Chemformation
A Weekly Newsletter from the Office of the Department Chairman
Volume 11, Number 16
MIT Department of Chemistry
Friday, February 17, 1995
The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, February 21 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
- Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
- Curt Wittig
- University of Southern California
- "Ultraviolet Photochemistry of HI Dimers"
- Tuesday, February 21, 1995
- 11 AM in Room 37-252
- Refreshments to follow seminar
- Technology Forum Talk
- Steven White
- Management of Technology & Innovation Group
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- "Japanese Firms' Options and Strategies for Developing New Capabilities in Biotechnology R&D"
- Tuesday, February 21, 1995
- 5:30 in E38-7th Floor (292 Main Street)
- Information: 253-2839
- Harvard/MIT Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
- Richard Kaner
- University of California, Los Angeles
- "Rapid Solid State Synthesis of Materials"
- Wednesday, February 22, 1995
- 5 PM in Harvard's Room MB-23
- (12 Oxford Street, Cambridge)
- Harvard/MIT Physical Chemistry Seminar
- Richard J. Saykally
- University of California, Berkeley
- "VRT Spectroscopy of Water Clusters: Toward a Genuine Molecular Model of the Liquid"
- Thursday, February 23, 1995
- 5 PM in Harvard's Room MB-23
- Refreshments at 4:30 in Room MB-23
- (12 Oxford Street, Cambridge)
Scientific Symposium
- (sponsored by the Environmental Medical Service of MIT)
- Wednesday, March 29, 1995
- 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM in Stratton Student Center Twenty Chimneys
- "Particle Overload in the Rat Lung and Lung Cancer: Relevance for Human Risk Assessment"
- Information: 253-5360
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For more info on the opportunities listed below, please check the blue binders in Headquarters.
Positions Available
- Prof. Kent Wilson, University of California, San Diego has several appointments open in his research group (staff as well as postdoc) to work on the quantum control of chemical processes, ultrafast x-ray and electron diffraction, and other experiments involving ultra-intense ultrafast light.
Faculty Positions
- University of Durham, England. Fixed-Term (3 years) Lectureship available in Physical/Theoretical Chemistry.
- Hendrix College, Conway, AR. One year sabbatical replacement position available in analytical chemistry.
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Position available for an assistant professor in physical organic chemistry.
Fellowships/Scholarships
- The Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society announces the James Flack Norris and Theodore William Richards Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarships to promote research interactions between undergraduate students and faculty. Awards includes a stipend and money for supplies and travel.
- University of Georgia, Athens, GA announces summer research fellowships for undergraduates at the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. Each research fellow will conduct an independent research project in molecular quantum mechanics and spectroscopy under the guidance of a senior scientist. Award includes stipends and travel assistance.
- Technology Management Preparation Program (TMPP) at Case Western Reserve University seeks minority students in science, engineering and technology to attend a 10 week summer program. All expenses paid, paid corporate internships, preparation for graduate business study in technology management, undergraduate academic credit.
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