Gustavus Adolphus College
CHE-399 Chemistry Seminar
Fall 2012 Schedule
Instructors: Brian O’Brien and Tom Gardner
Fridays, Wallenberg Auditorium in Nobel Hall, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. (unless noted otherwise)
Friday’s Date / Person+
Affiliation / Topic / Title
September 7, 2012 / Brian O’Brien & Tom Gardner, Gustavus (Optional) /
Jessica Imholte / Introduction /
Chem. Dept. All Worker Training
September 14, 2012
(2:30 – 3:30 in Alumni Hall) / Nobel Conf. Preview (Optional)
William Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
Rydell Professor at Gustavus / "Iron in the Oceans: What's the fuss about?" Can iron additions (i.e., "Fe fertilization”) to the oceans stimulate phytoplankton growth and lead to a reduction in atmospheric CO2?”
September 21, 2012
(1:30 – 5:30 sched./rooms TBD) / Fall Research Symposium
Gustavus students / Presentations of Summer Research
September 28, 2012 / Robert Fecik, Ph.D.
U of MN, College of Pharmacy / "The Role of Medicinal Chemistry in Drug Discovery and Pharmacy"
October 5, 2012 / No seminar / (Note: Nobel Conf. week)
October 12, 2012 / Charles A. Lucy, Ph.D.
University of Alberta / “It’s an-al chemistry, not Ā-nal chemistry!”
October 19, 2012 / No seminar / (Note: Reading Days weekend)
October 26, 2012 / Dr. Thomas Gardner
Gustavus / "The Litigator's Chemist"
November 2, 2012 / No seminar
November 9, 2012 / Kelly P. Coleman, Ph.D., DABT
Medtronic / "Medical Device Biocompatibility: ISO 10993 and Beyond"
November 16, 2012 / Dr. Matthew T. Whited
Carlton College / "Frustrated" Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds as Tools for Small-Molecule
Activation
November 23, 2012 / No Seminar / (Note: Thanksgiving Break)
November 30, 2012 / No Seminar
December 7, 2012 / Tom Holme
Iowa State University / Biogeochemistry of Boron and Its Role in Plants
December 14, 2012 / No seminar.