Seminars and Events
Spring 2017
January 20, 2017
Steven P. Nolan
Ghent University
Recent developments in Gold-NHC-Mediated Catalysis
3 - 4 PM, SERC 703
Steven P. Nolan
Ghent University
Recent developments in Gold-NHC-Mediated Catalysis
3 - 4 PM, SERC 703
January 24, 2017
Emily McLaughlin
Bard College
A Three-Component Cyclization of Disubstituted Pyrrol-2-Ones: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the 5-Hydroxyindole Natural Product, Violacein
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Emily McLaughlin
Bard College
A Three-Component Cyclization of Disubstituted Pyrrol-2-Ones: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the 5-Hydroxyindole Natural Product, Violacein
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
January 26, 2017
Daniel J. Mindiola
University of Pennsylvania
Titanium-Carbon Multiple Bonds. From Fundamental C-H Activation To Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Volatile Alkanes
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Daniel J. Mindiola
University of Pennsylvania
Titanium-Carbon Multiple Bonds. From Fundamental C-H Activation To Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Volatile Alkanes
4 - 5 PM BE 162
February 2, 2017
Sergei Vinogradov
University of Pennsylvania
Two-Photon-Absorbing Phosphorescent Metalloporphyrins: Design and Applications In Oxygen Imaging
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Sergei Vinogradov
University of Pennsylvania
Two-Photon-Absorbing Phosphorescent Metalloporphyrins: Design and Applications In Oxygen Imaging
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
February 7, 2017
Louise Charkoudian
Haverford College
Unearthing Chemical Diversity Encoded By Soil Bacteria
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Louise Charkoudian
Haverford College
Unearthing Chemical Diversity Encoded By Soil Bacteria
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
February 9, 2017
Jing Zhao
University of Connecticut
Synthesis and Optical Interaction of Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Jing Zhao
University of Connecticut
Synthesis and Optical Interaction of Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
February 14, 2017
Jean Gaffney
CUNY
Finding New Mechanisms of Fluorescence in Marine Organisms
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Jean Gaffney
CUNY
Finding New Mechanisms of Fluorescence in Marine Organisms
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
February 16, 2017
Paul Thompson
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Picking the PADlock: Chemical strategies to interrogate the Protein Arginine Deiminases
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Paul Thompson
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Picking the PADlock: Chemical strategies to interrogate the Protein Arginine Deiminases
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
February 23, 2017
Libai Huang
Purdue University
Ultrafast Nanoscopy of Energy and Charge Transport
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Libai Huang
Purdue University
Ultrafast Nanoscopy of Energy and Charge Transport
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
February 28, 2017
Qiu Wang
Duke University
Leveraging Chemistry for Biology and Therapy: New Amination Strategies to Access Biologically Important Molecules
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Qiu Wang
Duke University
Leveraging Chemistry for Biology and Therapy: New Amination Strategies to Access Biologically Important Molecules
4 - 5 PM BE 162
March 2, 2017
Janice E. Reutt-Robey
University of Maryland – College Park
Structure and Charge-Transport Dynamics at Model Electrical Energy Storage Interfaces
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Janice E. Reutt-Robey
University of Maryland – College Park
Structure and Charge-Transport Dynamics at Model Electrical Energy Storage Interfaces
4 - 5 PM BE 162
March 7, 2017
William R. McNamara
William & Mary College
Solar Fuel Production: First-Row Transition Metal Complexes for Hydrogen Generation
4 - 5 PM BE 162
William R. McNamara
William & Mary College
Solar Fuel Production: First-Row Transition Metal Complexes for Hydrogen Generation
4 - 5 PM BE 162
March 9, 2017
Dunwei Wang
Boston College
From Photosynthesis to Batteries: Routes Toward Renewable Energy Storage
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Dunwei Wang
Boston College
From Photosynthesis to Batteries: Routes Toward Renewable Energy Storage
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
March 14, 2017
Simon Meek
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Development of Catalytic Stereoselective Nucelophilic Addition Reactions for Organic Synthesis
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Simon Meek
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Development of Catalytic Stereoselective Nucelophilic Addition Reactions for Organic Synthesis
4 - 5 PM BE 162
March 17, 2017
Yadong Yin
University of California - Riverside
Stimuli-Responsive Nanostructured Optical Materials
2 - 3 PM BE 162
Yadong Yin
University of California - Riverside
Stimuli-Responsive Nanostructured Optical Materials
2 - 3 PM BE 162
March 21, 2017
Joshua G. Pierce
North Carolina State University
Marine Natural Products Synthesis: A Platform for Chemical and Biological Discovery
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Joshua G. Pierce
North Carolina State University
Marine Natural Products Synthesis: A Platform for Chemical and Biological Discovery
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
March 22, 2017
Edward I. Solomon
Student Distinguished Lectureship Program
Stanford University
Copper/dioxygen (bio)inorganic chemistry
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Edward I. Solomon
Student Distinguished Lectureship Program
Stanford University
Copper/dioxygen (bio)inorganic chemistry
4 - 5 PM BE 162
March 23, 2017
Marie-Pierre Gaigeot
LAMBE, France
Silica/Water Interfaces Investigated By DFT-MD Simulations: Structure and SFG Spectroscopy Revealed In Detail
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Marie-Pierre Gaigeot
LAMBE, France
Silica/Water Interfaces Investigated By DFT-MD Simulations: Structure and SFG Spectroscopy Revealed In Detail
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
March 28, 2017
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Alan Shaffer, "C-H Insertion Reactions of Nucleophilic Carbenes, and Where to Go Next”
Yuhao Wu, "Charge-Carrier Dynamic in Perovskite Solar Cell”
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Alan Shaffer, "C-H Insertion Reactions of Nucleophilic Carbenes, and Where to Go Next”
Yuhao Wu, "Charge-Carrier Dynamic in Perovskite Solar Cell”
4 - 5 PM BE 162
March 30, 2017
Kevin Gardner
CUNY
Controlling Biochemical Function via Environmentally-Modulated Protein/Protein Interactions: Turning Nature’s Switches Into Our Tools
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Kevin Gardner
CUNY
Controlling Biochemical Function via Environmentally-Modulated Protein/Protein Interactions: Turning Nature’s Switches Into Our Tools
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
April 6, 2017
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Sasitha Abeyweera, "Nanogap Synthesis For Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering”
Manish Walia
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Sasitha Abeyweera, "Nanogap Synthesis For Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering”
Manish Walia
4 - 5 PM BE 162
April 11, 2017
Jeffrey Seeman
University of Richmond
The Total Synthesis of Quinine, Cholesterol, Cortisone, Lanosterol, Strychnine, Tetracylines, Colchicine, Reserpine, Lysergic Acid, Chlorophyll, Cephalosporin C, Prostaglandin F2a, Erythromycin and Vitamin B12: In Honor of R. B. Woodward and his Lighter Side
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Jeffrey Seeman
University of Richmond
The Total Synthesis of Quinine, Cholesterol, Cortisone, Lanosterol, Strychnine, Tetracylines, Colchicine, Reserpine, Lysergic Acid, Chlorophyll, Cephalosporin C, Prostaglandin F2a, Erythromycin and Vitamin B12: In Honor of R. B. Woodward and his Lighter Side
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
April 13, 2017
Sean T. Roberts
University of Texas – Austin
Engineering Energy Flow in Excitonic Materials
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Sean T. Roberts
University of Texas – Austin
Engineering Energy Flow in Excitonic Materials
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
April 18, 2017
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Megan Van Vliet, "Solid state electrolyte for DSSCs"
Rachel Parise, "Cell imaging mass spectrometry"
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Megan Van Vliet, "Solid state electrolyte for DSSCs"
Rachel Parise, "Cell imaging mass spectrometry"
4 - 5 PM BE 162
April 20, 2017
Andrew Myers
Harvard University
Bringing The Full Power Of Chemical Synthesis To Bear On The Discovery Of New Antibiotics
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Andrew Myers
Harvard University
Bringing The Full Power Of Chemical Synthesis To Bear On The Discovery Of New Antibiotics
4 - 5 PM BE 162
April 26, 2017
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Farbod Alimohammadi
Pratip Chakraborty
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Temple Chemistry Student Talks
Farbod Alimohammadi
Pratip Chakraborty
4 - 5 PM BE 162
April 27, 2017
Ilan Benjamin
University of California – Santa Cruz
Molecular Insight into Chemical Reactivity at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces
4 - 5 PM BE 162
Ilan Benjamin
University of California – Santa Cruz
Molecular Insight into Chemical Reactivity at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces
4 - 5 PM BE 162
May 3, 2017
Yijie Sun
Utah State University
Earth-Abundant Catalysts for Hydrogen Production and Organic Transformation: From Water Splitting to Biomass Valorization
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Yijie Sun
Utah State University
Earth-Abundant Catalysts for Hydrogen Production and Organic Transformation: From Water Splitting to Biomass Valorization
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
May 4, 2017
Taleb H. Al-Tel
University of Sharjah, UAE
Privileged Substructures Diversity Oriented Organic Synthesis: Modular One-Pot Routes for the Rapid Access of Complex Compound Collections for Phenotypic Screening
3 - 4 PM, BE 404
Taleb H. Al-Tel
University of Sharjah, UAE
Privileged Substructures Diversity Oriented Organic Synthesis: Modular One-Pot Routes for the Rapid Access of Complex Compound Collections for Phenotypic Screening
3 - 4 PM, BE 404
May 10, 2017
C.N.R. Rao
Sheikh Saud Lecture on Advanced Materials
Inorganic Graphene Analogues
4 - 5 PM SERC 110
C.N.R. Rao
Sheikh Saud Lecture on Advanced Materials
Inorganic Graphene Analogues
4 - 5 PM SERC 110
May 11, 2017
Justin Mohr
University of Illinois – Chicago
Regio- and Stereocontrol with Anions and Radicals
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
Justin Mohr
University of Illinois – Chicago
Regio- and Stereocontrol with Anions and Radicals
4 - 5 PM, BE 162
