Chemformation

A Weekly Newsletter from the Office of the Department Chairman

Volume 11, Number 23
MIT Department of Chemistry
Friday, April 7, 1995

The deadline for the next issue is Monday, April 10 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

Deadline Alert! Chemformation will not be published on Friday, April 21, and the deadline for the April 14 issue of Chemformation is Monday, April 10. Notices and information for any events scheduled for 4/17 through 4/28 must be received by 5 PM on Monday 4/10.

Chemistry & Industry Seminar

Hal Meyers

Sphinx, Inc.

"Array Synthesis of Small Molecule Libraries"

Tuesday, April 11, 1995

9:30-11:00 AM in Room 6-120

Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar

Richard Gottscho

AT&T

"Getting into the Display Business (Again)"

Tuesday, April 11, 1995

11:00 AM in Room 37-252

Refreshments to follow

Harvard/MIT Inorganic Chemistry Seminar

Richard Jordan

University of Iowa

"Design and Application of Selective Organometallic Reagents and Catalysts"

Wednesday, April 12, 1995

5:00 PM in Room 6-120

Refreshments at 4:30 in Room 6-321

Harvard/MIT Physical Chemistry Seminar

Graham Fleming

University of Chicago

"Non-Linear Spectroscopic Studies of Condensed Phase Dynamics"

Thursday, April 13, 1995

5 PM at Harvard, Room Mb-23

Refreshments at 4:30 in Room Mb-23

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the availability of funding in Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry. Proposals are due no later than 5/1/95. The NSF also announces an interagency collaboration between NSF, DOE, NASA, the USDA and the US Global Change Research Program. This program on Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change has a proposal deadline of 4/17/95. More information is available from Tom Duff, 3/7086.

The Minority and Women Doctoral Directory, a comprehensive national listing of minority and women students who have already received or are about to receive their doctoral degree, is preparing its sixth annual addition. Over 700 colleges and universities subscribe to the directory which lists the academic credentials of doctoral students is an important tool in increasing minority and women representation in university faculties. The listing is free and forms are available in Chemistry Headquarters. Deadline is 7/31/95.

UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

For more information on the opportunities listed below, please check with the Chemistry Education Office in Room 2-325.

Internships

• RHG, Inc., New York, NY is a Manhattan-based consulting firm sponsoring summer and academic year internships for science and engineering majors. Interns will conduct semi-independent research projects in a variety of industries. Includes generous stipends, flexible schedules, and a casual working atmosphere.
  
  

Positions Available

• RHG, Inc., New York, NY is a Manhattan-based consulting firm searching for recent graduates with degrees in chemistry or chemical engineering for full time associate level consulting positions.
  
  

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

For more info on the opportunities listed below, please check the blue binders in Headquarters.

Positions Available

• Malvern Instruments, Southboro, MA manufactures high tech analytical instrumentation used for particle characterization measurements and has a job opening for a Technical Manager.
  
  
• ICI India, Alchemie Research Centre, Maharashtra, India has openings for organic and analytical chemists in its R&D center near Bombay.
  
  

Faculty Positions

• University of Natal Durban, South Africa has a lecturer position open in analytical chemistry. Appointees are expected to develop an active research interest, to contribute to undergraduate teaching and to undertake supervision of postgraduate students. An interest in first year teaching and a knowledge of AA & ICP is preferred.
  
  

Research Opportunity

• National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA is seeking interns to work in their new submicron facility. Development groups include photolithography, ion implant, etch, thin films, diffusion, yield enhancement. Assignments are 3-6 months beginning as early as 5/1/95.
  
  

Postdoctoral Positions

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Postdoctoral position available in spectroscopy and mass spectrometry of aerosols in the laboratory of Roger Miller and Tomas Baer. The research involves setting up an aerosol laboratory with one or two graduate students.
  
  
• North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. A postdoctoral position in laser kinetics is available in the research group of John Hershberger. Current projects involve the use of infrared diode laser spectroscopy to investigate reaction kinetics and dynamics.
  
  
• Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI. Four Postdoctoral Research Scientist postitions (two years each) in medicinal chemistry research in the laboratory of Dr. Steven P. Tanis. Seeking candidates with a strong background and training in synthetic organic chemistry.
  
  
• University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA. A postdoctoral position working on the synthesis of biodegradable polymers is available immediately.
  
  

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