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BUTLER LECTURESHIP SERIES

In partnership with the George & Josephine Butler Polymer Research Laboratory in the Department of Chemistry, the Butler Lectureship Series in Polymer Chemistry was established in 1998. Supported through an endowment from George and Josephine Butler, this brings the world’s top authorities in macromolecules to our campus. 

Professor Rachel O'Reilly
University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

“Macromolecular Chemistry for Self-Assembly and Biology”
Spring 2023

Professor Frank Bates
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

“Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules”
Spring 2018

Professor Robert Waymouth

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

“Catalysis: The Enabling Science for Polymer Chemistry”

Fall 2015 & Spring 2016

Professor Karen L. Wooley

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

“Retrosynthetic Analyses of Increasingly Complex Macromolecular Structures”

Fall 2010

Professor Tobin Marks

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

“Some Grand Challenges in Polymeric Materials Synthesis”

Spring 2008

Professor Klaus Müllen

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

“Lessons from the Materials Chemist’s Toolbox”

Spring 2006

Professor Edwin “Ned” Thomas

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

“The Science & Engineering of Block Polymer Based Materials”

Fall 2003

Professor David Tirrell

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

“A Polymer Chemist’s View of Protein Synthesis & Design”

Fall 2002

Professor Jean Frechet

University of California, Berkeley, CA

“Functional Polymers: From Design to Applications”

Fall 2000

Professor Gerhard Wegner
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
“Supramolecular Chemistry”
Spring 1999

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