The Schedule

See below for agenda overview - stay tuned for updates!

Day 1

Saturday 6/22/24

Registration & Poster Set Up 4:00 - 5:00 pm

5:00 - 6:00 pm

Chapter Business Meeting

All chapter leaders (current or aspiring) are encouraged to attend

7:15 - 9:15 pm

Kickoff Mixer @ The Yard At Corktown

Ticket required. Refreshments will be served, axe throwing available as an add-on at registration. See Kickoff Mixer Page for details

Day 2

Sunday 6/23/24

Registration & Light Breakfast 7:30 - 9:00 am

9:10 - 10:00

Professional Development Session I

Session A: Jesse Hipps Sr., Sr. Scientist & Talent Acquisition Mngr, Michelman

"The Power of Questions: A New Approach to Problem-Solving"

Session B: Dr. Chris Greenhill, Dow Chemical

"Navigating the Journey from College to Industry"

Session C: Dr. Tyrslai Williams-Carter, NOBCChE President Elect, Assistant Dean of Mentorship, Education, & Research for Strategic Initiatives of the Graduate School at LSU


10:05 - 10:35

Technical Session I

Session A: Dr. Davita Watkins, Associate Professor of Chemistry, The Ohio State University

"Amphiphilic dendritic hybrid block copolymers (HBCs) for theranostic nanomedicine"

Session B: Dr. Shawn Hitchcock, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Illinois State University

"A new direction for an old reaction: The Curtius rearrangement as a tool for accessing carbonyl compounds, carbinolamides, and enamines"

10:35 - 11:05

Technical Session II

Session A: Dr. Briana Simms, Assistant Professor of Chemistry,

University of Cincinnati

 "Structurally tunable lipid nanoparticles for transdermal delivery"

Session B: Dr. Satya Rama Krishna Boddu, Wayne State University

Mechanistic Insight into Phenanthroline-Catalyzed 1,2-cis O- and S- Furanosylations

Break & Poster Set Up 11:05 - 11:30

11:30 - 1:00

Keynote Luncheon (food provided)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Herman Sintim, Richard B. Wetherill Distinguished Professor, Purdue University

"An Unplanned Journey to Cancer Drug Discovery"

Break & Transition to Chemistry Building 1:00 - 1:15

1:15 - 2:00

Career Panel

Dr. Tricia May-Dracka (AbbVie), Dr. Sibrina Collins (Lawrence Technological University), Dr. Mark Ondari Evans (Corteva Agriscience), Dr. Briana Simms (Cincinnati University)

Break & Transition to Student Center 2:00 - 2:20

2:20 - 3:00

Technical Session II

Student Oral Presentations - Concurrent Sessions, details soon

3:10 - 4:00

Networking Session

Break & Transition to Chemistry Building 4:00 - 4:15

4:15 - 5:30

Poster Session & Showcase

5:30

Close of Symposium