Distinguished Lectureships and Addresses
Keynote Address, 2020 Murdock Partners in Science National Conference, San Diego, CA, January 2020
Frank J. Welcher Lectureship, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, November 2019
Indianapolis, Plenary Speaker, 2019 Naval Academy Science & Engineering Conference (NASEC), U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, November 2019
Max T. Rogers Distinguished Lectureship, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, October 2019
Harold S. Johnston Lecture, Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, October 2019
Mark Sowers, College of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, October 2019
Keynote Address, Phi’s Research and Innovation Summit 2019, Dead Sea, Jordan, August 2019
Dole Lectures, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, August 2019.
Plenary Address, International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy 10, Auckland, NZ, July 2019
Keynote Address, Northwest Regional ACS Meeting, Portland, OR, June 2019
Commencement Address, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, May 2019.
William H. Flygare Memorial Lecture in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, May 2019
Chemistry Alumni Appreciation Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 2019
Hillger-Roberts-Kranbuehl Lecture, Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, April 2019
Women of Science Speaker Series, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, March 2019
Keynote Address, International Women’s Day Symposium, Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 2019
Izatt-Christensen Lectures, Department of Chemistry, Bringham Young University, February 2019
Signature Lecturer for the Inclusive Lecture Series, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 2019
Gooch-Stephens Lecture, Department of Chemistry, Baylor University, February 2019
Margaret-Ann Armour Speaker, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, January 2019
Mumbai Public Symposium Speaker, Mumbai University, January 2019
Award Address, Linus Pauling Medal Symposium, Seattle, WA, November 2018
Catherine Bone Memorial Lecturer, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA, October 2018
Morgan Science Lecturer, Appalacian State University, Boone, North Carolina, October 2018
Keynote Address, Asia Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Bangkok, Thailand, August 2018
Kentucky Derby Lecturer, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2018
Keynote Address, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 2018
St. Olaf College Distinguished Lecturer, St. Olaf College,Northfield, MN, February 2018
Prins Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, February 2018
Reed College, Convocation Speaker, August 2017
Cottrell Scholars Conference Keynote Speaker, Research Corporation, Tucson, AZ, 2017
Annual General Meeting of the National Academy of Science of Sri Lanka, 2017
Illinois Institute of Technology, Commencement Address, 2017
Kansas State University, Graduate School Commencement Address, 2017
Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions, Iona University, 2017
Director’s Colloqium, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2017
Women in the Chemical Sciences Lecturer, University of Washington, 2017
Pariser-Parr Distinguished Lecturer, University of North Carolina, 2016
Tourtellotte Lecturer, Kalamazoo College, 2016
Edison Lecture, University of Notre Dame, 2016
Tieckelmann Lecture, University of Buffalo, SUNY, 2016
Ott Lecture, Grand Valley State University, 2015
Fisher Sustainability Lecturer, University of Victoria University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, 2015
Priestly Lectureship, Pennsylvania State University, 2015
Franklin Lecture, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2015
College Larson Lectureship, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN 2014
McGavock Lectureship, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 2014
William D. Smart Lectureship, University of West Florida, 2014
Lardy Lecture, South Dakota State University, 2014
Pleanary Speaker, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Physical Chemistry Conference, 2013
Frederick Kauffman Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh, 2013
Director’s Special Colloquium, Argonne National Laboratory, 2013
Bold Aspirations Lecturer, University of Kansas, 2013
Eyring Lecturer, Arizona State UnivUniversity, 2013
Ouellette and Swenton Lectureship, Ohio State University, 2012
Nebraska Chemistry/ADVANCE Chair Lecturship, University of Nebraska. 2012
Trustee’s Council of Penn Women Lecture in Chemistry, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2011
Iota Sigma Pi Invited Lecturer, Purdue University, 2011
Kent R. Wilson Lectureship, University of California, San Diego, 2011
WST Distinguished Lectureship, Georgia Insitute of Technology, 2011
Skidmore-Union Colleges Distinguished Scientist Lecturer, 2011
Campbell Lectureship, University of Southampton, UK 2011
Danforth Lectureship, Grinnell College, 2010
Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, 2010
James D. and Julia P. Morrison Lectureship, Carleton College, 2010
Presidential Lectureship, Iowa State University, 2010
James and Jeanette Neckers Lecturer, Hope College, 2010
Frank T. Gucker Lecture, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2009
Arthur William Davidson Memorial Lectureship, University of Kansas, 2009
Distinguished Guest Speaker, 11th Annual Beckman Scholars Symposium, 2009
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lectureship, West Virginia University 2009
Advance VT Distinguished Lectureship, Virginia Tech 2009
L. Carroll King Memorial Lecture, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2008
Sr. Mary Thompson Scholar, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, 2008
George C. Pimentel Memorial Lectureship, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 2008
Science Without Limits Lectureship, Lewis and Clark College, 2008
Leland Wilson Chemistry Lectureship, University of Northern Iowa, 2007
Fred M. Garland Lectureship, Texas A&M University, Knoxville, 2007
Distinguished Women in Science Speaker, Stanford University, 2007
Donna Russell Fox Lecturer, Cornell College, 2006
Keynote Address, 20th Anniversary of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2006
Howard S. Brode Memorial Lecturer, Whitman College, 2006
Charles H. Fisher Lecturer, Roanoke College, 2005
Keynote Address, Karen E. Wetterhahn Symposium, Dartmouth University, 2005
Swiss Research Lectureship, Conference Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale, Switzerland, 2005
Keynote Address, Science Careers in Search of Women Conference, Argonne Natl. Lab., 2005
McElvain Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 2004
Spiers Memorial Lecturer, Faraday Council of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK 2004
H.H. King Lecturer, Kansas State University, 2004
Cottrell Scholars Lecturer, Research Corporation, 2004
Kolthoff Distinguished Lecturer, University of Minnesota, 2003
S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecturer, North Carolina State, Asheville, 2002
Nakamoto Lecturer, Marquette University, 2002
Bergmann Lecturer, Yale University, 2002
Gerhard L. Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago, 2002
Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecturer, North Carolina State, Asheville, 2002
Directors Lectureship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2002
Distinguished Lecturer, American Physical Society Laser Science Topical Group, 1996-2000
Pittsburgh Conference Lectureship, Duquesne University, 2000
Frontiers in Chemical Research Lectureship, Texas A&M University, 2000
Clifford B. Purves Lecturer, McGill University, 1999
Lucy W. Pickett Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College, 1997
Phillips Distinguished Lecturer, Haverford College, 1995
Shell Lecturer, National Science Teachers Association, 1991
Legislative Testimony
U.S. House of Representatives Briefing, “National Science Board 2018 Science and Engineering Indicators Report”, Washington, DC, February 2018.
U.S. Senate Briefing, “National Science Board 2018 Science and Engineering Indicators Report”, Washington, DC, February 2018.
Oregon State House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Education, “Faculty Appointments and Hiring”, Salem, OR, April 2007.
Oregon State House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Education, “Excellence in Research in the Oregon University System”, Salem, OR, March 2005.
United States Senate, Committee on Science, Technology and Space on the issue of “Title IX and Women in Science”, Washington, DC, October 2002.
United States House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Science on “The Department of Energy Office of Science – Issues and Opportunities”, Washington, DC, May 2001.
Oregon State House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Higher Education, “Science and Engineering Opportunities in Higher Education in Oregon”, Salem, OR, November 2001.