Chemistry Newsletter - 12/14/1998

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry Newsletter

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Newsletter Off For Holidays

The Chemistry Department's Newsletter will not be published for the next two weeks due to the Holidays. The next scheduled newsletter will be on Monday, January 4th, 1999. Happy Holidays!

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TV Broadcast Times for Shakhashiri Christmas Lecture

Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab Of Shakhashiri will be broadcast on Wisconsin Public Television on Monday December 21 at 4:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, December 23 at 2:00 p.m. PBS will broadcast the show around the country, check local television listings for dates and times.

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Organic Chemistry Cumulative Exam Schedule, 1998-99.

Thursdays, 7:30 p.m., room B317 Chemistry Building.

	January 7th, 1999		February 4th, 1999
	March 4th, 1999	April 1st, 1999	May 6th, 1999

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Analytical Cume Dates for 1998-99.

Room 2311 Chemistry Building.

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ATTENTION GRADUATE STUDENTS

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IMPORTANT DATES:

MINOR AGREEMENT FORMS: The Graduate School requires that the minor program be outlined in an agreement which is approved by the Department no later than halfway through completion of the sequence minor courses. The minor requirement must be completed by the end of the third year of graduate school. Minor agreement forms are available in Room 7315.

December 18, 1998 - Last day to file preliminary warrant to become a dissertator for the Spring semester. See Mary Kay Sorenson in Rm 7315 for details. All requirements must be completed and finished forms filed with the Graduate School by January 15, 1999.

December 20, 1998 - Commencement ceremony.

January 15, 1999 - 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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IF YOU EXPECT TO GRADUATE IN SPRING: Students expecting to graduate in Spring should be aware that new rules concerning the tuition waiver may affect them. Students must be appointed an average of 33.3% for the semester in order to qualify for the tuition waiver. If you do not expect to complete your defense and file with the graduate school by January 15, 1999, and you do not have an appointment which qualifies you for the tuition waiver, then you should plan on paying tuition for Spring, which for a non-resident dissertator was $932 this semester.

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SEMINARS

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Tuesday, December 15^th, 1998 - Special Chemistry Seminar, 11:00 a.m., Room B371 Chemistry Building. Donald W. Low, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Grayphon Sciences, San Francisco, California, with Dr. Stephen B.H. Kent. "I. Chemistry and Spectroscopy of Microperoxidases; II. Chemical Synthesis of Engineered Metalloproteins"

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Wednesday, December 16th, 1998 - Special Chemistry Seminar, 2:30 p.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Jeffrey N. Johnston, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, with Professor David A. Evans. "Development of Stereoselective Mukaiyama-Michael Additions Using Chiral Bis(oxazoline)-Cu(II) Lewis Acid Catalysts."

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Thursday, December 17th, 1998 - Special Chemistry Seminar, 3:30 p.m., Room 8335 Chemistry Building. Silvia Cavagnero, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, with Dr. Peter E. Wright. "Role of Helical Propensities in Determining Apomyoglobin Folding Pathways."

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For Industrial Positions, see the Chemistry Placement Newsletter at:

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

FACULTY POSITIONS/TEMPORARY FACULTY/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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Assistant Professor, Organic or Bioorganic Chemistry, California State University, Fresno invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning August, 1999. Of particular interest are candidates with expertise in the synthesis, isolation, or investigation of bio-active molecules, forensic chemistry, or computational chemistry/molecular modeling. Applicants must develop a research program involving undergraduate and Masters students, seek external funding, and demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. A Ph.D. in organic or bioorganic chemistry is required and postdoctoral or industrial experience preferred. The successful candidate must be able to work with faculty, staff and students from diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Applications should be received by January 22, 1999 to receive full consideration. To apply submit a letter of application, a resume, a statement of teaching and research interests, transcripts from undergraduate and graduate institutions and three letters of reference to: Dr. S. Rodemeyer, Search Chair, Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, 2555 E. San Ramon, MS 70, Fresno, CA 93740-8034: stephenr@csufresno.edu .

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Associate Advisor, Cross College Advising Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks applications for two full-time academic advisors to join the Cross College Advising Service (CCAS), which provides academic advice to undeclared undergraduate students and to those still exploring educational options. The emphasis will be on advising that guides students in developing educational and career goals. Academic advisors advise students individually and in groups, at times and in places convenient to students; develop a strong network with faculty and academic advisors in a highly competitive multi-college/school university setting, and link students to appropriate academic programs and college-specific advising services. These two positions are targeted for comprehensive cross-college academic areas. The Cross College Advising Service is administratively housed in the College of Letters and Science, is staffed by eleven advisors in addition to the director and serves with the Council on Academic Advising as the hub for campus-wide advising services and programs. Educational Qualifications: Minimum of a BA or BS degree. Experience/Skills: Ability to enable students to define their goals and strategies for achieving them and means to evaluate progress; Commitment to work within the institution to convey a cross-college approach to academic advising; Collaborative work style; ability to adapt to change; Demonstrated ability to work with diverse constituencies to exchange information and maintain collegial relations; Strong communication skills in one-on-one and group settings preferred; Experience in academic advising or related activity preferred; Willingness to work with new technologies. Major Responsibilities: This position is at entry level. Advise students individually and in groups about educational options and resources and requirements for each. Use knowledge of requirements and academic options across campus to facilitate students' pursuits of fields of interest; Assist students in their assessment of interests and skills pertinent to academic work and career options; Meet students where they live and work; Catalyze student/faculty interaction; Develop network with faculty and academic advisors in all colleges and schools; Serve as assigned advisor to a cohort of students. Advise non-assigned students on appointment or drop-in basis; Participate in advising of entering students at SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration); Maintain records of interaction with students, referrals and student decisions regarding selection of major; Participate as full member of CCAS staff team, assisting with administrative and liaison tasks. Position Availability: PVL# 30543 will be available starting February 15, 1999. PVL# 30699 will be available starting June 1, 1999. The application deadline for both positions is December 18, 1998. Applications and nominations should be submitted to: Kim Edwardson 104 South Hall, 1055 Bascom Mall University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706 608/265-5461 e-mail: kaedward@lssaa.wisc.edu . Application materials should include a letter of interest, a resume, and three (3) letters of reference. Please specify preferred starting date and PVL #.

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Winona State University, Synthetic Organic Chemist, entry-level tenure-track Assistant Professor in ACS approved program. Ph.D. in Chemistry with graduate or postdoctoral experience in Synthetic Organic Chemistry required. Teach lecture and lab in General and Organic Chemistry. Opportunity to develop and teach advanced electives in area of specialty. Undergraduate research encouraged. Review begins 1/8/99. Position open until filled. Send letter of application, resume with list of references, UG & G transcripts and three letters of reference to: Organic Chemist Search, A. A. Office, Winona State University, P.O. Box 5838, Winona, MN 55987-5838. Position available pending budgetary approval. Further inquiries http://www.winona.msus.edu/affirmativeaction/home/htm .

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Instructor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee, College of Pharmacy. This non-tenure track position requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, or related field, with experience in providing maintenance for NMR spectrometers and other analytical instrumentation. Requires extensive knowledge of the operation, performance testing and repair of NMR spectrometers, superconducting magnetic systems, UNIX operating systems, C programming, and digital and analog circuits. Practical experience in the operation of SGI computer systems and Sybyl molecular modeling software is preferred. The position requires providing instruction in the operation and theory of NMR, mass spectrometry and other instrumentation. Applicants should send a letter, a CV, and 3 references to: Dr. Marvin Meyer, University of Tennessee, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, 874 Union, Rm. 5P Crowe, Memphis, TN 38163.

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Two Tenure Track Positions are available at Florida International University (FIU) for Fall 1999. The Department of Chemistry at FIU invites applications for appointments as Assistant or Associate Professor in: 1. BIOCHEMISTRY: a full time position in the Department of Chemistry (www.fiu.edu/orgs/chemistry) with biophysical or bioinorganic preferred but all areas will be considered; and 2. STABLE ISOTOPE MASS SPECTROMETRY: a joint appointment with the Southeast Environmental Research Program (SERP), http://www.fiu.edu/~serp . A Ph.D. is required and postdoctoral experience is preferred. The successful candidates are expected to establish active, externally funded research programs as well as demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Chemistry Department has a new Ph.D. program with foci on biomedical and environmental research and with close alliances with SERP and the International Forensic Research Institute, http://www.fiu.edu/~ifri on FIU's campus. Applicants should send a c.v., undergraduate and graduate transcripts, research plans and have three letters of reference sent to: Biochemist Search Committee or Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Search Committee, Chemistry Department, FIU, University Park, Miami, FL 33199. Selection process will begin on December 30th, 1998.

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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AND/OR JOBS
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Postdoctoral Research Opportunities in the Laser Applications Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST would like to call your attention to postdoctoral research opportunities with the Laser Applications Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, located just outside Washington, D.C. The group emphasizes interdisciplinary research in selected areas of photophysics, photochemistry, and optics. Thee are looking for postdocs to design and implement projects in several areas, including the measurement of the near-field optical properties of nanometer-scale structures; femtosecond laser studies of dynamical processes in liquids, solids, and at interfaces; and linear and nonlinear light-scattering interactions as probes of surface and interracial structure, as well as for optical metrology applications. Present hot topics include NSOM studies of biological membranes and organic electronic polymers; spectroscopy and ultrafast dynamics of single molecules; terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of proteins and DNAs; vibrationally resonant SFG studies of structure and dynamics of biomolecules (e.g., proteins) at biological interfaces; polarized light scattering to characterize semiconductor devices; and materials characterization and absolute radiometry using correlated photon light sources. Additional information about the group and about NIST is available on our web pages at http://physics.nist.gov/lag . Positions will be filled through the MST-National Research Council postdoctoral program, which is a competitive program open to U.S. citizens. The research of a NIST-NRC postdoc in our group may be in any experimental or theoretical area listed on the accompanying sheets. These descriptions are based on a booklet, available from the NRC, which lists all postdoctoral research opportunities at NIST. Application forms and more information on the NIST-NRC program are available on request from NRC, telephone number (202) 334-2760, and also at http://rap.nas.edu/lab/NIST . The deadline for completing applications for this annual competition is January 15, 1999; the starting date for the two-year fellowships is July 1999 through January 2000. Prospective postdocs are encouraged to contact us immediately to discuss research and proposal topics. They may call: Thom Germer, Lori Goldner, Ted Heilweil, Alan Migdall, or John Stephenson at (301) 975- 2876, 3792, 2370, 2331,or 2372, respectively.

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Associate Professor Sean Michael Kerwin, of the University of Texas at Austin has two immediate openings for Postdoctoral Researchers in his Lab. Each of these federally funded positions are annual appointments renewable for up to three years. These positions are in projects focusing on combinatorial chemistry and structure-based drug design targeting infectious diseases and cancer. I am seeking recent Ph.D.s with strong synthetic backgrounds and an interest in computeraided ligand design. The ideal candidates for these positions will also have experience in solid-phase, high through-put synthesis and/or experience with relational databases and the UNIX environment. Information concerning our work can be obtained on the Web at: http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy/divisions/medicinalchem/faculty . I would appreciate your bringing these postdoctoral opportunities to the attention of any qualified individuals in your group or department. There are other postdoctoral opportunities opening up in my group in the near future, so if you know of other candidates who will be graduating in the next year, please share this information with them. Interested individuals should send their CV and the names of at least two references to: Associate Professor Sean Michael Kerwin, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Austin, Texas 78712-1074, Phone: 512-471-5263, Fax: 512-232-2606, e-mail: skerwin@mail.utexas.edu .

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DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE IN ROOM 1380.

NEXT NEWSLETTER IS ON JANUARY 4^th, 1999.