Izatt Christensen Lectureship
Nicholas Peppas
Frances Ligler
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Izatt Christensen Award and Lectures
In 2007, Reid Izatt created an endowment at Brigham Young University to invite an eminent scientist or engineer from the worldwide community to present two lectures to the combined Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering. The lectures include one more technical in nature for faculty and students and a second more universal in nature for the general public.
The Reed M. Izatt and James J. Christensen lecturers include:
- J. Fraser Stoddart (15–16 November 2007)
- Gabor A. Somorjai (21–22 January 2009)
- George M. Whitesides (3–4 November 2009)
- Robert Byron Bird (17–18 November 2010)
- Richard N. Zare (7–8 February 2012)
- Robert Langer (6–7 February 2013)
- Mario Capecchi (23–24 January 2014)
- Alexis T. Bell (19 March 2015)
- R. Graham Cooks (20-21 March 2017)
- Franklin Orr (19-20 October 2017)
- Geraldine L. Richmond (26-27 February 2019)
- Thomas F. Edgar (19-20 February 2020)
- Juan J. de Pablo (16 February 2023)
- Frances Ligler (12-13 March 2024)
- Nicholas Peppas (13-14 March 2024)