UniCat colloquia, 2013

(Chronological Order)

2013-11-14 Prof. Karsten Reuter,Theoretische Chemie, Fakultät für Chemie, Technische Universität München: Towards a First-Principles Chemical Engineering announcement (PDF)

2013-11-13 Prof. Robert J. Deeth,Computational Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK: Computational Coordination Chemistry and DFT: Time for Force Fields to Make a Comeback? announcement (PDF)

2013-10-30 Dr. Erwin Reisner,Head of Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable SynGas Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK: Artificial photosynthesis with bio-inspired hybrid materials announcement (PDF)

2013-10-16 Prof. Annette Beck-Sickinger,Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Germany: Immobilisation and Controlled Activation of Peptides and Proteins announcement (PDF)

2013-10-09 Prof. Thomas Happe,AG Photobiotechnologie, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany: Chemical Mimics in Hydrogenase - Old Tools in a New Light announcement (PDF)

2013-09-05 Prof. Roie Yerushalmi,Institute of Chemistry and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel: Photocatalytic Films by Molecular Layer Deposition announcement (PDF)

2013-08-21 Prof. Kurosch Rezwan,Advanced Ceramics, Faculty of Production - Chemical & Mechanical - Engineering, University of Bremen: Multiscale Research and Engineering of Advanced Ceramics at the Biology Interface announcement (PDF)

2013-07-17 Prof. Melanie S. Sanford,Moses Gomberg Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA: Synergy Between New Catalyst Development and Reaction Mechanism announcement (PDF)

2013-07-10 Prof. Laurent Maron,Laboratoire de Physique et Chemie de Nano-Objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse, France: Can redox chemistry of divalent lanthanide and trivalent uranium complexes be catalytic ? Some insights from theory announcement (PDF)

2013-07-08 Dr. Felix Studt,Stanford University, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo Park, USA: Density functional theory in heterogeneous catalysis: Applications in syngas conversion to higher alcohols announcement (PDF)

2013-05-22 Prof. Jana Roithova,Department of Organic Chemistry, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic: Ion spectroscopy in organometallic chemistry announcement (PDF)

2013-05-21 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Elias Klemm,Institute of Chemical Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Germany: Heterogeneously Catalyzed Partial Oxidations in the Explosion Regime using Microreactors announcement (PDF)

2013-05-08 Prof. Oliver Einsle,Structure and Function of Membrane Proteins and Metalloproteins, Institute of Biochemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany: Biochemical Conversion of Dinitrogen: Making and Breaking a Triple Bond announcement (PDF)

2013-05-06 Prof. Richard Cogdell,FRS, Director of Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, UK: Studies on purple light harvesting complexes announcement (PDF)

2013-04-24 Prof. Anne S. Ulrich,Department of Organic Chemistry, Full Professor of Biochemistry, Director of the Institute for Biological Interfaces (IBG2), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany: Transport machineries in biomembranes utilizing electrostatic “charge zippers” announcement (PDF)

2013-04-10 Prof. Peter Leadlay,Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK: Alexander-von-Humboldt Awardee: 'Where will new antibiotics come from?' announcement (PDF)

2013-03-14 Prof. Warren E. Piers,S. Robert Blair Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Organometallic approaches to water splitting: The chemistry of well-defined LnM-OH complexes announcement (PDF)

2013-03-06 Prof. Konrad Koszinowski,Institut für Organische und Biomolekulare Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany: Intermediates of Transition-Metal Mediated Cross-Coupling Reactions announcement (PDF)

2013-01-30 Prof. David Avnir,Institute of Chemistry, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem: Catalysis, biocatalysis and bioactivity with organically and bio-organically doped metals announcement (PDF)

2013-01-09 Prof. Thorsten M. Bernhardt,Deputy Director: Institute of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Nanocatalysis and Femtochemistry, Ulm University, Germany: Selective oxidation catalysis with metal clusters in an ion trap announcement (PDF)