Teacher-Scholar Symposium, 2024

CURE, 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010

Thursday, October 17th
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception
Royalton Hotel Penthouse on Park
420 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016

Friday, October 18th
7:45 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Teacher-Scholar Symposium
Cure
345 Park Ave S
New York, NY 10010

Saturday, October 19th
10:00am

Museum Tour
Museum of Natural History
Gilder Center Entrance (79th and Columbus)
200 Central Park W
New York, NY 10024

Symposium Agenda

7:45 a.m.

Continental breakfast available, poster mounting

8:50 a.m.

H. Scott Walter: President’s Welcome

8:55 a.m.

Introduction by Morning Session Chair

9:00 a.m.

Louis Brus, The Discovery and Synthesis of Quantum Dots, Part A

9:40 a.m.

Moungi Bawendi, The Discovery and Synthesis of Quantum Dots, Part B

10:20 a.m.

Marilyne Stains, Embodying your Teacher-Scholar Identity

11:00 a.m.

Poster Session I

12:00 p.m.

Lunch and Networking

Lunch Speaker: Alex Dainis, Communicating Chemistry

1:25 p.m.

Introduction by Afternoon Session Chair

1:30 p.m.

Successful Navigation from Early-Career to Mid-Career, a panel discussion with Eray Aydil, Luis Campos, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, and Marc Zimmer

2:30 p.m.

Poster Session II

3:30 p.m.

Mark Wrighton, Leadership from the Perspective of a University President

4:10 p.m.

Cato T. Laurencin, Regenerative Engineering

4:50 p.m.

Closing Remarks

4:55 p.m.

Reception

Anticipated Speakers

Louis E. Brus

Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor Emeritus, and Special Research Scientist, Columbia University

2023 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Moungi Bawendi

Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2023 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Marilyne Stains

Professor of Chemistry,
University of Virginia

Alex Dainis

Project Coordinator, Chemistry Shorts

Owner and Producer, Helicase Media

Freelance Science Communicator

Eray Aydil

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department Chair & Alstadt Lord Mark Professor, New York University

Luis Campos

Professor of Chemistry
Columbia University

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer

Professor of Chemistry
Princeton University

Marc Zimmer

Jean C. Tempel ’65 Professor of Chemistry
Connecticut College

Mark Wrighton

President Emeritus & Chancellor Emeritus, George Washington University & Washington University in St. Louis

Cato T. Laurencin

University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut