Chemformation

The Weekly Newsletter of the MIT Chemistry Department

Volume 13, Number 37

November 21, 1997

The next issue of Chemformation is December 5th. Deadline for submission of material is Tuesday, December 3rd. Chemformation is published by the Office of the Department Chairman. Please convey items of interest (or mailing list changes) to Linda Earle, Room 18-390, Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617/253-1803; 617/258-7500 (fax) or e-mail to lkn@mit.edu Back issues of Chemformation can be accessed via the Chemistry Department Website.

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Seminar Calendar

Dr. Kevin Gardner

University of Toronto

"NMR-Based Approaches to Determining Structures of Proteins Over 40kDA"

Monday, December 1, 1997

4:00 in 6-120

Seminar in Biological Chemistry

Faculty Candidate

 

Dr. Andrei Tokmakoff

TBA

Tuesday, December 2, 1997

4:00 p.m. in 6-120

Seminar in Physical Chemistry

Faculty Candidate

 

Dr. David MacMillan

Harvard University

"Design of Enantioselective Cu(II) and Sn(II) Catalysts"

Thursday, December, 4, 1997

4:00 p.m. in 6-120

Seminar in Organic Chemistry

Faculty Candidate

 

Dr. Richard Roberts

New England Biolabs

"Those Flipping Methylases"

Thursday, December 4, 1997

4:00 p.m. in 6-120

Seminar in Biochemistry

Refreshments @ 3:45 outside 6-120

 

Dr. Justin DuBois

MIT

"Natural Product Synthesis and Reagent Development"

Wednesday, December 10, 1997

4:00 p.m. in 4-370

Seminar in Organic Chemistry

Faculty Candidate

 

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Grand Opening of New Chemistry Education Complex on Dec 5!

Please join us at 3 pm on Friday December 5 to celebrate the grand opening of the new "Chemistry Education Headquarters" on the second floor of Building 2! Our new education complex incorporates the current Chemistry Education Office (Miriam Diamond and her staff, 2-325), Susan Brighton's Graduate Office (currently located in the Dreyfus Building), and also the Undergraduate Student Lounge (currently 4-273) and the Graduate Student Study Lounge (currently 4-465 within the undergraduate laboratory complex). Refreshments will be served!

Kudos to Steve Klei, Winner of ACS Grant

Congratulations to Steve Klei, who recently won a grant to present a paper at the upcoming American Chemical Society meeting in Dallas next March. Steve, a senior undergraduate working with Kit Cummins, will present a paper on "Use of a Norbornyl-Substituted Ligand for Three-Coordinate Niobium".

Baby Congratulations!!

Congratulations to Denise MacPhail (Dr. Wogan's office in Toxicology) and her husband Robert on the birth of their daughter, Emma Leena MacPhail. Emma was born on November 3rd and weighed in at 7 pounds and 13 ounces. Denise is enjoying her new role as "mom".

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.

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, first-served basis.

Positions

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

• Biochemistry part-time research assistant needed for non-laboratory work to investigate literature and clinical studies on physical and pharmacokinetic properties of particular ingredients. This is basic information research and analysis available via internet or at MIT library. Please call Neal K. Wallach at 310-277-0045 or fax to: 310-277-1477.

• Wright Laboratories, Piscataway, NJ: Has openings for synthetic polymer chemists, cell biologist with expertise in cell culture and molecular biology and for biomaterial scientists and biomedical engineers with expertise in animal surgery and in vivo biomaterial evaluations. Contact: Professor Joachim Kohn, Wright Labs/Dept. of Chemistry, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08554-8087, phone is (732) 445-3888 and fax is (732) 445-5006 and e-mail is: kohn@rutchem.rutgers.edu

• Ciba Speciality Chemicals, Tarrytown, NY: Seeks two senior organic chemists in the Additives Division Research Dept. of Ciba Speciality Chemicals Corporation. The additives division is the leading supplier of high performance stabilizers to the polymer, coating and lubricant industries abd are a very technical orgaization. Seeks chemists who are skilled synthetic chemists and can also apply their knowledge of oragnic chemistry and reaction mechanism to stabilization problems. Please send or fax resumes to: Dr. R. Ravichancran at 540 White Plains Road, PO Box 20005, Tarrytown, NY 10591-9005. Tel: 914-785-2723 or fax to 914-785-3681.

Faculty Positions

• University of Minnesota, Morris, MN: Seeks an analytical chemist who combines broad intellectual interests with a strong commitment to undergraduate education to fill a tenure-track position in analytical chemistry beginning on September of 1998. Send application to: Chemistry Search Committee Chair, Division of Science and Math, University of Minnesota Morris, Morris, MN 56267-2128 by January 16, 1998.

• University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec: Seeks assistant professors for June of 1998. Should have a Ph.D. and two years of postdoctoral experience. Areas of specialty include: organic, physical chemistry including modern aspects of materials, polymers, environment, electrochemistry and analytical chemistry. Also must be able to acquire a working knowledge of French. Send materials to: Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Montreal, PO Box 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montreal QC H3C 3J7, Canada.

• The University of North Carolina, Greensboro: Seeks a biochemist with postdoc experience, with secondary teaching abilities in either analytical or physical chemistry. Check website at: http://www.uncg.edu/che/ Contact: Dr. Bruce Banks, Search Committee, Dept. of Chemistry at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC: 27412.

• University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO: synthetic materials chemist for fall of 1998. Send materials to: Chairman of Faculty Search Committee, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO: 64110-2499, phone is 816-235-2273 or fax is 816-235-5502.

• The University of Missouri-Columbia, MO: Seeks applicants for biochemistry faculty position with research strengths in plant biochemistry, enzmology, gene expression in plants and animals, structural biochemistry and biochemical genetics. Send materials by January 21, 1998 to: Faculty Search Committee, Dept. of Biochemistry, 117 Schweitzer Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, www.biochem.missouri.edu

• Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA: Seeks applicants for professor of polymer physical chemistry. The candidate will be involved in pertinent interdisciplinary research activities on campus (NSF Science and Technology Center, Polymeric Materials and Interfaces Laboratory, Center of Adhesion and Sealant Science, Center for Composite and Materials Structures, etc.) Send application to: Professor Hervé Marant, Chair, Polymyer Physical Chemistry Search Committee, Dept. of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0344.

• California State University at Los Angeles: Seeks organic chemist for a position in the fall of 1998 with postdoctoral experience is required. Candidates will be expected to teach and establish a vigorous research program. Send materials to: Prof. Scott Grover, Chair, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University at Los Angeles, 5151 State University Dr.. Los Angeles, CA 90032-8202.

• University of Montana, Missioula, MT: The websit at http://www.umt.edu/chemistry invites applicants for physical chemists with postdoctoral experience. Send all materials to: R.J. Field, Search Committee, Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812 by January 15th.

Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Two postdoctoral positions are available immediately in the group of Professor Toshinori Suzuki at the Institute for Molecular Science in Okazaki, Japan. Research projects involve, (i) femtosecond pump-probe experiments on molecular photodissociation, (ii) dynamical stereochemistry in molecular photodissociation, and (iii) crossed beams study on fundamental atmospheric reactions. A solid-state high power femtosecond laser, high vacuum molecular beam machines, and a crossed beams apparatus equipped with 2D imaging device are in operation in these projects. Housing at our guest house is offered, and various assistance is given by a secretary for foreign researchers at IMS. The appointment is for at least one year and is renewable. More information about IMS can be found at http://www.ims.ac.jp. Recent publications from the group can be found in, for example, JPC A, 101, 7754 (1997), JPC A, 101, 6697(1997), JCP, 106, 5292(1997), and PRL, 77, 830 (1996). Successful candidates with good knowledge of reaction dynamics and some experience of molecular beams and/or laser spectroscopy are encouraged to apply. Candidates should arrange two letters of recommendation, a CV, and a list of publications sent to: Professor Toshinori Suzuki Institute for Molecular Science Okazaki National Research Institutes Myodaiji, Okazaki, 444 Japan E-mail: suzuki@ims.ac.jp FAX 81-564-54-2254 (TEL), 0564-54-2254 (FAX).

• I am presently seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to join my research group as soon as possible. In particular I am seeking a person with good synthetic skills, especially with respect to ligand synthesis. Our laboratories are well equipped for synthesis and the handling of air-sensitive compounds, and the department has available the necessary spectroscopy equipment and an X-ray diffractometer. Applicants with some background in Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics will also be given serious consideration. Applicants should contact me directly at: D. Max Roundhill Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409-1061 806-742-3067 806-742-1289 (FAX) ULDMR@ttacs.ttu.edu

• The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI: A position is available for a polymer chemist with experience in both monomer and polymer synthesis, and has demonstrated interest in learning more about the physical aspects of polymers as solid materials. Contact: Albert F. Yee, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Materials Science, The University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136. internet address: afyee@um.cc.umich.edu or call 313-763-2445 web page is: http://msewww.engin.umich.edu/mse/yee.html

• The Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore: is recruiting talented researchers in the fields of Advanced Polymers and Polymer Light-Emitting devices. Applicants should have a Ph.D. with a demonstrated track record of accomplishment. Check website: http://www.imre.org.sg and send materials to: The Recruitment Officer, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Sinagpore, Blk, S7, Level 3, Singapore 119260, fax is 65-872-5373 and email is: mrehead@nus.sg

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