The Welcher Lectureship has been established in Dr. Welcher’s honor to celebrate his legacy and commitment to the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology.
Dr. Welcher was a renowned professor of Chemistry from 1932 to 1978, serving as a faculty before IUPUI (now IU Indianapolis) was officially established in 1969.
Dr. Melanie M. Cooper is the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education and Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University.
In October 2024, Dr. Cooper was inducted into the National Academy of Education. She developed a system to approach curriculum transformation, where she developed Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything (CLUE) and Organic Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything (OCLUE).
Her research is aimed at developing evidence-based approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment.
Dr. Frank J. Welcher was a renowned professor of Chemistry from 1932 to 1978, serving as a faculty before IUPUI (now IU Indianapolis) was officially established in 1969. Dr. Welcher was a prolific author, teacher and world-wide conference speaker.
In 1978, the IUPUI Chemistry Department organized the Frank J. Welcher Symposium on Analytical Chemistry with chemists traveling from around the world to participate. In 1990, the city of Indianapolis proclaimed a day as the Frank J. Welcher Day; the same year Purdue University bestowed on him the Honorary degree of Doctor of Science.
2024
Basic Chemistry and One Interface with Medicine, Pharma and Biotech
Scott J. Miller, Ph.D.
Sterling Professor of Chemistry
Yale University
2023
Catalyzing Organic Synthesis
John F. Hartwig, Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
2022
Transforming Common Garments into Sensors for Human Health Monitoring
Trisha L. Andrew, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Director, Wearable Electronics Lab
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2021
Drug Discovery: Ingenuity or Serendipity?
Richard B. Silverman, Ph.D.
Inventor of Lyrica
Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor
Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
2019 – Inaugural Lecture
The Surface of Water: Its role in environmentally important processes
Geraldine Richmond, Ph.D.
Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry
University of Oregon
Sponsored by:
Special thanks to Erwin and Priscilla Boschmann for establishing the Welcher Lectureship.
Thanks to the planning committee:
