The College of Arts and Sciences invites you to the 2016-2017 Full Professor Lecture Series.  The first lecture in the series, Chasing Pixie Dust, will be given by Rory Waterman, Professor of Chemistry, on Monday, November 7, at 4:00 p.m. in the Waterman Memorial Lounge. Information:  656-3166
 
Making molecules can be pretty difficult—largely because atoms get persnickety about to whom they are connected, why they should be connected, and how it happens. Regardless, the products of these efforts save lives, feed people, provide energy, and give comfort. One way to wrangle atoms and do so more efficiently is through catalysis. Indeed, a catalyst is that bit of chemical pixie dust that helps make molecules. Professor Waterman will explore the challenges and joys of chemical synthesis and catalysis through selected examples of work at UVM.
 
Rory Waterman earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Following postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, he started his career at UVM in 2006. Rory has won several awards for his science, including an NSF CAREER Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, and a Cottrell Scholar Award from Research Corporation.  In 2015 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He walks quickly but stops to smell lilacs and to pet cats.

A recording of this lecture will be made available on the College of Arts and Sciences website at a later date.
 
The College of Arts and Sciences Full Professor Lecture Series was designed to give newly promoted faculty an opportunity to share with the university community a single piece of research or overview of research trajectory meant to capture the spark of intellectual excitement that has resulted in their achieving full professor rank.