Southwest Speaker Exchange

CHEMISTRY SPEAKERS AND GRADUATE-LEVEL TOPICS

Baylor University

Speakers should be contacted directly. Email addresses are given for each speaker, and the department address/phone number is as follows:

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97348
Waco, TX 76798
Phone:254-710-3311
FAX:254-710-4272

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Darrin J. Bellert

E-mail: Darrin_Bellert@baylor.edu

Research

An Experimental Study of the Kinetics and Dynamics of Metal Ion Assisted C-C and C-H Bond Activation at Low Internal Energies

C. Kevin Chambliss

E-mail: Kevin_Chambliss@baylor.edu

Research

• Redox-Switchable Metal Complexes in Analytical Chemistry
• Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Fish. Novel Screening Methods and Results of a National Pilot Study in the U.S.
• Compositional Analysis of Biomass Feedstocks and Process Streams. The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Biomass-to-Ethanol Conversion

Patrick J. Farmer

E-mail: Patrick_Farmer@baylor.edu

Research Group

• Reactive sulfur species involved in oxidative stress: Friend or Foe in the realm of sulfur chemical biology
• Cu Ionophores that induce rapid apoptosis in melanoma cell culture

Robert Kane

E-mail: Bob_Kane@baylor.edu

Research

• The Organic Chemistry of Fresh Flesh
• Hedging our bets: Suppressing or Stimulating Immune Responses Using Organic Synthesis

Kevin K. Klausmeyer

E-mail: Kevin_Klausmeyer@baylor.edu

Research Group

• Coordination chemistry and reactivity of pyridyl containing phosphinites and phosphonites

Carlos E. Manzanares

E-mail: Carlos_Manzanares@baylor.edu

Research Group

• Atmospheric Chemistry Linked to Visible Light Absorption
• Planetary atmospheres: Spectroscopy and reactivity in cryogenic liquids

Kevin G. Pinney

E-mail: Kevin_Pinney@baylor.edu

Research Group

• Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment: Small- Molecule, Tubulin Binding, Vascular Disrupting Agents as Anti- Cancer Therapeutics
• Targeting Tumor Hypoxia with Prodrug Conjugates of Potent Small- Molecule Inhibitors of Tubulin Polymerization

Bryan F. Shaw

E-mail: Bryan_Shaw@baylor.edu

Research Group

• Developing drug therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Why do some metallo-proteins regulate their net charge during metal binding?
• Understanding how electrostatic surface potentials affect the rate of hydrogen-deuterium exchange in proteins.
• Developing chemical tools to bridge proteomics and structural biology.

Mary Lynn Trawick

E-mail: Mary_Lynn_Trawick@baylor.edu

Research Group

• Specificity and Inhibition of Gamma-Glutamylamine Cyclotransferase