Colloquia & seminars
Meetings are held on Mondays in Lecture Theatre G at 16.30 (unless otherwise stated) preceded by tea in the foyer at 16.15. All are welcome. Talks usually last ca. 50 minutes, followed by discussion.
Spring Term 2010
| 18th Jan | Prof. Molly Stevens, Imperial College | New Materials-Based Approaches for Regenerative Medicine and Biosensing |
| 25th Jan | Prof. Jon Dilworth, University of Oxford | RSC Applied Inorganic Chemistry Prize Lecture: The Role of Coordination Chemistry of Metallic Radionucleides in the Development of Diagnostic Imaging Agents |
| 1st Feb | Prof. Tony Vlcek, Queen Mary, University of London | Ultrafast Excited-State Processes of Re Carbonyl-Diimine Complexes: From Excitation to Photochemistry |
| 8th Feb | Dr Scott Woodley, University College, London | Zinc Oxide: A Case Study in Contemporary Computational Solid State Chemistry |
| 15th Feb | Dr. Paul Low, Durham University | Guilty as Charged: The Case for Ligand Non-Innocence in "Mixed-Valence" Systems |
| 22nd Feb | Prof. Trevor Rayment, Diamond Light Source Ltd. | Electrochemistry in Small Spaces -- X-Ray Synchrotron Radiation Studies of Pitting Corrosion |
| 1st Mar | Prof. Phil Page, University of East Anglia | Title tba |
| 8th Mar | Dr. Nick Greeves, University of Liverpool | HEA-Sponsored Seminar: From Solid State to Polymers: Live and in 3D |
| 15th Mar | Prof. Christopher Strauss, Queen's University, Belfast | Technologies and Methods for Green Chemistry |
Previous Seminars:
Autumn Term 2009
| 12th Oct | Dr. Kamyar Afarinkia, University of Bradford | Adventures in Organophosphorus Chemistry......and more |
| 19th Oct | Prof. Robin Clark, University College London | RSC Sir George Stokes Lecture: Scientific Examination of Pigments in Art and Archaeology: Art Meets Science via Raman Microscopy |
| 26th Oct | Dr. Gareth Price, University of Bath | Polymer Chemistry at Ultrasonic Frequencies |
| 2nd Nov | Dr. Dave Lindsay, University of Reading | Organic Synthesis with N-heterocyclic Carbenes and Transition Metal-Catalysed Desymmetrisation Reactions |
| 9th Nov | Dr. Richard Walton, University of Warwick | Complex Transition-Metal Oxide Materials Prepared Using Mild Synthesis |
| 16th Nov | Prof. David Rankin, University of Edinburgh | Combining Theory and Experiment: Equilibrium Structures of Gases and Solids |
| 23rd Nov | Dr. Patricia Hunt, Imperial College | Hydroamination and Catalysis at Group 2 Centres: A Theoretical Study |
| 30th Nov | Prof. Andrew Orr-Ewing, University of Bristol | RSC Tilden Prize Lecture: Spectroscopic Studies of Atmospheric Chemistry and Composition |
| 7th Dec | Dr. Rachel O'Reilly, University of Warwick | Responsive and Functional Polymeric Nanostructures |
Summer Term 2009
| 28th April | Prof. Tom Simpson, University of Bristol | Synthetic, Biosynthetic and Genetic Studies on the "AT-less" Antibiotic Mupirocin |
| 5th May | Brian Moffatt, Petrophase Ltd. | Novel Organic and Physical Chemistry Applications in Petroleum Studies and How to Make a Billion Pounds Using Simple Chemistry |
| 12th May | No seminar | |
| 19th May | Prof. Todd Marder, University of Durham | Transition Metal Catalysed Borylation of C-H bonds |
| 26th May | Prof. Jamshed Anwar, University of Bradford | Science, Rational Thought and Faith |
| 2nd June | Prof. Werner Hofer, University of Liverpool | Dynamic Processes Observed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
| 9th June | No seminar | |
| 16th June | Prof. Martyn Poliakoff, University of Nottingham | Multiphase Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids |
Spring Term 2009
| 20th January | Prof. Rein Ulijn, University of Strathclyde | Peptide-Based Nanomaterials for Biomedicine and Nanotechnology |
| 27th January | Dr. Nigel Young, University of Hull | Looking for New Transition Metal Fluorides Using Matrix Isolation |
| 3rd February | Dr. Angelos Michaelides, University College London | Towards a First-Principles Understanding of Water-Solid Interfaces |
| 10th February | Dr. David Watson, University of Reading | Asymmetric Heterogeneous Hydrogenation of C=C Bonds |
| 17th February | Dr. David Rendle, University of Reading | Aspects of Forensic Chemistry |
| 24th February | Dr. Simon Clarke, University of Oxford | Structures, Properties and Chemistry of Complex Layered Solids |
| 3rd March | Prof. Kevin Booker-Milburn, University of Bristol | Total Synthesis Without Protecting Groups: Strategies, Problems and Opportunities |
| 10th March | Prof. Gary Attard, University of Cardiff | Electrochemical Approaches to Problems in Surface Science and Heterogeneous Catalysis |
| 17th March | Prof. Jonathan Percy, University of Strathclyde | Quantifying Aspects of Alkene Metathesis Chemistry |
Autumn Term 2008
| 14th October | Prof. Guy Lloyd-Jones, University of Bristol | Engaging and Disengaging Catalytic Subcycles |
| 21st October | Dr. Joachim Steinke, Imperial College | Supramolecular Polymers for Gene Delivery |
| 28th October | Dr. Georg Held, University of Reading | Chiral Surface Systems |
| 4th November | Prof. Mark Searle, University of Nottingham | Biophysical Studies of Molecular Recognition and Self-Assembly of Proteins and Nucleic Acids |
| 11th November | Prof. Pete Skabara, University of Strathclyde | Materials for Plastic Electronic Devices - From Organic Lasers to the World's Smallest Television Screen |
| 18th November | Prof. Alison Rodger, University of Warwick | Looking at Long Molecules in Solution: Protein Fibres, DNAs, Nanotubes and Membrane Proteins in Liposomes |
| 25th November | Prof. Frantisek Hartl, University of Reading | Photonic Behaviour of Metal Complexes with Multiple Redox Centres |
| 2nd December | Dr. Piers Gaffney, Imperial College | Synthesis of Phosphoinositide Analogues for Chemical Biology: Inositol Modification at both C and O |
| 9th December | Prof. Kieran Molloy, University of Bath | Design of Molecular Precursors for Inorganic Materials: An Inorganic Chemistry Perspective |
Summer Term 2008
| 22nd April | Dr. Christine O'Connor, Dublin Institute of Technology | Solving Problems in Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories |
| 29th April | Prof. Jeremy Kilburn, University of Southampton | Supramolecular Chemistry - Peptide Recognition and Self-assembly in Water |
| 6th May | Prof. Duncan Bruce, University of York | Adventures with Liquid Crystals: From the Non-covalent to the Inorganic Solid State |
| 13th May | Dr Jeremy Robertson, University of Oxford | Oxidative Heterocyclisations for Natural Products Synthesis |
| 20th May | Prof. Patrick Unwin, University of Warwick | |
| 27th May | Dr Christian Pfrang, University of Reading | |
| 3rd June | Prof. David Haddleton, University of Warwick | Glycopolymers and bioconjugates from a combination of living radical polymerisation and click chemistry |
| 10th June | Prof. Robert Richardson, University of Bristol | Structure of liquid crystalline dendrimers |