Stauffer Lecture Series

About the John Stauffer Lecturer Series: In 1993, the Department of Chemistry received a generous gift from the Stauffer Foundation to endow an annual lecture series. The Stauffer Lectures have been very successful and are always widely attended. Previous presenters have included Professors Richard Smalley, Gregory Petsko, Jean-Marie Lehn, Jeremy Berg, George Whitesides, Ahmed Zewail, Alan Fersht, Harry B. Gray, Robert Silbey, Roger Tsien, Martin Karplus, Carl Lineberger, Jean Fréchet, Mark Ratner, Robin Hochstrasser, Erick Carreira, John Bercaw, Daniel G. Nocera, Charles Lieber, François Diederich, Mark Johnson, JoAnne Stubbe, Scott E. Denmark, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Jacqueline Barton, and, most recently, Phil Baran. Questions: Please contact: chemistry-events [at] stanford.edu

Upcoming Events

April
24

27th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University

Date
Monday, April 24, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Location TBA
About the Lecture How a Scientist/Engineer Can Help the Transition
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April
25

27th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University

Date
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Location TBA
About the Lecture How Quantum Mechanics Can Help Identify Mechanisms
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Past Events

26th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Phil Baran, Scripps Research

Date
Thursday, February 17, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Zoom
26th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Phil Baran, Scripps Research (Host: Noah Burns) **This seminar is only available for virtual attendance.** "Simp
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26th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Phil Baran, Scripps Research

Date
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Zoom
26th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Phil Baran, Scripps Research (Host: Noah Burns) **This seminar is only available for virtual attendance.** "Simp
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25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech

Date
Thursday, January 28, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Zoom
25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech (Hosts: Ed Solomon & Keith Hodgson) About the Talk "Targeting DNA Mismatching" Def
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25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech

Date
Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Zoom
25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech (Hosts: Ed Solomon & Keith Hodgson) About the Talk "Signaling Through DNA" Double
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CANCELED:25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech

Date
Thursday, April 2, 2020, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
CANCELED: 25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech (Host: Ed Solomon) About the Talk "Targeting DNA Mismatches” De
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CANCELED:25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech

Date
Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
 CANCELED: 25th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Jacqueline Barton, Caltech (Host: Ed Solomon)  About the Talk “Signaling through DNA” Dou
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24th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University

Date
Thursday, May 16, 2019, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
24th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University (Host: Lynette Cegelski and Tom Markland) About the Seminar "Multicomponent Quant
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24th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University

Date
Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
24th Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Yale University (Host: Lynette Cegelski and Tom Markland) About the Seminar "Proton-Coupled Elect
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23rd Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Scott Denmark

Date
Thursday, February 15, 2018, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
23rd Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 2 of 2): Professor Scott Denmark (Host: Carolyn Bertozzi) "Lewis Base Activation of Lewis Acids: An Evolving Paradigm for Catalysis in Main Group Che
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23rd Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Scott Denmark

Date
Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall
23rd Annual Stauffer Lectureship (Day 1 of 2): Professor Scott Denmark (Host: Carolyn Bertozzi)   "Transmetalation in the Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction: Mechanistic Insi
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