Professional Seminars
Professional Seminars Archive
*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.
Jeff Johnston, Ph.D.
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry
Vanderbilt University
“Reagent and Reaction Development in the Service of Complex Target Synthesis: Chiral Proton Catalysis, Umpolung Amide Synthesis, and Case Studies in Therapeutic Develpment”
Mitch Croatt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UNC – Greensboro
PANEL DISCUSSION
“Alternative Chemistry Career Opportunities”
Iris R. Wagstaff, Ph.D.
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow
Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Investigative Forensic Science
“Intersections of Science and Policy: A Chemist’s Perspective”
Spring Holiday
Jason Price, Ph.D.
Principal Scientist
Corporate Functions Analytical
The Procter & Gamble Company
“Comprehensive Identification and Quantitation of Constituents of Botanical Extracts for Safety Risk Assessments”
Spring Break
Kai Tang, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Zhejiang Haochuang Biotech Co., Ltd.
“Closed ESI Ion Source and Enhancement of Ionization in Nanospay Mass Spectrometry”
Antonis Rokas, Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences
Professor for The department of Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University and the department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“The evolution of fungal chemodiversity”
Marcus Jones, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
UNC – Charlotte
“Plasmon-Enhanced Fluorescence from Trions and Biexcitons in Colloidal Quantum Dots”
Kimberly Petersen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
UNC – Greensboro
“Development of New Synthetic Methods for the Preparation of Valuable Small Molecules”
Steven Sjostedt, Ph.D.
Research Scientist II
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory,
Chemical Sciences Division
“In situ measurement of trace gases and radicals using Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry”
John L. Wood, Ph.D.
Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor and
Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas Scholar
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Baylor University
“Recent advances in the synthesis of complex natural products”
Aaron H. Colby, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital & Boston University
“Novel Drug Delivery Systems: pH-Responsive Expansile Nanoparticles & Drug Concentrating Devices as Tools for Treating Cancer”
Dr. André Beauchemin
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Ottawa
“Reaction Development Using Temporary Intramolecularity and Amphoteric Isocyanates”
Dr. Paula N. Brown
Canada Research Chair, Phytoanalytics and Director of Applied Research, BC Institute of Technology
Natural Health & Food Products Research Group, Centre for Applied Research & Innovation
“Metabolomics for Phtyochemical Discovery”
Dr. Christopher Cunningham
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy
“Making a Better Morphine: Two Approaches to Avoiding Analgesic Tolerance”
Dr. Richard B. Van Breemen
Matthias C. Lu Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy, and Director, UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
University of Illinois College of Pharmacy
“Development of Safe and Effective Botanical Dietary Supplements for Women’s Health”
Dr. Erik Alexanian
Associate Professor
UNC Chapel Hill
“New Strategies for Hydrocarbon Functionalization”
Dr. Mitchell Croatt
Panel Discussion
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, UNCG
Experiences and Advice from UNCG Alumni
Dr. Marcy Balunas
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Connecticut
“Functional and Biosynthetic Analyses of Secondary Metabolites in Host-Microbe Symbioses”
