Sir Fraser Stoddart presents at the Inaugural Walter A. Szarek Lecture

Sir Fraser Stoddart presents at the Inaugural Walter A. Szarek Lecture

Left to Right: Peter Loock, Rebecca Modler, Vanessa Romano and Gang WuThe Inaugural Walter A. Szarek Lecture, hosted by Dr. Peter Loock, was held on Friday, April 13th in Chernoff Hall. The 2016 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Prof. Sir Fraser Stoddart was able to speak to graduate students, professors and staff on “Materials beyond Cyclodextrins”. Sir Fraser Stoddart did his Postdoctoral Fellowship here at Queen’s University with Dr. Walter Szarek as his mentor. The President of NSERC, Dr. Mario Pinto, was a graduate student of Dr. Szarek and was honoured to be the one to introduce our main speaker. It was wonderful welcoming everyone back to Queen’s! The Gazette featured a story about the inaugural Walter A. Szarek lecture, to read more click here.