Department of Chemistry 
Seminar Schedule for Fall 2009

All seminars are at 3:30 PM in CB 1212

 

Date

Speaker/Title

August 24

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING (graduate student attendance is required)

August 31

Archana Gambiraopet, Graduate Literature Seminar

Title: Core Cross-Linked Star Polymers

September 14

Arpana Gambiraopet, Graduate Literature Seminar

Title: Biodegradable Polymers

September 21

Rihab El-Beram, Graduate Literature Seminar

Title: Effect of Milk Caseins on the Concentration of Polyphenolic Compounds in Tea

September 28

Kaavya Maganti, Graduate Literature Seminar

Title:  Quantification of DNA by ICP-OES

October 5

No Seminar

October 12

Mr. Ira Flatow, Host of Science Friday on NPR

Title: Challenges and Opportunities of Presenting Science to the Public

NOTE:  7 PM in the Freed-Curd Auditorium

October 19

Dr. Patrick Woodward, Ohio State University

Title: Mendeleev Meets Fermi: Using the Periodic Table to Manipulate the Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Complex Perovskites

October 26

Xinyan Zhang, Graduate Literature Seminar

Title:  Integration of Low-Power Microfluidic Pumps with Biosensors Within a Laboratory-on-a-Chip Device

November 2

Dongye Xu, Graduate Literature Seminar

Title: A Neoplastic Gene Fusion Mimics trans-Splicing of RNAs in Normal Human Cells

November 9

Liu He, Graduate Literature Seminar

Title: Dynamic Biochemical Information Recovery

November 16

Dr. Mark Watson, University of Kentucky

Title: Conjugated Polymers for Organic Consumer Electronics:  Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Structure-Property Studies, and Devices (transistors and solar cells)

November 23

Dr. Gregory Tschumper, University of Mississippi

Title: Computational Characterization of Hydrogen Bonding, pi-Stacking and Other van der Waals Interactions

November 30

No Seminar