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UCD School of Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Scoil na Ceimice agus na Ceimbhitheolaíochta UCD

UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Seminar Programme 2012

*Seminars will take place in the CSCB Seminar Room unless otherwise indicated

*Pre-seminar coffee and tea will be served 15 minutes before the seminar in the CSCB Foyer 

DATE AND TIME

SPEAKER, INSTITUTE, TITLE

 

Wed 9th Sept 2012, 4 pm

Professor Sally Brooker, University of Otago, New Zealand

Towards Multi-functional Spin Crossover Complexes

Wed 3rd Oct 2012, 4 pm

Dr Ann Marie O’Donoghue, Durham University, England

Mechanistic Studies of Nucleophilic Organocatalysis

Thurs 4th Oct 2012, 4 pm

Professor Barbara Milani, University Trieste, Italy

Towards sustainable cataysts for tailor-made polymer

Tues 9th Oct 2012, 4 pm

Professor Paul Stevenson, Queen’s University, Belfast, NI.

Synthesis of Amphibian Alkaloids

Fri 12th Oct 2012, 2 pm

Professor Maria José Calhorda, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Catalysts in oxidation and reduction reactions

Mon 15th Oct 2012, 3 pm

Dr Adrian Dobbs, Queen Mary, University of London. England

Recent Applications of Lewis acids and Organosilicon Chemistry

Mon 15th Oct 2012, 4 pm

Professor Stefan Bernhard, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Solar fuels: Thermodynamics, tactics, and recent results

Thurs 1st Nov 2012, 4 pm

Professor Richard Saykally, University of California, Berkeley, USA (RSC Faraday Medallist)

On the Mechanism for Selective Adsorption of Ions to the Water Surface and its Effects on Evaporation Rates

Fri 2nd Nov 2012, 2 pm

Professor Enzo Alessio, University of Trieste, Italy

What I learned from 25 years of 'promising' ruthenium anticancer compounds

Wed 7th Nov 2012, 4 pm

Dr John Holbrey, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Shining the light on biomass dissolution in ionic liquids - insights into solution structure from liquid phase neutron diffraction

Thurs 8th Nov2012, 2-6 pm

Royal Society of Chemistry All-Ireland Meeting North-South Lectures Professor Donal O'Shea, UCD. Professor Karl Hale, QUB. C006 Health Sciences

Friday 9th Nov 2012, 4 pm

Professor Ian Fairlamb, University of York, England

Unravelling the mechanistic complexity in Pd-catalysed cross-couplings

Wed 14th Nov 2012, 4 pm

Professor Mike North, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Sustainable Catalysis

Wed 21st Nov 2012, 4 pm

Dr Alan O'Riordan, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland

Title TBA

Fri 30th Nov 2012, 2 pm

Professor Ian Manners, University of Bristol, England

Catalytic and Self-Assembly Routes to Soft Materials Based on Main Group Elements or Metals

Fri 7th Dec 2012, 2 pm

Dr Elaine O'Reilly, Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, England

Expanding the Toolbox of Biocatalysts through Enzyme Engineering