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Chemistry Seminars

2012-2013 Seminars

All seminars are open to the public. They are held in Wick Science Building, Room 122 at noon unless otherwise noted.

Spring 2013
Monday, Jan 28	Dr. Sarah Petitto & Dr. Jack McKenna-- SCSU
Monday, Feb. 4	Dr. Jason Chen--Iowa State University
Monday, Feb. 11	Bobbi Murphy--SCSU Career Services
Monday, Feb. 18	No seminar
Monday, Feb. 25	Dr. Lakshmaiah Sreerama--SCSU
Monday, March 4	Ms. Sara Lofstrom, College of Pharmacy, U. of M
Monday, March 11	No seminar--Spring break
Monday, March 18	No seminar
Monday, March 25	Mr. Nate Resman--PharmD Candidate, U. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (SCSU Alum)
Monday, April 1	Dr. Sunshine Silver--Argonne National Laboratory
Monday, April 8	Dr. Sarah Bowman--U. of Minnesota, Duluth
Monday, April 15	Dr. Ken Hanson--U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SCSU Alum)
Monday, April 22	Dr. John Kokosa--Mott Community College and Dr. Andrzej Przyjazny--Kettering University
Monday, April 29	Mr. Raj Bhandari--South Dakota State U. (SCSU alum)
Friday, May 3	Makenzie Pillsbury--SCSU student

Fall 2012
Monday, Sept. 3	LABOR DAY--No seminar.
Monday, Sept. 10	Mr. Joseph Harsh--Science Education, Indiana University
Monday, Sept. 17	SCSU Faculty ( Dvorak, McKenna, Neu, Petitto, Robinson)
Monday, Sept. 24	Dr. Nathan Winter, Bobbi Murphy (Career Services) and SCSU intern students
Monday, Oct. 1	Dr. Becky Krystyniak--SCSU Teacher Prep Initiative
Monday, Oct. 8	Dr. John Cornell--SCSU Biology Department
Monday, Oct. 15	No Seminar
Monday, Oct. 22	Dr. Jeff Payne--3M Corporation (St. Paul)
Monday, Oct. 29	Dan Malmstrom--Douglas Scientific (Alexandria)
Monday, Nov. 5	No Seminar
Monday, Nov. 12	VETERANS DAY--No semianr
Monday, Nov. 19	Dr. Dan Mickus--3M Corporation (St. Paul)
Monday, Nov. 26	No Seminar
Monday, Dec. 3	No Seminar
Friday, Dec. 7	Department Student Seminar Series 4:00-6:15 p.m. WSB-119 and WSB-122

Past Seminars

2011-12 Seminars

Spring Semester
Monday, January 23	James Klancke--CIMA Labs
Monday, January 30	No seminar
Monday, February 6	Bobbi Murphy--SCSU Career Services
Monday, February 13	Steve Patterson-- U of MN Center for Drug Design--Will be in WSB-125.
Monday, February 20	To be announced
Monday, February 27	To be announced
Monday, March 5	Spring Break
Monday, March 12	To be announced
Friday, March 16	John Harlander, SCSU Department of Chemistry & Physics
Monday, March 19	Teresa Larson--Boston Scientific
Monday, March 26	To be announced
Monday, April 2	Christine Clouser--Institute for Molecular Virology, U of MN
Monday, April 9	Elizabeth Minor--U of MN Duluth, Department of Chemistry
Monday, April 16	To be announced
Monday, April 23	Joseph Mondloch--Northwestern University

2010-11 Seminars

Spring Semester
Wed., January 19
Wed., January 26	Brittany Vattuone--SCSU student, internship presentation
Wed., February 2	Holly Shoberg-- Kelly Scientific Resources
Wed., February 9	Mario Alpuche--University of Nevada, Reno--Seminar is at 11:00 a.m. in ECC-130
Wed., February 23	Daniel Schaefer--SCSU student
Wed., March 2	Peju Odunusi and Hong Nguyen--CIMA Labs
Wed., March 9	Spring break
Wed., March 16
Wed., March 23
Fri., March 25	Video Presentation by Sally Ride in WSB-125 at 12:30 p.m.
Wed., March 30	Philippe Buhlmann--University of Minnesota
Wed., April 6	Shaun Corbett, Aerotek Scientific
Wed., April 13	Dennis Guster, Renat Sultanov, Kevin Haglin, SCSU
Wed., April 20	Teresa Larson--Boston Scientific (SCSU graduate)--CANCELED
Wed., April 27	Ming-Fong Lin--U. Nebraska Medical Center
Fall Semester
Monday, Sept. 12	Laura Emerick--Career Services, SCSU (PDF)
Monday, Sept. 19	Dr. Ned Bowden--U. of Iowa (PDF)
Monday, Sept. 26	No seminar
Monday, Oct. 3	Dr. Brian Trewyn--Iowa State University
Monday, Oct. 10	Dr. Lakshmaiah Sreerama--SCSU
Monday, Oct. 17	Karina Desjardins--SCSU student
Monday, Oct. 24	No seminar
Monday, Oct. 31	Ivan Spector--SCSU student
Monday, Nov. 7	No seminar
Monday, Nov. 14	No seminar
Monday, Nov 21	Kim McKimmy--On Assignment
Monday, Nov. 28	Andy Ditlevson--SCSU Career Services --Seminar held in WSB-21
Monday, Dec. 5	No seminar

2009-10 Seminars

Spring Semester
Wed., Jan. 20	Tim Miller--Development Partners, Inc.(PDF)
Wed., Jan. 27	Sarah Petitto, Mike Jeannot--SCSU Chemistry Faculty (PDF)
Wed., Feb. 3	Latha Ramakrishnan, Ram Sreerama--SCSU Chemistry Faculty (PDF)
Wed., Feb. 10	Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir--SCSU Chemistry Faculty (PDF)
Wed., Feb. 17	No seminar
Friday, Feb. 19	Kenneth Hanson--University of Southern California (SCSU Alum) (PDF)
Wed., Feb. 24	Kannan Sivaprakasam--SCSU Chemistry Faculty (PDF)
Wed., March 3	CANCELED--Robert Schumacher, Scientific Director, Center for Translational Medicine, Academic Health Center--U. of Minnesota (SCSU Alum)
Wed., March 17	Natalia Tretyakova, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry--U. of Minnesota Cancer Center and the College of Pharmacy (PDF)
Wed., March 24	Amanda DeRaad, Pace Analytical (PDF)
Wed., March 31	No seminar
Friday, April 2	Amel Dudakovic--University of Iowa (SCSU Alum) (PDF)
Wed., April 7	Bryant Gay--University of Minnesota (SCSU Alum) (PDF)
Wed., April 14	Gregory Cook--North Dakota State University (PDF)
Wed., April 21	Qianli (Rick) Chu, University of North Dakota (PDF)
Wed., April 28	No Seminar
Fall Semester
Wed., Sept. 1	Dr. Sarah Petitto and Dr. Kannan Sivaprakasam--SCSU Chemistry faculty
Wed., Sept. 8	Dr. Russell Lidberg and Dr. Donald Neu--SCSU faculty
Wed., Sept. 15	Sarah Wegwerth--SCSU student & UMN Lando student
Wed., Sept. 22	Dr. Brian Logue--South Dakota State U.--Brookings
Wed., Sept. 29	Dane Jeppesen--SCSU student
Wed., Oct. 6	Dr. Ken Leopold--U. of Minnesota
Wed., Oct. 13	Dr. Sean Hightower--University of North Dakota
Wed., Oct. 20	Dr. Robert Schumacher--Center for Translational Medicine, Academic Health Center, U. of Minnesota (SCSU Alumnus)
Wed., Oct. 27	Dr. Steven Kass--U. of Minnesota
Mon., Nov. 1	No seminar
Friday., Nov. 12	Dr. Sara Mason--U. of Iowa (will be in WSB-119)
Wed., Nov. 17	Kathryn Nelson--U. of Minnesota graduate student (SCSU Alumna)
Wed., Nov. 24	Meggan Larson--U. of Memphis (SCSU Alumna)
Wed., Dec.1	No seminar
Friday, Dec. 3	No seminar
Wed., Dec. 8	No seminar
Friday, Dec. 10	No seminar

2008-09 Seminars

Spring Semester
Wed., Jan. 28	Dr. Michael Jeannot, SCSU (PDF)
Wed., Feb. 11	Dr. Brandie Kovaleski, U. of Minnesota (PDF)
Wed., Feb. 25	Dr. Mahin Sadrai, SCSU (PDF)
Wed., March 4	Dr. Alena Kubatov, U. of North Dakota (PDF)
Wed., March 18	Dr. Peju Odunusi, CIMA Labs (PDF)
Wed., March 25	Staci Bennett, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (PDF)
Fri., March 27	Dr. Joe Alia, U. of MN, Morris (PDF)
Mon., April 20	Dr. Sarah Petitto, U. of Alaska-Fairbanks (PDF)
Wed., April 22	Dr. William Yu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (PDF)
Fri., April 24	Dr. Soma Chattopadhyay,MIT (PDF)
Wed., April 29	Sarah Pietruszewski, Senior Thesis Seminar (PDF)
Sat., April 25	SCSU Senior Thesis Presentations
*Fall Semester*
Wed., Sept. 16	Shawna R. Heisick--Paddock Labs, Minneapolis (PDF)
Wed., Sept. 23	Andy Roering--University of Vermont (PDF)
Wed., Sept. 30	Javier Vela--Iowa State University (PDF)
Wed., Oct. 7	Hailey Gahlon--University of Minnesota (PDF)
Wed., Oct. 14	Mike Bowser--University of Minnesota (PDF)
Wed., Oct. 28	Jack McKenna--SCSU (PDF)
Wed., Nov. 4	Ercole Cavalieri--Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center (PDF)
Friday, Nov. 6	Michael Barney--SCSU (PDF)
Friday, Nov. 13	Quincy Nang--SCSU (PDF)
Wed., Nov. 18	Shanna Bach--SCSU (PDF)
Fri., Nov. 20	Charlie Pickrell--SCSU (PDF)
Fri., Nov. 20	Gladys Ochoki--SCSU (PDF)
Wed., Nov. 25	Megan Cleland--NIH/NINDS
Wed., Dec. 2	Shiang Kai Cheng--SCSU (PDF)
Wed., Dec. 4	Edwin Ogbonna--SCSU (PDF)
Wed., Dec. 4	Richard Tadlock--SCSU (PDF)

2007-08 Seminars

Spring Semester
January 28, 2008	Kathy Michalski-SCSU
February 11, 2008	Travis Mills-SCSU Alumnus, U. of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry
February 25, 2008	Gustavo McIntosh, Iowa State U., Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology and Plant Science Institute
March 10, 2008	Mark Cracolice, The U. of Montana, Chemistry Department
March 24, 2008	Jake Rafferty-SCSU Alumnus, U. of Minnesota, Chemistry Department
March 31, 2008	Austin Pitcher, SCSU Alumnus, UC-Berkeley, Chemistry Department
April 7, 2008	Stanley May, U. of South Dakota, Chemistry Department
April 28, 2008	M.C. Jesus Alfredo Rosas Rodriquez, Research Center for Food & Development, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
*Fall Semester*
Sept. 17, 2008	Lori Jeannot, Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Sept. 26, 2008	Dan Friesbie, U. of MN, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Oct. 1, 2008	Rod Johnson, U. of Minnesota, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry
Oct. 10, 2008	Ross Carlson, Montana State U., Center for Molecular Biosciences
Oct. 17, 2008	Peter Grundt, U. of MN-Duluth, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Nov. 7, 2008	Diane Birt, Iowa State University, Food Science & Human Nutrition Dept.
Nov. 12, 2008	Emily Smith, Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry
Nov. 18, 2008	Youri Pavolov, U. of Nebraska Medical Center
Dec. 3, 2008	Mark Mizen, Antioch Co./Creative Memories

2006-07 Seminars

*Fall Semester*
September 10, 2007	Dr. Uwe Burghaus-North Dakota State U., Department of Chemistry
September 14, 2007	Dr. Brian Logue-South Dakota State U., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
October 15, 2007	Jarred Engelking-SCSU Internship Report
October 19, 2007	Dr. Mary Cloninger-Montana State U., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
October 22, 2007	Dr. Ilja Siepmann-U of Minnesota-TC, Department of Chemistry
November 1, 2007	Dr. Joe Caruso-U of Cincinnati-Department of Chemistry
November 5, 2007	Dr. Chengguo Xing-U of Minnesota-TC, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
November 12, 2007	Dr. Steve Berry-U of Minnesota-Duluth, Department of Chemistry
November 16, 2007	Ben Frigo-Chemistry 491 Thesis Presentation
November 19, 2007	Dr. Do Hyung Kim-U of Minnesota-TC, Department of Biochemistry
November 26, 2007	Dr. Ming-Fong Lin-University of Nebraska Medical Center
November 30, 2007	Scott Pederson-Chemistry 491 Senior Thesis Presentation
December 7, 2007	Aaron Luckachick-Chemistry 491 Thesis Presentation
December 10, 2007	Brian Mork-Chemistry 491 Thesis Presentation