Chemistry

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Visiting Scientists

There are two kinds of seminars sponsored by the chemistry department. The major event of the year is a three-day visit by a distinguished visiting scientist. In addition, there are seminar talks approximately every other week by visiting academic and industrial scientists.

Distinguished Visiting Scientists

The distinguished visiting scientist presents a series of three lectures, beginning at the basic level and each building on the last, so that students can come to understand what the visitor does and what the significance of the work is.

 


Distinguished Visiting Scientist for 2008-2009

Vince Pecoraro

Professor of Chemistry
University of Michigan






Past Visiting Scientists

Year

 Speaker

Topic
2007-2008 Judith Klinman, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Enzymes Can Do Practically Anything... But Do we Know How?
2006-2007 Peter Stang - Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah Supramolecular Chemistry and Self-Assembly
2005-2006 Mario Geysen - Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia Combinatorial Chemistry
2004-2005 Nick Turro - Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University Molecular Photochemistry
2003-2004 Dennis Dougherty- Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Chemistry on the Brain
2002-2003 Carolyn Bertozzi - Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Carbohydrate Chemistry
2001-2002 David Hercules '54 - Professor of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Mass Spectrometry
2000-2001 Fraser Stoddart - Professor of Chemistry, UCLA Supramolecular Chemistry
1999-2000 John Yates, Jr. '56 - Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh Surface Chemistry
1998-1999 John Kuriyan '81 - Professor of Chemistry, Rockefeller University Protein Structure by X-ray
1997-1998 Fred Lytle '64 - Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University Fluorimetry
1996-1997 Jerrold Meinwald - Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University Insect Communication
1995-1996 Harry Gray - Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology Energy Transfer in Biological Molecules
1992-1993 Jacqueline Barton - Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology DNA Interactions with Transition Metals
1991-1992 Rachel Klevit - Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington Protein Structure by NMR
1990-1991 Owen Webster - Senior Research Fellow, DuPont Corporation Living Polymerizations
1989-1990 Gregory Petsko - Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Protein Structure by X-ray
1988-1989 Richard Holm - Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University Bioinorganic Chemistry

Recent Chemistry Seminars at Juniata College

The Chemistry Department and the Chemistry Club sponsor many guest lecturers throughout the school year. Here is a list of speakers and their topics from 2007-8:

Date

Speaker

Institution

Title
Sept 18 Paul Shepson Purdue Univ. Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Change in the Arctic

Oct 24

 Stephen Craig
Duke Univ.

You Can Beat It with a Stick:  From Mechanisms to Mechanochemistry in Single Molecules and Materials
Oct 26 Matthew Ginder-Vogel U. Delaware Biogeochemical Pathways Controlling Contaminant Mobility in the Critical Zone
November 8 Jonathan Shackman Temple Univ. Microfluidic Methods for Trace Biochemical Monitoring
Nov 14 Bruce Ault Univ. of Cincinnati

Spectroscopic Studies of Reactive Intermediates Near Absolute Zero
Nov 29 Daniel Rabinovich Univ of North Carolina Bis(thioether)silanes: Novel Complexes and Unexpected Applications
Dec 3 Tammy Hanna UC Berkeley Small Molecule Activation: Dinitrogen Functionalization and Hydrogen ProductionUsing Transition Metals
Jan 17 Diane Nutbrown U Wisconsin Branching Out as a Chemist:  Inorganic and Chemistry Education Research Pursuits
Feb 15 Eric Jensen Eli Lilly Chemistry and Liberal Arts -  What's the Connection?
Feb 28
Tom Mitzel Tom Mitzel You Need to Form a Bond and You Want to Form it Where?
Mar 26 Thomas Werner Union College Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Sports: How chemists catch the "cheaters"  (Sometimes)

March 31

Judith Klinman UC Berkeley Enzyme Catalysis: View from the "Classics"
April 1 Judith Klinman UC Berkeley Quantum Hydrogen Transfer: Linking Protein Dynamics to Catalysis
April 2 Judith Klinman UC Berkeley Life as Aerobes: Outsmarting the Toxicity of O2

Click here for a complete list of Juniata's guest speakers.