Past Seminars & Events

Dr. Josep "Pep" Cornella
Department of Organometallic Chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Printable Abstract

Innovation in Reagents and Catalysts: from fundamentals to immediate application – Part 3

We will present the efforts made by our research group in unlocking the ability of bismuth (Bi) to maneuver between different oxidation states in catalytic redox processes.^1-7 On of the main aspects discussed will be how this underrepresented element challenged the current dogmas of catalysis by emulating canonical organometallic steps of transition metals. A series of Bi complexes capable of revolving between oxidation states Bi(I)/Bi(III) and Bi(III)/Bi(V) have been unlocked and applied in various contexts of catalysis for organic synthesis. In addition, we will show how one-electron pathways are also accessible, thus providing a platform for SET processes capitalizing on the triad Bi(I)/Bi(II)/Bi(III). For all methodologies, a combination of rational ligand design with an in depth mechanistic analysis of all elementary steps proved crucial to unlock the catalytic properties of such an intriguing element of the periodic table.

Josep "Pep" Cornella

Josep Cornella (Pep) was born in La Bisbal del Penedès, a small town in south Catalunya. He graduated in chemistry in 2008 from the University of Barcelona and carried MSc studies in the Department of Organic Chemistry studying the chemistry of allylboron reagents.

After completing his masters thesis, he moved to the United Kingdom to pursue doctoral studies in the group of Prof. Igor Larrosa (QMUL). In early 2012, he earned his PhD working on the use of aromatic carboxylic acids as aryl donors in metal-catalyzed decarboxylative reactions. He then moved back to Catalunya, where he joined the group of Prof. Ruben Martin (ICIQ) as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. There, he developed novel transformations involving Ni-catalyzed C–O bond activation and carbon dioxide insertion into organic molecules.

In 2015, Pep obtained a Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship to carry out further postdoctoral studies in the group of Prof. Phil S. Baran at The Scripps Research Institute, California, USA. During this time at Scripps, he worked on the discovery and implementation of new transformations based on the concept of “redox-active esters” as practical and readily available partners for Ni- and Fe-catalyzed C–C bond forming reactions.

In spring 2017, he was appointed as a Max Planck Group Leader in the Department of Organometallic Chemistry at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.  

In summer of the same year, he obtained a Max Planck Research Group Leader (MPRGL) position in the same Institute, to create and lead the Sustainable Catalysis Laboratory. 

References

1. For perspectives on polar and radical Bismuth Redox Catalysis: a) ACS. Catal. 2022, 12, 1382; b) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202315046.
2. High-valent Bi(III)/Bi(V) redox catalysis: a) Science, 2020, 367, 313; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11382; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14489; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025,
3. Low-valent Bi(I)/Bi(III) redox catalysis: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4235; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19473; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12487; d) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202313578; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202417864. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 25409.
4. Redox neutral bismuth catalysis: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 21497; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 65, e202424698.
5. Bismuth Radical Redox Catalysis: a) Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1138; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16535.
6. For articles merging light and Bi: a) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 18742; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25538; c) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202418367; d) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 22140.
7. For intriguing organometallic bismuth complexes: a) Science, 2023, 380, 1043; b) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302071; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5618; d) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202415169; e) Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 265.

Hosted by Professor Ian Tonks

Learn more about the Gassman Lectureship in Chemistry

Dr. Josep "Pep" Cornella
Department of Organometallic Chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Printable Abstract

Innovation in Reagents and Catalysts: from fundamentals to immediate application – Part 2

We will present the efforts made by our research group in unlocking the ability of bismuth (Bi) to maneuver between different oxidation states in catalytic redox processes.^1-7 On of the main aspects discussed will be how this underrepresented element challenged the current dogmas of catalysis by emulating canonical organometallic steps of transition metals. A series of Bi complexes capable of revolving between oxidation states Bi(I)/Bi(III) and Bi(III)/Bi(V) have been unlocked and applied in various contexts of catalysis for organic synthesis. In addition, we will show how one-electron pathways are also accessible, thus providing a platform for SET processes capitalizing on the triad Bi(I)/Bi(II)/Bi(III). For all methodologies, a combination of rational ligand design with an in depth mechanistic analysis of all elementary steps proved crucial to unlock the catalytic properties of such an intriguing element of the periodic table.

Josep "Pep" Cornella

Josep Cornella (Pep) was born in La Bisbal del Penedès, a small town in south Catalunya. He graduated in chemistry in 2008 from the University of Barcelona and carried MSc studies in the Department of Organic Chemistry studying the chemistry of allylboron reagents.

After completing his masters thesis, he moved to the United Kingdom to pursue doctoral studies in the group of Prof. Igor Larrosa (QMUL). In early 2012, he earned his PhD working on the use of aromatic carboxylic acids as aryl donors in metal-catalyzed decarboxylative reactions. He then moved back to Catalunya, where he joined the group of Prof. Ruben Martin (ICIQ) as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. There, he developed novel transformations involving Ni-catalyzed C–O bond activation and carbon dioxide insertion into organic molecules.

In 2015, Pep obtained a Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship to carry out further postdoctoral studies in the group of Prof. Phil S. Baran at The Scripps Research Institute, California, USA. During this time at Scripps, he worked on the discovery and implementation of new transformations based on the concept of “redox-active esters” as practical and readily available partners for Ni- and Fe-catalyzed C–C bond forming reactions.

In spring 2017, he was appointed as a Max Planck Group Leader in the Department of Organometallic Chemistry at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.  

In summer of the same year, he obtained a Max Planck Research Group Leader (MPRGL) position in the same Institute, to create and lead the Sustainable Catalysis Laboratory. 

References

1. For perspectives on polar and radical Bismuth Redox Catalysis: a) ACS. Catal. 2022, 12, 1382; b) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202315046.
2. High-valent Bi(III)/Bi(V) redox catalysis: a) Science, 2020, 367, 313; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11382; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14489; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025,
3. Low-valent Bi(I)/Bi(III) redox catalysis: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4235; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19473; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12487; d) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202313578; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202417864. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 25409.
4. Redox neutral bismuth catalysis: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 21497; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 65, e202424698.
5. Bismuth Radical Redox Catalysis: a) Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1138; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16535.
6. For articles merging light and Bi: a) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 18742; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25538; c) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202418367; d) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 22140.
7. For intriguing organometallic bismuth complexes: a) Science, 2023, 380, 1043; b) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302071; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5618; d) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202415169; e) Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 265.

Hosted by Professor Ian Tonks

Learn more about the Gassman Lectureship in Chemistry

Dr. Josep "Pep" Cornella
Department of Organometallic Chemistry
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research
Printable Abstract

Innovation in Reagents and Catalysts: from fundamentals to immediate application – Part 1

We will present the efforts made by our research group in unlocking the ability of bismuth (Bi) to maneuver between different oxidation states in catalytic redox processes.^1-7 On of the main aspects discussed will be how this underrepresented element challenged the current dogmas of catalysis by emulating canonical organometallic steps of transition metals. A series of Bi complexes capable of revolving between oxidation states Bi(I)/Bi(III) and Bi(III)/Bi(V) have been unlocked and applied in various contexts of catalysis for organic synthesis. In addition, we will show how one-electron pathways are also accessible, thus providing a platform for SET processes capitalizing on the triad Bi(I)/Bi(II)/Bi(III). For all methodologies, a combination of rational ligand design with an in depth mechanistic analysis of all elementary steps proved crucial to unlock the catalytic properties of such an intriguing element of the periodic table.

Josep "Pep" Cornella

Josep Cornella (Pep) was born in La Bisbal del Penedès, a small town in south Catalunya. He graduated in chemistry in 2008 from the University of Barcelona and carried MSc studies in the Department of Organic Chemistry studying the chemistry of allylboron reagents.

After completing his masters thesis, he moved to the United Kingdom to pursue doctoral studies in the group of Prof. Igor Larrosa (QMUL). In early 2012, he earned his PhD working on the use of aromatic carboxylic acids as aryl donors in metal-catalyzed decarboxylative reactions. He then moved back to Catalunya, where he joined the group of Prof. Ruben Martin (ICIQ) as a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. There, he developed novel transformations involving Ni-catalyzed C–O bond activation and carbon dioxide insertion into organic molecules.

In 2015, Pep obtained a Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship to carry out further postdoctoral studies in the group of Prof. Phil S. Baran at The Scripps Research Institute, California, USA. During this time at Scripps, he worked on the discovery and implementation of new transformations based on the concept of “redox-active esters” as practical and readily available partners for Ni- and Fe-catalyzed C–C bond forming reactions.

In spring 2017, he was appointed as a Max Planck Group Leader in the Department of Organometallic Chemistry at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany.  

In summer of the same year, he obtained a Max Planck Research Group Leader (MPRGL) position in the same Institute, to create and lead the Sustainable Catalysis Laboratory. 

References

1. For perspectives on polar and radical Bismuth Redox Catalysis: a) ACS. Catal. 2022, 12, 1382; b) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202315046.
2. High-valent Bi(III)/Bi(V) redox catalysis: a) Science, 2020, 367, 313; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11382; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14489; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025,
3. Low-valent Bi(I)/Bi(III) redox catalysis: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4235; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19473; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12487; d) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202313578; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202417864. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 25409.
4. Redox neutral bismuth catalysis: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 21497; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 65, e202424698.
5. Bismuth Radical Redox Catalysis: a) Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1138; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16535.
6. For articles merging light and Bi: a) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 18742; b) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25538; c) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202418367; d) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 22140.
7. For intriguing organometallic bismuth complexes: a) Science, 2023, 380, 1043; b) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202302071; c) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5618; d) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 64, e202415169; e) Nat. Chem. 2025, 17, 265.

Hosted by Professor Ian Tonks

Dr. Mingji Dai
Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry
Emory University
Printable Abstract

Chemistry Innovation and Biological Discovery through Natural Product Total Synthesis

This talk will focus on our recent efforts in function and efficiency-driven total synthesis of medicinally important natural products. The target molecules include macrolides, alkaloids, and polycyclic diterpenoids. Novel and enabling synthetic strategies and methodologies toward these target molecules will be highlighted. Biological evaluation and target identification of the selected natural products and their analogs will be discussed as well. These biological endeavors have led us to the exciting territories of targeting the previously undruggable disease proteins via small-molecule inhibition and targeted protein degradation. Overall, this talk will emphasize how we use natural product total synthesis to achieve chemistry innovation and biological discovery.

Mingji Dai

Dr. Mingji Dai is currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry at Emory University. Mingji grew up in a small village in Sichuan, China. He received his B.S. degree from Peking University in 2002. After two years’ research with Professors Zhen Yang and Jiahua Chen in the same university, he went to New York City in 2004 and pursued graduate study under the guidance of Professor Samuel J. Danishefsky at Columbia University. After earning his Ph.D. degree in 2009, he took a postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Professor Stuart L. Schreiber at Harvard University and the Broad Institute. In August 2012, he began his independent career as an assistant professor in the Chemistry Department and Center for Cancer Research of Purdue University. He was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2018 and full professor in 2020. While at Purdue Chemistry, he served as the Organic Division Head and Equity Advisor from 2020 to 2022. He also served as a Program Co-Leader of the Purdue Center for Cancer Research and as Associated Director of the Purdue Drug Discovery Training Program (NIH T32). In August 2022, he was recruited to Emory University as the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry. His lab focuses on developing new strategies and methodologies for the synthesis of complex natural products and other medicinally important molecules. His recent awards include the 2022 Purdue College of Science Research Award, the 2020 Arthur E. Kelly Undergraduate Teaching Award, the 2018 Amgen Young Investigators’ Award, the 2017 Chinese- American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA) Distinguished Junior Faculty Award, the 2016 Eli Lilly Grantee Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the 2015 Organic Letters Outstanding Author of the Year Lectureship Award, the 2015 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, etc.

Hosted by Professor Alexander Grenning

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Boston University
Printable Abstract

Design Principles for Growth Factor Receptors

Cytokine and growth factor receptors display a variety of subunit compositions and architectures, and fill a wide range of biological roles regulating diverse aspects of cellular function. Our quantitative understanding of their mechanism(s) of action lags far behind what we know about comparably important protein classes such as enzymes, GPCRs, and ion channels, however. I will describe our work on the activation mechanism of the receptor tyrosine kinase RET, and what it reveals about how specific mechanistic features relate to the sensitivity, amplitude, and dynamic regulation of the signaling response.

Hosted by Professor Rick Wagner

For more information and schedule: https://cbitg.chem.umn.edu/chemical-biology-initiative/cbi-seminar-schedule

Professor Claudio Margulis
Department of Chemistry
University of Iowa
Printable Abstract

Ionic Liquids (ILs) and molten salts (MSs) are exciting materials for energy applications that include batteries and nuclear energy. This talk will survey what I think are some of the main areas associated with their microscopic structure and structural dynamics. Some aspects are by now well understood, but new frontiers have emerged including but not limited to how liquid structure affects transport, and even the nature of experimentally proposed liquid-liquid transitions. High-temperature melts of multivalent ions are very intriguing as they can also display intermediate range order. Particularly interesting is the role of chloro-basicity in these systems; for example, the transport of gas species such as Cl2 can be vehicular or Grotthus-like (see Figure 1) depending on it. If time allows, I will also discuss the fate of radiation products such as electrons in some of these systems.

Figure 1: Mechanism of diffusion of Cl3- in the eutectic mixture of LiCl/KCl from “Chlorine gas and anion radical reactivity in molten salts and the link to chlorobasicity” Hung H. Nguyen, Luke D. Gibson, Matthew S. Emerson, Bichitra Borah, Santanu Roy, Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev and  Claudio J. Margulis  (just published Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP03285C ).

Claudio Margulis

Claudio J. Margulis is a Professor and Associate Chair of Chemistry at the University of Iowa. His undergraduate degree is from Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) where he did research on ions in steam, his Ph.D. is from Boston University where he worked on non-adiabatic quantum dynamics, and his postdoctoral work is from Columbia University where he worked on multiple different areas including the hydrophobic effect, quantum excited states, and commenced his work on ionic liquids. He is an NSF CAREER Award recipient and a Kavli Fellow; most recently he delivered the Spiers Memorial Lecture at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London. Research in the Margulis group is theoretical and computational, although students may venture out and also perform some experiments. The focus of his group’s work through the years has been on the statistical and quantum mechanics of liquids, with an emphasis on ionic liquids and molten salts. Specifically, they work on the structure and structural dynamics of ionic systems in the condensed phase and at interfaces, including the interpretation of scattering and spectroscopy experiments.

Hosted by Professor Ilja Siepmann.

Dr. Javier Aizpurua
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Printable Abstract

Addressing Field-Enhanced Molecular Spectroscopy in Extreme Nanocavities

A plasmonic nanogap is a superb configuration to explore the interplay between light and matter. Light scattered off, or emitted from a nanogap carries the information of the surrounding electromagnetic environment with it. This situation becomes even more appealing when a single molecule is located in such a plasmonic cavity or in its proximity, with the molecule playing an active role either in the electromagnetic coupling with the nanocavity, or even participating in processes of charge injection and transfer, as revealed through cutting-edge molecular spectroscopy. In this talk, the process of interaction between a molecular emitter and a nanocavity will be addressed by means of different theoretical frameworks which involve aspects of condensed matter physics, quantum chemistry, and cavity-quantum electrodynamics. A battery of methodologies to address the dynamics of electrons photo-emitted from nanogaps, ultra resolution in atomic- scale photoluminescence, or non-linear regimes in molecular optomechanics will be described, and many of the theoretical insights obtained will be interpreted in the context of state-of-the-art experimental results in nanocavity-enhanced molecular spectroscopy.

References

[1] A. Babaze, R. Esteban, A. G. Borisov, and J. Aizpurua, Nano Lett. 21, 8466-8473 (2021).
[2] A. Roslawska, T. Neuman, B. Doppagne, A. G. Borisov, M. Romeo, F. Scheurer, J. Aizpurua, and G. Schull, Phys. Rev. X. 12, 011012 (2022).
[3] R. Esteban, J. J. Baumberg, and J. Aizpurua, Acc. Chem. Res. 55, 1889-1899 (2022).

Javier Aizpurua

Javier Aizpurua is an Ikerbasque Research Professor at Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) in San Sebastian, Spain, where he leads the “Theory of Nanophotonics Group” devoted to the study of the interaction of light and nanostructured materials. Aizpurua is also a “Distinguished Researcher” of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and director of BasQ, the initiative to develop Quantum Technologies in the Basque Country. 

Javier Aizpurua achieved his Ph.D. at the University of the Basque Country on the theory of plasmons excitation by fast electron beams. After research positions at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology -NIST- (USA), he joined DIPC as a Research Fellow. Since 2008, Aizpurua has been leading his group of Nanophotonics at the Center of Materials Physics at the Spanish Council for Scientific Research, and since 2024, he has joined Ikerbasque as a Research Professor. 

Aizpurua studies the interaction between light and matter at the nanoscale, with special emphasis on the optical response of metallic nanoantennas and quantum effects in plasmonics. He has introduced novel theoretical models and calculations which have helped to understand light-matter interactions in a variety of spectroscopy and microscopy techniques highly relevant to nanophotonics. The study of quantum effects in the optical response of all of these situations has guided his scientific career, taking him to a leading international role in the research of Quantum Nanooptics, with seminal contributions in the field.

Hosted by Professor Renee Frontiera

Professor Emily Que
Department of Chemistry 
University of Texas at Austin
Printable Abstract

Adventures in Molecular Imaging: MRI contrast agents and Fluorescent tools for metalloenzymes

Molecular imaging is a powerful technique for visualizing and measuring (bio)chemical processes at the molecular and cellular levels in living systems. By designing sensors that generate specific signal outputs in response to target species or reactions, chemists can develop innovative diagnostic agents and gain deeper insights into biological processes. In this context, the Que lab focuses on creating molecular imaging and sensing platforms for applications in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) diagnostics and metallobiology. The primary focus of this presentation will be our development of fluorescent tools targeting metalloenzymes—critical components of the cellular metal ion pool that catalyze essential biochemical reactions. These tools enable the interrogation of metalloenzyme function in cells and organisms, offering promising potential for therapeutic and diagnostic advancements. Moreover, our probes provide a means to investigate how disruptions in metal homeostasis affect the metalation and activity of these enzymes. Key examples will include our work on zinc-dependent metalloenzymes, such as carbonic anhydrase, metallo-beta-lactamases, and histone deacetylases.

Emily Que

Professor Emily Que earned her BS in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2004. She completed her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, under the mentorship of Prof. Chris Chang in 2009, followed by postdoctoral research at Northwestern University with Profs. Tom O'Halloran and Teresa Woodruff. In 2014, she began her independent career in the Chemistry Department at the University of Texas at Austin, where she was granted tenure in 2021. Professor Que's research bridges inorganic chemistry and chemical biology, focusing on the development of imaging agents and sensors for clinical diagnostics, redox biology, and metallobiology. In addition to her research, she co-leads the NSF-funded CREATE program, offering paid summer research internships to local community college students, and has played a lead role in establishing a new research-based chemistry capstone program in her department at UT Austin.

Hosted by Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran

Professor William A. Tisdale
Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Printable Abstract

Hybrid Semiconductor Nanomaterials

Hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor nanomaterials – including colloidal quantum dots (QDs), 2D halide perovskites, and metal organochalcogenides – are excitonic materials with applications ranging from solar cells to light-emitting devices to quantum computing and quantum cryptography. In these emerging materials, the combination of quantum and dielectric confinement, strong exciton-phonon coupling, and dimensionality reduction offer unprecedented opportunities for controlling light- matter-charge interactions through chemistry. In this talk, I will describe recent work from my lab on the synthesis and photophysics of hybrid semiconductor nanomaterials and our evolving understanding of how structure and chemical functionalization influence excited state dynamics.

William A. Tisdale

Dr. Will Tisdale is the Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT, where he has been teaching and leading a research team since 2012. His research program is focused on the discovery of hybrid organic-inorganic nanomaterials capable of transporting energy in new ways, and on the use and development of ultrafast laser spectroscopy methods and advanced optical microscopy techniques for probing dynamics at the nanoscale. Will’s contributions to research have been recognized by the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the DOE Early Career Award, the NSF CAREER Award, and the AIChE NSEF Young Investigator Award. For his dedication to undergraduate teaching Will received MIT’s highest honor, the MacVicar Fellowship, as well as the student-selected Baker Award and the School of Engineering’s Amare Bose Award.

Hosted by Professor David Blank

Professor Susan Richardson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina