Department of chemistry
Inorganic Seminar Schedule
Winter 2008
Thursdays (unless otherwise noted*) at 3:00 PM, 2009 Science Hall
January 17 Holliness Nose, Wayne State University "Cysteine Dioxygenase: Structure and Mechanism" (Allen Group)
January 24 Irina Pala, Wayne State University "TiO2 Nanotubes: Synthesis, Properties and Applications" (Brock Group)
January 31 no seminar, Analytical Faculty Candidate
February 5 * Craig Hill, Emory University, "Design and Realization of Nanostructures that Accomplish Multiple Useful Functions" Nano@Wayne
February 7 Shreyashi Ganguly, Wayne State University "Dioxygen Activation by Nickel Complexes" (Brock Group)
February 11** Stephanie Brock, Wayne State University, "Sol-Gel Methods for Assembly of Nanoparticles: Moving Beyond Oxides" Frontiers
February 14 Ramadevi Shanmugam, Wayne State University "Metals in the Brain" (Verani Group)
February 21 no seminar
February 28 Andrei Vedernikov, University of Maryland "Platinum and Palladium Mediated Aerobic Selective CH Oxidation in Solution"
March 6 Ashley Campanali, Wayne State University "TBA" (Kodanko Group)
March 13 Jason Shearer, University of Nevada-Reno, "Biomimetic Model Compounds For Nickel Superoxide Dismutase: From Transition Metal Complexes to Metallopeptides" (Spring Break)
March 18* Bill Buhro, Washington University, "Kinetics and Mechanism of Aggregative Nanocrystal Growth" Nano@Wayne
March 20 Baburam Sedai, Wayne State University "Synthesis and Characterization of Group 2, 4, and 13 Metals containing Nitrogen Donor Ligands" (Winter Group)
March 27 Chris Orvig, University of British Columbia "Carbohydrate Conjugates in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry"
April 3 Jennifer Aitken, Duquesne University "The Synthesis, Structure and Physicochemical Properties of Diamond-Like Semiconductors"
April 10 no seminar, ACS meeting
April 17 Sanuja Pitigalarachchige, Wayne State University "New Synthetic Routes for Small Silicon Nanocrystals" (Winter Group)
April 24 Sarmad Hindo, Wayne State University "Copper-based Amphiphiles for Redox-Responsive Films and Drug Delivery" (Verani Group)
* Nano@Wayne seminars are held on Tuesdays from 2:30-4:00 PM in the Welcome Center auditorium;
** Frontiers seminars are held on Mondays, 3:00-4:30 PM, 2009 Science Hall

Further information can be obtained from Stephanie Brock, Dept of Chemistry, Wayne State University, , (313) 577-3102.