Select a decade tab to view a list of Danforth Lecturers during that time period.
Institutional affiliations are relative to the time when the lecturer spoke at 51²è¹Ýapp College.
2022– , University of California-Irvine
2021– , Cornell University
- Chemistry seminar: Energy Conversion and Storage: Novel Materials and Operando Methods
- Scholars' Convocation: The Energy Landscape in the Age of Sustainability
Institutional affiliations are relative to the time when the lecturer spoke at 51²è¹Ýapp College.
2019– , University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2018– , University of California, Berkeley
- Scholars’ Convocation: Irreproducibility in the Scientific Literature, or How Often Do Scientists Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth?
- Chemistry seminar: Selective Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions in Water-Soluble Host-Guest Supramolecular Systems
2016– ’76, University of Minnesota
2015– , The Scripps Research Institute
- Scholars’ Convocation: Discovery of a New Therapeutic Target in an Academic Setting
- Chemistry seminar: Redesign of Vancomycin for Resistant Bacteria
2014– , University of Nebraska, Lincoln; 2010 President of the American Chemical Society
- Scholars’ Convocation: From Earth’s Atmosphere to Planetary Engineering of Mars: An Adventure in Chemistry
- Chemistry seminar: New Insights into HOCO Radical Chemistry
2013– , University of California, Berkeley
- Scholars’ Convocation: After Science, There’s Laundry
- Chemistry seminar: A Family of Copper Proteins that Perform Oxidative C-H Activation at a Water Interface
2013– , California Institute of Technology
- Scholars’ Convocation: The 21st Century Solar Army
- Chemistry seminar: Electron Flow through Metalloproteins
2011– , Purdue University
- Chemistry seminar: Chemical Analysis in Situ: Operating Rooms, Crime Scenes, Grocery Stores, & Factory Floors
2010– , U. of Oregon
- Scholars’ Convocation: Going Nonlinear to Understand Environmentally Important Processes at Liquid Surfaces
- Chemistry seminar: Oil on Water: Calming the Seas but not the Science
Institutional affiliations are relative to the time when the lecturer spoke at 51²è¹Ýapp College.
2009– , Mass. Inst. of Technology
- Scholars’ Convocation: The quest for earth abundant hydrogen evolution catalysts
- Chemistry seminar: Multi-electron transformations at low-coordinate iron centers
2008– , Calif. Inst. of Technology, in chemistry
- Chemistry seminar: Design of efficient olefin metathesis catalysts
- Scholars’ Convocation: Where fundamental chemistry can take you: Following the Olefin metathesis
2006– , Duke Univ. Medical Center, in chemistry
- Chemistry seminar: Blueprints for Cellular Plumbing System
- Scholars’ Convocation: My Life in Science: From Lake Wobegon to Stockholm
- HHMI Symposium Keynote Lecture: Aquaporin Water Channels — The Nobel Lecture
2004– , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Scholars’ Convocation: Platinum Complexes: From DNA Damage to Curing Cancer
- Chemistry seminar: Hydrocarbon Oxidation at Non-Heme Iron Centers
2002– , Scripps Research Institute, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: An Asymmetric Odyssey Leading Back to Its Port of Origin
- Chemistry seminar: Searching for New Reactivity
2001– , California Institute of Technology
- Scholars’ Convocation: Probing the Interface between Solution and Gas Phase: Chemistry in Nano-droplets
- Chemistry seminar: Countering Terrorism: Scientific and Technological Challenges
2001– , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: The Antarctic Ozone Hole
- Chemistry seminar: Chemistry on Ice Surfaces
2000– , Harvard University
- Scholars’ Convocation: Science and Technology in Society
- Chemistry seminar: Environmental Surface Chemistry: NO Reduction on Oxidized Molybdenum
Institutional affiliations are relative to the time when the lecturer spoke at 51²è¹Ýapp College.
1999– Doug Blanchard, NASA
- Scholars’ Convocation: (Creation)2: Life on Mars
- Chemistry seminar: Isotopic Dating of Geological Materials
1999– , University of California, Berkeley
1996– ’66, University of California, San Francisco
- Scholars’ Convocation: Computer Modeling in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology: Both Numbers and Beautiful Pictures Give Lots of Insight
- Chemistry seminar: Computer Imaging, Molecular Modeling, and Video Displays
1996– ’55, University of South Florida
- Chemistry seminar: The Chemistry of the Sea
- Scholars’ Convocation: Malthusian vs. Cornucopian Views of the Environment
1995– , Stanford University
- Scholars’ Convocation: Birth Control in the Year 2001
- Chemistry seminar: Science-in-fiction is not Science Fiction — Is it Autobiography?
1993– ’79, University of Colorado
- Scholars’ Convocation: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion at the Ends of the Earth and In Between
1993– , California Institute of Technology
- Scholars’ Convocation: Travels Along the DNA Helix
- Chemistry seminar: Targeting DNA with Transition Metal Complexes
1992– , American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Scholars’ Convocation: Science: Making New Connections
1991– , University of Wisconsin, 2012 President of the American Chemical Society
- Scholars’ Convocation: Enhancing the Quality of Education in America
1990– , University of Chicago
- Scholars’ Convocation: Guiding Policy for a Technological Future
Institutional affiliations are relative to the time when the lecturer spoke at 51²è¹Ýapp College.
1988– ’43, California Institute of Technology
- Scholars’ Convocation: Effects of 7000 Years of Lead Technology on Human Cultures and Health
1987– , Sigma Aldrich Co.
- Scholars’ Convocation: The Bible Through Dutch Eyes
1986– ’70, University of Colorado, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: Catalysis by RNA
1985– , Allied Chemical
- Scholars’ Convocation: Flexibility of Scientific Dilettantism
1984– , University of California, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: Energy Agriculture
1983– , Purdue University
- Scholars’ Convocation: The Relative Unimportance of the Invective Effect in Physical Organic Chemistry
1982– , Universal Oil Products, Inc., 1987 President of the American Chemical Society
- Scholars’ Convocation: Science and Society
1981– , Purdue University, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: From Little Acorns to Tall Oaks - From Boranes through Organoboranes
1980– Thomas Lippincott, University of Arizona
- Scholars’ Convocation: The Boltzmann Distribution
Institutional affiliations are relative to the time when the lecturer spoke at 51²è¹Ýapp College.
2008– , Calif. Inst. of Technology, in chemistry
- Chemistry seminar: Design of efficient olefin metathesis catalysts
- Scholars’ Convocation: Where fundamental chemistry can take you: Following the Olefin metathesis
2006– , Duke Univ. Medical Center, in chemistry
- Chemistry seminar: Blueprints for Cellular Plumbing System
- Scholars’ Convocation: My Life in Science: From Lake Wobegon to Stockholm
- HHMI Symposium Keynote Lecture: Aquaporin Water Channels — The Nobel Lecture
2002– , Scripps Research Institute, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: An Asymmetric Odyssey Leading Back to Its Port of Origin
- Chemistry seminar: Searching for New Reactivity
2001– , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: The Antarctic Ozone Hole
- Chemistry seminar: Chemistry on Ice Surfaces
1986– ’70, University of Colorado, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: Catalysis by RNA
1984– , University of California, in chemistry, 1971 President of the American Chemical Society
- Scholars’ Convocation: Energy Agriculture
1981– , Purdue University, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: From Little Acorns to Tall Oaks — From Boranes through Organoboranes
Institutional affiliations are relative to the time when the lecturer spoke at 51²è¹Ýapp College.
2016– ’76, University of Minnesota
1996– ’66, University of California, San Francisco
- Scholars’ Convocation: Computer Modeling in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology: Both Numbers and Beautiful Pictures Give Lots of Insight
- Chemistry seminar: Computer Imaging, Molecular Modeling, and Video Displays
1996– ’55, University of South Florida
- Chemistry seminar: The Chemistry of the Sea
- Scholars’ Convocation: Malthusian vs. Cornucopian Views of the Environment
1993– ’79, University of Colorado
- Scholars’ Convocation: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion at the Ends of the Earth and In Between
1988– ’43, California Institute of Technology
- Scholars’ Convocation: Effects of 7000 Years of Lead Technology on Human Cultures and Health
1986– ’70, University of Colorado, in chemistry
- Scholars’ Convocation: Catalysis by RNA
