Seminars
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 Dötch, 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.