University of Wisconsin-Madison

Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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*****PLEASE NOTE*****

Newsletters are still available in hard copy form. You can pick up a copy in the Duplicating Department, Room 1380 Chemistry. They will be on the shelf above the work bench on the right when you enter. I will have them in a basket marked "NEWSLETTERS". If you should decide in the future that you would still like to receive the Chemistry Department's Newsletter in your Chemistry Mailbox, Campus Mailbox, or by U.S. Mail, just notify me by e-mail: goldade@chem.wisc.edu, phone or voice mail: 608-262-0293, or by U.S. Mail to: Chemistry Newsletter, 1101 University Ave, Madison WI, 53706. Please give your name, mailing address, including street Address, City, State, Zip Code. If you have any questions on the newsletter please contact me by one of the means listed above. THANK YOU - Bruce Goldade

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ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT !

On behalf of the State & University Employees Combined Campaign 1997, I thank each of you who have turned in your contribution! For those of you who have not yet contributed, the campaign runs until November 28th (about 2 weeks more). If you did not receive a pledge form and would like to contribute, I have a few forms in room 1307.

I will turn in the last SECC contributions from the 1997 campaign on Monday, December lst. These gifts will be counted in the total funds raised in the 1997 campaign. Contributions will be accepted until the first week in January 1998, but if you would like to give via payroll deduction, I need to have your pledge form by Thanksgiving.

If you make a contribution by check before December 30th, it could be deductible on your 1997 tax return (depending on your filing status, and the form you use).

For more information, and to make contributions, please see Dept of Chemistry 1997 SECC Coordinator, Iris Filipowicz - room 1307 Chemistry.

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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - CUMULATIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE

Room 1361, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.

1997

1998

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INORGANIC CUMULATIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE

Exams are held on Saturdays beginning at 9:00 a.m., in Room 2373, except for one date noted.

1997

1998

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Proposed Finance Committee and Department Meeting Dates

Fall, 1997

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS

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IMPORTANT DATES:

November 21^st, 1997 - Deadline to Request all MS & PhD Warrants.

December 12^th, 1997 is the deadline for receiving a December degree. Everything has to be completed by 4:00 p.m. including depositing your thesis in the Library and you have to have been appropriately registered for the Fall term.

December 21^st, 1997 - Commencement ceremony.

January 16^th, 1998 - Window period. A grace period for students appropriately registered for the Fall semester, who complete all degree requirements by this date. Your thesis must be deposited in the Memorial Library by 4:30 p.m. on this date. A May degree is awarded, but you are not required to register for the Spring semester or pay a degree completion fee.

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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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Department Departmental Colloquia

1997-1998

First Fridays of the Month -- mostly

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SEMINARS

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Tuesday, November 18^th, 1997 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Brooks Pate, University of Virginia. "High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Complex Vibrational Dynamics in Molecules"

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Tuesday, November 18^th, 1997 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Rainer Herges, Braunschweig. "The Synthesis of Fully Conjugated Tubular Hydrocarbons"

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Wednesday, November 19^th, 1997 - Genetics Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium Genetics/Biotech Building. Pernille Rorth. "A Novel Genetic Tool for Dissecting Classical Developmental Problems in Drosophila"

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Thursday, November 20^th, 1997 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Travis Young, Graduate Student. "Strategy in Combinatorial Organic Synthesis"

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**PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE** Thursday, November 20^th, 1997 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Peter Wipf, University of Pittsburgh. "Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Peptide Mimetics with (E)-Alkene Amide Bond Replacements"

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Thursday, November 20^th, 1997 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Tom Kelly. "Local Electrode Atom Probe"

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Thursday, November 20^th, 1997 - Materials Science Seminar, 4:00 p.m., Room 3345 Engineering Hall. Professor Michael Cima, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, MIT. "Advanced Materials: Concepts, prototypes, and Manufacturing"

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Monday, November 24^th, 1997 - Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, 2;25 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Dr. Ingrid K. Meier, Air Products and Chemicals. "Cyanocobaltate (II) Dioxygen Carriers"

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Tuesday, November 25th, 1997 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Professor Ed Samulski, University of North Carolina. "Nuclear Spin Correlations in Entangled Polymers"

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Tuesday, December 2^nd, 1997 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Chwen-Yang Shew, UW Chemistry. "Structure and Conformation of Rigid Rod and Flexible Chain Polyelectrolyte Solutions"

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Wednesday, December 3^rd, 1997 - Genetics Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium Genetics/Biotech Building. Sondra Lazarowitz.

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Thursday, December 4^th, 1997 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Mary Jane Schultz-Tufts. "Molecular Level Probes of Liquid Surfaces"

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Thursday, December 4^th, 1997 - Highlights at the Chemistry-Biology Interface, 2:25 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Michael M. Cox, Biochemistry. "Aspects of Recombinational DNA Repair in Bacteria"

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Thursday, December 4^th, 1997 - Highlights at the Chemistry-Biology Interface, 2:25 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Paul W. Ludden, Biochemistry. "Transition Metals a la carte: Biosynthesis of the Iron-Molybdenum and Iron-Vanadium Cofactors for Nitrogenase"

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Thursday, December 4^th, 1997 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Wensheng Chen, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, December 4^th, 1997 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 3:55p.m., 1227 Engineering Hall. Mike L. Hoffman, UW-Department of Chemical Engineering. "Metabolic Engineering of Propanediol Production in Yeast" - Mr. Jiang Li, UW-Department of Chemical Engineering. "Nanoscale Structure Formation of GaAs During Chemical Vapor Deposition"

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Tuesday, December 9^th, 1997 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. David Farrelly, Utah State University. "What Do the Trojan Asteroids, Rydberg Wavepackets, Quantum Dots and Bose-Einstein Condensates have in Common?"

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Wednesday, December 10^th, 1997 - Genetics Colloquium, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium Genetics/Biotech Building. Kathy Barton.

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Thursday, December 11^th, 1997 - Analytical Sciences Seminar, 12:05 p.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. James Tour. "Molecular Scale Electronics. Syntheses and Testing"

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Thursday, December 11^th, 1997 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Yvonne Yip, Graduate Student.

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Thursday, December 11th, 1997 - Chemical Engineering Seminar, 3:55p.m., 1227 Engineering Hall. Professor Alice Gast, Stanford University. "Simple Ordering Processes in Complex Fluids"

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Tuesday, December 16^th, 1997 - Physical Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Johan R.C. van der Maarel, Leiden University, The Netherlands. "Melting of Columnar Hexagonal DNA Liquid Crystals"

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ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS CHEERY

IN THE LAB OF SHAKHASHIRI

Saturday, December 6, 1997 - Sunday, December 7, 1997

1:30 and 4:00 pm

Room 1351 Chemistry Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue. Admission by ticket only. For free tickets, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request indicating the date and time you prefer and the number of tickets you need to: Chemistry Christmas Lecture Tickets, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1396.

If you are requesting more than 10 tickets, please include a list of the names and addresses of the persons for whom you are requesting tickets.

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FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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The University of South Carolina, Columbia, invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the College of Science & Mathematics. The Dean of the College of Science & Mathematics is responsible for providing leadership and helping focus the research, teaching, and service missions of the College, for representing the College to a wide range of campus and professional constituencies, and for administration of the College's activities and budget. The Dean serves on the Council of Academic Deans, and reports to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. The Qualifications of the successful candidate should include:

• A record of achievement commensurate with appointment as a tenured full professor;
• A clear commitment to academic excellence in undergraduate education, graduate education, and scholarly research;
• Proven administrative experience, a high standard of professional integrity, and a strong sense of professional ethics;
• An ability to articulate effectively the College's mission to the students, faculty, alumni, external funding sources, and other legislative decision-making bodies;
• A demonstrated ability to promote externally funded research.
• A demonstrated commitment to cultural diversity and equal opportunity;

Applications and Nominations are invited for this position. Salary is fully competitive. The Committee will begin reviewing applications and nominations on November 1, 1997. Appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 1998. Applicants should send a letter of application, a complete resume, and names of three references. Applications and nominations should be sent to: Craig Rogers, Chair, Science and Mathematics Dean Search Committee, Office of the Provost, 102 Osborne Administration Building, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208. Phone: (803) 777-4259 FAX: (803) 777-9502. Additional Information may be obtained about the College of Science & Mathematics @ http://www.cosm.sc.edu.

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University of Oklahoma. The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in Fall of 1998. Applicants must hold the doctoral degree, and must have the ability to teach effectively at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The potential to initiate a strong experimental research program is essential. Important assets include post-doctoral experience and a coherent research plan capable of garnering external funding. We encourage all Experimental Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physicists with the qualifications listed above to apply. Current research interests focus on: chemical reaction dynamics, photo-dissociation spectroscopy, collision dynamics of highly excited states of atoms and molecules, dimensional perturbation theory, low-energy scattering of charged particles from atoms and molecules, and orientation and alignment effects. For further information about our department see www.nhn.ou.edu. To apply, please write to: Dr. Gregory A. Parker, AMC Search Committee Chairman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019-0225. (e-mail address: amcsearch@mail.nhn.ou.edu). Initial screening will begin January 2, 1998 and will continue until the position is filled. Complete applications Will consist of a vita, publication list,- a brief description of research and teaching interests, and at least three confidential letters of recommendation.

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The Department of Chemistry at the University of Missouri-Kansas City invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the area of synthetic materials chemistry, beginning Fall 1998. The position requires a Ph.D. in Chemistry with a strong commitment to research and the potential to attract external support. The Department of Chemistry offers B.S., M.S., and Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Degrees. New research facilities will be available in the new Science and Technology Building under construction. Interested applicants should send vita, a short description of research plans, and transcripts. In addition, they should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Chairman of Faculty Search Committee, Department of Chemistry University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, Phone: 816-235-2273, Fax: 816-235-5502.

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Hamilton College. Candidates are sought to fill a one year position in Organic and/or Organometallic Chemistry at the assistant professor or instructor level. Teaching responsibilities include teaching the first semester lecture of Organic Chemistry, participating in teaching the General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and the Introduction to Research laboratories. Research with undergraduates may be available, and the College can provide some modest support. Interested candidates should send a current resume, a statement of research and teaching interests, copies of transcripts, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent, all by February 20, 1998 to: Professor R. B. Kinnel, Chair, Department of Chemistry, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323-1292.

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The University of Vermont Chemistry Department has initiated a search for a person to fill a non-tenure track Visiting Assistant Professor position for the 1998-99 academic year. The appointment is expected to begin in late August, 1998. There is the possibility of an appointment for a second year. We would appreciate your assistance in informing qualified persons of this opportunity and encouraging them to apply. Candidates must have completed the Ph.D. degree and possess a strong commitment to teaching at the undergraduate level. Responsibilities will involve the teaching of two introductory courses per semester primarily to first year students. Other teaching assignments might be considered depending on departmental needs and the successful candidate's background. The department is ACS-certited and supports its teaching mission with an undergraduate laboratory coordinator and teaching assistants. The salary will be competitive. Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae and documentation of teaching experience or evidence for the potential to be an effective teacher to: Professor John G. Jewett, Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405-0125. Deadline is January 1^st, 1998.

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The University of Tennessee, Martin, has an Assistant Professor - Organic Chemistry (tenure track) opening, starting August 1, 1998. A Ph.D. in chemistry with a strong commitment to teaching and research at the undergraduate level are required. A background in organic chemistry is expected with preference being given to applicants with diverse experience with modern chemical instrumentation and some training/experience in polymer chemistry. The successful applicant should be prepared to teach general chemistry, organic chemistry, spectrometric methods, and introductory polymer chemistry. Research with undergraduates is strongly encouraged. Student advisement, curriculum development and evaluation, and other activities normally associated with departmental and university affairs are expected. Interested individuals should send a letter of application with statement of research/teaching interests, curriculum vita, transcripts of all academic work, and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to : Dr. Phillip H. Davis, Chairman, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, TN 38238-5023. Review of applicants will begin December 9, 1997, and continue until the position is filled. For more detailed information consult our web site at http://www.utm.edu/chemistry.

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University of Minnesota, Morris, Analytical Chemistry Position. The University of Minnesota, Morris is seeking an individual who combines broad intellectual interests with a strong commitment to undergraduate education to fill a tenure-track position in analytical chemistry beginning September 14, 1998. The selected candidate will teach a broad range of undergraduate courses including lower division courses in analytical and general chemistry as well as upper division analytical chemistry emphasizing instrumental analysis. The selected candidate will also: advise undergraduates; contribute to the liberal arts mission of UMM; pursue a research program appropriate to an undergraduate liberal arts campus of the University of Minnesota; and share in the governance and development of the chemistry program as well as the campus at-large. Candidates must expect to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry (analytical) by September 14, 1998. Two years teaching experience at the undergraduate level is required. (Graduate TA experience is acceptable.) Applications must include a letter of application, C.V., transcripts, three letters of reference, and two statements: (1) a teaching statement in which approaches to teaching are described and past teaching experiences are evaluated, and (2) a research statement in which the applicant proposes a research program that is viable and accessible to advanced students at a small liberal arts college. Send applications to: Chemistry Search Committee Chair, Division of Science and Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Morris, Morris, MN 56267-2128. Inquiries can be made to Nancy Carpenter, Search Committee Chair, at (320) 589-6337. (carpenne@mrs.unin.edu). Applications deadline is January 16, 1998.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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Assistant Professor Peter H. Seeberger, of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is seeking talented postdoctoral fellows interested in organic synthesis and solid phase carbohydrate chemistry. The candidates should possess a solid knowledge of synthetic organic chemistry and ideally be interested in working in an interdisciplinary environment together with a group of highly motivated graduate students. Currently he is establishing a research program at MIT focusing on questions at the interface of chemistry and biology. Our aim is the introduction of innovative methodologies which will facilitate the rapid synthetic access to oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates via solid phase synthesis. The ultimate goal of our studies is the development of an automated oligosaccharide synthesizer. Short term targets include the creation of novel glycoconjugates as fully synthetic carbohydrate vaccines and as cell-type specific targeting devices. The generation of a diverse pool of carbohydrates will allow us to probe carbohydrate-receptor interactions and thereby study the involvement of these structures in signal transduction. More detailed description of the research program may be found on the MIT chemistry department homepage at: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/www/faculty/seeberge.html.

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Post-Doctoral Fellowships. One or two positions. Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, University of Hawaii, federal funds. Initial appointment for six months to begin approximately 01/01/98; renewal depending on availability of funds and mutual agreement. Training to be performed: Participate in research in the study of fluorinated carotenoids and polarized polyenes important in material science, bioorganic and medicinal studies. Qualifications: Recent Ph.D. in chemistry, or equivalent, with proven experience in synthesis of retinoids, carotenoids or other related polyenes and/or in physical organic methods for studying ground state and excited state properties of polyenes and their protein complexes. Ability to carry out work independently. Desirable Qualifications: Experience with protein extraction, computer knowledge and/or time resolved spectroscopic methods. Inquiries: Dr. Robert S. H. Liu at Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, phone 808-956-5723, e-mail: rliu@gold.chem.hawaii.edu. To apply, submit curriculum vitae, a statement of research interest, a brief description of relevant experience and a minimum of one letter of recommendation. Closing Date: December i5, 1997.

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