Department of Chemistry - CSU, Chico
Seminar Schedule
Summer 2008
All seminars held at 9:00am on Fridays in PHSC 301
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| June 6 | Dr. Randy Miller | "Summer Research Orientation" |
| June 13 | Dr. David Ball | “Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products” |
| June 20 | Dr. Jinsong Zhang |
"Natural Products Synthesis through Diels-Alder Reactions" |
| Garrett Parker * Student researcher |
"Reflections on Research at Chico State and Advanced Light Technologies" | |
| June 27 | Dr. Dan Edwards | "Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Terpenoid Natural Products" |
| Mr. Brian Pierce * President and CEO of Advanced Light Technologies (ALT) |
"Advanced Light Technologies: A Technical Overview" | |
| July 4 | No Meeting |
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| July 11 | Dr. Erik Wasinger |
"Electronic and Geometric Structure Derivation from X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy: Why Bother?" |
| July 25 | Chris Lyons * Student researcher with Dr. Wasinger |
"Synthesis and Characterization of Metallothiosalen Complexes" |
| Tim Dunn * Student researcher with Dr. Wasinger |
"L-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Organometallic Osmium Complexes: An Investigation of Electronic and Geometric Structure" | |
Student researchers from ALT |
"Characterization of Cancer: From Incubators to Murine Models" | |
| August 1 | Nina McCulley |
“Synthesis of Gallicynoic Acids” |
Nick Hernandez |
“Preparation of Analogs of Indolactam V via Chemoenzymatic Aryl Amination” |
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| August 8 | Eric Bowman * Student researcher with Dr. Zhang |
"Method develoment of synthesis of 1,4-benzodioxanes" |
| Nicole Crouse * Student researcher with Dr. Zhang |
"Synthesis of enamines, a precursor to neolignans" |
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| Student researchers from ALT * Preston Countryman (PHYS) * Pierce Hubbard (MATH) * Nishchal Rana (EE) |
"Computer Modeling of a Magnetic Hammer" | |
| August 15 | Minh Uyen Huynh |
"Progress towards the development of an enzymatic indolactam cyclization system" |