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Oral Presentations and Invited  Seminars+

61.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Nanoparticle Transport: from Magnets to Motor Proteins” Wayne State University Department of Chemistry, Detroit, MI: February 22, 2008.

 

60.+ Williams, M. E. “Finding your Tenzing Norgay for the Tenure Landscape” Distinguished Women in Science Lecture, Stanford University Department of Chemistry, Palo Alto, CA: January 2008.

 

59.+ Williams, M. E. “Metal-Linked Artificial Peptides: Molecular Wires & Antennas” Distinguished Women in Science Lecture, Stanford University Department of Chemistry, Palo Alto, CA: January 2008.

 

58. Levine, L. A.; Williams, M. E. “Model Platinum Artificial Oligopeptides Designed for Biological Applications” Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY: November 6, 2007.

 

57. Williams, M. E. “DNA for Robots” Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA: October 16, 2007.

 

56.   Williams, M. E. “Heisenburg & TEM Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticles” Potters Lodge Meeting, Blue Mountain Lake, NY: September 8, 2007.

 

55. Williams, M. E. “Magnetic Control of Nanoparticle Transport in Microchannels” 3M, St. Paul, MN: August 10, 2007.

 

54.  Williams, M. E. “Multifunctional Magnetic Nanoparticles: Hershey Medical Center Symposium on Nanotechnology” Hershey, PA: June 26, 2007.

 

53.  Williams, M. E. “Preparing for Life After Graduate School: Faculty at a Research Institution” Penn State, University Park, PA: June 6, 2007.

 

52. Williams, M. E. “Directing Nanoparticle Transport: from Magnets to Motor Proteins” James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA: June 28, 2007.

 

51.   Thode, C. J.; Fleming, D. A.; Williams, M. E. “Kinetic Trends of 1,3 Dipolar Cycloaddition on the Surface of Au Nanoparticles” Meeting of the ACS, Chicago, IL: March 25, 2007.

 

50.+ Williams, M. E. “PfLAGS: Faculty at a Research Institution” Penn State Preparing for Life After Graduate School Workshop: April 4, 2007.

 

49.+ Williams, M. E. “Electron Transfers in Metal-Linked Artificial Oligopeptide Duplexes” SEAC Reilley Award & Young Investigator Symposium, Pittcon, Chicago: February 28, 2007.

 

48.  Latham, A. H.; Tarpara, A.; Williams, M. E. “Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles: From Synthesis to Analysis and Purification” Pittcon, Chicago: February 28, 2007

 

47.+ Latham, A.H.  Williams, M. E. “The Development and Applications of Nanoscale Magnetic Materials.”Salem State College: February, 2007.

 

46. Williams, M. E. “Bioinspired Inorganic Materials” The Pennsylvania State University: November, 2006

 

45.+ Williams, M. E. “Metal-Linked Artificial Oligopeptides as Model 1-D Wires” University of Rochester, Rochester NY: November, 2006

 

43.+ Williams, M. E. “Oligopeptide-Linked Multichromophore Assemblies as Molecular Antennas” NAS Kavli Frontiers of Science Meeting, Irvine, CA: November, 2006.

 

42.+ Williams, M. E.; Hutchins, B. M.; Platt, M.; Hancock, W. O. “Directing Placement, Alignment, and Transport of Magnetic Nanoparticle-Labeled Microtubules” Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Cancun MX: November, 2006.

 

41.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Placement and Transport of Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles” Women’s Chemist Committee Lectureship, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH: October, 2006.

 

40.+ Williams, M. E. “Inorganic Analogs of DNA” Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI: July, 2006.

 

39.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Transport and Placement of Functional Nanoparticles” 3M: June 22, 2006.

 

38.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Transport and Placement of Functional Nanoparticles: From Motor Proteins to Refrigerator Magnets” Northwestern University, June 9, 2006.

 

37.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Motion and Placement of Functional Nanoparticles” Dickinson College: April 4, 2006.

 

36.+  Hutchins, B. M., Hancock, W. O., Williams, M. E. "Magnetic Bioengines: Parking and Steering Bio-cars with Magnetic Fields" Skidmore College: April 5, 2006.

 

35.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Patterning and Transport of Functional Nanoparticles” Ithaca College: February 24, 2006.

 

34.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Patterning and Transport of Functional Nanoparticles” Cornell University: February 23, 2006.

 

33.  Hutchins, B. M.; Platt, M.; Hancock, W. O.; Williams, M. E. “Directing Biomotors with Refrigerator Magnets” Electrochemistry Gordon Conference: February 15, 2006.

 

32.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA: from recognition to robots” Electrochemistry Gordon Conference: February 13, 2006.

 

31.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA: From Recognition to Robots” Duke University: January 27, 2006.

 

30.+ Williams, M. E. “Directed Assembly of Multimetallic Complexes with Artificial Oligopeptide Scaffolds” University of California at Berkeley: December 2, 2005.

 

29.+ Williams, M. E. “"Molecular Recognition Using Metal Binding Artificial Oligopeptides" ICAM Workshop, Penn State: November 14, 2005

 

28.+ Williams, M. E. “Biomimetic Inorganic Nanostructures: iDNA and Moving Nanoparticles” Louisiana State University: October 14, 2005

 

27.+ Williams, M. E. “Biomimetic Inorganic Nanostructures” GlaxoSmithKline: September, 2005.

 

26.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA: Inorganic Structural and Functional Analogs of DNA” University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill: September, 2005

 

25.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing Motion and Placement of Functional Nanoparticles” Potters Lodge Meeting IV, Blue Mountain Lake, NY: September, 2005

24. Williams, M. E., Hutchins, B. M., Platt, M., Hancock, W. O., and Muthukrishnan, G. “Semiconductor Nanocrystal Protein Conjugates: Imaging Single Molecule Biomotors with Quantum Dots” oral presentation, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D. C.: August, 2005

23. Gilmartin, B. P. and Williams, M. E. “Artificial oligopeptide duplex and triplex assemblies by directed metal binding”oral presentation, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D. C.: August, 2005

22. Fleming, D. A. and Williams, M. E. “Electrochemical Investigation of Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles” oral presentation, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D. C.: August, 2005

21.+ Williams, M. E., Levine, L. A., Ohr, K. L., Gilmartin, B. P., and Morgan, C. M. “iDNA: Metal-Binding Oligopeptides” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D. C.: August, 2005

20.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA” University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY: April, 2005.

19.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA” Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO: April, 2005

18.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA” University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT: March, 2005.

 

17.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA: Functional and Structural Analogs of DNA” Packard Fellows Meeting, Monterey, CA: September, 2004.

16.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA” Gordon Research Conference on Electron Donor Acceptor Interactions, Newport, RI: August, 2004

15.+ Williams, M. E. “iDNA: Oligomeric Helicates Based on Metal Coordination” Princeton University: April, 2004.

14.+ Williams, M. E. “Electron Transfers in Metal-Linked Oligomeric Duplexes” Potter’s Lodge Meeting III, Blue Mountain Lake, NY: September, 2003

13. Williams, M. E. “Nanoscale Inorganic Materials As Structural and Functional Analogs of Biological Systems” Penn State University REU Seminar: July, 2003

12.+ Williams, M. E. "Nanoscale Analogs of Biological Systems: from Inorganic DNA to Nanobots", SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY: March, 2003

11.+ Williams, M. E. “Directing and Measuring Transport of Inorganic Nanoparticles”, Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, California January, 2003

10. Williams, M. E. “Driving Chemical Reactants: Nanoparticles as Vehicles for Delivery and Recovery” Penn State University REU seminar: June, 2002.

9. Fleming, D. A. and Williams, M. E. “Chemically Functional Magnetic Nanoparticles” The Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, LA: March, 2002.

8.+Williams, M. E. “Driving Chemical Reactants: Nanoparticles as Vehicles for Delivery and Recovery,” St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY: February, 2002.

7.+ Williams, M. E. “Driving Chemical Reactants: Nanoparticles as Vehicles for Delivery and Recovery,” Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY: February, 2002.

6. Williams, M. E., Hupp, J. T. “Mesoporous Inorganic Materials” Materials Research Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA: April, 2001.

5. Williams, M. E., Hupp, J. T. “Electrochemistry in Mesoporous Inorganic Materials” 221st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Nanoelectrochemistry Symposium, San Diego, CA: April, 2001.

4.+ Williams, M. E. “Electrochemistry in Nanostructured Materials” ‘Murray Into the Millenium Symposium– 40 Years in the Southern Part of Heaven’, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC: October, 2000.

3.+ Williams, M. E. “Solid State Voltammetry in Hybrid Redox-Polyether Melts” Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: June, 2000.

2. Williams, M. E.; McDonald, E. M.; Wightman, R. M.; Murray, R. W. “Electrochemistry and Luminescence of a Novel Perylene-Polyether Hybrid” 193rd Meeting of the ECS, San Diego, CA: May, 1998.

1.+ Williams, M. E. “Electron Transport in Hybrid Redox-Polyether Melts” Union Carbide Kenan Award Symposium, Charleston, WV: May, 1998.

Poster Presentations

27. Levine, L. A.; Yennawar, H. P.; Williams, M. E. “Novel Luminescent Pt(II) Cross-linking Artificial Peptides” Graduate Exhibition, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, March 30, 2008.

26. Kirin, S. I.; Williams, M. E. “Inorganic models of nucleic acids: Synthesis & Structure of Cu(dpa)2 complexes", 20th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Zagreb, Croatia:  May 1, 2007.

25. Latham, A. H. , Williams, M. E. “Magnetic Nanoparticles: Controlling Movement and Function on the Nanoscale” Grad Exhibition, Penn State: March 2007.

24. Myers, C.; Williams, M. E. “Photoinduced Energy Transfer in Heterometallic Aminoethylglycine Derivatized Ru(bpy)32+ Hairpin Complexes” Pittcon, Chicago: Feb. 28, 2007.

23. Latham, A. H.; Williams, M. E. The Synthesis and Purification of Water-Soluble Magnetic Nanoparticles. Presented at Crossover, University Park, PA, October, 2006.

22. Levine, L. A.; Williams, M. E. “Binding of Artificial Multimetallic Peptides with Double Stranded DNA” PSU Frontiers in Metallobiochemistry 2006 Symposium: June 8, 2006.

21. Hutchins, B. M.; Platt, M.; Hancock, W. O.; Williams, M. E. “” Electrochemistry Gordon Conference, Santa Ynez Valley: February, 2006

20. Latham, A. H. and Williams, M. E. “Capillary Magnetic Field Flow Fractionation and Analysis of Magnetic Nanoparticles” American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D. C.: August, 2005

19. Williams, M. E. and Latham, A. H. “Capillary Magnetic Field Flow Fractionation and Analysis of Magnetic Nanoparticles” Analytical Chemistry Gordon Conference, Roscoff, France: June 10 – 16, 2005

18. Hutchins, B. M.; Muthukrishnan, G.; Hancock, W. O.; and Williams, M. E. “Imaging Biomolecular Motor Proteins with Semiconductor Nanocrystals” Analytical Chemistry Gordon Conference, Roscoff, France: June 10 – 16, 2005

17. Grimme, R. A.; Richardson, J. N.; Williams, M. E. “DNA Oligonucleotide Functionalized Fe2O3 Core/Au Shell Nanoparticles as a Means of Selective Magnetic Separations of Mixtures of DNA” 37th Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society May 22-25, 2005.

16. Richardson, J. N.; Weikel, A. L.; Hutchins, B. M.; Conklin, S. D.; Kaval, N.i; Williams, M. E. “Electrochromic Behavior of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots Immobilized in a Quaternized Poly(4-vinylpyridine) Ionic Exchange Film” 229th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA; March, 2005.

15. Platt, M.; Hutchins, B. M.; Muthukrishnan, G.; Hancock, W. O.; Williams, M. E. “Motor Protein/Microtubule Tagging: DNA, Bio-Linker, and Quantum Dot Labels for Selective Attachment and Imaging” Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA: Feb 2005

14. Williams, M. E. “iDNA” Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA; February, 2005.

13. Muthukrishnan, G.; Hutchins, B. M.;Platt, M.; Hancock, W. O.; Williams, M. E. “Motor Protein/Microtubule Tagging: DNA, Bio-Linker, and Quantum Dot Labels for Selective Attachment and Imaging” MRSEC Center for Nanoscale Science Poster Session, University Park, PA: Jan 2005

12. Gilmartin, B. P.; Morgan, C. M.; Williams, M. E. “Artificial Oligopeptide Scaffolds for Stoichiometric Metal Binding” Gordon Conference on Electron Donor Acceptor Interactions, Newport, RI-: August, 2004

11. Williams, M. E. “iDNA: Structural and Functional Analogs of DNA” German American Frontiers of Science, Hamburg, Germany: June, 2004

10. Gilmartin, B.P., Koerner, R., Williams, M.E. “Oligomeric Helicates: Inorganic Analogues of DNA Capable of Electron Transfer.” Quilmes Nanoscience Workshop: Electronics with Molecules and Quantum Dots, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Ruinas de Quilmes, Argentina: May, 2003.

9. Carter, C. J.; Ohr, K. L.; Williams, M. E. “Redox Networks Defined by Coordination Chemistry” Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA January, 2003.

8. Yartym, J.; Ohr, K. L.; Williams, M. E. “Magnetic Field Effects on Electron Transport Kinetics in Solid-State Voltammetry" Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA, January, 2003.

7. Fleming, D. A.; Williams, M. E. “Chemically Functional Alkanethiol Derivatized Magnetic Nanoparticles” Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA January, 2003.

6. Hutchins, B. M.; Latham, A.; Williams, M. E. “Chemically Functional Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Electrochemistry and Patterned Surface Arrays” MRS National Meeting, Boston, MA, December 2002.

5. Fleming, D. A.; Williams, M. E. “Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Magnetic Core/Shell Nanoparticles” MRS National Meeting, Boston, MA December, 2002.

4. Williams, M. E. and Hupp, J. T. “Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy of Porphyrinic Molecular Squares’ Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA: January, 2001.

3. Williams, M. E.; Stevenson, K. J.; Hupp, J. T. “Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Assessment of Molecular Transport in Mesoporous Films” Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, Ventura, CA: January, 2000.

2. Williams, M. E.; Crooker, J. C.; Pyati, R.; Lyons, L. J.; Murray, R. W. “Solvent Dynamics Control of Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Over a 1011-Fold Range” Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, Paris, France, September, 1997.

1. Williams, M. E.; Long, J. W.; Masui, H.; Murray, R. W. “Electron Transport Dynamics in Hybrid Redox-Polyether Melts as a Function of Polyether Tail Length” Meeting of The Electrochemical Society, San Antonio, TX: October, 1996.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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