Chemistry Seminars

Chemistry Department Seminars

Date and Time	Speaker and Topic	Location
Friday, Feb 20 3:00 pm	Yao Mekareeya Principal Scientist - Chemistry R&D - Cytiva	Building 58A, Room 101
Friday, Mar 13 3:00 pm	Aaron Mena Building Purdue University	Building 58A, Room 101
Friday, Apr 3 3:00 pm	Madison Tarrance  The Pennsylvania State University	Building 58A, Room 101
Tuesday, Apr 14 3:00 pm	SMART Lecture Dr. Steve Buchwald MIT Copper Catalysts for Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation	Building 58A, Room 101
Tuesday, Apr 14 6:00 pm	SMART Lecture Dr. Steve Buchwald MIT Pd-catalyzed Carbon-Nitrogen Coupling Reactions: How Did We get Here and Why do We Care?	IHMC 40 S Alcaniz St Pensacola, FL

William D. Smart Seminars in Chemistry

The William D. Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry endowment enables the Department of Chemistry to bring distinguished chemical scientists to campus to present and discuss cutting-edge scientific research as well as issues of interest to an educated public. In 2011, Mary Smart provided an additional gift to the Smart Seminar Series in Chemistry Endowment which allows for expansion of the seminar series to include additional speakers, international scientists, and much more.

Past Smart Seminars

Year	Speaker and Topic
2025	Dr. Lucian Boldea, Honeywell Industrial Automation
2024	Professor Steven P. Nolan, Ghent University
2023	Dr. Angela K. Wilson, Michigan State University
2023	Dr. Karen Wooley, Texas A&M (Materials)
2019	Dr. Jeffrey S. Moore, University of Illinois (Materials)
2018	Dr. Richard Cullough, Harvard University (Materials)
2017	Dr. Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Northwestern (Inorganic)
2014	Dr. Geraldine L. Richmond, University of Oregon (Organic)
2011	Dr. Ken Raymond, University of California (Inorganic)
2010	Dr. Michael Summers, University of Maryland (Organic)
2010	Dr. Daniel Nocera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Inorganic)
2009	Sir Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University (Inorganic)
2007	Sir Harry Kroto, Florida State University (Inorganic)