James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
“Opening Presentation”
2021
Paul Chirik
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry. Associate Chair, Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
“Ushering In A New Hydrocarbon Age”
Ileana Cristea
Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology
Department of Molecular Biology
“Spatiotemporal Organelle Remodeling: Viral Mechanisms to Subvert Host Cell Biology”
Emily Davidson
Assistant Professor of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
“Hierarchical Polymers for Active and Sustainable Materials”
Cameron Myhrvold
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
Department of Molecular Biology
“CRISPR-Based Technologies for Detecting RNA”
Rodney Priestley
Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Vice Dean for Innovation
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
“Soft Matter Phase Transformations for Water Purification”
Nathalie de Leon
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Olga Russakovsky
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
“Perception, Interaction, and Fairness: Thinking Broadly About Computer Vision”
Joshua Shaevitz
Professor of Physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Department of Physics
“How Do Cells Build Mitotic Spindle To Move Chromosomes?”
Marissa Weichman
Assistant Professor of Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
“New Chemistry Under Strong Light-Matter Interactions”
Shane Campbell-Staton
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
“Genomic Adaptation to Anthropogenic Change: Mechanisms and Applications”
Michael Levine
Anthony B. Evnin ’62 Professor in Genomics. Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. Director, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Department of Molecular Biology
“Regulation of Repression Condensates by FGF Signaling in Living Embryos”
Robert Knowles
Professor of Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
“Organic Synthesis Away from Equilibrium”
Mohamed Donia
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology
Department of Molecular Biology
“Production and Metabolism of Bioactive Small Molecules by the Human Microbiome”
Leslie Schoop
Assistant Professor of Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
“The Chemistry Quantum And Energy Materials”
Jeff Thompson
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Quantum Devices Atom-by-Atom”
Ryan Adams
Professor of Computer Science. Director, Program in Statistics and Machine Learning
Department of Computer Science
“Accelerating Design and Discovery with Differentiable Physical Simulation”
Sarah Kocher
Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. Richard B. Fisher Preceptor in Integrative Genomics
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
“Harnessing Natural Variation To Decode the ‘Social Brain'”
Olga Troyanskaya
Professor of Computer Science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Department of Computer Science
“Enabling Precision Medicine With AI/ML: From Decoding Genomes To Mapping Cellular Networks”
Coleen Murphy
James A. Elkins Jr. Professor in the Life Sciences. Professor of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Department of Molecular Biology
“Cracking the Code of Trans-Kingdom and Transgenerational Inheritance of Behavior”
Zemer Gitai
Edwin Grant Conklin Professor of Biology, Professor of Molecular Biology
Department of Molecular Biology
“How Do Bacteria Interact With The World?”
David MacMillan
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
“A Dexter Energy Strategy to Map Biological Microenvironments”
Filiz Garip
Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
Department of Sociology
“Climate Change Migration and Inequality”