Visiting Seminar Speakers 2007-08

Professor Karin Musier-Forsyth, Ohio State University
"Host Cell Factor and Protein-nucleic Acid Interactions that are Critical for HIV Replication"

Dr. Gui Lin, UC Chemistry Visiting Scholar
"Some Nanocomposites Based on Nodax(TM) Biodegradable Polyesters"

Dr. Balasubrahmanyan Addepalli, University of Kentucky
"AtCPSF30 and Polyadenylation Site Choice"

Professor Michael Knapp, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
"Controlling Redox Chemistry in Metalloenzyme/Nanoparticle Hybrids"

Professor Dale Schaefer, UC Chemical and Materials Engineering
"How Nano are Nanocomposites?"

Professor Jonathan Sweedler, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
"Discovering Unusual Neurochemistry by Looking at Less"

Professor James P. Collman, Stanford University
"Science Education: For Scientists and Non-Scientists"  (Industrial Affiliates Program)

Professor John I. Brauman, Stanford University
"James Collman: An Appreciation" (Oesper Banquet Speaker)

Professor Kimoon Kim, Pohang University of Science & Technology
"Cucurbiturils: A New Family of Host Molecules" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Dr. Matthew Holcomb, Nove Technologies Inc.
"Superconducting Proximity Effect Composites: Application to Fault Current Limiters" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute
"Orthogonal Reactivity" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor Christopher Reed, University of California, Riverside
"Silylium ion-like Chemistry" (Oesper Symposium Speaker)

Professor James P. Collman, Stanford University
"Steady-State 4-Electron Reduction of Oxygen by a Synthetic Analog of Cytochrome C Oxidase under Rate-Limiting Electron Flux" (Oesper Award Lecture)

Professor Geoffrey Coates, Cornell University
"Development of New Routes to Benign Polymeric Materials"

Professor Craig Forsyth, Ohio State University
"Natural Products Total Synthesis: Beyond the Summit"

Dr. Anita Dimeska, Equistar
"Polymer Crystals and Morphology: Polymorphism in Isotactic Polypropylene"

Professor Mary Cloninger, Montana State University
"Using Glycodendrimers to Study Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions"

Professor Jason Heikenfeld, UC/Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science
"Electrowetting: Applications in optics, lab-on-chip, textiles, and opportunities for development of new hydrophobic polymers"

Professor Carolyn M. Price, UC/College of Medicine
"Telomeres: The Beginning and End of Chromosome Protection"

Dr. Neil Ayres, The University of Utah
"Polymerizations from Surfaces Using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Strategies for Stimuli Responsive Surfaces and Biomaterials Coatings" (Faculty candidate, Polymer)

Dr. Zhibo Li, University of California, Los Angeles
"Preparation of Hierarchical Supramolecular Assemblies from Novel Block Copolypeptides" (Faculty candidate, Polymer)

Dr. Edward Merino, California Institute of Technology
"DNA Oxidation via Charge Transport in Mitochondria: Chemical and Biological Implications" (Faculty candidate)

Dr. John (Nick) Fisk, California Institute of Technology
"Non-Natural Elements in the Exploration of Protein Structure and Function" (Faculty candidate)

Thuy Dang, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
"Molecular Level Approach for the Enhancement of Axial Compressive Properties of Rigid-Rod Polymers"

Professor Rob Coalson, University of Pittsburgh
"Understanding and Controlling the Function of Biological Ion Channels using Molecular Modeling Techniques" 

Dr. Lei Li, University of Michigan
"Mechanism of Benzylsuccinate Synthase (BSS): A Radical Solution to Toluene Metabolism" (Faculty candidate)

Professor Peng George Wang, Ohio State University
"Carbohydrate Conjugated Nanomaterials in Medical Applications: Anti-adhesion Drugs, Biosensors and Drug Delivery Systems" 

Dr. Jerry DeMenna, Sacred Heart University
"Chemically Correct Cooking"

Professor Geert-Jan Boons, University of Georgia
"Towards a Fully Synthetic Carbohydrate-Based Cancer Vaccine" 

Professor Stefan Paula, Northern Kentucky University
"Design of Novel Hydroquinone-Based Inhibitors of the Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-ATPase"

Professor Mark Williams, Northeastern University
"Force-Induced Single Molecule DNA Interactions: From Small Molecule Binding to HIV Replication"   

Dr. Narayanan Venkat, University of Dayton Research Inst., Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
"Advanced Polymer Dielectrics for Capacitive Energy Storage Applications"

Dr. Keyang Ding, Miami University, Ohio
"Fast NMR Data Collection and Its Application" (NMR Facility Manager Candidate)

Dr. Tianzhi Wang, Auburn University
"Applications of NMR on Small and Large Molecules" (NMR Facility Manager Candidate)

Professor John Herbert, Ohio State University
"Trouble with TD-DFT: Theoretical Investigation of Excited Electronic States in DNA Oligomers and Other Large Molecules" 

Professor Valeri Barsegov, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
"Analyzing the Forced Unfolding of Protein Tandems by Ordered Variates: Theory and Applications"

Professor Joel Liebman, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
"What Can Thermochemistry Tell Us About Chemistry?" 

Professor Glen Miller, University of New Hampshire
"Research at the Boundaries between Organic Chemistry and Nanotechnology" 

Professor O. Yavuz Ataman, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
"Vapour Generation and Atom Traps: Atomic Absorption Spectrometry at the ng/L Level"

Professor Sir Harold Kroto, Florida State University
"Architecture in NanoSpace" (sponsored by CGSA)

Professor Yi Li, University of Illinois
"Biosynthetic Inorganic Chemistry: from Biomimetic to Novel Catalysts"

Professor Vadim Guliants, University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Chemical & Materials Engineering
"Inclusion Chemistry in Periodic Mesoporous Hosts: Synthesis, Structure and Gas Separation Properties of Ordered Mesoporous Membranes" 

Professor Adel Halasa, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
"Functional Polymers for Lower Hysteresis and Enhanced Polymer/Filler Interaction"

Professor Jorge Colon, University of Puerto Rico
"Artificial Photosynthesis, Biosensors, and Vapochromic Materials using Layered Inorganic Nanomaterials"

Dr. Alexander Morgan, University of Dayton Research Institute
"Fundamentals of Flame Retardant Chemistry in Polymers"

Professor Scott McLuckey, Purdue University
"Gas-Phase Ion/Ion Reactions: New Chemistries for Bio-polymer Mass Spectrometry"

Professor Scott Hartley, Miami University, Ohio
"Dynamic Covalent Assembly of 2D Organic Nanostructures"

Professor Amnon Horovitz, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
"Can Analysis of Correlated Mutations Reveal Pathways of Long-range Communication in Proteins?" (Zimmer International Scholar)

Professor Amnon Horovitz, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
"Coupling between Protein Folding and Allostery in the Chaperonin GroEL" (Zimmer International Scholar)

Professor Amnon Horovitz, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
"Protein Folding in the Machine Age: Chaperonin Function and Mechanism" (Zimmer International Scholar)