ChemformationChemformation
Volume 14, Number 32
Friday, November 20, 1998
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, 617/253-4080; 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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Tuesday, November 24, 1998 |
"Methane Oxidation in Chemistry and Biology" |
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Wednesday, December 2, 1998 |
"Migratory Rearrangements in Transition-Metal-Silicon Compounds: Silylene Complexes and Implications for Catalysis" |
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Thursday, December 3, 1998 |
"Solid-State NMR, New Tricks and Applications to Materials" |
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Tuesday, December 8, 1998 |
"Probing the Structure and Chemistry of Complex Materials with New Solid-State NMR Techniques" |
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Wednesday, December 9, 1998 |
"Chemical and Biological Studies of the Anticancer Drug Cisplatin" |
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Thursday, December 10, 1998 |
"Progress Towards N-Methyl Welwitindolinone C Isothiocyanate: The Evolution of a Synthetic Strategy" |
Congratulations to Matthew Tate, (Ceyer Group) for being selected for an American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award for 1998. The award consists of a $1,000 prize, a certificate, and reimbursed travel expenses to attend their symposium.
The Corning Foundation has invited the Department to again participate in the Foundation's Science Fellowship Program. For the 1999-2000 academic year, Corning is offering up to $25,000 in support of a pre-doctoral fellowship in chemistry. Applications must include a one-page description of your research activities, including biographical information, academic record, a curriculum vitae, and a statement of support from your Ph.D. advisor. You must be involved in research that directly relates to one of the following technologies:
Glass and glass ceramics: Glass and glass-ceramic compositions; glass melting and forming; and semi-conductor device materials.
Optics and photonics: Optical physics; materials and design; guided optics; components and associated process research.
Cellular ceramics: Cellular ceramic composition and extrusion processes and ceramic materials.
Polymers: Polymer formation and processing in support of new products and existing product extensions.
Surfaces and thin films: Thick and thin films; surfaces and interfacial chemistry; with supporting materials research.
Machine research: Concept engineering for the development of high precision machines.
Characterization sciences: New analytical processes and advanced characterization of chemical, physical, optical, structural and morphological properties.
Process modeling and measurement: Mathematical, physical, chemical and molecular modeling research.
Packaging: Packaging of semi-conductor lasers and passive optical devices.
The department Graduate Committee will review the applications and choose a candidate. Please submit all applications to Professor Dietmar Seyferth, Room 4-382A by January 6th, 1999.
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
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.
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK: Two open positions, one in inorganic and one in organic chemistry beginning August of 1999 especially in the areas of biologically and medicinally related areas of organic or inorganic chemistry. Send completed application package to: Professor George Richter-Addo, Chair of the Organic Search Committee, or Professor Kenneth Nicolas, Chair of Organic Search Committee, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Room 208, Norman, OK 73019.
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee seeks a faculty member in biochemistry at the assistant professor level. Check their website at: chemdept.@alchemy.chem.uwm.edu and send completed applications to: Professor J.M. Cook, Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (Fax) 414-229-5530, e-mail: capncook@csd.uwm.edu by January 19th.
We would like to call your attention to postdoctoral research opportunities in the Surface Dynamical Processes Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST postdoctoral research associates program is administered by the National Research Council. Successful candidates will become temporary employees of NIST, earning an annual salary of $48,500. NRC/NIST research opportunities are open ONLY to citizens of the United States. Permanent residency status does not qualify as citizenship. The date on which tenure begins for these appointments is negotiated individually, ordinarily after October 1, 1999, but no earlier than July 1, 1999 and no latter than February 1, 2000. Ample time should be allotted for preparation and submission of application materials, including a brief research proposal, prior to January 15, 1999. Applicants are encouraged to contact potential advisors before/in conjunction with the preparation of the application and proposal. Application material is available on request from: Associateship Programs TJ 2114 National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20418: Phone: (202) 334-2760 E-mail: rap@nas.edu http://www.nas.edu/rap
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL: seeks a chemistry educator with demonstrated teaching ability, familiarity with modern computer and technology-based pedagogy and assessment are expected. Contact: Dr. Glenn Cunningham, Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida: 32816-2366.
University of British Columbia: Seeks to fill a tenure-track position in organic chemistry with synthetic organic experience. Please send your materials to: Professor Larry Weiler, Chairperson, future Appts., Dept. of chemistry, The University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T, 1Z1.
A postdoctoral position will be available in 1999 in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Research expertise in bioinorganic and bioorganic methods to study structure/function of metalloenzymes and metalloproteins is desired. Knowledge and laboratory techniques in protein purification and characterization, enzyme kinetics (steady state, rapid), spectroscopy (uv/visible, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), NMR, etc.), biophysical methods, and/or molecular biology (protein expression, site directed mutagenesis) is strongly encouraged. Competitive salary and excellent health benefits are available. Initial appointments will be for one year with additional years subject to mutual satisfaction. Persons interested should send a brief cover letter, complete curriculum vitae, bibliography, and the names and addresses of three references to Professor Frank Rusnak, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street S.W., Rochester, MN 55905 (email to rusnak@mayo.edu). For a description of current research in the Rusnak laboratory, see: http://www.mayo.edu/research/rusnak_lab/ For further information about research and other activities at the Mayo Clinic, consult the WWW site at http://www.mayo.edu/research/RWeb/menus/departments.html. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. The Mayo Clinic is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. Frank Rusnak, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic & Foundation, 200 First St. S.W., Rochester, MN 55905: Tel: (507) 284-4743, Fax: (507) 284-8286
POSTDOCTORAL APPOINTMENT, UNIVERSITY of OXFORD, UK Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory to work with M.S. Child on ab initio Rydberg dynamics. The aim is to combine an ab initio R matrix treatment of the electrons with the multichannel quantum defect approach to the nuclear motions, with a view to modelling ionization, dissociation and dissociative recombination processes. Knowledge of ab initio quantum chemistry and/or multichannel quantum defect theory is highly desirable. The tenure of the appointment is for up to two years on a salary scale between 17570 and 20107 GBP pa, according to age and experience. Applications including a cv and contact details for two academic referee should be sent to Prof M.S. Child, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK. Fax +44 1865 275410 (see http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/msc/ for further details)
POSTDOCTORAL POSITION, UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX, FRANCE A postdoctoral position (12 months) is available at the "Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Moleculaire" of the "Universite Bordeaux I", France. The position is funded by the European Commission under the TMR network "Astrophysical Chemistry" program. The focus at Bordeaux is on experimental and theoretical studies of exoergic bimolecular reactions that might be important in the chemistry of interstellar clouds. 1. Experimental project. Experiments are conducted on a recently developed crossed-molecular beam apparatus, which allows for scanning the relative translational energy of reactants down to values (4 meV) relevant to the conditions of the interstellar medium. Reactions of C or Si atoms with O2 and unsaturated hydrocarbons are investigated. Detection of reactants and products is by laser-induced fluorescence in the visible, ultra-violet or vacuum ultra-violet. 2. Theoretical project. Efforts are focused on the determination of the potential energy surfaces involved in neutral-neutral or ion-neutral three-atom reactions like C + CH, (C+) + CH, C + (CH+), ... in order to estimate the rate constants of different open channels and the branching ratios. Dynamical aspects of some of these reactions could also be investigated. Important ! Only applications from nationals of the European Union (France excluded) or Associate States (Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein and Norway) can be received. Net salary will be around 12000 FF/month. In addition, the postdoc associate will have funds to spend up to one month in another laboratory of the network. Candidates (with a PhD in chemistry or physics or who expect to obtain the diploma in the following months) interested by one of these projects should submit a CV and the names of one or two referees to: Dr Michel Costes UMR 5803 CNRS - Universite Bordeaux I Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie Moleculaire- Universite Bordeaux I, 33405 Talence Cedex, France: phone: 33 5 56 84 63 45: fax: 33 5 56 84 66 45 email: costes@cribx1.u-bordeaux.fr
MANAGER, STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY FACILITY: The Department of Chemistry invites applications for the position of Manager of the Structural Chemistry Facility. Candidates should have a Ph.D. and experience in X-ray crystallography, particularly in the operation and maintenance of X-ray diffractometers and associated crystallographic software, the collection of X-ray data sets and the solution of, and reporting of, crystallographic structures. Experience managing a service X-ray crystallographic facility would be an asset. The X-ray facility currently has three Rigaku X-ray diffractometers (one of which is a CCD proto-type). The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified persons to apply. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. The appointment is to be filled as soon as possible. Applications will be accepted until December 15, 1998. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applicants should send a detailed resume, including the names and addresses of three referees to: Beverley Gray, Administrator, University of British Columbia, Department of Chemistry, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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