PChem, ANE and Chem-Phys Joint Seminar Series

Unless noted otherwise, seminars take place on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to noon in the Marker Room, Chemistry 0112, Building 091

For further information, contact:
    Professor YuHuang Wang
    yhw at umd.edu
    (301) 405-3368

SEMINAR SCHEDULE - SPRING 2011


January 26              FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES
                                 No seminar

February 2              Dr. Eric Shirley, NIST      (host: Prof. Michael Coplan)
                                 First-principles calculations of the optical properties of materials

February 9              Prof. Akos Vertes, George Washington University      (host: Prof. Catherine Fenselau)
                                 Mass Spectrometry of Single Cells and Small Cell Populations

February 16            Dr. Tom Germer, NIST      (host: Prof. Michael Coplan)
                                 Seeing Better with Polarization: From Material Inspection to Astrobiology

February 23            Dr. Irene Li Barnett, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, UMCP (host: Prof. Michael Coplan)
                                 Low Energy Electron Damage to Amorphous Pyrene-Water Ices

March 2                   Dr. Jacek Capala, NIH      (host: Prof. Philip DeShong)
                                 Molecular Targeting of HER2 for Diagnosis and Therapy of Cancer: A Step Toward Individualized Medicine

March 9                   Prof. Stephan Link, Rice University      (host: Prof. John Fourkas)
                                 Collective Plasmon Modes in Nanoparticle Assemblies

March 16                 Prof. YuHuang Wang, UMCP
                                 Ultra-selective Carbon Nanochemistry: Functionalization Patterns and Chemical Propagation in an Electron Sea

March 23                 SPRING BREAK
                                 No seminar

March 30                 Dr. Burtrand Lee, ACS      (host: Prof. YuHuang Wang)
                                 Current Issues in Efficient Photocatalysts

April 6                     Dr. Barry Schneider, NSF      (host: Prof. Michael Coplan)
                                 Recent progress in the time-dependent calculation of two photon ionization of atoms and simple molecules in short intense laser pulses

April 13                   No seminar

April 20                   Dr. Seungil Cho, FDA      (host: Prof. Sang-Bok Lee)
                                 Analysis of bisphenol A leachable from medical devices and beyond

April 27                   Prof. Sergei Sheiko, University of North Carolina      (host: Prof. Garyk Papoian)
                                

May 4                       Prof. So-Jung Park, University of Pennsylvania      (host: Prof. YuHuang Wang)