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Stauffer Lecture Series

About the John Stauffer Lecturer Series: In 1993, Stanford University received generous support from the John Stauffer Charitable Trust to endow an annual lecture series in the Department of Chemistry to attract nationally and internationally recognized scientists and bring scholars from the university and the surrounding area to campus.

John Stauffer was born in California in 1898 to German immigrant parents. Throughout his childhood, Mr. Stauffer lived in an atmosphere that accorded high regard and respect for education and learning. He assisted his father and uncle with the rise of the Stauffer Chemical Company from the shores of the San Francisco Bay, and helped bring the company to international prominence. At his death in 1972, Mr. Stauffer was executive vice-president and director emeritus of the Stauffer Chemical Company. He served on the Board of Trustees at Stanford University, the University of Southern California, and Whittier College. The gift to establish the John Stauffer Endowed Lectureship Fund was made by the John Stauffer Charitable Trust in accordance with Mr. Stauffer’s great respect for education and his belief in the pursuit of excellence in all endeavors.

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, Phil Baran, Emily A. Carter, and, most recently, Jeffrey R. Long. Questions: Please contact: chemistry-externalrelations [at] stanford.edu (chemistry-externalrelations[at]stanford[dot]edu).

Past Events

Date
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the Seminar Biosynthesis and Engineering of Macrocyclic PeptidesRibosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) constitute a
Date
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the Seminar Genome Mining for New ChemistryThe genome sequencing efforts of the past 20 years have revealed that ribosomally synthesized and post-trans
Date
Thursday, February 29, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the Seminar Ultrahard Lanthanide-Based Single-Molecule Magnets
Date
Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Lecture Hall 114
About the SeminarCooperative Adsorption and Gas Separations in Metal–Organic Frameworks
Date
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the LectureHow Quantum Mechanics Can Help Identify Mechanisms and Design Materials to Combat Climate Change
Date
Monday, April 24, 2023, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Sapp Center Auditorium 111
About the LectureHow a Scientist/Engineer Can Help the Transition to a Net-Negative Emissions Civilization 
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
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
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"
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" Do