Union College Department of Chemistry

Schenectady, NY 12308

Seminar Schedule, Winter 2011

Please note that all seminars are scheduled for
THURSDAYS at 12:45 PM in Bailey 207
unless otherwise noted. Lunch & soda will be provided!!!

January 6

Welcome Back and Term Abroad Reports Hear about the Fal 2010 Terms abroad trips.

January 13

Jodi O'Donnell, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Siena College

"Design of Metalloporphyrin Thin Film Materials for Colorimetric Sensing of Trace Organic Pollutants"

January 20

Nolan Flynn, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wellesley College

"Science on the small scale:  Assembly and applications of nanoparticles"
Join with Mechanical Engineering in OLIN 115

January 27

Alexander Norquist, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Haverford College

"Insights into the structures and formation mechanisms of templated vanadium tellurites"

February 3

Joshua Kritzer, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tufts University

"Beer, bread and bioactives:  Genetic selections for cyclic peptides in yeast"
Merck Seminar (Co-sponsored by Chemistry and Biology Depts) OLIN 115

 

February 10

Jason E. Sanabia, Ph.D., Presdient & CEO Raith USA, Inc., Union College Physics, Class of 1996

"The Roles of High and Low Energy Electrons in Nanofabrication"

Sponsored by Chemistry and Physics & Astronomy (location TBA)

February 17

Job Rijssenbeek, Ph.D, Senior Chemist, Chemical Energy Systems Lab, GE Global Research Center

"Sodium-Metal Halide Batteries for Stationary Power Quality and Electrified Transportation"

February 24

Founder's Day

March 3

TBA

March 10

Poster Session, Practice for National ACS Meeting (Anaheim, CA)

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Please direct any questions about the Chemistry Department seminar schedule to Prof. Michael Hagerman (hagermam@union.edu).