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2012 Abbott Lectures
The Chemistry Department is pleased to announce that the 2012 Abbott Lecturer will be Professor Mike Ward.
Spring 2012 Seminar Schedule
All Seminars are held in Abbott Hall Room 138 at 12:00 PM (Noon) unless otherwise noted.
January 20, 2012
Patrick Khan Tamukong, UND Chemistry Graduate Student
"Quantum Phase Transitions in Dimerized Spin Systems with Frustration."
February 3, 2012
Dr. Tom Livinghouse, Montana State University
"New Cationic and Metal Mediated Cyclization Reactions for the Synthesis of Natural Products and Related Compounds."
February 10, 2012
Mathew Otang, UND Chemistry Graduate Student
"Frustrated Lewis Pairs; A new Concept for Metal-Free Hydrogenation Catalysis and Small Molecule Activation."
February 17, 2012
Richard Cochran, UND Chemistry Graduate Student
"Mass spectrometric imaging of biomolecules using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization: Exploring the ionization mechanism and the use of ionic matrices."
February 24, 2012
Dr. Edgar Arriaga, University of Minnesota
"Bioanalytical chemistry at the subcellular level - Investigating the role of mitochondria in aging."
March 2, 2012
Jason Hicks, UND Chemistry Graduate Student
“Recent Advances in the Identification of Organic Molecules as the Carriers of the Diffuse Interstellar Bands.”
March 9, 2012
Gerard Dickmu, UND Chemistry Graduate Student
“Aziridines: Synthesis and Applications.”
March 23, 2012
Dr. Michael Serpe, University of Alberta
“Fun with Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgel-Based Etalons.”
March 30, 2012
Ashwini Geetla, UND Chemistry Graduate Student
"Microwave assisted extraction - A promising tool for the extraction of active ingredients from plants."
April 13, 2012
Dr. Tim Warren, Georgetown University
"Copper Catalyzed C-H Functionalization: Reactive Intermediates Inspire New Methodologies for C-N and C-C Bond Formation."
April 19, 2012 (Thursday at 4PM in Abbott Hall Room 138)
Duminda Liyanage, UND Chemistry Graduate Student
“TBA”
April 20, 2012
Dr. Lei Zhu, The Florida State University
"Copper(II) acetate-mediated azide-alkyne cycloaddition."
2012 Abbott Lecturer
Dr. Mike Ward, New York University
April 26, 2012 : 7 PM in Abbott Hall Room 101
"The Rapidly Changing Face of Scientific Publication."
April 27, 2012 : 12 Noon in Abbott Hall Room 138
"Pathological Crystallization: Kidney Stones and Pathways to Therapies by Molecular Design."
