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The 35th
Annual
Mary E. Kapp
Lecture in Chemis=
try
Joseph Wang=
Professor
Department of Nanoengineering
University of California,=
San
Diego
"Catalytic Nanomachines: Design and Applications"
Thursday, M=
arch 29,
2012
5:30 p.m.
Room
403
Hibbs Hall
900
Park Avenue
Richmond,
VA 23284
A reception will precede the lec=
ture
(at 4:30pm) in Rodney’s
Located on the 1st Fl=
oor
of Shafer Court Dining Center
(810 Cathedral Place, Richmond, =
VA
23284)
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Mary Eugenia Kapp
1909-1983
Mary Eugenia Kapp was b=
orn on
April 15, 1909, in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She received the A. B. degree
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the M. A. degree from =
Duke
University, and the Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of No=
rth
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Fr=
om
1931 to 1934 she was head of the science department at Blackstone College, =
and
from 1938 to 1939 she was head of the science department at Averett
College. Dr. Kapp was a chemistry instructor at
Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University in New Orleans from 1939 to 194=
0.
In 1940 she joined the faculty of Richmond Professional Institute (RPI) of =
the
College of William and Mary as assistant professor of chemistry and head of=
the
chemistry department. During World War II, Dr. Kapp
worked as assistant chief of chemistry for Du Pont in Richmond. Returning to RPI in 1946, she was
promoted to associate professor. In 1952 she was promoted to professor and =
made
chairperson of the School of Applied Sciences, and she continued as chair of
the Chemistry Department in that school. This school was reorganized in 1966
and made a part of the newly created School of Arts and Sciences, where Dr.=
Kapp remained as chairperson. She continued in this position whe=
n RPI
and the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) merged to become Virginia
Commonwealth University in 1968 and until her retirement in 1972. Dr. Kapp was a fellow of the Virginia Academy of Sciences=
and a
member of the American Chemical Society. In 1952 she became the first woman=
elected
chair of the society's Virginia Section, and she received that group's
Distinguished Service Award in 1969. She was a member of the American Insti=
tute
of Chemists and the Southern Association of Science and Industry, and she w=
as
listed in Who's Who in America.
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JOSEPH WANG=
is currently Professor in=
the Department
of Nanoengineering at University of California,=
San
Diego (UCSD). He received his Ph.D. from The Technion<=
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in 1978. He held a Regents
Professorship and a Manasse Chair positions at =
New Mexico
State University, and served as the director of the Center for Bioelectroni=
cs
and Biosensors of Arizona State University (ASU).
Professor Wang has published more than 840 papers (H Index=3D94, with more =
than
38,000 citations), 10 books and he holds 12 patents. He became the most cit=
ed
electrochemist in the world and received the 4th place in the IS=
I’s
list of 'Most Cited Researchers in Chemistry' in 1996-2006.
Professor Wang is the Editor-in-Chief of Electroanalysis (Wiley). He is a well-regarded and
popular member of the national and international electrochemical community.
Wang has presented more than 225 invited and plenary lectures in 40 countri=
es.
He was awarded an Honorary Professor from National University (Cordoba,
Argentina) in 2004, an Honorary Doctor Causa fr=
om Complutense University (Madrid, Spain) in 2007, an Ho=
norary
Member of the Slovenia National Institute of Chemistry, Honorary Professor =
from
University of Science Technology Beijing (China), in 2011, Honorary Doctor =
Causa of Alcala University (Spain) in 2011, a Nanyang Professor from NTU (Singapore) in 2008, and s=
erved
as a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineers
(AIMBE) and of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2000. He
received 2 ACS National Awards in 1999 and 2006 for An=
altyical
Instrumentation and Electrochemistry, respectively. Professor Wang is also =
the
awardee of the 1994 Heyrovsky Memorial Medal (of the Czech Republic) for his
contributions to voltammetry and of a Special Creativity Award from NSF in
2008. He also received the ASU Faculty Achievement Award in 2007 and the NM=
SU Westhafer Top Faculty Award in 1990.
Professor Wang’s research focuses on the fiel=
d of
nanobioelectronics in which nanomaterials
are applied to the analysis of biomolecules. Nanobioel=
ectronics
is a rapidly developing field aimed at integrating nan=
o- and biomaterials with electronic transducers. Professor
Wang’s contributions in these directions have been of major importanc=
e in
the growing popularity of electroanalytical
techniques.
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The
Mary E. Kapp Lecturers in Chemistry
1976-77 &=
nbsp; Charles G. Overb=
erger,
Vice President and Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan, and John D. Roberts, Professor of
Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
1977-78 =
Charles N. Reilly, Professor of
Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1978-79 =
Edward C. Taylor, Professor of
Chemistry, Princeton University
1979-80 =
William N. Lipscomb, Jr., Nobel
Laureate and Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
1980-81 =
Earl L. Muettert=
ies,
Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
1981-82 =
Henry Freiser,
Professor of Chemistry, University of Arizona
1982-83 =
Orville L. Chapman, Professor of
Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
1983-84 =
Mostafa A. El-Sayed,
Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
1984-85 =
George W. Parsha=
ll,
Director of Chemical Science, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
1985-86 =
Thomas L. Isenho=
ur,
Dean of Science and Professor of Chemistry, Utah State University
1986-87 =
James Economy, Polymer Science and
Technology, Research Manager, IBM
1987-88 =
William Klemperer, Professor of C=
hemistry,
Harvard University
1988-89 =
Jacqueline K. Barton, Professor of
Chemistry, Columbia University
1989-90 =
Allen J. Bard, Professor of Chemi=
stry,
University of Texas at Austin
1990-91 =
Albert I. Meyers, Professor of
Chemistry, Colorado State University
1991-92 =
Ahmed H. Zewail<=
/span>,
Nobel Laureate and Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technolo=
gy
1992-93 =
Richard H. Holm, Professor of
Chemistry, Harvard University
1993-94 =
Cynthia M. Friend, Professor of
Chemistry, Harvard University
1994-95 =
James A. Marshall, Guy Lipscomb
Professor of Chemistry, University of South Carolina
1995-96 =
Henry F. Schaefer III, Professor =
of
Chemistry, University of Georgia
1996-97 =
Vincent L. Pecor=
aro,
Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan
1=
997-98 =
1998-99 =
Andrew Hamilton, Professor of
Chemistry, Yale University
1=
999-2000 =
2000-=
01 &=
nbsp; Joan Selverstone Vale=
ntine, Professor =
of
Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
2001-=
02 =
; &n=
bsp; Norman
J. Dovichi, Professor =
of
Chemistry, University of Washington
2002-=
03 &=
nbsp; John
B. Fenn, Nobel Laureate and Professor of
Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University
2004-05 =
Peter B. Dervan<=
/span>,
Bren Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
2005-06 &=
nbsp; Richard J. Sayka=
lly,
Class of 1932 Chair, Distinguished
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berk=
eley &=
nbsp;
2006-07 &=
nbsp; Lawrence H. Hurley, Howard J. Sch=
aeffer
Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizon=
a
2007-08 &=
nbsp; Mark E. Meyerhof=
f,
Philip J. Elving Collegiate Professor, Departme=
nt of
Chemistry, University of Michigan
2008-09 &=
nbsp; Barbara Imperial=
i,
Class of 1922 Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biology, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
2009-10 &=
nbsp; Michael L. Klein, Laura H. Carnell
Professor and Director of the Institute of Computational Molecular Science,
Temple University
2010-11 &=
nbsp; Daniel G. Nocera=
,
Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Director of the Solar Revolutions Pro=
ject
and the Eni Solar Frontiers Center, Massachuset=
ts
Institute of Technology