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Clarkson University’s Shipley Distinguished Lectureship Series
1995 Jean-Marie Lehn, Nobel Laureate Universitè Louis Pasteur Strasbourg; College de France, Paris, France 1. From Matter to Life: Chemistry?! 2. Perspectives in Supra molecular Chemistry: From Molecular Recognition towards Self-Organization
1996 Sir John Meurig Thomas, FRS University of Cambridge, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, Cambridge, England 1. Davy and Faraday: A Tale of Contrasting Geniuses 2. Designed Solid Catalysts
1997 Paul Josef Crutzen, Nobel Laureate Max-Planck Institute, Mainz, Germany 1. The Antarctic Ozone Hole: A Human Caused Chemical Instability of the Stratosphere 2. The Importance of the Tropics in Atmospheric Chemistry
1998 Helmut Ringdorf Institut für Organische Chemie, Mainz, Germany 1. Death of a Tumor Cell: Can We Mimic the Process? 2. Multicompartmentation: A Concept for the Molecular Architecture of Life
1999 Carl Djerassi Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA 1. Sex in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction 2. Noble Science and Nobel Lust: Disclosing Tribal Secrets
2000 Cherry A. Murray Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs Innovation, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA 1. The Future of Communications 2. Video Microscopy of Colloidal Crystals
2001 Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Laureate ETH Hönggerberg CHI, Zurich, Switzerland 1. Tibetan Painting Art Seen Through the Eyes of a Western Scientist 2. Fascinating NMR Insights with Applications to Chemistry, Biology and Medicine
2002 Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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1. Surfaces: Favorite Media of Evolution and New Technologies 2. The Evolution of Surface Chemistry and Catalysis from the Time of Langmuir and Taylor to the 21st Century
2003 Ivar Giaever, Nobel Laureate Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA 1. The Nobel Prize and the Future of Science 2. Examining Cells in Tissue Culture Using Electrical Means
2004 Dr. Paul M. Horn IBM, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA 1. Global Technology Outlook
2005 John B. Fenn, Nobel Laureate Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA 1. Electrospray Wings for molecular Elephants 2. Science for Shekels: Salvation or Seduction
2006 Sir Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 1. Science, Society and Sustainability 2. Architecture in Nanospace
2007 Dr. Michael Kasha Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA 1. The Solar 11-Year Cycle of Giant proton Storms and Their Geophysical Consequences 2. History, Art, Science and Music of String Instruments
2008 Dr. Jerrold Meinwald Goldwin Smith Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA 1. Violence, Sex and Drugs in the World of Insects 2. Exploring the Chemistry of Biotic Interactions
2009 Richard R. Schrock, Nobel Laureate MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1. Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen by Molybdenum 2. How Basic Research Led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005
2010 Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate Columbia University, New York, New York, USA 1. The Importance of Nontranslational Research 2. How Do I Feel: Exploring the Molecular Basis of Touch Sensitivity
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2011 Sir John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England 1. Sir Humphry Davy: Natural Philosopher, Poet, Man of Action 2. Unpredictability and Chance in Science and Technology
2012 Richard N. Zare Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA 1. The Chemistry of Drink 2. Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy: A New Way to Make Ultrasensitive Absorption Measurements
2013 Stane Pejovnik University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1. European University Reform – Case: University of Ljubljana 2. Nanostructured Electrodes for Modern Li-ion Batteries
2014 Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 1. What Was First, the Genetic Code or Its Products? 2. Can Structures Lead to Advanced Therapeutics?
2015 Nenad Ban ETH ZÜRICH, Zürich Switzerland 1. Visualizing the Invisible 2. Beyond the Prokaryotic Ribosome: Structural and Functional Insights into Eukaryotic and Mitochondrial Ribosomes
2016 Michael Grätzel Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Éole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland 1. The Magic World of Nanocrystals, from Batteries to Solar Cells 2. The Amazing Rise of Perovskite Solar Cells
2017 M. Stanley Whittingham SUNY Binghamton 1. Why Energy Storage? – From Frogs to Personal Electronics 2. What are the Chemistry and Materials Challenges Facing Intercalation Reactions in Batteries?
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