E-Chem Group Meeting Schedule
Most meetings are Wednesdays from 12:00 - 1:00 pm in room 165 in the Reichardt Building. Bring a bag lunch.
2010 Fall Semester Schedule:
| DATE | PRESENTER | TITLE |
| 8 Sept | Anastasia Ilgen, UAF Environmental Chemistry | Controls on antimony and arsenic speciation via sorption and redox chemistry at the clay mineral-water interface in natural and laboratory settings |
| 15 Oct | Deanna Huff, UAF Environmental Chemistry | The role of ice surfaces in affecting nighttime removal of nitrogen oxides in high latitude plumes |
2010 Spring Semester Schedule:
| DATE | PRESENTER | TITLE |
| 9 Dec | Taryn Lopez, UAF Environmental Chemistry | Evaluation of Satellite-derived Sulfur Dioxide Measurements for Volcano Monitoring during the 2009 Redoubt Eruption |
| 9 Dec | Deanna Donohoue, UAF GI Chemistry | Comparison of BrO Observed by Ground-based MAX-DOAS and Satellite for Barrow, Alaska during ARCTAS, March and April 2008 |
| 26 Jan | Cathy Middlecamp, University of Wisconsin Madison | Chemistry in Context: 20 Years of Teaching Climate Change |
| 24 Feb | Tom Douglas, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory | Mercury in the Arctic spring: a tracer for physical and chemical processes linking the atmosphere to the land and sea |
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 |
| 3 Nov | Charlie Stark, UAF Chemistry | The toxic effects of Mercury Compounds and the Antagonistic properties of Selenium |
| 18 Nov | Richard Stolzberg, UAF Chemistry | Finding structure in chemical data sets: Some practical approaches |
| 30 Nov | Udo Becker, Dept of Geology, University of Michigan | Reaction mechanisms of redox processes in the environment |
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 |