Departmental Events Coming Up!

Hello Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Friends!

WQ2019 is now in full swing (week 2 already!) and things are busy as always here at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

-Students, remember that the last day to drop a course without it staying on your transcript is this Friday.

-We are having the Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Lab Open House on Jan 24th from 12-2. Come by and check out the research that goes on here!

-The chem club has some events planned for February that we will announce soon. If you want to join the chem club, or learn about what they are doing, shoot them an email at dpuchemclub@gmail.com

-The due date for submissions to DePaul Discoveries, the CSH undergraduate research journal is Feb 1st, and we know that chemistry and biochemistry researchers are working on papers for submission.

-We had a great seminar last week from Prof. Allen from Wayne State, and this week we are having a seminar Thursday (the 17th) from a Professor from Brazil:

Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto

Laboratory of Environmental Nanotechnology, Institute of Science and Technology of Sorocaba, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Av. Três de março, 511, Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil

January Seminar with Dr. Matthew Allen

Matthew Allen | Wayne State University

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Lanthanide Chemistry in Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Catalysis

Research in the Allen laboratory is focused on the lanthanide chemistry of contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging and catalysts for bond-forming reactions. Our studies involve the use coordination chemistry to influence the properties of the metals. I will present our studies of the chemistry of divalent europium. This relatively uncommon oxidation state of the lanthanides leads to interesting magnetic and luminescence properties as well as useful reactivity. Through ligand design, we have tuned the electrochemical potential of divalent europium complexes over a range that spans over two volts. We have studied the complexes with more positive potentials in the frame of oxygen-responsive contrast agents for MRI and have demonstrated the first use of divalent lanthanides in vivo. Additionally, we have studied the complexes with more negative potentials with respect to serving as promoters for photoredox catalysis. I will present our findings from these two areas of research as well as discuss the graduate program as Wayne State University.

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Friday, January 11, 2019 | McGowan South 105