Invited Seminars and Lectures

*Non-Ph.D. Granting Colleges or Universities
    1995
  1. *Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, October 12, 1995.

    1996
  2. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, November 20, 1996.
  3. University of Georgia, Athens, GA, December 5, 1996.
  4. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, December 10, 1996.
  5. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, December 12, 1996.
  6. Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, December 17, 1996.

    1997
  7. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, January 14, 1997.
  8. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, January 17, 1997.
  9. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, January 21, 1997.
  10. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, January 27, 1997.
  11. *Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, October 15, 1997.
  12. Hope College, Holland, MI, October 16, 1997.

    1998
  13. *Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, May 11, 1998.
  14. *Seattle University, Seattle, WA, November 17, 1998.
  15. *Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, November 19, 1998.

    1999
  16. Gordon Research Conference, Natural Product Synthesis, July 12, 1999.
  17. University of Minnesota, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, October 12, 1999.
  18. *Hofstra University, Long Island, NY. November 3, 1999.
  19. *Saint Johns University, New York, NY, November 4, 1999.
  20. New York University, New York, NY, November 9, 1999.
  21. SUNY-Stony Brook, Long Island, NY, November 11, 1999.
  22. *Gustavus Adolphus College, Mankato, MN, November 19, 1999.
  23. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, November 29, 1999.
  24. R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Raritan, NJ, December 1, 1999.
  25. CUNY - Hunter College, New York, NY, December 2, 1999.

    2000
  26. Brown University, Rhode Island, March 8, 2000.
  27. *University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, February 9, 2000.
  28. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, February 11, 2000.
  29. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, March 8, 2000.
  30. *University of Northern Iowa, IA, March 9, 2000.
  31. University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, April 3, 2000.
  32. University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, April 7, 2000.
  33. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, May 1, 2000.
  34. Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, May 2, 2000.
  35. Gordon Research Conference, Heterocyclic Compounds, July 11, 2000.
  36. Gordon Research Conference, Organic Reactions and Processes, July 19, 2000.
  37. *University of Wisconsin at Eau Clair, Eau Clair, WI, September 22, 2000.
  38. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, November 9, 2000.
  39. Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, P. R. China, November 13, 2000.
  40. Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China, November 15, 2000.
  41. Chinese University in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, November 21, 2000.
  42. Affymax Pharmaceuticals, Santa Clara, CA, December 8, 2000.

    2001
  43. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, February 26, 2001.
  44. CUNY - Queens College, New York, NY, February 28, 2001.
  45. Boston University, Boston, MA, March 2, 2001.
  46. Pfizer Central Research, Groton, CT, June 28, 2001.
  47. NSF Workshop, Denver, CO, July 12-16, 2001.
  48. *Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, September 19, 2001.
  49. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, October 5, 2001.
  50. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, October 8, 2001.
  51. Midwest Regional ACS Symposium: Asymmetric Organic Synthesis: Methodology and Total Synthesis: Invited Speaker, Lincoln, NE, October 11-12, 2001.
  52. Pfizer - La Jolla [Agouron], La Jolla, CA, October 19, 2001.
  53. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, October 23, 2001.
  54. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, October 29, 2001.
  55. 7th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Science: Invited Speaker, Karachi, Pakistan, November 10-13, 2001. Declined.
  56. North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, November 8, 2001.
  57. Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, November 14, 2001.
  58. Singapore International Chemical Symposium 2: Invited Speaker, December 18-20, 2001.

    2002
  59. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, January 17, 2002.
  60. Ohio University, Athens, OH, January 18, 2002.
  61. Florida State University, Organic Division Seminar, Tallahassee, Fl, January 29, 2002.
  62. University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, February 18, 2002.
  63. University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, February 20, 2002.
  64. Scripts Research Institutes, La Jolla, CA, February 25, 2002.
  65. 3M Pharmaceuticals, Minneapolis, MN, March 14, 2002.
  66. Merck, Rahway, NJ, April 1, 2002.
  67. Florida State University, Departamental Seminar, Tallahassee, FL, April 4, 2002.
  68. Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA, April 15, 2002.
  69. Pittsburgh University, Pittsburgh, PA, April 18, 2002.
  70. University of Iowa - Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Iowa City, IA, April 24, 2002.
  71. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Wallingford, CT, May 22, 2002.
  72. 33rd Great Lake Regional ACS: Invited Speaker, Minneapolis, MN, June 3, 2002.
  73. Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN, July 30, 2002.
  74. University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, September 10, 2002.
  75. University of Minnesota, Minnesota, MN, September 16, 2002.
  76. AstraZeneca, Delaware, October 3, 2002.
  77. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, October 15, 2002.
  78. SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, October 21, 2002.
  79. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, October 22, 2002.
  80. 7th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemistry: Invited Speaker, Hsinchu, Taiwan, November 8-11, 2002.
  81. Institute of Chemistry Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, November 12, 2002.
  82. Korean Advanced Instituted of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea, November 14, 2002.
  83. University of Missouri at St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, December 2, 2002.

    2003
  84. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, February 4, 2003.
  85. Utah State University, Logan, Utah, February 5, 2003.
  86. Gordon Research Conference - Natural Products, July 20-25, 2003.
  87. Gordon Research Conference - Organic Reactions and Processes, July 27-August 1, 2003.
  88. *Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, September 25, 2003.
  89. Midwest Regional ACS Symposium: Towards Ideal Synthesis: Invited Speaker, Columbia, MS, November 6-7, 2003.
  90. Pfizer - Ann Arbor [Warner-Lambert], Ann Arbor, MI, November 11, 2003.
  91. R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Raritan, NJ, December 19, 2003.

    2004
  92. *University of Minnesota at Duluth, Duluth, MN, March 5, 2004.
  93. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, March 10, 2004.
  94. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, March 12, 2004.
  95. Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ, April 22, 2004.
  96. R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Spring House, PA, May 13, 2004.
  97. Albany Molecular Research, Syracuse, NY, September 16, 2004.
  98. Albany Molecular Research, Albany, NY, September 17, 2004.
  99. University of Texas - A&M, College Station, TX, September 22, 2004.
  100. Southwest Regional ACS: Invited Speaker, Fort Worth, TX, September 30, 2004.
  101. 36th Great Lake Regional ACS: Invited Speaker, Peoria, IL, October 19, 2004.
  102. Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China, October 26, 2004.
  103. Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China, October 28, 2004.
  104. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, P. R. China, November 1, 2004.
  105. Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai, P. R. China, November 4, 2004.
  106. Fudan University, Shanghai, P. R. China, November 5, 2004.
  107. Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, November 8, 2004.
  108. Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan, November 9, 2004.
  109. The Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2004.
  110. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 22, 2004.
  111. University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, December 6, 2004.
  112. University of Texas - Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, December 17, 2004.

    2005
  113. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Lecture-1, January 21, 2005.
  114. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Lecture-2, January 22, 2005.
  115. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, NY, January 24, 2005.
  116. The International Conference on Research Trends in Science and Technology, [RTST2005]: Invited Keynote Speaker, Lebanese American University, Beirut and Byblos, March 7-9, 2005. Declined.
  117. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Abbott Lecturer, March 11, 2005.
  118. McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada, April 7, 2005.
  119. Universite de Montreal, Québec, Canada, April 8, 2005.
  120. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI, July 15, 2005.
  121. University of Toronto, Québec, Canada, July 25, 2005.
  122. 15th International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers: Invited Speaker, Shanghai, P.R. China, October 17-20, 2005
  123. Tianjin University, College of Pharmaceutical Science and Biotechnology, Tianjin, P.R. China, October 24, 2005.
  124. Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China, Lecture 1, October 25, 2005.
  125. Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China, Lecture 2, October 26, 2005.
  126. *Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, November 10, 2005.
  127. *Hope College, Holland, MI, November 11, 2005.
  128. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, December 6, 2005.
  129. Singapore International Chemical Symposium 4: Invited Speaker, December 8-10, 2005.

    2006
  130. 16th International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers: Invited Speaker, Lanzhou, P.R. China, July 24-27, 2006. Declined.
  131. 12th Symposium on Latest Trends in Organic Synthesis: Invited Speaker, Brock University, Saint Catherine, Ontario, Canada, August 9-13, 2006.
  132. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, September 29, 2006.
  133. 8th International Symposium on Biotechnology, Metal complexes, and Catalysis:: Invited Speaker, Haikou, P.R. China, November 6-9, 2006. Declined
  134. 9th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemistry: Invited Speaker, Singapore, December 18-21, 2006.
  135. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 22, 2006.

    2007
  136. University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, February 20, 2007.
  137. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, February 22, 2007.
  138. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, March 6, 2007.
  139. Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, March 8, 2007.
  140. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, May 1, 2007.
  141. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, May 3, 2007.
  142. San Diego State University of California, San Diego, CA, May 4, 2007.
  143. The 3rd IUPAC International Symposium on Novel Materials: Invited Speaker, Shanghai, P.R. China, October 21-25, 2007.
  144. Drug Discovery Symposium - Synthetic Methodologies in Drug Discovery: Invited Speaker, Tampa, Fl, October 25-26, 2007.
  145. Oregon State University, Eugene, OR, November 5, 2007.

    2008
  146. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, March 13, 2008.
  147. Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, Lecture-I, March 26, 2008.
  148. Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, Lecture-II, March 27, 2008.
  149. National University of Singapore, Singapore, March 28, 2008.
  150. Gordon Research Conference-Organic Reactions and Processes, August 2008.
  151. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, September 22, 2008.
  152. Merck, West Point, PA, October 22, 2008.
  153. Merck, Rahway, NJ, October 22, 2008.
  154. UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, November 18, 2008.
  155. Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA, December 5, 2008.