News & Events
Professional Seminars
Spring 2017
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.
Jeff Johnson, Ph.D.
UNC Chapel Hill
Department of Chemistry
Title: “Lemonade from Lemons: The Merits of Stereoerrors in Chemical Synthesis.”
Robert McFeeters, Ph.D.
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Department of Chemistry
Title: “Novel Antimicrobial Approaches: Peptidyl-tRNA Hydrolases & Antifungal Lectins”
Jianjun Wei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
The Department of Nanoscience, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN)
UNCG
Title: “Nanoscale Interactions and Applications: Integrated Nanoplasmonic Sensing & A Fluorescence-Electrochemical Study of Carbon Nano-Dots (CNDs)”
Nicholas Oberlies, Ph.D.
Professor
UNCG
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Title: “Strategies, Approaches, and Results in Pursuit of Bioactive Compounds from Fungi”
Mitchell Croatt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Panel Discussion
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
UNCG
Title: “Careers in Fermentation Science”
Alan G. Marshall, Ph.D.
Robert O. Lawton Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Chief Scientist, Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Florida State University
Title: Reading Chemical “Fine Print”: “The Key to Exploiting Nature’s Compositional Complexity”
Christian Melander Ph.D.
Howard J. Schaeffer Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry
NC State University
Title: “Marine Alkaloid Derivatives that Reverse Phenotypic and Genotypic Antibiotic Resistance”
Derrick R. J. Kolling, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Marshall University
Title: “Using Algal Manipulation and Bio-inspiration to Develop Alternative Fuels”
SPRING BREAK
Ohyun Kwon, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Title: “Phosphines and Phosphinocatalysis”
Louis R. Barrows, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Utah
Title: “Natural Products in the Battle Against the Twin Terrors of HIV and TB”
Elizabeth R. Gaillard, Ph.D.
Professor and Director Center for Biochemical and Biophysical Studies
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Northern Illinois University
Title: “Photomodulation of the inflammatory response by human ocular melanin”
SPRING HOLIDAY
Alan K. Jarmusch, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar – Dorrestein Lab
University of California, San Diego
Title: “Untargeted Metabolomics Reveals Information About Our Health, Behavior, and Microbiota”
7th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research
Graduating UNCG Chemistry and Biochemistry Majors
Fall 2016
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.
Marcus Jones, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
UNC Charlotte
“Unraveling Trap State Fluorescence in Colloidal Quantum Dots”
Gary L. Bowlin, Ph.D.
Professor & Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Memphis
“Electrospinning Tissue Regeneration Templates to Facilitate Innate Immune System-guided In Situ Regeneration”
7th Wood Coatings and Substrates Conference
Industry and Research Experts
Discuss New Changes in Wood Substrates
Cone Ball Room, EUC, Campus
Ding Xue, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology
University of Colorado
“Apoptosis, Maternal Mitochondrial Inheritance, and Drug Discovery in C. Elegans”
David A Peake, PhD
Sr. Strategic Marketing Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
“Discovery lipidomics workflows enabled by high resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometry and LipidSearch software”
Jeremy Morgan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina Wilmington
“Aziridines: Strained Heterocycles for Bio-Active Molecule Synthesis”
Rachel Austin, Ph.D. (1990 Alum)
Professor of Chemistry
Barnard College, Columbia University
“Bridging scales: A molecular perspective on selected problems in environmental (bio) inorganic chemistry ”
Jack Wallenshauser, Ph.D. (2010 Alum)
Scientist, Structural Biology
Plexxikon, Inc.
“Insights into the Molecular Interactions
within the Lin28-let-7 Pathway”
Keqi Tang, Ph.D.
Senior Staff Scientist
Biological Sciences Division,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
“Pushing the Limit of MS Sensitivity Via Advanced ESI Source and Interface Technologies”
Ben Shen, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Chemistry
Professor, Department of Molecular Therapeutics
Director, Natural Products Library Initiative at The Scripps Research Institute
“Microbial Genomics: New Opportunities for Natural Product Biosynthesis, Engineering, and Drug Discovery”
Paul Jones, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Wake Forest University
Title: “Forks in the Pathway: Sensitivity to Conformational Change in Anthraquinone Photoreactions”
Mitchell Croatt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ph.D.
“Food, Wine, and Beer Chemistry and Biochemistry”
