Seminars will be held at 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. The specific meeting room for each seminar is listed along with the speaker information for each date. Be on time! Changes in topic, location or date will be announced at the previous seminar and posted at the Chemistry Department office in Science & Tech I, Room 343.
All graduate students are expected to attend all seminars, whether registered or not.
CHEM 690 is an "attendance based course". To receive credit for CHEM 690 you must attend at least 3/4 of all seminars in order to pass the course and will receive a "B" if you miss more than 2 seminars during a semester and a "C" if more than 3 seminars are missed. It is your responsibility to sign the attendance sheet. Students who need to present a seminar, as required before graduation, should schedule a date.
September 6
Dr. Gregory D. Foster
Department Chair
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, GMU
Welcome and Brief Overview of Departmental Research
http://mason.gmu.edu/~gfoster
SUB-2, Rm 3&4
September 13
Dave Farris & Julie Zobel, Safety Orientation for New Students
"Office of Lab Safety"
George Mason University
Theresa Lucado, Refresher Training for Returning Faculty & Staff
Office of Lab Safety
George Mason University
JC, Rm D & E
September 20
Dr. George Mushrush
“Bio Fuels”
George Mason University
Robinson Hall, B224
September 27
Charles Richard, J.D.
“A Primer on the Patent System”
Attorney-at-Law
Washington, DC
Robinson Hall, B224
October 4
Dr. Virginia F. Smith
"Spectroscopic and enzymatic characterization of the bifunctional human protein cytoplasmic aconitase"
Chemistry Department
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
http://www.usna.edu/ChemDept/facultyInfo/vsmith/vsmith.htm
Robinson Hall, B224
October 11
Dr. Daniel P. Morse
“Selection of RNA Molecules that can be Converted into Light-Emitting Probes (beacon aptamers) ”
Chemistry Department
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
http://www.usna.edu/ChemDept/facultyInfo/morse/morse.htm
Robinson Hall, B224
October 18
Rena Merrill
Brian Eckenrode
Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Reserach Unit F B I
Robinson Hall, B224
October 25
Dr. Kesete Ghebreyessus
"Modifying the Fatty Acid Ester Composition and Structure of Soybean Oil-Based Biodiesel: Separation and Catalytic Conversion"
Department of Chemistry
Hampton University
Hampton, VA
http://www.hamptonu.edu/academics/schools/science/chemistry/faculty/kesete_ghebreyessus.html
Robinson Hall, B224
November 1
Dr. Paula Mazzer
“ Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter, Volume One: Detection of Protein-Metabolite Adducts”
Department of Chemistry
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
http://sci.odu.edu/chemistry/directory/mazzer.shtml
Robinson Hall, B224
November 8
Dr. Daniel Kosov
“Resistance of a molecule: chemistry of contacts or physics of electron transport?”
Department of Chemistry
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
http://www.chem.umd.edu/Faculty_Directory/faculty.php?id=48
Robinson Hall, B224
November 15
Dr. Katrice A. Lippa
"Structure and Function of Chromatographic Surfaces"
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Analytical Chemistry Division
Gaithersburg, MD
Robinson Hall, B224
November 22
THANKSGIVING RECESS
November 29
Dr. Katherine Pettigrew
"A glimpse into the Nanoworld: silicon nanoparticles, nickel ferrite aerogels, and transmission electron microscopy."
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Robinson Hall, B224
December 6
Kirubel Assegid
M.S. Candidate, GMU
Jae J. Kwak
M. S. Candidate, GMU
Robinson Hall, B224
