Chemistry Newsletter - 08/30/1999

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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Snoutout --- September 18, 1999 --- Hoyt Park

All members of the Chemistry Department, Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students, Alumni, Families and Friends are invited to the Sixteenth Annual Snoutout. Deadline for T-Shirt orders is September 6th and registration deadline is September 15^th. For registration forms or more information contact Jenn Ropp ropp@chem.wisc.edu or Travis Berggren tberg@chem.wisc.edu .

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Introductory Research Talks in Physical Chemistry - Fall 1999

For entering graduate students interested in physical chemistry, there will be a series of short talks by faculty members describing their research interests. These will be held at 5:45 PM on Thursdays during the first five weeks of the semester. There will be a half-hour talk followed by an informal supper and then two other talks.

Since these talks are brief, students should follow up by contacting individual faculty members in whose research they are interested. Each student should interview at least three faculty members during the fall semester concerning research opportunities.

These talks are a means of finding research opportunities and of obtaining a broad overview of physical chemistry research in the Department. Students expecting to major in physical chemistry should make every effort to attend all of these talks. Teaching Assistants should mark this time on the schedule cards turned into the teaching Laboratory Director.

Time: 5:45 - 7:45 Thursdays - Place: Room 8335

Schedule for Introductory Research Talks

Organic Chemistry Cumulative Exam Schedule, 1999.

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

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Proposed Finance Committee and Department Meeting Dates

Fall 1999

All Dept and Finance meetings are scheduled for two hours

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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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SEMINARS

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Tuesday, September 7^th, 1999 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Yian Shi, Colorado State University. "Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins via Dioxiranes"

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Thursday, September 9^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Dr. Michelle Buchanan, Oak Ridge National Laboratories. "The Interface of Mass Spectrometry with Biology"

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Wednesday, September 15^th, 1999 - Inorganic Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Dr. Karen Goldberg, University of Washington. "Mechanistic Studies of Fundamental Organometallic Reactions Related to Alkane Functionalization: Reductive Elimination and Oxidative Addition Involving C-C, C-H and C-X Bonds at PT(IV)/PT(II)."

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Thursday, September 16^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor John Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "2D Doubly Resonant Four Wave Mixing-The Optical Analogue to 2D NMR"

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Thursday, September 23^rd, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Rob Corn, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Near Infrared Surface Plasmon Resonance Measurements of DNA Arrays and Polypeptide Multilayers"

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Thursday, September 30^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor John Schrag, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Do Dilute-Solution Polymer Dynamics Studies Probe Dynamic Spatial Heterogeneities in Glass-Forming Liquids?"

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Thursday, October 7^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor David Schwartz, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "TBA"

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Thursday, October 14^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Charlie Campbell, University of Washington. "Quantitive Analyses of Biological Interactions Using Sensors Based on Surface-Biofunctionalized Surface Plasmon Resonance Devices"

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Thursday, October 21^st, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Dr. Henry Benner, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "Large Molecule Mass Spectrometry"

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Thursday, October 28^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Annelise Barron, Northwestern University. "Microchannel Electrophoresis of DNA: Some Novel Solutions to Difficulties that Accompany Miniaturization"

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Thursday, November 4^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Dr. Gary Martin, Pharmacia & Upjohn. "Accordions, Political Acronyms, and SMIDG NMR Probes"

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Thursday, November 11^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Nickolas Winograd, Penn State University. "Molecule-specific Imaging with Mass Spectrometry - From Combinatorial Chemistry to Biological Cells"

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Thursday, November 18^th, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor John Weaver, University of Minnesota. "Visualization of Semiconductor Surface Etching with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy"

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Thursday, December 2^nd, 1999 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 PM, Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Tom Farrar, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "NMR and Ab Initio Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Neat Liquids and in Binary Mixtures"

CIC Women in Science and Engineering Directory of Ph.D. Candidates & Postdocs

The University of Wisconsin is currently involved in the development of a CIC-wide directory of female Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral appointees in the sciences and engineering. We need your help to complete the 1999-2000 directory. Dear Ph.D. Candidate, Recent Graduate or Postdoctoral Appointee: As part of its Women in Science and Engineering Project, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) publishes the CIC Directory of Women in Science and Engineering: Ph.D. Candidates and Recipients, and Postdoctoral Appointees. The Directory is published annually in an effort to increase the number of professional opportunities available for women in sciences, to enhance the visibility of women working in these fields, and to aid colleges, universities, and other potential employers in the recruitment of highly educated women in SEM fields. This Directory includes women who have completed, or expect to complete, the doctoral degree between 1999 and 2001, or who are currently employed as postdoctoral fellows or researchers at one of the participating CIC institutions. The Directory will be circulated to academic institutions and potential employers. A list of the degree programs included in the directory can be found at: http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/wise/WISEDirectory/wisefld.html . You are invited to be included in the directory, without charge, for a maximum of three years, starting with the year prior to the year you receive your degree, and continuing through any post-doctoral appointments. To be included in the directory, please complete the on-line form at http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/wise/WISEDirectory/WISE_Info.htm by September 15, 1999. This is the preferred method of information submission. Hard copies of the information form are available also from my office.Please call 262-5246 to request a form, or stop by Room 117 Bascom Hall.

Recent Publications

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Chen X; Fei ZD; Smith LM; Bradbury EM; Majidi V.

Stable-isotope-assisted MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for accurate determination of nucleotide compositions of PCR products.

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 1999, Vol 71, Iss 15, pp 3118-3125.

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Edwards KJ; Gihring TM; Banfield JF.

Seasonal variations in microbial populations and environmental conditions in an extreme acid mine drainage environment.

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 1999, Vol 65, Iss 8, pp 3627-3632.

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Ellison MD; Hamers RJ.

Adsorption of phenyl isothiocyanate on Si(001): A 1,2-dipolar surface addition reaction.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 1999, Vol 103, Iss 30, pp 6243-6251.

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Patra CN; Yethiraj A.

Density functional theory for the distribution of small ions around polyions.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 1999, Vol 103, Iss 29, pp 6080-6087.

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Copyright � 1999 Institute for Scientific Information

For Industrial Positions, see the Chemistry Career Services Newsletter at:

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

FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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A Scientist to join a multidisciplinary team focused on the discovery of central and peripheral targets involved in obesity, appetite control, wasting disorders and in the discovery of small molecular weight compounds that can be used to modulate these conditions in humans. The qualified scientist will be responsible for the discovery of novel targets useful for the treatment of human obesity and wasting disorders, establish high-throughput screening assays with these targets, and assist in the identification of drug candidates. The qualified candidate should possess a Ph.D. in Biochemistry or a related discipline and at least 2 years post-doctoral experience. Expertise in peripheral mechanisms of obesity, adipogenesis, and fatty acid/lipid metabolism would be a plus. Our client is a leading pharmaceutical company with research facilities in Connecticut and can provide excellent benefits (health insurance, dental and vision plan, paid vacation and more). A high impact, high profile position with excellent opportunity for advancement. Geographic Location of Position: US-CT. Send to: Brock Granite, Diedre Moire Corporation, Fax: 609-584-9575, Voice: 609-584-8733 ext. 235, Email: 915613@candseek.com .

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The Chemistry Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has full-time openings at the assistant professor level or at the tenured level in any of the traditional areas of chemistry and the interdisciplinary areas of environmental chemistry, materials chemistry, and chemical biology. Candidates must have the Ph.D. degree by August 21, 2000. All applicants should demonstrate truly exceptional accomplishments and future potential in both independent scholarship and teaching. Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae, list of publications, a detailed statement of research and professional objective, and three letters of recommendation to: Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, (telephone: 217/333-5071). Salary negotiable. All applications received by October 15, 1999 will receive full consideration for appointments starting August 21. 2000.

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The University of Kansas Department of Chemistry invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Experimental Physical Chemistry at the Assistant Professor level to begin Fall Semester, 2000. Applicants with research areas in biophysical chemistry, environmental chemistry or materials science are especially encouraged to apply. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Chemistry or related field (or doctoral dissertation accepted with only formalities to be completed by August 15, 2000), as well as demonstrable commitment to excellence in teaching and research. Postdoctoral experience is preferred. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, teaching and research statements, and arrange for the submission of three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent to: Professor Brian B. Laird, Chair, Physical Chemistry Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 1999 and will continue until the position is filled, with final approval contingent upon budgetary considerations.

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Johns Hopkins University is seeking an addition to our faculty in the general area of organic chemistry to begin in the summer/fall of 2000. Candidates with interests in biology, organometallic chemistry, materials as well as more central areas of the discipline are encouraged to apply. This tenure-track appointment is intended to be at the level of a starting Assistant Professor, but mid-career scholars establishing front-rank identity as teachers and scientists will be considered. To ensure full consideration, applicants should send a curriculum vitae, summary of research plans (no more than five pages per research idea), and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent before October 20, 1999, to: Professor C.A. Townsend, Head, Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-2685.

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Two Faculty Positions in Inorganic Chemistry - University of California, Riverside--The Department of Chemistry invites applications for two faculty positions in Inorganic Chemistry, starting July l, 2000. One position is open rank and the second is at the Assistant Professor level. A Ph.D. in chemistry, the ability to conduct an innovative and vigorous research program, and excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are required. Preference will be given to applicants whose research interests complement those of existing faculty. Candidates for appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level should send a complete curriculum vitae and a statement of research interests and accomplishments. Candidates for appointment at the Assistant Professor level should send a complete curriculum vitae and research proposal, and arrange for three letters of reference. Applications should be sent to: Professor Christopher Reed, Inorganic Chemistry Search Committee Chair, Department of Chemistry-027, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521-0403. Evaluation of applications will begin September 28th, but the position will remain open until filled. Information about the Department is available at http://www.chem.ucr.edu .

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Assistant Professor Position - in Physical Chemistry - University o f California, Riverside--The Department of Chemistry invites applications for a tenuretrack positions in Physical Chemistry, starting July 1, 2000. A Ph.D. in chemistry, the ability to conduct an innovative and vigorous research program, and excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are required. Preference will be given to applicants whose research interests complement those of existing faculty. Postdoctoral experience is desirable. Applicants should send a complete curriculum vitae and research proposal, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to: Professor Eric Chronister, Physical Chemistry Search committee Chair, Department o f chemistry-027, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521-0403. Evaluation of applications will begin September 28th, but the position will remain open until filled. Information about the Department is available at http://www.chem.ucr.edu

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Three Faculty Positions in Analytical Chemistry - University of California, Riverside--The Department of Chemistry invites applications for three faculty positions in Analytical Chemistry, starting July 1, 2000. One position is open rank and two are at the Assistant Professor level. A Ph.D. in chemistry, the ability to conduct an innovative and vigorous research program, and excellence in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are required. Preference will be given to applicants whose research interests complement those of existing faculty. Candidates for appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level should send a complete curriculum vitae and a statement of research interests and accomplishments. Candidates for appointment at the Assistant Professor level should send a complete curriculum vitae and research proposal, and arrange for three letters of reference. Applications should be sent to: Professor Werner Kuhr, Analytical Chemistry Search Committee Chair, Department of Chemistry-027, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521-0403. Evaluation of applications will begin September 28th, but the positions will remain open until filled. Information about the Department is available at http://www.chem.ucr.edu .

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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The Department of Chemistry seeks to fill one or more tenure-track faculty positions beginning July 1, 2000 or later. Appointments will be made at the rank of Assistant Professor. An applicant's research field may be in any area of modern chemistry except analytical chemistry, for which the Department is conducting a separate search. Each appointee will be expected to carry out a vigorous program of original research in a field complementary to existing research programs in the Department, to advise research students, to teach a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses in the Chemistry Department, and to participate in Departmental and University governance. Selection will be based on the candidate's record of previous accomplishments relevant to these responsibilities, and evidence for the potential for outstanding future contributions. Appointees must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree by the date of appointment. Applications will be accepted until October 22, 1999, or until the positions are filled. Candidates should send a cover letter, a curriculum vita, a statement of research interests, a statement of teaching interests. and conies of their undergraduate and graduate transcripts to: Faculty Search Committee (open search), Department of Chemistry, University if Minnesota, 207 Pleasant St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Candidates should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent directly to the same address. Additional information about the Department can be found on the worldwide-web at http://www.chem.umn.edu .

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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Dr. Paul F. Agris of North Carolina State University. NMR postdoctoral positions are available as member of a research team investigating structure/function relationships of RNA and the design of new nucleic acids. In particular, RNA/RNA and RNA/ protein interactions will be studied using a NMR-manageable experimental system. Applicants should have macromolecular NMR experience. Our equipment includes: 500 MHz (3-channel, 3-axis gradients) NMR, ready access to 600 MHz and soon 800 MHz instruments, workstations, access to supercomputer, software for processing data and restrained molecular dynamics and molecular modeling. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. Applicants should reply with a complete set of information: detailed resume, date available, statement detailing experience/technical ability in NMR, and three letters of reference. Send to: Dr. Paul F. Agris, Biochemistry, BOX 7622, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622 USA. Paul F. Agris, Department of Biochemistry, 128 Polk Hall, Box 7622, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7622.

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Dr. Robert J. Yokelson of the University of Montana is seeking candidates for a position he has open in the area of applied spectroscopy. His research group has been using FTIR to measure atmospherically significant, reactive and stable, trace gas emissions from fires and vegetation. We use laboratory, ground-based, and airborne platforms to collect spectra and we use advanced multicomponent analysis to retrieve chemical concentrations. In addition to our unique FTIR spectroscopy apparatus we have collaborative access to the full range of standard laboratory and atmospheric chemistry instrumentation. We hope to fill the position with someone possessing a spectroscopy and atmospheric chemistry background and good experimental skills. I would also consider hiring someone dedicated to a few aspects of the work or as high-level technical support. We hope to attract a qualified candidate that can start by the end of 1999. However, we may delay the start date to as late as spring 2000 if this is necessary to attract a scientist with the appropriate skills. The position is for one year initially and is renewable for at least 1.5 years. Please contact: Dr. Robert J. Yokelson, Department of Chemistry, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 59812-1006, Phone: (406) 243-4022, FAX: (406) 243-4227, Email: gaylez@selway.umt.edu .

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