Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Chemistry 8087, Fall Semester 2014
Coordinator:
Prof. Rainer Glaser
(glaserr@missouri.edu)
Mondays @ noon, Large Conference Room
| Aug. 25 | No Meeting |
| Sept. 1 | LABOR DAY |
| Sept. 8 | Dr. Rainer Glaser, Marco Delarosa and Dr.
Carmen Chicone Dynamical Approach to Multi-Equilibria Problems - An Introduction |
| Sept. 15 | No Meeting |
| Sept. 22 | No Meeting |
| Sept. 29 | Marco Delarosa, Ethan Zars,
Dr. Carmen Chicone, and Dr. Rainer Glaser, Depts. of Chem. and Math. Iron and/or Cerium Catalyzed Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reactions: Video Analysis, Kinetics and Modelling |
| Oct. 6 | Ms. Zhiyu Yang, Dr. Gates Group "Characterization of Unstable Adducts Between Amines and DNA Abasic Sites" |
| Oct. 13 | Dr. Istvan Kiss, St. Louis University "Chemical Nonlinear Dynamics: Oscillations, Chaos, and Synchronization" Abstract |
| Oct. 20 | Michael Topinka, Dr. Harmata Group "(4+3)-Cycloadditions via Catalytic Generation of Vinylthionium Ions" |
| Oct. 27 | Adrian Laciak, Dr. Gates Group, Literature Seminar "Exploring the Mechanism of the Analgesic and Antipyretic Acetaminophen" |
| Nov. 3 | Rescheduled for Dec. 1 |
| Nov. 10 | Ram Rao Tata, Dr. Harmata Group "Synthesis of 5-, 6-, 7- and 8-Membered Oxacycles" (Part of projected Ph.D. dissertation) ACS Midwest Regional Meeting later this week at MU |
| Nov. 17 | Dr. Keith "Rick" Buszek, UMKC "Arynes and Hetarynes in Organic Synthesis. Mechanisms, Total Synthesis of Natural Products, and Drug Discovery" |
| Nov. 24 | THANKSGIVING BREAK |
| Dec. 1 | Hamidreza Sepasizangabadi, Dr. Glass Group "Fluorescence sensing of intermolecular interactions and development of direct molecular biosensors" |
| Dec. 8 | Ms. Laura Cooper, Dr. Glass
Group, Honors Research Presentation "The Synthesis and Evaluation of a Stable Aqueous Near-IR Fluorescent Sensor" Mr. Ethan Zars, Dr. Glaser Group, Discovery Fellow Presentation "Bifurcation in the Conformational Space of Bromoacetic Acid Radical Cation" |