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2016 Paquette Symposia

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May 6, 2016
All Day
130 CBEC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer M. Schomaker

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Louis Barriault

University of Ottawa

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Tomislav Rovis

Colorado State University
Tomislav Rovis was born in Zagreb in the former Yugoslavia but was largely raised in Southern Ontario, Canada.  Following his undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, he earned his Ph.D. degree at the same institution in 1998 under the direction of Professor Mark Lautens.  From 1998-2000, he was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University with Professor David A. Evans.  In 2000, he began his independent career at Colorado State University and was promoted in 2005 to Associate Professor and in 2008 to Professor.  His group's accomplishments have been recognized by a number of awards including an NSF CAREER and a Roche Excellence in Chemistry award.  He has been named a GlaxoSmithKline Scholar, Amgen Young Investigator, Eli Lilly Grantee, Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, Monfort Professor at Colorado State University, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Katritzky Young Investigator in Heterocyclic Chemistry, and an Arthur C. Cope Scholar.  He currently holds the John K. Stille Chair in Chemistry.

Schedule

Friday, May 6, 2016

Meet and Greet with Leo Paquette in CBEC Lobby 12:30-1:30 p.m.

1:30-1:35 Opening Remarks for Paquette Legacy Symposium, 130 CBEC

1:35-2:25 Professor Jennifer Schomaker
“Catalyst-controlled and flexible strategies for the synthesis of complex amine scaffolds”

2:30-3:20 Professor Louis Barriault
“Harvest in the Natural Product and Gold Catalysis Gardens”

3:25-3:35 Break

3:35-4:25 Professor Tomislav Rovis
“Rh(III) Catalysis for C-H Activation”

Reception following Lectures
In CBEC Lobby
151 W. Woodruff Avenue

Contribute

For questions or to find out how you can contribute, contact CBC-Events via email


2015 Leo Paquette Legacy Symposium


Dr. Leo Paquette
Friday, May 8, 2015
The Leo A. and Estelle I. Paquette Professorship Endowment Fund will carry on Dr. Paquette’s legacy and you can contribute in one of two ways:

Online at giveto.osu.edu
Make a check payable to "The Ohio State University Department of Chemistry" and note "Leo and Estelle Paquette Faculty Research Fund" on the memo line. Please send checks to:

CBC Events
The Ohio State University Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
1118 Newman & Wolfrom Laboratory
100 W. 18th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210


For Further Information

2016 Paquette Brochure [pdf]

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