Seminars

"Magnetic Glyco-Nanoparticles: Translating Insights from the Sugar Code to Biomedical Applications", Kheireddine El-Boubbou, PhD. On Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 3.00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Novel Electrochemical Sensors and Platforms Using Nanostructured", by Dr. Mustafa Musameh. On Monday, April 11, 2011 at 4.00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Selected Topics On Self-Assembly, Separation in Rotating Disc Hydrodynamics, and Aspects of Fluorinated Hydrogen Bonding", by Dr. Tarek Farhat. On Monday, April 4, 2011 at 4.00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Non Stick Nano: Zwitteration or PEGylation", by Mr. Zaki Estephan. On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 4.30 pm. Room 001 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Probing Supramolecular Assemblies via Fluorescent Reporter Molecules", by Dr. Daniel B. Bassil. On Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 4.00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Can We Save The World with Metal Organic Frameworks?", by Dr. Stuart Miller. On Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 4.30 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Soluble Metal-Oxide Chemistry: Pd,Pt Au, Containing /Based Polyoxometalates", by Prof. Ulrich Kortz. On Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 4.30 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Novel Continuous Flow-Cavity RingDown Spectroscopy Systems For High-Precision Bulk and Compound-Specific ¹³C/¹²C Measurements", by Dr. Nabil Saad. On Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 4.30 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome

"Carbohydrates as Valuable Tools in Organic synthesis", by Dr. Rami Kanso, Auburn University. On Wednesday May 5, 2010 at 4.30 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Caprospinol Crosses the Blood-Brain-Barrier. Identificaton and quantitation in Rat Brain using Quadrupole-Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry and Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography", by Dr. Georges Rammouz, McGill University. On Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 4.00 pm. Room 314 Chemistry. All are welcome., 

"Rhythmic Precipitate Patterns and Fractal Structure", by Professor Rabih Sultan. On Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 4.30 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"In Search of New Chemical Reaction. A Tale of Design and Misconception.", by Prof. Samir Zard. On Monday, April 12, 2010 at 4.00 pm. Room 001 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Transition Metal Substituted Silico- and Germanotungstates", by Dr. Bassem Bassil, Jacobs University. On Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 4.00 pm. Room 314 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Molecular Materials for Electronic and Solar Energy Applications", by Prof. Aram Amassian. On Friday, March 26, 2010 at 4.00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

Thesis Defense:
"Polyoxometalates Immobilized onto Mesoporous Organically-Modified Silica Aerogels for Selective Oxidation Catalysis of Anthracene", by Mr. Rami Al-Oweini. On Friday, October 9, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Single Molecule Studies on upramolecular Systems", by Mr. Pierre Karam, McGill University, Department of Chemistry. On Wednesday, July 22, 2009; at 3:00 pm. Room 314 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Scientific Teaching", by Prof. Jerry Bell, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. On Friday, June 26, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Plant Products and Cancer: Ancient Medicines for an Ancient Disease", by Prof. Hala Mohtaseb, Biology Department. On Wednesday, May 20, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Domain-Domain Interactions in Non-Ribosomal Peptide Syntheses", by Prof. Volker D�tch, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry Johann-Wolfgang University of Frankfurt. On Wednesday, April 15, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Fluorinated compounds for medical imaging: Chemical stories for Positron Emission Tomography (PET)", by Dr. Emmanuel GRAS, Coordination Chemistry Laboratory - C.N.R.S, Toulouse. On Wednesday, April 8, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

Thesis Defense:
"Photoelectrochemical studies of CdS Quantum Dot Assemblies in Polyelectrolyte and on Photonic Crystals for Energy Conversion", by Ms. Maysaa El Harakeh. On Friday, April 3, 2009; at 3:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

�A Quest for New Chemical Reactions. Some New Perspectives for Organic Synthesis�, by Prof. Samir Z. Zard, Ecole Polytechnique, France. On Thursday, March 19, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

Chem 361 Seminars:
"Nicolaou Taxol Total Synthesis", by Mr. Ebrahim Ghazvini Zadeh and "Polyoxometalates: Chemistry, Synthesis, and Applications", by Mr. Rami Al-Oweini. On Tuesday, February 10, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 314 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Synthesis and Structure of Transition Metal Containing Heteropolytungstates and Some Homogeneous Catalysis Studies", by Dr. Nadeen Nsouli, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany. On Thursday, January 22, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 314 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Mutability of P22 N Protein-boxB RNA Recognition", by Dr. Colin Smith, Department of Biology, AUB. On Wednesday, January 21, 2009; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"H-Bonding of Polynucleotides in Polyelectrolyte Multilayers and in Solution", by Miss Marie-Zabel Markarian, Ph.D. candidate, Florida State University. On Wednesday, December 17, 2008; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.

"Reactivity of Gem-Iodoacetyl-Perfluoro-Alkylethane: Novel Methodology for the Synthesis of Perfluoroalkyl and Trifluoromethyl-Heterocyclic Compounds", by Dr. Salem El-Kharrat, post-doctoral fellow, University of Montpellier. On Wednesday, October 8, 2008; at 4:00 pm. Room 101 Chemistry. All are welcome.