Annual Mary Kapp Lecture in Chemistry

The Mary E. Kapp Lecture honors the life of Mary E. Kapp, the first chairperson of the department, who guided the department through its formative years.

Kapp established an endowment for the department from her estate. This endowment, in excess of $3.5 million, was established specifically to support the graduate program in chemistry. It is currently used to fund the seminar program, assistantships for doctoral candidates, and graduate student travel to scientific meetings where they present papers.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm., 5:30p.m reception (Rodney's)
Location: Temple Building, 1160

Lecture

Re-Imagining the Periodic Table: Addressing Sustainability Challenges with Earth Abundant Metal Catalysis

Past Speakers

  • 2023 - Martin Head-Gordon, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • 2022 - Richmond Sarpong, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • 2021 - Frances S. Ligler, Ph.D., North Carolina State University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 2019 - Terrence J. Collins, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2018 - Elliot R. Bernstein, Ph.D., Colorado State University
  • 2017 - David R. Liu, Ph.D., Harvard University
  • 2016 - Mary J. Wirth, Ph.D., Purdue University
  • 2015 - James Mayer, Ph.D., Yale University
  • 2014 - Naomi Halas, Ph.D., Rice University
  • 2013 - Scott Miller, Ph.D., Yale University
  • 2012 - Joseph Wang, Ph.D., University of California
  • 2011 - Daniel G. Nocera, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2010 - Michael L. Klein, Ph.D., Temple University
  • 2009 - Barbara Imperiali, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2008 - Mark E. Meyerhoff, Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • 2007 - Lawerence H. Hurley, Ph.D., University of Arizona
  • 2006 - Richard J. Saykally, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • 2005 - Peter B. Dervan, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
  • 2003 - John B. Fenn, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
  • 2002 - Norman J. Dovichi, Ph.D., University of Washington
  • 2001 - Joan Selverstone Valentine, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • 2000 - W. Carl Lineberger, Ph.D., University of Colorado
  • 1999 - Andrew Hamilton, Ph.D., Yale University
  • 1998 - Alan G. Marshall, Ph.D., Florida State University
  • 1997 - Vincent L. Pecoraro, Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • 1996 - Henry F. Schaefer III, Ph.D., University of Georgia
  • 1995 - James A. Marshall, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
  • 1994 - Cynthia M. Friend, Ph.D., Harvard University
  • 1993 - Richard H. Holm, Ph.D., Harvard University
  • 1992 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
  • 1991 - Albert I. Meyers, Ph.D., Colorado State University
  • 1990 - Allen J. Bard, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
  • 1989 - Jacqueline K. Barton, Ph.D., Columbia University
  • 1988 - William Kelmperer, Ph.D., Harvard University
  • 1987 - James Economy, Ph.D., IBM
  • 1986 - Thomas L. Isenhour, Ph.D., Utah State University
  • 1985 - George W. Parshall, Ph.D., E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
  • 1984 - Mostafa A. El-Sayed, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • 1983 - Orville L. Chapman, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
  • 1982 - Henry Freiser, Ph.D., University of Arizona
  • 1981 - Earl L. Muetterties, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
  • 1980 - William N. Lipscomb Jr., Ph.D., Harvard University
  • 1979 - Edward C. Taylor, Ph.D., Princeton University
  • 1978 - Charles N. Reilly, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1977 - Charles G. Overberger, Ph.D., University of Michigan and California Institute of Technology