Special 2022 Reunions Events, Graduate Awards & Alumni Reception

Please join us for the Special 2022 Reunions Events, Graduate Awards and Alumni Reception celebrating exceptional individual accomplishment and service by current graduate students. Meet up with alumni, faculty, researchers and staff of the Department of Chemistry.

2:00 p.m. Taylor Auditorium. Welcome by Greg Scholes, William S. Tod Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Department of Chemistry

2:05 p.m. Talk by Mohammad “Mo” Seyedsayamdost, Professor of Chemistry and 2020 MacArthur Fellow. “Antibiotic Discovery in the 21st Century”

2:30 p.m. “Why Be a Chemist” panel discussion with Leslie Schoop *14, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Robert Knowles, Professor of Chemistry; and Mo Seyedsayamdost

3:00 p.m. Graduate Awards and Honors

3:10 p.m. Announcement of Alyea Awards and Alyea Memorial Chemistry Demonstration with Kitty Wagner, Lecture Demonstrator and Erik Sorensen, Arthur Allan Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry.

3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Atrium. Reception for Alumni, Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff in the Atrium of Frick Chemistry Laboratory