DATE

SPEAKER (HOST)

TITLE

SEPT 17

PRATT LECTURE
Professor Maurice Brookhart
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
(Dr. Harman)

Olefin in Polymerizations and Copolymerizations
Catalyzed by Alpha-Diimine Complexes of NI(II)
and PD(II): Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies

30

Professor Andrew Barron
Rice University
(Dr. Fraser)

Coating, Exposing and Cloning Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

OCT 1

Dr. Robert Tycko
National Institutes of Health
(Dr. Cafiso)

Molecular Structure of
Amyloid Fibrils:
Insights from Solid State NMR

8

Professor Son Bing Nguyen
Northwestern University
(Dr. Pu)

From Ligated Metal Complexes to Supramolecular Platforms--Two Complementary Ideas in Homogenous Catalysis

15

Professor Christian Wolf
Georgetown University
(Dr. Pu)

Synthesis, Structure and Stereodynamics of 1,8-Diheteroarylnapthalenes: A
New Class of Compounds for Stereoselective Sensing and Synthesis

22

Professor Arthur Utz
Tufts University
(Dr. Harrison)

Probing the Energetics and Dynamics of Gas-Surface Reactions with State-Selected Molecules

29

Professor Norman Dovichi
University of Washington
(Dr. Demas)

Single Cell Proteomics

NOV 5

Professor Bing Gong
State University of New York, Buffalo
(Dr. Pu)

Well-Defined Structures from Molecular Assembly and Folding

12

Dr. Stewart Shuman
Sloan Kettering

RNA Repair