2006-2007

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Seminars Kick-Off/Careers Discussion

Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Femtosecond 2D IR Spectroscopy – A New Technique for Studying Structures and Dynamics

Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University: Reaction Chemistry Meets Lithography

Carleton Science Majors: Sigma Xi All-Science Poster Session

Kara Bren (’91), University of Rochester: Impact of Dynamics on Heme Protein Redox Properties

Kevin Freeman-Cook (’94), Pfizer Pharmaceutical: Organic Chemistry at Pfizer: New Compounds as Treatments for Arthritis, Oncology, and Bacterial Infections

Deborah Gross, Carleton College: MS-CHAOS, Alpine Valleys, and Biofuels: Single Particle Measurements in Switzerland and Minneapolis

David Sholl, Carnegie Mellon University: Using Atomically-Detailed Models to Accelerate Materials Discovery for Hydrogen Purification and Storage

Elaine Marzluff, Grinnell College: Structure Determination of Biological Molecules in the Gas Phase

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Summer Research Recruiting

Facundo Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology: Vacuum is not the Limit: Ions in Open Air Reveal the Composition of Counterfeit Drugs

Hal Van Ryswyk (’82), Harvey Mudd College: From Molecular Alligator Clips to Molecular Wires: Electron Transfer To, Through, and Within Metalloporphyrins

Sheila David, University of California, Davis: Dare to Repair: From Chemistry to Cancer

Michael Burand, University of Minnesota: Synthesis and Characterization of Oligothiophene-Based Compounds for use as Semiconducting Materials in Thin-Film Transistors

Stacey Stoffregen, Iowa State University: Sequence-Selective Cleavage of Peptide Bonds with Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) Complexes

Kelly Knutsen (’99), National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Towards Solving the World’s Energy Crisis: Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics in Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Third Generation Solar Cells

Richmond Sarpong, University of California, Berkeley: Methods and Strategies Inspired by Seven-Membered Ring Containing Natural Products

Ronald Breaker, Yale University: Chemical Sensing and Gene Control by Riboswitches

R. Graham Cooks, Purdue University: Trace Organic Analysis: A Chemical Grail

Kevan Shokat, University of California, San Francisco: Chemical Genetic Analysis of Kinase Signaling in Normal and Disease Physiology

Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology: The Currents of Life: Electron Flow Through Metalloproteins

Terry Sheppard, Chief Editor, Nature Chemical Biology: Scientific Publishing as a Process and a Career

Jeffrey Roberts, University of Minnesota: Surface Functionalization and Passivation of Aerosolized Silicon Nanoparticles

Senior Comps Talks:

Erin Addison, Thayne Dickey, Danielle Hargreaves, Admire Kuchena, Christopher Ward (chemistry) and Yi An, Ron Hause, Jennifer See, Lauren Wagner (biology): Riboswitches

John Choiniere, David DeCresce, Ian Hill, and Rosie Molden: Dr. Quadrupole; or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Trap The Ion

Stephanie Vasko: “Less is More!”: The Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Dots: From First Principles to Current Applications

Jon Dozier, Jake Houghton, Ali Khaki, Claire Langton-Yanowitz, Yong Won Lee, Shayna Simmons, Will Van Story, Maya Warren, Peter Watson: Inside Shokat’s World: Exposing Signal Transduction Cascades

Caitlin Bowersox, Amy Gauger, Wade Johnson, Paul Klick, Matt Topeff, Ellen Valkevich: E.T. II: The Quantum Sequel

2005-2006

Stacey Bent, Stanford University: Bringing Organic Chemistry to the Surface

Jane Owens, Carleton College: Computational Studies of the Photodynamics of Retinal

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Careers Discussion

Ann McDermott, Columbia University: Enzyme Motions: TIM and P450

Carleton Science Majors: Annual All-Science Poster Session

Shana Kelley, Boston College: Ultrasensitive Biomolecular Detection at DNA-Modified Nanostructures

Eric Person (’95), California State University: The Chemist’s Role in Clandestine Laboratory Investigation

Elizabeth Edblom (’83), 3M: Materials Research at 3M

Marion Cass, Carleton College: Examination and Animation of Fluxional Processes that Interchange Axial and Equatorial Atoms in Simple AXn Molecules

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Summer Research Recruiting

Ron Kim (’86), Merck and Company: Glucagon Receptor Antagonists for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

Erik Sorensen, Princeton University: Reactivity and Applications of a New Diene for Organic Synthesis

Melissa Hines, Cornell University: In Search of Perfection: Controlling Surfaces with Chemistry

Dan Frisbie (’89), University of Minnesota: Organic Thin Film Electronics: A Materials Science Perspective

William Daub, Harvey Mudd College: Transition State Topologies in Claisen Rearrangements Involving Cyclic Substrates

Tobin Marks, Northwestern University: Self-Assembly Chemistry for Molecule-Based Organic and Organometallic Electronics

John Bercaw, California Institute of Technology: Alpha-Olefin Polymerizations with Metallocene Catalysts: Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Kinetic Resolutions

Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley: Chemistry in Living Systems: New Tools for Probing the Glycome

Karin Musier-Forsyth, University of Minnesota: Nucleic Acid Chaperone Activity of HIV Nucleocapsid Protein

David Oxtoby, Pomona College: From Greenhouse Warming to the Formation of Living Cells: A New Approach to Nucleation

Senior Comps Talks:

Jason Acosta, Tommy Adams, Stephen Chapman, Mandy Chu, Whitney Kruse, Dorissa Lahner, Allison Smith, Melanie Yuen: The Research of Tobin Marks in the Area of Organic Electronics

Caitlyn Cornell, John Grotting, Aaron Lackner, Anna Larson, Alex Marston, Sarah Russell, Andrew Ullman, Nick Wiebelhaus, Andrew Young: Metallocene Catalyzed Polymerization

Andrew Berry, Disan Davis, Greg Ducker, Mark Ericson, Emily Johnson, Andy Nieuwkoop, Margaret Pain, Jack Rousseau, Kartik Sampath, Aki Uchida, Kate Waller: The Research of Carolyn Bertozzi in the Area of Chemical Biology

2004-2005

Franz M. Geiger, Northwestern University: Tracking Environmentally Important Processes at Surfaces: From Geochemistry to Atmospheric Chemistry

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Careers Discussion

David Alberg, Carleton College: Synthesis and Evaluation of Trypanothione Reductase Inhibitors

Carleton Science Majors: Annual All-Science Poster Session

Mary Shepard Gin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Molecular Channels and Gates

Sigma Xi Panel – Joe Chihade (Chemistry), Nelson Christensen (Physics & Astronomy), Deanna Haunsperger (Mathematics & CS), Mark McKone (Biology), Mija Van Der Wege (Psychology): How We Got Where We Are: Carleton Science Faculty Discuss Their Careers

Jeff Schwinefus, St. Olaf College: Thermal Stability of the DNA Helix in Cosolvent Solutions: The Roles of Hydration and Cosolvent Binding

Jim Maher, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine: Transcription Factor Inhibition by RNA Decoys

Molly McGuire (’96), Bucknell University: Environmentally Relevant Redox Reactions at Iron-Bearing Mineral Surfaces

Angela Dickens (’97), Carleton College: Sources, Cycling and Preservation of Black Carbon in Marine Sediments from the Washington Margin

David C. Muddiman, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine: Clinical Proteomics: Making an Impact Through the Chemistry Porthole and Building Diverse Research Teams

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Summer Research Recruiting

Bruce Ault, University of Cincinnati: Matrix Isolation Spectroscopic Studies of Reaction Intermediates: Reactions of High-Valent Transition Metal Oxo Compounds

Kevin Range, University of Minnesota: You Cannot Win, You Cannot Break Even, and You Cannot Leave the Game: An Introduction to the Laws of Thermodynamics

John Tully, Yale University: Chemical Dynamics at Surfaces

Jane Owens, Wabash College: Light and Matter – Wave/Particle Duality

Sylvia Ceyer, MIT: New Surface Reaction Mechanisms: Role of Bulk H in Catalytic Hydrogenation and F Atom Abstraction by Si

François Morel, Princeton University: Trace Metals and Ocean Productivity

Gregory Verdine, Harvard University: Enzymatic Recognition and Removal of Damaged Bases in DNA

John Battiste (’90), 3M Pharmaceuticals: Optimization of the Sensitivity of 2D NMR Experiments for Structure Elucidation of Impurities/Degradants in Pharmaceuticals

Laurie J. Butler, University of Chicago: Probing Radical Intermediates of Bimolecular Reactions; The 2005 James D. Morrison Lecture

Marc Snapper, Boston College: Cyclobutadiene as a Reagent: Using Molecular Strain to Access Complexity; The 2005 Lecture on Organic Synthesis, Sponsored by Organic Synthesis, Inc.

Senior Comps Talks:

Charlie Weiss: The Nonlinear Effect in Asymmetric Catalysis: Asymmetric Amplification and Mechanistic Probe

Andy Ault and Janel Uejio: Bulk Hydrogen: It’s Not Just a Wal-Mart Special

Meredith Cable, Eric Hamp, David Jackson, Micah Johnson, Adam Sunderland: Our Underwater Allies: How Ocean Phytoplankton Regulate Global Climate

Dave Farina, Margie Mattmann, Greg Poduska, Andy Ryan, Aistis Tumas: hOgg1: DNA’s Knight in Shining Armor

Kate Sammons: Pharmacognosy and the Effect of Developmental Stage on the Chemical Composition of Saussurea laniceps and medusa

Vickie Gunderson: Searching for the Ideal Molecular Wire: An Investigation of Electron Transfer Processes in Photoinduced and Self-Assemblied Monolayer Research

Katie Freeman: Hey Kids, Don’t Do Drugs: A Study of Methylphenidate As A Potential Therapeutic Agent for Cocaine Abuse

2003-2004

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Welcome Reception for Majors

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: What to do After Carleton

Greg Muth, St. Olaf College: The Puzzling Properties of Peptidyl Transferase

Carleton Science Majors: Annual All-Science Poster Session

Paul Fischer, Macalester College: A Quest to Synthesize Intramolecular Amine-Stabilized Transition-Metal Boryl Complexes: The Adventure Begins

Camilla Lieske, Vet Toxicology Resident; Susan Roosenraad, Northfield High School Math Teacher; Steve Openshaw, Principal Scientist, Syngenta; Karissa Baker, Upper School Science Teacher; Brian Klawiter, Archeologist, Superior National Forest; Dave Watts, President and CEO, ACuTE, Inc.: Wondering What to do With Your Life?

Edward Grabowski, Merck Research Laboratories: The Design and Development of Practical Syntheses: A Potpourri of Process Research Problems

R. Lee Penn, University of Minnesota: Nanocrystal Growth by Oriented Aggregation

Brian Steer, Diversa Corporation: An Evolutionary Route to Xylanase Process Fitness

Omar Yaghi, University of Michigan: Design and Synthesis of Crystals Full of Nothing

Peter McMurry, University of Minnesota: Observations of New Particle Formation and Growth Rates in the Atmosphere

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Summer Research Recruiting

Helen Blackwell, University of Wisconsin, Madison: New Applications for Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis

James Skinner, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Water

Benjamin Cravatt, The Scripps Research Institute: Activity-Based Protein Profiling: Chemical Approaches for Functional Proteomics; The 2004 Lecture on Organic Synthesis, Sponsored by Organic Synthesis, Inc.

Paul Cremer, Texas A & M University: Biomembranes on a Chip

Dennis Jacobs, University of Notre Dame: Dynamics of Ion/Surface Reactions in a Low-Earth Orbit Spacecraft Environment

Kate Queeney, Smith College: A Tale of Two (three, if you count hydrogen) Elements

Mike Baca, Sunny Choh, Linnea Engel, Earnie Kim, Nick Penner, Britta Veitenheimer, Carleton Chemistry Majors: Do Looks Matter? An Exploration of the Structural Similarities of AATase and ACC Synthase and the Diverse Fates of their Natural Substrates

Matt Simcik, University of Minnesota: Analysis of Perflurochemicals and Implications for Environmental Chemistry

Jack Kirsch, University of California, Berkeley: Pyridoxal Phosphate Enzymology - From Mechanism to Directed Evolution

Sally Charles, Margaret Lo, Martha Montgomery, Ben Petersen, Kristen Randall, Lexie Schmitt, Matt Sheldon, Jonathan Takahashi, Carleton Chemistry Majors: Making the Switch: Electronics on the Molecular Scale

Nick Boekelheide, Louisa Carr, Eric Feise, Renee Frontiera, Aaron Leconte, Travis Ruthenburg, Carleton Chemistry Majors: Getting Excited by Lasers: Vibrationally Mediated Chemistry

James Heath, California Institute of Technology: Nanosystems Biology; The James D. Morrison Seminar

Seth Cohen, University of California, San Diego: A Model-Based Approach to Metalloprotein Inhibitor Design

Sandra Rodriguez-Cruz, Southwest Laboratory of the Drug Enforcement Administration: A Day in the Life of a Forensic Chemist

F. Fleming Crim, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Using Lasers to Explore and Control Chemical Reactions

Charles Carlin, Carleton College: A Carleton Chemist at Scotland Yard

2002-2003

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Welcome Reception and Careers Seminar

Carleton Science Majors: Annual All-Science/Math Poster Session

Martin Gruebele, University of Illinois, Urbana: Slow Energy Flow and Fast Folding: The Complex Dynamics of Molecules Small and Large

Lara Weinstein Szewczak, Yale University: Atoms matter! Nucleotide analogs reveal RNA-protein interactions in living cells

Peter J. Alaimo, University of California, San Francisco: Chemical-genetics: A Tool for Decoding Cellular Signaling Pathways

Joseph Chihade, Williams College: Freaks, Geeks, and the Second Genetic Code: Mitochondrial Alanyl-tRNA Synthetases

Scott D. Rychnovsky, University of California, Irvine: Prins Cyclization Reaction In Natural Product Synthesis

Dave Alberg, Steve Drew, Deborah Gross, Gretchen Hofmeister, Will Hollingsworth, Dani Kohen, Jerry Mohrig: Summer 2003 Research in the Carleton Chemistry Department

Douglas H. Ohlendorf, University of Minnesota: Structural Biology of Gram Positive Virulence

John Wright, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy - The Optical Analogue to 2D-NMR

Natalia Tretyakova, University of Minnesota Cancer Center: Mass Spectrometry of Chemically Modified DNA

Robert Fecik, University of Minnesota Cancer Center: The Design of FtsZ Polymerization Inhibitors as Novel Antibacterial Agents

Robert Kennedy, University of Michigan: Analytical Chemistry of Neurotransmitters and Hormones

Eric Simanek, Texas A&M University: Dendrimers Based on Melamine: From Medicine to Materials for the Environment

Paul Archer, Jane Coughlin, Dominique Fontanilla, Will Myers, Laura Phillips, Julie Rivers, Carleton Chemistry Seniors: DEBS Does Erythromycin: The BEST and ONLY Chemistry Comps Talk of 2003!!!
David E. Cane, Brown University: Mechanism and Structure of Biosynthetic Enzymes. How Nature Makes Vitamin B₆; The James D. Morrison Seminar in Chemistry

Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University: Advances in Asymmetric Catalysis; The 2003 Lecture on Organic Synthesis, Sponsored by Organic Synthesis, Inc. Andy Borovik, University of Kansas: Rigid Organic Frameworks Around Metal Ions: Controlling Metal Ion Reactivity via the Secondary Coordination Sphere

2001-2002

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Welcome Reception for New Majors: Fun, Food, and Festivities

Carleton Chemistry Faculty: Careers Seminar: Help on Thinking About Graduate School and Finding a Job After Carleton

Paul Wender, Stanford University: The Chemistry-Medicine Continuum: New Reactions, New Medicinal Leads, New Drug Delivery Systems (Joint seminar with/at St. Olaf)

Carleton Science Majors: Annual All-Science/Math Poster Session

Luke Lightning, Purdue University: Characterization of Mammalian Cytochrome P450 Active Sites

Carleton Science Faculty - Susan Singer (Biology), Chuck Carlin (Chemistry), Bereket Haileab (Geology), Arjendu Pattanayak (Physics): How We Got Here: Carleton Science Faculty Discuss Their Academic and Professional Choices (Sigma Xi Interdisciplinary Seminar)

Kevin J. Quinn, University of Pennsylvania: Synthetic Studies on the Marine Antitumor Agents Halichondrin B and Eleutherobin

Jennifer Swift, Georgetown University: Atomic Force Microscopy of Pathogenic Crystals

Gretchen Hofmeister ('85), Gustavus Adolphus College: Pharmaceuticals, Medical Sutures, and Plastic - The Titanium Connection

Dave Alberg, Steven Drew, Deborah Gross, Jerry Mohrig: Summer 2002 Research At Carleton

Andrew Mobley ('91), Grinnell College: Organometallics From an Organic Perspective: Progress Towards the Synthesis of Transition Metal Stannylenes

Robert Carlson, University of Minnesota, Duluth: Polyanions and Birch Bark: Disparate Sources of Valuable Natural Products

Scott Kaufmann ('75), Mayo Clinic: Telling Cells Their Time is Up: The Biology and Biochemistry of Apoptosis (Joint seminar with biology)

Vicki Grassian, University of Iowa: Laboratory Studies of Heterogeneous Atmospheric Reactions: Surface Reactions of HNO₃ and N0₂ on Oxides, Carbonates, and Mineral Dust

Steven Drew, Carleton College: How to Build a Platinum Nose or What I Did on my Sabbatical

Chris Clark, Carolyn Ocampo, Nick Olson, Chris Rupp, Carleton Chemistry Students: Gimme sum MO Symmetry!

Matt Bush, Bill Galush, Laura Hmelo, Ben Markovitz, Amy Silverberg, Josh Vang, Carleton Chemistry Students: -OH -OH -OH!!

Shawn Balcome, Jimmy Blair, Hans Carlson, Angie Fleischhacker, Joel Guenther, Mia Lowden, Michelle Rasmussen, Salwa Salah, Emily Skowronek, Carleton Chemistry Students: CAOs (Cows), Colleges, and Klinman: The Story of Copper Amine Oxidase

Jack Calvert, The National Center for Atmospheric Research: The Rates of Light Initiated Reactions in the Atmosphere - A Comparison of Theory and Measurement
Judith Klinman, University of California, Berkeley: The Multi-Functional Topa Quinone Proteins: How a Single Active Site Performs Self Processing, Electrophilic and Redox Catalysis (The James D. Morrison Seminar in Chemistry)
Len Banaszak, University of Minnesota: Structural Biology - An Introduction to Lipid-Protein Interactions (Joint seminar with biology)