Event

Jean Dreyfus Lectureship Chemistry Symposium

Thursday

June 11, 2026

1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Location

Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Warren Auditorium

Cost

Free

Please join us for  the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship Symposium at USD which is funded by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. We will be hosting Timothy Swager, PhD, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as our keynote speaker on June 11th. Dr. Swager will give the final lecture, "Magneto-Optics of Molecular and Polymeric Materials" in a symposium that includes faculty from San Diego State University, UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Point Loma Nazarene University, California State University San Marcos and USD. The symposium will cover the major areas of chemistry and will have an opportunity for networking during a break. 

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Timothy Swager, MIT

"Magneto-Optics of Molecular and Polymeric Materials"

Symposium Speakers

Rodolphe Jazzar, PhD | San Diego State University

"Discrete Copper Hydrides: Small Changes Large Consequences"

Lauren Benz, PhD | University of San Diego

"Mechanochemistry as a Tool to Modify MOFs"

Sam Stoneburner, PhD | Point Loma Nazarene University

"Ethereal AI: Infrared Spectra of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Machine Learning DFT Scaling Factors"

April Lukowski, PhD | Scripps Institute of Oceanography/Skaggs School of Pharmacy, UCSD

"Enzymes - Nature's Tools for Building Molecules"

Kang Du, PhD | California State University San Marcos

"Development of Mixed-Valence Fe2 Systems with Rigid Ligand Scaffolds"

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