2009 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| Thomas Epps, University of Delaware |
Using Block Copolymers to Create Functional Nanomaterials |
Virginia Union University, Richmond | Dec. 5, 2009 |
| Catherine Fenselau, University of Maryland | New Methods for Proteomics | University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg | Nov. 13, 2009 |
| Robert Blackledge, |
The Floyd Landis Sports Doping Case as Evaluated by a Forensic Analytical Chemist |
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater | Oct. 23, 2009 |
| M. Samy El-Shall, Virginia Commonwealth University |
CNN: Clusters, Nanoparticles and Nucleation- -From Astrochemistry to Nanocatalysis |
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 25, 2009 |
| Will Lewis, | A Chemist’s Stroll Down Memory Lane | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 25, 2009 |
| John Yates, University of Virginia |
Observation of Chemical Reactions on Surfaces Using STM– Watching Individual Molecules Do Their Molecular Dances |
University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 24, 2009 |
| Bradley Smith, American Chemical Society | Science Policy Today for a Better Tomorrow | Lynchburg College, Lynchburg | Mar. 27, 2009 |
| Timothy Swager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Polymer Electronics for Chemical and Biological Sensors |
University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 6, 2009 |
| Yorke Rhodes, New York University |
Planetary Chemistry: Differences in Solar System Atmospheres |
Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond | Jan. 23, 2009 |
2008 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| John Gupton, University of Richmond | Undergraduate Research in Organic Synthesis: From Vinylogous Iminium Salts to Marine Natural Products | John Tyler Community College, Chester | Dec. 5, 2008 |
| Marvin Lang, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Elements of Leadership: Chemical Demonstrations with a Theme | University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg | Nov. 21, 2008 |
| Jane Lewis, Altria Client Services | In Pursuit of Reduced Risk Cigarettes–A Story of Leadership in a Technical Organization | Center for Research and Technology, Richmond | Oct. 17, 2008 |
| Ralph Allen, University of Virginia | The Scorpion King Meets CSI: How the Analysis of DNA Aids Archaeological and Criminal Investigations | Virginia Union University, Richmond | Sep. 19, 2008 |
| Richard Day, University of Virginia | Fluorescent Proteins from Marine Invertebrates–New Tools for Studying Protein Dynamics in Living Cells | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 18, 2008 |
| Thomas DeVore, James Madison University | Fire, Smoke, and Slime | James Madison University, Harrisonburg | Mar. 29, 2008 |
| Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University | Antoine and Marie Anne Lavoisier | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 8, 2008 |
| James Kessler, American Chemical Society | Local Sections and K-8 Science Education–A Team Effort | Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond | Jan. 18, 2008 |
2007 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| Marilyn Miller, Virginia Commonwealth University | CSI and Forensic Science: Real vs Reel | John Tyler Community College, Chester | Dec. 7, 2007 |
| Jack Breazeale, College of Charleston | Lab Inspections: You Might Be Surprised By What You Find! | University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg | Nov. 9, 2007 |
| Stanley Manahan, University of Missouri | The Greening of Environmental Chemistry | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Oct. 26, 2007 |
| Jeffrey Seeman, Philip Morris Research Center | Anecdotes and Learning in a Science Career | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 14, 2007 |
| William Bare, Randolph College | Why Matter Matters: An Overview of the Two Thousand Year Debate on the Atomic Theory | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 13, 2007 |
| Peter Lantos, Target Group | Chemistry–The Good and the Evil | Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney | Mar. 23, 2007 |
| Sunney Xie, Harvard University | Holding Single Molecules up to the Light: From in vitro to in vivo Studies | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 23, 2007 |
| Richard Field, University of Montana | Deterministic Chaos: Why Some Things That Appear to Be Random Are Not | Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond | Jan. 19, 2007 |
2006 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| Manfred Psiorz, BI Chemicals | The Importance of Plant Ingredients for the Pharmaceutical Industry | John Tyler Community College, Chester | Dec. 1, 2006 |
| Leanna Giacarlo, University of Mary Washington | Galileo Galilei: Moving towards Chemistry | University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg | Nov. 17, 2006 |
| E. Ann Nalley, American Chemical Society | Chemistry–Transforming Lives | College of William & Mary, Williamsburg | Oct. 24, 2006 |
| William Rademaker, Midlothian High School | Fifty Years of High School Chemistry | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 22, 2006 |
| John Butler, National Institute of Standards and Technology | Beyond CSI: Exciting Applications of Forensic DNA | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 14, 2006 |
| Domenic Paone, Novozyme Biologicals | Novozyme Biologicals: Harnessing Biotechnology for a Cleaner Environment | Virginia Military Institute, Lexington | Mar. 21, 2006 |
| Donald Levy, University of Chicago | Supersonic Jet Spectroscopy: From Diatomics to Biological Molecules | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 10, 2006 |
| Henry Bungay, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Bioenergy Without Hype | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Jan. 20, 2006 |
2005 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| Kevin Dunn, Hampden-Sydney College | Caveman Chemistry: Hands-On Projects in Chemical Technology | Afton Chemical , Richmond | Dec. 2, 2005 |
| John Meister, Forest Products research Center | Your Garbage = My Reactants: Trash Recycing | University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg | Nov. 18, 2005 |
| Matthew Neurock, University of Virginia | From Computational Chemistry to Catalyst and Materials Design | Mary Baldwin College, Staunton | Oct. 21, 2005 |
| Ann Sullivan, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College | Teaching Science Using Toys | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 23, 2005 |
| Eugene Stevens, State University of New York–Binghampton | Green Plastics | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 21, 2005 |
| Fred Hawkridge, Virginia Commonwealth University | Applications of Oxidase Modified Electrodes | Longwood University, Farmville | Mar. 24, 2005 |
| Charles Liotta, Georgia Tech | Environmentally Benign Green Chemical Processes | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 18, 2005 |
| Attila Pavlath, Western Regional Research Center | Edible Coatings on Food, or How to Keep Fruits and Vegetables Fresh after Light Processing | Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond | Jan. 21, 2005 |
2004 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| Brian Moores, Randolph-Macon College | An Evening of Chemical Diversions | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Dec. 3, 2004 |
| John Thoburn, Randolph-Macon College | An Evening of Chemical Diversions | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Dec. 3, 2004 |
| Joe Vinson, University of Scranton | Chemistry and Biochemistry of Chocolate: A Guilt-Free Food | University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg | Nov. 12, 2004 |
| Frank Settle, Washington and Lee University | Chemistry and Nuclear Weapons | Ever’s Family Restaurant, Mt. Crawford | Oct. 22, 2004 |
| John Fenn, Virginia Commonwealth University | Electrospray Wings for Molecular Elephants | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 17, 2004 |
| Robert Bates, University of Florida | What You Always Wanted to Know about Chemicals in Food but Were Afraid to Eat | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 15, 2004 |
| R. Paul Philp, University of Oklahoma | Forensic Geochemistry, or Who Was responsible for the Spill? | Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, Richmond | Mar. 11, 2004 |
| Edward Taylor, Princeton University | The Discovery of Alimta, A Broadly Effective New Antitumor Agent | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 20, 2004 |
| Joseph Formica, Retired | Terroir and the Genesis of Quality Wine | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Jan. 16, 2004 |
2003 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| James Wightman, Virginia Tech | Oil Films on Water Surfaces: A Study of Science and Technology, History and Ethics | Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, Petersburg | Dec. 5, 2003 |
| Ralph Allen, University of Virginia | The Analytical Chemist in the Fight Against Crime | Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg | Nov. 14, 2003 |
| Robert Lowry, Harris Semiconductor | The Chemistry of Microelectronics | Bridgewater College, Bridgewater | Oct. 24, 2003 |
| Michael Cann, University of Scranton | Pollution Prevention: A Paradigm Addressed Through Green Chemistry | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 8, 2003 |
| Carolyn Fisher, McCormick & Company | Spices and Herbs: Chemistry and Health | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Mar. 11, 2003 |
| Robert Crabtree, Yale University | An Organometallic Carousel: Abnormal Bonding of Heterocyclic Ligands | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 21, 2003 |
2002 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| Ralph Allen, University of Virginia | Chemists–Endangered or Dangerous Species? | Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond | Dec. 10, 2002 |
| James Bohning, Wilkes University | Design, Despair, and Deceit in Scientific Discovery | Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg | Nov. 22, 2002 |
| Jay Huebner, University of North Florida | The Impact of Asteroids | Mary Baldwin College, Staunton | Oct. 18, 2002 |
| Lidia Vallarino, Virginia Commonwealth University | Lanthanide Macrocyclic Complexes as Luminescent Bio-Markers | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 20, 2002 |
| John Kasianowicz, National Institute of Standards and Technology | Threading DNA Through a Single Nanometer-Scale Pore: Potential Applications in Biology and Biotechnology | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 26, 2002 |
| Nicholas Matwiyoff, University of New Mexico | The Search for Diagnostic Specificity in Medical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Methods | J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond | Mar. 22, 2002 |
| Michael Marletta, University of California, Berkeley | Cellular Signalling with Nitric Oxide: A Collision Course for Chemistry and Biology? | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 8, 2002 |
| Rajiv Arya, BP Solar International | Thin-Film Photovoltaics–Technology and Applications | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Jan. 18, 2002 |
2001 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| D. Rae Carpenter, Virginia Military Institute | Physics Is Phun–Demonstrations | Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond | Dec. 6, 2001 |
| E. Chuck Galloway, Retired | Chemistry: The Useful Science (Chemists in the National Inventors Hall of Fame | Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg | Nov. 16, 2001 |
| Wolfgang Bertsch, University of Alabama | Chemical Analysis of Fire Debris in Suspected Arson Cases | James Madison University, Harrisonburg | Oct. 19, 2001 |
| Patrick Barber, Longwood University | The Surprising Importance of Crystals–30 Years of Research from Under the Sea to Outer Space | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 21, 2001 |
| Philip Anfinrud, National Institutes of Health | Ultrafast Time-Resolved Studies of Ligand Dynamics in Myoglobin: Watching Proteins as They Function | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 20, 2001 |
| Stephen Stow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | …And Some of the Cowboys Wore White Hats…. | College of William & Mary, Williamsburg | Mar. 16, 2001 |
| Orville Chapman, UCLA | Forty-Three Years of Photochemistry | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 16, 2001 |
| Tracy Williamson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Green Chemistry–Designing Chemical Products and Processes for the Environment | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Jan. 19, 2001 |
2000 Meetings
| Speaker, Affliation | Topic | Meeting Location | Meeting Date |
| Lee Marek, Napierville North High School | Chemistry on the Late Show with David Letterman | Virginia Union University, Richmond | Dec. 8, 2000 |
| Norman Hackerman, Rice University | Corrosion and Its Control | Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg | Nov. 17, 2000 |
| Charles Deak, C.K. Deak Technical Services | Forensic Chemistry in the Private Sector | Mary Baldwin College, Staunton | Oct. 20, 2000 |
| Carl Trindle, University of Virginia | The Consolations of (Natural) Philosophy: Or, Modeling a Life | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond | Sep. 29, 2000 |
| Janes Gord, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory | Better Propulsion Through Lasers and Chemistry | University of Virginia, Charlottesville | Apr. 28, 2000 |
| Helen Free, Bayer Corporation | Chemistry–Contributions to the Quality of Life | Longwood College, Farmville | Mar. 10, 2000 |
| Sidney Hecht, University of Virginia | Peptide and Protein Analogues Containing Synthetic Amino Acids at Defined Positions | University of Richmond, Richmond | Feb. 18, 2000 |
| William Matuszeski, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Progress in Cleaning Up the Chesapeake Bay | Randolph-Macon College, Ashland | Jan. 21, 2000 |