Chemformation

A Weekly Newsletter from the Office of the Department Chairman

Volume 11, Number 26
MIT Department of Chemistry
Friday, May 5, 1995

The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, May 9 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

Fourth Annual Richard C. Lord Lecture

Modern Optics and Spectroscopy

Richard Zare

Stanford University

"Structure of the Nitric Oxide Ionization Continuum"

Wednesday, May 9, 1995

11:00 AM in Room 37-252

Refreshments to follow seminar

Joint Chemistry and Toxicology Seminar

William A. Pryor

Louisiana State University

"The Chemistry and Biochemistry of Peroxynitrite"

Wednesday, May 10, 1995

12:00 Noon in Room 16-310

Refreshments at 11:45 AM

Inorganic Chemistry Seminar

David M. Antonelli

MIT, Ying Research Group

"Hexagonally Packed Transition Metal Oxide Molecular Sieves"

Wednesday, May 10, 1995

4:00 PM in Room 6-120

Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 6-321

RESEARCH GRANT

• Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Andover, MA is accepting applications for its privately funded isotope research grant program designed to support novel research utilizing stable isotopes. Deadline for application is July 15, 1995
  
  

UNDERGRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

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

Positions Available

• Children's Hospital, Boston, MA has two openings for research technicians in cardiac molecular biology to work on projects related to the molecular regulation of heart development.
  
  
• Thermedics Detection, Inc., Chelmsford, MA is seeing recent chemistry and chemical engineering graduates (BS or MS) for scientific positions working with trace analysis detection products.
  
  

Awards

• DuPont, Wilmington, DE announces the 1996 DuPont Plunkett Student Awards for Innovation with TEFLON(. The program is open to full time college juniors, seniors, and graduate students, and teams. Prizes include cash awards, summer internships, and scholarships.
  
  

Fellowship

• Loyola University, Chicago, IL is offering several graduate fellowships for the 95-96 academic year through the GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Needs) program of the US Department of Education. Fellowships include stipend, tuition, books, research supplies and travel to professional meetings.
  
  

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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

Awards

• DuPont, Wilmington, DE announces the 1996 DuPont Plunkett Student Awards for Innovation with TEFLON®. The program is open to full time college juniors, seniors, and graduate students, and teams. Prizes include cash awards, summer internships, and scholarships.
  
  

Positions Available

• Gillette Company, South Boston, MA is seeing a fragrance chemist with knowledge of perfume raw materials and various microencapsulation technologies, and 2-5 years experience in the fragrance/chemical industry.
  
  

Faculty Positions

• Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA has several tenure-track assistant/associate professor positions open, for applicants with specialties in organic, biochemistry/organic, analytical/inorganic, physical or inorganic, and environmental chemistry.
  
  

Postdoctoral Positions

• University of California, Davis, CA seeks a postdoctoral scientist with interest in colloids, macromolecular assemblies and associated light scattering phenomena to work in a newly formed research center based on collaborative research at Stanford University, IBM Almaden Research Center, and UC Davis with Prof. Nicholas Abbott and Dr. Paul Comita. The project involves molecular assemblies for potential use as transducers for paper-like optical displays.
  
  

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