WRM 2025 plenary speakers
Saturday, October 25th, 4 PM
William Tarpeh, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
“Electrochemical Wastewater Refining: Building Bridges Across Length Scales”
Sunday, October 26th, 1:30 PM
Judith Giordan, Managing Director ecosVC and 2023 ACS President
“Where has the Trust Gone: Changing Attitudes in America’s Trust in Science and Scientists”
Monday, October 27th, 1:30 PM
Christopher Sarko, Executive Director Global Discovery Chemistry – Emeryville – Novartis Biomedical Research
“Overcoming the Challenges of Drug Discovery in Global Health: Novel Approaches to Malaria and Cryptosporidiosis”
Women Chemists Committee Luncheon Keynote Speakers
Sunday, October 26th, 2025
Dorothy Phillips, PhD
2025 President of the American Chemical Society
“Journey of an Industrial Chemist and Trailblazer”
Marinda Li Wu, PhD
2013 President of the American Chemical Society
Past Board Chair of the Chinese American Chemical Society
Fellow of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
2023 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
“Evolving role of women in the chemistry enterprise”
“The Art and Science of Brewing Beer” Dinner Keynote Speaker
Sunday, October 26th, 2025
Glen Fox
Professor of Malting & Brewing Science – Food Science & Technology, University of California, Davis
“The Art and Science of Brewing Beer”
Senior Chemists Breakfast Keynote Speaker
Sunday, October 26th, 2025
Bill Carroll, Carroll Applied Science and 2005 ACS President
Skydiving Into Retirement: Enjoy the Ride and Land Softly
Awards Dinner Keynote Speaker
Monday, October 27th, 2025
Richard N. Zare
Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor of Natural Science, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
Could “Microlightning” Have Sparked the Building Blocks of Life on Earth?
Symposia
Physical Organic Chemistry Symposium in memory of Professor John I. Brauman.
This symposium will celebrate the life and many contributions of John I. Brauman, J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University, Deputy Editor for Physical Sciences at Science Magazine, and recipient of the National Medal of Science (2002).
Organic, Inorganic, Polymer, and Materials Chemistry symposia in memory of Professor Robert H. Grubbs
This symposium will celebrate the life and achievements of Robert H. Grubbs, Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology and co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.
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Agricultural Chemistry Symposium in memory of former ACS President Attila Pavlath
This symposium will celebrate the life and contributions of Attila E. Pavlath: scientist, role model, mentor, and leader for the American Chemical Society.
Analytical Frontiers in Energy and Fuels – Symposium In Memory of Neal Byington
This symposium is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Neal Byington, a trailblazer in petroleum analysis and longtime National Petroleum Chemist in San Francisco. We honor Dr. Byington’s legacy in advancing analytical methodology, as well as his leadership within the ACS Division of Petroleum Chemistry and California local section.
Advances in Natural Products Chemistry – Symposium in Honor of Harry and Carol Mosher
Structure elucidation and total synthesis of natural products chemistry has an important place in organic chemistry. This symposium honors the work of Harry and Carol Mosher, founders of the Silicon Valley ACS section with a lifelong interest in stereochemistry, and natural product chemistry.
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