The monthly Celebrating Women Chemists lunch seminar series provides a forum for networking across the various subdivisions of chemistry and fosters a sense of community among participants. Graduate students in their 3rd or 4th year deliver a short presentation on their research to their peers. Mentoring opportunities are facilitated by informal interactions among students and faculty in this friendly non-research environment. If you would like to present a seminar, contact Letitia Yao.
2019-2020 Schedule
- Sept 17: Courtney Roberts, UMN, Professor
- Oct 17: Jennifer Strehlau, Medtronic, Senior Chemist
- Nov 14: Audrey Meyer, Boston Scientific, Senior Process Engineer
2018-2019 Schedule
- Sept 12: Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, UMN, Professor
- Oct 22: Sally Hed Dahlquist, ImmunoChemistry Technologies, President & Chief Manager
- Nov 14: Christine Luscombe, Uni. Washington, Seattle, Professor
- Jan 16: Laura Babcock, Minnesota Technical Assistance Programme (MnTAP), Director
- Feb 11: Microaggression Workshop v2, Lee Penn, UMN Professor
- Mar 12: Cora Leibig, Chromatic 3D Materials, Founder & CEO
- Apr 26: Emily Que, UT Austin, Professor
- May 7: Angela Carlson (Topczewski group), Monica Ohnsorg (Bates and Reineke group), Rebeca Rodriguez (Haynes group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- May 14: Julia Early (Lodge group), Rachel Swedin (Blank group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- May 21: Jiayi He (Haynes group), Cynthia Pyles (Massari group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- June 25: Assertiveness Workshop, Peg Lonnquist, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Executive Director
2017-2018 Schedule
- Sept 21: Mona Minkara, Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Siepmann group)
- Oct 27: Sarah Reisman, Caltech, Professor
- Nov 8: Greta Wegner, R&D Systems, Senior Director
- Dec 5: Graco Inc.
- Jan 12: Microaggression workshop, Lee Penn, UMN, Professor
- Feb 5: Kolby White, 3M, Senior Chemist
- Feb 28: Brenda Case, Leadership Alliance, Special Projects Manager
- Mar 13: Megan Fieser, Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Tolman group)
- Apr 6: Christine Thomas, Ohio State University
- May 8: Anna Luke (Tolman group), Kajari Bera (Frontiera group), Adeline Espinasse (Carlson group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- May 14: Stephanie Mitchell (Carlson group), Beth Dewing (Mahanthappa group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- May 21: Constance Anderson (Douglas group), Debmalya Ray (Gagliardi group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- Jul 16: Leah Witus, Macalester College, Professor
- Aug 28: Elena Koltun, Revolution Medicines, Director of Medicinal Chemistry
2016-2017 Schedule
- June 22: Diana Mayweather, UMN, Senior Laboratory Services Coordinator
- July 20: Jennifer Henderson, UMN, CSP Director of Education, Outreach, and Diversity
- Aug 15: Jodi Ogilvie, UMN, Public Health Specialist
- Sept 6: Mari Lee, Environmental Protection Agency
- Sept 28: Anne Hall, UMN, Office for Technology Commercialization
- Nov 4: Nicole Bechtold, 3M, Regulatory affairs
- Dec 21: Donde Anderson, Valspar
- Jan 11: Emily Pelton, UMN, Adjunct faculty
- Mar 15: Karen Beckman, Merchant and Gould P.C., Patent lawyer / Marie Vanderlaan, 3M, Patent attorney
- May 9: Courtney Elwell (Tolman group) / Xin Yi See (Tonks group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- May 24: Bianca Ramirez (Lu group) / Zhe Tan (Reineke group), U of M, 3rd year Practice Talks
- Jun 13: Letitia Yao, UMN, NMR facility manager
- Jun 29: Lisa Balbes, Technical writer and editor
2015-2016 Schedule
- Sept 21: Intel
- Oct 1: Lyndal Jensen, Ecolab
- Nov 4: Kathleen Shafer, 3M
- Dec 8: Susanna Remillard, WuXi
- Jan 12: Kari McGee, 3M
- Feb 3: Intel
- Mar 1: Anna Komor, U of M Chem, Science Mentors (Que group)
- Mar 24: Jacqui Tehranchi, Beckman
- Apr 27: Maria Miranda, 3M
- May 18: Hanna Macaranas (Tolman group) and Emily Keller (Frontiera group), 3rd-year practice talks
2014-2015 Schedule
- Sept 15: BASF
- Oct 27: Erin Carlson
- Nov 6: Jennifer Laaser (Lodge group)
- Dec 11: Vivien Feng (Augsburg College)
- Feb 24: Deirdre Manion-Fischer (Arriaga group)
- Mar 16: Sadie Otte (Douglas group)
2013-2014 Schedule
- Sept 24: Renee Frontiera
- Oct 29: Elizabeth Hill, Dow Chemical,
Work Life Effectiveness - Feb 20: Sarah Pound (Douglas group)
- Mar 26: Sarah Wegwerth (Douglas group)
- Apr 17: Haley Phillips (Reineke group)
- May 29: Anna Komor (Que group)
2012-2013 Presenters
- Sep 14: Jodi Ogilvie (Douglas group)
- Oct 24: international research experiences
- Jan 17: Katie Hurley (Haynes group)
- Mar 2: Solaire Finkenstaedt-Quinn (Haynes group)
- Apr 18: Deirdre Manion-Fischer (Arriaga group)
- May 28: Jennifer Soltis (Penn group)
2011-2012 Presenters
- July 28: Kyle Bantz (Haynes group) - lessons from COACh
- Sept/Oct: Theresa Reineke
- Feb: Zahra Sohrabpour (Massari group)
- Mar: Allison Dzubak (Gagliardi group)
- Apr: Makenzie Provorse (Gao group)
- May: Charuta Palsuledesai (Distefano group)
2010-2011 Presenters
- Sep 30: planning meeting
- Nov 18: Mallory Richards (Hoye group)
- Feb 17: Penny Beuning, Northeastern University
- Mar 10: Melissa Maurer-Jones (Haynes group)
- March spring break: Jenny Schuttlefield, SHARK
- Apr 21: Bess Vlaisavljevich (Gagliardi group)
- May 10: Katie McGarry (Douglas group)
2009-2010 Presenters
- Sep 21: Judith Giordan, ACS tour speaker
- PDFs of Judy's slides on Mentoring and Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs
- Oct 14: Rita Majerle, visiting professor from Hamline
- Nov 3: Connie Lu
- Jan 13: Grayce Theryo (Hillmyer group)
- Mar 18: Sarah Page (McNeill/Arnold group)
- April: Susan Brown (Hoye group)
2008-2009 Presenters
- Sept. 24: Mari Titcombe (Roberts group)
- Link to Mari's Stoves for Njombe project
- Nov 18: Parent Panel
- Dec 11: Jane Wissinger
- Feb 4: Laura Gagliari
- Apr 23: Susie Emond (Hoye group)
- May: Britt Peterson (McNeill group)
2007-2008 Presenters
- Oct: 9 Valerie Pierre
- Nov 7: Kristi Curry Rogers, in combination with the IT Pizza Lunch
- Dec 13: holiday event
- Feb 28: Elizabeth Lugert and Lee Penn, Adobe tutorials
- Mar 19: Jennifer Lowe (Hillmyer group)
- Apr: 29 Nicole Settergren (Buhlmann group) and Chekesha Liddell, IT Distinguished Woman Speaker
- May 19: Katie Maerzke (Siepmann group)
2006-2007 Presenters
- Oct: 19 Katy Splan (Musier-Forsyth group)
- Nov 16: Lynn Weyer (Forsyth group)
- Dec 12: Emily (Skowronek) Resar (Bowser group)
- Feb 15: Chunze Lai (Buhlmann group)
- Mar 20: Amanda Bialke (Hoye group)
- May 10: Kelly Anderson (Siepmann group)
- May 30: The Gender Chip Project movie screening
2005-2006 Presenters
- Christy Haynes
- My Vo (Musier-Forsyth group)
- Jasmine Erbs (Penn group)
- Betsy Edhlund (McNeill group)
- Elizabeth Lugert (Buhlmann group)
- Alicia Peterson (McNeill group)
2004-2005 Presenters
- Anne Boreen (McNeill group)
- Kari McGee (Mann group)
- Yini Wang (Hoye group)
- Leila Albers (DiStefano group)
- Julia Phillips, Donaldson lecturer
- Angie Eder (Arriaga group)
2003-2004 Presenters
- Amy Anschutz (Penn group)
- Jia Liu (Hsung group)
- Amanda Nienow (Roberts group)
- Angela DeGreeff (McNeill group)
- Kathleen Schreck (Hillmyer group)
2002-2003 Presenters
- Sarah Schmidtke (Blank group)
- Karen Switek (Hillmyer group)
- Jamie Klappa (McNeill group)
- Laurie Breyfogle (Tolman/Hillmyer groups)
- Ann McNally (McNeill group)
2001-2002 Presenters
- Tamara Kale (Distefano group)
- Mary Engler (Forsyth group)
- Anne Reynolds (Tolman group)
- Carolyn Brauer (K. Leopold group)
- Nicole Boaen (Hillmyer group)
- Jessica Allen (Ellis group)
2000-2001 Presenters
- Sherri Hunt (K. Leopold group)
- Hollie Lewis (Hoye group)
- Bethany Kormos (Cramer group)
- Lakshmi Devi Kesavan (Gao group)
- Dongfeng Qi (Distefano group)
- Abbey Rosen (Musier-Forsyth group)
1999-2000 Presenters
- Maria Nagan (Cramer group)
- Amy Dounay (Forsyth group)
- Lauren Kaune (Munson group)
- Donna Staarup (Gladfelter group)
- Heather Sklenicka (Hsung group)
1998-1999 Presenters
- Michelle Douskey (Munson group)
- Kirsten Granum (Hsung group)
- Penny Beuning (Musier-Forsyth group)
- Feben Gobena (Que group)
- Denise Fiacco (K. Leopold group)
- Rebecca Michelsen (Roberts group)