Colloquium Speakers - Spring 2013
Thursdays in 111WMH at 4:15pm

January 17

Dr. Clemens Burda, Case Western Reserve University, "Design and Control of the Optoelectric Properties of Nanomaterials for Energy and Biomedical Applications"

January 31

Dr. Christopher Malcuit, KSU, "Employing Cellular Reprogramming in Autologous Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering"

February 7

Dr. William Abraham, The Lubrizol Corporation Senior Fellow, Product Developer, "Continuously Growing the Four Pillars to Success as a Scientist in the Chemical Industry"

February 14

Dr. David Singer, Dept. of Geology, KSU, "Uranium (VI) Sorption and Reduction Kinetics on the Magnetite (111) Surface"

February 21

Dr. Martin D. Burke, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "The Prospect of Molecular Prosthetics"

*1:00pm colloquium

February 28

Dr. David Waldeck, University of Pittsburgh, "Energetics and Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Nanoparticle Assembles"

March 7

KSU Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAAACS)/Akron Section of the American Chemical Society Colloquium

Dr. Kara Bren, University of Rochester, "Bio-Nano Constructs for Solar Fuels"

*Reception: 5:00pm, Williams Hall Main Lobby
*Seminar: 5:30pm, 111 Williams Hall

March 14

Dr. Liming Dai, Case Western Reserve University, "Carbon Nanomaterials as Metal-Free Catalysts for Energy Conversion"

April 4

Dr. Catherine Goodman, Senior Editor, Nature Chemical Biology, "Publishing at Nature Chemical Biology: An Editor's Perspective"

April 11

Honors Week event, Dr. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, J.C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, "Macromolecular Engineering by Tempering Radicals Behavior"

* Lecture: 3:00pm, Governance Chambers, Kent State Student Center
* Reception & Award Ceremony: 4:30pm, Room 310C, Kent State Student Center

April 18

Dr. Kristian E. Baker, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, Case Western Reserve University, "Quality Control in Gene Expression: Recognition of Aberrant mRNA Harboring Nonsense Mutations"

April 25

Dr. James Stambuli, Ohio State University, "Small Molecule Synthesis via C-H and C-O Bond Activations"

May 2

Dr. Grant McGimpsey, Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs, Kent State University, "Chemical Modification of Surfaces for Biological Applications"