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43rd Western Regional Meeting Program November 10-12, 2011 Pasadena Westin Hotel, Pasadena, CA Sponsored by the Southern California Section Celebrating 100 Years of Outstanding Chemistry in Southern California! The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena, CA th Save the Date !!! 44 Western Regional Meeting October 2-5, 2013 in the Bay Area The Flavors of Chemistry!! Biotech Analytical Inorganic Solar Organic Environment Wine and Beer Computational Medicinal Nanotech Food Entrepreneurship Safety Materials Water Physical Patents More!!! Co-hosted by the California and Santa Clara Valley Sections! Contact: [email protected] Table of Contents Student Program………………………………………………………………………………………….1 Welcome Letters…………………………………………………………………………………………2-6 WRM 2011 Organizing Committee……………………………………………………………………...8 Western Region Local Sections…………………………………………………………………………9 Southern California Section Richard C. Tolman Awardees and Nobel Laureates………………..10 Southern California Centennial History Project………………………………………………………11-14 Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………15 Regional Award for Excellence in High School Teaching…………………………………………...16 E. Ann Nalley Award for Volunteer Service…………………………………………………………...17 Plenary Speaker Professor David Tirrell, California Institute of Technology………………………18 Plenary Speaker Professor Mark Thompson, University of Southern California………………….18 Beckman Legacy Symposium…………………………………………………………………………..19 Centennial Banquet, Panel Discussion and Awards Presentation………………………..……….20-21 Sponsors…………………………………………………………………………………………………22-23 Exhibitors…………………………………………………………………………………………………24-26 K-12 Educators Workshops…………………………………………………………………………….27-28 WRM 2011 Technical Program………………………………………………………………………...29-64 WRM 2011 Block Schedule……………………………………………………………………………..65 Map of Westin Hotel, Pasadena, California…………………………………………………………...bc Arthur A. Noyes, George Ellery Hale and Robert A. Millikan, Image courtesy of California Institute of Technology 1 jxÄvÉÅx to the 43rd ACS Western Regional Meeting Celebrating 100 Years of Outstanding Chemistry in Southern California! Welcome to Pasadena, the city of roses for the 43rd ACS Western Regional Meeting. With no Western Regional Meeting held since 2008 the Southern California Section is pleased to be able to once again offer a regional meeting. For those who like to come regularly please note the next meeting in the Bay Area in 2013. If you would like a regional meeting near you, please contact your local section executive committee about making a proposal to host a meeting. While this meeting may be shorter than most, we have arranged an incredible diversity of symposia and plenary sessions presented by luminaries in chemistry, for Thursday and Friday, plus a special computational chemistry symposium on Saturday. I am sure you will all join us in thanking our program chair, Dr. Jim Kilgore, for putting together such an exciting program. We would also like to thank all the session organizers for arranging such an outstanding selection of speakers. We kickoff the meeting Thursday evening with a special symposium at Caltech honoring the Legacy of Arnold Beckman. Thanks to generous funding from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation this symposium begins with a complimentary buffet-dinner Reception including lavish refreshments. The Beckman Symposium has been arranged by Dr. Jay Labinger of Caltech and features an invited address by Dr. Leroy Hood, founding director of the Institute for Systems Biology. Friday features a complimentary luncheon hosted by the ACS Board of Directors. Come and meet ACS governance and staff members attending the meeting. Friday evening will feature a special banquet and panel discussion highlighting 100 years of outstanding chemistry in Southern California! Our panelists are Dr. Herb Kaesz of UCLA, Dr. John Roberts of Caltech, Dr. Rudy Marcus of Caltech, and Dr. Arthur Riggs of City of Hope. Saturday features our educators sessions organized by Dr. Jodye Selco covering elementary and middle school teaching, as well as workshops on topics such as intellectual property and how to start a company. We are featuring a comprehensive undergraduate program throughout the meeting including a judged poster session Friday evening and in the fast lane a career-focused “speed-dating” event where students meet informally with chemists from industry, academia, and government. Saturday will feature workshops on applying to graduate school and jobs in industry, and culminate in a free docent led tour of The Huntington Library. In this International Year of Chemistry the Southern California section of ACS is also celebrating its Centennial. Please join us in celebrating these historic events. Thank you all for joining us for the 2011 Western Regional Meeting. - a meeting like this comes only once a century! Chris Brazier and Robert de Groot, Co-chairs of the 2011 Western Regional Meeting 2 Western Region of the American Chemical Society Western Regional Meeting 2011 Pasadena, CA November 10-12, 2011 November 10, 2011 Dear ACS Regional Meeting Attendees: On behalf of the American Chemical Society Western Regional Board, I extend a hearty welcome to the attendees of the 43rd Western Regional Meeting (WRM). I hope your experience will be an enjoyable one and will benefit you exponentially! The theme of the meeting, Celebrating 100 Years of Outstanding Chemistry in Southern California is illustrated by the diverse symposia offered in its programming. There is something for everyone whether it is to hear about promising research, explore new ideas, or present one’s own research and get valuable feedback. In addition to the technical sessions, the Southern California Section has several special events planned for your enjoyment. I hope you will take advantage of all the meeting has to offer. A goal of the Western Regional Board is to have a strong and active Region with a succession of successful Regional Meetings. Please save the date October 2-5, 2013 for the next one! Having co-chaired the 2008 WRM in Las Vegas, I know the effort that goes into hosting a WRM and I also know that it is highly rewarding for the host Section. You may want to think about hosting a future WRM! The Board values input from its members so be sure to let us hear from you. Cheers to the Southern California Section for hosting this meeting and providing a valuable venue for networking and scientific enrichment. Jeanette M. Van Emon Western Regional Board Chairman 3 4 Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society 14934 S. Figueroa Street, Gardena, CA 90248 310 327-1216 www.scalacs.org J. L. Kilgore Program Chair WRM2011 To: Western Region ACS Members and Guests November 10, 2011 On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I want to express our sincere thanks to all who are participating in WRM2011. ACS members and our many friends throughout California, Arizona, Nevada will help us showcase the diverse and impressive work which is going on in research and education throughout the Western Region. Chemists who will be presenting at the meeting range from undergraduates at their first scientific conference to young faculty in teaching and research universities to world-renowned experts in their fields, including scientists whose careers have spanned more than 50 years (as much as 70!) International contributors will also be coming from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, South America and Australia. This meeting also includes the celebration of SCALACS’ 100th anniversary, which provides a unique opportunity to look back on an incredible chapter in the history of science. In 1911, the Southern California Section of ACS was founded, representing chemists in the entire southern half of the state. At that time, California had no research universities south of Palo Alto and the population of all of Southern California was less than 1 million. Within 25 years, scientists working within the current boundaries of SCALACS had published research which was recognized worldwide on topics including crystallography, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, theory of chemical bonding, organic synthesis, and more. During this period, college preparatory schools in Pasadena and Los Angeles were transformed into early versions of the worldclass universities we know today as Caltech and UCLA, USC began its graduate programs in the chemical and physical sciences. (For a more complete picture of these remarkable times, please read Barbara Belmont’s excellent account of the Southern California Centennial History Project in this program book.) Today, not only do these institutions continue at the forefront of education and research, but more than 30 newer colleges and universities throughout Southern California also train thousands of young chemists every year as well as providing labs for outstanding researchers who continue to make discoveries running the gamut of the chemical sciences. Our part of the Western Region is home to leaders in materials, biomedical and applied physics R&D working in numerous academic, industrial, government and nonprofit institutions. Southern California’s leaders in healthcare research and delivery plus the vibrant chemical, pharmaceutical, aerospace and other chemistry-related industries highlight essential role which the chemical enterprise continues to play in all our lives, and it is gratifying to see how far we’ve come. When we began to plan WRM2011, Paul Shin was SCALACS Chair, and we were all looking forward to having his unique brand of humor and his enthusiasm for bringing people into the world of chemistry to help get us through the project. Late last year Paul developed an extremely aggressive form of cancer and died within a few months. After a year, some of the shock from the loss of this fine friend and amazing young teacher still hasn’t entirely worn off. The best way to remember Paul is to do what he would be doing if he were here – organize events to educate and encourage people in all walks of life to learn more about chemistry, and to have as much fun in the process as we can. This is one of the most important motivations we have for making sure that WRM2011 is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I thank you all for joining us and hope you find the program we have assembled as exciting as we do. James L. Kilgore, Ph.D. WRM2011 Program Chair 5 6 7 WRM 2011 Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs…………………………...………....Chris Brazier and Robert de Groot Program Chair……………………………………………………………………...Jim Kilgore Treasurer………………………………………………………………………....Chris Brazier WRM 2011 Webmaster, site content and design……………………………...Brian Brady Publicity………………………………………………………………………...Eleanor Siebert Meeting Coordinator………………………………………………………....Nancy Paradiso Logistics Coordiinator……………………………………………...…………...Gerald Delker Volunteer Coordinator…………………………………………………….. ……..Brian Brady Undergraduate Program………..……Veronica Jaramillo and Armando Rivera-Figueroa K-12 Education Program………………………………………………….……...Jodye Selco Awards Chair………………………………………...……..….Virgil Lee and Gerald Delker ACS Staff Meeting Planning Partner…………………………………………..Nicole Fisher Westin Pasadena Hotel Liaison…………………………………………..…..Alma Garrison 2011 ACS Southern California Section Chair…………………………………..Joe Khoury 2011 Western Regional Board Chair………………………………..Jeannette Van Emon 2011 Western Regional Awards Chair…………………………………….…....Lee Latimer WRM General Organizing Committee: Henry Abrash Jason Anspach Rita Boggs Bill Harter Peter Hsieh Herb Kaesz Joe Khoury Tom LeBon Virgil Lee Yumei Lin Aleksandr Pikelny Student Interns: Stephanie Chacon Adam Quintero Linus Pauling and his Protein Model 8 American Chemical Society Western Region Local Sections Local Section 2011 Chair California Dr. Bryan Balazs California Los Padres Dr. Richard W. Hurst Central Arizona Dr. Jennifer A. Sniegowski Mojave Desert Dr. Andrew J. Guenthner Orange County Dr. Sandra P. Thompson Sacramento Position Vacant San Diego Dr. William A. Szabo San Gorgonio Ms. Eileen M. DiMauro San Joaquin Valley Dr. Eric C. Person Santa Clara Valley Dr. Abigail Kennedy Southern Arizona Dr. Philip C. Keller Southern California Dr. Joseph T. Khoury Southern Nevada Dr. John Gerlach Throop Hall, 1912 9 Southern California Section Tolman Award Recipients and Nobel Laureates 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 William G. Young Anton B. Burg Ernest H. Swift W. Conway Pierce A.J. Haagen-Schmidt Thomas Doumani Arthur W. Adamson Ulrich B. Bray Francis E. Blacet Robert Vold Robert L. Pecsok Roland C. Hansford James Bonner Howard Reiss John D. Roberts Corwin Hansch F. Sherwood Rowland* 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Sidney W. Benson Thomas C. Bruice Harry B. Gray Herbert D. Kaesz Paul D. Boyer* Donald T. Sawyer James N. Pitts Donald C. Cram* Arnold O. Beckman M. Frederick Hawthorne Clifford A. Bunton John D. Baldeschwieler Mustafa A. El-Sayed Linus Pauling* George A. Olah* Peter C. Ford Charles L. WIlkins 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Jacqueline K. Barton Christopher S. Foote Larry R. Dalton Ahmed H. Zewail* Kendall N. Houk Peter Dervan William A. Goddard III Peter M. Rentzepis Robert H. Grubbs* Arieh Warshel Christopher Reed Fred Wudl G. K. Surya Prakash Barbara Finlayson-Pitts Joan S. Valentine Richard B. Kaner Dennis Dougherty *Denotes Nobel Laureate Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry California State University Long Beach http://chemistry.csulb.edu/graduate-programs.html MS Chemistry MS Biochemistry We offer research-based programs leading to MS degrees in chemistry or biochemistry. Students select from a wide choice of graduate courses and receive one-on-one faculty mentoring in their research projects. Teaching associateships and graduate assistantships are available. MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS •BS/BA degree in chemistry, biochemistry, or related science •Grade-point average of 2.5 or greater •General GRE test scores are required ADMISSION DEADLINES: DECEMBER 1 (FOR SPRING); JULY 1 (FOR FALL) CONTACTS Biochemistry Graduate Advisor Dr. Doug McAbee Email: [email protected] Tel: 562 985 1558 Chemistry Graduate Advisor Dr. Lijuan Li Email: [email protected] Tel: 562 985 5068 10 Southern California History Project Celebrating 100 Years of Outstanding Chemistry in Southern California By Barbara Belmont The Southern California Section is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. With the exception of a scrapbook commemorating the 25th anniversary, we know of no physical records of the section prior to 1946. All information about the early years of the section was found in the inaugural volume of SCALACS, where the editors had the fortunate insight to include articles featuring meeting minutes and reminiscences from the early years. This project is devoted to telling a story about the history of the section, as well as the Los Angeles area. Part One: The Early Years (1901-1925) The setting is Los Angeles, California, in the early 1900s. Although there is no natural harbor, and inadequate supply of fresh water, the population of 100,000 is steadily growing, attracted by the mild climate and the possibilities a new life has to offer. The major industries are agriculture (orange groves), mining, reclamation, and construction. Chemists are entrepreneurs and assayers, eking out a living as consultants, or making sugar, soap, cement, and asphalt. There are four little colleges where chemistry of any consequence is taught: University of Southern California, Occidental, Throop (now Caltech), and Pomona. An electric railway system radiates from downtown Los Angeles to San Bernardino, Santa Ana, San Pedro, San Fernando, and Pasadena, making travel to and from Los Angeles logistically reasonable. It is 1901, and eight chemists meet together in an office at the Los Angeles Soap Company. They decide to call themselves the Los Angeles Chemical Club, and meet monthly over lunch and beer to discuss things they have learned that might result in a prosperous collective manufacturing venture. By 1903, the group has doubled in size, and they now call themselves The Los Angeles Chemical and Metallurgical Club to be more inclusive of the member assayers who earn their living averting mining scams and swindles. By 1910, these monthly meetings have grown to 20-25 people. Someone is always prepared to give a brief review of his own work, after which follows a free-for-all discussion or good natured argument about whether the speaker knows what he is talking about. Inspired by a visiting entourage of American Chemical Society officials earlier in the year, club member Dr. Laird Stabler, USC Professor, oil refinery consultant, and ACS member originating from Berkeley California, petitions the American Chemical Society to establish a local section in Los Angeles. On February 11, 1911, the newly chartered Southern California Section of the ACS, consisting now of 60 members, holds its first official monthly meeting. The meeting topic, “Our Smoke Nuisance”, is about the Los Angeles basin’s problem with atmospheric haze due to smoke particulate. By 1914, the year the Panama Canal is completed, the first wharf of the 15-year-old San Pedro Harbor construction project opens. San Pedro, suddenly 8000 miles closer to the Atlantic coast, becomes the busiest harbor on the West Coast. Los Angeles begins to bustle with business. Luckily, the prior year saw completion of the Owens River project, which brought 26 million gallons per day of drinking water to thirsty Los Angelenos. Also in 1914, the area of the Southern California Section’s activities expands from a 75 mile radius around LA, to include the entire south half of the state. During World War I, the Lockheed and Donald Douglas aerospace plants are established in the area. Also established during this time (1917) is the first Southern California Section High School Chemistry Contest. The winner is from Nordhoff High School. Oil is discovered all under the basin. The population soars to 1 million by 1920, 2 million by 1930 due to the resulting real estate boom. Chemists are in greater demand and can find employment in the oil industry, aerospace industry, and the growing easterntransplant chemical manufacturing industry. Southern California ACS membership has climbed from 60 in 1920 to 450 in 1925. The American Chemical Society holds its National Convention in Los Angeles in 1925. Angelenos begin their courtship with the automobile, adding exhaust to the notorious particulate pollution problem in the Los Angeles basin. Part Two: The Expansion Era (1929-1955) The Great Depression hits the US Economy in 1929. The dreams of the growing middle class of Los Angeles are shattered. Despite the hard and homeless times for many of this era, the oil, motion picture, and aerospace industries attract even more people to Los Angeles in search of a better life. Braun Corporation, DuPont de Nemours, Los Angeles Chemical Company, Los Angeles Soap Company, as well as Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft, local universities, and small analytical laboratories support the local chemists through the economic slump. Los Angeles is host to the Olympic games in 1932. Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany in 1933, the same year Angelenos feel their first massive earthquake, epicentered in Long Beach. American Crystal Sugar Company, Pacific Metals Co, California Flaxseed Co, Dow Chemical, General Chemical, and Pacific Coast Borax become corporate members of the Southern California Section in 1936, the same year economic recovery begins and UCLA becomes a Ph.D.-granting institution. In 1939, the Southern California Section celebrates its 25th Anniversary with much fanfare from well-wishers of the ACS establishment throughout the nation. Union Station opens for business, on the site of LA’s original Chinatown, across the way from LA’s original pueblo (Olvera Street). Angelenos pay no attention, because they’re consumed by their cars. The following year the West’s first freeway, The Arroyo Parkway, is opened, in a ceremony involving local Native Americans formally granting the Arroyo land to the government. Adventure-spirited car lovers careen down the parkway at the face-flattening speed limit of 35 MPH. Filtrol, Max Factor, and Eastman Kodak become corporate members of the Southern California Section in 1940. The San Diego Section springs forth in 1941, the same year the United States enters World War II. Present day’s Griffith Park Travel Town and Verdugo Hills Golf Course become sites used to host detained Angelenos of Japanese descent. (Continued on Page 12) 11 History Project (Continued from Page 11) By time the war ends in 1945, Union Oil, Shell Oil, and Monsanto Company are corporate members of the Southern California Section. Pacific Electric Railway’s Red Car enjoys a brief resurgence of popularity, but can’t compete with the gas-powered cars supplied by the abundant petrochemical companies in the area. The once rural landscape is now decorated with oil well pumps from Wilmington to Echo Park. The Southern California Section launches its inaugural edition of SCALACS magazine, riding on the productively motivating coat-tails of the post-war optimism. The section is 1281 members strong in 1945, one year before the Mojave Section breaks away and makes a name for itself. After World War II, Los Angeles becomes a major chemical-producing and oil-refining district, vital to the Nation’s economy. Southern California universities are in the forefront in scientific education and physical/chemical science research. Los Angeles is a great place for the industrial chemist to be, offering employment in rubber, paper, cement, ceramics, soap, steel, plastics, aerospace and electronics industries. Notable section Councilors of this era are Gordon Alles, Arnold O. Beckman, and Roger Truesdail. The camaraderie of the chemists is high. It is a time for solidarity, support, and fraternization, as indicated by the abundance of specialized clubs for technical types: American Electroplating Society, California Instrument Society, California Natural Gas Association, LA Paint and Varnish Production Club, Society of Plastics Industry, LA Rubber Group, etc. Typical Southern California Dinner meeting attendance is 300-400 people. In addition to gathering to share professional knowledge and ideas, the section holds well-attended dinner dances and sing-alongs. Some of the sing-alongs feature the DOWbert & SHELLivan UNIONeers, which parody the popular Gilbert and Sullivan tunes of the time with twisted nerdy lyrics. The public outreach of the section is tremendous. In 1948, the section sponsors a radio show called “Chemists in Action”, featuring lectures, entertaining skits, and the DOWbert & SHELLivan UNIONeers. After television becomes accessible, the program moves to KTLA and is broadcasted with regularity until the late 1950s. Dodger Stadium is built in 1955, after moving a cemetery existing in Chavez Ravine to another location. The population of Los Angeles is approximately 1 million. And if it weren’t for the persistent haze in the air, life couldn’t be better for the chemists of this era. Part Three: Innocence Lost (1954-1980) It is the mid-1950’s, and local chemists are proud that one of their very own, Linus Pauling, is the first Southern California Section chemist to be awarded the Nobel prize in chemistry (1954). There is a proliferation of technical societies in L.A.;The Los Angeles Technical Societies Council organizes itself in 1956 with 26 charter members, each an organization of technical/scientific professionals. Advances in chemistry bring advances in technology and scientific understanding. By time the Russians launch Sputnik in 1957, eminent L.A. chemists, long suspecting that our increasingly poor air quality has less to do with particulate pollution than chemistry, suggest that chemical reactions between reactive volatiles and the sun increase the area’s ozone to unhealthful levels. ACS members write irate letters to SCALACS challenging the heretical idea that automobile exhaust contributes to the bad air quality. Nevertheless, the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board is established to consider the options of exhaust control. The skyline of Los Angeles that can be seen changes dramatically over the next 10 years after a local ordinance that had prohibited high-rise buildings is overturned. Increase in automobile ownership and expansion of the freeways to accommodate them conspire to kill the once-beloved Red Car public transportation system. The last remaining trolley ceases operation in 1961. In the same year, the Southern California Section, inspired by the steadily stellar quality of chemistry research throughout the local area, awards its first annual Richard C. Tolman Medal to William G. Young in recognition of Southern Californians’ contributions to the field. The rapid growth and industrial development in the region is not without a price. Conscientious chemists and idealistic activists begin to recognize the effects of industrial pollution on health and environment, to the dismay and denial of those of more innocent times. Rachel Carson’s 1962 book, Silent Spring, is both advocated and vilified in SCALACS magazine. An ardent defender of the benefits of DDT, a Montrose Chemical Company chemist challenges Carson’s supporters as alarmist in a SCALACS letter to the editor. In 1963, the Southern California Section hosts its 3rd National ACS meeting. Chemical business is still hopping, as indicated by the tremendous financial support local companies give to the annual High School Chemistry Contest. Among the roster of 1963 contributors are: Aerojet-General, Amercoat, American Potash, Applied Physics Corp., Baxter Inc., Dun-Edwards, Beckman Instruments, Bray Oil, Dow Chemical, General Film Laboratory, Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Hughes Aircraft, Lockheed Aircraft, Montrose Chemical Co., Nalco Chemical, Papermate Manufacturing, Ralph Parsons Co., Pfizer, Pilot Chemical, Productol, Standard Oil, Stauffer Chemical, Tretolite, Union Oil, US Borax, Van Camp Sea Food, and Van Waters and Rogers. The 1960’s are turbulent times throughout the nation, for the youth with their ideals are awakening to anti-war sentiments and civil rights activism. Despite the National Civil Rights Act of 1964, the racial tensions are high in Los Angeles, culminating in the 6-day Watts Riot in 1965. The smoke from the resulting arson fires fills the L.A. basin, but it’s hard to tell the difference from the less-thanone-block visibility of a typical summer afternoon. For the first time in a generation, families and friends fear the fate of their young men called up by the Selective Service to the Viet Nam War. Timothy Leary advises the hip and young to “Tune In, Turn On, and Drop Out.” Robert Kennedy, who challenges the nation to “dream things that never were and ask why not”, appears to be America’s next great hope until he is assassinated in 1969 at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Concern for the sustainability of natural resources and health prevails over business interests, and the Environmental Protection Agency is established in 1970. The same year, the Clean Air Act is passed, requiring local districts to attain target air quality standards…”or else” — the “or else” being withholding of Federal Highway Development funding. Southern California is caught on a double-edged sword – it needs the funding to supply the highways to relive the congestion it has from all the cars on the road – and begins regulating automobile exhaust, as well as stationary and chemical sources of air pollution. The traffic congestion has its impact on Southern California Section meetings, already indicated by the necessity of cleaving off of the Orange County Section in the (Continued on Page 13) 12 History Project (Continued from Page 12) mid-60’s. It becomes increasingly more difficult for hundreds of ACS members to make it across the city for an event, and meetings drop in attendance from 300 to 100. Despite that, Section Members have creative meeting topics and find ways to socialize as well as share professional information. The violent Sylmar earthquake abruptly awakens Southern Californians in February 1971. In 1974, chemists are also shaken up at Rowland and Molina’s controversial theory of ozone depletion. Escalating land prices, anti-pollution regulations, the oil crisis, and the worst recession in 40 years drive industry out of Los Angeles County. Many chemists leave town throughout the 1970’s to follow employment opportunities, and others blame the pro-environment regulations for their forced early retirement. Chemists who can find a job have the new field of biotechnology to grow with. Some chemists capitalize on the regulatory atmosphere and start up environmental testing laboratories just in time to benefit from the Superfund Law passed in 1980. The composition of the Southern California Section ACS membership changes from majority industrial to almost equal representation from industry and academia. Los Angeles County begins cleaning up after the decades-long party of unplanned growth and expansive manufacturing. The innocence and enthusiasm of the early years is lost, as the younger generation of chemists cope with industrial and regulatory transitions. Part Four: Recent Years (1981-2001) The flower children of the late 60’s and early 70’s mature for the job market of the early 1980’s, just in time for a recession, chemical manufacturing migration out of California, and multiple job terminations. Nevertheless, the marvelous “This Month in Chemical History” debuts in 1982. In that same year, the Section resurrects the Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry from years gone by. SCALACS, previously a collaboration of the Orange County, San Gorgonio, and Southern California Sections, becomes solely supported by the Southern California Section in 1983, due to financial constraints of the other two sections. By the mid-1980’s, the Southern California Section has used up most of its savings to support the cost of program and SCALACS overexpenditure, and is considered by National ACS to be a “section in trouble.” During the introspection of the resulting austerity, section leadership realizes that it has been blessed with devoted volunteers, and decides to create an Award for Distinguished Service to the Section. The Whittier earthquake demolishes the Calstate LA chemistry lab in 1987, days before the Section kicks off its first ever National Chemistry Day Celebration. The following year, the first Award for Distinguished Service is given to Agnes Ann Green in 1988, the year the National ACS Convention is hosted by Southern California. That same year, UCLA’s Donald Cram is awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Southern Californians finally realize that they need a better public transportation system (like the one forsaken back in 1960), and Los Angeles opens the Blue Line, the first leg of a network of light rail public transportation, in 1990. As commuters get used to the possibilities of transportation mode change, the Southern California Section undergoes a big change that results in a relocation of the Section Office, an entry into the computer age, and fiscal recovery. The 1990’s are tumultuous and socially twisted times in Los Angeles with a series of major earthquakes interspersed with the Rodney King riots, the consolidation/migration of the aerospace industry, the conviction of the Menendez brothers, the acquittal of OJ (so he can search for the real killer), and the strongest El Nino season of record. In 1996, the California Los Padres Section forms from the part of the Southern California Section that encompasses Ventura County north through Central California. Despite the social and structural upheaval, it is a decade of pride for the chemists of Southern California: our own Rudy Marcus, George Olah, Paul Boyer, and Ahmed Zewail are recipients of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1992, 1994, 1997, and 1999, respectively. Although scientists are currently one of LA’s most important products (and assets), Southern California ACS industrial chemists work for very small businesses; they are often one of few or the only chemist. Although many chemists earn their living in conventional chemistry jobs, the manufacturing-unfriendly regulatory environment pushes chemists to the realm of service, consulting, and entrepreneurism (not much different than where this story started). The entrepreneurial chemistry of the new millennium involves green catalysis, biotechnology or nanotechnology. Los Angeles now enjoys the cleanest air since monitoring started, thanks to stringent emissions regulations, and Southern Californians still love their cars. Part Five: Present Day (2001-2011) It is now 2011, the 100 year anniversary of the commencement of the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society. We’ve been holding our collective breath since September 11, 2001, waiting for the next explosive shoe to drop. The world is in turmoil, weather is whacky, and we are enduring the Great Recession brought on by the collapse of the nation’s financial sector and housing bubble in 2008. The employment outlook for graduating chemists is bleak nationwide, let alone in Los Angeles County. Los Angeles county population is nearly 10 million, having increased 10-fold since the first chemists and assayers of the Los Angeles Chemical and Metallurgy Club began meeting in the early 1900’s. Chemists who have jobs work in the pharmaceutical, petroleum, and biotechnology industries, the nascent nanotechnology and green catalysis industries, or in chemical sales, service, consulting or education sectors. In the past 20 years, the Los Angeles public transportation system has diffracted into a rainbow of routes – the Blue, Red, Green, Gold, Purple, Orange, and Silver Lines – encircling and looping through the major metropolitan areas. Still, it is difficult to go many (Continued on Page 14) 13 History Project (Continued from Page 13) places without an automobile, and there are so many automobiles on the road that it is difficult to go any place at all. California’s strict air pollution control laws help keep smog levels lower than they were in the 1960’s, but in the past decade the East San Gabriel Valley has experienced a significant increase in the number of days the ozone concentration has exceeded Federal Health Standards. The Southern California Section membership has hovered around 2600 people since 1996, when our northernmost territory set out on its own as the Los Padres Section. SCALACS Magazine was briefly reunited as a tri-section publication with Orange County and San Gorgonio Sections. Our latest claim to Nobel Laureate among our members is Robert Grubbs (2005). Our most recent moment of pride is the news that Joe Tung of Whitney High School won a Gold Medal at the International Chemistry Olympiad this past summer. Section volunteers are inspired and motivated by youth and hope, and promote an active community outreach program to bring the message of science to children of all ages. From Project SEED for economically disadvantaged high school students, to Expanding Your Horizons and the Sally Ride Festival for middle school girls, SCALACS people encourage youth to embrace math and science. As we recruit our future scientists in these uncertain times, we take to heart the lesson this author learned from an impulsive dig through our Section’s boxes of artifacts 10 years ago: history isn’t much different from the present. Reflections Some particular and perhaps peculiar observations came to mind this past year as I was piecing together the facts about the history of the Southern California Section. I thought I would share them with you. I was surprised to learn just how “advanced” Los Angeles was back in the early 1900’s. I had never imagined that industry and culture could be sophisticated without the technology I grew up with. Despite its reputation for its danger and roughness, Los Angeles attracted a lot of people, and business followed. I found myself admiring the early adventuresome chemists of Los Angeles, who, by virtue of having no other means, were forced to figure a market for their skills. Nowadays, how many of us would move to a new frontier without being assured that a job was waiting? Lesson learned: People thrive and prosper, even in uncertain times and dangerous places. Another thing I noticed during my archival dig was that even as early as 1915 or so, Section Elders were putting out the call for fresh young volunteers. (Of course, the soliciting phrase was “looking for young men to help with…”, but that’s another story.) Evidence upon evidence suggests that the majority of very active Section volunteers throughout these past 90 years have been in the…um… mature chemists demographic. Despite this obvious sociological pattern of volunteerism, we’ve never succumbed to the idea that it was hopeless trying to engage younger chemists. When one comes along to help or participate, we feel like we’ve really succeeded in outreach. Lessons learned: People don’t give up even if it seems hopeless, and youth invigorates our mission. The final observation I want to share is about the chemists who plied their trade and joined in on the activities bandwagon during the heyday of Los Angeles chemistry in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. Our long-term members frequently and fondly recount those days of professional pride, and camaraderie, and wonder if the enthusiasm of those days will ever be recaptured. Some people say that the business and cultural environments have changed so much that the heyday will never come back. That may be so, but I think that there was a different reason for the momentum of those days. I suggest that those chemists in that post-war era were caught up in the solidarity, common experiences, and euphoria of being or knowing survivors and heroes. Sort of like the high-fiving that accompanies the people exiting an adrenaline-filled roller coaster ride. Lesson learned: People come together in times of common hardship and rejoice together when it is over. The Southern California Section celebrates its 100 year anniversary this year. In the years to come, I will apply the lessons I learned from an impulsive dig through our Section’s boxes of artifacts to my own life experiences, and hope that you do the same. In these uncertain times, as our nation responds to the September 11th terrorist attacks on our country, we can seek comfort from these lessons: We thrive even in uncertain times. We support one another during hardship. We don’t give up hope. What goes around comes around. Barbara Belmont, Treasurer & Part-time SCALACS Historian 14 Acknowledgements The WRM 2011 Committee wishes to thank the following for their contributions to the 2011 Western Regional Meeting: ACS Office of Public Affairs (Glenn S. Ruskin, Director) National Historic Chemical Landmarks Program (www.acs.org/landmarks), Chemistry Ambassadors Program (www.acs.org/ chemistryambassadors) for PR Support, Beckman Landmark Materials, and general support throughout the planning of WRM. ACS Office of Volunteer Support: National Chemistry Week & Chemists Celebrate Earth Day Programs (LaTrease Garrison, Assistant Director—Volunteer Support) (www.acs.org/outreach) for materials for undergraduate program, teacher workshop, and for general distribution at the meeting. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (www.aaas.org) for materials for undergraduate program. California Institute of Technology: Beckman Institute (Harry Gray, Founding Director & Jay Labinger, Administrator) (www.its.caltech.edu/~bi) for use of Beckman Institute facilities for Beckman Legacy Symposium, Undergraduate Mixer, and WRM 2011 meeting planning support. California Institute of Technology: Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Jackie Barton, Chair) (www.cce.caltech.edu) for easels and poster boards. California Science Teachers Association (Jessica Sawko, Executive Director) (www.cascience.org/csta/csta.asp) for SCALACS booth at 2011 California Science Education Conference, ad in meeting program for WRM program, and support of SCALACS programming. East Los Angeles College: Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement (Armando Rivera, Director) (www.elac.edu/departments/mesa/index.htm) for poster boards and providing volunteer staffing. Flinn Scientific (Kevin Theesfeld, Sales Manager) (www.flinnsci.com) for resources for WRM 2011 Teacher Workshop. The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (Susan Lafferty, Nadine and Robert A. Skotheim, Director of Education) (http://huntington.org) for arranging for 100 free admissions and docents to lead tours. Mount Saint Mary's College (Eleanor Siebert, Provost) (www.msmc.la.edu) for meeting planning space and support. Occidental College Undergraduate Research Center departments.oxy.edu/urc) for easels and poster boards. (Phoebe Dea, Director) (http:// Occidental College: Teachers + Occidental = Partnership In Science Program (Chris Craney, Director) (http://departments.oxy.edu/tops) for transportation of meeting materials. Pasadena Convention and Visitors Bureau (www.pasadenacal.com) for support during hotel search, advice on the meeting, and printed materials for marketing WRM. Xpress Graphics (Mohammed Jesri, Owner) (xpgraphicsinc.com) for decades of always meeting and exceeding our printing needs, specifically SCALACS Magazine and this program. 15 American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education Western Regional Award for Excellence in High School Teaching Brent Shenton Valencia High School, Placentia, California Brent Shenton received his California Teaching Credentials allowing him to teach in all fields of science in 1983. He first taught Life and Physical Science courses at Marina High School from 1983-1984 and then moved to Valencia High School in Placentia in 1984 where he first taught chemistry and remains there to this day. Brent oversaw the growth and development of the chemistry program which grew from three sections of college preparatory chemistry to six sections of college preparatory chemistry, three sections of honors chemistry, one section of AP Chemistry and one section of International Baccalaureate Higher Level Chemistry last year. Three other teachers taught chemistry courses at the school last year. All three were former students in his classes. He coached the school’s Science Olympiad Team from 1996 to 2001. In the last two of those years his team finished in third place at the state tournament. He is currently coordinator for the Orange County Chemistry Olympiad and has served in that capacity for the last 14 years. He is married to Liz Shenton and has three children. Their family resides in Tustin, California. 16 E. Ann Nalley Award for Volunteer Services To the American Chemical Society In the Western Region Dr. Thomas R. Beattie retired from Merck & Co. Tom is currently a Councilor in the ACS-San Diego Section and has served for eight years in that role. He was Chair in 1999 and was an Alternate Councilor (2000-3). He is Chair of the Annual ACS Distinguished Scientist Selection Committee (12 years), organizer of the Annual San Diego MedChem Symposium (since 1999), and has managed the Section’s educational programs for schools since 2001 (currently Mad Science shows for 4th/5th graders which >40,000 elementary children have viewed). Additionally, he is a member of the San Diego Section’s Seniors Committee and three years ago initiated the quarterly seniors/retirees/consultants breakfasts. He received the San Diego Section’s Outstanding Service Award in 1996 and again in 2005. Tom was the Program Chair of the San Diego Section-sponsored ACS 1995 Western Regional Meeting (which still holds the record as the largest ACS regional meeting ever) and was a Technical Program Advisor and Session Chair for the 2007 WRM. At the national level, Tom is a member of the ACS National Senior Chemists Task Force (2009-present) and formerly was Chair of the ACS National Silver Circle (Seniors) Working Group (2005-9). He serves as a member of the ACS National Local Section Activities Committee (2004-present) and as Chair of the Local Section Assistance and Development Subcommittee of the LSAC. In 2011 he was selected Fellow of the American Chemical Society. Apart from the ACS, Tom spent a 27-year career at the Merck Research Labs in Rahway, NJ, working in early stage drug discovery. After taking early retirement from Merck in 1993, he came to San Diego and worked at Amylin Pharmaceuticals and IRORI/ChemRx/Discovery Partners. Since 2001 he has been consulting for many organizations within and outside San Diego, has taught at UCSD and the University of Kansas, and serves on several advisory boards. He holds B.S. (University of Pennsylvania) and Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin) degrees, and was a postdoctoral fellow at M.I.T. Tom has authored or coauthored 23 patents and 16 technical publications. 17 Plenary Speakers Plenary Speaker Professor David Tirrell, California Institute of Technology Reinterpreting the Genetic Code: Non-Canonical Amino Acids in Protein Design, Evolution and Analysis Friday, November 11, 2011 10:45 am David Tirrell is the Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech. He received his BS from MIT in 1974 and his PhD from the University of Massachusetts in 1978, and was a member of the faculty at UMass before joining Caltech in 1998; he served as chair of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from 1999 until 2009. His work, which lies at the intersection of chemistry, biology, and materials science, is aimed at novel macromolecular materials that can improve upon both natural and synthetic polymers, by designing protein-like target structures (including non-canonical amino acids) expected to exhibit particular desired properties, encoding them in artificial genes, and expressing those genes in microbes. Professor Tirrell has won numerous awards, including the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry; just last month he was elected to the Institute of Medicine, making him one of only 13 living scientists (two of the others are also at Caltech!) to be elected to all three of the National Academies. Plenary Speaker Professor Mark Thompson, University of Southern California Organic Photovoltaics Friday, November 11, 2011 4:30 pm Mark Thompson is Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Environmental Studies and Chair of the Chemistry Department at the University of Southern California. He received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1980, and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1985. Thompson spent two years as a SERC Fellow in the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University. He then took a position as an assistant professor in the Chemistry Department at Princeton University in 1987. In 1995, Thompson moved his research team to USC. His research program involves the study of new materials and devices for electroluminescence, solar energy conversion, chemical/biological sensing, and catalysis. Callistocore—JPL 18 Legacy of Arnold Beckman Symposium and Reception Guest Speaker - Dr. Leroy Hood Thursday 6 - 9 PM The Beckman Center at Caltech joins the Southern California Section in hosting a special symposium and reception celebrating the Legacy of Arnold Beckman. Following a brief introduction by Caltech’s Professor Harry Gray and a historical perspective on the new findings in the story of Arnold Beckman's pH meter and the DU Quartz Spectrophotometer that led to the launch of the electronic revolution in the chemical sciences by Mr. Gerald Gallwas of Beckman Instruments, Dr. Leroy Hood will give the invited address. Jerry Gallwas was a member of the original team that founded and managed the growth of what became the clinical diagnostic business of Beckman Instruments. The original group known as RAGS (the first initials of team member’s last names) pioneered a new technology based on kinetic rate measurements applied to first order chemical reactions for clinically significant blood constituents. It was a classic entrepreneurial story where management turned down a new product proposal only to have a small skunk works team develop and bring it to market. As the business grew, he served in many roles from new product development to directing clinical field trials in the US, Europe and Japan. He retired after 30 years of service as Director of Program Management overseeing $50M per year in new medical device product development programs. A chemist by education, his interests have always been in instrumental methods of chemical analysis and new product development in the biomedical field. Leroy Hood, MD, PhD President and Co-founder Institute for Systems Biology Seattle, Washington Dr. Hood is a pioneer in the systems approach to biology and medicine. His professional career began at Caltech, where he and his colleagues developed the DNA gene sequencer and synthesizer and the protein synthesizer and sequencer, which paved the way for the successful mapping of the human genome. Dr. Hood has played a role in founding more than fourteen biotechnology companies including Amgen, Applied Biosystems, Darwin, The Accelerator and Integrated Diagnostics. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Of the 6,000+ scientists world-wide who belong to these academies, Dr. Hood is one of only fifteen people accepted to all three. His work has been widely published, coauthoring textbooks in biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology and genetics. Dr. Hood has published more than 700 peer reviewed articles and currently holds 31 patents. 19 Southern California Section Centennial Banquet and Panel Discussion Featuring the Western Regional Award Presentations Friday, November 11, 2011 8:00 p.m. We will be celebrating our 100th anniversary as a Section with a banquet and a panel discussion led by distinguished Southern California chemists. The discussion will provide personal insights on the people, organizations and events in recent decades which exemplify chemistry in our region. The panel participants are Herb Kaesz (UCLA), John D. Roberts (Caltech), Rudy Marcus (Caltech), and Arthur Riggs (City of Hope). We will also be honoring award recipients of the Ann Nalley Regional Award for Volunteerism, Thomas Beattie of the San Diego Section, and the Regional High School Teacher of the Year, Brent Shenton of the Orange County Section. Herbert D. Kaesz is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. Professor Kaesz, who was born in Egypt and came to the US at the age of seven, received his B.A. from New York University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He joined the faculty at UCLA in 1960 and has been a leading member of the inorganic and organometallic chemistry community ever since, notably as Associate Editor of the ACS journal Inorganic Chemistry for many years. Other honors include the Alexander von Humboldt U.S. Senior Scientist Award, the Richard C. Tolman Medal, and the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemisty. He has been elected a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Chemical Society. Professor Kaesz has long been an active member of the Southern California Section and has served in a number of leadership positions. John D. Roberts is Institute Professor, Emeritus, in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at UCLA, was a National Research Council Fellow at Harvard, and began his career as a faculty member in organic chemistry at MIT, before moving to Caltech in 1953 – bringing with him the first woman graduate student in Caltech history. His contributions to organic chemistry have been immeasurably broad and deep; he was a pioneer in the application of both NMR and molecular orbital theory to organic chemistry, as well as writing (with Marjorie Caserio) the landmark textbook Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry. Among his many awards, he has received the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society, the National Medal of Science, and the National Academy of Sciences Awards in Chemical Sciences and for Chemistry in Service to Society. (Continued on Page 21) 20 Centennial Banquet and Panel Discussion (Continued) Rudolph A. Marcus is the Noyes Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology. Professor Marcus received both his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees at McGill University, training as an experimentalist, and changed his focus to theoretical chemistry during postdoctoral research at the University of North Carolina. In 1951, Marcus joined the faculty of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He then moved to the University of Illinois in 1964 before coming to Caltech in 1978. Professor Marcus has made many critical contributions to our basic understanding of chemical reactions; he received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for what has become known as the Marcus theory of electron transfer reactions. This theoretical framework has been used to describe reaction systems ranging from photosynthesis to solvent effects to conducting polymers to quantum tunneling in enzyme reactions. Ongoing research in the Marcus group includes studies of catalysis at the water-organic interface, isotope effects in atmospheric chemical reactions and astrochemistry, enzymatic reactions and nanomaterials. Arthur Riggs is Chair of the Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Research in the Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope. He received an A.B. in chemistry at UC Riverside; switched to biochemistry for his doctoral work at Caltech; and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute before coming to City of Hope in 1969, where he served as Director of the Beckman Research Institute from 1999-2007. He collaborated with Genentech scientist Herbert Boyer on the first expression of a human gene in E. coli, which led to major advances in biotechnology, notably the largescale production of human insulin. Dr. Riggs' current main area of research is on epigenetic changes in gene function and regulation, with a particular emphasis on the role of DNA methylation. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has received many awards, including Distinguished Alumnus Awards from both Caltech and UC Riverside. Caltech Corridor 21 Sponsors Thank you for your generous donations. Platinum ($20,000) We would like to thank the Beckman Foundation for their generous support of the Beckman Symposium and reception. ACS Division Activities Committee (in cooperation with HIST, MEDI and SCHB Divisions) ($4,500) ACS Organic Division (ORGN) 3 sessions Gold Sponsors ($1,000) Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) ($750) ACS Division of Biological Chemistry (DBC) Silver ($500) Ken Edwards of Dunn-Edwards Paints ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry (ANYL) ACS Division of Computational Chemistry (COMP) ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry (ENVR) ACS Division of History of Chemistry (HIST) ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC) ACS Division of Chemical (CHED) Student Programs 4 sessions 2 sessions 2 sessions 1 session 4 sessions 1 session Bronze ($250) ACS Division of Geological Chemistry (GEOL) (Continued on Page 23) 22 1 session Sponsors Gold Sponsors ($1,000) (Continued) Materia is proud to sponsor WRM2011 and invites all Western Region chemical professionals to help celebrate SCALACS’ Centennial – 100 Years of Outstanding Chemistry! 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Commitment to our students' success is our highest priority. Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is renowned for its medical school and scientific research programs. Sandra Ford http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chemistry/about.php 26 Workshops for K-12 Chemistry Educators Saturday, November 12, 2011 8:30-9:30 am Inquiry Chemistry in Action Presenter: James Kessler, American Chemical Society, ([email protected]) Abstract: Participate in activities from ACS's free online upper elementary school science resource, inquiryinaction.org. Teachers will investigate the properties of an M&M and participate in inquire-based activities to explore different aspects of an M&M's solubility. Teachers will look at sugar and water on the molecular level to better understand their observations. Teachers will receive a handout of all activities. 9:40-10:40 am Why and How Atoms Combine Presenters: Jodye I. Selco, Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Cal Poly Pomona, ([email protected]), Mary Bruno, Kordyak Elementary School, Rialto USD, ([email protected]) Abstract: Learn how to use atomic models to demonstrate how atoms combine to form molecules. While recording some of the possible combinations, both chemical symbols and the meaning of chemical formulae are explained. These models are also used to balance chemical reactions. Hands-on workshop 10:50-11:50 am Teaching the Organization of the Periodic Table for Understanding Presenter: Jodye I. Selco, Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Cal Poly Pomona, ([email protected]), Mary Bruno, Kordyak Elementary School, Rialto USD, ([email protected]) Abstract: Participate in discovering the organization of the periodic table by sorting atomic models onto a periodic table. Learn why elements combine the way they do. This activity makes visible what Mendele’ev did not know. 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:00 pm Middle School Inquiry Chemistry from ACS Presenter: James Kessler, American Chemical Society, ([email protected]) Abstract: Participate in activities from ACS's free online middle school science resource, middleschoolchemistry.com. Teachers will investigate the effects of heating and cooling solids, liquids, and gases and explain their observations on the molecular level. Teachers will receive a handout of all activities. (Continued on Page 28) 27 K-12 Educators Workshops (Continued) 2:10-3:10 am Supermarket Chemical Reactions in Ziploc Bags Presenter: Jodye I. Selco, Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Cal Poly Pomona, ([email protected]). Mary Bruno, Kordyak Elementary School, Rialto USD, ([email protected]) Abstract: Do chemistry as chemists really do – and learn how to share this type of chemistry with your students. If you have ever wanted to just mix stuff together to see what would happen, this experiment is for you. Full on inquiry allows you and your students to discover the wonders of chemistry. All chemicals are safe and available on the open market. 3:20-4:50 Computer Supported Collaborative Science (CSCS) in the Chemistry Classroom: Using Google Applications to Investigate Chemical Reactions Presenters: Dr. Dorothy Nguyen-Graff, California State University Northridge, Department of Chemistry ([email protected]) Kelly Stellmach Castillo, Arcadia Unified School District, Foothills Middle School ([email protected]) Abstract: Workshop participants will experience the application of Computer Supported Collaborative Science (CSCS) techniques by participating in a series of hands-on laboratory investigations. In addition to exploring three separate phenomena related to chemical reactions, participants will see first hand how Google Applications can be used in a science classroom to enhance accuracy of data collection and promote collaboration, critical thinking amongst students. The lesson plan presented in this workshop is geared toward upper elementary and middle school chemistry teachers, but can easily be adapted to meet the needs of students K-12. City of Hope–Genentech Insulin Team Courtesy of City of Hope 28 Technical Program Thursday Afternoon sessions begin between 12:45 – 1:30 PM HIST001 History of Chemistry A Southern California Perspective (Harold Goldwhite CSU Los Angeles (emeritus) Organizer) RM_WRM 1 A century of teaching chemistry Harold Goldwhite, [email protected] Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States RM_WRM 2 Linus Pauling era at Caltech Judith R Goodstein, [email protected]. Department of Archives, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 3 History of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute at the University of Southern California Surya G Prakash, [email protected]. Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, United States RM_WRM 4 Past ACS Presidents: the California Connection Patricia L Perez1, [email protected], Janan M Hayes2. (1) Chemistry, Project Inclusion, San Dimas, CA 91773, United States (2) Chemistry, Project Inclusion, Sacramento, CA 95842, United States RM_WRM 5 The Shaping of Air Quality in Southern California through 100 years of Atmospheric Research Jason C Low, [email protected] Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, California 91765-4182, United States RM_WRM 6 Chemical synthesis of nucleic acids: What happens when synthetic chemistry approaches perfection? James L. Kilgore, [email protected] JLK Bioorganic Services, Long Beach, California 90808, United States RM_WRM 7 Winstein's 1957 Baker Lectures: the physical organic text that never was Harold Goldwhite, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, LosAngeles, CA 90032, United States GEN001 General Oral Presentations (Medicinal, Organic and Biological Topics) RM_WRM 8 Synthesis cytotoxic and DNA binding affinity of anthraquinone bearing tosyl and amines group Supranee Sangthong1, [email protected], Nattaya Ngamrojanavanich2, Nongnuj Muangsin2. (1) Program of Biotechnology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2) Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand RM_WRM 9 What really happens when metalloproteins bind to self-assembled monolayer coated gold surfaces Astrid M Mueller, [email protected], Jay R Winkler, Harry B Gray. Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 10 Predicting the structure and binding site of agonists for the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R), a class B G-protein coupled receptor Andrea Kirkpatrick1, [email protected], Jiyoung Heo2, Ravinder Abrol1, William A Goddard1. (1) Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States (2) Department of Biomedical Technology, Sangmyung University, Chungnam, Republic of Korea 29 Thursday Technical Program (Continued from Page 29) RM_WRM 11 Effect of Aging on the Foam Fractionation of Lactoferrin Yuehan Huang, [email protected], Christopher Yeh, Benjamin Yeh, Juying Shang, Randall Lin, Robert D Tanner.Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91126, United States RM_WRM 12 Global warming (…?): What catalyst technology can/should do? Frits M Dautzenberg, [email protected]. Serenix-Management, Serenix Corporation, San Diego, Ca 92127, United States MEDI001 Medicinal Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 13 Discovery and structure-activity relationships of a series of quinoline and quinoxaline derivatives as potent PI3K/mTOR dual inhibitors Kevin C. Yang1, [email protected], Nobuko Nishimura1, Longbin Liu1, Aaron Siegmund1, Marian C. Bryan1, Kristin L. Andrews5, YunXin Bo1, Shon K. Booker1, Sean Caenepeel2, Daniel Freeman2, Hongyu Liao2, John McCarter3, Erin L Mullady3, Tisha San Miguel3, Raju Subramanian4, Nuria Tamayo1, Ling Wang2, Douglas A Whittington5, Leeanne Zalameda3, Nancy Zhang2, Paul E Hughes2, Mark H Norman1. (1) Department of Chemistry Research and Discovery, AMGEN, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799, United States (2) Department of Oncology Research, AMGEN, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799, United States (3) Department of High-Throughput Screening, AMGEN, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799, United States (4) Department of Pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism, AMGEN, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799, United States (5) Department of molecular structure, AMGEN, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799, United States RM_WRM 14 WITHDRAWN RM_WRM 15 Syntheses of 1-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)alkyl)thymine monophosphates as potential inhibitors of human thymidine phosphorylase Karel Pomeisl, [email protected]. Nucleoside and nucleotide analogues for biomedical applications, IOCB AV CR, Prague, Prague 6-Dejvice 166 10, Czech Republic RM_WRM 16 Synthesis of tyrosine side chain-linked prodrugs of PMEG and cpr-PMEDAP Tomas Tichy1, [email protected], Karel Pomeisl1, [email protected], Marcela Krecmerova1, Charles E McKenna2. (1) Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic (2) Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1062, United States RM_WRM 17 Synthesis and antimalarial activity of purine 9-[2-hydroxy-3-(phosphonomethoxy) propyl] derivatives and their side-chain modified analogues Marcela Krecmerova1, [email protected], Antonín Holý1, Dana Hockova1, Martin Dracinsky1, John de Jersey2, Dianne T. Keough2, Luke Guddat2. (1) Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague 6, Czech Republic (2) The School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia RM_WRM 18 Tetra-alkyl bis-phosphates as bivalent inhibitors of butyrylcholinesterase – Compounds with potential for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Kim Ngan Tu, [email protected], Astor Suriano, Elise Van Fossen, Reyna Raya, Roger A. Acey, Kensaku Nakayama.Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CSU Long Beach, Long Beach, California 92802, United States 30 Thursday Technical Program (Continued from Page 30) RM_WRM 19 Synthesis and evaluation of benzyl ether and benzylamine derivatives as Wnt mimetics to promote stem cell pluripotency Kevin H. Chen1, [email protected], Edward Laguna1, Tyler Routledge2, Leslie Kirby2, Jason Schott2, Nilay Patel2, Peter de Lijser1. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States (2) Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States RM_WRM 20 Systematic investigation of mono- and diamides as potential drugs for maintaining stem cell pluripotency Quynh Tran1, [email protected], Tu-Anh Tran1, Luke Hanna1, Francis Mision1, Dereck Ferdaws1, SimmerDeep Kaur1, Sarah Neumann1, Karen Balcazar1, Tyler Routledge2, Nilay Patel2, Peter de Lijser1. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States (2) Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States RM_WRM 21 Investigations into the use of chalcones as drugs for maintaining stem cell pluripotency Kavita Amin1, [email protected], Brenda Hinh1, Elizabeth Shuman1, Mikiko Satoh1, Tyler Routledge2, Nilay Patel2, Peter de Lijser1. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States (2) Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States ORGN001 New Synthetic Methods in Traditional and Non-Traditional Media Taeboem Oh, CSU Northridge, Organizer) RM_WRM 22 Need To Make a Bond? Try in Water @ RT Bruce H Lipshutz, [email protected] .Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United States RM_WRM 23 Going with the flow: Development of heterogeneous silica-supported Grubbs' catalysts for fine chemical applications Daryl P Allen, [email protected]. Department of Catalyst R&D, Materia Inc., Pasadena, CA 91107, United States RM_WRM 24 Rate accelerated Wittig reactions in water: A suitable medium for alkene synthesis employing stabilized ylides and aldehydes Mikael B Bergdahl, [email protected], Jesse Dambacher, Changchun Jiang, Amer El-Batta, Andrew L. Cooksy. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1030, United States RM_WRM 25 New method for the generation and regeneration of olefin metathesis catalysts Yann Schrodi, [email protected], Daniel R Tolentino, Daniel S Tabari, Matthew E Ryan.Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, United States NUCL001 Nuclear Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 26 Radiolabeled 64copper hexacyanoferrate nanoparticles for positron emission tomography imaging Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr, [email protected]. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Seoul 151-744, Republic of Korea 31 Thursday Technical Program (Continued from Page 31) POLY001 Polymer Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 27 Blends of perfluorocarbon end-functionalized and telechelic polystyrene/poly n-butyl methacrylate: Synthesis and morphology studies Victoria A Piunova, [email protected], Jingguo Shen, Thieo E Hogen-Esch. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States RM_WRM 28 Optimizing Isothermal Frontal Polymerization: Producing the Deepest Copolymer Gradient Refractive-Index Length for a MMA/BzMA System Molly E. Tyner, [email protected], Anne R. Waldrop, [email protected], Lydia Lee L Maggio. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS 39210, United States RM_WRM 29 Ketene-Based Synthesis of Derivitized Cyclobutanediol Monomers for High-Performance Polyesters Daniel J Burke1,2, [email protected], Craig J Hawker1,2,3. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States (2) Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States (3) Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States RM_WRM 30 Investigating property differences in multifunctional dendrimer architectures Jerred A Chute, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States RM_WRM 31 Using vapor phase polymerization to modify microfluidic devices for inorganic synthesis Carson Riche, [email protected], Noah Malmstadt, Malancha Gupta. University of Southern California, United States RM_WRM 32 Radical polymerization of captodatively substituted 2-acetamidoacrylates in high viscous media Hitoshi Tanaka, [email protected], Yusuke Nanba, Misato Kii, Miki Niwa. Institute of Technology and Science, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan RM_WRM 33 Bio-inspired energy dispersive materials: Sacrificial bonds in thiol-ene and polyurethane systems Luke A Miller1, [email protected], Juliana Bernal Ostos2, Renaud G Rinaldi2, Alan J Jacobsen3, Frank W Zok2, Galen D Stucky1,2. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States (2) Department of Materials, University of California - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States (3) HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, California, United States PMSE001 Way Beyond Plastic – The Powers of Modern Materials (Andrew Guenthner, USAF Edwards AFB, Organizer) RM_WRM 34 Polymeric Membranes used in Water Treatment Processes Mavis C.Y. Wong, [email protected], Eric M.V. Hoek. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 35 Advances in hydrogen/oxygen fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies for NASA energy storage systems Keith J Billings, [email protected], Thomas I Valdez, Adam K Kisor, Samad A Firdosy. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, United States 32 Thursday Technical Program (Continued from Page 32) RM_WRM 36 Organic Photovoltaic Devices and its Recent Progress Yang Yang, [email protected], Jingbi You, Rui Zhu. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, United States RM_WRM 37 Polymeric Materials for Non-Wetting Surfaces Joseph M Mabry, [email protected]. Space and Missile Propulsion Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards AFB, California 93524, United States RM_WRM 38 Benzo-fused Infrared Dyes and their Electro-Optic Properties Geoffrey A Lindsay1, [email protected], A P Chafin1, M C Davis1, W W Lai1, D H Park2, W N .Herman2. (1) Naval Air Warfare Center, Edwards AFB, C, United States (2) Laboratory for Physical Sciences, United States Navy, College Park, MD, United States ORGN005 Physical Organic Chemistry (Organizer Thomas Morton, UC Riverside) RM_WRM 39 Characterization and dynamics of substituted ruthenacyclobutanes relevant to the olefin cross-metathesis reaction Anna Wenzel, [email protected]. Keck Science Department, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California 91711, United States RM_WRM 40 Cyclic Amino Borane Compounds As Possible Hydrogen Storage Molecules Jay-Ar Bendo, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States RM_WRM 41 Imidazole-4-propanoic acid as an analog for the serine protease active site: The effects of water on intramolecular hydrogen bonding in acetonitrile William R Carroll, [email protected], Michael Kenney, John D. Roberts. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engeneering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 42 Dissociation Pathways and Vibrational Spectra of a Diprotonated Tetraamine Hou Ung, [email protected] of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States RM_WRM 43 Metal-ligand clusters with endohedral functionality Richard J Hooley, Amber M Johnson, Orly Moshe, Ana S Gamboa. Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States A series of tetracationic M2L4 palladium-pyridyl clusters with endohedral amine AGFD001 Chemistry of Wine. Sensory and Flavor Effects of Wine Constituents (Henry Abrash CSU Northridge, emeritus) Special Presentation: Chemistry of wine. An introduction to wine components and flavor. J. Ernest Simpson, Department of Chemistry (emeritus), California Polytechnic University Pomona RM_WRM 44 Procyanidin-protein interactions: Implications for red wine astringency Mark A. Kelm, [email protected]. Department of Research and Development, Constellation Wines U.S., Madera, CA 93637, United States 33 Thursday Technical Program (Continued from Page 33) RM_WRM 45 An Overview of the Chemistry of Wine Flavor Defects Susan Langstaff, [email protected]. Applied Sensory, LLC, Fairfield, California, United States ENVR001 Development of Innovative Monitoring and Remediation Technologies for Contaminated Groundwater and Soil (Organizer - Scott Warner, AMEC, Oakland, California) RM_WRM 46 Molecular and isotopic tools for validating biodegradation of emerging water contaminants Shaily Mahendra, [email protected], Phillip Gedalanga, Georges Paradis. Department Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States RM_WRM 47 DYE-LIF™ ― A new direct push optical screening yool for high resolution, real time mapping of chlorinated solvent DNAPL in the subsurface Adrian Fure1, [email protected], Murray Einarson1, Randy St. Germain2. (1) Environment and Infrastructure Div., AMEC, Oakland, California, United States (2) Dakota Technologies, Fargo, North Dakota, United States RM_WRM 48 Zero Valent Zinc: Technology Basis and Verification Bruce K Marvin1, [email protected], Eric Suchomel1, Paul Tratnyek2, Alexandra Salter-Blanc2. (1) Geosyntec Consultants, Oakland, California, United States (2) Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems, Oregon Health Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon, United States RM_WRM 49 Nanomaterials as Emerging Contaminants: Microbial Impacts Shaily Mahendra1, [email protected], Vincent Reyes1, Melissa Spitzmiller1, Robert Damoiseaux2, Sabeeha Merchant3. (1) Department Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, los Angeles, California, United States (2) California Nanosystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, United States (3) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, United States RM_WRM 298 What is new in permeablereactor barriers: An ITRC update Cannon F. Silver1 [email protected], Scott Warner2 (1) CDM, Federal Programs Corp., Chantilly, VA (2) AMEC, Environment and Infrastructure Div., Oakland, California, United States BIOL001 Systems Biology RM_WRM 50 Predicting humoral immunity to infectious diseases on a genome wide scale with proteome microarrays Philip Felgner, [email protected]. Division of Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States Protein Microarray Laboratory, UCI School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, United States RM_WRM 51 TBA Pierre Baldi, [email protected]. Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, University of California Irvine, United States School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California Irvine, United States RM_WRM 52 How the Proteome Remodels the Genome in Cardiovascular Disease Thomas Vondriska, [email protected] Departments of Anesthesiology, Medicine & Physiology, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States RM_WRM 53 Withdrawn RM_WRM 54 Withdrawn 34 Friday Technical Program 8:00—4:15 ANYL001 Analytical Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 55 Assay of ascorbic acid by differential electrolytic potentiometry microtitrimetry Abdul aziz Nabil Amro, [email protected], Abdallah M. Abulkibash. department of Chemistry, King Fahad University of petroleum and minerals, Dhahran, Eastern province 31261, Saudi Arabia RM_WRM 56 Novel microfluidic device to study cytotoxicity under magnesium ion gradient Hector Carmona1, [email protected], Giri Venkataraman2, Yeoheung Yun2, Boyce Collins2, Frank A. Gomez1. (1) Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States (2) Bioengineering, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, North Carolina 27411, United States RM_WRM 57 Melamine detection with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on µPADS using C4D Marisol Salgado1, [email protected], Maribel Funes2, Thiago Pinotti Segato2, Frank A Gomez1, Emanuel Carrilho2. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States (2) Instituto de Química de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP 13566-590, Brazil RM_WRM 58 Fabrication and solvent studies of thiolene optical adhesive 91 microfluidic chips and their use in a chemical separation Maria Ortega, [email protected], Catalina Verduzco, Frank A. Gomez. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States RM_WRM 59 Tracer Monitored Titrations: measurement of dissolved oxygen Todd Martz, [email protected], Yuichiro Takeshita, Rebecca Rolph. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States RM_WRM 60 Determination of volatile aldehydes in university library air using passive sampling Thomas Boundy, [email protected], David B. Green, Jane A. Ganske. Department of Chemistry, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, United States RM_WRM 61 Sensitive nonlinear laser wave-mixing spectroscopic detection of chem/bio agents Jorge Jimenez, Marc S. Gregerson, William G. Tong, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 91977, United States RM_WRM 62 Sheath flow cell alignment to optimize hydrodynamic focusing in fluorescence–detected capillary electrophoresis Charles E. Schreyer, Phillip G Allen, Ivonne P de la Torre, Timothy C Corcoran. Department of Chemistry, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, California 91768, United States RM_WRM 63 An improved method for the analysis of tetrodotoxin by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection Anna Chowaniec1, [email protected], Gary Bucciarelli2, Lee B. Kats3, David B. Green1. (1) Department of Chemistry, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, United States (2) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States (3) Department of Biology, Pepperdine University, United States 35 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 35) RM_WRM 64 Detection and quantification of cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene in water using the FTIR-ATR Technique Mubashir A Sheikh, [email protected], Zhuangjie Li. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92834, United States RM_WRM 65 Detection of trans-1,2-dichloroethylene in water using the FTIR-ATR Technique Gayle Marnie J Villapando, [email protected], Zhuangjie Li. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92834, United States RM_WRM 66 Analysis of cadmium, lead, and copper from desalinized seawater by anodic stripping voltammetric analysis utilizing the gallium-modified bismuth film electrode Kelsey R Brereton, [email protected], Michelle Miguelino, David B Green. Department of Chemistry, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, United States RM_WRM 67 Kinetics Study of Reaction of OH with 1,3,5-trymethylbenzene at 240-340 K and 1-3 Torr Using the RR/DF/MS Technique Phuc Lam, [email protected], Zhuangjie Li. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States RM_WRM 68 Kinetics study of reaction of ethylbenzene with OH radical at 1-5 Torr and 298 K using the relative rate/ discharge flow/mass spectrometry technique Eric Lew, [email protected], Zhuangjie Li. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, United States RM_WRM 69 Sensitive Analysis of Biomarkers by Nonlinear Laser Wave-Mixing Detection and Capillary Electrophoresis Ashley Warren, [email protected], Marcel Hetu, Tiffany Neary, Manna Iwabuchi, William Tong. Department of Analytical Chemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States BIOL002 Biological Chemistry Posters – Small Bioactive Molecules and Enzyme Mechanisms RM_WRM 70 Designing a tight-binding flavonoid-based caspase inhibitor Caitlin Crowder, [email protected], Kevin Tran, J. Brandon White, Thomas Young, Marc d'Alarcao. Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University, San Jose, California 95110, United States RM_WRM 71 Isolation and characterization of anti-mycobacterial metabolites from the extract of marine bacterial strain UA323 Jehovani Lopez, [email protected], Jacqueline A. Trischman. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, United States RM_WRM 72 Anti-mycobacterial metabolites produced by UA 218, a marine bacterial strain from a nearshore environment in San Diego Temet McMichaels, [email protected], Jacqueline A. Trischman. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, United States RM_WRM 73 Extraction and purification of anti-mycobacterial metabolites from marine bacterial strain UA 308 Alexandra Porobic, [email protected], Jacqueline A. Trischman. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, California State University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, United States 36 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 36) RM_WRM 74 Chemical survey of medicinal plants of the Chumash people Brittany Allison, Mark Allenby, P. Matthew Joyner, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, United States RM_WRM 75 Allelopathic inhibitors of seed germination from the primeval conifer Araucaria columnaris (Cook pine) Jacob DeForest, P. Matthew Joyner, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, United States BIOT002 Biotechnology Posters RM_WRM 76 Modeling cold-flow properties of biodiesel blends Sevana Baghdasarian, [email protected], Lumbala Kabeya, [email protected], Pablo Benalcazar, [email protected], Sabyasachi Sen. Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, United States CHED001 Chemical Education Posters RM_WRM 77 Teaching an online chemistry course: Predicting student success Paul Johnson1, Ling Huang2, [email protected]. (1) Software Development, Consultant, Davis, California, United States (2) Chemistry, RM_WRM 78 HIRA-Lab: Hazard identification and risk analysis for the chemical research laboratory David J Leggett, [email protected]. Leggett Technical Consulting, LLC, Playa del Rey, CA 90293, United States RM_WRM 79 Visual spectroscopy Kristin A Peck, [email protected], Samantha C Klinge. Chemistry, California State University of Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California 93308, United States RM_WRM 80 Solar Hydrogen Research Activity Kit (SHArK) as a high school and college research collaboration in chemistry Jason Diodati, [email protected], Frank Gomez. Chemistry, California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States RM_WRM 81 Determination of molecular self-diffusion coefficients using pulsed-field-gradient NMR: An experiment for undergraduate physical chemistry laboratory Jennifer Harmon1, [email protected], Cierra Coffman1, Spring Villarrial1, Steven Chabolla1, V. V. Krishnan1,2. (1) Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California 93740, United States (2) Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616, United States RM_WRM 82 Making chemistry fun for all ages Candice Gellner, [email protected], Emily Gorrie, Jessica J Magpayo, Kevin Nguyen, Noor Qamar, Benjamin F. Gherman, [email protected], Cynthia Kellen-Yuen. Department of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819-6057, United States 37 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 37) RM_WRM 83 Reverse phase chromatography of candy coatings and the teaching of the scientific method Sameh Helmy1, [email protected], Melissa Gray2, Jessica Cortez2, Philip Hampton2, [email protected]. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States (2) Department of Chemistry, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA 93012, United States RM_WRM 84 Using UV wavelength maxima shifts to estimate isomer composition in a student experiment involving the nitration reaction of salicylic acid William D Korte, [email protected], Xiao Chang, Jinsong Zhang. Department of Chemistry, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA 95929, United States RM_WRM 85 Chemistry Club Activities at East Los Angeles College Antonio Tinoco, [email protected], Lauren London, Laura Gallegos, Veronica Jaramillo, Armando Rivera-Figueroa. Department of Chemistry, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California 91754, United States ENVR002 Environmental Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 86 Soil metabolism and microcalorimetry: A unique combination HAMEED ULLAH, [email protected], Jose alencar de simoni. INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA, UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS, CAMPINAS, SAO PAULO 6154, Brazil RM_WRM 87 Analysis of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in a Southern California freshwater natural treatment wetland system (NTWS) Paige Aiona, Catherine D. Clark, Warren De Bruyn, Benjamin Brahm. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, United States RM_WRM 88 Determination of total dissolved inorganic carbon in seawater by ultraviolet spectrophotometry Philip J Bresnahan, Jr., [email protected], Todd R Martz. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States RM_WRM 89 Development of a Simultaneous Extraction and Cleanup Method for Pyrethroid Pesticides from Indoor House Dust Samples Jeanette M. Van Emon, 702-798-2154.US Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States GEOC001 Frontiers in Geochemistry. The Growing Legacy of ACS PRF-Funded Research (Organizer Diane Clemens-Knott CSU Fullerton) RM_WRM 90 Detrital Zircon Investigations of Early Cretaceous (?) Sediment Provenance and Delivery to the Southern Great Valley Forearc Basin Diane Clemens-Knott1, [email protected], Michael W. Martin1,2, Chris Buchen1, Joshua P. Sobolew1, Isaac Shirley1, Hector Fernandez1. (1) Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States (2) Department of Career Technologies, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, CA 92508, United States RM_WRM 91 What uranium-derived thermochronometers tell us about the styles and causes of deformation in southern Alaska Phillip A Armstrong, [email protected], Jeanette C Arkle, Kelly M Ferguson, Michael G Prior, Sean Hartman. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, United States 38 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 38) RM_WRM 92 Methodological advances in preparative gas chromatography tailored towards investigations into the 14C content of terrestrial biomarkers accumulating in the environment Gregory I Ball, [email protected], Lihini I Aluwihare. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, United States RM_WRM 93 Calcium isotope test of end-Permian ocean acidification using biogenic apatite Jessica L. Hinojosa1, [email protected], Shaun T. Brown2, Donald J. DePaolo2, Adina Paytan3, [email protected], Shuzhong Shen4, Jun Chen5, Jonathan L. Payne1. (1) Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States (3) Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States (4) State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, China (5) Key Laboratory of Isotope Geochronology & Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China RM_WRM 94 Lifting the sea: A CAS record of the transition to modern Lake Champlain Andrew N Robinson1, [email protected], William Gilhooly2, Timothy W. Lyons1. (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, United States (2) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63130, United States RM_WRM 95 Using geochemical proxies to understand paleoclimatically driven radiolarian fluctuations in the Lamar Limestone, Guadalupe Mountains West Texas Yuxi Jin1, [email protected], Paula J Noble1, Simon R Poulson1, Chuang Xuan2. (1) Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Nevada, Reno MS172, Reno, NV 89557, United States (2) College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States RM_WRM 96 Support for Fundamental Petroleum-Relevant Geoscience Research by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund Dean A. Dunn, [email protected]. Office of Research Grants, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC 20036, United States INOR002 Inorganic Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 97 Withdrawn RM_WRM 98 Diversifying coordination environments in bimetallic rare earth reduced dinitrogen complexes that are precursors to single molecule magnets Jordan F Corbey, [email protected], Joseph W Ziller, William J Evans. Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617, United States RM_WRM 99 Synthesis and characterization of zinc alkoxide complexes bearing electron withdrawing groups that polymerize of L-Lactide Nomaan M Rezayee, [email protected], Joseph M Fritsch. Department of Chemistry, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, United States RM_WRM 100 Exploring (C5Me4H)as a reductant in rare earth chemistry Megan E Fieser, [email protected], Joseph W Ziller, William J Evans. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States 39 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 39) RM_WRM 101 Ultrasound Activated Smart MRI Constrast Agents Anna C Dawsey1, [email protected], Vincent Li1, Xinping Wu1, Christina E Ratto1, Emine Boz1, Amy Sirkis1, Travis Williams1, Andy Chang2. (1) Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States (2) Urology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States RM_WRM 102 Quantifying Ligand-Metal π-Interactions Megan K. Pennington-Boggio, [email protected], Brian L. Conley, Travis J. Williams. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States RM_WRM 103 Selective Oxidation of 8-oxo-guanine by Os(phen)2dppzCl2 as visualized by DNA-Protein Crosslinking Kelsey R Miller, [email protected], Zitadel Anne Perez, Amanda Madison, Eric D.A. Stemp. Physical Science, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States RM_WRM 104 Developing Compounds that are Resistant to Reduction by Biological Reducing Agents Jonathan D. Getscher, [email protected] of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California 92507, United States RM_WRM 105 Late 3d metal metathesis of metal-oxides with amines Francisco J. Birk1, [email protected], Tom Cundari2. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States (2) Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203, United States RM_WRM 106 Influence of chloride and fluoride ions on the interaction of amino acids with silver nanoparticles Alexandra Mendoza, [email protected], M. Gabriela Espinoza, Karen I. Peterson, David Pullman. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States RM_WRM 107 Role of base pairing partner on DNA-protein crosslinking from guanine oxidation Zitadel A Perez, [email protected], Amanda Madison, Eric D.A. Stemp. Department of Physical Sciences, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA 90049, United States RM_WRM 108 Synthesis and Characterization of a New Series of Dimeric and Polymeric Gold(I) and Silver(I) N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complexes Ahmad J. Samin1,2, [email protected], Vincent J Catalano1. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States (2) Chemistry, American University of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan RM_WRM 109 Electron doping in novel inverse Spinel: YCaGaO4 Ryan C. Clark, [email protected], Shou-Tian Zheng, Xianhui Bu, Shahab Derakhshan. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States RM_WRM 110 Extending the +2 oxidation state to more rare earth metals Matthew R MacDonald, [email protected], Joseph W Ziller, William J Evans. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States 40 Friday Technical Program (Continued fro Page 40) RM_WRM 139 Synthesis and characterization of NNO Schiff base ligands bearing electron withdrawing groups and bisligated zinc complexes Kimberly A Gerling, [email protected], Joseph M Fritsch. Department of Chemistry, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA 90263, United States ANYL003 Microfluidics and Other Highly Multiplexed Techniques for Bioanalysis (Organizer Frank Gomez, CSU Los Angeles) RM_WRM 111 Development of a microfluidic chip-based assay for examining receptor-ligand interactions Frank A. Gomez1, [email protected], Maria Ortega1, Judith Alvarado1, Amy Wat1, Mark Goldberg1, Grady Hanrahan2. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States (2) Department of Chemistry, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, United States RM_WRM 112 Simple Microfluidics Rustem F. Ismagilov, [email protected]. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 113 A microchip device for small RNA extraction and detection Runtao Zhong, Wenwan Zhong, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States RM_WRM 114 Are low-cost microfluidic based products possible? Naresh Menon, [email protected], Nicholas Booth, Cheryl Tan, Monet Joseph. ChromoLogic LLC, Pasadena, CA 91107, United States RM_WRM 115 Molecular Recognition of Cancer Biomarkers: A Versatile Capture Agent for Akt1 Designed by Iterative In Situ Click Chemistry. Steven W Millward, Ryan K. Henning1, Gabriel A. Kwong, Suresh Pitram2, Heather D. Agnew1,3, Kaycie M. Deyle, Arundhati Nag1, Jason Hein2, Su Seong Lee1, Jaehong Lim, Jessica A. Pfeilsticker, K. Barry Sharpless2, and James R. Heath1.(1) Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (2) Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California (3)Integrated Diagnostics, Inc. Culver City California ANYL004 Natural Products Chemistry. Standardizing Analysis of Ingredients and Adulterants (Organizer Yumei Lin, Nutrilite Health Institute, Buena Park, CA) RM_WRM 116 Qualitative ID of standardized extracts: Should there be a criteria or guideline? Amit Chandra, [email protected]. Analytical Sciences, AMWAY, Ada, Michigan 49355, United States RM_WRM 117 FDA and product adulteration in dietary supplements Jason W Sapsin, [email protected]. Polsinelli Shughart, Denver, CO 80202, United States RM_WRM 118 Fingerprint analysis and the application of HPTLC to the determination of identity and quality of botanicals, from an industry perspective Sidney Sudberg, [email protected]. Alkemists Laboratories, Costa Mesa,, CA 92626, United States 41 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 41) MEDI003 Noninvasive Imaging of Drugs and Other Chemicals (Organizers Jorge Barrio, UCLA, and Walter Wolf, Univ. Southern California) RM_WRM 120 Molecular imaging studies with fluorinated compounds highlighting the unique potential of integrating 19F-MRS and 18F-PET Walter Wolf, [email protected], Hyunkwon Kim. Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-9121, United States RM_WRM 121 Molecular Imaging of Tau Neuropathology in Humans Jorge Barrio, [email protected]. UCLA, United States RM_WRM 122 Imaging Sodium-Glucose Co-transporter (SGLT) Glucose Utilization Ernest Wright, [email protected]. UCLA, United States RM_WRM 123 Targeted Therapy and Molecular Imaging Harmuth Kolb, [email protected]. Siemens, United States RM_WRM 124 New fluoroalkylation methods Surya G Prakash, [email protected]. Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, United States RM_WRM 125 In vivo NMR identifies 100 chemical entities: what use is that? Brian Ross, [email protected]. Advanced and Clinical MR Spectroscopy Unit, Huntington Medical Research Institute, Pasadena, United States ORGN002 Organic Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 126 Copper(I) iodide dimethyl sulfide catalyzed 1,4-addition of alkenyl groups to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds Amer A El-Batta, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Eastern 31261, Saudi Arabia RM_WRM 127 Novel approaches to the synthesis and purification of water-soluble curcumin analogues Jose M Medina, [email protected], Shawn Pope, Sam Helmy, Philip Hampton. Chemistry, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, United States RM_WRM 128 Stereospecific cross-couplings of diarylmethyl ethers to form tertiary stereocenters Margaret A Greene, [email protected], Elizabeth R Jarvo. Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States RM_WRM 129 in situ Anionic Shielding for Regioselective Metalation: Directed peri-Metalation and Iterative Functionalization Routes to Polysubstituted 7-Azaindoles Anton Toutov, [email protected], Cédric Schneider, Emilie David, Victor Snieckus. Department of Chemistry, Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada 42 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 42) RM_WRM 130 Synthesis of a modified photoreversible calcium chelator Noel Rico, [email protected], Alison McCurdy. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, CSU Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States RM_WRM 131 Synthesis of a photochromic reversible calcium cage to better understand oscillatory calcium signaling Adwoa K Sasu, [email protected], Irvin Coria, James Huang, Alison McCurdy. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca 90032, United States RM_WRM 132 Understanding and modulating indolyne regioselectivities Sarah M. Bronner, [email protected], Adam E. Goetz, [email protected], Tejas K. Shah, Suzanne V. Nguyen, Neil K. Garg. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States RM_WRM 133 Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Perophoramidine and Communesin F Alex W Schammel, [email protected], Grace Chiou, Neil K Garg. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 134 Total Synthesis of N-methylwelwitindolinone C isothiocyanate Alexander D Huters, [email protected], Kyle W. Quasdorf, [email protected], Evan D. Styduhar, [email protected], Neil K. Garg. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 135 Total synthesis of aspidophylline A and progress towards other akuammiline alkaloids Ben W Boal, Joel M. Smith, A. J. McGahran, Neil K. Garg. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025, United States RM_WRM 136 Nickel-catalyzed amination of aryl sulfamates and carbamates Stephen D Ramgren, [email protected], Amanda L Silberstein, [email protected], Tehetena Mesganaw, [email protected], Noah Fine Nathel, [email protected], Liana Hie, Neil K Garg. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 137 Synthesis of N,N-dialkylaminoethyl derivatives of vanillin and 4-hydroxybenzaldyde and their use in the synthesis of water soluble curcumin analogues Shawn Pope, [email protected], Jose Medina, Phil Hampton, Brian Kasper, Sameh Helmy, Kyle Nichols, Rick Macasieb. Department of Chemistry, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, Ca 93012, United States RM_WRM 138 Stereospecific cross-coupling reactions for the synthesis of enantioenriched diarylethanes and triarylmethanes. Buck L. H. Taylor, [email protected], Michael R. Harris, Elizabeth C. Swift, Elizabeth R. Jarvo. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States RM_WRM 246 Mechanistic study on the reactivity of 1,4-naphthoquinones Tiffany T Kim, [email protected], Cameron P Iverson, Elisabeth A Rutledge, Tetsuo Otsuki.Department of Chemistry, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California 90041 43 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 43) PHYS001 Physical Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 140 On the Infrared Vibrational Excitation of H:Si(111) Evans T. D. Boney, [email protected], Nathan O. Hodas, Rudolph A. Marcus. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 141 Withdrawn RM_WRM 142 Characterization of the Nernst response of an Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor (ISFET) chip and a Chloride Ion Selective Electrode (Cl-ISE) Yuichiro Takeshita1, [email protected], Todd R Martz1, Kenneth S Johnson2, Andrew G Dickson1. (1) Marine Chemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, California 92039, United States (2) Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California 95039, United States RM_WRM 143 Development of a fast-flow FTIR discharge system to examine complex reactions of atmospheric species Kori A VanDerGeest2, [email protected], Mads P. Sulbaek Andersen1, Stanley P. Sander1. (1) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States (2) Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, United States RM_WRM 144 Sun powered synthesized fast cooled alloys (by SFAQ technology): (Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2Can-1CunO2n+4+?)2, n=1 to 9 Katherine A. Tyson1, [email protected], Juana V Acrivos1, Dila Gulanova2, Jaba G Chigvinadze3. (1) Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, United States (2) Academy of Sciences, “Physics-Sun”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (3) E Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tbilisi, Georgia PMSE002 Polymeric and Structured Materials Posters RM_WRM 145 Innovative Polymer Materialss for Aerospace Propulsion Applications Andrew J Guenthner, [email protected], Joseph M Mabry. Propulsion Materials Applications Branch, Polymer Working Group, Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards AFB, CA 93524, United States RM_WRM 146 Solar cells based on nanocrystalline PbSe nanowires Ibrahim Yusufu, [email protected], Justin Hujdic, Erik Menke. UC Merced, Merced, CA 95344, United States RM_WRM 147 Design and development of a novel microfluidic direct methanol fuel cell Dan T. Botoaca, [email protected], Judith Alvarado, Amy Watt. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States RM_WRM 148 Synthesis of small and monodisperse phenylethanethiolate-capped palladium nanoparticles: TEM and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis Diego J Gavia, [email protected], Young-Seok Shon. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States RM_WRM 149 Controlling particle size and ligand density of dodecanethiolate-capped Pd nanoparticles for optimized catalytic isomerization of allyl alcohols Diego J Gavia, [email protected], Young-Seok Shon. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States 44 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 44) BIOL003 Structural Biology of Proteins at Cell Surfaces (Organizer James U. Bowie, UCLA) RM_WRM 150 What drives membrane protein folding? James U Bowie, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 151 How proteins induce and sense membrane curvature Ralf Langen, [email protected]. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States RM_WRM 152 Proteins on the edge (of the lipid bilayer) Melanie Cocco, [email protected], Ali Hoshani, Kevin Ganesh, Jessica Schulz, Sheeja Vasudevan. Molecular Biol & Biochem, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States RM_WRM 153 ABC transporter structure and mechanism Douglas C Rees, [email protected]. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, HHMI, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 154 Withdrawn ORGN003 Building Small Molecules: From Asymmetric Methods Development to Natural Product Synthesis (Organizer Sara Reisman, Caltech) RM_WRM 155 Mechanism-based design and development of nickel-catalyzed amination and alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling reactions Elizabeth R Jarvo, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States RM_WRM 156 Concise, biomimetic syntheses of davanone, artemone, and related terpenoids David A. Vosburg, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711, United States RM_WRM 157 Total synthesis of welwitindolinones Neil Garg, [email protected]. Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 158 Application of an aldehyde-bisulfite adduct in the synthesis of a potent DPP-IV inhibitor Margaret Faul, [email protected]. Chemical Process R&D, Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, United States RM_WRM 159 Approachable methods for the synthesis of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters Brian M Stoltz, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States IEC001 Green Chemistry (Organizer Angela Ashton, 3M Drug Delivery, Northridge, CA) RM_WRM 160 History and Principles of Green Chemistry John Warner, [email protected]. Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, Wilmington, MA 01887, United States 45 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 45) RM_WRM 161 Withdrawn RM_WRM 162 Sustainability through Green Chemistry in process and product development Angela Ashton1, [email protected], Keith Miller2. (1) 3M, Northridge, CA 91324, United States (2) 3M, St. Paul, MN 55144, United States RM_WRM 163 Getting Organic Solvents Out of Organic Reactions Bruce Lipshutz, [email protected]. Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, United States RM_WRM 164 Sequential chemical reactions kinetic and process efficiency for galvanochemical water treatment with low levels of contaminants Aleksandr Pikelny1, [email protected], Olga Pikelnaya2. (1) R&D, AVIACHEM, Los Angeles, CA 90046, United States (2) Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 165 Voltammetric analysis of alloy formation using non-mercury liquid metal electrodes Peter Y Hsieh, [email protected]. Wildcat Metallurgy LLC, Cerritos, CA 907031185, United States MEDI002 Peptide Therapeutics: Perspectives and Current Outlook RM_WRM 166 Quality and manufacturing innovation in therapeutic peptide development Jason Moss, [email protected]. Bachem, Torrance, CA 90505, United States RM_WRM 167 Protein Medicinal Chemistry with an Expanded Genetic Code Ho Sung Cho, [email protected]. Ambrx Inc., La Jolla, California, United States RM_WRM 168 Long acting Y2R peptide mimetic as a new generation therapeutic agent for the management of T2D Waleed Danho1,2, [email protected], Josef Swistok2, Wajiha Khan2, George Ehrlich2, David Fry2, Hing Char2, Karin Conde-Knape2, Anish Konkar2, Navita Mallalieu2, Melville Osborne2, Leonid Rumenik2, Hamid Salari2, Terri Truitt2, Cristina Rondinone2. (1) Department of peptide Research, DANHO Associates Inc., Del Mar, CA 92014, United States (2) Hoffmann La-Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110, United States RM_WRM 169 Evolving peptide vaccine candidates based on a proprietary virus-like particle platform Yemi Onakunle, [email protected]. President, VLP Biotech Inc, San Diego, California, United States BIOL007 Plenary Lecture RM_WRM 170 Plenary: Reinterpreting the genetic code: Non-canonical amino acids in protein design, evolution and analysis David A. Tirrell, [email protected]. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States The genetic code, elucidated in the 1960s through the work of Nirenberg, Ochoa, and Khorana, provides a set of molecular instructions for turning DNA into proteins. But what if we could change the meaning of those instructions and decide for ourselves how to interpret the genetic code? What kinds of protein chemistry could we do then? Over the last decade, cells have been outfitted with modified molecular machinery that enables them to use non-standard sets of amino acids to make proteins. These developments have enabled powerful new approaches to protein design, protein evolution, biological imaging, and proteome-wide analysis of cellular processes. 46 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 46) ANYL005 Bioanalytical Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 171 Implementation of hybrid neural network methodology in optimizing fluorescence from receptor-ligand binding interactions on microchips Judith E. Alvarado1, [email protected], Grady Hanrahan2, Frank A. Gomez1. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Ca 90032, United States (2) Department of Chemistry, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, ca 91360, United States RM_WRM 172 Immobilization of ssDNA-SWCNT on a Au-micro-chips for the detection of serotonin Jhanisus L Melendez1, [email protected], Jose Jurado3, Emanuel Carrilho2, Frank A. Gomez1. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, United States (2) Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Bioanalítica, Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Química de São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo 13566-590, Brazil (3) Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78249, United States RM_WRM 173 Development of a soluble collagen based assay for naphthalimide photoactivity Megan L. McDougall1, [email protected], Ronald E. Utecht1, Therese M. Downey2. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, United States (2) Avera Research Institute, Sioux Falls, SD 57107, United States RM_WRM 174 Sensitive analysis of biomarkers by nonlinear laser wave-mixing detection and capillary electrophoresis Ashley Warren, Marcel Hetu, Tiffany Neary, Manna Iwabuchi, William G. Tong, [email protected]. Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, United States RM_WRM 175 Quantitation of polysorbate 20 hydrolysis using nuclear magentic resonance spectroscopy Christopher Cornell1, [email protected], Ming Lei1, Dana Olson2, Andrea Ji2, Ken Skidmore1, Yung-Hsiang Kao1. (1) Department of Protein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, United States (2) Late Stage Pharmaceutical and Process development, Genentech, South San Francisco, C 94080, United States RM_WRM 176 Use of magnetic beads to study the interaction of glycopeptide antibiotics with peptides and bacteria Juliette A Ohan, [email protected], H Howard Xu, Keith F Clarke, Frank A Gomez. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, United States RM_WRM 299 Identification of enantiomeric interactions in zeolite NaY by solid state NMR, thermogravimetric analysis, and X-ray diffraction Jessica J Cardenas, Lauren E Que, Andrea L Martinez, Tram Duong, Hien Huynh, Robert Senter. Mount St Mary's College,, Department of Chemistry, Los Angeles, California ENVR003 Atmospheric Chemistry Throughout the Solar System (Organizer Mark A. Allen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory) RM_WRM 177 Developing comprehensive chemical reaction mechanisms for the atmospheric formation of secondary organic aerosol Paul J Ziemann, [email protected]. Department of Environmental Sciences and Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States 47 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 47) RM_WRM 178 Sulfur isotope mass-independent fractionation by sulfur dioxide photolysis James Lyons1, [email protected], Douglas Blackie2, Glenn Stark3, Juliet Pickering2. (1) Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, United States (2) Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom (3) Department of Physics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481, United States RM_WRM 179 Withdrawn RM_WRM 180 Peroxy Radical Chemistry in the Upper Atmosphere of Earth Mitchio Okumura1, [email protected], Stanley P Sander2, Fred C Grieman3. (1) Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States (2) California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States (3) Seaver Chemistry Laboratory, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, United States RM_WRM 300 Chemistry as a tool for Mars exploration and discovery Mark Allen, [email protected] Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 RM_WRM301 The stable isotope geochemistry of the Martian atmosphere and surface John Eiler, [email protected]. Caltech Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA 91125 BIOL005 Biological Chemistry Posters - Macromolecules RM_WRM 181 Performing in vitro evolution on an artificial genetic system Su Zhang, [email protected], Hanyang Yu, John C Chaput. Department of Chem & Biochem, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States RM_WRM 182 Studies of a tyrosine mutant in the binding pocket of nitrophorin 2 Allena M Goren1, [email protected], Robert E Berry1, Hongjun Zhang1, F. Ann Walker1, Anabella Ivancich2. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States (2) Centre d'Etudes de Saclay Institut de Biologie et des Technologies, Saclay, France RM_WRM 183 Structural basis of RNase T in stable RNA 3'-end maturation Yu-Yuan Hsiao, Hanna S. Yuan, [email protected]. Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China RM_WRM 184 Towards characterization of the binding interface of REST with mSIN3 PAH1 and PAH2 domains Kaitlyn Bathke, [email protected], Kathryn Kizzar, Abby M Hodges. Biology and Chemistry, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA 91702, United States RM_WRM 185 Effects on Heart Rate Variability in an Atherosclerosis Mouse Model Exposed to Concentrated Ultrafine Ambient Particles Luis Gonzalez1, [email protected], Andrew Keebaugh1, Loyda Mendez1, C. Sioutas2, M. T. Kleinman1. (1) Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States (2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States (3) Mesa, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA 91754, United States 48 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 48) RM_WRM 186 Creating molecular capsules Maria Escamilla2, [email protected], Isabel Barrera2, Linda Tunstad1. (1) Department of chemistry and biochemistry, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90032, United States (2) MESA, East Los Angeles College, 1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, California 6099, United States RM_WRM 187 Exacerbation of Atherosclerosis in a transgenic mouse model exposed to different components of ambient ultrafine particulate matter Agustin Vargas, [email protected], Andrew Keebaugh, Loyda Mendez, C. Sioutas, M T Kleinman. Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States RM_WRM 188 Pulmonary effects in a cardiovascular disease animal model exposed to ultrafine particulate matter Angel Luna1, [email protected], Andrew Keebaugh2, Loyda B Mendez2, C. Sioutas3, Michael T Kleinman2. (1) East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California 91754, United States (2) Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States (3) Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States RM_WRM 189 Computational analysis of carbonic anhydrase biomimetic reactivity via novel metal-hydrosulfide complexes Sylvanna V. Krawczyk1, [email protected], Benjamin F. Gherman1, Eric C. Brown2. (1) Department of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819-6057, United States (2) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, United States RM_WRM 190 Electronic effects on the reaction mechanism of the metalloenzyme peptide deformylase Jason S. Fell, [email protected], Darren M. Steele, Benjamin F. Gherman. Department of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819-6057, United States RM_WRM 191 Computational study of hydrogen bonding residues and thiolate coordination in the active site of eubacterial peptide deformylase Steve J. Bertolani, [email protected], Anthony E. Zamora, Benjamin F. Gherman. Department of Chemistry, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 95819-6057, United States RM_WRM 192 Dynamics and Substrate Specificity of Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing terminal uridylyl transferase (TbRET2) Őzlem Demir1, [email protected], Rommie E Amaro2. (1) Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States (2) Department of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California Irvine, United States MEDI004 Biomolecular Engineering of Drug Carriers (Organizer J. Andrew MacKay, Univ. Southern California) RM_WRM 193 Building molecucles for molecular imaging of dieseases in vivo Jianghong Rao, [email protected]. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States RM_WRM 194 Cyclotides, a novel natural peptide scaffold for drug discovery and delivery Julio A Camarero, [email protected]. Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, United States 49 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 49) RM_WRM 195 Genetically engineered polypeptide nanoparticles J. Andrew MacKay, [email protected]. Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, C 90089-9031, United States RM_WRM 196 TBA Adah Almutairi, [email protected]. Center for Bioresponsive Materials, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States RM_WRM 197 Synthetic polypeptide materials for biomedical applications Timothy J Deming, [email protected]. Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States RM_WRM 198 Preparation of PLGA-1, 3-diaminopropane-folic acid conjugate and its nanoparticles for enhancement of HT29 cells uptake Yichao Wang, [email protected], Puwang Li, Lingxue Kong, Zheng peng. Center for Material and Fiber Innovation, Institute for Technology Research and Innovation, Geelong, Victoria 3216, Australia BIOT001 Biotechnological Approaches to Energy. Biofuel Feedstocks and Production Porcesses. (Karen A McDonald, UC Davis) RM_WRM 199 Correlation and Prediction of Properties of Biodiesel Blends Sevana Baghdasarian, [email protected], Lumbala Kabeya, [email protected], Pablo Benalcazar, [email protected], Sabyasachi Sen. Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona, Pomona, CA 91768, United States RM_WRM 200 Synthetic biology applied to sustainable feedstock production John Aikens1,2, [email protected], Robert J Turner2, Denise Holzle2. (1) Proterro, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States (2) Lybradyn, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois 60523, United States RM_WRM 201 Transient In-Planta Production of Cellulase Enzymes Karen A. McDonald, [email protected], Sang-Kyu Jung, Benjamin Lindenmuth, Abhaya Dandekar, Bryce Falk, Minsook Hwang. University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, United States<- need to add Department of Chemical Engineering RM_WRM 202 Manipulating fatty acid biosynthesis in microalgae through protein-protein interactions Jillian Blatti1, [email protected], Joris Beld1, Craig A Behnke2, Michael Mendez2, Stephen P. Mayfield1, Michael D. Burkart1. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States (2) Sapphire Energy Inc., San Diego, California 92121-1125, United States (3) Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, United States COMP001 Computational Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 203 Examining the gradient expansion of the kinetic energy in periodic systems Joseph B Dizon1, [email protected], John C Snyder2, Kieron Burke1,2. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States (2) Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States 50 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 50) RM_WRM 204 Comparison of interpolation methods on propynonyl radical potential energy surface Peter Zajac3, Mohammad Abouali3, Ali Nadim2, Andrew Cooksy1. (1) Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States (2) Mathematics, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California 91711, United States (3) Computational Science Research Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States RM_WRM 205 Temperature dependence of Thomas-Fermi errors Aurora A. Pribram-Jones, [email protected], Kieron Burke. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States RM_WRM 206 QSAR analysis of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors using binary particle swarm optimization Gene M Ko1, [email protected], Chris L Turner2, Miguel A Gonzales2, Ahmad R Hadaegh2. (1) Computational Science Research Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1245, United States (2) Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, California State University, San Marcos, San Marcos, CA 92096, United States RM_WRM 207 Molecular simulations of cytochrome P450 1A2 embedded in a lipid bilyer Tiffany (Yu-Ting) Sun, [email protected], Rommie E Amaro, Luke Czapla, Adam Gonzales. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Department of Chemistry | Department of Information & Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617, United States RM_WRM 208 Fibril structure of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) Yiyu Li1, [email protected], Sahar Bedrood2, Balachandra G. Hegde2, Ralf Langen2, Ian S. Haworth1,2. (1) Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States (2) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States RM_WRM 209 Understanding chemical reactivity through computational chemistry: Natural bond orbital analysis for NO and NO2 Mohamed Ayoub, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Washington County, West Bend, Wisconsin 53095, United States INOR003 Designing Novel Bio-functional Materials using Transition Metal Complexes (Lijuan Li, CSU Long Beach) RM_WRM 210 Photochemical Strategies for Delivering Bioactive Agents Peter C Ford, [email protected]. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States RM_WRM 211 Metal-directed assembly of 1-, 2- and 3D crystalline protein structures Akif Tezcan. Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States RM_WRM 212 Electron Transfer in Artificial Protein Photosystems: High Valent Heme-Iron and Amino Acid-Assisted Hopping Harry B Gray, [email protected], Jay R Winkler, Maraia E Ener, Gretchen E Keller, Heather R Williamson, Jeffrey J Warren. Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States 51 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 51) RM_WRM 213 Reactive intermediates in biology: Properties of high-spin FeIV–oxo and MnV–oxo complexes A.S. Borovik, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States RM_WRM 214 Syntheses, structures, and spectroscopic studies of biomimetic dinitrosyl iron complexes Lijuan Li, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States RM_WRM 215 Interactions of natural and synthetic metal complexes with nitrogen oxides: Binding, donation and detection Katrina M. Miranda, [email protected], Andrew Hannon, Joel Jorolan, Eman Akam. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States BIOL004 Elucidating Mechanisms for Natural Products Biosynthesis in Multifunctional Enzyme Systems. (Organizer Sheryl Tsai, UC Irvine) RM_WRM 216 The multifaceted acyl carrier protein MIchael D. Burkart, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States RM_WRM 217 Catching the drug factory in action. Structural and biochemical studies of a polyketide synthase. Siou-Chuan (Sheryl) Tsai, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California Irvine, United States RM_WRM 218 Exploring the chemistry of a biological Favorskii rearrangement Bradley S Moore, [email protected]. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92093-0204, United States RM_WRM 219 Biosynthesis of Naphthacenedione Natural Products from Filamentous Fungi Yi Tang, [email protected]. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 220 Natural product biosynthesis: Inspiration for novel chemistry and enzymology Ben Shen, [email protected]. Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Therapeutics, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States GEOC002 Geological Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 221 Combined geophysical and lithostratigraphic investigation of a young pull-apart basin: A 30,000 year record of climate change (Lake Elsinore, Southern California) Matthew E. Kirby, [email protected], Brittany Pyke, Joanna Fantozzi, Christine Hiner. Geological Sciences, CalState Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States RM_WRM 222 Precise measurements of U isotopic ratios in marine foraminiferal tests: A proxy for paleo- pCO2 and paleoproductivity in the ocean Shangde Luo1, [email protected], Teh-Lung Ku2. (1) Department of Earth Sciences,, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 701, Taiwan Republic of China (2) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-0740, United States 52 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 52) RM_WRM 223 Assessing cementation in the El Capitan Reef Complex and Lincolnshire Limestone using 13C-18O bond abundances in carbonates Sean J Loyd1, [email protected], Tony Dickson2, John Hudson3, Aradhna Tripati1. (1) Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States (2) Department of Geology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom (3) Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom RM_WRM 224 Cenozoic deformation along the Little Pine Fault Zone, and implications for the tectonic history of the Santa Maria Basin, Santa Barbara county, CA Michael P. Cannon, [email protected] of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California 90840, United States RM_WRM 225 Late Pliocene-Pleistocene evolution of the Little Pine Fault and its function on the control of sedimentation during basin formation: An examination of the late Pliocene-Pleistocene Paso Robles Formation, Santa Maria Basin, California Ricky A Lee, [email protected]. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States RM_WRM 226 Detrital zircon investigation of metasedimentary rocks at SCICON (Tulare County Office of Education): Using detrital zircon data to enrich the sixth-grade science experience Kevin R Tomita, [email protected], Diane Clemens-Knott. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States RM_WRM 227 Tertiary Deposition within the Tian Shan Foreland Basin and implications on climate and tectonics within the Kepintage Fold-Thrust Belt, NW China Jeffrey D Cook, [email protected], Richard V Heermance. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California 91330-8266, United States RM_WRM 228 Structure and shortening of the Kepintage thrust zone in the Tian Shan foreland, northwest China Jozi K del Angel, [email protected], Richard V Heermance. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA 91330, United States RM_WRM 229 Detrital Zircon Study of the Oldest Sediments in the Peninsular Ranges Forearc Basin, Orange Co., CA Natalie A. Hollis, [email protected], Michelle L. Gevedon, Diane Clemens-Knott. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States RM_WRM 230 Exploring the potential of microbially accelerated weathering for CO2 sequestration Mark Torres1, [email protected], Joshua West1, Sarah Bennett1,2, Kenneth Nealson1. (1) Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States (2) Planetary Surface Instruments Section, JPL, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States RM_WRM 231 Stratigraphic and granulometric comparison of recent pyroclastic density current deposits emplaced following volcanogenic landslides at Augustine Volcano, Alaska Carolyn Rath, [email protected], Brandon Browne. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, United States RM_WRM 232 Geochronology and Paleoenvironment of Pluvial Harper Lake, Mojave Desert, California Anna L. Garcia, [email protected], Jeffrey R. Knott. Department of Geological Sciences, CSUF, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States 53 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 53) RM_WRM 233 Paleomagnetic and radiocarbon record of the Searles Lake Formation (Subunits A and ab) at Poison Canyon, San Bernardino County, California Jeffrey R. Knott1, [email protected], Joseph C. Liddicoat2, Robert S. Coe3. (1) Geological Sciences, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, California 92834, United States (2) Environmental Sciences, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States (3) Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States RM_WRM 234 Semi-quantification of Chrysotile in Serpentinite and derived alluvium using the magnetic properties of Chrysotile: Potential applications for screening asbestos in the laboratory and field. Thomas F Zdeb1, [email protected], Diana F Clark2. (1) Department of Geochemistry, URS Corporation, Santa Ana, California 92705, United States (2) Department of Geochemical Research, PCR Laboratories, San Marcos, California 92069, United States RM_WRM 235 Generation of Late Cretaceous hornblende gabbros at Joshua Tree National Park by assimilation, fractional crystallization, and sequestration Adam J Ianno, [email protected], Scott R Paterson. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, United States RM_WRM 236 Carbon and hydrogen stable isotope microanalysis and data correction for rare carbonate minerals: Case studies for stichtite and malachite Erik Melchiorre, [email protected], Amanda Lopez. Department of Geology, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California 92407, United States RM_WRM 237 The Fluid Evolution of the Mount Mica Pegmatite, Maine: Evidence from Stable Isotopes Jennifer Kelly, [email protected], Gregory Holk. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California 91840, United States Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California 91840, United States RM_WRM 238 Trace Metals in the Reconstruction of Ancient Environmental Conditions: A Case Study from Sedimentary Rocks Deposited During and After the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin Adam D Woods, [email protected], Sean Keffer, Nathan Liodas, Ryan Wakefield. Department of Geological Sciences, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, United States RM_WRM 239 Stable Isotope Evidence for the Fluid Evolution of the Orocopia Schist, Southeastern California Gregory Holk1, [email protected], Carl Jacobson2, Marty Grove3. (1) Department of Geological Sciences, CSU, Long Beach, Long Beach, California 92840, United States (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States (3) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States RM_WRM 240 Resolving the Cementation History of Sandstones in the Long Valley Caldera, CA Jade Star Lackey1, [email protected], Katherine R. Beeler1, Mark Williams1, James Muller1, Ilya N Bindeman2, John W Valley3. (1) Department of Geology, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, United States (2) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States (3) Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States RM_WRM 241 Kings Sequence and Calaveras Complex rocks of the southern Lake Kaweah Roof Pendant, Tulare County, California. Chris Buchen, [email protected], Diane Clemens-Knott. Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, California, United States 54 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 54) ORGN006 Organic and Organometallic Synthesis (Presiding – Tom J. Maricich, CSU Long Beach) RM_WRM 242 Facile SNAAPTM sulfonimidate alkylating agents for acids, alcohols and phenols Tom J. Maricich, [email protected], Matthew J. Allan, Brett S. Kislin, Andrea I-T. Chen, Fan-Chun Meng, Christine Bradford, Nai-Chia Kuan, Jeremy Wood, Nguyen-Phuong Pham, Omonigho Aisagbonhi, Alethia Poste, Dustin Wride, Sylvia Kim, Hai Nguyen, Igor Izotov. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States RM_WRM 243 DABO boronates: Stable heterocyclic boronic acid complexes for use in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions Maureen K Reilly, [email protected], Scott D Rychnovsky. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92617, United States RM_WRM 244 Regioselective synthesis of meta-aminohydroxy benzenes and pyridines Marisa G Weaver, [email protected], Stephen K Jackson, Thomas R. R. Pettus. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Ca 93106, United States RM_WRM 245 Total syntheses of ent-heliespirones A & C Wenju Bai, [email protected], Jason Craig Green, Thomas R. R. Pettus. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9510, United States ORGN004 – Organic Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 247 Microwave-Assisted Isomerization of Alkenes by Ligand-Stabilized Pd Nanoparticles Tae Y Kim, [email protected], El Sadeghmoghaddam,, Diego Gavia, Young-Seok Shon. Chemistry, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States RM_WRM 248 Effects on the conformational preferences of 1,2-disubstituted ethanes for substituents with contrasting electronegativities Mrinmoy Nag, [email protected], Tianxiang Liu, William A Goddard, John D Roberts. Crellin Laboratory of Chemistry and the Materials and Process Simulation Center of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 249 Unusual rearrangements of iminoxyl radicals derived from benzylketoximes: A complete mechanistic study Peter de Lijser, [email protected], Luke E. Hanna, Lalisa Stutts, Kwanruthai Tadpetch. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834, United States RM_WRM 250 One-pot transformation of propargyl alcohols to unsaturated carbonyl analogues catalyzed by palladium nanoparticles Jordan Koeppen, [email protected], Diego J Gavia, Elham Sadeghmoghaddam, Young-Seok Shon. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, United States RM_WRM 251 Cytotoxic Veraguamides, Alkynyl Bromide-Containing Cyclic Depsipeptides from the Marine Cyanobacterium cf. Oscillatoria margaritifera Emily Mevers1,2, [email protected], Wei-Ting Liu2, Hosein Mohimani3, Pavel A Pevzner3, Pieter C Dorrestein2,4, William H Gerwick1,4. (1) Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, United States (2) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States (3) Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, United States (4) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, United States 55 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 55) INOR004 Organometallic Chemistry (Organizer – Travis J. Williams, Univ. Southern California) RM_WRM 252 Facilitating advances in organometallic rare earth and actinide reductive chemistry with cyclopentadienyl ligands William J. Evans, [email protected]. Departmemt of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 926972025, United States RM_WRM 253 Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane with a Robust, Air-Stable, Reusable Ruthenium Catalyst Travis J. Williams, [email protected], Brian L. Conley. Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90039, United States RM_WRM 254 Unique advantages of organometallic supporting ligands Paula L Diaconescu, [email protected]. CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, University of California, Los Angeles, LOS ANGELES, CA 90095, United States RM_WRM 255 Lessons from Catalysis: Applications of Olefin Metathesis in Industry Rosemary Conrad Kiser, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, Materia, Inc., Pasadena, CA 91107, United States RM_WRM 256 Synthesis and characterization of first-row transition metal clusters Theodor Agapie, [email protected], Jacob Kanady, Emily Tsui. Department of Chemistry, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 257 Trapping Reactive Intermediates in Cross-Coupling Catalysis Joshua Figeuroa, [email protected], Liezel A Labios. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States PHYS002 Physical Chemistry – Computational and Materials Studies (Presiding – George Fitzgerald, Accelerys) RM_WRM 258 First-Principles Study of Potential Energy Surface for the Interconversion between NO2, N2O4, cis-ONO-NO2 and trans-ONO-NO2 Wei-Guang Liu, [email protected], William A Goddard.1200 E California Blvd Caltech, Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States RM_WRM 259 Computational Study of Secondary Interactions in Cp*Ir Complexes of Imidazolylphosphines Andrew L Cooksy, [email protected], Amy J Arita, Douglas B Grotjahn. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92115-1030, United States 91125, United States RM_WRM 260 Spectrally-multiplexed capillary sheath flow detection Timothy C Corcoran, [email protected], Ivonne P de la Torre, Alisha J Lewis, Phillip G Allen, Jacob B Balthazor, Charles E Schreyer. Department of Chemistry, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, CA 91768, United States RM_WRM 261 Fast Electronic Kinetics in Nanocrystalline Li0.5FePO4 as Cathode Material for Li Batteries Hongjin Tan, [email protected], Brent Fultz. Department of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States 56 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 56) RM_WRM 262 Structural resolution of catalysts for clean energy using combined experimental spectroscopy and DFT calculations George Fitzgerald1, [email protected], Istvan Halasz2, Jian-Jie Liang1, Jia Gao3, Simon Podkolzin3. (1) Accelrys, San Diego, CA 92121, United States (2) PQ Corporation, Conshohocken, PA 19428, United States (3) Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ 07030, United States INOR001 Solid State Materials for Energy Applications (Organizer Richard Brutchey, USC) RM_WRM 263 Low-temperature synthesis of perovskite nanocrystals for energy storage applications Richard L. Brutchey, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States RM_WRM 264 Solution-processed inorganic photovoltaics from semiconductor nanocrystals and molecular inks Matt Law, [email protected]. Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, United States RM_WRM 265 Design of semi-random conjugated polymers for bulk heterojunction solar cells Barry C Thompson. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1661, United States RM_WRM 266 Inorganic phosphors for solid state white lighting: Insights and new materials Ram Seshadri, [email protected]. Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States RM_WRM 267 Photocatalytic Materials for Solar Energy Applications Pingyun Feng, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, United States PMSE 004 Plenary Lecture (4:30 – 5:45 PM Friday) RM_WRM 268 Pushing Organic Solar Cells to Compete With Silicon Mark E Thompson, [email protected]. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States CHED 002 Undergraduate Posters (Sci-Mix) (6:00 - 7:45 PM) (To find author affiliations, check the publication numbers in the earlier part of the Technical Program listing) RM_WRM 11. Effect of Aging on the Foam Fractionation of Lactoferrin. Y. Huang, C. Yeh, B. Yeh, J. Shang, R. Lin, R. D. Tanner RM_WRM 20. Systematic investigation of mono- and diamides as potential drugs for maintaining stem cell pluripotency. Q. Tran, T. Tran, L. Hanna, F. Mision, D. Ferdaws, S. Kaur, S. Neumann, K. Balcazar, T. Routledge, N. Patel, P. de Lijser RM_WRM 21. Investigations into the use of chalcones as drugs for maintaining stem cell pluripotency. K. Amin, B. Hinh, E. Shuman, M. Satoh, T. Routledge, N. Patel, P. de Lijser RM_WRM 28. Optimizing Isothermal Frontal Polymerization: Producing the Deepest Copolymer Gradient Refractive-Index Length for a MMA/BzMA System. M. E. Tyner, A. R. Waldrop, L. L. Maggio 57 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 57) RM_WRM 56. Novel microfluidic device to study cytotoxicity under magnesium ion gradient. H. Carmona, G. Venkataraman, Y. Yun, B. Collins, F. A. Gomez RM_WRM 57. Melamine detection with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on µPADS using C4D. M. Salgado, M. Funes, T. Pinotti Segato, F. A. Gomez, E. Carrilho RM_WRM 60. Determination of volatile aldehydes in university library air using passive sampling. T. Boundy, D. B. Green, J. A. Ganske RM_WRM 63. An improved method for the analysis of tetrodotoxin by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection. A. Chowaniec, G. Bucciarelli, L. B. Kats, D. B. Green RM_WRM 64. Detection and quantification of cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene in water using the FTIR-ATR Technique. M. A. Sheikh, Z. Li RM_WRM 65. Detection of trans-1,2-dichloroethylene in water using the FTIR-ATR Technique. G. J. Villapando, Z. Li RM_WRM 66. Analysis of cadmium, lead, and copper from desalinized seawater by anodic stripping voltammetric analysis utilizing the gallium-modified bismuth film electrode. K. R. Brereton, M. Miguelino, D. B. Green RM_WRM 67. Kinetics Study of Reaction of OH with 1,3,5-trymethylbenzene at 240-340 K and 1-3 Torr Using the RR/DF/MS Technique. P. Lam, Z. Li RM_WRM 68. Kinetics study of reaction of ethylbenzene with OH radical at 1-5 Torr and 298 K using the relative rate/discharge flow/mass spectrometry technique. E. Lew, Z. Li RM_WRM 69. Sensitive Analysis of Biomarkers by Nonlinear Laser Wave-Mixing Detection and Capillary Electrophoresis. A. Warren, M. Hetu, T. Neary, M. Iwabuchi, W. Tong RM_WRM 70. Designing a tight-binding flavonoid-based caspase inhibitor. C. Crowder, K. Tran, J. B. White, T. Young, M. d'Alarcao RM_WRM 71. Isolation and characterization of anti-mycobacterial metabolites from the extract of marine bacterial strain UA-323. J. Lopez, J. A. Trischman RM_WRM 72. Anti-mycobacterial metabolites produced by UA 218, a marine bacterial strain from a nearshore environment in San Diego. T. McMichaels, J. A. Trischman RM_WRM 79. Visual spectroscopy K. A. Peck, S. C. Klinge RM_WRM 80. Solar Hydrogen Research Activity Kit (SHArK) as a high school and college research collaboration in chemistry. J. Diodati, F. Gomez RM_WRM 81. Determination of molecular self-diffusion coefficients using pulsed-field-gradient NMR: An experiment for undergraduate physical chemistry laboratory. J. Harmon, C. Coffman, S. Villarrial, S. Chabolla, V. V. Krishnan 58 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 58) RM_WRM 82 Making chemistry fun for all ages. C. Gellner, E. Gorrie, J. J. Magpayo, K. Nguyen, N. Qamar, B. F. Gherman, C. Kellen-Yuen RM_WRM 85. Chemistry Club Activities at East Los Angeles College. A. Tinoco, L. London, L. Gallegos, V. Jaramillo, A. Rivera-Figueroa RM_WRM 99 Synthesis and characterization of zinc alkoxide complexes bearing electron withdrawing groups that polymerize of L-Lactide. N. M. Rezayee, J. M. Fritsch RM_WRM 103. Selective Oxidation of 8-oxo-guanine by Os(phen)2dppzCl2 as visualized by DNA-Protein Crosslinking. K. R. Miller, Z. A. Perez, A. Madison, E. D. Stemp RM_WRM 104. Developing Compounds that are Resistant to Reduction by Biological Reducing Agents. J. D. Getscher RM_WRM 105. Late 3d metal metathesis of metal-oxides with amines. F. J. Birk, T. Cundari RM_WRM 106. Influence of chloride and fluoride ions on the interaction of amino acids with silver nanoparticles. A. Mendoza, M. Espinoza, K. I. Peterson, D. Pullman RM_WRM 107. Role of base pairing partner on DNA-protein crosslinking from guanine oxidation. Z. A. Perez, A. Madison, E. D. Stemp RM_WRM 109. Electron doping in novel inverse Spinel: YCaGaO4. R. C. Clark, S. Zheng, X. Bu, S. Derakhshan RM_WRM 127. Novel approaches to the synthesis and purification of water-soluble curcumin analogues. J. M. Medina, S. Pope, S. Helmy, P. Hampton RM_WRM 130. Synthesis of a modified photoreversible calcium chelator. N. Rico, A. McCurdy RM_WRM 137. Synthesis of N,N-dialkylaminoethyl derivatives of vanillin and 4-hydroxybenzaldyde and their use in the synthesis of water soluble curcumin analogues. S. Pope, J. Medina, P. Hampton, B. Kasper, S. Helmy, K. Nichols, R. Macasieb RM_WRM 143. Development of a fast-flow FTIR discharge system to examine complex reactions of atmospheric species. K. A. VanDerGeest, M. P. Sulbaek Andersen, S. P. Sander RM_WRM 144. Sun powered synthesized fast cooled alloys (by SFAQ technology): (Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2Can1CunO2n+4+?)2, n=1 to 9 K. A. Tyson, J. V. Acrivos, D. Gulanova, J. G. Chigvinadze RM_WRM 146. Solar cells based on nanocrystalline PbSe nanowires. I. Yusufu, J. Hujdic, E. Menke RM_WRM 172. Immobilization of ssDNA-SWCNT on a Au-micro-chips for the detection of serotonin. J. L. Melendez, J. Jurado, E. Carrilho, F. A. Gomez RM_WRM 173. Development of a soluble collagen based assay for naphthalimide photoactivity. M. L. McDougall, R. E. Utecht, T. M. Downey 59 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 59) RM_WRM 182. Studies of a tyrosine mutant in the binding pocket of nitrophorin 2. A. M. Goren, R. E. Berry, H. Zhang, F. A. Walker, A. Ivancich RM_WRM 184. Towards characterization of the binding interface of REST with mSIN3 PAH1 and PAH2 domains. K. Bathke, K. Kizzar, A. M. Hodges RM_WRM 185. Effects on Heart Rate Variability in an Atherosclerosis Mouse Model Exposed to Concentrated Ultrafine Ambient Particles. L. Gonzalez, A. Keebaugh, L. Mendez, C. Sioutas, M. T. Kleinman RM_WRM 186. Creating molecular capsules. M. Escamilla, I. Barrera, L. Tunstad RM_WRM 187. Exacerbation of Atherosclerosis in a transgenic mouse model exposed to different components of ambient ultrafine particulate matter. A. Vargas, A. Keebaugh, L. Mendez, C. Sioutas, M. T. Kleinman RM_WRM 188. Pulmonary effects in a cardiovascular disease animal model exposed to ultrafine particulate matter. A. Luna, A. Keebaugh, L. B. Mendez, C. Sioutas, M. T. Kleinman RM_WRM 189. Computational analysis of carbonic anhydrase biomimetic reactivity via novel metalhydrosulfide complexes. S. V. Krawczyk, B. F. Gherman, E. C. Brown RM_WRM 191. Computational study of hydrogen bonding residues and thiolate coordination in the active site of eubacterial peptide deformylase. S. J. Bertolani, A. E. Zamora, B. F. Gherman RM_WRM 203. Examining the gradient expansion of the kinetic energy in periodic systems. J. B. Dizon, J. C. Snyder, K. Burke RM_WRM 207. Molecular simulations of cytochrome P450 1A2 embedded in a lipid bilyer. T. Sun, R. E. Amaro, L. Czapla, A. Gonzales RM_WRM 226. Detrital zircon investigation of metasedimentary rocks at SCICON (Tulare County Office of Education): Using detrital zircon data to enrich the sixth-grade science experience. K. R. Tomita, D. Clemens-Knott RM_WRM 229. Detrital Zircon Study of the Oldest Sediments in the Peninsular Ranges Forearc Basin, Orange Co., CA. N. A. Hollis, M. L. Gevedon, D. Clemens-Knott RM_WRM 235. Generation of Late Cretaceous hornblende gabbros at Joshua Tree National Park by assimilation, fractional crystallization, and sequestration. A. J. Ianno, S. R. Paterson RM_WRM 241. Kings Sequence and Calaveras Complex rocks of the southern Lake Kaweah Roof Pendant, Tulare County, California. C. Buchen, D. Clemens-Knott RM_WRM 246. Mechanistic study on the reactivity of 1,4-naphthoquinones. T. T. Kim, C. P. Iverson, E. A. Rutledge, T. Otsuki RM_WRM 247. Microwave-Assisted Isomerization of Alkenes by Ligand-Stabilized Pd Nanoparticles. T. Y. Kim, E. Sadeghmoghaddam,, D. Gavia, Y. Shon 60 Friday Technical Program (Continued from Page 60) RM_WRM 250. One-pot transformation of propargyl alcohols to unsaturated carbonyl analogues catalyzed by palladium nanoparticles. J. Koeppen, D. J. Gavia, E. Sadeghmoghaddam, Y. Shon HIST002 History of Chemistry Posters RM_WRM 269 IYC 2011 A philatelic celebration Michael A Morgan, [email protected], Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States RM_WRM 270 Life without chemistry? We would be back to the stone age! Technology Milestones in Chemistry Attila Pavlath1,3, [email protected], Veronika Nemeth2, Nora Rideg2. (1) USDA Western Regional Research Center, Albany, CA, United States (2) University of Szeged, Hungary (3) President (2001), American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, United States Saturday Program 8:15 AM—12:00 PM SCHB002 So You Want to Start a Company? (Organizer, James L. Kilgore JLK Bioorgannic Services, Long Beach, CA) RM_WRM 271 From garage to acquisition. Turning the glint in one's eye into commercial success Jack A Syage, [email protected] Technology, Morpho Detection, Inc., Tustin, California, United States RM_WRM 272 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Angels (But Were Afraid to Ask) Heather McCormick, [email protected] Partner, Credo Law Partners, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90071, United States RM_WRM 273 Federal funding resources for startups and small technology businesses James L. Kilgore, [email protected] Bioorganic Services, Long Beach, California 90808, United States RM_WRM 274 Lessons learned from founding a company thirty years ago Rita R Boggs, [email protected] Research and Testing Inc., Gardena, California 90248, United States RM_WRM 275 Reorganizing Priorities and Key Personnel Additions in a Small Chemical Business Larry Evans, [email protected] Earth Products, Soltec Ventures, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States RM_WRM 276 What to do - and not do - when starting your small business. Joseph E Sabol, [email protected], CHEMICAL CONSULTANT, Marquette, Michigan, United States RM_WRM 277 Forming a startup based on Caltech technology Lawrence Gilbert, [email protected] of Technology Transfer, California Institute of Technology, United States 61 Saturday Technical Program (Continued from Page 61) CHED003 Enhancing Student Success through Programatic and Curriculum Innovation (Organizers Armando Rivera-Figueroa and Veronica Jaramillo East Los Angeles College) RM_WRM 278 Student-centered learning in the laboratory: The POGIL approach Frank J. Creegan, [email protected] of Chemistry, Washington College, Chestertown, MD 2120, United States RM_WRM 279 Modernizing the concepts of elements and compounds Rollie J. Myers, [email protected], University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1460, United States RM_WRM 280 Curricular innovations in general chemistry: increasing student engagement and retention at a large public research university Jack F Eichler, [email protected], Cynthia Larive, Marylynn Yates.Department of Chemistry, Unversity of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States RM_WRM 281 Tools to Improve Retention and Graduation in STEM: "Asking the hard questions and doing something about it” David Saiki, [email protected], Andreas Gebauer, Danielle Solano, Miriam Buschhaus.Chemistry Department, California State University Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California, United States RM_WRM 282 A "sense-able" activity for introducing organic structures and functional groups Andro C Rios, [email protected] of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, and Gerald French Montgomery High School, San Diego, CA RM_WRM 283 Activities to Increase Student Engagement, Retention and Learning Harry Lord, [email protected] Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California, United States RM_WRM 284 Evaluating and supporting excellence in two-year college chemistry-based education Armando Rivera-Figueroa1, [email protected], Amina Khalifa El-Ashmawy2, Neil Bastian3. (1) Chemistry Department, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California, United States (2) Collin College, McKinney, Texas, United States (3) Office of Two Year Colleges, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, United States COMP002 Understanding Chemical Reactivity through Computational Chemistry (Organizer Kendall N. Houk, UCLA) RM_WRM 285 Chemical reactivity on metal and metal-oxide surfaces with applications to fuel cells and heterogeneous catalysis William A Goddard, [email protected], Lianchi Lianchi Liu, Robert Nielsen, Ted Yu, Boris Merinov.Materials and Process Simulation Center (MSC), California Institute of Technology (139-74), Pasadena, California 91125, United States RM_WRM 286 New insight into the mechanism of the chromophore maturation in the DsRed-like proteins: The elusive blue intermediate exposed Anna I. Krylov, [email protected]. of Chemistry, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States 62 Saturday Technical Program (Continued from Page 62) RM_WRM 287 Medium effects on the electronic coupling element for electron transfer Robert J Cave, [email protected], Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711, United States RM_WRM 288 Structure, stability, mobility, and size-dependent reactivity of small Pd clusters on the stoichiometric and defective TiO2 (110) Anastassia N Alexandrova, [email protected] and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569, United States RM_WRM 289 Hartree-Fock DFT: A cure for severe self-interaction errors? Kieron Burke1, [email protected], Min-Cheol Kim2, Eunji Sim2. (1) Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States (2) Department of Chemistry and Institute of Nano-Bio Molecular Assemblies, Yonsei University, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea RM_WRM 290 Advances in Simulations and Computer Aided Enzyme Design Arieh Warshel, [email protected], Maria P. Frushicheva.Chemistry, USC, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States RM_WRM 291 Distortion/Interaction model of bimolecular reactivity K. N. Houk, [email protected] of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States CHED004 – Inquiry Chemistry Experiences for Elementary School Students Inquiry Chemistry in Action Presenter: James Kessler, American Chemical Society, ([email protected]) Why and How to Atoms Combine Presenters: Jodye I. Selco, Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Cal Poly Pomona, ([email protected]) Mary Bruno, Kordyak Elementary School, Rialto USD, ([email protected]) Teaching the Organization of the Periodic Table for Understanding Presenter: Jodye I. Selco, Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Cal Poly Pomona, ([email protected]) Mary Bruno, Kordyak Elementary School, Rialto USD, ([email protected]) Saturday 1:00—4:45 PM CHED006 – Inquiry Chemistry Experiences for Middle School Students Middle School Inquiry Chemistry from ACS Presenter: James Kessler, American Chemical Society, ([email protected]) Supermarket Chemical Reactions in Ziploc Bags Presenter: Jodye I. Selco, Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Cal Poly Pomona, ([email protected]) Mary Bruno, Kordyak Elementary School, Rialto USD, ([email protected]) 63 Saturday Technical Program (Continued from Page 63) Computer Supported Collaborative Science (CSCS) in the Chemistry Classroom: Using Google Applications to Investigate Chemical Reactions Presenters: Dr. Dorothy Nguyen-Graff, California State University Northridge, Department of Chemistry ([email protected]) Kelly Stellmach Castillo, Arcadia Unified School District, Foothills Middle School ([email protected]) CHED007 – NSF Programs which Support Undergraduate Education (Organizers Robert K. Boggess, Radford College and Iraj Nejad, Mt. San Antonio College) RM_WRM 292 NSF Programs in Support of Undergraduate Education Iraj B. Nejad, [email protected], Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, California 91789, United States RM_WRM 293 Integrated cognitive and conceptual curriculum for general chemistry laboratory Barbara L Gonzalez1, [email protected], Kereen Monteyne2. (1) Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834-6866, United States (2) Department of Chemistry, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY 41099-001, United States RM_WRM 294 Developing a nanomaterials engineering program with novel pedagogy Erik D. Woodbury, [email protected], Robert D. Cormia. Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, United States RM_WRM 295 STEM Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Program: Preparing Teacher-Researchers John M. Keller, [email protected], Bryan Rebar. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, United States RM_WRM 296 NSDL Backpack Pathway Project Overview Julie Evans, [email protected] Tomorrow, United States RM_WRM 297 Additive manufacturing overview - technologies/materials/applications Benjamin Dolan, [email protected], Ed Tackett, Gary Barnak. RapidTech, Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, CA 92692, United States Career Workshop and Résumé Review Saturday, November 12, 9:00—4:00 This session will cover career development, valuable lessons in the work place as well as a unique insight on the job market. This session has four components: Part I. 9:00 – 9:50 AM: Job Searching Strategies. This session first addresses employment trends and professional values (assessing yourself). Then, the process of networking is explored: who is your network, how to expand it, and lastly the benefits of informational interviewing. Part II. 10:00 – 10:50 AM: Résumé Preparation for the Chemical Professional. Your résumé is a personal introduction and leaves an impression. Learn which personal data format is right for your “marketing plan” and construct a winning résumé. Part III. 11:00 AM – Noon: Interviewing Skills for the Chemical Professional. Many job seekers think their work ends once an interview is secured. Think again! This session will examine the interview process, types of interviews, frequently asked questions, and how to evaluate an offer. Part IV. 1:00 – 4:00 PM: Résumé Review 64 Session Times and Room Schedule Session ID Type Room Thu AGFD001 Oral Arcadia P BIOL001 Oral Fountain I P Fri Room Fri plenary Fountain I-IV A-N San Marino P Session ID Type BIOL007 ENVR001 Oral Los Feliz P BIOL004 Oral GEN001 Oral Altadena P BIOT001 Oral La Caňada P HIST001 Oral Fountain II P ENVR003 Oral San Rafael P ORGN001 Oral San Pasqual P INOR001 Oral Los Feliz P ORGN005 Oral San Gabriel P INOR003 Oral Los Robles P PMSE001 Oral Arcadia P INOR004 Oral San Gabriel P Poster Madera P MEDI004 Oral San Pasqual P Poster Madera P ORGN006 Oral Altadena P Poster Madera P PHYS002 Oral Arcadia P Plenary Fountain II P-E ANYL005 Reception Caltech Beckman Inst E1 BIOL005 Caltech – Baxter Aud E2 COMP001 MEDI001 NUCL001 POLY001 AGFD002 Beckman L-R Beckman L-S Symposium ANYL003 Oral ANYL004 Oral BIOL003 Oral GEOC001 Oral IEC001 Oral MEDI002 Oral MEDI003 Oral ORGN003 Oral ANYL002 Poster BIOL002 Poster BIOT002 Poster CHED001 Poster ENVR002 Poster INOR002 Poster ORGN002 Poster PHYS001 Poster PMSE002 Careers 1 (UG) San Rafael A GEOC002 Los Robles A ORGN004 San Pasqual A UG1 (fast lane) San Marino A PMSE004 Altadena A HIST002 Los Feliz A CHED002 San Gabriel A SCALACS 100 La Caňada A CHED003 Madera A CHED004 Madera A UG 2 Madera A COMP002 Madera A SCHB002 Madera A WR mtg Madera A Careers 2 Madera A Madera A CHED006 Poster Madera A CHED007 Workshop Fountain I Poster Poster Poster Poster Poster Careers 3 Madera Madera Madera Madera Activity Fountain I Plenary Fountain I-IV Poster Poster Madera Madera Banquet Fountain I-IV Oral San Gabriel Workshop Los Feliz Workshop San Marino Oral P P P P P P-E E E N Madera A UA A San Pasqual Meeting Leishman Boardroom A San Rafael A Madera noon Workshop San Marino P Oral San Gabriel P San Rafael Thursday: P = afternoon – start times range from 12:45 – 1:30, end by 4:00 PM E1 = 6:00 – 7:00 PM P-E = plenary – 4:15 – 5:30 PM E2 = 7:00 – 8:30 PM Beckman L-R/-S = Beckman Legacy Reception/Symposium Friday times – A = morning sessions - start times range from 8:00 – 8:30, end by 10:30 AM A-N = morning plenary 10:45 – 12:00 noon L = lunch break P-E = early evening 6:00 – 7: 45 PM (posters and reception) P = afternoon – 1:45 – 4:15 PM Saturday times – A = morning sessions - start times range from 8:15 – 8:45, end by 12:15 PM L = lunch break P = afternoon – 1:30 – 4:45 PM 65 A Oral lunch A Madera Sat A P Western Regional Meeting Pasadena Westin Hotel Floor Plan Please visit our Exhibitors in the Santa Rosa Foyer (Friday and Saturday) and Fountain Ballroom Foyer (Friday only).
