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University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Fairbanks, AK 99775-6160
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University of Alaska Fairbanks Environmental Chemistry Programs

E-Chem Group Meeting Schedule

Meetings are every other Wednesday from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in room 165 in the Reichardt Building. Bring a bag lunch.

2009 Fall Semester Schedule:
DATE PRESENTER TITLE
17 Sept Matthew Pasek, University of South Florida Beyond Phosphate: Phosphorus Redox Processes in the Environment
21 Sept Lambis Papelis, Desert Research Institute Field, Laboratory, and Spectroscopic Investigations of Contaminant Interactions with Mineral Surfaces: An Overview Using Examples from Nevada
24 Sept Aaron Slowey, U.S. Geological Survey Rate of formation and dissolution of mercury sulfide nanoparticles: The dual role of natural organic matter
15 Oct Marcello Guzman, Harvard University Photochemistry of Ketocarboxilic Acids: Ice Core Records, Atmospheric Aerosols, and the Origin of Metabolism
18 Nov Richard Stolzberg, UAF Chemistry Finding structure in chemical data sets: Some practical approaches
23 Nov Open  

2009 Spring Semester Schedule:
DATE PRESENTER TITLE
4 Feb Michael Jaramillo, UAF Chemistry New Ideas for Cyclodextrins to be used in biphasic catalysis studies
13 Mar Chris Iceman, Sarah Petitto, Anastasia Ilgen, UAF Chemistry Arsenic, Antimony and Iron method development for experimental and computational environmental studies
18 Mar Frank Heberling, UAF Chemistry Neptunyl(V) coprecipitation with Calcite: Interfacial reactions and kinetics
18 Apr Jim Conner, FNSB Air Quality Status of Borough Air Quality

2008 Fall Semester Schedule:
DATE PRESENTER TITLE
17 Sept Shane Rideout, UAF Chemistry NADPH oxidase: A role for arsenic in the inflamatory pathway
1 Oct Chris Iceman, UAF Chemistry Free energy calculations of the aqueous Fe(III) ion
15 Oct Scott Elliott, LANL Biogeochemistry in POP and CICE
29 Oct Sarah Petitto, UAF Chemistry Surface structure and reactivity of hydrated magnetite (111) under environmentally relevant conditions
12 Nov Dan Carlson, Deanna Donohoue, William Simpson, UAF Chemistry Field studies of halogen oxide chemistry related to sea salts near Barrow, Alaska and laboratory studies of sea salt availability on sea ice surfaces
3 Dec Cathy Cahill, UAF Chemistry Potluck hosted by Dr. Cahill in the Globe Room at the Geophysical Institute
10 Dec Alan Alda, NOVA Hot Times in Alaska Video and Roundtable Discussion

2008 Spring Semester Schedule:
DATE PRESENTER TITLE
6 Feb Deanna Donohoue, UAF Chemistry Gas Phase Oxidation of Elemental Hg - Kinetic Studies and their Implications
20 Feb Randy Apodaca, UAF Chemistry Measurements and atmospheric reactivity of nighttime nitrogen oxides at high latitudes
5 Mar Raena Rowland, Anastasia Ilgen, Vanessa Ritchey, UAF Chemistry Arsenic, Antimony and Iron analytical method development
19 Mar Jeremy Mathis, Institute of Marine Science Carbon Biogeochemistry and the Impact of Future Sea Ice Loss in the Arctic Ocean
2 Apr Kunal Tanwar and Anastasia Ilgen, UAF Chemistry Two talks in preparation for the Spring ACS meeting: Structural investigation of Fe(II) adsorption on hematite (1-102) and (0001) using crystal truncation rod diffraction and Arsenic and Antimony speciation in water and bottom sediments associated with geothermal waste fluids: Dachny geothermal field, Kamchatka, Russia
16 Apr Njideka Chukwu, UAF Chemistry

In Vitro Analysis of Sodium Arsenite Neurotoxicity and Alaskan Blueberry Neuroprotection

Special time -- 2:30 PM Reic300
23 Apr Alexander Laskin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (EMSL)

Chemistry of Atmospheric Particles: Field and Laboratory Studies

Special time -- Thursday at noon, Reic 300
14 May Open  

2007 Fall Semester Schedule:
DATE PRESENTER TITLE
10/4 Bill Simpson, UAF Chemistry Introduction and Semester scheduling
10/18 Todd Gouin, UAF Chemistry Delayed occurrence of maximum Arctic contamination for organic chemicals
11/1 Chris Iceman, UAF Chemistry Using computers to solve your problems: computational chemistry at UAF
11/15 William Simpson, UAF Chemistry Surface reactivity and catalysis by liquid and liquid-like surfaces
11/29 Todd O'Hara and laboratory, UAF Institute of Arctic Biology Recent activities in the O'Hara laboratory.

2007 Spring Semester Schedule:
DATE PRESENTER TITLE
2/7 Laura Alvarez-Aviles, Graduate student in the Simpson Lab Observations of chemical composition in frost flower growth process and their implication in aerosol production and bromide activation
2/12 Raena Rowland, Graduate student in the Trainor Lab Impedance Characterization of Magnetite Reactivity
3/7 Tom Douglas, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Trace Metal Contaminants in the Alaskan Arctic-Unwanted Gifts from other Friends in High (Latitude) Places
3/20 Dr. Jingfeng Wu from IARC Determination of Trace Levels of Iron and Iron-Binding Organic Ligands in Oceanic Waters. (**During Chem. Dept. Seminar, Tues. at 4 pm, NSF Rm. 201)
4/18 Mike Jaramillo, Graduate student in the Green Lab Proposed Method to Monitor Cyclodextrin Derivatives at the Hexane-Water Interface using X-Ray Reflectivity
5/2 Dan Carlson, Graduate student in the Simpson Lab Bromide on First-Year Sea Ice

2006 Fall Semester Schedule:
DATE PRESENTER TITLE
9/26 Bill Simpson, UAF Assoc. Prof. Chemistry Springtime Halogen Chemistry and Mercury Deposition in the Arctic
10/11 Dea Huff, Graduate student in the Simpson Lab Variability of N2O5 Surface Reactivity on Water and Ice
10/25 Patti Picha, UAF Career Services Student Job Assistance and Career Planning
11/15 Mary Beth Leigh, UAF Assist. Prof. Microbiology Bioremediation of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants: Microbes to the Rescue
11/29 Meeting Cancelled Vanessa Ritchie's Seminar is Postponed till Spring, 2007