Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry

A workshop for undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs on the applications of green reactions and technologies in medicinal and process chemistry.

Agenda and Symposium Presenters:

10:15 am: Registration
11:00 am: Paul Richardson, Director, Pfizer, "An Introduction to Green Chemistry in the Pharmaceutical Industry"
11:30 am: Elisia Villemure,  Senior Scientific Researcher, Genentech, "Green Chemistry Strategies and Philosophies in Medicinal Chemistry at Genentech"
12:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm: Aaron Siegmund,  Senior Scientist, Amgen, "Early Green Chemistry Efficiencies that Enable an Increase in Scale"
1:30 pm:  David Entwistle, Head of Process Chemistry, Codexis, "From Pipette to Pilot Plant: Engineering Enzymes for Sustainable Chemical Synthesis" 
2:00 pm:  Stefan Koenig,  Senior Scientist, Genentech, "All Chemists Benefit from Green Chemistry ... Oh, by the way, what is Process Chemistry?"
2:30 pm: Interactive Session

Space is limited. Please register for free by Friday, September 21st at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SUGreenChemWorkshop

ACS CGI Flyer (PDF)