Squibb Lectures
S. Dexter Squibb Centennial Celebration of Undergraduate Research
UNC Asheville’s Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry is excited to announce the S. Dexter Squibb Centennial Celebration of Undergraduate Research on Monday, February 15, 2027.
This day-long event will feature panels with alumni working in industry, healthcare and academia, research presentations by current students, a networking lunch for alumni and Chemistry students, and a keynote speech by Pete Kekenes-Huskey, Class of 2001 and Professor at Loyola University Chicago specializing in computational modeling of biological and chemical systems.
Previous S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecturers in Chemistry
2025- Kenneth B. Wagener: Plastics in Today’s Society
2024 – Thedore Goodson III: Quantum Information Science
2022 – Michelle Buchanan: Serving the Nation Though Science
2021 – Benny Chan: Inclusive Excellence in Chemistry
2019 – Kerri Pratt: Understanding Air Quality and Climate Change
2018 – Dana Boyd Barr: Chemistry for Better Human Health
2017 – Dwaine Eubanks: The Challenges of Cognitive Assessment
2015 – Dennis C. Liotta: Industrial-Academic Partnerships in Medical
Chemistry
2014 – Bassam Z. Shakashiri: Communicating Chemistry to All
Citizens on Planet Earth
2013 – Harry B. Gray: New Light on Bio-Inorganic Catalysis
2012 – R. Graham Cooks: CSI: Chemistry, Spectrometry, Innovation
2011 – Angelica M. Stacey: Materials for Nanotechnology & Chemical
Education
2010 – George H. Atkinson: Science & Global Policy
2009 – Joseph S. Francisco: New Frontiers in Environmental
Chemistry
2008 – Milton L. Brown: Drug Discovery and Design: From Conception to Human Testing
2007 – John C. Kotz: Innovative Approaches to Chemical Pedagogy
2006 – David J. Rakestraw: Entrepreneurship in Chemical Technology
2005 – Catherine H. Middlecamp: Chemistry in Context
2004 – F. Sherwood Rowland: Atmospheric Chemistry
2003 – Richard N. Zare: Laser Chemistry
2002 – Geraldine L. Richmond: Women in Chemistry
2001 – James W. Mitchell: Industrial Connections to the Academic Community
2000 – Nancy H. Kolodny: Biochemistry for the Millennium
1999 – Michael P. Doyle: Research as Teaching for Undergraduates
1998 – Arthur B. Ellis: Materials Chemistry and the Freshman Curriculum
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