Nobel Laureate to speak at Clemson University

Renowned chemist Robert H. Grubbs, who won a Nobel prize for unlocking the door for new customizable polymers and other advanced materials, will speak at Clemson University on April 11, reports the Media Relations Department. The event is free and open to the public and will be streamed live at https://ensemble.clemson.edu/hapi/permalink/Fy34Rkq7. Grubbs, the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, was co-recipient of the Nobel prize for chemistry in 2005 for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis. Grubbs will speak at 2:30pm at the Watt Family Innovation Center. A reception will follow at 4pm. The Division of Research is hosting the event. The reception is sponsored by NBSC, a division of Synovus Bank and SC SmartState Centers of Economic Excellence.