The following Spring 2013 Department of Chemistry colloquia will be held in W128 Chemistry Building at 3:30 p.m unless otherwise noted. Should you have any questions, please contact Professor Chris Pigge, Colloquium Committee Chair. Date Speaker Title January 31 Dr. Andrew Rappe The Bulk Photovoltaic Effect in Polar Oxides for Thursday Department of Chemistry Robust and Efficient Solar Energy Harvesting 12:30-1:30 pm, W128 CB University of Pennsylvania February 8 Dr. Robert Hamers Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis for Renewable Friday Department of Chemistry Energy: Why Diamonds are a Guy's Best Friend University of Wisconsin February 15 Dr. Nicola Pohl TBA Friday Department of Chemistry Indiana University February 22 Dr. Edward Castner, Jr. Reactivity in and Structure of Ionic Liquids Friday Department of Chemistry Rutgers University No Colloquia March 1 or March 15 TBA (Chemistry Open House) March 8 Dr. Lauren Webb Investigating Electrostatic Mechanisms of Friday Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry Biomolecular Organization and Function Through University of Texas at Austin Vibrational Spectroscopy March 29 Dr. Anne-Frances Miller TBA Friday Department of Chemistry University of Kentucky April 5 Dr. Mercouri Kanatzidis Nanostructured Thermoelectrics and Beyond Friday Department of Chemistry Northwestern University April 12 Dr. Tom Meek Role of Mechanistic Enzymology in Drug Discovery: Friday GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Cathepsin C and ATP-Citrate Lyase April 19 Dr. Ryan Bailey TBA Friday Department of Chemistry University of Illinois April 26 Dr. J. Fraser Stoddart Chemistry and Molecular Technology in Tomorrow's Friday Department of Chemistry World Wawzonek Lecture Northwestern University May 3 Dr. Rod Ewing TBA Friday Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences Ida Beam Lecture University of Michigan May 10 Dr. Audrey Lamb Structure Informs on Function: The Thiazolinyl Imine Friday Department of Molecular Biosciences Reductase of Siderophore Biosynthesis University of Kansas The University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Department of Chemistry in advance at (319) 335-0200. .