3:00 Welcome

3:00-3:20 Mr. Shawn Marshall, “"The Construction and Role of Benchmarks in Understanding Non-covalent Interactions"

3:25-3:45 Ms. Wei Long, “Hybrid Catalysts for Production of Fine Chemicals and Polymers”

3:50-4:10 Mr. Dadasaheb Patil, “Novel Strategies for the Construction of Polycyclic Scaffolds via Diversity-oriented Synthesis”

4:15-4:35 Ms. Kathryn Rommel, "Investigating Indanomycin Biosynthetic Mechanisms"

4:40-5:00 Mr. Erik Dreaden, “Beyond Gilding the Lily: Leveraging Gold Nanotechnologies in Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics”

5:00-5:15 Other Graduate Student Awards and symposium closing

5:15-6:30 Research symposium and Homecoming Alumni Reception (Molecular Science and Engineering 2nd Floor Atrium)

Saturday, October 29th

Tailgating (2 hrs before game time) - Adjacent to the Molecular Science and Engineering Building (just look for the big grill and happy, hungry students)

If you have not already done so, please RSVP at http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/graduate/awards.php (be sure to also mark your calendar!)

(Note: All first-year graduate students are required to attend the symposium unless he/she is involved in TA instruction during that time).