Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
Argonne National Laboratory

Colloquium Series
Building 200 Auditorium at 11:00 am

Other CSE Non-Colloquim Seminars

September 10, 2007

Professor David McMillin (Purdue University)
"New Cationic Porphyrins: Ligands for Metal Ions and DNA"
Host: Lin Chen

September 17, 2007

Professor Horia Metiu (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Oxidation Catalysis by Atomic Size Centers on Oxide Surfaces"
Host: Stefan Vajda 

September 24, 2007

 BYE

October 1, 2007

Dr. Robert Hazan (Carnegie Institute)
"Geochemical Origins of Life’s Homochirality"
Host: Paul Fenter

October 8, 2007

 Professor Brett Lucht (University of Rhode Island)
"Stability of Electrolytes used in Lithium-ion Batteries"
Host: Daniel Abraham

October 15, 2007

 Professor Mercouri Kanatzidis (Northwestern University)
"The Quest for Porous Semiconductors"
Host: Chris Marshall

October 22, 2007

Professor Sheldon Landsberger (University of Texas)
"The Use of Neutron Activation Analysis to Determine the
Heavy Metals in Airborne Particles in the Arctic and Subarctic Regions"

Host: Laura Skubal

October 29, 2007

Professor Ed Castner (Rutgers University)
"On the Physical Chemistry of Ionic Liquids"
Host: Lin Chen

November 5, 2007

BYE DOE Review

November 12, 2007

Dr. David Villeneuve (Steacie Inst., NRC Ottawa)
"Attosecond Imaging of Molecular Structure and Molecular Orbitals"
Host: Robin Santra

November 19, 2007

Professor Alexander Boldyrev (Utah State University)
"Can we predict the structure of atomic clusters?"
Host: Julius Jellinek

November 26, 2007

Professor Bruce Gates (University of California, Davis)
"Molecular Catalysis on Surfaces: Conversions with Metal Complexes and Clusters"
Host: Stefan Vajda

December 3, 2007

Professor Mark Stockman (Georgia State University)
"Ultrafast Processes and Control in Nanoplasmonics"
Host: Julius Jellinek & Stephen Gray

December 10, 2007

Dr. Charles Peden (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Fundamental Studies of Catalytic NOx Vehicle Emission Control"
Host: Chris Marshall

 

January 7, 2008

Professor Mark Schlossman (University of Illinois/Chicago)
"New Developments in Liquid Interfacial Nanoscience"
Host: Paul Fenter

January 14, 2008

 Dr. Bertold Kraessig (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Ultrafast Laser Control of Atomic and Molecular X-ray Absorption"
Host: Robin Santra

January 21, 2008

 Dr. Lin Chen (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Ultrafast Structural Dynamics in Solar Energy Conversion Processes"
Host: Paul Fenter

January 28, 2008

 Professor Tobin Marks (Northwestern University)
"Homogeneous and Supported Electrophiles in the Synthesis of New Materials"
Host: Chris Marshall

February 4, 2008

Professor Matthew Neurock (U. Virginia)
"Electrocatalysis from First Principles"
Host: Chris Marshall

February 11, 2008

Professor Benjamin J. McCall (University of Illinois/Urbana Champaign)
"Physical Chemistry and Astrochemistry of H3+, the Simplest Polyatomic Molecule"
Host: Steve Pratt

February 18, 2008

Professor David Schrader (Marquette University)
"New Chemistry: Compounds that Contain Positrons"
Host: Chuck Jonah

February 25, 2008

 Professor Enrique Iglesia (University of California/Berkeley)
"Catalytic Consequences of Size for Chemical Reactions on Metal and Oxide Clusters"
Host: Stefan Vajda & Albert Wagner

March 3, 2008

Professor Thomas Fanghaenel (Institute for Transuranium Elements, Germany)
"Solubility and Redox Equilibria of Plutonium"
Host: Lynn Soderholm/Paul Fenter

March 10, 2008

BYE APS March Meeting

March 17, 2008

 Professor Alec Wodtke (UC Santa Barbara)
"Do We Have a Theory for Reactions at Metal Interfaces?: The Unsolved Problem of Electronic Non-Adiabaticity"
Host: Stefan Vajda

March 24, 2008

Professor John Spence (University of Arizona)
"Serial Crystallography Using Protein Beams"
Host: Robin Santra

March 31, 2008

 Dr. Tim Wallington (Ford)
"Sustainable Mobility, Air Quality, and Climate Change: An Industrial Perspective"
Host: Stephen Klippenstein

April 7, 2008

BYE ACS Spring Meeting

April 14, 2008

 Dr. Michael Thackery (Argonne National Laboratory)
"The Evolving Lithium Battery Economy - a Personal Perspective"
Host: Paul Fenter

April 21, 2008

Professor Wallace Broecker (Columbia University)
"Will Greenhouse Warming Parch the World's Drylands?  Lessons from Glacial Time"
Host: Paul Fenter

April 28, 2008

Professor Daniel Neumark (UC Berkeley)
"Studies of Reaction and Cluster Dynamics Using Photoelectron Imaging"
Host: Stefan Vajda

May 5, 2008

BYE APS User Meeting

May 12, 2008

Professor Henry Chapman (DESY/Hasylab)
"Title TBA"
Host: Robin Santra

May 19, 2008

 Dr. Michael Wong (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Title TBA"
Host: Jack Vaughey