The Student-Invited Speaker program allows our graduate students to invite prominent chemists of their choosing to the Department. While here, the speakers spend the day interacting with students and then present a seminar on their research.


4:10pm Thursday, April 28, 2011
Chemistry 179

We are pleased to announce the 2011 Student-Invited Speaker:

Professor Richard R. Schrock
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chemistry

"The Development of MAP Olefin Metathesis Catalysts and Applications in Organic and Polymer Chemistry"

Previous Student-Invited Speakers:
2010 - Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University
2009 - K. C. Nicolaou, Scripps
2008 - Jacqueline K. Barton, CalTech
2007 - Chaitan Khosla, Stanford University
2006 - Stanley Opella, UC San Diego
2005 - Eric Gard, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
2004 - Peter Schultz, Scripps Institute
2003 - F. Albert Cotton, Texas A & M University