Mon., Mar. 17th at 5:10 pm
CS Rm 231

NMR of Complex Materials
Thomas Early (GE Global Research)
Host: Larive

Mon., Mar. 31st at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Heterogeneous Conversion of 1,4-hydroxycarbonyls to Cyclic Hemiacetals & Dihydrofurans on Aerosol Particles
Yong Bin Lim (Ziemann Group)

Mon., Mar. 31st at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

TBA
Ye Tian (Mueller Group)

Wed., Apr. 2nd at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Isotopic Tracer Studies of the Mechanism for the Fischer-Tropsch Mechanism
Dr. Burton Davis (U of Kentucky)
Host: Zaera

Thu., Apr. 3rd at 5:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Probing the Structure & Dynamics of Ubiuitin with SNAPP-MS & Site-directed
Zhenjiu Liu (Julian Group)

Mon., Apr. 7th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Refining Crystal Sructures using Ab Initio Theory & Solid-State NMR
Jinfeng Lai (Mueller Group)

Wed., Apr. 9th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Molybdenum-based catalysis in biological systems
Dr. Russ Hille (UCR)
Host: Larive

Thu., Apr. 10th at 5:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Interaction of Arsenic Species with Proteins
Prof. X. Chris Le (U of Alberta)
Host: Zhong

Fri., Apr. 11th at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

1st Year Talks
Le Wang, Ana Gamboa, Paul Xu

Mon., Apr. 14th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Polymeric Nanocomposites Materials for Information Storage and Energy
Dr. Jeff Pyun (U of Arizona)
Host: Yin

Wed., Apr. 16th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Shape & Composition Controls of Metal & Alloy Nanostructures
Prof. Hong Yang (U of Rochester)
Host: Yin

Thu., Apr. 17th at 5:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Extending the Utility of Gas-Phase Ion-Electron Reactions for Structural Determination of Biomolecules
Dr. Kicki Hakansson (U of Michigan)
Host: Julian

Fri., Apr. 18th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Phosphinidenoid complexes-A recent breakthrough in reactive intermediates chemistry
Dr. Rainer Steubel (U of Bonn)
Host: Reed

Mon., Apr. 21st at 3:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Pyrolysis of Ethyl & Propyl lodides Monitored by Single Photon Ionization Vacuum Ultra Violet Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry
Kevin Weber (Zhang Group)

Wed., Apr. 23rd at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Innovative Mass Spectrometry Technology for the Study of Cell Signaling
Dr. Donald Hunt (U of Virginia)
Host: Julian

Thu., Apr. 24th at 4:10 pm
EBU 205 206

Oxygen Chemistry: From Green Plants to Silver-Catalyzed Epoxidation to Cytochrome P-450 Oxygenation of Hydrocarbons
Dr. Don Sawyer (Texas A&M)
Host: Rabenstein

Thu., Apr. 24th at 5:10 pm
Bourns A-265

Development of Analytical Methods to Facilitate the Identification & Structure Elucidation of Heparin-Derived Oligosaccharides
Stacie Eldridge

Fri., Apr. 25th at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

1st Year Talks
Fan Zuo, Cong Zhou

Fri., Apr. 25th at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

1st Year Talks
Angie Garcia

Mon., Apr. 28th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Ultrafast energy and charge flow in nanostructured materials for energy conversion
Dr. Gary Wiederrecht (Argonne Natl)
Host: Yin

Wed., Apr. 30th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Understanding and Manipulating Polymeric Ion Transport Via NMR Spectroscopy and Diffusometry
Dr. Lou Madsen (Virginia Tech)
Host: Mueller

Thu., May. 1st at 5:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Inorganic Nanocrystals: from Molecular Chemistry to Supramolecular Chemistry
Dr. Charles Cao (U of Florida)
Host: Cheng

Fri., May. 2nd at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

2nd Year Talks
J Wright, Tao Wu, Xiang Zhao

Mon., May. 5th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

TBA
Dr. David Ginger (U of Washington)
Host: Bardeen

Wed., May. 7th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Direct Imaging of Metabolites in Plant Tissues by Mass Spectrometry
Dr. Edward Yeung (Iowa State U)
Host: Zhong

Thu., May. 8th at 5:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Cavity Ring-down Spectroscopy Detection of Atmospheric Pollutants NO2 & SO2
David Medina (Zhang Group)

Fri., May. 9th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Growth of New Intermetallic Phases from Molten Metal Solutions
Dr. Susan Latturner (Florida State)
Host: Feng

Mon., May. 12th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Thermal Decomposition studies of SiGe & SiC Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors by Flash Pyrolysis TOFMS
Jessy Lemieux (Zhang Group)

Mon., May. 12th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Characterization of the Dynamic Diamond Anvil Cell for Studing Pressure-Induced Transformations
Andrew Rice (Chronister Group)

Wed., May. 14th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Single Electron Transformations of High Valent Iron Imido and Nitrido Complexes
Dr. Jeremy Smith (N.Mexico State U)
Host: Bertrand

Thu., May. 15th at 5:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Designer Plasmonic Assemblies and Structures with Tunable Optical Properties
Dr. Jennifer Shumaker Perry (U of U
Host: Larive

Fri., May. 16th at 4:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Engineering Platinum-Intercalator Hybrid Pharacophores for the Treatment of Cancer
Dr. Ulrich Bierbach (Wake Forest U)
Host: Feng

Mon., May. 19th at 3:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Measuring Metal Concentrations in Aerosol Particles using Cavity Ring Down Spectrosopy
Mary Castro (Zhang Group)

Mon., May. 19th at 3:10 pm
CS Rm 231

TBA
Robert Frisbee (Bardeen Group)

Wed., May. 21st at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

New Technologies for Biomolecular Analysis: Surfaces Meet Mass Spectrometers
Dr. Lloyd Smith (U of Wisconsin)
Host: Zhong

Thu., May. 22nd at 5:10 pm
SC Rm 231

Exploring the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Degradation Pathway Using Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomic Approaches
Lan Huang (UC Irvine)
Host: Larive

Fri., May. 23rd at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

Towards an Understanding of the Chemistry in Formation of Microelectronic Materials
Prof. Ziling Xue (U of Tennessee)
Host: Feng

Mon., May. 26th at 3:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Memorial Holiday

Wed., May. 28th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

DNA Damagae & Mutagenesis: Research in Toxicology at the Interface of Chemistry & Biology
Dr. Ashis Basu (U of Connecticut)
Host: Wang

Thu., May. 29th at 5:10 pm
SC Rm 231

TBA
Haibo Qui (Wang Group)

Fri., May. 30th at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

1st Year Talks
Shan Wang, Amanda Ford

Fri., May. 30th at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

2nd Year Talk
Robert Carp

Mon., Jun. 2nd at 3:10 pm
CS Rm 231

TBA
Dae Ho Kim (Bartels Group)

Mon., Jun. 2nd at 3:10 pm
CS Rm 231

TBA
Yu Song (Zhang Group)

Wed., Jun. 4th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

TBA
Dr. F Dean Toste (UC Berkeley)
Host: Students

Thu., Jun. 5th at 5:10 pm
SC Rm 231

TBA
Jianshuang Wang (Morton Group)

Fri., Jun. 6th at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

1st Year Talks
Jennifer Bolden, Amy Nielsen

Fri., Jun. 6th at 3:10 pm
SC Rm 231

3rd Year Talk
Mario Vargas

Mon., Jun. 9th at 3:10 pm
CS Rm 231

Thesis Defense
Greg Pawin (Bartels Group)

Wed., Jun. 11th at 4:10 pm
Bourns Hall A-125

Interplay between nanoparticles and dendrimers
Dr. Didier Astrus (Universite Bodea
Host: Bertrand