S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecture in Chemistry
Dr. Kenneth B. Wagener, Butler Chaired Professor Emeritus and Butler Laboratory Director Emeritus of the University of Florida, is the speaker for the 27th Annual S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecture Series in Chemistry. On Monday, November 17 at 7:00pm, he will be speaking on “The Positives and Negatives of Plastics in Today’s Society.”
Dr. Wagener is a polymer chemist whose current research focused on sustainability of polyolefins and a pioneer in acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerization
chemistry. Dr. Wagener holds 66 patents and has 350 publications. This year, he was the keynote speaker at the 25th International Symposium on Metathesis in Liege, Belgium, and he has spoken and taught around the world. Dr. Wagener was also an adjunct professor of Chemistry at UNC Asheville from 1979 to 1984.
The S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecture Series in Chemistry is an annual highlight for the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. We take pride in bringing our students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the department together to learn from each other and from nationally recognized chemists in honor of Dr. Squibb’s lifetime of contributions to chemistry.
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