Keynote Speaker Archive

Each year we feature a keynote speaker for the Department’s annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. We are honored to have had speakers who are alumni of the department and are willing to come back and share with our students their experiences of “life after JMU”. We thank each of these speakers and look forward to future alumni participation in the Department of Chemistry Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Chemistry Department Past Keynote Speakers Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium
	Each year we feature a keynote speaker for the Department’s annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. We are honored to have had speakers who are alumni of the department and are willing to come back and share with our students their experiences of “life after JMU”. We thank each of these speakers and look forward to future alumni participation in the Department of Chemistry Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Speaker and Affiliation
(* Denotes current Affiliation)

Dr. Jonathan Dattlebaum
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
* University of Richmond

Dr. Elizabeth Perry (M.D.)
* Signature Healthcare, Inc.
Charlotte, NC

Dr. Carolyn Abitbol (M.D.)
Professor of Pediatric
Medical Director Pediatric Dialysis
* University of Miami (FL) School of Medicine

Dr. Daniel Downey
Professor of Chemistry
* James Madison University

Mr. Ronald E. Ney
Office of Waste and Waste Management
Environmental Protection Agency

Dr. Stanley G. Sunderwirth
Dean, School of Science and Mathematics
Metropolitan State College (Denver, CO)

Dr. Carl Lentz
Eastman Fine Chemicals


Year	JMU Class	Speaker and Affiliation (* Denotes current Affiliation)
2008	1995	Dr. Jonathan Dattlebaum Assistant Professor of Chemistry * University of Richmond
2007	1987	Dr. Elizabeth Perry (M.D.) * Signature Healthcare, Inc. Charlotte, NC
2006	1967	Dr. Carolyn Abitbol (M.D.) Professor of Pediatric Medical Director Pediatric Dialysis * University of Miami (FL) School of Medicine
2005	1975 1976	Dr. Daniel Downey Professor of Chemistry * James Madison University Dr. Gary Rice Professor and Department Chair in Chemistry * College of William and Mary
2004	1987	Dr. James (Dusty) Baber *National Institutes of Health
2003	1984	Dr. Fred King Professor of Chemistry, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters * West Virginia University
2002	1977	Dr. Roger Bertholf Associate Professor of Pathology * University of Florida School of Medicine
2001	1979	Mrs. Katheryn Lam Senior Consultant, e-business Solutions *International Business Machines
1999	1987	Dr. Jose Madalengoitia Associate Professor of Chemistry * University of Vermont
1997	1986	Dr. Fred R. Kinder Oncology Research Program Novartis Research Institute
1996	1976	Dr. Terry O. Trask Director, Lycra Research and Development DuPont Chemicals
1995	1973	Dr. Carl Lentz *Eastman Fine Chemicals
1994	1990	Dr. Michele A. Kelly Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland Baltimore County
1993	1985	Dr. Cynthia K. Fallon Research Chemist DuPont Chemicals
1992	1983	Dr. Laurie Locascio *National Institute of Standards and Technology
1991	1983	Dr. Noreen Naiman * North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
1990	1982	Dr. Matthew T. Stershic Senior Chemist Atomchem North Amercia
1989	1982	Dr. Michael Kinter Department of Cell Biology * Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institure
1988	N/A	Dr. Thomas J. Meyer Associate Director of Strategic Research * Los Alamos National Laboratory
1987	1980	Dr. Steven Davis Naval Research Laboratory
1986	1980	Dr. Steven A. Hackney Department of Materials Science and Engineering * Michigan Technological University
1983		Dr. Richard B. Lam
1982	1975	Dr. Daniel Downey Professor of Chemistry * James Madison University
1981	1959	Mr. Ronald E. Ney Office of Waste and Waste Management Environmental Protection Agency
1980	N/A	Dr. Stanley G. Sunderwirth Dean, School of Science and Mathematics Metropolitan State College (Denver, CO)
1979	1973	Dr. Carl Lentz Eastman Fine Chemicals