Chemistry Seminar Schedule

Spring 2013

  • Feb 5, 2013
    Yan-Yeung Luk (Feb 5, 2013), Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University
    "Water-driven organic reactions and applications in folding random coil proteins into alpha-helices"
  • Feb 26, 2013
    Maria DeRosa , Department of Chemistry and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton Univ., Ottawa, ON – Canada
    Title: "Development of Aptamer based Biosensors and “Smart” Materials"
  • March 5, 2013
    Robert Hondal, Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont
    "Selenium: Its Chemistry and Biology Among the Elements of Life"
  • March 1`2, 2013
    William Dichtel, Dept of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
      "Structurally Precise Organic Materials and Interfaces"
  • April 9, 2013
    Jimmy Wu, Dartmouth College , Department of Chemistry
    "Sulfur and Indole: Old Friends, New Methods"
  • May 7, 2013
    Todd D. Krauss, University of Rochester,Chemistry Department, Materials Science Program
    "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: When Size Matters"


Fall 2012

  • September 18, 2012
    Professor Kestas Bendinskas, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Oswego
    "Lead, Mercury, Cortisol, and Inflammatory Proteins in Adolescents"
  • September 25, 2012
    Professor Peng Chen
    Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
    Cornell University
    "Single-Molecule Dynamics of Nanocatalysis and Bioinorganic Chemistry"
  • October 23, 2012
    Professor Patrick Holland
    Department of Chemistry
    University of Rochester
    "The Global Nitrogen Cycle and Nitrogen Fixation by Iron Complexes"
  • October 30, 2012
    Professor Xin Jie Chen
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    Syracuse University
    "The Mechanism of Mitochondrial Degeneration in Aging Cells"

Spring 2012

Fall 2011


Fall 2010

Spring 2010

  • March 16
    Professor Matthew Maye, Syracuse University
    “Nanoparticle Nanotechnology & Biomimetic Self-Assembly”
  • May 4
    Dr. Matthew Hudson, Syracuse Univ.
    “Investigating hydrogen bonding in the solid-state: combining spectroscopy with quantum computational methods”
  • May 11
    Professor Sarbajit Banerjee, SUNY Buffalo   
    “Building from the Bottom Up: Towards Metal Oxide Nanomaterials for the Next Generation of Batteries and Computer Chips”


Fall 2009