Chemistry Newsletter - 05/03/1999

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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Congratulations to Dr. Tony Jacob

Congratulations to Dr. Tony Jacob who received the 1999 Norman Bassett Award for Outstanding Achievement in Student Services. This award comes with a certificate, plaque and a $500 check from the Student Personnel Association. It not only acknowledges his day-to-day contributions over the past 8 years at the Chemistry Learning Center, but also his work with larger campus initiatives such as creating a "peer mentor tutor" program for majors and honors students in chemistry and physics. The certificate (in part) reads:

"As a teacher, facilitator, tutor, colleague and summer program director, Tony Jacob has enriched all who have come in contact with him. Attentive to day-to-day concerns of students, he also provides vision and leadership to larger campus initiatives. He directs a lab program in chemistry each summer for minority middle school youths. He has lent expertise in developing faculty workshops on issues of gender and diversity in the classroom. He has worked to help students learn and appreciate chemistry at all levels ..."

Congratulations Tony!!

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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.

Organic Chemistry Cumulative Exam Schedule, 1999.

Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., room B371 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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General information on the commencement ceremonies (when/where, etc.) may be obtained from Mary Kay in Room 1221 Chemistry.

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SEMINARS

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Monday, May 3^rd, 1999 - Inorganic Division Seminar, 2:30 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Rudi Pietschnig, Postdoc.

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Tuesday, May 4^th, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar. 3:55 p.m., Room 1800 Engineering. Wolfgang Marquardt, Lehrstuhl Fuer Prozesstechnk, RWTH, Aachen, Germany. "Multiscale Approaches to Process Simulation and Optimization"

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Tuesday, May 4^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar. 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Daniel Auerbach, IBM Almaden. "The Interaction of Highly Vibrationally Excited Molecules with Surfaces"

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Wednesday, May 5^th, 1999 - Inorganic Division Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Catherine J. Murphy, University of South Carolina. "Optical Sensing with Inorganic Molecules and Nanomaterials: From Water to DNA"

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Thursday, May 6^th, 1999 - Organic Chemistry Seminar (McElvain). 11:00 a.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Dr. Mark Gallop.

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Thursday, May 6^th, 1999 - Materials Science in the Chemistry Curriculum. 12 noon. 2373 Chemistry Building. Mary Ann White, Dalhousie University, Canada. "Do Your Students Understand the Chemsitry Behind the Workings of a Photocopier?"

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Thursday, May 6^th, 1999 - Analytical McElvain Speaker. 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Richard P. Rava, Affymetrix, Inc. "High Density Oligonucleotide Arrays for Nucleic Acid Analysis"

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Thursday, May 6^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 1:00 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Jianming Liu - Grad Student. "1-D Pi-stacking on Silicon Surfaces"

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**PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE** Friday, May 7^th, 1999 - PharmSci Lecture. 2:30 p.m., Professor John Frost, MSU. "Engineering Novel Pathways for Production of Fine Chemicals by Bacteria"

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Thursday, May 13^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Lei Yang - Grad Student.

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Thursday, May 13^th, 1999 - Chemical Engineering Seminar. 3:55 p.m., Room 1227 Engineering. Glenn Frederickson, University of California-Santa Barbara. "Recent Advances in the Theory of Reactive Blending"

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**PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE** Friday, May 14^th, 1999 - PharmSci Lecture. 2:30 p.m., Dr. Pim Stemmer, Maxygen Inc. "DNA Shuffling"

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Monday, may 24th,1999 - Time and Place TBA. Professor Garland Marshall, Washington University, St. louis. "Bound Conformations for Ligands for G-Protein Coupled Receptors"

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Earn money and increase your teaching experience!

Are you interested in being an instructor to 4 middle school students? The Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) is a program for 7th through 9th grade minority students, and provides a hands-on laboratory experience for these students. If you're interested, please contact Tony Jacob as soon as possible at the Chemistry Learning Center, 265-5497 or atjacob@facstaff.wisc.edu , or drop off a note in my mailbox in the Chemistry Department. The salary will be at least $340/week (20 hours/week). Typically, instructors work one or two weeks depending on their schedule and the needs of the program. The tentative schedule is: June 21-25 in the mornings, June 14-18 in the afternoons, and either June 7-11 or June 14-18 in the mornings.

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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 Department of Chemistry, Bates College, invites applications for a full-time leave replacement position in inorganic chemistry beginning in September 1999. Ph.D. (preferred) or ABD required. Teaching will involve inorganic chemistry (lecture and lab) and general chemistry (lecture and labs). An interest in environmental chemistry is desired. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching skill and experience, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to: Professor Thomas Wenzel, c/o Secretarial Services, Lane Hall, Bates College, Lewiston, ME 04240. Review of applications begins on June 1.

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Winona State University. Organic Chemist, entry-level fixed-term Assistant Professor in ACS approved program. Ph.D. preferred, M.S. or active Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry required. Graduate or postdoctoral experience in Organic Chemistry required. Teach lecture and lab in General and Organic Chemistry. Undergraduate research encouraged. Review begins 5/1/99. Position open until filled. Send letter of application, resume with list of references, UG & G transcripts and three letters of reference to: Organic Chemist Search, A. A. Office, Winona State University, P.O. Box 5838, Winona, MN 55987-5838. Position available pending budgetary approval. Further inquiries: http://www.winona.msus.edu/affirmativeaction/ .

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The minimum qualifications for this position are the academic credentials or equivalent of a Full Professor in chemistry at a major research university, a national and international reputation for scholarly productivity in research, and the promise of leadership and administrative excellence. Salary open. Preferred starting date August 21^st, 1999. To ensure full consideration, nominations and applications should be submitted by July 1, 1999. Applications and nominations should be sent to: Professor James J. Coleman, Chair, Search Committee, c/o Renee Schum, School of Chemical Sciences, 106 Noyes Laboratory, 505 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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University of Leicester. Postdoctoral Research Associate. (Biological Inorganic Chemistry). R & A1A #15,735-#23,651 pa. (ref: R9042/NT). Applications are invited for a BBSRC funded 3-year postdoctoral position in the area of biological inorganic chemistry. The project will explore the mechanistic and redox properties in the haem enzyme ascorbate peroxidase, and will use protein engineering, kinetic, electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques. Candidates should have a PhD in chemistry, biochemistry or related discipline and experience in kinetic/mechanistic work would be an advantage. Formal applications should be made to: the Personnel Office, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, please quote reference number (R9042/NT). Informal enquiries may be made to Dr. Emma (nee Lloyd) Raven on 0116-252-2099 or email emma.raven@le.ac.uk. Closing date: 28th May 1999.

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Rob Duchateau, of Eindhoven University of Technology (Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position and a Ph.D. position in the Chemistry Department, Eindhoven University of Technology (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) in collaboration with the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI). The postdoc positions will be available for one year, the Ph.D. position for four years. The research project for both positions involves immobilization of homogeneous olefin polymerization catalysts. Besides developing novel immobilization techniques, the effect of immobilization on the catalyst's performance will be investigated. The candidate for the postdoc position must have a Ph. D. (or equivalent) in chemistry, with a background in synthetic organic/organometallic or polymer chemistry. The Ph.D. vacancy is open for academically qualified chemists, preferably with a background in inorganic/organic chemistry or catalysis. Please send your resume (by e-mail) to: Dr. R. Duchateau, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Chemistry Department ST, STW 4.42, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Tel. +31402474918 , Fax. +31402455054, e-mail: R.Duchateau@tue.nl , mailto: R.Duchateau@tue.nl .

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Postdoctoral Position in Medicinal Chemistry. Opportunity for synthetic medicinal/organic chemist to diversify into enzyme inhibition (cytochrome P450, cysteine proteinases) and/or structural analysis of cellular proteins modified covalently by chemically reactive metabolites in vivo. Requires experience in organic synthesis plus an interest in downstream biochemical and/or bioanalytical applications. Experience with protein purification, gel electrophoresis, use of radioisotopes, enzyme kinetics, HPLC, and/or mass spectrometry would be helpful but not required. Projects begin with a synthetic component and progress into biochemical / bioanalytical applications. For further information contact: Dr. Robert P. Hanzlik, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-2506 USA tel 785-864-3750 fax 785-864-5326 E-mail: rhanzlik@ukans.edu , http://www.urc.ukans.edu/acadbroch/gradbroch/medchem/hanzlik.html .********************

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 MAY 10^th, 1999.