Invited Talks

Thanks to all the dedicated students and collaborators to provide me with the fine material to talk about!

Symposium Lecture, ‘Pyrrole-Modified Porphyrins: Varying the Number, Type and Size of the Non-pyrrolic Moieties’, Symposium ‘NIR-Responsive Porphyrinoids: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications’, International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP 11), Buffalo, NY, 7/3-10/2021 (virtual conference).

Departmental Colloquium, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 1/15/2021 (virtual)

Symposium Lecture, ‘Metalloporphyrinoids Containing Non-pyrrolic Building Blocks as Functional Materials’, Symposium ‘Chemistry and Applications of Functional Molecular Materials’, 103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE), Winnipeg, MB, 5/25/2020 (conference cancelled, but abstract #1487 included in virtual program).

Departmental Colloquium, SLINTECH Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Mahewatta, Pitipana, Sri Lanka, 5/10/2019.

Departmental Colloquium, Uva Wellassa University, Badulla, Sri Lanka, 5/06/2019

 

Departmental Colloquium, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 5/03/2019

Departmental Colloquium, Inorganic Institute, University of Göttingen, Germany, 12/11/2018.

Symposium Lecture, ‘Structural Variety and Utility of NIR-Absorbing Hydroporphyrin Analogues Containing Non-Pyrrolic Heterocycles’, Symposium ‘NIR-Responsive Porphyrinoids: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications’, International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP 10), Munich, Germany, 7/1-6/2018.

Departmental Seminar, College of Natural, Health, and Applied Sciences – Kean Uni

versity, Union, NJ, 10/26/2017.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden, 6/01/2017.

Symposium Lecture ‘The Breaking and Mending of the Pigments of Life’, The Best of the Unversity of Connecticut, El Collegio National, Mexico City, 3/17/2017.

Chemistry Research Seminar, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 9/2016.

Symposium Lecture, Brückner, C. ‘Synthesis of NIR Absorbing Porphyrinoids Containing Non-pyrrolic Building Blocks Using our ‘Porphyrin Breaking and Mending’ Approach’, Symposium ‘NIR-Responsive Porphyrinoids: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications’, International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP‑9), Nanjing, PRC, 7/3-8/2016.

Chemistry Research Seminar, National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, PRC, 7/2/2016

Chemistry Research Seminar, School of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai, PRC, 6/30/2016.

Departmental Seminar, School of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, PRC, 6/29/2016.

Symposium Lecture ‘Breaking and Mending the Pigments of Life: Synthesis of Porphyrinoids Containing Non-pyrrolic Building Blocks’, 89th Canadian Society of Chemistry Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 6/5-9/2016.

Departmental Seminar, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 3/24/2016.

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Trinity College Campus

Keynote Lecture ‘Pyrrole-Modified Porphyrins’ The Tetrapyrrole Discussion Group, John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, 3/21-22/2016.

Chemistry Research Seminar, School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 11/19/2015.

Departmental Colloquium, Department of Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 11/17/2015.

Departmental Colloquium, School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, 11/16/2015.

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Oklahoma hotel furniture

Departmental Colloquium, Department of Chemistry, University of Oklahoma, 11/6/2015.

Departmental Colloquium, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 11/5/2015.

Departmental Colloquium, Department of Chemistry, Oklahoma State University, 11/4/2015.

Departmental Colloquium, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Germany, 8/20/2015.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 4/9/2015.

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Graffiti near Taksim Square, Istanbul, 6/2014

Symposium Lecture, Brückner, C.; Ogikubo, J.; Akhigbe, J.; Samankumara, L.P.; Meehan, E. ‘Chlorin and Bacteriochlorin Analogues Containing Non-pyrrolic Heterocycles’, Symposium ‘Hydroporphyrins: Synthesis, Properties and Applications’, International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP‑8), Istanbul, Turkey, 6/20-27/2014.

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View onto Lake Superior, Duluth, April 25, 2014.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota at Duluth, 4/25/2014.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Williams College, 11/1/2013.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, 10/18/2013.

Departmental Seminar, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Freie University Berlin, Germany, 4/30/2013.

Symposium Lecture ‘Still Breaking and Mending of Porphyrins’, PacifiKen 2 – A Celebration to Honor Ken Raymond’s 70th Birthday, Timberline Lodge, Oregon, 8/2012.

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The Academic, Jeju Island, 2012

Symposium Lecture ‘The Exchange of a Pyrrolic Building Blocks in TPP by a Non-pyrrolic Heterocycle’, Symposium ‘Porphyrin Synthesis and Modification’, International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP‑7), Jeju Island, S. Korea, 7/1-6/2012.

Symposium Lecture ‘Breaking and Mending of Porphyrins: Exchanging Pyrrolic Building Blocks by Non-pyrrolic Heterocycles’ ICPP 7 Satellite Symposium at Kyoto University “Functions and Structures of Porphyrins and Related Molecules” Kyoto, Japan, 29/6/2012.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, 5/3/2012.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, 10/24/2011.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University–Newark, 4/14/2011.

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Marienberg, Würzburg, 2010

Departmental Seminar, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg, Germany, 9/20/2010.

Plenary Lecture ‘Pyrrole-Modified Porphyrins’ The Tetrapyrrole Discussion Group, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, 9/13-14/2010.

Keynote Lecture ‘Modifications of the Porphyrinic β,β’-Double Bond to Convert a Pyrrolic Building Block into 4 , 5-, or 6-Membered Heterocycles’ International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP‑6), Santa Ana Pueblo, 7/4-9/2010.

Plenary Lecture, The Tetrapyrrole Discussion Group, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 9/12‑14/2008.

Symposium Lecture, Brückner, C.; Katsiaouni, S.; Dechert, S.; Briñas, R. P.; Meyer, F. ‘Schiff Base Macrocycles Containing Pyrroles and Pyrazoles’ “Symposium: Pyrrolic Ligands”, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, 8/17-21/2008.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Akron, 4/16/2008.

Symposium Lecture, Brückner, C.; Pavlova, S.; Lim, N. C. ‘Squaric Acid Hydroxamate-Based Chemosensors for Iron(III)’ “Symposium: Celebrating Bioinorganic, Supramolecular, Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry with Ken Raymond”, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, 4/6‑10/2008.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, 10/9/2007.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, 10/8/2007.

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With Martin Gouterman at a reception overlooking Rome at sunset, 2006

Symposium Lecture ‘The “Breaking and Mending of Porphyrin” Strategy for the Synthesis of Pyrrole-Modified Porphyrins: Access to Novel Porphyrinoids and the Realization of Martin Gouterman’s Predictions’ International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP‑4), Rome, Italy, 7/2‑7/2006.

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Brooklyn Bridge

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College, 10/19/2005.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, 10/15/2005.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Connecticut College, 9/27/2005.

Plenary Lecture, Brückner, C.; Lau, K. S. F.; Sadilek, M.; Khalil, G. E.; Gouterman, M. ‘Observation of Novel Porphyrinoid Structures During the ESI Mass Spectrometric Analysis of meso-Phenyl­porpho­lactone and meso-Pentafluorophenyl-substituted Porphyrins, Porpholactones, and Corroles’, Tetrapyrrole Discussion Group, University of Hull, UK, 6/30‑7/1/2005.

Berufungsvorlesung, Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, 6/30/2005.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, UK, 6/22/2005.

Berufungsvorlesung, Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany, 6/20/2005.

Berufungsvorlesung, Institut für Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Germany, 5/20/2005.

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude's The Gates, Central Park, NY, 2/2005

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Hunter College of the CUNY, 2/18/2005.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, 11/23/2004.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 11/8/2004.

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French Quarter, New Orleans, 2004

Symposium Lecture, Brückner, C.; McCarthy, J. R.; Daniell, H. W.;Lara, K. K.; Ilagan, R. P.; Pendon, Z. D.; Shima, S.; Ren, L.; Birge, R. R.; Frank, H. A. ‘Synthesis and Physical Properties of Pyrrole-Modified Porphyrins, a Family of Porphyrinoid Chromophores with Intriguing Properties’ International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP‑3), New Orleans, 7/11‑16/2004.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Queens University, Canada, 4/21/2004.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, U.S.A. 2/26/2004.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 10/17/2003.

Ferens Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in the Natural Sciences Seminar Series (Part 3/3), Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, UK, 7/10/2003.

Departmental Seminar, Institut für Chemie/Organische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 7/7/2003.

Departmental Seminar, Institut für Organische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 7/4/2003.

Departmental Seminar, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, 6/25/2003.

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At the Sanssouci Castle, Potsdam

Departmental Seminar, Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Germany, 6/20/2003.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, 4/1/2003.

Ferens Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in the Natural Sciences Seminar Series (Part 2/3), Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, UK, 3/25/2003.

Ferens Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in the Natural Sciences Seminar Series (Part 1/3), Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, UK, 3/26/2003.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, 10/15/2002.

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Roof in Kyoto

Symposium Lecture ‘Electronic Structure of Free-Base and Metallated meso-Tetraaryl­homo­porphyrins (S–21)’, 2nd International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP-2), Kyoto, Japan, 6/30-7/5/2002.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 5/2/2002.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts–Boston, 3/26/2002.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Hofstra University, 12/5/2001.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Trinity College, U.S.A., 11/30/2001.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Colgate University, 9/11/2001.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Long Island University, 1/30/2001.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Fordham University, 9/27/2000.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Penn State University–The Behrend College, 4/13/2000.

Departmental Seminar, Department of Chemistry–Inorganic Section, Boston College, 2/7/2000.