Program Lectures for the 2006-2007 Academic Year

Fall 2006

Sep 20-22

Harry A. Atwater
California Institute of Technology
Nanophotonic Materials and Devices
Sep 25-27 Philipp Gütlich
Johannes Gutenberg
Mössbauer Spectroscopy - A Powerful Tool in Chemistry and Materials Science
Oct 9-11 A. Paul Alivisatos
University of California, Berkeley
Physical Chemistry of Colloidal Nanocrystals
Oct 16-18 Rolf Thauer
Max-Planck-Institut
Metalloenzymes Involved in Methanogenisis and Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane
Nov 6-8 Thomas Elsäesser
Max Born Institute
Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Condensed Matter
Nov 13-15 Scott E. Denmark
University of Illinois
Invention of New Synthetic Reactions

Spring 2007


Jan 22-24 Edward L. Solomon
Stanford University
Spectroscopic Methods in Bioinorganic Chemistry
Feb 5-7 Mark A. Ratner
Northwestern University
Nanomaterials, Molecular Electronics and Physical Chemistry

Feb 26-28 John W. Frost
Michigan State University
Biocatalysis and Natural Product Biosynthesis
Mar 19-21 Sir Harry Kroto
Florida State University
Science, Society and Sustainability

Apr 2-4 John S. Blanchard
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Molecular Mechanisms of Action of, and Resistance to, Antibiotics