* indicates undergraduate coauthor

K.A. Haushalter, "What your parents never told you about DNA:  Studies of DNA oxidation and repair."  College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, October 2008.  Department seminar.

L.A. Watson, H.J. Eppley, M.J. Geselbracht, A.R. Johnson, B.A. Reisner, J.L. Stewart, B.S. Williams, E. Benatan, and E.R. Jamieson, ”VIPEr: A resource and community for teaching inorganic chemistry,"  American Chemical Society National Meeting (CHED-1257), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

B.A. Reisner, E. Benatan, H.J. Eppley, M.J. Geselbracht, A.R. Johnson, J.Stewart, L.A. Watson, E.R. Jamieson, and B.S. Williams, “VIPEr: Virtual Inorganic Pedagogical Electronic Resource,"  American Chemical Society National Meeting (INOR-751), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

L.D.Hughs* and A.R. Johnson, "Titanium and tantalum cyclopentadienyl complexes as precatalysts for the intramolecular asymmetric hydroamination of aminoallenes,"  American Chemical Society National Meeting (INOR-785), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster

J.E. Redford*  and A.R. Johnson, "Synthesis of a tethered ligand for titanium and tantalum hydroamination catalysis," American Chemical Society National Meeting (INOR-784), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

A.R. Johnson, L.D. Hughs*, and J.E. Redford*, “Asymmetric hydroamination with titanium and tantalum complexes of cyclopentadiene and amino alcohols,"  American Chemical Society National Meeting (INOR-590), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

K.K. Karukstis, “Starting a Successful Research Program at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution," "What types of research should a new faculty member pursue?  And, Selection of and working with undergraduates," American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2009.  Presentations.

K.K. Karukstis, “Creating a Campus Culture that Supports Undergraduate Research,” Hope College, October 2008.  Presentation.

K.K.Karukstis, “Assessing the Impact of Undergraduate Research,” Hope College, October 2008.  Presentation.

K.K. Karukstis, G.R. Van Hecke, W.C. Duim*, J. McDonough*, K.N. Chellis*, A.R. Lee*, C.H.C. Giammanco*, M.E. Daub*, C.A. Snyder*, S.L.Poe*,   “Characterization of the aqueous phase behavior of alkyl glucosides and alkyl thioglucosides using fluorescence spectroscopy and polarizing optical microscopy,” 20th International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, Warsaw, Poland.  August 2008.  Paper.

K.K. Karukstis, “Undergraduate Research as a Pedagogical Approach for Increasing Student Engagement and Learning,” Workshop for “Inventions and Impact 2: Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education,” National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program Principal Investigators Conference, August  2008.  Invited workshop.

K.K. Karukstis, “A Workshop Initiative by the Council on Undergraduate Research to Establish, Enhance, and Institutionalize Undergraduate Research,” Presentation for “Inventions and Impact 2: Building Excellence in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education,” National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program Principal Investigators Conference, August 2008.  Invited Presentations.

J. Cobb* and G.R. Van Hecke,  "Nonideality in the binary phase diagrams of homologous 4'-n-alkyl-4-cyanobiphenyls,"  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

M. Cyffka*, M. Jang*, C.L. Kalcic*, and G.R. Van Hecke,  "Excess Thermodynamic functions of n-hexan-l-ol or cyclohexanol + n-alkane mixtures using viscometry dilatometry refractometry, and laser light scattering," American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

T. McQueen* and G.R. Van Hecke, "Investigation of liquid crystal binary phase diagrams exhibiting reentrance calculated by the equal Gibbs energy method,"   American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

A. Pribram-Jones* and G.R. Van Hecke, "Bulk chirality:  The influence of molecular asymmetry on the phase behavior of the mesomorphic 2, 7-diacyl fluorenes," American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.  Poster.

G.R. Van Hecke, Alumni Wine College, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA.  October 2008.  Presentation.

G. Rayermann*, A. Hickman*, J.A. Kouzelos*, R.S. Gabor*, H. Ahmad*, V. Gunderson*, A. Jacobs*, R.J. Cave, and H. Van Ryswyk, “Electronic Coupling in Metalloporphyrin Dimers,” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2009.  Poster.

G. Rayermann*, N. Eisenmenger*, R. Pakula*, T. Narayan*, T. McQueen*, S. Pankratz*, R. Jensen, J. Hupp, and H. Van Ryswyk, “Dye structure and injection efficiency for zinc porphyrins on zinc oxide photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells,” Gordon Research Conference on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels. January 2009.  Poster.

H. Van Ryswyk, “Making dye-sensitized solar cells a `disruptive technology’” The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA,  November  2008. Invited Seminar.

G. Rayermann*, H.Ahmad*, A. Hickman*, R. Gabor*, 
V. Gunderson*, A. Kouzelos*, S. Edwards*, S. Pheasant*, R.J. Cave, and H. Van Ryswyk, “Electronic Coupling in Metalloporphyrin Oligomers,”  Gordon Research Conference on Electron Donor Acceptor Interactions.  August  2008.  Poster.

D.A. Vosburg, R.T. Nishimura*, C.H. Giammanco*, “Green, enzymatic syntheses of divanillin and diapocynin,” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2009.  Poster

J.P. Litz*, K.C. Morrison*, K.P. Scherpelz*, P.D. Dossa*, and D.A. Vosburg, “Concise, biomimetic synthesis of (+)-davanone,”  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2009.  Poster.

R.T. Nishimura*, A.H. Chung*, K. Loh*, and D.A. Vosburg, “Progress toward a total synthesis of the endiandric acids,”  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2009.  Poster.

 D.A. Vosburg,“A concise, biomimetic formal synthesis of (+)-davanone,” National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers Western Regional Meeting, Cal Poly Pomona, October 2008.  Talk.

J.P. Litz* K.C.Morrison*,  and D.A. Vosburg, "A concise, biomimetic synthesis of (+)-davanone,”  Pfizer Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, Groton, CT, October 2008.  Poster.

K.C. Morrison*,  K.L. Poindexter*, P.D. Dossa*, and D.A. Vosburg, “Biomimetic synthesis of (+)-davanone,”  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2008.  Talk.