Chemistry Newsletter - 05/18/1998

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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SUMMER HOURS FOR THE NEWSLETTER

The Chemistry Newsletter will now be published Bi-Weekly for the summer. We will publish a newsletter on the off weeks only if enough information is submitted or if an emergency announcement comes up.

Thank You - Bruce Goldade - Duplicating Department

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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 minor courses. The minor requirement must be completed by the end of the third year of graduate school. Minor agreement forms are available in Room 1315.

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SEMINARS

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**** CANCELLED **** Tuesday, May 19^th, 1998, - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Alana Schepartz, Yale.

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**** PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE **** Tuesday, June 2^nd, 1998, Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Peter Jutzi, University of Bielefeld.

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Tuesday, July 21^st, 1998 - Organic Chemistry Seminar. Professor Vladimir Gevorgyan, Tohoku University., Japan.

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MILLER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS FOR 1999-2001

Nomination Deadline: 08 October 1998

The Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science invites you to assist the faculty scientists at the University of California at Berkeley in nominating candidates for Miller Research Fellowships in the basic sciences. The Miller Institute seeks to discover and encourage individuals of outstanding talent, and to provide them with the opportunity to pursue their research. Fellows are selected on the basis of their academic achievement and the promise of their scientific research. Each Miller Fellow is sponsored by a department of the Berkeley campus and performs his or her research in the facilities provided by the department. The Fellowships are intended for brilliant young women and men of great promise who have recently been awarded, or who are about to be awarded, the doctoral degree. The deadline for nominations this year is October 08. 1998. No nominations will be accepted that arrive later than this date. Early nominations are encouraged. Your letter of nomination should include the following information:

• Nominee's complete current mailing address, E-mail address, and current telephone number.
• (Anticipated) Date of Ph.D.
• Your recommendation and judgement of candidate's promise.

This letter of nomination need not be lengthy, but should include all of the information requested above. To ensure that nominees receive correspondence, the nomination letter must provide accurate and complete mailing and telephone contact information. In addition to the above items, the Executive Committee also finds it helpful in the nomination letter to have the candidate compared with others who are at a similar stage in their development. Suitable nominees will be invited to submit documentation supporting their nomination. Such materials will be accepted only following an invitation from the Institute. Additional letters of support will be requested from those other than the nominator. Direct applications are not accepted. Please note that persons already in positions on the Berkeley campus are not eligible for nomination or receipt of an award. Non-US citizens are eligible for nomination. However, awards are subject to verification of eligibility for obtaining a J-l scholar visa. Fellowships are awarded for two years beginning August 1, 1999 and ending July 31, 2001. Approximately eight to ten Fellowships are awarded each year. Candidates will be notified of the results of the competition in the latter half of December 1998, and a general announcement of the awards will be made in the spring. Please Contact: Professor Raymond Jeanloz, Professor of Geology Geophysics and Executive Director, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, 2536 Channing Way, Berkeley, California, 94720-5190, E-Mail: 4mibrs@socrates.berkeley.edu. Phone: (510) 642-4088 Fax: (510) 643-7393.

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FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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The University of Evansville has a position for a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry. This is a one-year, non-tenure track position, beginning August 15, 1998. A Ph.D. in chemistry or a related field preferred; ABD may be considered. Good communication skills and a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching. Teach lecture and laboratory sections in multisectioned General Chemistry course. Lecture sections are usually 50-60 students each; lab sections are 22-25 students each. Teaching in the University's multidisciplinary World Cultures sequence (part of the general education curriculum) may also be expected. Research projects involving undergraduate students are encouraged. Twenty-four teaching credit hours per academic year (one lab contact hour carries 2/3 hour of teaching credit). Program approved by the American Chemical Society Committee on Professional Training. Three chemistry-major programs; about eight majors per year. Seven full-time faculty, one full time Laboratory Supervisor. More information at: http://cedar.evansville.edu/~chemweb/index.html. Application Procedure: Send letter of application, vita, copies of transcripts (unofficial acceptable) and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Jean C. Beckman, Chair, Department of Chemistry,University of Evansville, 1800 Lincoln Avenue, Evansville, IN 47722. Application review will begin May 20 and continue until the position is filled.

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The College of Engineering, Cardiovascular Engineering Center at Florida International University invites applications for two faculty positions. The faculty in these positions will be associated with the new Cardiovascular Engineering Center (CVEC). The purpose of CVEC is to unify the efforts of academic, industrial, and clinical sectors in the advancement of cardiovascular science and technology to significantly increase the speed and effectiveness of the transfer of basic and applied research to practical application. CVEC will support research in the design, development and enhanced implementation of diagnostic, interventional, therapeutic, and replacement systems and devices associated with the cardiovascular system, blood transport and related phenomena. Active research areas include blood-materials interactions, biofluid mechanics, arterial stents and artificial heart valves, computer vision, and big-image and signal processing. Doctoral degree and a proven record of excellence in teaching and funded research. Experience with and/or interest in working with industry is highly desirable. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in any of the following areas:

• cardiovascular biomaterials.
• diagnostic imaginge.
• blood-materials interactions.
• biomedical instrumentation.
• cardiovascular devices.
• cell and tissue mechanics.
• electrocardiac signal analysis.
• cardiovascular system modeling and analysis.

Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Application Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by JUNE 1, 1998. Send curriculum vitae and three professional references to: Dr. Richard T. Schoephoerster, College of Engineering, Florida International University, 10555 West Flagler Street, EAS 3405, Miami, Florida 33174. For information, contact Dr. Schoephoerster at 305-348-3722 or via email at schoepho@fiu.edu.

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The Department of Chemistry at Brown University is seeking a visiting professor or an instructor (Ph.D. in Chemistry) for a temporary position in Organic Chemistry. The position includes responsibility for teaching one course or laboratory in the new MacMillan Science Teaching Facility during one or both semesters of the 1998-99 academic year. Active participation in the research and / or teaching programs of the department is desirable. Send curriculum vitae and the names of three references to: Professor Kathlyn A. Parker, Department of Chemistry - Box H, Brown University, Providence, R102912 or e-mail: Kathlyn_Parker@brown.edu. To receive full consideration, all materials must be received by June 15, 1998.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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Professor Robert J. Cushley, of Simon Fraser University has an opening for a Biological NMR Post-Doctoral Position, in Multidimensional NMR study of protein-protein interactions. Work with Senior Investigator on Bruker AMX600 Major Installation with triple resonance and z-gradients. Structure calculations using SGI Indigo2 and O2 computers. Preference will be given to candidates who are self-starters and have extensive experience in Xplor and NMRPipe. The main emphasis of our research group is to determine the 3-dimensional structures of the human serum apolipoproteins, structures of their protein-engineered mutants, and their interactions with enzymes. More information can be obtained at http://www.sfu.ca/~cushley. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Please send (e-mail is acceptable) cv with names and addresses of three referees to: Professor Robert J. Cushley, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada, Phone: (604) 291-4230, FAX (604) 291-5583, E-mail: cushley@sfu.ca.

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Professor Amy S. Mullin, of Boston University is writing to seek help in locating bright, energetic and experienced candidates for two postdoctoral positions in her group at Boston University. The research in her group is aimed at understanding the collisional and reactive dynamics of highly excited molecules that are important to a wide range of combustion, high temperature and unimolecular decomposition processes. We use tunable pulsed W laser excitation to prepare highly excited reactants with well controlled amounts of internal energy and then investigate energy flow and chemical reactions with high resolution transient IR absorption to observe the appearance of reaction products. This technique gives us an amazingly detailed look at the molecular behavior of really hot molecules (T_Vib~3000 K!) and has produced some very interesting and unexpected results. We directly measure nascent rotational, vibrational and translational energies of product molecules leaving the scene of the collision as well as obtain state resolved cross sections for quantum specific events. This helps us to understand how chemistry in high energy environments occurs. Please contact: Amy S. Mullin, Clare Boothe Luce Professor, Boston University Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, mullin@chem.bu.edu, phone (617)353-8477, fax (61 7)353-6466.

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Assistant Professor Christopher C. Gorman, of North Carolina State University, I anticipate opening several postdoctoral positions in my research group at North Carolina State University this summer/fall. I write to you to ask if you would make any potentially interested candidates aware of these positions. The project is a large, multidisciplinary effort in synthesis and device fabrication using conducting polymers. This project requires co-workers who are proficient in some aspect of synthesis and who wish to expand their experience to include aspects of polymer processing and eventually device fabrication and testing. I request that interested candidates send their CV, the names of three references and information regarding their availability to: Christopher B. Gorman, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Box 8204, Raleigh, NC 27695-8204 USA, Telephone: (919) 515-4252, Facsimile: (919) 515-8920, InterNet: Chris_Gorman@ncsu.edu. These postdoctoral position will be available this summer and fall.

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Professor Jaan Laane, of Texas A&M University has a Post-Doctoral position in Laser Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Molecules. Applications are sought for a post-doctoral position to carry out spectroscopic studies of electronic excited states. The vibronic levels are investigated using a Nd:YAG based dye laser system and either photon or mass-spectroscopic detection. Vibrational potential energy surfaces are determined for the conformationally and dynamically significant vibrations in the electronic excited states. The applicant should have strong experimental skills and be experienced with laser spectroscopy, and preferably with jet-cooled molecules. The position is available in June 1998 or at any time later in the year. It is renewable. Please contact: Professor Jaan Laane, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 300012, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842-3012.

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DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM 1380.

NEXT NEWSLETTER IS ON JUNE 1^st, 1998.