. Fandrick, Senior Principal Scientist, Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
œChallenges and Opportunities in Process Chemistry: Case Studies in Innovation�
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
11:00 AM Break- Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
Professor Michinori Suginome, Kyoto University
œCatalytic Borylations and C-H Functionalization: Chances and Opportunities�
11:15 AM, Merkert 127
January 31, 2017
, Wayne State University
œChemical Approaches for Characterizing Protein Glutathionylation�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 21, 2017
, Brandeis University
œSelf-Assembly of Small Molecules in the Cellular Milieu�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 21-23, 2017
, University of California, San Francisco
March 21Ìý
œChemical Tricks for Drugging the Undruggable�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
March 22Ìý
œChemical Approaches for Deciphering Kinase Signaling Networks�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127Ìý
March 23Ìý
œDrugs Targeting K-Ras in Cancer�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
March 28, 2017
, University of Washington
œFunctional Polymeric Materials at Multiple Length Scales�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 11, 2017
, University of California, Berkeley
œHigh-Valent Metal Species in Water Splitting and Solar Fuels Generation�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 12, 2017
, University of Oxford
œMetal catalysis: new reactions and new opportunities forÌýorganic synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 25, 2017
, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Joseph and Partricia Vanderslice Lecturer in Organic ChemistryœNew Bonding and Reactivity: Chemistry of N-Cations and N-Radicals�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 27, 2017
, Rutgers University
œUnderstanding and modulating enzyme stability, specificity and quinary structure using computational protein design�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 28, 2017
, Princeton University
œSolarÌýFuels: Designing an Electrocatalytic Interface for the Conversion of CO2Ìýand H2O to Fuels�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
May 3, 2017
, Merck
œDrug Discovery at Nanomole Scale�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 9, 2017
Dr. Jason Thomas, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
œA chemical biology approach to drug discovery enabled by chemical proteomics�
Refreshments at 2:45 PM
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Novartis Lecturer
œMicrobial Carbohydrates for Health and Disease�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 15, 2017
, University of Strasbourg
œPerspectives in Chemistry:ÌýFrom Supramolecular Chemistry towards Adaptive Chemistry�
2:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 16, 2017
, National Cancer Institute-Frederick
œProfiling acetyltransferases to understand cancer metabolic cues�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 17, 2017
, University of California, Riverside
œA hybrid molecular-nanocrystal platform for photon upconversion�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 30, 2017
, Brandeis University
œActivation of Nucleophiles for Asymmetric Reactions with Organic Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 8, 2016
Strem Lectureship
, University of California - Berkeley
œCatalytic Organic Reaction Inspired by the Organometallic Chemistry of Gold�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 9, 2016
Merck Symposium
Dr. David Thaisrivongs, Merck
œThe development of a commercial manufacturing route for verubecestat, a BACE1 inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease�Ìý
3:15 - 4:15 PM, Merkert 127
, Macrobial Chemistry Research Foundation
œRecent Progress in Cooperative Asymmetric Catalysis�
4:25 - 5:40 PM, Merkert 127
September 13, 2016
, Boston College - Biology Department
œChanges in Molecular Recognition Over Time: Evolution and Reinvention of RNA-Protein Interfaces�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 15, 2016
, Michigan State University
œMolecular and Material Approaches for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 20, 2016
, Texas A+M University
œTranslation of fundamental chemistry to functional nanoscopic macromolecules designed for advanced applications�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 22, 2016
, Boston College
œControlled Encapsulation of Catalysts in Nanoporous Materials�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 27, 2016
, UCSF
œStructure and Pharmacological Inhibition of the Proton Channel from Influenza A Virus�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130
September 29, 2016
, MIT
œGraphite-Conjugated Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 4, 2016
, University of Texas - San Antonio
œAsymmetric Cycloaddition Reactions with Metal Carbenes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 6, 2016
, Boston College
œDynamic and Switchable Iron-Based Polymerization Catalysts�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 18, 2016
, MIT
œDynamic Droplets�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 27, 2016
, Ohio State University
œDrugging Undruggable Targets with Cyclic Peptides�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 1, 2016
, Northeastern University
œMeet the Challenge of Discovering Unknowns: Functional Proteomics, Protein Crosslinking and Modifications of Biotherapeutics�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 3, 2016
, Penn State University
œDevelopment of electrocatalytic materials guided by computational chemistry:Ìý fuel cells and CO2Ìý±ð±ô±ð³¦³Ù°ù´Ç°ù±ð»å³Ü³¦³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 9, 2016
, Florida Atlantic University
œChasing Forgotten Reactions: Novel Synthetic Strategies towards Unnatural Peptide and Terpene-based Natural Products�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 10, 2016
, University of California, Berkeley
œLi-air batteries: O2Ìýelectrochemistry in Li ion-bearing nonaqueous electrolytes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 15, 2016
, University of Copenhagen
œTargeting Protein-Protein Interaction�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 17, 2016
, Emory University
œCollaborative Approach for C-H Functionalization�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 1, 2016
, University of Connecticut
œSynthesis and optical interaction of metal and semiconductor nanoparticles�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 2 & 3, 2016
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer in Organic Synthesis
December 2, 2016
, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT
œPalladium-Catalyzed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation: From Small Molecules to Bioconjugation�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
December 3, 2016
Dr. Martin Eastgate, Director, Head, Chemical Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb
œSynthetic Evolution and Chemical Innovation in the Synthesis of Complex Pharmaceutical Compounds�
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
Professor Stephen L. Buchwald, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, MIT
œCopper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroamination and Related Process�
11:15 AM, Merkert 127
February 2, 2016
, University of California, Berkeley
œTeaching Polymers the Meaning of Life & Nanographene Quantum Confinement�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 8, 2016
, University of Geneva
œStereoselective synthesis & catalysis with metal carbenes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 23, 2016
, UPenn
œSingle Electron Transformations to Enable Cross-Couplings�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 1, 2016
, MIT
œExploring the Chemistry and Biology of Human Defensin Peptides�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 7, 2016
, Brigham Young University
œProtein and Polymers: How PEG Influences Protein Folding�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 17, 2016
AbbVie Symposium
Dr. Michael Z. Hoemann, AbbVie Bioresearch Center
œDiscovery and Optimization of Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Immunological Diseases�
3:30 PM, Merkert 130
, The University of Utah
œEnantioselective formation of remote chiral centers�Ìý
4:45 PM, Merkert 130
March 22, 2016
, Tufts University
œComputational modeling of cyclic peptides�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 28, 2016
, Nagasaki University
œPd-Catalyzed Amphiphilic Allylation Promoted by Organoborane and Efficient Synthesis of Functional Heterocyclic Compounds�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 29, 2016
, University of California at San Francisco
œTargeting Protein-Protein Interactions in the Chaperone Network to Tune Protein Folding�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 5, 2016
, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
œInsights of Catalytic and Electrochemical Reactions from the In-Situ/Operando Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 6-8, 2016
2016 University Lectures in Chemistry
, California Institute of Technology
April 6ÌýÌýœArtificial Photosynthetic Systems Based on Membrane-Embedded Microwire Arrays�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 7ÌýÌýœMethods to Achieve Chemical Control over the Reactivity, Morphology, Electrical Behavior, and Orientation of Semiconductors�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127Ìý
April 8ÌýÌýœA Conducting Polymer-Based Electronic Nose�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 14, 2016
, Rice University
œFrom structure to function: the convergence of structure based models and co-evolutionary information�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 3, 2016
, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
œChemical Approaches for Interrogating Cellular Processes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 4, 2016
, University of Illinois, Chicago
œCatalyticÌýTransformations That Utilize Bimetallic Cooperativity�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 6, 2016
, University of Oregon
œOxygen Electrocatalysis and Solar Water Splitting Interfaces�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 10, 2016
, UCSF
œStructure-based discovery of novel GPCR ligands with novel pharmacology�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 129
May 11, 2016
, University of Chicago
œC“C and C“H Functionalization of Ketones�Ìý
2:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 25, 2016
, University of Oxford
œCatalytic Approaches to Simplifying Synthesis�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 7, 2016, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016 Joseph and Patricia Vanderslice Lecturer in Chemical Synthesis
œThe Functionalization of C-H Bonds�
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
4:00 PM Lecture in Merkert 130
June 23, 2016
, City University of Hong Kong
œSulfur empowers porous frameworks: sensors, catalysts and a story of bridging the gaps�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 15, 2016
, University of New Mexico
œEnabling Copper for Cross-Coupling and Tandem Cyclization-Coupling Reactions, and Mechanistic Studies�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 21, 2016
, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
œDifunctionalization of Alkenes: Concepts and New Strategy�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 22, 2016
, Tohoku University
œPot Economy in Total Synthesis�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 19 & 20, 2016
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry
August 19, 2016, The University of Tokyo
œCoordination Self-assembly: from a Molecular Square to Giant MnL2nÌýPolyhedra�
3:30 PM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
August 20, 2016
Dr. Jean-Nicolas Desrosiers, Principal Scientist, Chemical Development, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
œDevelopment of New Methodologies for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Heterocyclic Compounds�
9:30 AM Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
11:00 AM Break- Refreshments in Merkert Foyer
October 9, 2015
Dr. Adrian Ortiz, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer in Organic Chemistry
œDevelopment of an Innovative and Stereoselective Synthesis of BMS-986001�Ìý
3:30 PM, Merkert 130
, The Scripps Research Institute
œStudies in Natural Product Synthesis�Ìý
4:45 PM, Merkert 130
October 13, 2015
, UC Berkeley
œSelective Catalytic Functionalization of Alkyl and Aryl C-H Bonds�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 20, 2015
, University of Rochester
œSynthesis and Application of Macrocyclic Organo-Peptide Hybrids for Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 3, 2015
, MIT
œSynthesis Design through the Lens of Flow Chemistry�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 6, 2015
, Scripps Research Institute
œChemical Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 10, 2015
, University of California, Riverside
œMolecularÌýProbesÌýforÌýredox signaling andÌýoxidativeÌýstress�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 18, 2015
, University of Wisconsin at Madison
œSolar Energy Conversion and Electrocatalysis Using Earth-Abundant Nanomaterials�Ìý
4:00 PM, Higgins 310
November 19, 2015
, Brown University
œTuning Nanoparticle Catalysis for Nanomedicine and Energy Applications�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 1, 2015
, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
œBreaking Strong Bonds: Adventures in Sustainable Chemistry�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 3, 2015
, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
œSite-Specific Colloidal Synthesis�Ìý
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 26, 2015
Professor Kenso Soai, Tokyo University of Science
œAsymmetric Autocatalysis and the Origin of Homochirality�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 7 and 8, 2015
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Lectures in Organic Chemistry
Friday, August 7
Frank and Bertha Hupp Professor of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
œLigand-Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Near and Far. Redox Chemistry for Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
Saturday, August 8
Dr. Joshua Sieber, Boeheringer Ingelheim
œExpedient Scalable Synthesis of Novel P-Chiral Phosphines and Applications to Asymmetric Synthesis�
10:00 AM, Merkert 130
, The Scripps Research Institute
œLigand-Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Near and Far. Ligand Acceleration�
11:00 AM, Merkert 130
August 20, 2015
Dr. Jun Liu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
œFrom Fundamental Materials Chemistry to Energy Systems - Cases for Large Scale Energy Storage�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 1, 2015
, Georgia Tech
œTailored Virus-Like Particles for Biomedicine and Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 8, 2015
Novartis Chemical Sciences Symposium
2:30 PMÌý- Refreshments
3:00 PMÌý-ÌýDr. Christopher Brain, Cambridge, MA
œThe discovery of Ribociclib (LEE011) a selective CDK4/6 inhibitor for the treatment of cancer�
Merkert 127
4:00 PMÌý-Ìý, University of Illinois
œBiosynthesis of Cyclic Peptide Antibiotics�
Merkert 127
September 17, 2015
, Boston College
œChemical-proteomic strategies to investigate reactive cysteines�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 19, 2016
Dr.ÌýKoh Takeuchi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo
œUtilization and extension ofÌý solution NMR techniques for biologically and clinically important systems�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 13, 2015
Professor Doug Stephan, University of Toronto
œFrustrated Lewis Pairs in Small Molecule Activation and Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 20, 2015
Professor Brian McNaughton, Colorado State University
œExpanding the Functional Utility of Proteins as Research Tools and Therapeutic Leads�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 17, 2015
Professor Alexander Statsuk, Northwestern University
œBiochemistry and Pharmacology of The Ubiquitin System�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 12, 2015
Merck Lectureship in Organic Chemistry
2:30 Reception
Dr. Jared Silverman, Merck
œA History of the Development of Daptomycin: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again�
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
Professor Sarah Reisman, Caltech
œFrom Alkaloids to Terpenoids: New Strategies and Tactics for the Synthesis of Polycyclic Natural Products�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 17, 2015
Professor Xiang Wang, University Colorado-Boulder
œBio-Inspired Synthesis of Functional Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 18, 2015
O'Malley Lecturer Professor Tom Muir, Princeton University
œHoudini Proteins: Discovery and Applications of Ultrafast Inteins�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 19, 2015
Professor Pratap Rao, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
œEfficient and Scalable Solar Materials through Nanoscale Engineering and Flame Synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 26, 2015
Professor Donghai Wang, Penn. State University
œUnderstanding Chemical Interaction in Functional Carbon-Sulfur Composites as Cathode for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 31, 2015
Professor Paul Chirik, Princeton University
œBase Metal Catalysis: The Interplay of Applications and Electronic Structure�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 1, 2015
Professor Amnon Kohen, University of Iowa
œEnzyme catalysis: From physical to organic chemistry�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 2, 2015
Professor Ron Grimm, WPI Worcestor Polytech Institute
œMethyl-terminated silicon microwire arrays for solar fuels applications: Surface structure, stability, and performance�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 4, 2015 Symposium
Professor Vahe Bandarian, University of Arizona
œProspecting for new enzymes in RNA modification and secondary metabolism�
3:00 - 4:00 PM, Merkert 130
Professor Ben Shen, The Scripps Research Institute
œMicrobial Genomics: New Opportunities for Natural Product Biosynthesis, Engineering, and Drug Discovery�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 7, 2015
Professor Floyd Romesberg, The Scripps Research Institute
œA semi-synthetic organism with an expanded genetic alphabet�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 16, 2015
Professor W. David Wei, University of Florida
œPlasmon-Mediated Surface Chemistry for Solar Photocatalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 21, 2015
Vanderslice Lecturer
Professor Ilan Marek, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
œRemote Functionalization of Hydrocarbons�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 22, 23, 24, 2015
Boston College University Lecture Series in Chemistry
Professor John Bercaw, California Institute of Technology
April 22
œApproaches to Selective ;Catalytic Upgrading of Light Hydrocarbons Using Oxidative Routes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 23
œLight Olefin Trimerization with Chromium and Titanium Catalysts�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 24
œAlpha Olefin Polymerization Catalysis: Stereochemisry, Kinetics, and Kinetic Resolutions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
May 4, 2015
Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University
œNew Metal-Catalyzed Reactions for Organic Synthesis and the Development of a Synthetic Route to Complex Guanidinium Alkaloids�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 15, 2015
Professor Paramjit Arora, NYU
œProtein Domain Mimetics as Modulators of Protein-Protein Interactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 15, 2014
Professor Kenichiro Itami, Nagoya University
œCatalyst-Enabling Chemistry toward Transformative Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 28, 2014
Professor Paul Hergenrother, University of Illinois
œAnticancer Discovery, From Simple and Complex Compounds�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 4, 2014
Professor Theodor Agapie, California Institute of Technology
œSynthetic Cluster Models of Biological and Heterogeneous Oxygen Evolving Catalysts�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 11, 2014
Professor Binghe Wang, Georgia State University
œTargeting Carbohydrate-based Biomarkers for the Development of Diagnostics�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 4, 2014
Professor William B. Tolman, University of Minnesota
œCopper Oxygen Intermediates Relevant to Metalloenzymes and Other Oxidation Catalysts�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 11, 2014
Professor Ming Hammond, University of California, Berkeley
œPrivileged RNA scaffolds for in vivo sensing functions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 12, 2014
Professor William D. Jones
2014 Patricia and Joseph Vanderslice Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University of Rochester
œWhy Do Weaker Metal-Carbon Bonds Lead to More Stable Complexes? What's Going On?�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 25, 2014
Professor Michael Krische
2014 Strem Chemicals Lectureship in Catalysis
University of Texas
œFormation of C-C Bonds via Catalytic Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 26, 2014
Professor Wenbin Lin, University of Chicago
œMolecular Materials for Sustainability and Human Health�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 27, 2014
Professor Joseph Hupp, Northwestern University
œFunctional Metal-Organic Framework Materials�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 2, 3, & 4, 2014
Professor Dr. Ben L. Feringa, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Boston College University Lecture Series in Chemistry
April 2, 2014
œExploring Chiral Space in Asymmetric Synthesis�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 3, 2014
As Part of the Boston College University Lecture Series in Chemistry
Dr. Keith Fandrick, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
As Part of the Boston College University Lecture Series in Chemistry
œAsymmetric Synthesis of a Challenging and Complex Flap Inhibitor: Development of a Non-Cryogenic Stereospecific Boronate Rearrangement�
2:30 PM, Merkert 130
April 3, 2014
œCatalytic Asymmetric C-C bond Formation�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 4, 2014
œDynamic Molecular Systems; from switches to motors�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
Sponsored by: Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
April 15, 2014
Professor Eric Strieter, University of Wisconsin
œUsing Chemical Tools to Explore Ubiquitin Signaling Pathways�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 16, 2014
Professor Joel Rosenthal, University of Delaware
œNew Platforms for the Efficient Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Fuel�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 14, 2014
CANCELLED
Professor Jennifer Schomaker, University of Wisconsin
œNew reactivity of coinage metal catalysts and applications of oxidative allene amination to the synthesis of complex molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 19, 2014
Dylan J. Boday, Ph. D., IBM Materials Engineering, Tuscon, AZ
œAddressing Technology Challenges through the development of Renewable and Advanced Materials�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
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August 28, 2014
Professor Alison Frontier, University of Rochester
œStereocontrolled cyclizations�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 9, 2014
Professor Erin Carlson, University of Minnesota
œChemical Probes to Explore and Inhibit Bacterial Pathways�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 11, 2014
Professor Kenji Katayama, Chuo University
œHeterogeneous reaction dynamics revealed by transient grating technique�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 18, 2014
Professor Uttam Tambar, UT Southwestern Medical Center
œCatalytic Asymmetric [2,3]-Rearrangements�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 23, 2014
Professor Ted Betley, Harvard University
œRadicalÌýfrontiersÌýinÌýcatalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 25, 2014
Professor Ning Fang, Iowa State University
œScience of Rock 'n' Roll�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 2, 2014
Professor Wei Fan, Umass Amherst
œDevelopment of hierarchical zeolite catalysts for bulky molecule reaction�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 3 & 4, 2014
Professor Erick M. Carreira
2014 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer in Organic Synthesis
Laboratory of Organic Chemistry
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
October 3
Professor Carreira
œAdvances in Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis:Ìý Bridging Tactics and Strategies�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 4
Dr. Nicholas A. Meanwell, Executive Director, Discovery Chemistry, Bristol-Myers SquibbÌý
œThe Design of Direct Acting Antiviral Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus for Use in Combination Therapy�
10:00 AM, Merkert 130
October 4
Professor Carreira
œDiscovery and Surprises with Natural Products�
11:15 AM, Merkert 130
October 9, 2014
Professor Andrew Peterson, Brown University
œGuiding the design of solar fuels catalysts from first principles�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 28, 2014
Professor Champak Chatterjee, University of Washington
œChemical approaches to study ubiquitin-like proteins�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 14, 2014
Professor X. Peter Zhang, University of South Florida
œMetalloradical Catalysis For Stereoselective Organic Synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 18, 2014
Professor Christopher Beaudry, Oregon State University
œSynthesis of Natural Products with Conformational Chirality�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 25, 2014
Dom Hebrault, Ph.D., Mettler-Toledo AutoChem, Inc.
œEnhancing Synthetic Chemistry Creativity and Efficiency with Current Lab Technologies�
12:00 noon, Merkert 129
November 26, 2014
Professor Warren Piers, University of Calgary
œTransformation of Oxygen-Based Ligands at Transition Metals:ÌýNew Ligand Platforms�
2:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 9, 2014
Professor Priscilla Yang, Harvard University
œChemical Approaches to the Study of Viruses�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 12, 2013
Professor Gonghu Li, University of New Hampshire
œCombining Molecular Catalysts and Nanostructured Surfaces for Solar CO2ÌýReduction�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 17, 2013
Professor Hien Nguyen, University of Iowa
œNew Approaches to Bioactive Carbohydrates, Amines, and Fluorinated Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 19, 2013
Professor Garegin A. Papoian, University of Maryland
œThe Chromatin Folding Problem: Computer Simulations of Nucleosomes and Histone Tails�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 24, 2013
Professor Joshua A. Kritzer, Tufts University
œPeptide tools for cancer, catalysis, and infectious disease�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 1, 2013
Professor Adrian Whitty, Boston University
œInhibiting Protein-Protein Interactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 3, 2013
Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Illinois
œHydrogen Tunneling, Electrostatics, and Conformational Motions in Enzyme Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 8, 2013
Professor Geoffrey W. Coates, Cornell University
œBimetallic Catalysts “ Are Two Metals Better Than One?�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 11 & 12, 2013
Professor Tamio Hayashi, Kyoto University, Japan
2013 Boehringer-Ingelheim Lectures at Boston College
October 11, 4:00 PM, Merkert 130
œRhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 12
Dr. Carl Busacca, Distinguished Research Fellow, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
œNew Ligand Space through Hydrophosphination snd Structure Elucidation of a Key Human Metabolite�
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
October 12
œChiral Diene Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis�
11:15 AM, Merkert 127
October 15, 2013
Professor Dr. Christian Hackenberger,ÌýLeibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
œChemical Tools for the Synthesis and Application of Functional Peptide and Protein-Conjugates�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 17, 2013
Professor Sara E. Skrabalak, Indiana University
œShaping the Synthesis of Bimetallic Nanostructures�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 22, 2013
Professor Scott Rychnovsky, University of California, Irvine
œNew Methods for Synthesis and Structure Determination�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 5, 2013
Professor Shawn Collins, Université de Montréal
œAdvanced Strategies for Macrocyclization�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 12, 2013
Professor Jonathan Lai, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
œEnvelope glycoproteins of endosomal viruses: Structure, function, and inhibition by designed peptides and proteins�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 14, 2013
Professor Deyang Qu, University of Massachusetts Boston
œRechargeable Lithium Air Battery - A Rough Road to the 'Holy Grill'�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 19, 2013
Professor Nathanael Gray, Harvard University
œChemical Strategies for Overcoming Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in Cancer�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 21, 2013
Professor Alex L. Briseno, University of Massachusetts Amherst
œCrystal Chemistry, Molecular Order and Charge Transport at Organic Semiconductor Interfaces�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 3, 2013
Professor Yan Jessie Zhang, University of Texas, Austin
œCTD Code: A combinatorial code for Transcription Regulation�
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
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July 12, 2013
Professor Yoshito Tobe, Osaka University, Japan
œIndenofluorenes: Stabilized Quinodimethanes with Singlet Biradical Characters�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 8, 2013
Professor Philip A. Cole, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
O'Malley Lecturer
œExploring the Language of Protein Post-translational Modifications�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 22, 2013
Professor Gregory Fu, MIT
œMetal-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Alkyl Electrophiles�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 21, 2013
Dr. De-En Jiang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee
œFrom Benzene to Graphene and Things In Between�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 26, 2013
Professor Gojko Lalic, University of Washington - Seattle
œNew Methods for Hydrofunctionalization of Unsaturated Compounds�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 14, 2013
Professor Yuhuang Wang, University of Maryland
œPropagation Chemistry on sp2 Carbon Lattices�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 19, 2013
Professor Eli Zysman-Colman, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
œIlluminating Iridium: From Visual Displays to Solar Cells�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 20, 21, & 22, 2013
Professor Dennis A. Dougherty, California Institute of Technology
Boston College University Lecture Series in Chemistry
March 20, 2013
œChemistry on the Brain: Understanding the Nicotine Receptor�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
March 21, 2013
œThe Cation-Ï€ Interaction: A New View of Benzene, Phe, Tyr, and Trp�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
March 22, 2013
œChemical-Scale Studies of Neuroreceptors and Ion Channels: What Have We Learned?�
2:30 - 3:30 PM, Merkert 127
April 2, 2013
Professor Daniel J. Weix, University of Rochester
œNo More Nucleophiles: Direct, Selective Cross Coupling of Electrophiles�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 4, 2013
Professor Irwin Oppenheim, MIT
œEntropy in Systems away from Equilibrium�
4:00 PM, Merkert 124
April 9, 2013
Dr. Grier Wallace, Abbvie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, Mass.
œAgonists of S1P1 for Immunology: A Medicinal Chemistry Perspective on Asymmetric Synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 11, 2013
Professor Dr. Andreas Hirsch, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
œChemical Functionalization of Synthetic Carbon Allotropes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 16, 2013
CANCELLED
Professor Erin Carlson, University of Indiana
œChemical Probes to Explore and Inhibit Bacterial Pathogenesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 18, 2013
Professor Thomas Keyes, Boston University
œStatistical temperature molecular dynamics (STMD) and generalized replica exchange (gREM) algorithms for enhanced sampling of biomolecules and first order phase transitions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 129
April 30, 2013
Professor Eric Ferreira, Colorado State University
œAccessing and Harnessing Metalated Intermediates Toward Synthetic Utility�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 20, 2012
Professor Gerald J. Diebold, Brown University
œRecent Developments in Photoacoustics and Thermal Diffusion�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 27, 2012
Professor Raymond Schaak, Pennsylvania State University
œSynthetic Design Tools for Complex Inorganic Solids and Nanostructures�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 28, 2012
Novartis Symposium
Dr. Matthew LaMarche, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.
œDiscovery of LFF571 as an Investigational Agent forÌýClostridium difficileÌýInfection�
3:00 p.m., Merkert 127
Suzanne Walker, Harvard Medical School
œCell Wall Targets for New Antibiotics�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
October 2, 2012
Professor Jérôme Waser, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
œFrom Catalysis to Natural Product Synthesis: Exploiting the Reactivity of Electrophilic Acetylenes and Cyclopropanes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 4, 2012
Dr. Yugang Sun, Argonne National Laboratory
œControlled Synthesis of Colloidal Nanoparticles: High Quality Benefits Discovery?�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
October 9, 2012
51¶¯Âþ Sesquicentennial Chemistry Lecture
Professor Dennis P. Curran, University of Pittsburgh
œNew Reactive Intermediates and New Synthetic Reagents Derived from N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
October 11, 2012
Professor Karl Freed, University of Chicago
œProtein Folding Without Homology or Machine Learning�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 16, 2012
Professor Dustin Maly, University of Washington
œAllosteric Control of Signaling Enzyme Function Using Small Molecules�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 17, 2012
Professor Robert Waymouth, Stanford University
œCatalysis: Enabling Science for a Sustainable Future�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 18, 2012
Professor Jianmin Gao, Boston College
œSynthetic Approaches to Membrane Biology�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 23, 2012
Professor Erik Alexanian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
œNew Synthetic Transformations Using Alkenes: From Transition Metal Catalysis to Metal-free Radical Reactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 24, & 25, 2012
O'Malley Lecturer
Professor Wilma K. Olson, Rutgers University
October 24:ÌýœInsights into Gene Expression and Packaging from Computer Simulation�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 25:ÌýœLong-range Communication on Chromatin�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 30, 2012
Professor Michael Haley, University of Oregon
œIndeno[1,2-b]fluorenes “ A New Class of Electron-Accepting Materials�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 2 & 3, 2012
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer
Professor Hisashi Yamamoto, University of Chicago
œAsymmetric Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 6, 2012
Professor Ivan Aprahamian, Dartmouth College
œHydrazone-based switches, fluorophores and sensors�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 8, 2012
Professor Marc-Jan Gubbels, Boston College
œGenetic Dissection of Host Cell Invasion and Cell Division of the Human PathogenÌýToxoplasma gondii�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 11 & 12, 2012
Professor Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol, UK
Boehringer-Ingelheim Lecturer
June 11:ÌýœBoron mediated asymmetric synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 12:ÌýœSulfur ylides and organocatalysis in action�
10:00 AM, Merkert 130
June 15, 2012
Professor Masaichi Saito, Saitama University, Japan
œChallenge to Expand the Concept of Aromaticity to Carbon Cycles Incorporating Tin and Lead Atoms�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 26, 2012
Professor Olafs Daugulis, University of Houston
œDirect Arylation and Alkylation of sp2Ìýand sp3ÌýCarbon-Hydrogen Bonds�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 27, 2012
Professor Tohru Fukuyama, University of Tokyo
œSynthetic Studies on Marine Natural Products�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 1, 2012
Professor Kenichiro Itami, Nagoya University
œChallenges in Arene-Assembling Chemistry�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 28 & 29, 2012
Debra R. Rolison, Surface Chemistry Branch, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
February 28: œWomen in Science: Creating Change in Scientific Institutions through Subversion, Revolution, and Climate Change�
February 29: œIntegrating the multifunction necessary for electrochemical power into energy- and size-scalable ultraporous nanoarchitectures�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 8, 2012
Professor Marco Rolandi, University of Washington, Seattle
œBioprotonic transistors and self-assembled nanostructures with polysaccharide nanofibers�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 9 & 10, 2012
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lectureship
March 9, 2012
Professor Paul Knochel, Universität München
œAdvances in cross-coupling methodology�
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
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March 10, 2012Ìý
Dr. Joel Barrish
œVignettes in Kinase Inhibitor Drug Discovery: Evolution of a Drug Target Class�
9:30-10:30 AM, Merkert 127
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Prof. Paul Knochel, Universität München
œPreparation and Reaction of Polyfunctional Organometallics�
10:45-11:45 AM, Merkert 127
March 13, 2012
Professor Hubert Yin<, University of Colorado
œDrugging the Undruggable�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 27, 2012
Professor Norito Takenaka, University of Miami
œAsymmetric Catalysis with Helical-Chiral Pyridines�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 10, 2012
Professor Liming Zhang, University of California “ Santa Barbara
œAccessing &alpha-Oxo/Imino Gold Carbenes via Gold-Catalyzed Alkyne Oxidation: A Non-Diazo Approach�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 12 & 13, 2012
O'Malley Lecturer
Professor Hongjie Dai, Stanford University
April 12:ÌýœCarbon Nanotubes for Biological Detection, Imaging and Therapy�
April 13:ÌýœGraphene: from Nanoribbons to Hybrid Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 17, 2012
>Professor Abigail Doyle, Princeton University
œNew Approaches to C-F and C-C Bond Formation by Transition Metal Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 18, 19, & 20, 2012
University Lecturer
Professor Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University
April 18, 2012
œWhither Nanotechnology?�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 19, 2012
œNanowires: From Synthesis to Energy Applications�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 20, 2012
œNanoelectronics Meets Biology�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 24, 2012
Professor Derek A. Pratt, University of Ottawa
œThe Chemistry of Radical-Trapping Antioxidants: Are Phenols Really Best?�
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 27, 2012
O'Malley Lecturer
Professor Eric Kool, Stanford University
œDNA-inspired Tools for Biology: Design, Synthesis and Applications�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 1, 2012
Professor Julius Rebek, Jr., The Scripps Research Institute
œRecognition and Catalysis in Deep Cavitands�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 13, 2011
Professor Jimmy Wu, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
œExploring the Chemistry of Sulphur�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 15, 2011
Professor Younan Xia, Washington University, Saint Louis
œPutting Chemistry to Work for Nano and Biomedical Research�
1:30 PM, Merkert 130
September 23, 2011
Novartis Symposium in Chemical Biology
Refreshments and Coffee
1:30 P.M., Merkert lobby
Professor Barbara Imperiali, MIT
œAsparagine-linked protein glycosylation: Pathways, processes and potential antivirulence targets�
2:00 P.M., Merkert 127
Dr. John Tallarico, Novartis
œChemical Genetics at Novartis: A Pathway Forward for Early Drug Discovery�
3:00 P.M., Merkert 127
Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps
œAdapting Protein Homeostasis to Ameliorate Diseases using Chemical and Biological Approaches�
4:00 P.M., Merkert 127
September 27, 2011
Professor Bradley Nilsson, University of Rochester
œPeptide Self-Assembly: Pathological Amyloid to Engineered Biomaterials�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 5, 2011
Professor Patrick Wintrode, Case Western University
TBA
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 11, 2011
Professor Corey Stephenson, Boston University
œPhotoredox Catalysis: Enabling Chemical Synthesis with Visible Light�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 13, 2011
Professor Dunwei Wang, Boston College
œSynthesizing Materials at the Nanoscale for Advanced Energy Applications�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 18, 2011
Professor Kian Tan, Boston College
œA General Method for Controlling Regio- and Stereoselectivity�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 25, 2011
Dr. Doug Johnson, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
œChemical Biology with Clickable Probes: Application to the Discovery of FAAH Inhibitors and g-Secretase Modulators�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 3, 2011
Professor Catherine Murphy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
œThree Short Stories About Gold Nanorods�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 8, 2011
Professor Jerry Yang, University of California San Diego
œRecent Applications of Amyloid-Targeting Agents�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 11, 2011
Professor Tobias Ritter, Harvard University
œLate-Stage Fluorination�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 15, 2011
Professor Shannon Stahl, University of Wisconsin
œOvercoming the Oxidant Problem: Strategies to Use O2Ìýas the Oxidant in Catalytic C“H Oxidation Reactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 29, 2011
Professor Regan J. Thomson, Northwestern University
œThe Development and Application of Carbon“Carbon Bond Forming Reactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 7, 2011
Dr. Lionel Vayssieres, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
œMetal Oxide Quantum Rod & Dot-based Structures & Devices: Aqueous Design, Electronic Structure and Applications for Solar Energy Conversion�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 8, 2011
Professor Ray Schaak, Pennsylvania State University
œSynthetic Design Tools for Complex Inorganic Solids and Nanostructures�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 17, & 18, 2011
2011 Boehringer-Ingelheim Lectures at Boston College
Professor Eiichi Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan
June 17, 4:00 p.m., Merkert 127
œIron Catalysis in Organic Synthesis�
Chris Senanayake, Ph.D., Vice President, Chemical Development
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
June 18, 9:30 a.m., Merkert 127
œTimely Chemical Process Research: A Critical Part of Efficient Drug Development�
Professor Eiichi Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan
June 18, 11:00 a.m., Merkert 127
œOrganic Electronic Research Guided by New Reactions and New Molecules�
June 23, 2011
ProfessorÌýShigeru Yamago, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
œDevelopment of New Materials Powered by Organic Synthesis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 22, 2011
Professor Takahiko Akiyama, Gakushuin University, Japan
œRecent Progress in the Phosphoric Acid Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 2, 2011
Professor Naoya Kumagai, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo
œSoft Lewis Acid/Hard Bronsted Base Cooperative Catalysis�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 8, 2011
Professor Vladimir Gevorgyan, University of Illinois, Chicago
"Development of Novel Transition Metal-Catalyzed Synthetic Methodologies"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 10, 2011
Professor Amy Prieto, Colorado State University
œInexpensive, Efficient Approaches for Energy Production and Storage: Photovoltaic Devices and Li-Ion Batteries�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 15, 2011
Professor Leslie Poole, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
"Peroxiredoxin structure and function: conserved and divergent features across the protein family"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 22, 2011
Professor Alan Kennan, Colorado State University
"Specific self-assembly of viral fusion protein mimics"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 24, 2011
Professor Greg Rohrer, Carnegie Mellon University
"Developing titania/ferroelectric heterostructures for solar photolysis"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 1, 2011
Professor Matthew Bogyo, Stanford School of Medicine
"Small Molecule screening in human parasite pathogens identifies novel players in the process of host cell invasion"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 3, 2011
Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Tufts University
œAtomically dispersed gold on oxide supports: a new catalyst for H2 production�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 17, 2011
Professor William Buhro, Washington University
œOptical Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Wires and Quantum Belts�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 21, 22, & 23, 2011
University Lecturer
Professor Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley
March 21, 4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
œThe Application of Physical Organic Methods to the Investigation of Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms�
March 22, 4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
�Selective Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions in Water-Soluble Host-Guest Supramolecular Systems�
March 23, 1:45 “ 3:00 p.m., Merkert 127
œToward Greener Routes to Hydrocarbons: Deoxygenation of Biomass-Related Polyols�
View the Poster for Professor Bergman's University Lecture Series
March 29, 2011
Professor Kevin P. Cusack, Abbott Laboratories, Worcester, Massachusetts
œConformationally constrained phosphonate and prodrug agonists of S1P1 for Immunology�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 31, 2011
Professor Yiying Wu, Ohio State University
œToward more efficient photocathode for dye-sensitized solar cells�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 5, 2011
Professor Paramjit Arora, New York University
œSynthetic Strategies for Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 12, 2011
Professor J.D. Tovar, Johns Hopkins University
œTopological and Supramolecular Considerations for Organic (bio)Electronics�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 14, 2011
O'Malley Visiting Scholar
Professor Stephen White, University of California Irvine
œFolding Proteins into Cell Membranes�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 15, 2011
O'Malley Visiting Scholar
Professor Stephen White, University of California Irvine
œExploring Membranes by Neutron Diffraction�
2:30 PM, Merkert 130
April 19, 2011
Professor Vy Dong, University of Toronto
œA few of my favorite rings: Asymmetric catalysis inspired by lactones and lactams�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 25, 2011
Professor Shih-Yuan Liu, University of Oregon
œDeveloping the Basic Science and Applications of Boron(B)-Nitrogen(N)-Containing Heterocycles�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 28, 2011
Professor Shirley Tang, University of Waterloo
œInterface Carbon Nanotube with Biological Systems: Applications and Environmental Impact�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 3, 2011
Professor Brian Miller, Florida State University
œKinetic Cooperativity in a Monomeric Enzyme�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 10, 2011
Professor Elizabeth Jarvo, University of California, Irvine
œMechanism-Based Design and Development of Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Reactions�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 14, 2010
Professor Jin-Quan Yu, Scripps Research Institute
"Accelerated C-H Activation Reactions: Enantioselectivity and Positional Selectivity"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 23, 2010
Professor Tom Mallouk, Pennsylvania State University
"A Nanoscience Approach to Photocatalysis and Solar Cells"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 24, 2010
Professor Tom Mallouk, Pennsylvania State University
"Exploring Mesoscopic Phenomena using Template-Grown Metal Nanowires"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 12, 2010
Professor Jonathan Ellman, Yale University
"Development and Applications of New and Practically Useful Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 19, 2010
Professor Scott Schaus, Boston University
"Asymmetric Boronate Reactions: Catalysis and Synthesis"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 26, 2010
John Nuss, Ph.D, Exelisis, Inc.
"Adventures in Kinase Inhibitor Discovery: Application of an Integrated HTS/Combinatorial Chemistry Approach to the Discovery of Novel Inhibitors for Oncology and Metabolic Disease Targets"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 9, 2010
Professor Samir Z. Zard, Ecole Polytechnique, France
"Fun with Radicals: Some New Perspectives for Organic Synthesis"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 18, 2010
Professor Feng Wang, Boston University
œPost Hartree-Fock Quality with Pair-Wise Potentials: the Design of Liquid Water Force Fields with Adaptive Force Matching�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 23, 2010
Professor Gregory Tew, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
œCapturing Protein Activity in Simple, Synthetic Polymers and Oligomers�
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 11, 2010
Visiting O'Malley Scholar Professor William DeGrado, University of Pennsylvania
"Design and Mechanism of Action of Antimicrobial Foldamers and Small Molecules"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 12, 2010
Visiting O'Malley Scholar Professor William DeGrado, University of Pennsylvania
"Analysis and Design of Membrane Proteins"
2:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 18, 2010
Professor Tomislav Rovis, Colorado State University
"Ring-Forming Strategies in Asymmetric Catalysis"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 26, 2010
Professor Ramesh Jasti, Boston University
"Bridging Organic Synthesis and Nanoscience"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 1, 2010
Professor Jay S. Siegel, University of Zurich
"Polar-pi effects and the development of silicon-based Lewis acids"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 2, 2010
Professor Phil Dawson, Scripps Research Institute
"Synthetic Protein Engineering"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 9, 2010
Professor Daniel Raleigh, SUNY-Stony Brook
CANCELLED
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 16, 2010
Professor Karl A. Scheidt, Northwestern University
"New Discoveries with Carbene Catalysis"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 23, 2010
Professor Brad Smith, Notre Dame University
"Supramolecular probes for optical bioimaging"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 8, 2010
Professor Jonathan Ellman, University of California, Berkeley
"Development and Application of New Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 9, 2010
Professor Michael Best, University of Tennessee
"Chemical Approaches to the Investigation of Protein-Membrane Binding Interactions using Synthetic Lipid Probes"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 15, 2010
Professor Jing Kong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
TBA
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 25, 2010
Professor Guozhong Cao, University of Washington
"Engineering Nanomaterials and Interfaces for Energy Conversion and Storage"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 30, 2010
Professor Martin Burke, University of Illinois
"The Prospect of Molecular Prosthetics: Small Molecules with Protein-Like Functions"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 6, 2010
Professor Francois Diederich, ETH Zurich
"Molecular Recognition Studies with Biological Receptors"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 13, 2010
Professor Neil Marsh, University of Michigan
"From frying pans to frogs: adventures with fluorinated proteins and peptides"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 15, 2010
Professor Bruce Parkinson, University of Wyoming
"Sensitization of TiO2 crystals to visble light using molecular dyes and quantum dot sensitizers"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
BMS Lecture Series
April 16 & 17, 2010
April 16
Bristol-Myers Squibb Sponsored Lecturer
Professor Dr. Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
"Tinkering with Nature's Macrolides"
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 17
Dr. Martin Eastgate, Bristol-Myers Squibb
"Mechanistic Insight and Ligand Design in the 1,4-Oxidation of 1,3- Dienes"
10:00 AM, Merkert 127
Professor Dr. Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
"A Cheap Metal for a Noble Task: Progress in Iron Catalysis"
11:15 AM, Merkert 127
April 22, 2010
Professor Varinder Aggarwal, University of Bristol
"Boron, the ultimate orchestrator of chemoselective transformations"
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 27, 2010
Professor Sir Harold Kroto, Florida State University
"Architecture in NanoSpace"
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 29, 2010
Professor Teri Odom, Northwestern University
"Pyramidal Shells: A Platform for Designing Multifunctional Plasmonic Particles"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 15, 2009
Professor Marcy Waters, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
"A molecular view of biomolecular recognition"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 16, 2009
Professor Scott E. Denmark, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
"Lewis Base Activation of Lewis Acids: On Beyond Silicon"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 25, 2009
Professor Ali Javey, University of California, Berkeley
"Nanoscale Semiconductor Materials: Challenges & Opportunities"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 29, 2009
Professor Li Deng, Brandeis University
"Asymmetric Reactions with Bifunctional Organic Catalysts"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 1, 2009
Professor Craig Grimes, Pennsylvania State University
"Self-Assembled 1-D TiO2 Nanotube/wire Arrays for Efficient Conversion of Solar Energy to Electricity or Fuels"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 6, 2009
Professor Jason Harper, University of New South Wales, Australia
"Towards an Understanding of Organic Processes in Ionic Liquids"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 8, 2009
Professor Andrew Phillips, University of Colorado
"Complex Molecule Synthesis: Opportunities in Chemistry and Biology"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 19, 20, & 21, 2009
University Lecturer
Dr. Jean M.J. Fréchet, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Rapoport Chair of Organic Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Scientific Director of the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
October 19, 2009
œFunctional Macromolecules: from Superhydrophobic Surfaces to Catalytic Nanoreactors�
4:00 - 5:30 PM, Merkert 127
October 20, 2009
œDesigning Macromolecules for Chemo- and Immuno-Therapy�
4:00 - 5:30 PM, Merkert 127
October 21, 2009
œPolymers in Organic Electronics�
3:00 - 4:30 PM, Merkert 127
View the Poster for Dr. Fréchet's University Lecture Series
November 3, 2009
Professor Lukas Tamm, University of Virginia
"Structure, Folding, and Gating of Outer Membrane Proteins by MR and Thermodynamic Approaches"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 5, 2009
>Professor Irene Chen, Harvard Medical School
"Information in the Prebiotic World"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 17, 2009
Professor Milton R. Smith, III, Michigan State University
"Metal Catalyzed C-H Borylation: How Mechanistic Insights Made the Impractical Practical"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 19, 2009
Professor Lila Gierasch, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Towards an energy landscape for protein folding in the cell"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 8, 2009
Professor Chris Vanderwal, University of California, Irvine
œSynthesis and Study of the Chlorosulfolipids and Complex Molecule Synthesis Inspired by the Zincke Ring-Openings of Pyridines�
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 22, 2009
Professor Hee Cheul Choi, Pohang University of Science & Technology, South Korea
"Structure confinement of carbon-based nanomaterials in vapor phase for their applications in nanoelectronic/photonic systems"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 23, 2009
ProfessorÌýSam Gellman, University of Wisconsin
"Structure and Function in Peptidic Foldamers"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 27, 2009
ProfessorÌýMary Beth Williams, Pennsylvania State University
CANCELLED
February 10, 2009
ProfessorÌýKrishna Kumar, Tufts University
"Bioorthogonal Noncovalent Chemistry"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 6, 2009
Professor Dan Yang, University of Hong Kong
"Using Synthetic Organic Chemistry to Probe Biological Mechanisms"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 12, 2009
Professor Jin Montclare, Polytechnic Institute of NYU
"Bioinspired Macromolecules: Protein Catalysts to Materials"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 19 & 20, 2009
O'Malley Visiting Scholar
Professor Moungi Bawendi, MIT
March 19, 2009
"Science and Technology of Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 20, 2009
"Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots: It's all about the excitons"
3:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 7, 2009
Professor Jovica Badjic, Ohio State University
"Gated Molecular Baskets"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 14, 2009
Professor Tehshik Yoon, University of Wisconsin
"Oxidative Functionalization Reactions of Oxaziridines"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 15, 16, & 17, 2009
University Lecturer
Dr. Jay D. Keasling, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
University of California, Berkeley
Hubbard Howe Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering
Director, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center
CEO, Joint BioEnergy Institute
April 15, 2009
œEngineering microbial metabolism for production of anti-malarial drugs�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 16, 2009
œFrom Bugs to Biofuels�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
April 17, 2009
œSynthetic Biology: a new discipline in biological engineering�
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 127
View the Poster for Dr. Keasling's University Lecture Series
April 23, 2009
Professor Scott Denmark, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Novartis Lecturer
CANCELLED
April 27, 2009
Professor Eric Wei-Guang Diau, Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
CANCELLED
April 28, 2009
Professor Uwe Bunz, Georgia Institute of Technology
"From Large Heteroacenes to Cruciform Fluorophores"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 25, 2009
Professor Peter Schreiner, University of Giessen, Germany
"Diamondoids as Novel Materials for Organic Electronics and Catalysis"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
3:00 - 6:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 22, 2008
Professor Art Cho, Korea University
œQuantum Mechanics in Protein Docking�
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 25, 2008
Professor Karin Hauser, Institute of Biophysics, University of Frankfurt, Germany
œProtein Folding and Dynamics studied by Infrared Spectroscopy�
Physical Chemistry Seminar
2:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 2, 2008
Professor Tohru Yamada, Keio University, Japan
œEnantioselective Borohydride Reduction Catalyzed by Optically Active Cobalt(II) Complexes�
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 4, 2008
Professor Joseph Harrity, University of Sheffield, UK
œDevelopment of New Regio- and Stereoselective Heterocycle Syntheses through Cycloaddition Reactions�
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 9, 2008
Professor Tatyana Polenova
œMagic Angle Spinning NMR Specrtoscopy of Microtubule - Associated Proteins, Thioredoxin Reassemblies and Vanadium Haloperoxidases�
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 16, 2008
Professor Xi Chen
Title: TBD
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 19, 2008
Professor Julia Chan, Louisiana State University
œCrystal growth and Physical Properties of Intermetallics: Challenges and Opportunities�
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 23, 2008
Professor Herbert Mayr, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
"Reactivity Scales for Designing Organic Syntheses"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 30, 2008
Professor Tadhg Begley
"Thiamin Biosynthesis - Still Yielding Fascinating Biological Chemistry"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 7, 2008
Professor Mary K. Pflum, Wayne State University
"Kinase Cosubtrate Promiscuity"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 9, 2008
Professor F. D. Lewis, Northwestern University
"Base-Sequence Control of DNA Photochemistry"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 16, 2008
Professor Masahiro Terada, Tohoku University, Japan
"Enantioselective Catalysis by Chiral Bronsted Acid/Base through Hydrogen Bonding as Strategic Interaction"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 21, 2008
An Organic Symposium Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Dr. Rodney Parsons,ÌýBristol-Myers Squibb
"Case Studies in Process Research and Development"
3:30 PM, Merkert 127
4:30 PM, Refreshments in the Merkert Lobby
Professor Larry Overman, University of California, Irvine
"Recent Studies in Alkaloid Total Synthesis"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
5:00 PM, Merkert 127
October 22, 2008
Professor Q. Jason Cheng, University of California, Riverside
"Supported Lipid Membrane Interfaces for Biosensing with Surface Plasmon Resonance"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 28, 2008
Professor John Koh, University of Delaware
"Chemical Rescue of Nuclear Receptor Mutations"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 29, 2008
Professor Milan Vasak, University of Zurich
"Zinc and copper in the brain: Unraveling the role of metallothionein-3"
Chemical Biology & Inorganic Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 30, 2008
Professor Emmanuel Lacote, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Title: TBD
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 4, 2008
Professor John Porco, Boston University
"Synthetic Methods Inspired by Complex Natural Products"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 6, 2008
Professor Peter Lu, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
"Probing Single-Molecule Protein Conformational Dynamics"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 11, 2008
Professor Catherine Drennan, MIT
Title: TBD
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 18, 2008
ProfessorÌýMei Hong, Iowa State University
"Structure and dynamics of antimicrobial and viral membrane proteins from solid-state NMR"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 8, 2008
Professor Naohiko Yoshikai, University of Tokyo, Japan
"Activation of Unreactive Carbon-Halogen and Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds by Transition Metal Catalysis of Nucleophilic Organometallics"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 9, 2008
Professor Melanie S. Sanford, University of Michigan
"Pd(II/IV)-Catalyzed Reactions in Organic Synthesis"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 8, 2008
Professor David Y. Gin, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
"Synthesis of Carbohydrate Immunostimulants and Bioactive Alkaloids"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 10, 2008
Professor M. Shane Hutson, Vanderbilt University
"Wavelength-Dependent Structural Failure of Collagen During Mid-IR Laser Surgery"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 15, 2008
Professor Ross A. Widenhoefer, Duke University
"Gold and Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrofunctionalization of C=C Bonds"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 5, 2008
Professor Joel Schneider, University of Delaware
"De Novo Design of Peptide Materials"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 7, 2008
Professor Jin Z. Zhang, University of California, Santa Cruz
"Novel Optical and Dynamic Properties and Emerging Applications of Nanomaterials"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 21, 2008
Professor J. Daniel Gezelter, University of Notre Dame
"Rippled Membranes and Imaginary Ice: Surprise From Molecular Dynamics"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 26, 2008
Professor Jeffrey W. Bode, University of Pennsylvania
"Organic Redox Reactions for Enantioselective Annulations and Chemoselective Ligations"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 11, 2008
Professor Yoshihisa Kobayashi, University of California, San Diego
"Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 17, 2008
Professor Robin Kinnel, Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry, Hamilton College
"Adventures and Lessons from Three Decades of Natural Products -- Some Finished and Unfinished Business"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 18, 2008
Dr. Jewgeni Starikow, Institute for Nanotechnology
"DNA Interaction with Incident Electrons and UV Photons: The Role of Charge Transfer Electrons"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 25, 2008
Professor Chaitan Kosla, Stanford University
"New Insights into Macrolide Biosynthesis"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 27, 2008
Professor Martin Gruebele, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Vibrational Energy Flow and Mode Selectivity: What Happens as Molecules Get Larger"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
12:00 PM, Cushing 210
April 1, 2008
Professor J. Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University
"Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology for Tomorrow's World"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 5, 2008
Organic Symposium
Professor James Morken, Boston College
"Transition-Metal Catalyzed Enantioselective Diboration: An Enabling Tool for Organic Synthesis"
Merkert 127
Professor Justin DuBois, Stanford University
"Drawing Inspiration for Reaction Design from Nature's Products"
Merkert 127
Professor Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University
"A Search for Selective Yet General Catalysts"
Merkert 127
Graduate Student, TBD
April 8, 2008
Professor Christina White, University of Illinois
Title: TBD
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 15, 16, & 17, 2008
University Lecturer
Professor Peter G. Wolynes, Francis H. Crick Chair in Physical Science
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Physics
University of California, San Diego
Three Lectures on Energy Landscapes:
April 15, 2008
œLandscapes of the Sciences�
4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
April 16, 2008
œEnergy Landscapes and the Solved Protein Folding Problems�
4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
April 17, 2008
œBeyond Protein Folding�
4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
Sponsored by: Sigma-Aldrich
April 22, 2008
Professor Blake Peterson, Pennsylvania State University
"Synthetic Mimics of Mammalian Cell Surface Receptors"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 24, 2008
Professor Paul Corkum, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
"Laser Induced Molecular Imaging"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 29, 2008
Professor Scott Silverman, University of Illinois
CANCELLED
New Seminar date is May 6, 2008.
May 1, 2008
Professor George Shields, Hamilton College
"Computational Design of a Small Peptide that Inhibits Breast Cancer"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 6, 2008
Professor Scott Silverman, University of Illinois
"DNA as a Catalyst for Bioorganic Chemistry"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 8, 2008
Professor John Brauman, Stanford University
"Hydrogen Bonding: Acidity, Basicity, and Effects on Reactivity"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 13, 2008
Professor John L. Wood, Colorado State University
SEMINAR CANCELLED
September 18, 2007 CANCELLED
Professor Clark Landis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Enantioselective Catalysis with 3,4-Diazaphospholanes"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 28, 2007
Dr. John Kozarich, ActivX Biosciences, Inc.
"Mechanistic Adventures in Nucleotide Binding Space"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
2:00 PM, Merkert 127
October 4, 2007
Professor Dongping Zhong, Ohio State University
"Ultrafast Dynamics of Protein Surface Hydration"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 10, 2007
Professor Paul Barbara, University of Texas
O'Malley Lecturer
"Single Molecule Spectroscopic Studies of Organic Photovoltaic Materials and Devices"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 11, 2007
Professor Paul Barbara, University of Texas
O'Malley Lecturer
"Single Molecule Kinetic Studies on Protein/Nucleic Acid Interactions in HIV-1 Reverse Transcription In Vitro"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
1:00 PM, Carney 206
October 11, 2007
Professor Moonsub Shim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Charging Carbon Nanotubes: Electrons, Phonons, and Chemical Reactivity"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 23, 2007
Professor Dhandapani Venkataraman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Triarylamines with a Twist"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 25, 2007
Professor Isamu Shiina, Tokyo University of Science
Title: TBD
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 30, 2007
Professor Maurice Brookhart, University of North Carolina
"Catalytic Transformations Employing C-H and Si-H Bond Activation Reactions"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 6, 2007
Professor Feng Gai, University of Pennsylvania
"Fast Folding Events in Solution and in Membranes"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 13, 2007
Professor Catherine Drennan, MIT
"Structural Insights into Enzymatic Halogenation of Natural Products"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 15, 2007
Professor Song Jin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"How to Make a Christmas Tree: General Chemical Synthesis of Silicide Nanowires and Complex Nanowire Structures"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 27, 2007
Professor Ronald Raines, University of Wisconsin
"Stereoelectronic Effects on Protein Structure: Lessons from Collagen"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 6, 2007
Professor Nick Melosh, Stanford University
"Bio-Electronic Interfaces and Plasmonic Integration with Molecular Electronics"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
June 13, 2007
Professor Toshikazu Hirao, Osaka University, Japan
"Sumanene: A New π-Conjugated Bowl"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 12, 2007
Professor Tetsuro Majima, Osaka University
"Charge Transfer Through DNA Nanoscaled Assembly Programmable With DNA Building Blocks"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
July 20, 2007
Professor Alexandre Alexakis, University of Geneva
"Chiral Diamines as Ligands and Organocatalysts"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
August 27, 2007
Professor Shinichi Saito, Tokyo University of Science
"New Cycloaddition Reactions of Electron-Deficient Methylenecyclopropanes: Efficient Synthesis of Medium-Sized Rings"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 127
January 23, 2007
Professor Anne Gershenson, Brandeis University
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
January 30, 2007
Professor Gregory Petsko, Brandeis University
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 6, 2007
Professor Timothy M. Swager, John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 13, 2007
Professor Michael D. Burkart, University of California - San Diego
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
February 20, 2007
Professor John Montgomery, University of Michigan
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
2006/2007 Bristol-Myers Squib Lecturer
February 27, 2007
Professor Brian M. Stoltz, California Institute of Technology
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 5, 2007
Professor Barry M. Trost, Stanford University
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 13, 2007
Professor Janis Louis, University of Utah
"The Versatility of Nickel Cycloaddition Catalysts"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 15, 2007
Professor Jim Maher, Mayo Clinic College Of Medicine
"DNA Flexibility Enhancement in vivo"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
March 21, 22, & 23, 2007
University Lecturer
Professor Richard R. Schrock, Frederick G. Keyes Professor of Chemistry
Nobel Laureate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The Discovery and Development of High Oxidation State Catalysts for the Metathesis of Alkenes and Alkynes"
March 21, 4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
"Applications of High Oxidation State Metathesis Catalysts in Organic and Polymer Chemistry"ÌýMarch 22, 4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
"Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia with Protons and Electrons"
March 23, 4:00 “ 5:00 p.m., Merkert 127
View the Poster for Dr. Schrock's University Lecture Series
March 27, 2007
Professor Joseph P. Noel, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
"Traversing Evolutionary Pathways in Three Dimensions: Divergent Substrate and Product Specificities in Specialized Metabolism"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 2, 2007
Professor Alan S. Goldman, Rutgers University
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
Abbott Lecturer
April 3, 2007
Professor Antonio M. Echavarren, Institut Català d™Investigació QuÃma, Spain
"The Mechanistic Puzzle of Gold-Catalyzed Cyclizations of Enynes and Beyond"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 10, 2007
Professor Chuan He, University of Chicago
"Regulation of Virulence, Antibiotic Resistance and Metal Ions in Bacteria"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 17, 2007
Professor Samuel Danishefsky, Columbia University
Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecturer
"Natural Products and Total Synthesis in the Drug Discovery Process"
with Dr. Carl P. Decicco
Bristol-Myers Squibb
"Innovation in Drug Discovery"
Bristol-Myers Squibb sponsored Symposium
Organic Chemistry Seminar
3:30 PM, Merkert 127
April 19, 2007
Professor Claudio Margulis, University of Iowa
"Dynamics, Thermodynamics and Spectroscopy of Novel Room-Temperature Ionic-Liquids"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 24, 2007
Professor Anna K. Mapp, University of Michigan
"Small Molecule Control of Gene Activation"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
April 26, 2007
Professor Norman Tolk, Vanderbilt University
"Ultra-fast Laser Induced Vibrational Dynamics at Surfaces Leading to Bond Scission and Traveling Phonon Wave Induced Oscillations"
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 1, 2007
Professor Phil S. Baran, The Scripps Research Institute
"The Catalytic Cycle of Discovery in Total Synthesis"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 2, 2007
Professor Janine Cossy, Ecole Supérieure de physique et chimie Indistrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI)
"Chemoselective reactions. Towards the Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products"
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
May 8, 2007
Professor Victor Batista, Yale University
"Modeling Photo-induced Reaction Dynamics and Coherent Control: from Small Molecules to Sensitized Semiconductors."
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 - 5:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 7, 2006
Professor Jianshu Cao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Statistical Analysis of Single Molecule Measurements"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 14, 2006
Dr. Christopher B. Murray, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
"Preparation and Properties of Multicomponent Nanocrystal Superlattices: Building with Artificial Atoms"Ìý
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 19, 2006
Professor Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 21, 2006
Professor Norbert F. Scherer, University of Chicago
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
September 26, 27, & 28, 2006
Professor Nicola L. Pohl, Iowa State University
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 3, 2006
Professor Hisashi Yamamoto, University of Chicago
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
2006/2007 Novartis Lecturer
October 6, 2006
Professor Tianquam Tim Lian, O'Malley Visiting Scholar
Emory University
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 17, 2006
Professor Jinquan Yu, Brandeis University
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 20, 2006
Professor Motomu Kanai, University of Tokyo, Japan
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 25, 2006
Professor Bernhard Breit, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 26, 2006
Professor Albena Ivanisevic, Purdue University
"Fabrication and Characterization of Biological and Chemical Architectures"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
October 31, 2006
Professor Melanie S. Sanford, University of Michigan
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 2, 2006
Professor Steven Baldelli, University of Houston
"Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy and Imaging of Surfaces"Ìý
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 7, 2006
Professor F. Dean Toste, Chevron Professor
University of California, Berkeley
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 9, 2006
Professor Torsten Fiebig, Boston College
"DNA Photonics - Probing the Electronic Properties of DNA"Ìý
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 14, 2006
Professor David E. Cane, Brown University
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 16, 2006
Dr. William Chameides, Environmental Defense Fund
"Why an Academic Left the Hallowed Halls to Advocate for Action on Global Warming"Ìý
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 21, 2006
Dr. Albert Stolow, National Research Council Canada
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
November 28, 2006
Professor Benjamin T. King, University of Nevada, Reno
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 6, 2006
Professor Steven Bruner, Boston College
Chemical Biology Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 7, 2006
Professor Christopher J. Bardeen, University of California
"Energy Transport in Amorphous and Crystalline Organic Materials"
Physical Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
December 12, 2006
Professor Jeffrey S. Johnson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Organic Chemistry Seminar
4:00 PM, Merkert 130
