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

Past Events

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
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”
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”