| AEI | Monday, August 23, 2004 | ||
8:00 PM-10:00 PM Pennsylvania Convention Center -- Hall D, Sci-Mix | |||
Academic Employment Initiative | |||
| Organizers: | Jerry A. Bell Marta Gmurczyk | ||
| 1 | Substrate binding by the DNA repair protein O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase: A new groove for the helix-turn-helix motif John A. Tainer, Douglas S. Daniels, Tammy T. Woo, Kieu X. Luu, David M. Noll, Neil D. Clarke, Anthony E. Pegg | ||
| 2 | Development of synthetic methods for the guanidine functional group Jasper Asper | ||
| 3 | Kinetic Monte Carlo model for graphite slabs exposed in low-Earth orbit K. Lance Kelly, John C. Tully | ||
| 4 | New approach to ab initio molecular dynamics using atom-centered basis functions John M. Herbert, Martin Head-Gordon | ||
| 5 | Chemical dissection reveals the mechanism of Hepatitis Delta Virus ribozyme catalysis S. R. Das, Joseph A. Piccirilli | ||
| 6 | Elucidating the rate determining steps in 3α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase(AKR1C9) catalysis William C. Cooper, Yi Jin, Vladi V Heredia, Trevor M. Penning | ||
| 7 | b-Hairpin peptides containing a novel b-turn mimic and an unnatural amino acid that mimics a peptide b-strand Mehrnoosh Hashemzadeh, James S. Nowick | ||
| 8 | A protein interaction motif regulates the activity of E. coli pol V Penny Beuning, Daniel Barsky, Graham Walker | ||
| 9 | A unitary group approach to the spin-adapatation of equation of motion coupled cluster theory Nicholas D. K. Petraco, Josef Paldus, Xiangzhu Li | ||
| 10 | Ab-initio study of excited electronic states of the C3H3 radical Milena Shahu | ||
| 11 | Activated 3-dimensional titania nanostructures for optoelectronic and photonic applications Michael H. Bartl, Karen L. Frindell, Evelyn L. Hu, Galen D. Stucky | ||
| 12 | Liquid helium droplets: 0.4 Kelvin nanoscale test tubes C. Michael Lindsay, Paul L. Stiles, Jeremy M. Merritt, William K. Lewis, Gary E. Douberly, Roger E. Miller | ||
| 13 | Quantitation of endogenous retinoids: Toward elucidation of retinoid function in the central nervous system Maureen A. Kane, Na Chen, Joseph L. Napoli | ||
| 14 | AgBF4 impregnated poly (vinyl phenyl ketone): An ethylene sensing film Omar Green, Judith N. Burstyn | ||
| 15 | Ambient measurements of PAHs and nitro-PAHs in Mexico City Heidi L. Bethel, Fabienne Reisen, Janet Arey | ||
| 16 | An inorganic chemist reflects on synthesis, spectroscopy, and a symbiotic relationship mentoring students at a PUI Catherine F. Dignam, Michelle Millar, Thomas J. Wenzel | ||
| 17 | Aspartate 402 is the catalytic base in nitroalkane oxidase Michael P. Valley, Paul F. Fitzpatrick | ||
| 18 | Bio-molecule embedded conducting polymer nanowire sensor Kumaran Ramanathan, Nosang Myung, Wilfred Chen, Ashok Mulchandani | ||
| 19 | Biologically inspired catalytic methods Joshua D. Lawrence | ||
| 20 | Broadly prepared: Educator and researcher in organic chemistry and chemical education Nathan J. Barrows | ||
| 21 | Changes in potency of antibacterials in the environment due to photochemical transformations Kristine H. Wammer, Kristopher McNeill, Timothy M. LaPara, William A. Arnold, Deborah L. Swackhamer | ||
| 22 | Chemical approaches to nanosciences employing transition metal complexes Jonas I Goldsmith | ||
| 23 | Confined assembly of novel silica mesostructures and application in mesostructured nanowires Yiying Wu, Martin Moskovits, Galen D Stucky | ||
| 24 | Controlled graft copolymerization of guar gum utilizing nitroxide mediators William H. Daly, Veronica K. Holmes | ||
| 25 | Design and synthesis of octahydropyranopyrrole-based inhibitors of mammalian ribonucleotide reductase Michael J. Fuertes, Jaskiran Kaur, Barry S. Cooperman, Amos B. Smith III | ||
| 26 | Designed cyclic b-sheet mimics Wade A. Russu, James S. Nowick | ||
| 27 | Detection of phosphorus oxyanions in geothermal water by ion chromatography and electrospray mass spectrometry Michelle M. Ivey, Krishna L. Foster | ||
| 28 | Detection of protein structures at interfaces by nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy Jie Wang, Matthew L. Clarke, Chunyan Chen, Zhan Chen | ||
| 29 | Determination of the autoionization lifetime of the singlet atomic sulfur levels with a tunable vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) radiation Jianhua Huang, Dadong Xu, William M Jackson | ||
| 30 | Determining the efficiency of intramolecular energy transfer in steroidal molecular photonic wires Harry Morrison, Malikah N. Jenkins | ||
| 31 | Developing electrochemical biosensors for toxicity screening and data validation using LC/ES-MS/MS Jing Yang, James F. Rusling | ||
| 32 | Development of a novel laser spectroscopic technique for a graduate program and proposed research and teaching philosophy for an undergraduate curriculum Giovanni Meloni | ||
| 33 | Development of bioconjugate techniques toward the metal based imaging agent Sangeeta R. Banerjee | ||
| 34 | Dianionic and trianionic macrocycles in N-confused porphyrin and their effect on the metal oxidation state John D. Harvey, Christopher J. Ziegler | ||
| 35 | Diastereoselective nucleophilic additions to 2-keto-4-methyl-1,3-dioxanes: 1,3-Dioxanes as chiral auxiliaries Daniel R. Clark, William F. Bailey | ||
| 36 | Diphenyldipyrazolylmethane: A new ligand for copper enzyme active site models Janet L. Shaw, Christopher J. Ziegler | ||
| 37 | Discovery and development of novel antibiotics and antibiotic delivery strategies Caren Freel Meyers | ||
| 38 | Divalency and diversity: Curious chemistry from groups 14, 15 and 16 Nicholas J. Hill, Robert West, William Levason, Gillian Reid | ||
| 39 | Divergence of carbonyl ylide reactions as a function of diazocarbonyl compound and aldehyde substituent: Dioxolanes, dioxolenes, and epoxides Michael P. Doyle, Albert E. Russell, Jonathan Brekan, Luisa Gronenberg | ||
| 40 | Dynamics of bimolecular reactions and photodissociation Jon P. Camden | ||
| 41 | Effects of crystallinity on the mechanical properties of polycyclohexylethylene-polyethylene block copolymers Mahesh K. Mahanthappa, Frank S. Bates, Marc A. Hillmyer | ||
| 42 | Effects of hydrogen-bonding on Compound I formation and reduction in heme hydroperoxidase models Jake D. Soper, Daniel G. Nocera | ||
| 43 | Electron-transfer kinetics of copper(II/I) complexes with the macrocyclic hexadentate ligands [18]aneS6 and [18]aneS4O2 Gezahegn T. Chaka, Ashoka Kandegedara, Mary Jane Heeg, Leo A. Ochrymowycz, David B. Rorabacher | ||
| 44 | Electronic structure research: Quantum Monte Carlo, traditional ab initio, and density functional approaches in the study of "difficult" chemical systems John A.W. Harkless | ||
| 45 | Electrowetting-on-dielectric for analysis of peptides and proteins by matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry Aaron R Wheeler, Hyejin Moon, Chang Jin Kim, Joseph A. Loo, Robin L. Garrell | ||
| 46 | Elemental analysis of meteorites: L chondrites, shock loading, and chemical fractionation Jon M. Friedrich | ||
| 47 | Elucidation of the electronic properties of immobilized alkanethiolate-stabilized gold clusters and nanoparticles using scanning tunneling microscopy Rachel K. Smith, Sanjini U. Nanayakkara, Brent A. Mantooth, Gerd Woehrle, James E. Hutchison, Paul S. Weiss | ||
| 48 | End functionalized Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) as building blocks for the synthesis of block copolymers Malika Jeffries-EL, Mihaela C. Iovu, Elena E. Sheina, Geneviève Sauvé, Richard D. McCullough | ||
| 49 | Equilibrium studies of unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters coordinated to palladium (II) Kesete Ghebreyessus, Robert J. Angelici | ||
| 50 | Evanescent-wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy applied to condensed-phase systems Theresa E. Hannon | ||
| 51 | Exploring RNA structure, energetics, and function to enable predictions from sequence Susan J. Schroeder | ||
| 52 | Exploring the impact of reagent vibrational excitation on chemical reactions Hans A. Bechtel | ||
| 53 | Fabrication of gold nanoparticles for protein regulation Joseph M. Simard, Ayush Verma, Nicholas O. Fischer, Vincent M. Rotello | ||
| 54 | Five-coordinate alkenylruthenium complexes: Studies on electronic communication and reversible coordination of Phosphine and Oxygen at low temperature Sripriya K Seetharaman, Min chul Chung, Michael B Sponsler | ||
| 55 | Functionalization of nanocrystalline diamond for biosensing/MEMS applications Jian Wang, Xingcheng Xiao, Orlando Auciello, Millicent A. Firestone, John A. Carlisle | ||
| 56 | Geometric and computational molecular dynamics and control Florence J. Lin | ||
| 57 | In the language of mathematics: A physical chemist's research retrospective Christine V. Hampton | ||
| 58 | Innovation in chemistry instruction balanced with interactive learning and real-life analogies Yetta Porter-Chapman | ||
| 59 | Inventing new reactions that break the rules of traditional organic chemistry Brenton DeBoef, Scott R. Gilbertson, Dalibor Sames | ||
| 60 | Investigation of the role of long range charge transfer in stimulation of gene mutations Abraham Joy, Michael Seidman, Gary B Schuster | ||
| 61 | Ion diffusion utilized in fabricating soft fuel cells assembled using layer-by-layer technology-intelligent programs for chemical education Tarek R. Farhat, P. T. Hammond | ||
| 62 | Ion-pair dissociation dynamics of CH3Br-->CH3+ + Br- as a function of VUV wavelength Dadong Xu, Jianhua Huang, Roosevelt J. Price II, William M. Jackson | ||
| 63 | Knowledge-based potentials in drug design Brian N. Dominy, Eugene I. Shakhnovich | ||
| 64 | Materials discovery: From catalyst to actinide materials and beyond Benny C. Chan | ||
| 65 | MD simulations of protein-polyelectrolyte multilayers Venkateswarlu Panchagnula, Junhwan Jeon, James F. Rusling, Andrey V. Dobrynin | ||
| 66 | Mechanistic studies of biological, chemical, and atmospheric systems via first-principles simulation methods Yves A. Mantz | ||
| 67 | Mechanistic studies on small molecule binding and activation by biomimetic dinuclear metal complexes Sergey V. Kryatov, Elena V. Rybak-Akimova, Lawrence Que Jr. | ||
| 68 | Metallophthalocyanine based sensors for detection of chemical warfare agents and explosives Karla A. Miller, Ngoc Tran, Forest Bohrer, Sarah Toal, Michael J. Hale, Bernd Fruhberger, Andrew C. Kummel, Ivan K. Schuller, William C. Trogler | ||
| 69 | Method development for the characterization of mainstream bidi smoke by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and infrared spectrometry (IR) Omobola A. Oladipupo, Ngee Sing Chong | ||
| 70 | Method for assessing polymer branching in polyethylenimine by ESI-MS Jianghong Gu, Monika Konaklieva, James E. Girard | ||
| 71 | Microwave-assisted combinatorial chemistry: Highly efficient library synthesis on planar supports Matthew D. Bowman, Ryan C. Jeske, Helen E. Blackwell | ||
| 72 | Mixed dipicolinato-hydroxylamido vanadium complexes as potential insulin-mimetic compounds: Synthesis and characterization Jason J. Smee, Debbie C. Crans, Nichola Maurer, Guillaume Teissedre, Mandy Maes, Luqin Yang, Susie M. Miller, Oren P. Anderson | ||
| 73 | Monitoring cellular signaling using micro- and nanotechnology: Interface between biology and engineering Hajime Takano, Philip G. Haydon, Marc D. Porter | ||
| 74 | Monitoring fast changes in amine neurotransmitters using microdialysis with on-line capillary electrophoresis detection B. Jill Venton, Robert T. Kennedy, Terry E. Robinson | ||
| 75 | Nanoscale shape-memory alloys: Synthesis and applications Nickolaus A. Smith | ||
| 76 | New avenues in homogeneous catalysis, catalyst recovery, and facilitated chemical synthesis Philip L. Osburn | ||
| 77 | New explorations and findings in enediyne and sugar chemistry Martin J. Lear, Masahiro Hirama | ||
| 78 | Nonadditive ab initio interaction potentials in simulations of condensed phases Robert Bukowski, Krzysztof Szalewicz | ||
| 79 | Novel furanocoumarin inhibitors of CYP3A4 Cheng Jen, Charles J. Kelley, David J. Greenblatt, Lisa L. von Moltke, James L. Weemhoff, Su Xiang Duan, Barbara W. LeDuc | ||
| 80 | Novel instrumentation and methods in mass spectrometry: from microfabricated mass analyzers to hypervelocity impact ionization Daniel E. Austin | ||
| 81 | Novel organic vanadium(V) insulin-mimetic compounds: Synthesis, solid state, and solution chemistry Luqin Yang, Wenzheng Jin, Debbic C Crans, Agnete la Cour, Susie M. Miller, Oren P. Anderson | ||
| 82 | O2and N2O activation by copper active sites in biology Peng Chen, Edward I. Solomon | ||
| 83 | One-electron oxidation of a hydrogen-bonded phenol occurs by a proton-coupled electron transfer mechanism Ian J. Rhile, James M. Mayer | ||
| 84 | Optical characterization of nanomaterials using near-field scanning optical microscopy Geoffrey M. Lowman, Paula T. Hammond, Steven K. Buratto | ||
| 85 | Organic synthesis and biosynthesis David A. Vosburg | ||
| 86 | Pattern stability in microcontact printed self assembled monolayers Jennifer R. Hampton, Rachel K. Smith, Arrelaine A. Dameron, Christina E. Inman, James E. Hutchison, Paul S. Weiss | ||
| 87 | Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic (PBT) chemicals in Pacific Flyway migratory birds Yelena Sapozhnikova, Jaqueline Garcia-Hernandez, Zed Mason, Daniel Schlenk | ||
| 88 | Photochemical and physical inorganic faculty candidate James E. McGarrah | ||
| 89 | Photochemical stabilization of pentacene and a substituted pentacene in solution and in thin films Ashok J. Maliakal, Krishnan Raghavachari, Howard E. Katz, Ed Chandross | ||
| 90 | Physical chemist seeking to research chemical education at a PUI Carmen L. Beildeck | ||
| 91 | Physical chemistry on the nanoscale: From single molecules to self-assembled systems Dan E. Barlow | ||
| 92 | Polymers for biomedical and environmental applications: Enzymatic synthesis and surface characterization Anja Mueller | ||
| 93 | Potentiometric anion selectivity and response characteristics of metallo-salen and salophen complexes as carriers in polymeric membrane electrodes Jeremy T. Mitchell-Koch, Mark E. Meyerhoff | ||
| 94 | Prediction, analysis and understanding; why computational chemistry is indispensable: Snapshots of proven skills and exciting new directions Kiran Boggavarapu | ||
| 95 | Preparation and characterization of benzo-annelated macrobicyclic diamines Gary L. Smith, Richard W. Taylor, Masood A. Khan | ||
| 96 | Principles and applications of theoretical chemistry: From molecular physics to biochemistry Ravinder Abrol | ||
| 97 | Progress toward the realization of S = ½ kagomé antiferromagnets Matthew P. Shores, Bart M. Bartlett, Emily A. Nytko, Daniel G. Nocera | ||
| 98 | Progress toward a new multiple component condensation route to complex cyclopentenones John Mabry, Bruce Ganem | ||
| 99 | Progress toward the synthesis of the C1-C22 subunit of halichondrin B Gregory H. Hanson, Farid Benayoud, Steven D. Burke | ||
| 100 | Quadruply bonded metals linked by dicarboxylate, diamidate, and dioxyquinone bridges Nathan J. Patmore, Malcolm H. Chisholm | ||
| 101 | Rapid screening and evolution of protein activity and thermostability of fluorinated proteins Jin K. Montclare, David A. Tirrell | ||
| 102 | Reorganizational dynamics of multilamellar lipid bilayer assemblies using high-pressure Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Scott W. Huffman, Ira W. Levin | ||
| 103 | Role of the B component of methylosinus trichosporium OB3b methane monooxygenase Jingyan Zhang, John D. Lipscomb | ||
| 104 | SAR (Structure-activity relationship) of new synthetic peptides with transcinnamic and dihydrocinnamic acids as inhibitors for thrombin Cristina Clement, Patricia Chimieze, Manfred Philipp | ||
| 105 | Shape control of inorganic nanostructures Amy Lucia Prieto, Hongkun Park | ||
| 106 | Solution behavior of Sodium taurodeoxycholate (NaTDC) in presence of Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) Tania Dey | ||
| 107 | Spherical nanoparticle ordering in block copolymer systems John M. Papalia, Mary E. Galvin | ||
| 108 | Studies of nano-scale systems with electronics applications Marcus Lay | ||
| 109 | Sub-picosecond transient dynamics in gold nanoparticles encapsulated by a fluorophore-terminated monolayer Tao Gu, James K. Whitesell, Marye Anne Fox | ||
| 110 | Superfluid solvation in finite systems: Linear molecules embedded in helium and para-hydrogen clusters Francesco Paesani | ||
| 111 | Synthesis and manipulation of metallic nanowires Anne K. Bentley | ||
| 112 | Synthesis and reactivity of a series of transition metal complexes containing novel ligands as C-H bond activation catalysts Remle Celenligil-Cetin | ||
| 113 | Synthesis of functionalized β-amino acids and their oligomers Timothy J. Peelen, Yonggui Robin Chi, Samuel H. Gellman | ||
| 114 | Synthesis of solid supported organometallic catalysts: Increasing the “atom economy” of reactions Leslie D. Vazquez-Serrano | ||
| 115 | Theoretical and computational approaches to reaction rates Dmitry M. Medvedev, Stephen K. Gray, Evelyn M. Goldfield | ||
| 116 | Time-dependent density functional theory for studying the energies and lifetimes of excited adsorbate states on metal surfaces Xiaosong Li, H. B. Schlegel, Michael Frisch, John C. Tully | ||
| 117 | Tin capped trinuclear nickel catalysts for carbon dioxide activation: A model for a single site nucleophilic pocket Eugenio Simon-Manso, C. P. Kubiak | ||
| 118 | Titanium catalysts with ancillary beta-iminoketone ligands: Synthesis, structure, and polymerization of olefins Yuguo Ma, Andrew F. Mason, Emil B. Lobkovsky, Geoffrey W. Coates | ||
| 119 | Toward a "smart petri dish": Modification of porous silicon for tissue-based biosensors Michael P. Schwartz, Sara D. Alvarez, Austin M. Derfus, Benjamin Migliori, Lin Chao, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Michael J. Sailor | ||
| 120 | Transition metals in organic syntheses Aiwen Lei, James P. Collman, Xumu Zhang | ||
| 121 | Tubes, films, and supercritical fluids: Recent studies in materials science Jason K. Vohs, Bradley D. Fahlman | ||
| 122 | 2-D self-assembly of cruciform π-systems at the liquid-graphite interface: A scanning tunneling microscopy study Gina M. Florio, Jennifer E. Klare, Colin Nuckolls, George W. Flynn | ||
| 123 | Ultrasensitive detection in liquids using cavity ring-down spectroscopy Kate L. Bechtel | ||
| 124 | Understanding how external influences impact reaction rates and selectivity: An ab initio, Monte Carlo and QM/MM approach Orlando Acevedo, William L. Jorgensen | ||
| 125 | Use of atomic force microscopy to probe biological interactions on the nanoscale Robert D. Boyd | ||
| 126 | Use of fluorescence anisotropy in chiral recognition and enantiomeric excess determination Yafei Xu, E.Matthew McCarroll | ||
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The 228th ACS National Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA, August 22-26, 2004