SESSION I
Paul Cheong (Houk Group) speaks on "The
Mechanism and Origin of Stereoselectivity in the Rh(I)-Josiphos
catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of unprotected enamines"
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Paul Cheong with Session I Chair, Jason
DeChancie
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Peter Jarowski waiting his turn in the audience
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Brian Northrop (Houk and Stoddart Groups) presents
his research findings on "Steric and Electrostatic Interactions
in [2]Rotaxanes: Synthesis, Modeling, and Single-Molecule Force
Spectroscopy"
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Hisham Eissa of the Jung Group shares his insights
on "Efforts Towards the Total Synthesis of Mycosporulone
and the Development and Applications of a New Bridged Robinson
Annulation"
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SESSION II
Session II Chair, Doris Chun
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Mike Tomsci (Stoddart Group) speaks on "My
Life as a Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) Chemist"
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Peter Jarowski of the Garcia-Garibay and Houk
Groups gives his talk on "Theoretical Investigations of
the Thermochemistry, Reactivity, Structures, and Internal Rotation
of Conjugated Polyynes"
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Rob Ramirez of the Stoddart Group discusses
"Optoelectronic Properties of Noncovalently Functionalized
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
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LUNCH
Time out for a Tasty Lunch
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SESSION III
Adam Braunschwieg Stoddart Group) answers a
question from the audience on his talk "Thermodynamic Control
of Switching in Molecular Electronic Devices"
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Phil Haussmann Session III Chair
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The Audience, starting to return from lunch
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Hiufung Chu of the Jung Group describes "Progress
Toward the Total Synthesis of Cardiac Glycosides: Ouabain and
Rhodexin A"
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Left to right, Organic Chemistry Faculty Members: Professors
Ohyun Kwon, Robin Garrell, Yves Rubin, Ken Houk
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Reymundo Villa of the Kwon Group talks about
"Phosphine-Catalyzed [4+2] Annulation in the Total Synthesis
of Corynantheine Indole Alkaloids"
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MID AFTERNOON BREAK
Rebecca Broyer and Prof. Ken Houk
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Brian Northrop and Elizabeth Padgett
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Adam Braunschweig on break
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Group shot taken on the mid-afternoon break
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Tomoaki Endo (visiting professor in the Wudl
Group) in foreground.
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Professors Craig Merlic and Yves
Rubin
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Professors Craig Merlic and Yves
Rubin, yet again
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Professor Mike Jung in a pensive mood
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SESSION IV
Rebecca Broyer with Seogshin Kang of
the Stoddart Group. Seogshin spoke on Molecular Switches for
Nano-Scale Devices"
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Luis Campos of the Garcia-Garibay Group. He
presented research on "Shedding Light on H-Tunneling Near
Zero Kelvin: It's So Sensitive"
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Heather Shepherd (Garrell Group) presents a
talk on "Droplet Based Microfluidics: The Effects of Surface
Hydrophilicity, Topography anjd Droplet Viscosity"
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JC Olson, Susan Pieniazek and Fernando
Clemente
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Bird's Eye View
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Brian Northrop with Elizabeth Padgett
and Professor Ken Houk
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Frank-Gerritt Klaerner of the University of
Duisberg-Essen (Winstnein Frontiers II Invited Lecturer) with
Profs. Yves Rubin and Robin Garrell
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Farnoush Family, Wesley
Walker, Rey Villa, Mike Jung (background) and
Zachary Tolstyka
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Gloria Rodriguez,
Luis Campos, Heather Shepherd, Hiufung Chu
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Jaime Im and Amanda Dennis deep in conversation
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Jaime Im and Amanda Dennis mugging the
camera
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Robin Garrell and Frank-Gerritt Klaerner
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Luis Campos and Rey Villa
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Luis Campos and Rey Villa
and Hiufung Chu
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Peter Jarowski and Paul Cheong
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Professors Yves Rubin and Heather Maynard (Faculty
Event Organizer)
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Mike Tomsci, Prof. Ken Houk and Rob
Ramirez
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