Seminars
Seminars are held on Thursday at 12:15 p.m. in S122, Sackler Sciences
Center
Luncheon served at 11:45 p.m. in S325, Sackler Sciences Center
- May 11, 2012
Research Proposal
Robert Doyle
"Cooperative Polymer/Fullerene Nanocomposite Material for Drug Delivery"
- April 26, 2012
Chemistry Honors Seminar
Alex Gale, "Synthesis, Analysis, and Characterization of Pryidine-Copper Complexes Using 2-Amino-5-trifluromethylpyridine"
Luke Witthoft, "Niobium Oxide Nanoparticles Templated from Mesoporous Silica with Variable Pore Sizes"
- April 24, 2012
Ph.D. Defense
Jamie Towle-Weicksel
"A chimeric protein constructed from Bacteriophage T7 gp4 and a putative primase-helicase from Arabidopsis thaliana mitochondria"
- April 13, 2012
Ph.D. Defense
Ting Liu
"Investigation of Local Structure in Layered Niobates by Solid-state NMR spectrocopy"
- April 12, 2012
Professor Shane Telfer
"Creating Nothing out of Something: Thermolabile Groups in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)"
- April 5, 2012
Graduate Update Research Seminar
Jue (June) Fan
"Apply Markov State Moel and Maximum flow algorithm to identify the folding pathways of alanine tetrapeptide"
Kai Peng
"Synthesis of B-aminopropionitrile"
Xiaorui (Sean) Chen
"Synthesis of block copolymer by ATRP and click reaction"
- March 30, 2012
Masters Defense Seminar
Justin Conway
"Synthesis of Organic Polymeric Membranes For Proton Transport in High Temperature Hydrogen Fuel Cells"
- March 29, 2012
Graduate Update Research Seminar
Wanli Lu
"Unconventional citrate synthesis in microbes"
Kevin Robbins
"Nuclear Overhauser Effects of Thioflavin T in the Presence of Insulin Amyloid Fibrils"
Jia (Will) Wei
"Hydrogenation of Triazole Functionalized Cyclobutene Polymers and Synthesis of MPEG Functionalized Cyclobutene Polymers"
- March 22, 2012
Dr. Firas Awwadi, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Halogen --Halogen and Halogen --Halide contacts as a New Tool in the Arsenal of Crystal Engineering
.
- March 20, 2012
Corri Stewart
Masters Defense Seminar
Stress Response of Shewannella oneidensts in the presence of Hg(II) and Cr(VI)
- March 15, 2012
Dr. Chinedum Osuji, Dept. of Chemical and Enviromental Engineering, Yale University
Magnetic Fields and Soft Matter - Functional Materials by Directed Self Assembly of Block Coplymer, Nanowire and Surfactant Mesophases
- March 1, 2012
Dr. Philip Boyd, NWA, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
"The Ocean's iron biogeochemical cycle"
- February 23, 2012
Dr. Yinjie J. Tang, Department of Engery, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
"Application of nonoparticles in microbiology and plant biology"
- February 16, 2012
Graduate Update Research Seminar
Jamie Towle-Weiksel
"Biorelevancy of Chimeric Primers"
Rob Doyle
"Synthesis and characterization of triazole-function linear poly(ethylene imine)"
Hanzhong (Fido) Liu
"Study Rd-cytochrome by Anton a super fast computing cluster"
- February 9, 2012
Dr. Ying XU, Duke University
"Characterization of Chaperone Protein Folding Properties using Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange - and Mass Spectrometry- Based Techniques"
- January 26, 2012
Graduate Research Update
Josh Boykin
"Exploring the Structure of Three - and Four- Layer Dion-Jacobson Phse Nionbates"
Jia (Will) Wei
"Synthesis of Polycyclobutene Through Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)"
Kevin Robbins
"Nuclear Overhauser Effects in Thioflavin T in the Presence of Insulin Amyloid Fibrils"
- January 19, 2012
Joshua Boykin--Second year Seminar
"Oxidative Desulfurization of Diesel Fuel as an Alternative to Hydrodesulfurization"
- December 14, 2011
Kelvin Billingsley, PhD. Stanford University
Enabling Methods in Synthesis:
From Recent Developments in the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction to the Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Protein Kinase C (PKC) Modulators
- December 7, 2011
Lark Perez, PhD. Princeton University
"Chemical Explorations in Small-Molecule Synthesis and Cell Signaling"
- November 30, 2011
Charles Jakobsche, PhD. Yale University
"Organic Molecules as Tools to Study and Manipulate Chemical and Biological Systems"
- November 16, 2011
Mark Schlegel, PhD. Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
"Characterization of a novel acyclic nucleic acid analog: glycol nucleic acid"
- November 9, 2011
Prof. Jie Song, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worceter MA
- November 2, 2011
Prof. Volker Urban, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
"From Superconductivity to Polymers and Biomass to Ancient Artifacts-the Power of the
Neutron Probe"
- October 26, 2011
Prof. Melanie Rademeyer
"Structures and Magnetic Properties of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Material"
- October 12, 2011
Prof. N. Aaron Deskins
"Molecular Modeling of Catalyst Material"
- September 21, 2011
Graduate Research Updates Seminar
Rob Doyle
"Post-polymerization Modification of Poly(ethylene imine) for Application in Polymer
Electrolyte Membranes"
Jue (June) Fan
"A Possible Initialization Step in the Aggregation of IAPP Monomers"
Jamie B. Towle-Weicksel
"Incorporation of rGTP Into an Unusual RNA Product by a Chimeric Protein Constructed
from gp4 and AMH"
- September 14, 2011
Jamie B. Towle-Weicksel -- Research Proposal
"Gene Discoverty of a Novel Asphaltene Biodegrader and Its Impact on the Breakdown
of Heavy Crude Oil"
News
- High school students experience 'Day in the
Life of a Grad Student: A Science Perspective' at Clark
Visiting high school students use liquid nitrogen to make ice cream in a Clark University chemistry lab, led by Assistant Professor Sergio Granados-Focil (right foreground).
One summer day at Clark University, students from King Philip Regional High School enjoyed a box lunch and lab-made ice cream, all in the name of science education.
A select group of science students from the high school in Wrentham, MA, came to Clark's Carlson School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, for "A Day in the Life of a Grad Student: A Science Perspective," on June 22, experiencing for themselves a brief look at college graduate-level laboratory research. To view photos from the visit, click here.
The students began their day with a brief introduction to the Clark chemistry program, and a hands-on lab about purifying proteins. Later in the day, they worked with Clark Assistant professor Sergio Granados-Focil to make ice cream using sugar, milk, cream, and liquid nitrogen. The students experimented with different ratios of milk and cream, then voted for their favorites.
This is the second year of the science perspective program, which was organized by Clark graduate student Jamie Towle, along with King Philip Regional High School teacher Doris Brennan, who works with the school's Biotechnology Association. Other grad student participants at Clark included Kai Peng, Yun Cao, and Robert Doyle.
Seeing how much the high schoolers enjoyed their day at Clark has fueled Towle's plans to help continue the program, she said. - Congratulations to Sharon Huo on being chosen as a
Oliver and Dorothy Hayden
Junior Fellow for 2010-2011.
- Congratulations to Luke Nye '11 and
Jason Lui '11, for receiving the American
Institute of Chemists (AIC) award for 2011. This award is given
to a senior chemistry major and a senior BCMB major who has
demonstrated an outstanding record of achievement, ability,
leadership, and character. Luke and Jason will receive a
"Certificate of Honor" at the annual New England Institute of
Chemists (NEIC) Awards Dinner in April.