Ernest Just/Percy Julian Lecture Series

Fall 2009

1. Speaker: Dr. Carmelle Rogers
   Institution: Coppin State University, Department of Natural Sciences
   Title of talk: A Strategy to Increase African American Awareness of Health Research
   Date: November 20, 2009
   Place: Health and Human Services Building, Room 103
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
   All are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dr. Uddin at 410-951-4118.
2. Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Habib Chowdhury
   Institution: University of Maryland, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   Title of talk: The Use of Nanoscience and Technology in Biology and Medicine
   Date: October 30, 2009
   Place: Health and Human Services Building, Room 103
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
   All are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dr. Uddin at 410-951-4118.
3. Speaker: Dr. Don Thomas, Former NASA Astronaut and Director of the Hackerman Academy of Mathematics and Science
   Institution: Towson University
   Title of talk: Science Aboard the Space Shuttle and International Space Station
   Date: October 23, 2009
   Place: Health and Human Services Building, Room 103
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
   All are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dr. Uddin at 410-951-4118.
4. Speaker: Dr. Michael P. Cummings, Associate Professor of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and Mr. Adam L. Bazinet, a graduate student from the University of Maryland
   Institution: Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and University of Maryland
   Title of talk: The Lattice Project: Combining Multiple Models of Grid Computing
   Date: October 16, 2009
   Place: Health and Human Services Building, Room 103
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
   All are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dr. Uddin at 410-951-4118.
5. Speaker: Dr. Anthony A. René, Former Assistant Director of NIH
   Institution: National Institutes of Health
   Title of talk: Planning for a Successful Career in Science
   Date: October 9, 2009
   Place: Health and Human Services Building, Room 103
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
   All are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Dr. Uddin at 410-951-4118.

Spring 2009

1. Speaker: AbulKalam M. Shamsuddin (Professor of Pathology)
   Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
   Title of talk: IP6 & Inositol as Broad-spectrum Anticancer Agents
   Date: April 24, 2009
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
   Research: IP-6 Research
2. Speaker: Dr. Jayfus Doswell (President / CEO)
   Institution: Juxtopia
   Title of talk: The Digital Human Project: A Multidisciplinary Challenge to Advance Medical Practice and Clinical Research
   Date: April 10, 2009
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
3. Speaker: Dr. Jian Zhang, Assistant Professor
   Institution: University of Maryland
   Title of talk: Metal plasmon-coupled fluorophore: a probe for single molecule detection on cell image
   Date: March 27, 2009
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
4. Speaker: Mr. Jahangir Alam, Adjunct faculty
   Institution: Coppin State University, Department of Natural Sciences
   Title of talk: Influence of laboratory grown new materials (such as GaN) in the future developments of home based electronic devices, high definition (HD) TV’s, and high efficiency solar cells
   Date: February 20, 2009
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin and Dr. Alfred Amah
5. Speaker: Dr. Erle C.Ellis, Associate Professor
   Institution: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Geography and Environmental Systems
   Title of talk: Changing Climate by Managing Land
   Date: February 27, 2009
   Place: HHSB, Room 103
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin and Dr. Mintesinot Jiru

Fall 2008

1. Speaker: Dr. Moses Wekesa, Professor
   Institution: Coppin State University, Department of Natural Sciences
   Title of talk: Reduction of Fe(III)-tetrakis-(4-Sulphanatophenyl)-Porphyrin by Mild Reducing Agents
   Date: December 5, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin and Dr. Alfred Amah
2. Speaker: Dr. Moses Wekesa, Professor
   Institution: Coppin State University, Department of Natural Sciences
   Date: November 21, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
3. Speaker: Dr. Leonid Medved, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
   Institution: University of Maryland, School of Medicine
   Title of talk: Molecular mechanisms of formation and dissolution of fibrin clot
   Date: November 7, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
4. Speaker: Dr. Don Thomas
   Institution: Hackerman Academy of Mathematics and Science, Towson University
   Title of talk: "Living and Working in Space"
   Date: October 3, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, Room 008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin

Spring 2008

1. Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Gary
   Institution: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
   Baltimore, MD
   Title of talk:"Translating Research into Real World Clinics and Community: Project Sugar 2"
   Date: February 29, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, RM008
   Time: 12PM
   Host: Dr. Carmelle Rogers
2. Speaker: Kevin Kamps
   Institution: Beyond Nuclear
   Takoma Park, MD
   Title of the talk: "Atomic Expansion: Risks to the Chesapeake Bay and Beyond"
   Date: March 7, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, RM008
   Time: 12PM-1PM(noon)
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin and Dr. Alfred Amah
3. Speaker: Dr. Bradley Arnold
   Institution: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
   Catonsville, MD
   Title of the talk: "Photochemistry and Photophysics of Charge-Transfer Complexes"
   Date: March 28, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, RM008
   Time: 12PM-1PM(noon)
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin and Dr. Jacob Adeyeye
4. Speaker: Dr. Hashmat Sikder
   Institution: University of Maryland
   Baltimore, MD
   Title of the talk: "CD1d gene expression regulation in keratinocytes and its role in skin immunological disease psoriasis"
   Date: April 16, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, RM008
   Time: 12PM-1PM(noon)
   Host: Dr. Jamal Uddin
5. Speaker: Dr. Hussien D Jirdeh
   Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
   Title of the talk: "Careers Opportunities in the Space Sciences and Technology"
   Date: April 23, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, RM008
   Time: 12PM-1PM(noon)
   Host: Dr. Roy
6. Speaker: Dr. Bernard Nebel
   Author of Book - Environmental Science
   Title of the talk: "Global Warming: A Climate Crisis"
   Date: April 17, 2008
   Place: Percy Julian Science Building, RM008
   Time: 12PM-1PM(noon)
   Host: Dr. Jiru Mintesinot
7. Speaker: Dr. Richard McCord
   NSF, Program Director
   Topic: Research experiences of NSF
8. Speaker: Ethan Nuss
   Energy Coalition Network
   Topic: Focus the Nation! - go-green updates

Number 4-7 : Host of the seminars are Dr. Mintesinot Jiru and Dr. Puthen. Roy