Chemistry Department Seminars

Spring Quarter 2007

April 4  Open

April 11  Dr. Antoni Tomsia, Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, " Using Ice to Mimic Nacre: From Structural Materials to Artificial Bone", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 109.

April 18  Due to weather- this seminar is postponed until Thursday 5/24/07! Prof. Harold Scheraga, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, "Theoretical Prediction of Structures and Folding Pathways of Proteins", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Curtis 451. Note special seminar location.

April 25  Prof. Raphael Raptis, Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, "Polynuclear Fe-Oxo-Pyrazolate Clusters; Possible Metalloprotein Models and MRI Contrast Agents" 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 109.

April 27  Oral Candidacy Presentation, Ms. Guzeliya (Gulya) Korneva, "Morphological Control of Metallic Nanoparticles", 1:20 pm refreshments, 1:30 pm seminar, Disque 109. Note special seminar day and time.

May 2  Prof. Trevor Creamer, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, "Probing Protein Unfolded States", 11:20 am refreshments, 11:30 am seminar, Disque 109. Note change in seminar time!

May 9  Prof. Krzysztof Szalewicz, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, " First-Principle Predictions of Bulk Properties of Large Organic Molecules", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 109.

May 16  Note: This seminar has been postponed until October 17! Prof. Bruce Armitage, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, "Nucleic Acid-Based Fluorescent Labels and Sensors", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 109.

May 23  IMPORTANT: this seminar is cancelled! Prof. Irwin Chaiken, College of Medicine, Drexel University, "Receptor Machines and the Path to Antagonism in AIDS and Allergic Inflammation", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 109.

May 24  Prof. Harold Scheraga, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University, "Evolution of Protein Simulation", 12:40 pm refreshments, 12:50 pm seminar, Matheson 109. Note special seminar day, time and location.

May 25  Oral Candidacy Presentation, Ms. April Holcomb, "Pharmaceutical Drug in-vivo Studies of Liver Tissue Utilizing Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging", 12:50 pm refreshments, 1:00 pm seminar, Disque 103. Note special seminar day, time and location.

May 30  Prof. Nick Hadjiliadis, Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, "The Interaction of I2 with Amides and Thioamides", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 109.

June 6  Note- this seminar is cancelled! Prof. John Eisch, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Binghamton, "The Role of Zirconium Alkyls in Efficient and Novel Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation and Carbon-Carbon Bond Breaking and Their Applications in Organic Synthesis", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 109.

June 12  Ph.D. Dissertation Defense, Mr. William Erb, "Exploration of the Fundamentals of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry", 10:50 am refreshments, 11:00 am seminar, Disque 108. Note special seminar day, time and location.

All seminars are open to the public and are scheduled on Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. They are held in Disque Hall room 109 unless otherwise noted. Refreshments are available at 10:50 a.m. For further information please contact Ms. Virginia Nesmith, Office Services Coordinator, at 215-895-2638.

The seminar speakers visit schedule can be obtained here.

Seminar Archive

Find out what Drexel Chemistry Department faculty members are up to in their research. We welcome the chance to visit your department to speak. A list of available seminars for the 2006-2007 academic year and direct faculty contact information can be found here.

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