Connecting achievement motivation to performance in general chemistry By: Dulmini Jayawardana Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 3210 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211 Advisor: Dr. Kristen Murphy Abstract In the last decade or so, the affective... Read More

What is Intellectual Property and how do we protect it at UWM? By: Jessica Silvaggi, Ph.D. Senior Licensing Manager University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research Foundation Hosted By: Dr. Peter Geissinger Abstract From the foods we eat, the cars we drive, and... Read More

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Assignment of Relative and Absolute Configuration by Organic Synthesis -Universal NMR Database Approach: Logic, Development, and Application By: Yoshito Kishi Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University With use of the marine natural product palytoxin as an example, we... Read More

Natural Product Synthesis Yoshito Kishi Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University After a brief review on acyclic stereocontrol and convergent synthesis, we shall discuss the current status on catalytic asymmetric Ni/Cr-mediated coupling reactions, with the focus on a... Read More

Metal-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond Activation By: Md Shahnawaz Ali Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 3210 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211 Advisor: Dr. M.M. Hossain Abstract Organic natural products, petroleum oils and polymers on earth are comprised... Read More

Oxidative Catalysis in the Non-heme Iron Oxygenases “VioC” and “OrfP” By: Lamia Tabassum Badhon Advisor: Dr. Nicholas R. Silvaggi Abstract The non-heme Fe(II)-dependent oxygenases catalyze a wide range of enzymatic reactions in important cellular process ranging from DNA repair and... Read More

“Amino Acids as Stable Radical Precursors for C–H Functionalizations” By: Professor Ryan Baxter University of California, Merced Hosted By: Dr. Alexander "Leggy" Arnold Abstract Due to their terrestrial abundance and structural variety, amino acids are ideal source material for initiating... Read More

"Multiple Strategies for Iron Acquisition: Synthesis of Siderophores With and Without Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetases" By: Andrew Gulick Hauptman-Woodward Institute Buffalo, New York Abstract Most bacteria require µM concentrations of iron to grow. Many environments, including those encountered when establishing an... Read More