2021-22
Dr. Regina Easley
Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Journeys in Chemical Oceanography and Metrology
Event brochure
2018-2019
Dr. Esther Tristani
Senior Scientist at Burt's Bees
From Bleach to Bees: One Chemist’s Path to A Sweet Life
2017-2018
Linda McGill-Boasmond
President and CEO, Cedar Concepts Corporation
The Chemistry of making things "Matter"
2016-2017
Dr. Gayle Schueller
Vice President, New Platforms - Growth & Commercialization, 3M Company
Materials and Technical Innovation for Relevance in a Changing World
2015-2016
Dr. Kathrin U. Jansen
Senior Vice President and Head of Vaccine Research and Development, Pfizer
Vaccines: The Past, Present and Future
2014-2015
Dr. Nancy B. Jackson
Franklin Fellow, U.S. Department of State
Abstract of lecture
Science Going Global: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2013-2014
Dr. Rina Dukor
President and CEO, BioTools, Inc.
Probing Structure of Chiral Drugs and Biomolecules with Vibrational Optical Activity (VOA)
2012-13
Ann Weber
Merck Research Laboratories
Adventures in Drug discovery: Development of JANUVIA® for Type 2 Diabetes
2011-12
Catherine (Katie) Hunt
Dow Chemical
Bridging the Gap, Transforming the Future: Education, Collaboration, Innovation!
2010-11
Victoria Haynes
RTI International
Challenges and Opportunities for 21st Century Chemists
2009-10
Jennifer Holmgren
UOP, LLC
Creating a Sustainable Biofuels Infrastructure
2008-09
Ellen Stechel
Sandia National Laboratories
2007-2008
Sarah Kelly
Pfizer Global Research & Development
Research Based Pharmaceutics: Challenges, Changes and Opportunities
2006-07
Madeleine Jacobs
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Globalization and the Changing Face of the Scientific Enterprise: Is the World Really Flat?
2005-06
Marquita Qualls
GlaxoSmithKline
Exploring the Chemical Dynamics of an HBCU to the Global Workplace: A Possible and Plausible Transition
2003-04
Lynn Schneemeyer
National Science Foundation
A Life of Discovery: Searching for New Materials
2002-03
Joan Berkowitz
Farkas, Berkowitz & Company (FBC)
From Pariah to Pioneer
2001-02
Valerie Kuck
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
Women and Chemistry: a Good Mix, Except in Academia