JMU Chemistry Seminars

Spring 2007
date	speaker (Affiliation)	title (Click on Title for Abstract)
Tuesday January 16 PH/CH 2212	Dr. William Polik Department of Chemistry Hope College	"Measurement, Modeling, and Computation of Molecular Potential Energy Surfaces"
Monday January 22 PH/CH 2212	Dr. Richard Foust Dept. of Chem. & Biochem. Northern Arizona University	TBA
Thursday January 25 ISAT 259 (nTelos Rm.)	Dr. Mo Movassaghi Department of Chemistry MIT	"Cascade Reactions in Complex Molecule Synthesis"
Thursday February 1 HHS 1302 7 pm	Dr. James Dee Higley Department of Psychology Brigham Young Univ. (UT)	"New Ways of Thinking About How We Became Who We Are: A Nonhuman Primate Model of Gene X Environment Interactions"
Friday February 2	ACS Student Affiliates Presents: JMU Faculty Research Opportunities Part I	Dr. Brian Augustine Dr. Kevin Caran Dr. Katy Layman Dr. Scott Lewis Dr. Gina MacDonald
Friday February 9	ACS Student Affiliates Presents: JMU Faculty Research Opportunities Part II	Dr. Tom DeVore Dr. Vicky Mariani Dr. Kevin Minbiole Dr. Debbie Mohler Dr. Barbara Reisner
Thursday February 15 6 pm HHS 1302	Dr. Jake Yeston Associate Editor Science Magazine	"Publishing in Science"
Friday March 9	JMU Spring Break
Friday March 16 Keynote Presentations HHS 1302 3:30 - 4:30 pm Poster Session PH/CH 3348 4:30 - 5:30 pm	JMU College of Science and Mathematics Faculty Research and Teaching Symposium "Optimal Strategies for Energy Allocation" Drs. Brian Walton and Anthony Tongen Department of Mathematics "JMU Geoscience Education Abroad: The JMU Summer Field Course in Western Ireland" Steven Whitmeyer, Scott Eaton, Michael Harris and Shelly Whitmeyer Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Poster Session and Reception Physics / Chemistry Room 3348
Friday March 23	Dr. Martin Hulce Department of Chemistry Creighton University (NE)	"Handling the (Blood) Pressure: Histadine Arylmethylation and its Applications to the Study of the Calictonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor"
Friday March 30	Dr. Margaret Geselbracht Department of Chemistry Reed College (OR)	"A Fascination With Structure: Tools to Understand Early Transistion Metal Oxides"
Friday April 6	Dr. John Hemminger Department of Chemistry Univ. of California-Irvine	"Composition and Chemistry of the Liquid / Vapor Interface of Aqueous Solutions: Implications for the Chemistry of Aerosols in the Troposphere"
Thursday April 12 (Sponsored by the ACS Student Chapter) HHS 2209 4 pm	Dr. Amy Cannon Center for Green Chemistry U. Mass.--Lowell	"Innovations in Green Chemistry: from Electronics to Cosmetics"
April 12 - 14	NCUR 2007	Dominican University of California
Thursday April 19 1:00 - 5:30 pm nTelos Room--ISAT 259 Friday April 20 1:30 - 5:00 pm nTelos Room--ISAT 259	32nd Annual Department of Chemistry Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium Keynote Address: Elizabeth Perry, M.D. ('87) Partner and Physician Signature Healthcare, Inc. Charlotte, NC

Spring 2007

date

speaker
(Affiliation)

title
(Click on Title for Abstract)

Tuesday January 16
PH/CH 2212

Dr. William Polik
Department of Chemistry
Hope College

"Measurement, Modeling, and Computation of Molecular Potential Energy Surfaces"

Monday January 22
PH/CH 2212

Dr. Richard Foust
Dept. of Chem. & Biochem.
Northern Arizona University

TBA

Thursday January 25
ISAT 259 (nTelos Rm.)

Dr. Mo Movassaghi
Department of Chemistry
MIT

"Cascade Reactions in Complex Molecule Synthesis"

Thursday February 1
HHS 1302
7 pm

Dr. James Dee Higley
Department of Psychology
Brigham Young Univ. (UT)

"New Ways of Thinking About How We Became Who We Are: A Nonhuman Primate Model of Gene X Environment Interactions"

Friday February 2

ACS Student Affiliates Presents:
JMU Faculty Research Opportunities Part I

Dr. Brian Augustine
Dr. Kevin Caran
Dr. Katy Layman
Dr. Scott Lewis
Dr. Gina MacDonald

Friday February 9

ACS Student Affiliates Presents:
JMU Faculty Research Opportunities Part II

Dr. Tom DeVore
Dr. Vicky Mariani
Dr. Kevin Minbiole
Dr. Debbie Mohler
Dr. Barbara Reisner

Thursday February 15
6 pm HHS 1302

Dr. Jake Yeston
Associate Editor
Science Magazine

"Publishing in Science"

Friday March 9

JMU Spring Break

Friday March 16

Keynote Presentations
HHS 1302
3:30 - 4:30 pm

Poster Session
PH/CH 3348
4:30 - 5:30 pm

JMU College of Science and Mathematics
Faculty Research and Teaching Symposium

"Optimal Strategies for Energy Allocation"
Drs. Brian Walton and Anthony Tongen
Department of Mathematics

"JMU Geoscience Education Abroad: The JMU Summer Field Course in Western Ireland"
Steven Whitmeyer, Scott Eaton, Michael Harris and Shelly Whitmeyer
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences

Poster Session and Reception
Physics / Chemistry Room 3348

Friday March 23

Dr. Martin Hulce
Department of Chemistry
Creighton University (NE)

"Handling the (Blood) Pressure: Histadine Arylmethylation and its Applications to the Study of the Calictonin Gene-Related Peptide Receptor"

Friday March 30

Dr. Margaret Geselbracht
Department of Chemistry
Reed College (OR)

"A Fascination With Structure: Tools to Understand Early Transistion Metal Oxides"

Friday April 6

Dr. John Hemminger
Department of Chemistry
Univ. of California-Irvine

"Composition and Chemistry of the Liquid / Vapor Interface of
Aqueous Solutions: Implications for the Chemistry of Aerosols
in the Troposphere"

Thursday April 12
(Sponsored by the
ACS Student Chapter)
HHS 2209
4 pm

Dr. Amy Cannon
Center for Green Chemistry
U. Mass.--Lowell

"Innovations in Green Chemistry: from Electronics to Cosmetics"

April 12 - 14

NCUR 2007

Dominican University of California

Thursday April 19
1:00 - 5:30 pm
nTelos Room--ISAT 259

Friday April 20
1:30 - 5:00 pm
nTelos Room--ISAT 259

32nd Annual Department of Chemistry
Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium

Keynote Address:
Elizabeth Perry, M.D. ('87)
Partner and Physician
Signature Healthcare, Inc.
Charlotte, NC