These annual lectures, established in 1975, recognize the many contributions Dr. J.W.T. Spinks made to his departments, the university, and the chemical professions, both nationally and internationally. As faculty member, Department Head, Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and Research, University President, and President Emeritus, Dr. Spinks was associated with our University from 1930 until his passing in 1997.

The lecture series brings to the University of Saskatchewan eminent scientists and engineers in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering to deliver a series of lectures and to share their knowledge and experience with students and staff. This series is run jointly with the Department of Chemical Engineering, which hosts the Spinks lectures every third year.

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March 7 & 8, 2024

Dr. Valeria Molinero, University of Utah

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Past Chemistry Lecturers

2018-19	C. Chang University of California, Berkeley
2017-18	M.C. White University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
2015-16	P. Kamat University of Notre Dame
2013-14	S. I. Stupp Northwestern University
2010-11	I. Manners University of Bristol, UK
2008-09	M. Lautens University of Toronto
2007-08	S. G. Withers University of British Columbia
2004-05	D. L. Boger The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
2003-04	J. F. Stoddart University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2001-02	G.M. Whitesides Harvard University
2000-01	P.B. Dervan California Institute of Technology
1998-99	R. Breslow Columbia University, NY, USA
1997-98	F.S. Rowland University of California, Irvine, USA
1995-96	M.A. Fox University of Texas, Austin, USA
1994-95	P. von Ragué Schleyer Universität Erlangen, Germany
1992-93	B.E. Conway University of Ottawa
1991-92	K. Mislow Princeton University, USA
1989-90	A.K. Pikaev Academy of Sciences, USSR
1988-89	P. Deslongchamps University of Sherbrooke
1986-87	H. Taube Stanford University, USA
1985-86	P.C. Lauterbur University of Illinois, USA
1983-84	G. Herzberg Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics National Research Council of Canada
1982-83	G.A. Ozin University of Toronto
1980-81	L.M. Dorfman The Ohio State University, USA
1979-80	D. Phillips Royal Institution of Great Britain
1978-79	H. Eyring University of Utah, USA
1976-77	R.U. Lemieux University of Alberta
1975-76	J.C. Polanyi University of Toronto