Seminars
The Department has a fall seminar series each year associated with the course CHEM 490. Seminars this year are held from 4-5 pm in Room 129 of the New Science Center Building. The coordinator for the fall 2011 seminar program is Professor Charles Beam. All seminars are open to the public. Parking is available in the public garages near our building. The closet garage in on St. Philip Street, just north of Calhoun. The second closest garage is also on St. Phillip Street, just south of George Street. On street parking is very limited. Additional seminars are also scheduled throughout the year for faculty searches and special events, such as the Alumni Association spring weekend.
Fall 2011 CHEM 490 Seminar Series Schedule
Aug 25
Presentations by undergraduates about summer research.
- Ariana Renrick (Van Horn), HHMI and McNair Scholar, Title - Alkene-containing poly(styrene) unimolecular radio-opaque nanoparticles
- Caroline Duncan (Van Horn), SURF, Title - Ketone-Functionalized Poly (caprolactone) Linear Polymers and Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Core Functionalization
- Marcus Henderson, (Van Horn), HHMI, Progress Toward Alkene-containing PCL: Synthesis and Thiol-ene Reactions
- Sarah Carlisle (Beam), HHMI, Beta-Gamma-Linear Dehydration of Substituted Diketones Prepared with Lithium Diisopropylamide and Lithium Hexamethyldisilazide
- William Shuler (Beam), SURF, 2-Phenacyl Heterocycles from 1-Benzolyacetone and Select Aromatic Electrophilic Reagents
- Anna Brown (Wyatt), HHMI Large-scale Synthesis of 5-Methoxyphthalide from 3-Methoxybenzoic Acid as a Precursor for Future Antibiotics
- Christen Chaconas (Wyatt), HHMI Fine-tuning the Synthesis of a Key Intermediate Phthalide for use in Developing Novel Antibiotics
- John Coward (Wyatt), SURF Re-approaching the Synthesis of a Novel Anticancer Phthalazinone
- Andrew Khalil (Lavrich) SURF Preferred Conformations of Amino Alcohols: The Role of Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding in Stabilizing Structure
Sep 1
Mr. Charles Ambos, SCANA (SCANA Information Sessions); Workforce Planning Specialist III, SCANA Corporation, Cayce, SC 29033-3701
Sep 8
Presentations by undergraduates about summer research.
- Chase Mabe (Cory), HHMI Degradation Studies of Sildenafil (Viagra)
- Candice Ulmer(Cory), McNair/HHMI Indirect Photodegradation of Ibuprofen and Naproxen in Simulated Natural Waters
- Danielle White(Cory), SURF Photodegradation Studies of Cetirizine (Zyrtec)
- Thomas Struble (Forconi), SURF Preparation and Functional Characterization of a Chemically Modified RNA Enzyme
- James Holt (Forconi), HHMI Expression, Purification, and Reactivity of SdsA1, an SDS-Degrading Enzyme
- Andrew Lejman (Riggs-Gelasco), SURF Purification of a functional Manganese Catalase from L. plantarum
- Patrick Coterillo (Tonks) SURF A new class of green chemistry surface active materials based on natural polyols for use in rigid and flexible polyurethane foams
- Korreda Guise and Ethan Marrow (Guirgis) SURF Preparation, conformational stability, spectra and ab initio calculations of cyclohexanes with silicon atoms in the cyclic backbone.
Sep 15
Trisha Folds-Bennett, PhD (URCA and Scholarship Opportunities / Career Services Advice)
Sep 22
Linda R. Jones, PhD, (CofC, class of '89), Physics and Astronomy, College of Charleston ()
Sep 29
Dr. Patrick Woster, MUSC (“Small Molecule Epigenetic Modulators for the Treatment of Cancer”)
Oct 6
Dr. Gerard T. Rowe, USC Aiken (“Design and synthesis of a model of Type-II Copper containing Nitrite Reductase”)
Oct 13
Mr. John D. Knight, Duke Univerisity (A Lifetime of Lithium Diisopropylamide (LDA) and Hydrazones)
Oct 20
Dr. Giovanni Gadda, Georgia State University (“Biochemical Studies of Flavin-Dependent Enzymes and Other Chemical Projects at GSU”)
Oct 27
Dr. Andrew Greytak, USC (“Interfacial properties of semiconductor nanocrystals and nanowires”)
Nov 3
Dr. Ian Harrison, UVA (“Alkane Reaction Dynamics at Catalytic Metal Surfaces”)
Nov 10
Dr. Michael J. Bishop, Glaxo Smith Kline (“What are Medicinal Chemists Thinking? Physicochemical Properties & Drug Design”)
Nov 17
Dr. Paul Lindahl, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University ("Biophysical Probes of Iron Metabolism and Trafficking in Cells")
Dec 1
Dr. Robert M. Panoff, Shodor Education Foundation (Computational Thinking and Chemistry: The Power and the Peril)
