Chemistry Newsletter - 09/07/1999

 

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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XXXIV No. 29

September 7th, 1999

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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

	5:45	6:45	7:15
September 9th	Mark Ediger	Bob Hamers	HyukYu
September 16th	John Harriman	Tom Farrar	Gil Nathanson
September 23rd	Jim Skinner	Arun Yethiraj	Ned Sibert
September 30th	Jim Weisshaar	John Wright	Frank Weinhold
October 7th	Tom Record	Sam Gellman	Rob Corn
October 14th	Silvia Cavagnero	Thomas Brunold	Fleming Crim
October 21st	Bob McMahon	Clark Landis	Howard Zimmerman

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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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Tuesday, September 7^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Grzegorz Szamel, Colorado State University. "Dynamics in Liquids: Self-Diffusion and Vibrational Relaxation"

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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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Tuesday, September 14^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Floyd Davis, Cornell University. "Dynamics of Neutral Transition Metal Atom Reactions With Simple Hydrocarbons"

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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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Tuesday, September 21^st, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Bill Reinhardt, University of Washington, Seattle. "What are the Properties of an Alkali Gas at 1 Nano-Kelvin? A Simple Pictorial Introduction to the Gaseous Bose-Einstein Condensations & its Most Unusual Non-Linear Quantum Dynamics"

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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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Tuesday, September 28^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Harden McConnell, Stanford University. "Monolayers to Bilayers to Membranes"

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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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Tuesday, October 5^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Nick Abott, UW Chemical Engineering. "Interfacial Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Redox-Active Surfactants"

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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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Tuesday, October 12^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. John Russell, Naval Research Lab. "Vapor Deposition Polymerization: Adhesion and Propagation"

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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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Tuesday, October 19^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Lionel Goodman, Rutgers University. "Why Ethane has the Structure That it Has"

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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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Tuesday, October 26^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. David Nesbitt, University of Colorado. "Laser Studies of reaction Dynamics: From Molecular Beams to Single Molecule Microscopy"

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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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Monday, November 1^st, Tuesday, November 2^nd, & Wednesday, November 3^rd 1999 - Hirschfelder Prize Lecture Series, (Monday-Nov. 1^st) - 4:00 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. (Tuesday-Nov. 2^nd) - 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. (Wednesday-Nov. 3^rd) - 3:30 p.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Joshua Jortner, Tel Aviv University. (Monday-Nov. 1^st) "On Dynamics - From Large Molecules to Biomolecules" - (Tuesday-Nov. 2^nd) "Size Effects in Molecular Clusters" - (Wednesday-Nov. 3^rd) "Charge Transfer in Chemistry and Biophyphysics"

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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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Tuesday, November 30^th, 1999 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Giacinto Scoles, Princeton University. "Spectroscopy in Superfluid Liquid Helium Nanodroplets"

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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"

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FALL TERM 1999-00 CLASS ROSTERS

September 2, 1999

This class roster is the official course list of students who registered for this course as of August 31.

Departments may use class rosters to report section chances to the Registrar's Office:

• •List the new section number in the blank spaces provided to the right of each section number on the Roster.
• •Staple together all original rosters (with changes) for a course and return to the Enrollment Services Section of the Registrar's Office, Room 165, A.W. Peterson Office Building.
• •Section changes include changes in Lectures, Discussions, Labs, and Instructors "Conference Numbers" for research or independent study courses.
• •Class capacity, requisites and consent of instructor will be overridden when processing section changes via rosters. Make sure the student is eligible for the section before making section changes.
• •Caution: When a section change also involves a credit change or HONORS credit, a Course Change form changing credits or adding or deleting honors credit must be submitted by the student.
• •Section changes made via Course Change Forms with departmental approval take precedence over changes made via class rosters.

Credit changes, course adds or course drops CANNOT be made via the Class Roster. If a student has enrolled for the wrong course or incorrect number of credits, please notify the student to correct the error either using the touchtone telephone system (263-2222) or by submitting a Course Change Form to Room 1307.

Please submit section changes on class rosters by Monday, September 13 to Room 1307.

If you have any questions about rosters, please contact the Enrollment Services Section of the Registrar's Office at 262-0241.

PLEASE ANNOUNCE: The deadline for course drops or student withdrawals without a course list and notations of DR or W appearing on transcripts is Wednesday, September 15.

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Timetable Correction

As you may be aware, the Fall 1999-2000 Timetable lists incorrect dates for the Spring semester first day of instruction as well as for continuing student advising and programs. The correct date for the Spring semester's first day of instruction is Monday, January 24. The correct dates for continuing student advising and programs are January 18 - 21. Wisconsin Welcome Days begin on January 21. Please share this information with your faculty, staff and students.

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KEMPER K. KNAPP BEQUEST COMMITTEE

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Call for Proposals, September 1999.

The Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee is soliciting proposals for special projects taking place in the 2000-2001 academic year. Knapp grants are usually in the range of $500 to $5,000. According to the terms of the original bequest, the committee favors projects that cross departmental lines and have an impact on the educational and cultural life of the university community, particularly projects that benefit undergraduate students. Knapp funds are not often used for purposes that can and should be supported elsewhere, such as from regular grants or research funding, from fees charged for performances, or from the regular university budget. Nor is the committee inclined to support exhibitions or lectures because other campus committees (e.g., Anonymous Fund Committee, University Lectures Committee) have them as a central funding target. Registered student organizations are encouraged to apply, but departmental/program co-sponsorship is required. When considering requests for funds, the committee keeps in mind the spirit of the will of Kemper K. Knapp. Included is the following language:

In general it is my wish that such funds be used for purposes outside the regular curriculum of the university . . . to cultivate in the student body ideals of honesty, sincerity, earnestness, tolerance, and social and political obligations.

A list of projects funded through the Knapp Bequest in 1998 (for 1999-2000) may be obtained from the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty (262-3956, 133 Bascom Hall). HOW TO APPLY FOR FUNDS. This fall, the Knapp Committee will consider applications for projects taking place during the next (2000-2001) academic year. The deadline for applications is MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1999. Please submit SIX COPIES of the application to: KNAPP COMMITTEE, 133 BASCOM HALL. Please note that awards have already been distributed for the current (1999-2000) academic year. However, in circumstances that necessitate taking advantage of special opportunities, the committee will consider applications for projects occurring in the spring semester of the current academic year, only if funds are available. Consult the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty to inquire of this possibility. All applicants will be notified of the committee's decision by the end of the fall semester (mid-December). In your application, please answer the following questions:

• •What is the basic plan of the proposed project?
• •Why is this an important project and how will it reach members of the university community?
• •How will it enrich its intended audience, especially undergraduate students?
• •Who is involved?
• •Which university departments or programs will participate in the project?
• •Is this a new project or one that the Knapp Bequest or other university sources have supported in the past?
• •Will other funding sources be expected to share costs?

Please include a budget page listing the needed funds from all sources and all expected sources. Each proposal should address the question of partial funding and how the project would be affected if the Knapp request and/or other requests were denied or reduced in amount. If attempts to obtain other support have already been made and denied, please include this information in a cover letter or elsewhere in the proposal. When supplying the requested information, be as brief and straightforward as possible. Under usual circumstances, two to three pages is adequate. A COMPLETE APPLICATION WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

• •A cover letter from the department chair or person principally responsible for the project;
• •A description of the project that answers the above questions;
• •A one-page budget and a statement indicating when funds will be needed;
• •A brief vitae (not more than one page) of the director of the project;
• •Two or three letters of support, including one from the department or program chair if different from the project director (#1 above).

We look forward to hearing from you. If you have questions about any of the above instructions, please direct them to me at 262-4259; or lmtigges@facstaff.wisc.edu ,or to Joe Farrenkopf, Office of the Secretary of the Faculty at

262-3956; farrenkopf@mail.bascom.wisc.edu .

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Counseling and Consultation Services

Counseling and Consultation Services, a division of University Health Services, offers several dissertation support groups for students currently engaged in the dissertation process. We encourage you to inform your students regarding these successful groups. The dissertation support groups help students initiate, conduct, and complete their dissertation, thesis, or other large academic project. Issues that are frequently discussed include time and anxiety management, emotional and academic support, and goal setting. All efforts are made to maintain complete confidentiality. Group times for the Fall, 1999 semester are:

- Monday 4:30-5:45

- Tuesday 1:15-2:30

- Tuesday 4:00-5:15

- Thursday 2:30-3:45

Please distribute this information regarding the groups to students in your department who are or will be dissertating. For more information please contact Dr. Jeff Hird at 262.1744 or jhird@facstaff.wisc.edu.

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

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

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FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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Columbia College - Chicago is looking to fill a tenure track position in science visualization in the Institute for Science Education and Science Communication. Responsibilities include: teaching courses to non-science major students; leadership in curriculum and program development; working with our outreach programs in the Chicago public school system; directing the preparation of web pages and CD-ROMs; college service and; student advising. A Ph.D. in a physical or life science with significant command of software packages such as Premier, Director, PhotoShop or a Ph.D. in computer science (or related field) with a strong physical or life science background is required. An ability to program in Java and Html is also highly desired. The Institute for Science Education and Science Communication is well equipped with a state-of-the-art Science Visualization/ Communication laboratory that includes advanced video editing facilities. Further information on the Institute for Science Education and Science Communication can be found at http://www.sciviz.colum.edu/ . We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. To apply, please send: a letter of application; resume; a list including names, telephone numbers and email addresses of four professional references; statement detailing teaching philosophy and; examples of professional science visualization work. To ensure consideration, applications must be received by October 11^th. Send information to: Institute for Science Education and Science Communication, Faculty Search Committee, Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605-1996.

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Organic Chemistry Faculty Positions - Duke University Applications and nominations are sought for faculty positions in organic chemistry beginning in 2000. We aim to make an appointment at the Assistant Professor level (tenure track), as part of a concerted hiring program in organic chemistry that will also include faculty at higher levels. Successful applicants should be able to contribute to the teaching program in organic chemistry at the graduate and undergraduate levels and conduct a vigorous independent research program. All applicants should send a curriculum vitae and a description of future research plans as well as arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to this address: Organic Faculty Search Committee, 101 P. M. Gross Chemical Laboratory, Duke University, Box 90346, Durham, NC 27708-0346. Review of applications will begin on September 1 and continue until the position is filled.

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The Wisconsin McNair Scholars Program is a federally-funded program to prepare low-income and first-generation college students for doctoral studies in business, engineering, mathematics, and the sciences. The Graduate School will have a 75 percent time Project Assistant appointment available for the period September 20, 1999, to September 30, 2000, with probable extension, contingent upon funding from the Department of Education. The skills required include computer literacy, interpersonal skills necessary to work with diverse campus clientele, ability to organize programs, analyze data and prepare reports, and experience and course work in sciences, engineering mathematics, or business are desirable. Coordinator, Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 12 month, 75% graduate project assistant base rate. Degree and Area of Specialization: Currently enrolled, continuing graduate student in good standing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison making satisfactory progress toward the doctoral degree. M.S. or M.A. REQUIRED. Dissertator status preferred. Type of Relevant Work Experience: Computer literacy and experience analyzing data and preparing reports are required; experience with federally-funded projects desirable; good interpersonal skills and experience working with diverse campus clientele and academic staff; experience or knowledge of graduate education in (the biological/physical sciences, psychology, engineering, business) are desirable; ability to advise/tutor undergraduates in general course work in (the biological/physical sciences, psychology, engineering, business); ability and/or experience in planning and implementing academic support programs; sensitivity to the educational needs of low-income, first-generation, and minority college students. This is a twelve-month appointment at 75 percent of the Graduate Student Project Assistant annual base rate (12 months). The rate will vary depending whether the student has reached dissertation status. Interested applicants must submit a letter of application, professional resume, and two letters of recommendation to: Julie Karpelenia, Room 307 Bascom Hall, no later than Friday, September 17, 1999. Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Karpelenia at (608) 262-8389.

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University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Chemistry invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Organic or Bioorganic Chemistry beginning Fall 2000. The successful candidate, who will have a PhD and one to two years postdoctoral experience in any area of organic chemistry, will be expected to carry out a full and vigorous program of innovative research and to be committed to a quality teaching experience at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applicants should forward a full curriculum vitae, list of publications, and synopsis of research plans, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Prof. David Crich, Chairman, Organic Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, M/C 111, Chicago, IL 60607-7061 by November 1, 1999.

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The University of Vermont (UVM) Chemistry Department has initiated a search for a person to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in either ANALYTICAL or ORGANIC chemistry. The appointment is to begin September 1, 2000. We would appreciate your assistance in sharing this information with your colleagues, and by informing qualified persons of this opportunity. The UVM Chemistry Department currently has 15 tenured or tenure-track faculty members and a very strong support staff, including two electronics technicians, a glassblower, and an undergraduate laboratory coordinator. We are well positioned with regard to instrumentation, including two high-field NMR spectrometers (one with solid-state capabilities), two mass spectrometers, several X-ray (powder and single crystal) diffractometers, and other equipment including laser Raman and ESR spectrometers. We have a healthy graduate program having over 40 full-time students, and there are about 10 postdoctorate in the Department. Our Department is engaged in education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to both. We are engaged in significant curricular changes at both levels. The new person will be expected to develop a strong externally funded research program. Competitive start-up funding and adequate laboratory space will be provided. Postdoctoral experience is expected. Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae, descriptions of proposed research, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Joel M. Goldberg, Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405-0125. For full consideration, all application materials must be received by Nov. 1.

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Georgetown University. The Department of Chemistry invites applications to fill tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level in ANALYTICAL and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, to begin in Fall 2000. The research fields are open, but should complement those of our current faculty. Applications in the areas of bioanalytical or materials chemistry and bioorganic or synthetic (methodology) chemistry are particularly encouraged. Candidates must have the Ph.D. degree in chemistry or a closely related field; postdoctoral experience is preferable. Development of an internationally recognized program of research, and a commitment to excellent teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels are expected. Please send a curriculum vitae and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Faculty Search Committee/Analytical (or Organic, as appropriate), Department of Chemistry CN, Georgetown University, Box 571227, Washington, DC 20057-1227. To guarantee full consideration, applications should be complete before November 1, 1999.

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Northwestern University is searching for a tenure track Assistant Professor in inorganic chemistry to fill a position that will be available starting September 2000. We seek an individual who will combine the highest standards of excellence in both research and teaching. We would like to discover the best possible candidate and we will delay the start of the appointment to accommodate a current graduate student who would like first to complete a postdoctoral year or a current postdoctoral student who would like to complete an additional year of work. We are particularly interested in identifying women and members of minority groups. I believe the opportunity we can offer young faculty is outstanding. We are committed to helping them establish their program rapidly and we encourage them to move vigorously to establish a national and international reputation in order to allow promotion to tenure at an appropriate time in their career. Please bring this opportunity to the attention of your graduate and postgraduate students whom you feel are qualified. Candidates should write to: The Chair Inorganic Search, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208-3113. Enclosing 1) a current curriculum vitae; 2) a list of publications; and 3) a brief statement of research interests (three pages or less). In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent on their behalf directly to the above address.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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Dr. Gerd N. La Mar of the University of California, Davis. Postdoctoral position open for solution NMR studies of the molecular and electronic structures of a variety of metalloproteins including iron-sulfur proteins from hyperthermophilic archaea, peroxidases, heme oxygenases and globins, and a wide range of mutants of each protein. Background in solution NMR and/or bioinorganic spectroscopy particularly suitable. Position to start in 1999, if possible. Remuneration commensurate with experience. Send CV and arrange for letters of reference to be sent to: Dr. Gerd N. La Mar, Department of Chemistry, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; Telephone: (530) 752-8995; e-mail: lamar@indigo.ucdavis.edu , URL: http://www.argon.ucdavis.edu/

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Post-Doctoral Opportunities. Virus-Host Interactions And Anti-Viral Strategies. As a team of chemical engineers, cell biologists, and molecular virologists, we are developing experimental and theoretical approaches to study the growth, adaptation, and inactivation of viruses (prokaryotic and eukaryotic). In the lab we are advancing methods to visualize and quantify the intracellular and population-level dynamics of virus-host interactions. At the same time, we are creating physical-chemical models and computer simulations to better understand how viral growth depends on the kinetics of its constituent processes. Our team of one post-doc and six graduate students pursues research in well-equipped facilities located in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Our studies are enriched by collaborations with virologists, both on campus and at other institutions. Experience in cell biology, molecular biology, or molecular virology is desirable. Skills in immuno-cytochemistry, in-situ hybridization, anti-sense methodologies, or digital imaging would be especially welcome. Interested candidates should forward their curriculum vitae and have three letters of reference sent to: Dr. John Yin, either by e-mail: yin@engr.wisc.edu , fax (608 262-5434, attn: Dr. John Yin) or using the following address: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1691 USA.

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Piotr Piotrowiak of Rutgers University has a post-doctoral opening in his research group. The position is available IMMEDIATELY, with a possible renewal up to 2 years. The starting salary is 24,000/year + a comprehensive insurance package. I am primarily interested in a person with a solid synthetic background (e.g., one of the projects involves the synthesis of carbon and heteroatom linked donor-acceptor systems for electron and excitation transfer studies) and an strong interest in modern time resolved spectroscopic techniques (we just began building a femtosecond Ti:sapphire amplifier). Interested candidates should contact me directly for more details about the available projects, our research group and the university. Piotr Piotrowiak, Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, 73 Warren Street, Rutgers University - Newark, Newark, New Jersey 07102, tel. 973-353-5318, fax 973-353-1264, piotr@andromeda.rutgers.edu .

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Postdoctoral Position, Inorganic Photochemistry. A position is available in the research lab of Russ Schmehl in the chemistry department of Tulane University. The research of the group focuses on redox, photophysical and photochemical studies of metal diimine complexes. Current research projects include (1) the development of light harvesting arrays of non-covalently linked chromophores, (2) the investigation of electrogenerated chemiluminescence of complexes adsorbed on high surface area electrodes, (3) the development of organized assemblies exhibiting directed photoinduced charge migration and (4) the development of chemosensors based on changes in luminescence or electrogenerated chemiluminescence. Our current need is for either (a) a person with extensive experience in ligand and transition metal complex synthesis and some exposure to electroanalytical and photophysical methods or (b) a person with direct experience in picosecond absorption spectroscopy (femtosecond Ti: sapphire, regenerative amplifier, OPA technology) and some experience in organic or inorganic spectroscopy. We are interested in filling the position (for one year with funding presently available for a second year) as soon as possible. Persons interested in the position are encouraged to send a vitae and two letters of recommendation by post, email or FAX to: Professor Russell Schmehl, Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, Email: russ@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu , FAX: 504-865-5596. For more information on the research program, Tulane and New Orleans see: http://www.tulane.edu/~chemstry .

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Ahmed H. Zewail of the California Institute of Technology has some opportunities at the Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (LMS) at Caltech for the appointment of new post-doctoral fellows. His goal at LMS is to conduct multidisciplinary research on fundamental processes in complex molecular systems. The areas of interest are diverse: Solvation and weak interactions, Excited state dynamics, Electrocatalysts and interfaces, Time-resolved studies of biological systems, Neuronal receptor proteins, Electron and energy transfer in molecular, assemblies. Interested persons should apply to: Professor Ahmed Zewail, Director, Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Mail Code 127-72, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. CA 91125. The program is already in operation and we have ongoing research in a number of areas with collaborations among eight faculty members: Dr. Fred Anson, Dr. Jacqueline Barton, Dr. Dennis Dougherty, Dr. Rudolph Marcus, Dr. B. Vincent McKoy, Dr. Mitchio Okumura, Dr. Douglas Rees, and myself.

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