Department of Chemistry

Department Seminar Series - Fall 2009
Corcoran Hall, Room 101

All Seminars, except as noted, begin at 12:15 PM on Friday.
Light refreshments are served beginning at 12:00 PM

Sept. 4	Attendance required for all lab personnel! Jennifer Harris Safety Seminar Risk Management George Washington University harrisjn@gwu.edu

Sept. 11	No Seminar Fall Retreat

Sept. 18	Martín Zysmilich A Photographic Tour of My Sabbatical Assistant Professor of Chemistry George Washington University mgz@gwu.edu

Sept. 25	Barbara Gerratana Structure-functional Characterization of NAD+ Synthetase Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Maryland bgerrata@umd.edu Host: C. Dowd

Oct. 2	Jason Chruma Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Generation and Reactivity of a-Imino Anions: Application toward Alkaloid Frameworks and Peptidomimetic Scaffolds Assistant Professor of Chemistry University of Virginia jjc5p@Virginia.EDU Host: C. Dowd

Oct. 9	Daniel Rabinovich New Applications of Sulfur-Donor Ligands in Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry Program Director, Division of Chemistry National Science Foundation drabinov@nsf.gov Host: M. Zysmilich

Oct. 16	Katerina Leftheris Farnesyl transferase inhibitors for treating cancer, from peptides to a clinical compound Senior Director of Discovery Chemistry Vitae Pharmaceuticals kleftheris@vitaerx.com Host: M. King

Oct. 23	Karah Knope Synthesis and Characterization of Inorganic-organic Hybrid Materials Containing Lanthanides and Actinides Graduate Student, Chemistry Department George Washington University kknope@gwmail.gwu.edu

Oct. 30	Jessica Stolee Nanophotonic Ion Production by Laser Desorption Ionization: LISMA, NAPA, and Plasmonic Sources Graduate Student, Chemistry Department George Washington University jstolee@gwmail.gwu.edu Sumin Li Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nanomaterials via Alkalide Reduction: Magnetoresistive Manganites Graduate Student, Chemistry Department George Washington University sumin@gwu.edu

Nov. 6	David Muddiman Development and Application of Chemical and Instrumental Approaches Directed at Biomarker Discovery Professor of Chemistry North Carolina State University david_muddiman@ncsu.edu Host: A. Vertes

Nov. 13	Bart Kahr Bernauer's Bands Professor of Chemistry New York University bart.kahr@nyu.edu Host: C. Cahill

Nov. 20	Emily Jackson Small Molecules to Target Mycobacterium tuberculosis 1-Deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reducto-isomerase (MtbDxr) Graduate Student, Chemistry Department George Washington University jacksone@gwu.edu Anna Korovina *Effect of Niobium Oxide and Oxyphosphate Supports on the Reactivity of Pt Nanoparticles as Revealed by Electrochemical and in situ* XAS Data** Graduate Student, Chemistry Department George Washington University korovina@gwu.edu

Dec. 4	Dawn Hawkinson Stereoselective Adsorption of Amino Acids onto Calcite Surface Graduate Student, Chemistry Department George Washington University dhawkins@gwmail.gwu.edu

Updated 11/3/2009