NIU Department of
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Where the study of matter...matters!
The faculty of the NIU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry would be pleased to participate in your chemistry and/or biochemistry seminar programs. The talks below are adapted specifically for undergraduate student recruitment; however, we will be glad to work with your department so that the level of the material is appropriate for the audience.
To include a member of our faculty in your fall and/or spring schedule, please contact Petr Vanýsek, Director of Graduate Studies, (815) 753-7003. If you have specific dates to fill, we would suggest that you provide a priority list of speakers and/or dates to ensure the availability of your choices.
We look forward to visiting your campus and informing your students and faculty about the exciting research and graduate study opportunities in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Illinois University. Expenses may be borne by NIU if the visit provides an opportunity for student recruitment and your institution is within a reasonable travel/driving distance from NIU. Please contact Petr Vanýsek to further discuss the availability of such funding.
Petr Vanýsek
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115-2862
Phone: (815) 753-7003
Fax: (815) 753-4802
E-mail: chemgrad@niu.edu
| Faculty Member |
Seminar Title(s) |
|---|---|
| Gary M. Baker | "Cytochrome c Oxidase: Energy Production in Heart Tissue" "Use of Live Molecular Rendering, Streaming, and Collaboration Technologies to Enhance Biochemistry Instruction" |
| David S. Ballantine | "Chemical Sensor Technologies for Chemical Analysis and Materials Characterization" "Inverse Chromatography to Investigate Structure-Property Relationships: LSER vs QSSR" |
| Jon W. Carnahan | "Acousto-Optic Devices as New Spectroscopic Tools: High Resolution Imaging Monochromators the Size of Your Cell Phone" "Trace Impurities in Pharmaceuticals - New ICP-MS Approaches" |
| Elizabeth R. Gaillard | "The Chemistry of Aging and Disease in the Human Eye Retina" "How the Optics and Light Transmission Changes with Age in the Human Eye" |
| Thomas M. Gilbert | "Lies My Professor Told Me: Computational Studies of Charge, Hybridization, and Lewis Acid-Base Interactions" "Computational Studies of Boron-Pnictogen Multiple Bonds: Organometallic Alkenes and Alkynes" |
| Heike N. Hofstetter | "A New Labeling, Detection and Purification System Based on 4-Hydroxyazobenzene-2’-Carboxylic Acid (HABA) - An Extension of the Avidin-Biotin System" |
| Oliver Hofstetter | "How to Know Right from Left: Antibodies as Tailor-Made Chiral Selectors" |
| James R. Horn | "Energetics of Protein-Protein Recognition: Insights into Binding Mechanisms, Design, and Biotherapeutics" |
| Narayan S. Hosmane | "Boron Chemistry and Applications to Cancer Treatment" |
| Dmitry V. Kadnikov | "Design and Synthesis of Novel Small Molecule Regulators of Cholesterol Transport" |
| Douglas A. Klumpp | "New Chemistry of Superelectrophiles" |
| Chhiu-Tsu (C.T.) Lin | "Molecular Design of In-Situ Phosphatizing Coatings for Aerospace Primers" "Nanograin Magnetoresistive Manganite Coatings for Signature Reduction and Shielding against Directed Energy Pulses" |
| Victor V. Ryzhov | "Mass spectrometry: From Fundamental Studies to Bioanalytical Applications" |
| Kui Shen | "Chemical Probes of Reversible Protein Phosphorylation" |
| Lee S. Sunderlin | "Violating the Octet Rule: the Chemistry of Hypervalent Bonds" |
| Petr Vanýsek | "Taxpayers Money at Work: Synchrotron Radiation in Electrochemistry" "Electrical Impedance in Electrochemistry. Pros and Cons and Why is it Useful" |
| Tao Xu | "Nanoscale Materials for Energy Applications" |
| Chong Zheng | "Reduced Rare Earth Metal Halides: Where are the Electrons in Solids" |