3M/Ronald A. Mitsch Lecture in Chemistry
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The 24th annual 3M/Ronald A. Mitsch Lecture in Chemistry was held Friday, March 29, 2024.
About the 2024 guest lecturer
Thomas E. Mallouk is currently Vagelos Professor in Energy Research in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the synthesis of inorganic materials and their application to solar energy conversion, catalysis and electrocatalysis, nano- and microscale motors, low dimensional physical phenomena, and environmental remediation.
He is the author of over 500 publications and patents, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
For more information about the lecture, please contact chemistry@hamline.edu.
About the lectures
The 3M/Ronald A. Mitsch Lectures in Chemistry are part of the 3M/Ronald A. Mitsch Endowed Fund in Chemistry, established in 1998 by the 3M Foundation in recognition and appreciation of Dr. Mitsch. The fund promotes new connections and pioneering efforts between education and industry as an essential basis for the education of chemists who are prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century and beyond.
Past lectures
2023 | "Making Graphene and Cleaning the Environment in a Flash with Flash Joule Heating." James Tour, the T. T. and W. F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering at Rice University |
2022 | 鈥淪urf, Sink, or Swim: Understanding Environmentally Important Processes at Water Surfaces.鈥 Dr. Geraldine Richmond, presidential chair in science and professor of chemistry, University of Oregon |
2021 | "On Transformation of the Drug Discovery Process: A Talk in Three Parts." Dr. Marti S. Head, University of Tennessee |
2019 | "Male Contraception: A Quest." Dr. Gunda I. Georg, University of Minnesota |
2018 | "Illuminating Sugars, the 'Dark Matter' of the Cell Surface." Dr. Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Stanford University |
2017 | "Meeting the Clean Energy Demand with Nanotechnology." Prashant V. Kamat, University of Notre Dame |
2016 | "New Chemical Probe Technologies: Applications to Cancer Imaging and Drug Discovery." Matthew Bogyo, Stanford University School of Medicine |
2015 | "Got Fakes? New Ways to Detect Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals." Dr. Marya Lieberman, University of Notre Dame |
2014 | "Biological and Ecological Toxicity of Engineered Nanomaterials." Dr. Christy L. Haynes, University of Minnesota |
2013 | "Recent Developments in the Peaceful Use of Chemistry: Eliminating the Chemical Weapons Threat." Ambassador Robert Mikulak '64 |
2012 | "From Toxicology Mechanisms to Translational Medicine: Paracelsus Meets Sarandib." Dr. Daniel G. Baden, University of North Carolina at Wilmington |
2009 | 鈥淭he Aging Brain and What We are Trying To Do About It.鈥 Dr. Gregory A. Petsko, Brandeis University |
2008 | "The Golden Age of Pharmaceuticals." Dr. Cynthia A. Maryanoff, Stanford University |
2007 | Dr. Richard N. Zare, Stanford University |
2006 | "Applications of Olefin Metathesis Catalysts: Fundamental Research to Commercial Products." Dr. Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology |
2005 | Dr. JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2004 | "Chemical Studies of Violence, Sex and Drugs in the Insect World." Dr. Jerrold Meinwald, Cornell University |
Contact information
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Chemistry Department