50th Anniversary Celebration and Symposium: June 17-19, 2010
The Chemistry 50th Anniversary Celebration is a "golden" opportunity to recognize the accomplishments of the graduates of the UCR Chemistry program during the 50 years since the initiation of the Department of Chemistry's graduate program. Graduate and undergraduate alumni, current students, and past and current faculty have been invited to campus to share their UCR experiences and their current activities.
The three-day event opens with a welcome reception on Thursday, June 17, in the Chemical Sciences Building. A symposium on Friday, June 18, in 302 Highlander Union Building (HUB) (formerly the Commons) is followed by a recognition banquet at the Mission Inn. A choice of activities is available on Saturday morning, June 19.
Reception
Find a map of the Chemical Sciences Building (#414), the location of the reception and poster session. Adjacent to the building is parking lot P13. Once you enter the campus, signs ("Chem50th") along the roadway will direct you to this lot. You will need to pay for parking ($5, cash only). Click the "Parking" button at left for more information.
Poster session
See the posters that will be available for viewing during the reception on Thursday, June 17.
Detailed schedule
UCR Department of Chemistry Graduate Program 50th Anniversary Celebration
Welcome Reception and Graduate Student Poster Session
5:00 - 7:00 pm, Kohler Conference Room, Chemical Sciences 231
Symposium
302 HUB
8:00 am, Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am, Welcome
Chancellor Timothy White
Dean Thomas Baldwin
Chemistry Department Chair Eric Chronister
9:15 am, Keynote Presentation: "I Forgot to Tell Him the Task Was Impossible"
Charlie Gay (B.S. '68, Ph.D. '79), Applied Solar
9:45 am, "The Roles of Chemical Diagnosis in National Defense Technologies"
Norman Yeong-Jgi Chen (Ph.D. '70), Retired
10:10 am, "Combinatorial Modulation of Protein Prenylation"
Richard Gibbs (Ph.D. '88), Purdue University
10:35 am, Break
10:50 am, "Science for Second Graders and CEOs"
Steve Pentoney (Ph.D. '87), Beckman Coulter
11:15 am, "Targeting Heterocyclic Marine Natural Products at 4700 Feet Above Sea Level"
Jon Rainier (Ph.D. '94), University of Utah
11:40 am, "Fundamental Aspects of Radiation Chemistry and Time-Resolved X-Ray Studies"
Rob Crowell (B.S. '87, Ph.D. '92), Brookhaven National Lab
12:05 pm, Lunch
- Student awards
- Faculty awards
- Recognition of Golden Anniversary–Year Ph.D. Recipients
- Recognition of Chemistry Emeritus Faculty
1:30 pm, Keynote Presentation: "Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, and Epigenetics"
Arthur Riggs (B.S. '61), Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope
2:00 p.m., "Fermentanomics: Using NMR to Better Understand Protein and Antibody Production"
Andreas Kaerner (Ph.D. '98), Eli Lilly
2:25 pm, "Exploring the Nano Chemistry of Peptide-Oligonucleotide Conjugates"
John Chaput (Ph.D. '96), Arizona State University
2:50pm, Break
3:05 pm, "Polymers in Medicine"
Adah Almutairi (Ph.D. '05), UCSD
3:30 pm , "Adventures in Organometallic Iron and Rhenium Chemistry"
Vince Lavallo (Ph.D. '08), Cal Tech
3:55 pm, Alumni Awards and Reminiscences
5:00 pm, Closing Remarks
Banquet
The Mission Inn, Music Room/Glenwood Tavern
6:30 pm, Cocktails
7:00 pm, Dinner
7:45 pm, "A Brief History of the Chemistry Department"
Eric Chronister, Chair, Department of Chemistry
8:00 pm, "Avatar: Bridging Science and the Public "
Jodie Holt, Chair, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
9:00 am, Continental Breakfast
Kohler Conference Room, Chemical Sciences 231
10:00 am, Tours and Recreational Activities
Speakers
Speakers' biographies are listed in the order of their presentation at the symposium. Click a card to see the bio.