Past Ullyot Public Affairs Lectures
Bernard Bigot delivers the 2008 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture.
2011
Michael Christman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coriell Institute for Medical Research
Personalized Medicine and the Human Genome: What Your Doctor Should Know about Your Genes
2010
Susan Solomon, Research Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
A Tale for Our Times: Something For Everyone About Climate Change and The Reasons for Climate Gridlock
2009
Joseph M. DeSimone, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University
Bridging Fields and Harnessing Diversity for the Sake of Innovation: Tackling Unmet Needs in the Life Sciences by Exploiting Developments in Materials
2008
Bernard Bigot, High Commissioner, French Atomic Energy Commission
The French Choice: Nuclear Power and Other Energies for a Sustainable Future
2007
Shirley Tilghman, President, Princeton University
Strategy or Happenstance: Science Policy in the U.S.A.
2006
Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
How Humans Can Cause Global Climate Change
2005
Marye Anne Fox, Noted Chemist and Academic Leader
The American Workforce in the New Century: Perils and Promise
2004
Phillip A. Sharp, Nobel Laureate
Chemistry, RNA Interference, and Biotechnology: Perspectives and Prospects
2003
Alfred Bader, Art Collector, Entrepreneur, Scientist
Learning from Experience: The Aldrich Story, the Rocky Road to Success
2002
Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
DNA: A Different Perspective
2001
Robert S. Langer, Kenneth J. Germeshausen Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biomaterials and How They Will Change Our Lives
2000
Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor, Washington University
Challenges to the Realization of the Promise of Chemistry in the 21st Century
1999
George B. Rathmann, Chairman, President and CEO, ICOS Corporation
Biotechnology: The Merger of Chemistry and the Life Sciences
1998
Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Eastman Chemical Company
Surviving the Witch Trials: How the Chemical Industry Can Replace Public Skepticism with Public Support
1997
P. Roy Vagelos, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, University of Pennsylvania
Drug Discovery for Diseases of the Developed and Third World
1996
Harold E. Varmus, Director, National Institutes of Health
Chemistry and the Future of Medical Research
1995
Carl Djerassi, Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
Science-in-Fiction Is Not Science Fiction. Is It Autobiography?
1994
Orlando A. Battista, O. A. Battista Research Institute
Uphill All the Way
1993
Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Enhancing the Quality of Science Education in the United States
1992
Maxine F. Singer, President, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.
Genes, Genomes, and Disease
1991
Harry B. Gray, Beckman Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology
The Chemistry Revolution
1990
Mary L. Good, Senior Vice President for Technology, Allied Signal, Inc.
Chemically Based Technology for 2010