Chemformation

The Weekly Newsletter of the MIT Chemistry Department

Volume 13, Number 2
Friday, January 10, 1997

Next issue: January 17, 1997. Chemformation is published by the Office of the Department Chairman. The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, January 14th. Please convey items of interest (or mailing list changes) to Linda Earle, Room 18-393, Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617/253-4080; 617/258-7500 (fax) or email to lkn@mit.edu Back issues of Chemformation can be accessed via the Chemistry Department Website.

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SEMINAR CALENDAR

Wilfred Colòn: Fox Chase Cancer Center; "Structural Intermediates in Protein Folding and Amyloid Disease"; Thursday, January 16, 1997; 4:00 p.m. in 6-120; Refreshments @ 3:45 outside 6-120
Richard Roberts: Massachusetts General Hospital; "Toward in Vitro Selection of Peptides and Proteins Using RNA-Protein Fusions"; Tuesday, January 21, 1997; 4:00 p.m. in 6-120; Refreshments @ 3:45 outside 6-120
Rafeal Brüschweiler: ETH, Zürich, Switzerland; "Nuclear Spin Dynamics and Molecular Motion"; Thursday, January 23, 1997; 4:00 p.m. in 6-120; Refreshments @ 3:30 in 6-233

Congratulations to Professor Steve Buchwald

Congratulations to Professor Steve Buchwald on being named as the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry effective January 1,1997. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professorship is one of the highest honors that can be awarded an MIT faculty member.

Better Teaching @ MIT

Do you teach? Do you plan on teaching someday? Do you think teaching at the Institute could be improved? Then check out these eight provocative sessions, led by some of MIT's most creatively energetic educators. Open to all faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and staff. (All sessions are 10:30 am - 12:00 noon)

Getting Your Students to Put it Into Words: Learning to Communicate, Communicating to Learn: Dr. Lori Breslow, Dean Kip Hodges; Tuesday, January 14 in 1-132
Getting Your Message Across: Presentation Skills for Teachers: Dr. Neal Hartman, Dean Jeffrey Meldman; Thursday, January 16 in 1-132
Active Learning: What's the Problem?: Prof. John Essigmann, Prof. Lynn Stein; Tuesday, January 21 in 1-132
Understanding or Memorization: Are We Teaching the Right Thing?: Prof. Eric Mazur (Harvard University); Thursday, January 23 in 6-120
Using New Technologies in the Classroom: Prof. John Belcher, Prof. Gregory Rutledge, Prof. Bruce Tidor; Tuesday, January 28 in 6-120
How To Speak: Prof. Patrick Winston; Friday, January 31 in 6-120

WATCH FOR DAILY POSTINGS IN LOBBY 7 ABOUT SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS
Contact: Teaching Resource Network 7-133, 3-9419.

Glass Blowing Services Available

Bob DiGiacomo will be coming in on Wednesdays or Thursdays to pick up any glass blowing work that you may have available. Please bring any work to room 6-031 or call Ed Udas or John Annese at 3-4505. Bob will do the work on a first-come basis.

Help Get Organized!

Call Ed Udas at 253-4505 or stop by room 6-026 if students, faculty or staff need help in organizing their MIT space.

Positions

The Good Housekeeping Institute, New York, NY:The consumer products testing laboratories of Good Housekeeping magazine and the grantors of the well-known Good Housekeeping Seal has an excellent opportunity for a director of its chemistry laboratory. Responsibilities include managing a 5 person staff and overseeing the laboratory analysis of a variety of consumer products specializing in health and personal care products; writing editorial reports on product performance and related consumer issues; and reviewing advertising. Qualified candidates will possess excellent oral and written communication skills, strong technical problem-solving abilities and proven management experience. Requires knowledge of Food Science, Materials Science (coatings,) Biochemistry, and Analytical Chemistry, Ph.D. and regulatory knowledge of FDA and EPA is a plus. Send resumes including salary requirements to: Richard Mastrangelo, Good Housekeeping Institute, 959 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 or fax at 212-489-8139 or e-mail: rmastrangelo@hearst.com
MacDermid, Inc: ,, Waterbury, CT: a very aggressive $300 million internationally specialty company which serves the electronics, printing and industrial products business has several positions open in their research, technical sales and service. They seek those with a BA, BS or MS in Chemistry and interested persons should contact: Human Resources, MadDermid, Inc. 245 Freight Street, Waterbury, CT 06702, (203)-575-5969 or 5686 or fax: (203) 575-7969 or e-mail to: exrow@macdermid.egeis.com

Faculty Positions

Please note, unless otherwise specified, most faculty positions require a resume, short description of research plans and to arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to the specific university or college.

St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, Seeks to fill a one-year sabbatical replacement position with a trained analytical chemist with interest and experience in the environmental area. An advertisement for the position will appear twice in the December issue of C&E News. More information can be obtained by writing to S. Stradling, Dept. of Chemistry, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York 13617 or phone: 315-379-5860 or email: sstr@ccmaillink.stlawu.edu
Hamilton College, Clinton, New York: seeks physical chemist for one year position to teaching the two semester sequence of physical chemistry (classical physical chemistry and quantum/statistical mechanics and participate in teaching the general chemistry lab. Contact: Professor R.B. Kinnel, Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 13323-1292.
California State University, Los Angeles: Invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of analytical chemistry beginning in the fall of 1997 for a Ph.D. with postdoctoral experience. Please contact Professor Scott D. Grover at (213) 343-2300 if interested.
The William Paterson College of New Jersey, Wayne New Jersey: Seeks applicants for two tenure-track positions at the assistant professor level. One is in biochemistry/bioorganic chemistry and the second is in analytical chemistry. They seek dynamic individuals who will actively participate in undergraduate teaching, research and program development. Please contact, Dr. Gurdial M. Sharma, Chair, Chemistry and Physics Department-Science 434, William Paterson College, Wayne, New Jersey 07470.
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA: Invites applicants to apply for positions in the areas of biophysics and biophysical chemistry especially those candidates who have a particular interest in nucleic acid chemistry or in neurophysiology. Please check their website for more information at http://www.phy-astr.gsu.edu
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK: The Department of Chemistry is look for candidates for two professors in the areas of inorganic or materials science to begin in August of 1997. Outstanding candidates with research interests in the areas of synthetic inorganic chemistry, solid-state chemistry, inorganic/organometallic polymer chemistry or materials science will be considered. Please send the materials to Dr. Edward T. Knobbe, Chairman Inorganic Search Committee, Dept. of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078-0447.

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