Chemformation Chemformation Volume 14, Number 17
Friday, May 1, 1998
Next issue: Friday, May 8st. Chemformation is published by the Office of the Department Chairman. The deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, May 5th. 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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Congratulations to Professor Christopher "Kit" Cummins, who on Wednesday, May 6, 1998, received the 1998 National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Prize at a ceremony held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The prize is given annually by the National Science Foundation to an outstanding young researcher in a field funded by the NSF. The prize is awarded to a young scientist whose research is of the highest quality, innovation and holds great potential for discovery! Professor Cummins works with specially designed compounds of the transition metals to achieve unprecedented chemical transformations. He has discovered an unusual new molecule that may lead to using nitrogen abundant in the atmosphere to make more cost effective pharmaceuticals, fertilizers and polymers.
The Waterman Award was created by Congress in 1975 to honor the 25th anniversary of the National Science Foundation and its first director, Alan T. Waterman, who had received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and served three Presidents: Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. The "prize" itself is a research grant of $500,000 over a three-year period.
Don't forget the First Undergraduate Research Symposium for Course 5 on Saturday, May 9th, 1998 hosted by Professor Christopher Cummins. Participants can be any undergraduates doing research in Course 5 and if you are interested you should notify Professor Cummins by email at: ccummins@mit.edu.
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12:00-2:00 p.m. |
Poster session with refreshments in Room 56-154 |
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2:00 -3:30 p.m. Talks in Room 56-114 |
(These will be three 20-25 minute talks with 5-10 minutes for questions) Speakers this year will be (all in Schrock group) John Gavenonis, Laura Turculet and Maria Manzoni
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3:30 |
Closing remarks by UROP coordinator |
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Tuesday, May 12, 1998 |
"Chemistry on the Path to Drug Discovery: Synthesis as the Key for the Exploration of Structure" |
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Wednesday, May 13, 1998 |
"Kinetic Barriers to Folding in the Tetrahymena Group I ribozyme" |
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Thursday, May 14, 1998 |
Benzo[a]pyrene-mediated induction of CYP1A1 by a Unique Protein with Two Functions" |
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Friday, May 15, 1998 |
"Measurements of Segmental Order and Torsional Angles in Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance" |
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Tuesday, May 19, 1998 |
"Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Acyclic Terpenoids via N-Ylide [2,3]Sigmatropic Rearrangement of Ammonium Salts" |
The MIT Libraries Chemistry and Chemical Engineering web page has been reorganized. The URL is as follows:
"New Resources" has information about the newest library resources in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. For instance, Royal Society of Chemistry journals are now online and MIT Libraries subscribe to Beilstein/CrossFire. You may also find the new book list there. That URL is:
Please contact Erja as she would welcome any comments, corrections and additions at:kajosalo@po7.mit.edu
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Magdalena Anguiano Lansbury Lab |
"Synthesis and Binding Properties of Compounds Designed for SPECT Imaging of Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid" |
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Dawn Bennett Danheiser Lab |
"Hetero Diels-Alder Reactions of (Trialkylsilyl)vinylketenes" |
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Jack Liang Fu Lab |
"Enantioselective Organotin Catalysts" |
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Erik Handy Rubner Lab |
"Light-Emitting Polyurethanes Based on Tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II): Synthesis and Devices" |
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Michael Frid Buchwald Lab |
"Advances in Chemistry of Zirconocene-Stabilized Strained Organic Molecules" |
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Shuang Qiao Fu Lab |
"Chiral Phosphaferrocenes and Their Applications in Asymmetric Catalysis" |
Call Ed Udas at 253-4505 or stop by room 6-026 if students, faculty, or staff need help in organizing their MIT space.
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.
Barry University, Miami Shores. Florida: Seeks visiting full-time faculty line or part-time adjunct(s) beginning in August of 1998. Applicants should have a Ph.D. (or M.S. with prior teaching experience for adjuncts) and commitment to liberal arts education, to teach general chemistry and upper division courses in area of expertise, and to direct research with undergraduates. Send materials to: Dr. George Fisher, Dept. of Physical Sciences, Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33161. Call him at (305) 899-3430 or email at gfisher@diana.barry.edu or check their website at http://www.barry.edu/artsci/phy_sci/chem4.html.
State University of New York,Albany, NY: Seeks applicants for tenure-track faculty line in inorganic chemistry with an interest in materials science and the life sciences. Please send inquiries to: Professor Lawrence Snyder, Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Alabany, SUNY, Albany, NY, 12222.
Villanova University, Villanova, PA: Seeks faculty for five chemistry positions. Send materials to: Dr. Robert Giuliano, Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19075.
Indiana University, Bloomingdale, IN: A postdoctoral position in the lab of Professor George Ewing, is to try to understand the structure and properties of thin film water and ice near ambient conditions. Please contact him by email for more information at ewingg@indiana.edu or call him at 812- 855-5754 or fax him at 812-855-8300.
A post-doctoral position is open in the group of Prof. Robert Gordon at the University of Illinois at Chicago in the areas of coherent control and molecular optics. The research associate may work on either of two projects (or both!). The first project is a continuation of ongoing work described in recent publications in Science (270, 77 (1995)) and Physical Review Letters (79, 4108 (1997)), in which we demonstrated coherent phase control over the branching between ionization and dissociation of HI and DI. Future experiments will include bond-selective photochemistry and control over the angular distributions of photofragments. A recently completed photofragment imaging machine will be used for some of these experiments. In the second project a tightly focused laser beam will be used to create a "molecular lens" that is capable of focusing and steering a molecular beam. Possible experiments include using the focused molecular beam to create nanostructures on a surface and measurement of the alignment of pendular states using a femtosecond probe. Candidates for this position should have experience with dye lasers, pulsed molecular beams, and ion optics. The position is to start in the Fall of 1998, and funding is available for more than one year. Please send resumes and arrange for letters of recommendation to be sent to Robert Gordon, Department of Chemistry (m/c 111), University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7061
I am currently looking for a Postdoctoral Associate to work in the area of selective oxidations at low temperature using tungsten-based catalysts. Specifically, I need someone to work on the low temperature oxidation of double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids to produce diacids in the liquid phase with hydrogen peroxide. Reactor modeling, catalyst optimization, and some characterization work will constitute the candidate's duties. The appointment will be for one year ($24,000/yr) renewable upon satisfactory progress and mutual agreement. If you know of someone that may be interested please encourage him/her to send me a Resume. This appointment can start as early as July 1, 1998. I would certainly love to have someone here before September. Gustavo Larsen, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0126, Phone: 402-472-9805, fax: -6989 E-mail: glarsen@unlinfo.unl.edu or chrdgl@engunx.unl.edu
Postdoctoral Positions September, 1998 Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
37235 Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate positions are available at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Chemistry. Research is in the laboratories of Professor Ned A. Porter, Vanderbilt University. The openings are for one year terms, renewable by mutual agreement. Salary offered in the range of $25,000 for the first year. Description: Research is in the area of Bio-Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, and Physical Organic Chemistry. Programs of research involve the study of free radical intermediates in biology, the use of free radicals in stereoselective organic synthesis, the study of mechanisms of free radical reactions, and the control of enzyme activity by light. The research is supported by the NIH and NSF. Qualifications: A Ph. D. in organic chemistry is required. It is preferred that the candidate has a background in organic synthetic or mechanistic chemistry. Experience with enzyme assays and combinatorial chemistry is not required although some of the research involves developing new library methods for isolation of important proteins. Applications consisting of a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and two confidential letters of recommendation should be submitted to: Dr. Ned A. Porter - Department of Chemistry Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
37235. An alternate address before September, 1998. Dr. Ned A. Porter Department of Chemistry Duke University- Durham, NC 27708 (porter@chem.duke.edu)
Boston University, Boston, MA: The group of Professor Amy Mullin seeks two postdoctoral fellows for her group. The research is aimed at understanding the collisional and reactive dynamics of highly excited molecules important in a wide range of combustion, high temperature and unimolecular decomposition processes. Contact: Amy S. Mullin @mullin@chem.bu.edu or check their website at chem.bu.edu/~mullin or call her at 617-353-8477.
The following postdoctoral opportunities in my laboratory Prof. Kamil Klier- :1. SOLID ACID CATALYSTS FOR ETHERS FROM ALCOHOL-Desired experience involves synthetic inorganic chemistry and GC-MS. The project will entail flow reactor activity analysis, kinetic studies, and with others HR-XPS, including ARUPS and ARXPS on oxide single crystal model materials. 2. ANGLE-RESOLVED XPS AND UPS FOR SURFACE BAND STRUCTURES OF METALS AND METAL CHALCOGENIDES Desired experience involves experimental and theoretical surface for catalysis. 3. NOVEL APPROACHES TO HIGH ALCOHOL SYNTHESIS Desired experience involves high pressure (<= 200 atm.) flow reactor and analytical GC-MS and characterization techniques such as XRD, XPS, EM if trained. Those interested in one of the above topics please send a resume to: Prof. Kamil Klier- Department of Chemistry - Lehigh University Seeley G. Mudd Building- 6 East Packer Avenue- Bethlehem, PA 18015-3172