Chemformation
A Weekly Newsletter from the Office of the Department Chairman
Volume 11, Number 17
MIT Department of Chemistry
Friday, February 24, 1995
The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, February 28 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
- Pat Zarrinkar
- Williamson Lab
- "Kinetic Intermediates on the Folding Pathway of the Tetrahymena Ribozyme"
- Monday, February 27, 1995
- 12 Noon in Room 68-181
- Arthur D. Little Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry
- M.L.H. Green
- University of Oxford
- "Studies in Organo-Transition Metal Chemistry"
- Monday, February 27, 1995
- 4:00 PM in Room 6-120
- Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
- Mara Prentiss
- Harvard University
- "Neutral Atom Photography"
- Tuesday, February 28, 1995
- 11:00 AM in Room 37-252
- Refreshments to follow
- Physical Chemistry Seminar
- Charles Parmenter
- University of Indiana
- "The Influence of Internal Rotation on Vibrational Energy Flow Within Aromatic Molecules"
- Tuesday, February 28, 1995
- 4 PM in Room 2-105
- Refreshments at 3:30 PM in Room 6-233
- Organic Chemistry Seminar
- Timothy M. Swager
- University of Pennsylvania
- "Teaching Poly New Tricks: Molecular Recognition in Conducting Polymers"
- Tuesday, February 28, 1995
- 4:15 PM in Room 6-120
- Refreshments at 3:45 in Room 18-490
- Harvard/MIT Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
- Thomas Mallouk
- Pennsylvania State University
- "Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Inorganic Solids and Surface Heterostructures"
- Wednesday, March 1, 1995
- 5:00 PM in Room 6-120
- Refreshments at 4:30 PM in Room 6-321
- Arthur D. Little Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry
- M.L.H. Green
- University of Oxford
- "Black Magic: The Chemistry of New Forms of Carbon Including Nanotubes"
- Thursday, March 2, 1995
- 4:00 PM in Room 4-270
Eastman Kodak Research Recruiting
Dr. Ralph Nielsen (MITU88, Buchwald Group) will be in the Department of Chemistry recruiting for positions in Physical, Physical-Organic, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Invited to apply are 1) physical chemists with experience in kinetics/thermodynamics, structure-activity relationships, and material synthesis/characterization; 2) physical-organic chemists with experience in mechanistic structure-activity relationships, kinetics, and some synthetic experience; and 3) synthetic organic chemist with experience in molecular modeling and structure-activity relationships, heterocyclic chemistry a plus. Anyone interested should sign up on for interviews on the Placement Bulletin board outside of the Headquarters Office (18-390) and leave a copy of their résumé with M.-T. Kouo in 18-398. Interview Schedule and résumés will be sent by FAX to Dr. Nielsen on March 1.
Dr. Nielsen will do a presentation on research at Eastman Kodak on Monday, March 6 from 6-7 PM in the Toxicology Faculty Lounge (16-322). Anyone interested in Eastman Kodak is invited.
Outreach Meeting
Would you like to visit area high schools and perform chemistry demonstrations? Come to our meeting on Monday, March 6 at 5:30 PM in the Norris Room (18-490). We will be forming teams and choosing which schools to visit. Please contact Kathy Lee or Sandy Gould at 3/1836 if you have any questions.
UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Papers
- The 34th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society will take place on Saturday, April 29, 1995 at Boston University. Deadline for abstracts: April 14, 1995.
- There will be an Undergraduate Research Poster Session at the 210th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Chicago, IL, August 20-24, 1995. Deadline for abstracts: April 7, 1995.
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA is offering three programs this summer at part of the Howard Hughes Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). These programs offer talented undergraduates the opportunity to experience hands-on laboratory research as part of a university laboratory team.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
For more info on the opportunities listed below, please check the blue binders in Headquarters.
Faculty Positions
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT has initiated a search for a new Chair of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy.
- California State University, Long Beach, CA has part-time lectureships available for conducting problem sessions in general chemistry and supervising laboratories in introductory chemistry, biochemistry, organic chemistry and quantitative analysis.
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Position open for an assistant professor, preferably in physical organic chemistry.
Postdoctoral Positions
- Prof. Kenneth M. Nicholas, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK has a postdoctoral position open in his group to do research on the activation of carbon dioxide by transition metal complexes.
- Prof. Peter M.A. Sherwood, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS has a postdoctoral position open in his group for a project related to the use of carbon fibers in composite materials. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in surface chemistry and should have experience with materials systems.
- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL has several postdoctoral positions open for recent Ph.D.'s in chemistry, physics, or materials science for work in the areas of vibrational spectroelectrochemistry (laser Raman and infrared) studies of corrosion and inhibitor films on metals, x-ray absorption spectroscopy (including diffraction and scattering) studies of electrode surfaces in situ.
Fellowships/Scholarships
- The competition for 1996-97 Fulbright Scholar Awards opens on March 1. These grants are available for faculty at all academic ranks. For more information, please contact 202/686-7877 or cies1@ciesnet.cies.org
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