Program

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

8:50 – 9:00 a.m. (EDT)

Opening Remarks
Lucy Flesch, Frederick L. Hovde Dean of the College of Science
Scott McLuckey, Interim Head, Department of Chemistry

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

John L. Wood, Baylor University
Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Natural Products
(Chair: Betsy Parkinson)

9:45 – 10:00 a.m.

Discussion

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break / Poster Session (STEW 214)

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Robert Knowles, Princeton University
Excited-State Catalysts for Selective Bond Activations
(Chair: Gabriel Lovinger)

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Discussion

12:00 – 12:15 p.m.

Group Photo

12:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Lunch (STEW 302/306)

1:45 – 2:05 p.m.

Raymond Martinez, Purdue University
(H.C. Brown Graduate Student Research Award Winner)
Chloroalkane-Derived Carbenes and Carbynes for Catalytic Asymmetric Cyclopropanation (Advisor: Chris Uyeda)

2:05 – 2:25 p.m.

Ashutosh Agrahari, Purdue University
(H.C. Brown Graduate Student Research Award Winner)
Metal-Ligand Interactions Drive Epitaxial Growth of Coiled-Coil Peptide Crystals (Advisor: Jean Chmielewski)

2:25 – 2:30 p.m.

Break

2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Rubén Martín, ICIQ, Spain
Ni-Catalyzed Functionalization of sp3 C-H Bonds
(Chair:  Ryan Altman)

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.

Discussion

3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Coffee Break / Poster Session (STEW 214)

4:30 – 5:15 p.m.

Brian Stoltz, California Institute of Technology
Recipient of the 2025 ACS Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods
Complex Natural Products as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Chemistry (Chair: P. V. Ramachandran)

5:15 – 5:30 p.m.

Discussion

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Reception and Announcement of Poster Award Winners (STEW 302)

7:00 p.m.

VIP Dinner at Boilerhouse Prime (by Invitation)
(1295 Cherry Lane, West Lafayette, IN 47906)