Summer 2013
Chemistry Summer Research Institute (CSRI) 2013
All seminars held at 9:00am unless otherwise indicated
| Date | Speaker | Title |
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Mon, June 3 |
Dr. Randy Miller | "Summer Research Orientation" |
| Mon, June 10 9:00am PHSC 130 |
Dr. Dave Ball |
"A Blast from the Past: In Search of ELISA" |
| Fri, June 14 PHSC 109 |
Dr. Jinsong Zhang | "Organic synthesis and applications: 1,4-benzodioxins and organic linker molecules" |
| Fri, June 21 PHSC 109 |
Dr. Chris Nichols | “Organic Chemistry at UCLA” |
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Mon, June 24 |
Dr. Jenny Hensel Chico State alumna (2005) Post-doc -> University of Oregon |
"Exploring surfaces through photoluminescence, photo-electrochemistry and vibrational sum-frequency generation" |
| Fri, June 28 PHSC 109 |
Leo Savage-Low and Carter Holt (Zhang) |
"Regioselective 1,4-Benzodioxin Preparation" |
| Leo Savage-Low and Nick Sajben (Zhang) | "Organic Linker Molecules to Couple Nanomaterials" | |
| Wed, July 3 4-7pm |
BBQ at Dr. Ball's House -> 859 Westgate | Food and Fun |
| Thurs, July 4 |
Holiday: No CSRI |
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| Mon, July 8 PHSC 130 |
Dr. Erik Wasinger | "Applying Lessons from Bioinorganic Chemistry to Catalysis" |
| Fri, July 12 PHSC 109 |
Mr. Wade Killingsworth |
"RXN X: A Guided Inquiry Research Project for General Chemistry" |
| Tate Campbell (Nichols) | "Synthesis of A Novel Phytotoxic Secondary Metabolite: Phenguignardic Acid" | |
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Mon, July 15 PHSC 301 Lunch and Seminar starting at 12:00pm |
Dr. Cliff Harris Chico State alumnus (1991) Albion College |
"How I learned to stop worrying and love mistakes in lab: Discovery of the Josh Taylor Coupling Reaction" |
| Fri, July 19 PHSC 109 |
Mary West (Ball) |
"Synthesis of Gallicynoic Acids" |
| Megan Keener and Monica Gonzalez (Ball) |
"Synthesis of the metabolites of the herbicide Imazosulfuron" |
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| Asem Berkaliev (Ott/Ball) |
"Utilization of Glycerol By-Product of Biodiesel" | |
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Mon, July 22 Lunch at 12:00pm Seminar at 12:30pm |
Sandy Blair Chico State alumna (2010) Ph.D. candidate at UC Irvine |
"The Photolytic Processing of Organic Aerosols through Carbonyl Photochemistry" |
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Fri, July 26 |
Sierra Nevada Brewery Sustainability Tour |
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Mon, July 29 9:00am PHSC 301 |
Dr. Dan Edwards | "Development of LC-MS Screening Approaches for Streamlining Natural Product Discovery" |
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Thurs, Aug 1 3:00pm in PHSC 301 then from 4:00-5:30pm PHSC Courtyard |
Dr. Jeff Gautschi |
“Insoluble Drug Leads, Amorphous Solid Dispersions, and Natural Products from “Unnatural” Fungi” |
| CSRI 2013 Reception |
Celebration |
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| Fri, Aug 2 PHSC 301 |
Jeremy Wells (Wasinger) | "Synthesis and Reactivity of a Novel Salen Catalyst" |
| Rae Murphy (Wasinger) | "Polymer Supported Salen-type Catalysts" | |
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Mon, Aug 5 PHSC 301 Lunch at 12:00pm. Seminar follows soon thereafter. |
Tanya Hilger Chico State alumna (2005) |
"Investigation towards the synthesis of an eight-membered ring via a samarium(II) iodide induced cyclization-fragmentation sequence" |
| Fri, Aug 9 PHSC 301 |
Emily Bladorn (Killingsworth) | "Development of RXN X Systems" |
| Nicole Smith (Killingsworth) | "Dynamic Chemistry for Displays and Exhibits" | |
| Nick Herringer (Wasinger) | "Development of an expanded Spectrochemical Series Lab for Chem 112" |