Previous Visiting Seminar Speakers 2004-05

Dr. Matthew Doyle, Procter & Gamble
"The Magic of R&D - How Technologists Create Successful Consumer Products" (Awards Day Seminar)

Dr. Grace Tong, Scripps Research Institute
"Novel Mass Spectrometry-Based Approaches to Metabolite Profiling"

Dr. William Carroll, President, American Chemical Society
"Careers, the Furture and ACS"

Professor Robert A. Scott, University of Georgia
"Transcription Initiation and Regulation in an Archaeal Hyperthermophile" (Joint with Biology)

Professor Marly Eidsness, University of Georgia
"Rubredoxin Neomycin Phosphotransferase II Fusion Protein: A Study on the Insertion of Iron in Nascent Metallopolypeptides"

Dr. Deirdre Piedmonte, Amgen
"From Discovery to Market: The Role of Formulation in the Production of Protein Human Therapeutics"

Mr. Mike Nemier and Mr. John Piening, Sam Adams Brewery
"Brewing at Samuel Adams - Materials, Process and Product" (Chemistry Graduate Student Association)

Professor Eric Fossum, Wright State University
"Controlled Synthesis of Linear and Hyperbranched Polymeric Materials via Polycondensation Chemistry "

Professor Richard P. Hotz, College of Mount St. Joseph
"A Regioselective Template Reaction"

Professor Norbert Jakubowski, ISAS Institute for Analytical Sciences Dortmund and Berlin
"Instrumental Developments for Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy" (Zimmer International Scholar)

Professor Norbert Jakubowski, ISAS Institute for Analytical Sciences Dortmund and Berlin
"Elemental Tags - New Tools for the Analysis of Biomolecules" (Zimmer International Scholar)

Professor Pablo Molina, Murray State University
"Computational Studies on Short Strong Hydrogen Bonds and Protein pKa Values"

Professor Miklos Kertesz, Georgetown University
"Electronic Origin of Carbon Nanotube Actuation"

Professor Xavier Creary, Notre Dame
"Radicals and Carbocations: New Chemistry of Old Intermediates"

Professor Pavel Anzenbacher, Bowling Green State University
"New Materials for Optical Sensing of Anions"

Professor Dan Falvey, University of Maryland
"The Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Nitrenium Ions"

Professor Mary Barkley, Case Western Reserve University
"Subunit Interactions in HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase"

Professor Marty Pagel, Case Western Reserve University
"New Magnetic Resonance Molecular Imaging Agents for Assessing Tumor Angiogenesis and Enzyme Biomarkers"

Professor Marty Pagel, Case Western Reserve University
"Molecular Imaging: How Chemists can Revolutionize Medical Diagnostics"

Professor Mary Kay Pflum, Wayne State University
"Histone Deacetylase Proteins: An Intriguing Target for Small Molecule Drugs"

Professor John Hawes, Miami University - Ohio
"Proteomic Analysis of Responses to Acid Food Preservations in Salmonella typhimurium"

Professor Matthew Almond, University of Reading, UK
"Studies of Reactions in Organic Single Crystals: The Role of Infrared and Raman Spectroscopies"

Professor Christopher Boddy, Syracuse University
"Total Synthesis of Complex Molecules by Chemistry and Metabolic Engineering "

Dr. Jay Grate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
"Polymer Coated Vapor Sensor Arrays and the Chemical Information they Provide"

Professor Mohammad Omary, University of North Texas
"Fundamental and Applied Areas in the Investigation of Phosphorescent Materials "

Professor Brian Gibney, Columbia University
"The Role of Fe(II) and Fe(III) Stability in Heme Protein Electrochemical Function: Lessons from the Protein Data Bank and De Novo Heme Protein Design"

Professor George M. Whitesides, Harvard University
"Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" (Research Associates Speaker)

Professor Tobin J. Marks, Northwestern University
"Self-Assembly Routes to Nanoscale Photonic and Electronic Structures and devices" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor Eugenia Kumacheva, University of Toronto
"Materials with Structural Hierarchy" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor Ralph G. Nuzzo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Micro, Nano, Macro: Silicon, Silicones and Soft-Lithography Off-Road on the Road Map" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Dr. Joanna Aizenberg, Lucent Technologies
"Control of Inorganic Crystallization by Organic Surfaces: A Bio-Inspired Approach" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor John I. Brauman, Stanford University
"Exotic Electronic States of Negative Ions" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor Jean M. J. Frechet, University of California-Berkeley
"Designing Dendrimeters and Nanoparticles for the delivery of Therapeutic Agents and Vaccines" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor Barry K. Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute
"Stitching with Nitrogen" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor Chi-Huey Wong, The Scripps Research Institute
"Protein Glycosylation : Challenges and Opportunities" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor George M. Whitesides, Harvard University
"Dynamic Self Assembly: Complexity and Emergence" (Oesper Award Lecture)

Felice Frankel, MIT
"The Power of the Pretty Picture" (ACS Oesper Award Banquet Speaker)

Professor Ahmad Galal Abdo, University of Cairo, Egypt
"Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Materials: Towards Organic Conducting Polymers Modified with Submicroscale Particles"

Professor Su-Moon Park, Pohang University of Science and Technology, S. Korea
"Nanoscopic Examinations of Morphological and Electrical Properties of Conducting Polymers"

Professor Hendrik Emons, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Belgium
"New Developments of Reference Materials for Quality Assurance in Bioanalysis "