University of Wisconsin-Madison

Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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Congratulations to Jim Skinner

Professor Jim Skinner was elected to Fellowship in The American Physical Society at its November 1997 meeting. Jim was nominated through the Division of Chemical Physics. The citation appearing on the Fellowship Certificate will read as follows: "For fundamental contributions to the theory of spectroscopy and dynamics in liquids, glasses and crystals." Election to Fellowship in The American Physical Society is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the membership. Election to APS Fellowship is recognition by your peers of your outstanding contributions to physics. Congratulations Jim!!!!

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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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ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - CUMULATIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE

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

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.

1998

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS

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IMPORTANT DATES:

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

SEMINARS

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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 11^th, 1997 - Materials Science Seminar, 4:00 p.m., 3345 Engineering Hall, Professor Steven M. Cramer, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UW-Madison. "Unsolved Mysteries of Common Construction Materials"

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Thursday, December 11^th, 1997 - Chemistry-Biology Interface - Special Topics Course. 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 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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Tuesday, January 20^th, 1998 - Organic Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 1361 Chemistry Building. Professor Uday Maitra, Indian Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India. "Bile Acid Based Chiral Auxiliaries and Molecular Receptors"

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FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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Texas Woman's University has an opening for an Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry. Qualifications include a Ph.D. in chemistry with formal training in analytical chemistry. Candidates must either possess the Ph.D. at the time of application or show clear evidence of completing it prior to August, 1998 to be considered. This is a tenure-track position, salary to be negotiated. The appointment date is August 24, 1998. Teaching responsibilities will be primarily in introductory chemistry courses and analytical chemistry courses. Development of a productive, externally funded research program is required. Participation in department activities such as committee work, student advising, and maintaining safety and health in the laboratories is expected. Submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, summary of research plans, and three letters of reference to: Dr. J. E. Hardcastle, Chemistry Search Committee, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Texas Woman's University, P. O. Box 425859, Denton, TX 76204-5859. Phone: (940) 898-2550; FAX: (940) 898-2548. For priority consideration, all application materials must be postmarked no later than February 1, 1998. However, review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

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The Department of Chemistry, Yale University, invites applications for a position at the Assistant Professor level to commence Fall 1998. We seek creative teacher-scholars who show promise for developing outstanding research programs in the broad fields of inorganic, theoretical, and biophysical chemistry. Applicants should send curriculum vitae and a statement of research plans and arrange for the submission of three letters of recommendation. All materials should be received by I December 1997. Send applications to: Professor Donald M. Crothers, Chair, Junior Faculty Search Committee, P.O. Box 208107, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107.

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Boston University, the Department of Chemistry invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the Associate or Full Professor level. We seek a person who will establish a vigorous and innovative research program at the intersection of Chemistry and the biological sciences (bioorganic, bioinorganic, or biophysical chemistry), and who will participate in the undergraduate and graduate teaching activities of the Department. We are particularly interested in considering individuals in mid-career with established research programs. Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a description of proposed research, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent directly to: Professor Tom Tullius, Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215. Applications received by November l5, 1997 will receive full consideration.

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Howard University, Assistant Professor positions in ANALYTICAL and PHYSICAL chemistry. Outstanding applications in other areas will be considered. Targeted areas include surface, interracial, polymer, atmospheric, and laser chemistry. applications should include a resume and a brief statement of proposed research. Application and three letters of recommendation to: Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, Howard University, Washington, D. C. 20059. Evaluation of applications will begin December 15, 1997, and continue until suitable candidates have been found.

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Lecturer to teach biochemistry this spring at UW-Rock County in Janesville. (CHE 203, 3 credits, ~14 very motivated students, 2 days per week). Instructor has complete responsibility for the course. The course is scheduled to meet 11-12:15 Tuesdays and Thursdays. First day of class is January 20, last day is May 12. Spring Break is March 16-20. Final exam is May 14 at 1 p.m. Applicant must have a masters or be ABD in chemistry or biochemistry. Since this is the terminal course for mainly nursing students, the curriculum is very flexible. In the past this course has been valuable in providing instructors with the highly marketable experience of teaching their own courses (which is why we are looking for a new biochem instructor!). As soon as possible, contact: Kim Kostka or Lloyd Goding, Dept. of Chemistry, UW-Rock County, 608/758-6532, e-mail: kkostka@uwc.edu & lgoding@uwc.edu.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS

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Professor Thomas B. Rauchfuss, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is writing to invite recent Ph.D. recipients to apply for a postdoctoral position in his laboratory to carry out work on inorganic and organometallic synthesis. The successful candidate would join a group of 10-12 people working on aspects of organometallic polymers, heterocycle-metal complexes, and metal chacogenides. Contact: Professor Thomas B. Rauchfuss, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, A328 CLS Laboratory - Box 12-6, 600 S. mathews Ave., (MC-712), Urbana, IL 61801. Tel: (217) 333-7355, (Fax) (217) 333-2685, E-mail: rauchfuz@uxl.cso.uiuc.edu.

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Professor Charles S. Johnson, Jr. of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has an additional postdoctoral position will become available in my laboratory in late March 1998. We continue to be interested in applications of magnetic field gradients and RF gradients for the study of diffusion and flow (1,2). Projects now underway involve the development of methods, based on toroid cavity detectors (3), for the analysis of mixtures. The two major projects are concerned with: 1. Electrophoretic NMR in toroid cavities. 2. Diffusion studies of block copolymers in supercritical C02 inside high pressure toroid cavity detectors. (in collaboration with J.M. DeSimone). These physical/analytical experiments require a knowledge of liquid phase NNR methods, e.g. relaxation, exchange, and 2D. Experience with pulsed gradient methods is desirable. Also, knowledge of analytical separation methods and polymer science would be helpful. Contact: Professor Charles S. Johnson, Jr., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290. Tel: (919) 966-5229, Fax: (919) 962-2388.

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Assistant Professor Theodore S. Dibble of State College of New York. There is an opening in my laboratory for a postdoctoral research associate to lead a project: "Spectroscopy and Unimolecular Reactions of Alkoxy Radicals." Our work is motivated by the role of alkoxy radicals in the degradation of volatile organic compounds in the lower atmosphere. The electronic spectroscopy of alkoxy radicals (RO ) will be studied by LIF, and their rates of unimolecular reaction determined. The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. by the starting date and significant experience with nanosecond pulsed lasers and, preferably, electronic spectroscopy. Experience in kinetics and atmospheric chemistry is not required. This project represents an excellent opportunity to learn about atmospheric chemistry and about important problems in that field that can be addressed by basic research. The position would start around May of 1998. Preliminary inquiries can be sent to: e-mail: tsdibble@mailbox.syr.edu or to Assistant Professor Theodore S. Dibble, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Department of Chemistry, Tel: (315) 470-6596, Fax: (315) 470-6856. Applicants should send a CV and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to me at the address above.

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University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry. Post-doctoral Research Position in Molecular Bioenergetics. A post-doctoral research position funded by the Wellcome Trust from January 1998 is available in the laboratories of Dr. Martin Brand and Dr. Kevin Brindle. The project is on the role of novel uncoupling proteins in the efficiency of energy production and will involve cloning and expressing the uncoupling proteins and assessing the bioenergetic consequences using fluorescence, radiotracer, electrode and NMR techniques. It has important implications for our basic understanding of energy flow in cells, and potentially, for obesity, diabetes and other disorders. Contact: Dr. Kevin M. Brindle, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Couty Road, Old Addenbrookes Site. Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1223 333674, Fax: +44 (0) 1223 766002.

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Professor Timothy S. Zwier, of Purdue University, has an opening for a post-doctoral research associate in his research group beginning in early 1998. The person taking up this position would be working on our projects exploring the photochemistry of small hydrocarbons and nitrites importance in planetary atmospheres and combustion. We anticipate significantly expanding our experimental capabilities in this area. Currently we use laser-based pump-probe schemes in which product detection is accomplished by VUV photoionization or resonance multiphoton ionization/time-of-flight mass spectroscopy. We are incorporating a slit nozzle / roots blower into one of our chambers to enable the study of the photochemistry in a"wall-less" reaction vessel in which the photoproducts can be cooled before spectroscopic detection. In addition to the ionization detection schemes, we employ cavity ringdown and various double resonance schemes including fluorescence-dip infrared spectroscopy and resonant ion-dip infrared spectroscopy. Please have anyone in your group who is interested contact me with more specifics or send me a resume and letters of recommendation. Send To: Professor Timothy S. Zwier, Purdue University, e-mail: zwier@chem.purdue.edu, Tel: (765) 494-5278.

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Assistant Professor Steve Pascal of the University of Rochester Medical Center, has reopened the post-doctoral position in his laboratory. The position is available immediately: A postdoctoral position will be available in my laboratory beginning this fall/winter, to study the structure and dynamics of protein complexes involved in transcriptional regulation. Applicants with experience in multi-nuclear NWR spectroscopy and/or protein expression/purification should send a CV along with telephone numbers and email addresses of three people familiar with their work to: Assistant Professor Steve Pascal, University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Box 712, 601 Elmwood Ave., Rocheste, NY 14642. Tel: (716) 273-4832, Fax: (716) 275-6007. Email responses are encouraged.

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