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Distinguished Women in Science
The quarterly student-hosted "Distinguished Women in Science" seminar series was founded to provide graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with an opportunity to interact with prominent female role models in the science community. Please see Past Honorees for a full list of past DWIS speakers. To connect with the DWIS Organizing Committee, please email chemistry-dwis [at] stanford.edu (chemistry-dwis[at]stanford[dot]edu).
Upcoming Events
November
17
About the Seminar "Biocatalytic strategies for building molecules"Small molecules have an outsized influence on human health as therapeutics, chemical probes
April
13
Host: Robert Kennedy
Past Events
About the Seminar Imaging tools and technologies inspired by nature’s light-emitting chemistryImaging tools enable researchers to spy on cells and biomolecul
About the Seminar Light-Responsive Materials for a Sustainable Future: Exploring Optically-Controlled Functional Organic SystemsLight-responsive materials ho
About the Seminar Particulate methane monooxygenase structure in situUnder the mounting threat of climate change, increasing atmospheric methane concentratio
About the Seminar Synthesis of Two-Dimensional Lanthanide ChalcogenidesThis talk will focus on three related classes of magnetic lanthanide (Ln) chalcogenide
About the SeminarToward equity in science education and diversity in the STEM workforce: undergraduate research, community outreach, and projects at the art-science interfaceEduca
Distinguished Women In Science: Professor Wenjun Zhang, UC Berkeley (Host: Yanni Kipouros)
**This seminar is available for in-person attendance.**
"Natural product
Distinguished Women In Science: Professor Rachel Austin, Barnard College (Host: Shoshana Williams)
**This seminar is available for in-person attendance.**
"Exploring the
Distinguished Women in Science: Professor Cigall Kadoch, Harvard University (Host: Sabrina Werby)
About the Talk
"Structure and Function of Mammalian SWI/SNF Chromatin Remo
Distinguished Women In Science: Professor Jenny Yang, UC Irvine (Host: Keith Armstrong)
About the Seminar
"Electrifying the Secondary Coordination Sphere: Proximal Cations and Th
Distinguished Women in Science: Professor Eranthie Weerapana, Boston College (Host: Bette Webster)
About the Seminar
"Chemical-proteomic strategies to investigate cystein