We congratulate Prof. V. Ramamurthy for his appointment as a senior editor of the American Chemical Society (ACS) journal Langmuir.
We congratulate Prof. Angel Kaifer for his appointment as a distinguished Cooper Fellow.
Congratulations to Dr. Norito Takenaka for receiving funding awards from the American Cancer Society and James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program.
We welcome Dr. Burjor Captain as a new faculty in our department and wish him all the best. ______________________________________________________________
March 07 Dr. Sukhdev Roy, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (F. Raymo) Switching Light with Light in Natural Photoreceptors and its Application to All-Optical Bio-molecular Computing
14 Dr. Robin L. McCarley, LSU, Baton Rouge (A. Kaifer) Reductively Activated Supramolecular Delivery Systems – Toward Enzyme-triggered Delivery of Therapeutics
20 Sir John Meurig Thomas, Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge and
the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, Royal Institution of Great Britain, London The Genius of Michael Faraday (Cox Science Bldg., Room 145, 4:00 PM) 21 Mike Richmond, University of North Texas (B. Captain) Kinetic and Isotope Studies on C-H Bond Activation in Diphosphine and Diimine Ligands at Triosmium Clusters
Faculty Positions Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Physical/Organic Chemistry.
The Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, seeks applications for two tenure-track appointments for the 2007-08 academic year. Minimal qualifications include a Ph. D. in chemistry and significant post-doctoral experience. Preference will be given to candidates whose research interests complement those of the current faculty or lie at the frontier between physical, inorganic, and biological chemistry.
See application details in the August 20, 2007 issue of Chemistry & Engineering News, page 82.
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Welcome to all new incoming grad students!
A very heart-felt THANK YOU to everyone who worked so very hard, yet tirelessly, to ensure that the undergraduate chemistry teaching labs were ready for today’s start. Labs are running, students are smiling, and we are looking forward to a brilliant semester!
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