Chemformation
A Weekly Newsletter from the Office of the Department Chairman
Volume 11, Number 15
MIT Department of Chemistry
Friday, February 10, 1995
The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, February 14 at 5:00 p.m. Please convey items of interest (or mailing list changes) to Eve Diana, Room 18-390, Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617/253-4080; 617/258-7500 (fax) or send electronic mail to evediana@mit.edu
- Macromolecular Structure/Function Seminar
- Kenneth Keiler
- Sauer Lab
- "Tsp Protease: Substrate Specificity and Catalytic Mechanism"
- Monday, February 21, 1995
- 12 Noon in Room 68-181
- Physical Chemistry Seminar
- Zeev Luz
- Weizmann Institute
- "Looking at Unobservable Intermediates by Solid-State NMR"
- Tuesday, February 14, 1995
- 4 PM in Room 2-105
- Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 6-233
- Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
- Gino G. Lavoie
- Schrock Group
- "Ligand Variations on Molybdenum Ring-Opening with Metathesis Polymerization Initiators"
- Wednesday, February 15, 1995
- 4 PM in Room 6-120
- Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 6-321
- Organic Chemistry Seminar
- Scott Rychnovsky
- University of Minnesota
- "Synthesis and Structure of the Polyene Macrolide Antibiotic Roflamycoin"
- Thursday, February 16, 1995
- 4 PM in Room 6-120
- Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 18-490
- Organic Chemistry Seminar
- Jeffrey S. Moore
- University of Illinois
- "Supermolecule Architectures to Networks"
- Friday, February 17, 1995
- 4 PM in Room 6-120
- Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 18-490
The International Scholars Office is sponsering a Tax Information Workshop for International Scholars and Faculty on Wednesday, February 15, 1995 from 2-4:30 PM in the Mezzanine Lounge, 3rd Floor, Student Center. Attorney Paula N. Singer will present the US tax rules applicable to foreign nationals, including information on filing tax returns. Tax forms and resources will be available. Please note: there will be separate workshop for International Students on Friday, February 24. Please contact the International Students' Office at 3/3795.
The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society is seeking applicants for the Dr. Philip L. Levins Memorial Prize. Candidates must have completed at least one year of graduate work. The award consists of a certificate and an honorarium.
The State University of New York at Buffalo announces its call for papers for the 13th Annual Graduate Students' Symposium, to be held on May 17 and 18, 1995. The symposium provides a forum for graduate students to present their research to peers.
All members of the chemical physics community are invited to join the (free) "molecular-dynamics-news" email list,. The list can be used to distribute details of conferences, vacant academic and postdoctoral positions, changes of address and other news in the Molecular Dynamics field. It also serves as an archive of up-to-date email addresses for people in the field. The list was created in June 1993, and now (February 1995) has about 770 members. To join the email list, send the following message (substituting your own name for John Kennedy, of course):
join molecular-dynamics-news John Kennedy
to the Internet address: mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For more info on the opportunities listed below, please check the blue binders in Headquarters.
Positions Available
- Genetics Institute, Cambridge, MA is seeking a temporary part time research technician who has an understanding of oligonucleotides and peptide chemistry.
- International Paper has various job openings at locations across the country. Job listings are in the blue binders in Headquarters and company information is available from M.-T. Kouo in HQ.
- Peace Corps is accepting applications for Summer 1995 positions now. Call 800/424-8580 for more information.
Faculty Positions
- University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. Position open for an assistant professor in organic chemistry.
- Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO. Position open for an assistant professor in analytical chemistry.
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Position open for an assistant professor in physical polymer chemistry or materials science with a strong physical background.
- Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Position open for an assistant professor in inorganic materials chemistry.
Postdoctoral Opportunities
- Prof. Brent Koplitz of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA is seeking one or two postdoctoral associates for his research group for projects ranging from fundamental gas-phase chemical physics to laser-assisted semiconductor materials fabrication.
- Prof. Sheldon Green of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, a division of NASA seeks a postdoctoral research associate with a background in molecular collision theory and/or molecular structure calculations to work on calculation of collisional excitation rates of interest to radioastronomers.
- Prof. Bruce Eaton of University of Colorado seeks a postdoc to pursue research related to synthesis of modifies oligonucleotides and structure elucidation by multidimensional NMR.
Research Opportunities
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA is sponsering a summer research program in chemistry for undergraduates. The program is partially funded by the NSF and includes a stipend, dorm fees, health service fees, and travel assistance.
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