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Geraldine Richmond

"Empowering Global Scientific Engagement" Lecture

Tuesday, February 26
4:00 PM MT
W112 Benson Building

Dr. Geraldine Richmond will share stories of her collaboration efforts with thousands of scientists across the globe as they try to find solutions to the current food crisis in Africa and Asia, where 161 million children under the age of five suffered from stunted growth due to malnourishment. As the world population approaches 9 billion people, Richmond will discuss potential solutions to world hunger.

Dr. Richmond is the Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon, where her research has focused on understanding environmentally important processes at water surfaces. She is currently serving as a member of the National Science Board, as the U.S. Science Envoy to the Lower Mekong River Countries and as Secretary of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is recent past president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is the incoming president of the Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society.  Awards for her scientific accomplishments include the 2018 Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Linus Pauling medal Award (2018), and the the National Medal of Science (2013).