Chemistry Newsletter - 03/29/1999

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Congratulations to Bruce Goldade, Chemistry's Fast Copy Center Manager, who has been selected for a Classified Employee Recognition Award. This award is designed to recognize employees for outstanding service to the public, students or other significant contributions to UW-Madison. Bruce will receive the award at a ceremony on March 30^th at the Chancellors House and be granted the opportunity to attend an employee development program. Congratulations Bruce!!!

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Finance Committee and Department Meeting Dates

Spring 1999

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Department Committee - Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. In Room 8335.

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Finance Committee - Tuesday at 1:20 p.m. - In Room 1301.

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Organic Chemistry Cumulative Exam Schedule, 1999.

Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., room B371 Chemistry Building.

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Analytical Cume Dates for 1999.

Room 2311 Chemistry Building.

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Inorganic Cume Dates for 1999.

9:00 a.m., Room 2373 Chemistry Building.

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS

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IMPORTANT DATES:

MINOR AGREEMENT FORMS: The Graduate School requires that the minor program be outlined in an agreement which is approved by the Department no later than halfway through completion of the sequence of minor courses. The minor requirement is expected to be completed by the end of the third year of graduate school. Minor agreement forms are available in Room 1221.

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Orders for cap and gown must be placed at the University Bookstore no later than April 15,1999. Degree candidates and escorts will receive a letter containing further instructions about one month before commencement.

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General information on the commencement ceremonies (when/where, etc.) may be obtained from Mary Kay in Room 1221 Chemistry.

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***PLEASE NOTE*** Mary Kay's Office has now moved to the first floor and is located in room 1221.

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SEMINARS

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**PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE** - Tuesday, March 30^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Art L. Utz, Tufts University. "Vibrational-State-Resolved Studies of Methane Dissociation on Ni (100)"

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Tuesday, March 30^th, 1999 - Pharmacology Seminar, 12:00 p.m., Room 3765 MSC. Dr. Noland Sigal of Pharmacopeia, Inc. "Discovery of Novel Therapeutics Through the Exploration of Molecular and Genetic Diversity"

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Thursday, April 1^st, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Travis Berggren, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, April 1^st, 1999 - CBI Highlights Seminar, 2:25 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Dr. Philip Hajduk, Abbott. "Discovering High-Affinity Ligands for Proteins: SAR by NMR"

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Thursday, April 1^st, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 3:55 p.m., Room 1227 Engineering. Dimitrios Maroudas, University of California-Santa Barbara. "Structure, Surface Reactivity, and Reliability of Metallic and Semiconductor Thin Films: A Computational Materials Science Study"

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Monday, April 5^th, 1999 - Special Department Colloquium Physical Chemistry McElvain Series, 3:30 p.m., 1351 Chemistry, Congressman Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI), author of the National Science Policy Study. *****PLEASE read the article by Congressman Vern Ehlers which follows the Seminar notices*****

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Monday, April 5^th, 1999 - Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 1360, Biotechnology Center. Speakers: Dr. Alex Buko (Abbott Labs): "Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Applications of Mass Spectrometry", Dr. Rich Burton (Abbott Labs): "The Role of LC-FTMS in Metabolite Identification"

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Monday, April 5^th, 1999 - CBI Highlights Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room B1118 Biochemistry Building. Professor Greg Petsko. "Structural Biology in 4 Dimensions: Time Resolved Studies of Cytochrome P450"

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Monday, April 5^th, 1999 - Macromolecules Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Dr. Brian Grady, University of Oklahoma. "The Influence of Ionic Aggregate Structure on Properties in Zinc-Neutralized Carboxylate Ionomers"

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Tuesday, April 6^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Peter Armentrout, University of Utah.

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**CANCELLED** Thursday, April 8^th, 1999 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 1361 Chemistry, Professor Amos Smith, University of Pennsylvania. ****Will reschedule for sometime in the Fall**

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Wednesday, April 7^th, 1999 - Inorganic Division Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Tim Boller, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, April 8^th, 1999 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Dennis Curran, University of Pittsburgh.

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Thursday, April 8^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Christina Hosch, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, April 8^th, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 3:55 p.m., Room 1227 Engineering. Joe Miller, Senior Vice President & Chief Technical Officer DuPont. "W.R. Marshall Founders Lecture"

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Monday, April 12^th, 1999 - ACS Seminar, 2:25 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Dr. Heinrich Vahrenkamp, Institut fuer Anorganische und Analytische Chemie Universitaet Freiburb. "Preparative and Mechanistic Chemistry of Zinc Related to the Function of Zinc Enzymes"

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Tuesday, April 13^th, 1999 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry, Professor Olaf Wiest, University of Notre Dame. "Mechanism and Models of DNA Photolyase"

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Tuesday, April 13^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Marcos Dantus, Michigan State University. "Observation and Control of Chemical Reactions"

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**PLEASE NOTE - Schedule Change - New Date Will be Thursday, April 29th, 1999** Thursday, April 15^th, 1999 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 1361 Chemistry, Zhi-Qiang Yang, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, April 15^st, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Lei Yang, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, April 15^th, 1999 - CBI Highlights Seminar, 2:25 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Steve Burke, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Thursday, April 15^th, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 3:55 p.m., Room 1227 Engineering. L.K. Doraiswamy, Iowa State University. "Strategies for Rate Enhancement in Organic Synthesis: A Chemical Engineering Approach"

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Thursday, April 19^th, 1999 - CBI Highlights Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room B1118 Biochemistry Building. Professor Jun Liu, MIT. Molecular Mechanism of Angiogenesis Inhibition by the Fumagillin Family of Natural Products"

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Monday, April 19^th, 1999 - Inorganic Division Seminar, 2:30 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Brett Bodsgard, Graduate Student.

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Tuesday, April 20^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Amy Mullin, Boston University. "Putting Out Molecular Fires With Collisional Energy Transfer: The Fire Extinguisher of the Fire Hose"

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Tuesday, April 20^th,1999 - Pharmacology Sciences lecture, Noon, Room 3765 MSC, also 3:30 p.m., in Chemistry. Professor Glenn Prestwich, University of Utah. "Using Affinity Probes to Identify Phosphinositide Targets"

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Wednesday, April 21^st, 1999 - Inorganic Division Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Jeff Brinker, Sandia Labs.

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Thursday, April 22^nd, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Todd Strother, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, April 22^nd, 1999 - CBI Highlights Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Dennis Curran, TBA.

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Thursday, April 22^nd, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 3:55 p.m., Room 1227 Engineering.David A. Dixon, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "Computational Chemistry for Material and Process Design"

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Friday, April 23^rd,1999 - Pharmaceutical Sciences lecture, 3:30 p.m., Professor Ben Liu, University of Minnesota. "Biosynthesis of Deoxysugars"

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Monday, April 26^th, 1999 - Inorganic Division Seminar, 2:30 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Rich Hooper, Postdoc.

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Tuesday, April 27^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Professor J. Andrew McCammon, UC San Diego. "Dynamics of Molecular Recognition"

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Thursday, April 29^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Chris Hunt, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, April 29^sh, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 3:55 p.m., Room 1227 Engineering. George Georgiou, University of Texas-Austin. "High Throughput Screening Technologies for the Isolation of Novel Antibodies, Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways"

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The following Science article talks about congressman Ehlers and his contributions. Ehlers' web site, http://www.house.gov/ehlers/welcome.html contains a copy of the National Science Policy Study. Questions? Contact Meredith Porembski at, porembsk@chem.wisc.edu .

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Physicist-Turned-Politician Seeks Middle Ground

Representative Vern Ehlers, a former professor, is completing one of his biggest assignments: sewing out a course for U.S. science in the next century

When House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) called for a sweeping review of science policy last summer, he said it was time for a dramatic new vision for science and technology after the Cold War and on the brink of the millennium. He gave the job of pulling together that vision to Representative Vern Ehlers (R-MI), the number two Republican on the House Science Committee.

Now, on the eve of unveiling his report, Ehlers knows he faces a tough sell. The more detailed the recommendations, the more critics it will attract, including those who may reject it as a partisan document serving the man who requested it. But a failure to take a stand on the important issues facing the community could turn the report into a political bookend, unread and ignored.

Finding a middle ground is no easy task, even for a man recently named one of the three brainiest U.S. House members by Washingtonian magazine. For example, although Ehlers suggests that consolidating research agencies may be a good idea, he hastens to add that there are "many different options." The report, he says, "will not make any recommendations" on the matter or lay out detailed options. "We will simply point out the problem."

Ehlers's background - he calls himself the first research physicist to serve in Congress may disarm some potential critics. He has a reputation as a moderate Republican and environmentalist. He also holds a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of California, Berkeley, did research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and taught for 17 years at his undergraduate alma mater, Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. And, despite a 23-year career in politics, he retains the serious, selfeffacing, and soft-spoken quality of a small-college professor.

"I didn't fit the typical mold" he says, recalling his first try at public office. "Scientists don't generally run. And people who get elected have hair." But the voters didn't seem to mind, electing him as county commissioner, and later state legislator, before sending him to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1995.

The science policy study is proving to be one of the biggest challenges of his political career. "The most frustrating part is the lack of time to do the kind of job I would like to do," he told Science. "I don't want to put the kiss of death on the report, but it was a very complex and time consuming task, and it comes on top of my regular duties, which take 80 hours a week."

Time is not his only challenge. Neither House Democrates nor the White House has shown much enthusiasm for the review, and a series of hearings held to gather input on a host of science related issues played to half-empty hearing rooms. But Ehlers, a devout Christian who has rankled some researchers with his opposition to human cloning, is hoping that his scientific colleagues will ultimately embrace his project as a well-intentioned attempt to stir debate on an enormously complicated and important subject. "Nothing would sink it faster than them saying, 'Oh, this is just another study,' " he says.

What follows is an edited transcript of a 21 July Science interview with Representative Ehlers in his Capitol Hill Office.

On the reports potential impact: I'm not trying to produce the most comprehensive science policy but one that Congress will take action on in the form of a resolution. We would also like to get some indication of approval from the President's Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology. Even if nothing is ever adopted - and I expect something will be - we've already had a major impact. A lot of things have come together since we started work on the report: a Senate bill [to double R&D spending] and Newt's Public statement in support of increased science funding, which in turn led to the president putting substantial increases in his budget. This has all focused a lot of attention on science funding and the need to set priorities.

I'm hoping to finish a draft before the August recess, but it's a very slow process. Once Newt Gingrich and [Science Committee Chair James] Sensenbrenner [R-WI] have vetted it, [the report] will go public. But that is just the first step toward what I hope is a long term process in which Congress will actively focus on science policy, reviewing it at least every 5 years.

On the need for a new science policy: First, we're not doing a good job of setting priorities. Second, the Superconducting Super Collider was killed, which indicated [a lack of communication on the need for basic research]. And then there is the space station, which is getting very, very expensive. And look at what's happened with science education - we're not doing well.

So, although there is no catastrophe, there are a lot of indications that science is not in the healthy state it has been for the past half century. And the time when military competition provided the built-in support for science is over. That constituency has diminished and nearly disappeared. Now, economic competition is at the forefront. The science community has to develop a new constituency and stop bemoaning the loss of the old one.

On oversight of federal R&D programs: There is a need to consolidate some of the science decision-making in Congress. [Former Energy Secretary] Admiral [James] Watkins loves to point out that when he wanted to get his oceanographic initiative passed a few years ago, he had to work with 43 different subcommittees and committees in the House and Senate. In our report, we don't offer solutions outside the jurisdiction of our committee, but we will point out this issue. I am sure the Rules Committee will work on this next year.

It's just as bad on the Administration end. A Department of Science is not a good political option - there's not enough support for it. A more realistic option would be to consolidate some of the science functions within an existing agency or a new one without Cabinet status. That way, you are more likely to end up with a technically or scientifically oriented person heading it rather than a political person. The question is how you would make all this fit together. Or the president could be encouraged to go the route of a very strong scientific adviser who has considerable say over the operation of the nation's science establishment.

On math and science education: We need a more coordinated effort. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is doing a better job [than the Education Department], and math and science education certainly should be in NSF's hands. I see no need to have it in both places. We also have to energize the state and local governments, which brings up a whole host of issues. And although we spend $300 billion a year on education, we spend about 0.01% - some $30 million on education research. Not too many corporations would survive if they spent that percentage on research.

On federal spending: We need to reform entitlement programs [such as Social Security and Medicare], because they can eat up any surplus we generate. Entitlements were a quarter of the budget in 1962; now, they are half. If we don't get them under control, by 2010 we'll be spending all of our revenue on entitlements and interest. That will leave nothing for defense and domestic discretionary spending [where science programs reside].

On linking basic and applied research: We've been shoving our [federal] money more toward basic research, while industry has been driven by international competition and their stockholders to focus on the shorter term payoffs. What has developed is a Valley of Death: As basic research becomes more basic, applied research is shifting more toward product development.

We need to stop talking about the Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program (ATP), which basically gives money to industry [for applied research] they should be doing anyway, and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements between the federal government and industry. Instead, we should focus on setting up partnerships involving governments, industries, and universities. In the report, we won't get into details of which approach is better, but we'll discuss the elements of good partnerships - which ones work and which ones don't. Why should we he ourselves to a limited model like ATP? We need to go back to first principles.

Look at Monsanto Corp., which provides direct funding to individuals at Washington University in St. Louis for basic research. Monsanto is not buying researchers and telling them what to do; it is providing grants to faculty in the hope that someday that research will pay off for that company. Perhaps, we need tax credits or tax breaks for any corporate on that provides that kind of funding for university research. And states have to play a better role - they are much more into economic development than the federal government.

On large funding increases for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), compared with other agencies: It's a very dangerous trend. NIH depends very strongly on work done by NSF, the Department of Energy, and also NASA to a certain extent. They are constantly dipping into the well of ideas generated by research in chemistry, physics, and biology. If we continue to give more money to NIH and less to the others, someday that well is going to be dry.

On how well scientists lobby Congress: Historically, [their grade is] probably a D+. But they are improving tremendously. Particularly in the past couple of years, scientists have become more politically astute and more politically involved.

Story By: ANDREW LAWLER - 31 JULY 1998 - VOL 281 - SCIENCE - www.sciencemag.org .

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Recent Publications

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Shelver D; Thorsteinsson MV; Kerby RL; Chung SY; Roberts GP; Reynolds MF; Parks RB; Burstyn JN.

Identification of two important heme site residues (cysteine 75 and histidine 77) in CooA, the CO-sensing transcription factor of Rhodospirillum rubrum.

BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 38, Iss 9, pp 2669-2678

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Hans JJ; Driver RW; Burke SD.

One-pot synthesis of amides and esters from 2,2,2-trihaloethyl esters using phosphorus(III) reagents.

JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 64, Iss 5, pp 1430-1431

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Esker AR; Zhang LH; Olsen CE; No K; Yu H.

Static and dynamic properties of calixarene monolayers at the air/water interface. 1. pH effects with p-dioctadecanoylcalix[4] arene.

LANGMUIR 1999, Vol 15, Iss 5, pp 1716-1724

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Zhang LH; Esker AR; No K; Yu H.

Static and dynamic properties of calixarene monolayers at the air/water interface. 2. Effects of ionic interactions with p-dioctadecanoylcalix[4] arene.

LANGMUIR 1999, Vol 15, Iss 5, pp 1725-1730

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Yang ZH; Yu H.

Biomembrane mimetic surfaces by phospholipid self-assembled monolayers on silica substrates.

LANGMUIR 1999, Vol 15, Iss 5, pp 1731-1737

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Vanhooke JL; Thoden JB; Brunhuber NMW; Blanchard JS; Holden HM.

Phenylalanine dehydrogenase from Rhodococcus sp. M4: High-resolution X-ray analyses of inhibitory ternary complexes reveal key features in the oxidative deamination mechanism.

BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 38, Iss 8, pp 2326-2339

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Thoden JB; Wesenberg G; Raushel FM; Holden HM.

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase: Closure of the B-domain as a result of nucleotide binding.

BIOCHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 38, Iss 8, pp 2347-2357

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Tsodikov OV; Record MT.

General method of analysis of kinetic equations for multistep reversible mechanisms in the single-exponential regime: Application to kinetics of open complex formation between E sigma(70) RNA polymerase and lambda P-R promoter DNA.

BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL 1999, Vol 76, Iss 3, pp 1320-1329

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Quirk DJ; Raines RT.

His - Asp catalytic dyad of ribonuclease A: Histidine pK(a) values in the wild-type, D121N, and D121A enzymes.

BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL 1999, Vol 76, Iss 3, pp 1571-1579

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Shew CY; Yethiraj A.

Monte Carlo simulations and self-consistent integral equation theory for polyelectrolyte solutions.

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 1999, Vol 110, Iss 11, pp 5437-5443

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Zhang ZR; Becker JY; West R.

The effect of ring-size on the electrochemical oxidation of perethylcyclopolysilanes [(Et2Si)(n)].

JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 574, Iss 1, pp 11-18

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Meeker K; Ellis AB.

Adsorption of alkanolamines onto semiconductor surfaces: Cadmium selenide photoluminescence as a probe of binding and film reactivity toward carbon dioxide.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 1999, Vol 103, Iss 6, pp 995-1001

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Glunz PW; Rich DH.

Reduction of sterically hindered alpha,alpha-disubstituted amino esters.

SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS 1999, Vol 29, Iss 5, pp 835-842

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GROUP LEADERS WANTED

for

Fun with Chemistry Camps!

The Institute for Chemical Education (ICE) will again be offering the Fun with Chemistry Camps (Chem Camps) this summer. The camps provide fun and exciting chemistry laboratory experience for middle school students. There are two identical sessions of the camp, each of which runs for five weekday afternoons. The dates for this year's camps are June 28^th - July 2^nd and July 12^th -16^th.

We need group leaders (graduate students, senior undergraduates) to provide support to 4-6 students in the laboratory. We typically need between 10 and 12 group leaders for each session. The time commitment is approximately 12:45-4:30 PM each day, and the pay is $250 per weekly session. If you are interested in working any or all of the sessions, please stop by room 1321 and tell Kathleen Shanks that you would like to sign up as a group leader for Chem Camp.

The positions usually fill up fast, so hurry if you're interested! April 30 is the last day to sign up and be guaranteed consideration for a position. Group Leaders are selected on a combination first-come-first-served /interview basis. Group Leaders will be informed if they have been selected by mid-May. If you would like to have more information or if you have any questions, please call Kathleen at 2-2940.

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Northern Michigan University - S.E.M.I.N.A.L. Web Site

This is an invitation for you to participate in an innovative and potentially rewarding approach to sharing the fruits of academic research. For the past year, our team has been developing a comprehensive web site devoted to regional ecosystem management in the Lake Superior basin. This initiative is sponsored by federal, state, and provincial agencies or institutions in the Lake Superior region. It is intended to serve as both an educational resource for those interested in the health of the basin ecosystem, and as a tool that managers of parks and preserves may turn to for guidance and public outreach. We are hoping that you and others at your institution will join us by contributing research relevant to environmental, social, and economic sustainability in an area that contains fully one-tenth of all the fresh water on the planet. If you browse the contents of the S.E.M.I.N.A.L. web site: http://www.nmu.edu/sbp/seminal.html , you will find a great deal of information relevant to the Lake Superior basin ecosystem. In addition to pages containing communication links between the public at large and protected area managers in the region, we have created locations for accessing other web sites related to S.E.M.I.N.A.L.'s mission - educational resources dealing with sustainability, current literature about Lake Superior, and research conducted by those interested in the basin ecosystem. Although we anticipate adding more material to the education and literature pages, our immediate interest is in making available to citizens and resource managers empirical research related to Lake Superior. Hence our motivation for contacting you at this time. Are you or your colleagues currently conducting studies relevant to either environmental, economic, or social aspects of ecosystem management in the Lake Superior basin? Have you previously drafted, published, or otherwise presented analyses of either human or ecological dimensions in the region? Do you have source citations regarding such matters? If so, it would be useful to include your contributions in the web site so that others may benefit from your expertise. Currently, the S.E.M.I.N.A.L. platform is serving a wide variety of constituencies (e.g., schools, agencies, libraries) around the country and we want to provide our users with as complete a compendium of social and natural science resources as possible. Too often, great ideas and discoveries go unnoticed simply because they get lost in the shuffle of our information age; this web site,. makes the process of sharing knowledge that much simpler and widespread. If you believe that you or your colleagues have material to contribute to S.E.M.I.N.A.L., please submit your work in an electronic format, either on disk or via file transfer e-mail to: jcantril@nmu.edu . Our team will send you confirmation of your contribution, as well as insure that it is properly formatted for the site. Of course, you will retain rights to any previously uncopyrighted material (we will secure any required permission). If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the above e-mail address or call Dr. James G. Cantrill at (906) 227-2061.

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For Industrial Positions, see the Chemistry Placement Newsletter at:

http://www.chem.wisc.edu/placement/7news.html

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FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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The University of Minnesota's Chemistry Department has semester temporary teaching positions available in general, analytical, physical and organic chemistry for the 1999-2000 academic year, for both evening and day classes. Qualifications: Ph.D. in chemistry preferred. M.S. in chemistry or related field required. Previous teaching experience is required, prefer at least two years at the college level. Any qualified person interested in a teaching position should submit a short letter indicating area of interest, along with current curriculum vitae and two letters of professional recommendation. Selection Criteria: - M.S. is essential, prefer Ph.D. - Prior teaching experience; prefer college level teaching of chemistry courses - Prior teaching experience at University of Minnesota (day or extension). - Quality of references. - Quality of student evaluations or feedback. All application material must be received by Thursday, April 15, 1999. Please submit to: Professor Wilmer Miller, Vice Chair, University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry, 139 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455. For more information regarding course offerings and content, please contact Lisa Peterson at (612) 624-0313. Individuals hired for these positions may be reappointed in subsequent years at the discretion of the Department of Chemistry.

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The University of Minnesota's Chemistry Department has summer temporary teaching positions available in general, analytical and organic chemistry for the Summer of 1999. Qualifications: Ph.D. in chemistry preferred. M.S. in chemistry or related field required. Previous teaching experience is required, prefer at least two years at the college level. Any qualified person interested in a teaching position should submit a short letter indicating area of interest, along with current curriculum vitae and two letters of professional recommendation. Selection Criteria: - M.S. is essential, prefer Ph.D. - Prior teaching experience; prefer college level teaching of chemistry courses - Prior teaching experience at University of Minnesota (day or extension). - Quality of references. - Quality of student evaluations or feedback. All application material must be received by Thursday, April 15, 1999. Please submit to: Professor Wilmer Miller, Vice Chair, University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry, 139 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455. For more information regarding course offerings and content, please contact Lisa Peterson at (612) 624-0313. Individuals hired for these positions may be reappointed in subsequent years at the discretion of the Department of Chemistry.

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Barry University, a comprehensive Catholic university, seeks senior faculty as Chair beginning August 1999. Applicants should have Ph.D. in analytical/instrumental, inorganic, or physical chemistry; commitment to undergraduate teaching and research; strong leadership and administrative abilities to build excellence in chemistry and physics. Salary and rank are commensurate with experience. The physical sciences department currently consists of five full-time faculty, one full-time laboratory/stockroom manager, and four adjunct faculty. We offer a B.S. chemistry major, chemistry and physics minors, with pre-dental, pre-medical, and pre-pharmacy tracks. The department is well-equipped with 200 MHz FT-NMR with Silicon Graphics workstation, FTIR, GC, HPLC, GC/MS, AA, capillary electrophoresis, electrochemical analyzer, LabWorkS^Tm Learning Systems, computer lab, neon-helium laser, oscilloscopes, and recently renovated teaching and research labs. Applicants should send CV, statement of teaching philosophy, research plans, and administrative experience, unofficial transcripts, and three letters of recommendation by March 15 to: Search Committee, Department of Physical Sciences, Barry University, 11300 NE 2^nd Ave., Miami Shores, FL 33161. See our web site at: http://www2.barry.edu/artsci/phy_sci/chem4.html .

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UW-Whitewater has a Academic Staff opening at the Rank of Lecturer. Starting Date will be August 22, 1999. Non tenure-track one year half - time appointment. Subject to renewal contingent upon performance. Minimum of M.S. in Chemistry or equivalent preparation, Applications from any area of Chemistry are welcome but expertise in Organic Chemistry will be given preference. Expertise in the instructional use of computers is expected. Salary is competitive. Dependent upon qualifications and experience. Responsibilities: The position will primarily involve instructional responsibilities in a science majors general chemistry laboratory and non-science majors chemistry. Average of 12 contact hours per week. Applicants will be expected to contribute to course development. Application: Credentials should be submitted to: Dr. Philip T. Johns, Chair, Department of Chemistry, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI 53190, email: johnsp@uwwvax.uww.edu - inquiries only, no applications. Credentials must include a letter of application, vita, an educational summary, all relevant professional experience (including teaching, postdoctoral, industrial, etc.), copies of graduate anc undergraduate transcripts, and three current letters of recommendation. (Transcript photocopies are acceptable for initial application.) Applicants must initiate the submission recommendation letters. Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, lists of applicants must be released on request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality. Deadline is April 1, 1999. Incomplete credential files cannot be considered.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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Professor Todd Lowary of Ohio State University - Department of Chemistry. Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position in structural carbohydrate chemistry in the research group of Professor Todd Lowary. The research will involve NMR investigations of furanose oligosaccharides (both unlabeled and "C labeled) and related computational studies. Candidates should have a strong background in modern NMR spectroscopic methods and their application to conformational investigations of biological molecules, preferably oligosaccharides. In addition, previous experience with modeling of these systems is critical. Applications received before April 15, 1999 will be considered and a start date of July 1, 1999 is desired. The initial appointment will be for one year; additional years of support is possible based upon satisfactory progress and mutual agreement. Interested applicants should 1.) send a curriculum vitae and a list of publications and 2.) arrange to have two or three letters of reference sent directly to: Dr. Todd L. Lowary, Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, 100 W. 18th Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA, 614-292-4926 (phone), 614-292-1685 (FAX), e-mail: lowary@chemistry.ohio-state.edu .

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Please submit all newsletter information or address changes to: goldade@chem.wisc.edu or 262-0293. Thank You.

DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM 1380.

NEXT NEWSLETTER IS ON APRIL 5^th, 1999.