Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - CSU, Chico
Seminar Schedule
Spring 2008
All seminars held on Friday in AYRS 120 at 1:00pm unless otherwise noted
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host |
| M Feb 4 5:00pm PHSC 301 |
Chris Larson * Material Sciences Institute * University of Oregon |
"Opportunities for Chemistry and Physics majors in the University of Oregon Master's Internship Program" PIZZA provided for students |
Randy Miller and Chris Gaffney |
Sat 6:00pm dinner 7:15pm presentation |
Dr. Sam Clegg |
Northern California ACS Subsection Dinner The abstract can be viewed here. |
Randy Miller |
| Mar 14 | Dr. Pierre Kennepohl |
"Bonding in Organometallic Chemistry: New Insights from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy" | Erik Wasinger |
| Mar 28 | Daisy Bustos * Quality Control in Process (QCIP) * Genentech * South San Francisco |
“Introduction to Biotech and Pharmaceutical Quality Control” | Dan Clark |
| Apr 4 | Dr. Peter Stoimenov * Gas Reactions Technology, Inc |
"A New Chemical Process Platform for Methane Conversion to Gasoline and Chemicals" | Erin Orazem |
| Apr 18 | Dr. Derek McPhee * Director of Chemistry * Amyris Biotechnologies * Emeryville, CA |
"The Artemisinin Project" | Dan Clark |
| Apr 25 | Dr. Mike Cleary and Dr. Phil Chou * E&J Gallo Winery |
"Aroma, Color, Mouthfeel, and Taste Chemistry in Grapes and Wine" Immediately following the seminar Dr. Cleary and Dr. Chou would like to meet with students interested in internship possibilities at Gallo. |
Randy Miller |
| May 2 | Claudia Avalos * Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry * CSU, Chico |
CHEM 499H: Honors Research Presentation entitled "X-ray spectroscopy exploring the electronic structure and bonding behavior of Ni and Cu salen complexes" |
Erik Wasinger |
| May 9 | Dr. Robert Wilhelm * Roche Palo Alto LLC |
"Medicinal Chemistry in Pharma: A Case Study" | Dave Ball |
| May 16 | Dr. Jeff Allen * The Dow Chemical Company * San Diego, CA |
"A New Microbial Platform for the Low Cost High-Quality Production of Protein Biopharmaceuticals" | Dan Clark |