Next-generation tools for the synthesis of small molecules and biologics
Maciej Walczak (University of Colorado)
The Walczak group studies methods to prepare and manipulate complex natural products and biologics such as (oligo)saccharides, peptides, and...
Staying one step ahead: fighting unfavorable kinetics in biomass conversion and catalysis
Jeremy Luterbacher (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
After atmospheric CO2, lignocellulosic biomass is the second-largest source of renewable carbon on our planet. This makes biomass a very...
Nitrogen Binding and Fixation using Iron Complexes
Pat Holland (Yale University)
Nitrogen reduction (or "fixation") has been a longstanding target of study in chemistry because of the compelling goal of utilizing...
Panoptic Mass Spectrometry: How and Why?
Abraham Badu-Tawiah (Ohio State University)
The complexity of contemporary research requires interdisciplinary efforts, and mass spectrometry (MS) is poised to play an important role....
New Frontiers in Catalytic Heteroatom Transfer:
Michael Hilinski (University of Virgina)
Heteroatom transfer reactions – frequently used by Nature for both the biosynthesis of natural products and the metabolism of xenobiotics...
Toward Exact Quantum Chemistry by a Combination of Stochastic Wave Function Sampling and Deterministic Coupled-Cluster Computations
Piotr Piecuch (Michigan State University)
One of the main goals of electronic structure theory is precise ab initio description of increasingly complex polyatomic systems. It is...
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Cliff Kubiak (University of California San Diego)
Cliff Kubiak (University of California San Diego)...
Bryce Sadtler, Materials Chemistry Seminar
Bryce Sadtler (Washington University in St. Louis)
Bryce Sadtler (Washington University in St. Louis)...
The 2018-2019 Ralph B. Baldwin Award Reception and Lecture
Dr. Jaehan Bae, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
“Studies of Young, Star-forming Circumstellar Disks” Abstract to come
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Herbert Mayr (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen)
Herbert Mayr (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen)...
