"Building UConn Chemistry for Another 20 Years"
About the 20th Anniversary
Opening in 1999, the Chemistry Building was the first UConn building to be built as part of the 20-year UConn 2000 initiative. UConn 2000 was an unprecedented state-funded program that set aside $1 billion to upgrade a series of 85 capital projects across UConn's campuses. The Chemistry Building—still considered an iconic campus landmark to this day—marked the beginning of the amazing transformation on the Storrs campus. In these years, the Department has experienced tremendous growth thanks to the hard work, innovation, and success of all those that call the Chemistry Building “home.”
More information: https://chemistry.uconn.edu/alumni/20-years/
Meet the Panelists
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Gary W. Brudvig Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry, Yale University
Professor Brudvig’s research program at Yale University seeks to understand the chemistry of water oxidation in natural photosynthesis and to model this water-oxidizing chemistry with synthetic catalysts. His current research projects also include studies on energy transduction in Photosystem II and artificial photosynthetic systems. He is the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He is also the Director of the Yale Energy Sciences Institute.
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Donna M. Huryn Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Professor Huryn is currently a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Before coming to academia, she held several positions in the pharmaceutical industry with Hoffman-LaRoche and Wyeth Research, including roles as the Director of CNS Medicinal Chemistry and Director of the Chemical Sciences Interface Department. She led teams that entered compounds for asthma, Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and depression into clinical trials. She is currently an Associate Editor of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, and is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. |
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Kenneth N. Raymond Chancellor’s Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Raymond has had a prolific career in the area of coordination chemistry. His interests are both in the design, synthesis, and characterization of coordination complexes, and also the investigation of metal coordination in biological systems. He has served as Director of the Seaborg Center in the Chemical Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and is currently Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Moderator
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Harry A. Frank Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Emeritus
During his long career at the University of Connecticut, Professor Frank focused his research efforts on understanding the molecular details of energy and electron transfer between protein-bound chromophores in photosynthesis, with particular attention being given to the roles of light-harvesting and photoprotection played by carotenoid pigments. Also during this time, he served as Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He is currently Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Emeritus.
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