College Announces Upcoming Seminars

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINARS

Monday, December 1st, 4:00 PM in W140 BNSN
DALE L. BOGER, Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, will present "Natural Products and Nature's Lessons"

Tuesday, December 2nd, 4:00 PM in W140 BNSN
DALE L. BOGER, Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, will present "Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase"

Born August 22, 1953 in Hutchinson, Kansas, Dale Boger received his B.Sc. in chemistry from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (1975, with highest distinction and honors in chemistry) and Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University (1980) under the direction of E. J. Corey. He returned to the University of Kansas as a member of the faculty (1979-1985), moved to Purdue University (1985-1991), and joined the faculty at The Scripps Research Institute (1991-Present) as the Richard and Alice Cramer Professor of Chemistry.
Professor Boger is internationally recognized for his work in organic synthesis, heterocyclic chemistry, natural products total synthesis and mechanistic studies on their biological activity, synthetic methodology development, medicinal and bioorganic chemistry and has made seminal contributions to the understanding of DNA-agent interactions of naturally occurring antitumor-antibiotics, protein-protein interactions, and to the discovery of new biological targets (e.g. FAAH). Most notable are his development and application of the hetero Diels-Alder reaction to the syntheses of complex natural products, his development and applications of the cycoladdition reactions of cyclopropenone ketals, methodology based on the inter- and intramolecular alkene addition reactions of acyl radicals, medium and large ring macrocyclization technology, and solution phase combinatorial chemistry methodology.

COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMINAR

Thursday, December 4th, 11:00 AM in 1170 TMCB
ROB NELSON, Technical Director of Avalanche Software and Disney Interactive Studios, will present "A Day in the Life of Video Game Development"

Attendees will get an insight into the world of video game development, covering topics such as industry trends, technical challenges, work environment, and team structure. Also covered will be information about the job market in general, with details on careers, growth potential, compensation, ad the ever-important facts about what employers are seeking in job applicants. Oh, and there will be swag...

MATHEMATICS SEMINARS

Tuesday, December 2nd, 4:00 PM in 1170 TMCB
PAUL JENKINS, from Brigham Young University, will present "Weakly Holomorphic Modular Forms"

Modular forms play a central role in modern number theory. They encode information about objects such as partitions or singular moduli, and they play a central role in the proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem. We discuss recent results on the location of the zeros and on the prime factors of the Fourier coefficients of some of the simplest examples of modular forms: weakly holomorphic modular forms on SL(2, Z). This is joint work with W. Duke.

Thursday, December 4th, 4:00 PM in 1170 TMCB
Dr. NEHPI NOBLE, National Security Agency, will present "Math Major- NSA"

The National Security Agency is the largest employer of Mathematicians in the United States and possibly the world. A job with the NSA can be quite a rewarding experience. Come learn more about the NSA, mathematics and a possible future serving your country in a very important and unique way.

Nephi graduated in 2002 from BYU with a Ph.D. in Mathematics. He started working for the National Security Agency directly afterwards and has thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of his employment.

PHYSICS and ASTRONOMY SEMINAR

Wednesday, December 3rd, 4:00 PM in C215 ESC
KENNETH WOOLLEY, Alumnus of the BYU Physics Department and founder of Public Storage, will present "Science And Stewardship, A Science Student Becomes a Businessman"

STATISTICS SEMINAR

Thursday, December 4th, 4:00 PM, in 3104 JKB
DAVID DAHL, Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University, will be presenting.