Department of Chemistry Seminars - Spring 2011

	All seminars are in Duncan Hall 135 on Tuesdays at 4:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
February 1, 2011	Mr. Michael Nshanian San Jose State University "Open Tubular Capillary Electrochromatography of Small Polar Molecules Using Etched, Chemically Modified Capillaries" Final M.S. Seminar - Prof. Joseph Pesek, Research Advisor
February 15, 2011	Dr. Robert Stevenson ABACUS Group, Editor of Separation Science "Consulting for Gypsy Scientist and Engineer"
February 22, 2011	Ms. Anu Sundaram San Jose State University "Studies of Electrochemically Degradable Polymers on a Metal Surface" Final M.S. Seminar - Prof. Marc d'Alarcao, Research Advisor
March 1, 2011	Ms. Kelsi Perttula San Jose State University "Profiling Minaturized Seperation Media by Micro Infrared Spectroscopy" Final M.S. Seminar - Prof. Joseph Pesek, Research Advisor
March 8, 2011	Dr. John Fetzer Fetzpahs, Inc. "Importance of Soft Skills in a Chemistry Career"
March 15, 2011	Prof. Claudia Lucero California State University, Sacramento "Studies Toward the Enantioselective Conjugate Allylation of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Aldehydes Using Substituted Allyl Indium Reagents"
March 22, 2011	Dr. Karen Salomon Thermo Scientific "LC-MS and the Metabolism Quan/Qual Workflow"
April 5, 2011	Dr. Anthony D'Aleo University of Marseilles "Design and Optical Properties of Chelating Agents and their Boron Difluoride Complexes"
April 12, 2011	Mr. Michael Hurwitz San Jose State University "Novel Iodine Intermediates in the Paal-Knorr Synthesis of Pyrroles" Final M.S. Seminar - Prof. David Brook, Research Advisor
April 19, 2011	Mr. Brendan Mar San Jose State University "Exploring Nucleation and Sticking Bahaviors of Water Vapor on Ice at Martion Conditions" Final M.S. Seminar - Prof. Bradley Stone, Research Advisor
April 26, 2011	Mr. Ke Liu San Jose State University "An Investigation on the Natural Products of Some Eremophilia Species" Final M.S. Seminar - Prof. Roy Okuda, Research Advisor
May 3, 2011	Mr. Bill Ciccone President, MicroSolv Technology Corp. "Performance Qualifications of HPLC Instrumentation in Regulated Laboratories"
May 10, 2011	Prof. Andrew DeMello Imperial College "Miniaturized Chemical Analysis Systems and Ultrahigh Sensitivity Detection"
May 17, 2011	Mr. Steve Fischer Agilent Technologies, Metabolomics "A Novel Method for Robust LC-MS-TOF Analysis of Hydrophilic Metabolite Classes by Aqueous Normal Phase"