2026 James A. Ibers Summer Lectures in Inorganic Chemistry
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston
James Ibers Lecture with Prof. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Multinary Clusters: Atomically Precise Nanoobje...

Chad A. Mirkin will receive the 2027 Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society (ACS) in recognition of his landmark research and distinguished service to the field of chemistry. It is the highest honor bestowed by the world’s largest scientific society.
A global leader in supramolecular chemistry, nanoscience and nanotechnology, Mirkin has transformed how chemists design, synthesize and apply nanoscale materials.
Scientists in the Stupp Lab have developed a new liquid material that charges like a battery, transforms like a living organism and then resets itself in open air.
Traditionally, harvesting energy, storing it and using it require separate materials or devices. The new platform merges all three functions into a single material, opening the door for adaptive, clean, renewable systems that don’t require plastics or metals.


As Biohub unveiled the next-generation ESM, a new suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed to model protein biology, Northwestern University scientist Shana Kelley says the innovations will help write “the book of life.”
A nonprofit research institute, Biohub combines AI and experimental biology to better understand living systems. Its ultimate goal is to cure or prevent all disease. Northwestern is one of Biohub’s key academic partners, and faculty member Shana Kelley is the organization’s president of bioengineering.


3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Evanston
James Ibers Lecture with Prof. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Multinary Clusters: Atomically Precise Nanoobje...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Evanston
James Ibers Lecture with Prof. Stefanie Dehnen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Structural and Electronic Peculiarities of Mult...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM, No Location
Hosted by Xiaoyu Zhang Location TBD
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