Fall 2014 Seminar Schedule

Friday, August 29, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 210 Choppin Hall
Welcome back Meeting
Program Staff

Friday, September 12, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 210 Choppin Hall
Meet & Greet: TBA
“Opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students at Baylor College of Medicine”
Gayle R Slaughter, Ph.D.
Director, SMART, SMART PREP, IMSD and REACH IRACDA Programs
Sr. Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Diversity
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine

Friday, September 19, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 210 Choppin Hall
Meet & Greet: TBA
"Versatility of Puralene Polymers"
David Carver, Ph.D.
  Chief Scientist
Carver Scientific, Inc
Baton Rouge, La

Friday, October 10, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 210 Choppin Hall
Meet & Greet: TBA
"The Path of a scientist in the Oil and Gas Industry"
Caleb Clark, Ph.D.
R&D Group Leader, Oil Field Chemicals
NALCO Champion
An Ecolab Company LA R&D CENTER
Campinas, SP   Brazil

Friday, October 24, 2014 at 3:30 pm; Life Science Annex Auditorium (A-101)
Meet & Greet: TBA
"5-Aminolevulinate Synthase, the Gatekeeper of Heme Biosynthesis: Enzymology and Clinical Implications"
Gloria Ferreira, Ph.D.
Professor, College Of Medicine Molecular Medicine
College Of Medicine Molecular Medicine
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida
Affiliated Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Member, Florida Center of Excellence for Biomolecular Identification and Targeted Therapeutics (FCoE-BITT), University of South Florida

Friday, November 7, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 210 Choppin Hall
Research Ethics
James Rocha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Philosophy & Religious Studies
Women & Gender Studies
Louisiana State University

Friday, November 21, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 210 Choppin Hall
Meet & Greet: TBA
"Biology Oriented Boron Chemicals Synthesis for Brain Development and Diseases"
Bhaskar Das, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Hematology and Oncology
University of Kansas Medical Center

Wednesday, December 5, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 100 CMB
Mentor Meeting



Spring 2014 Seminar Schedule
 
Friday, January 17, 2014 at 2:30 pm, 210 Choppin Hall
Welcome Back Meeting

Friday, February 7, 2014 at 2:30 pm, 210 Choppin Hall
"Graduate School Application Process”
Jaime Hayes Gibbs
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University

Friday, February 21, 2014 at 2:30 pm; 210 Choppin Hall
"Fooling the immune system to fight cancer by mimicking infection"
Harlan Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology and Immunology
Assistant Dean Recruitment and Minority Affairs
University of North Texas Health Science Center

Friday, March 7, 2014 at 2:30 pm, 210 Choppin Hall
“Metacognition: The Key to Acing Courses, Obtaining a PhD, and Excelling at Mentoring Yourself and Others!”
Saundra McGuire, Ph.D.
(Ret) Assist. Vice Chancellor & Professor of Chemistry
Louisiana State University

Friday, March 21, 2014 at 3:30 pm; Life Science Annex Auditorium (A-101)
Meet & Greet at 2:00-3:00 pm, 100 CMB
"Health Disparities: Are We Making Real Progress?"
Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
U.T. Distinguished Teaching Professor
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Co-Founder, Intercultural Cancer Council

*Friday, March 21, 2014 at 12:00; 210 Choppin Hall
Tomas Torres, Ph.D.
"Subphthalocyanines: Singular aromatic non-planar molecules"
Professor
Department of Organic Chemistry
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Associated Senior Scientist
Institute  IMDEA Nanociencia

Friday, April 4, 2014 at 2:30 pm, 210 Choppin Hall
“Opportunities in the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genomic research.”
Debra Skinner, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
FPG Child Development Institute
UNC-Chapel Hill

Friday, April 25, 2014 at 2:30 pm, 210 Choppin Hall
Program Evaluation
Eugene Kennedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Education
Louisiana State University

Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 12:00 pm, 210 Choppin Hall
“Corrole reactivity: from the functionalization to the metamorphosis of the macrocycle”
Roberto Paolesse, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemical Science and Technologies
University of Rome Tor Vergata


Fall 2013 Seminar Schedule

Friday, September 6, 2013

Friday, October 4, 2013 at 2:30, 210 Choppin Hall
“Grad School Applications”
Alex Nguyen
Chemistry Graduate Student
Louisiana State University
 
Friday, October 18, 2013 at 2:30, 210 Choppin Hall
"From Graduate Student to Postdoc and Back: Finding Your Academic Home"
Jennifer Pascal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
 
Friday, November 1, 2013
Meet & Greet: 2:30-3:15 pm, 402 Choppin Annex
Seminar: 3:30, Life Science Annex Auditorium (A-101)
“NMR studies of HIV-1 Gag interaction with plasma membrane lipids during virus assembly”
Jamil Saad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
University of Alabama, Birmingham
 
Friday, November 15, 2013 at 2:30 pm, 210 Choppin Hall
“Career Advice: The Importance of Having a Ph.D.”
Michael Easson, Ph.D.
Research Chemist
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Southern Regional Research Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 2:30 pm, 100 Choppin Annex
Mentor Night