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Harden McConnell Lecture

A collection of former students, research associates, colleagues, and family members joined together to establish, in 2017, the Harden M. McConnell Lectureship at Caltech. The annual lectureship, named in honor of McConnell (PhD '51)—who taught at Caltech for more than a decade and is widely recognized as one of the leading physical and biophysical chemists—aims to bring to the campus outstanding scientists to present on physical chemistry research.

Past Lecturers

Name Institution Date
W.E Moerner Stanford University April 24, 2018
Wolfgang Lubitz Max Planck Institute April 18, 2019
Carol Robinson University of Oxford May 12, 2020
Christopher Jarzynski University of Maryland June 6, 2023
Joerg Wrachtrup University of Stuttgart May 20,2025
Lewis Kay University of Toronto May 7, 2026