The Kevin Johnson Memorial Lecture
This lecture series was initiated in 2017 as a memorial to Dr. Kevin Johnson, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences Program at SIUE. Each year a noteworthy scientist in the field of Environmental Chemistry is invited to present a public lecture that is broad in scope.
2025
Dr Alexander Greer, CUNY Brooklyn College
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Details forthcoming ...
2024
Dr. Annemarie Ross
"Enhancing the Success of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students and Professionals in Chemistry"
2023
Dr. Jani Ingram
"Environmental Health Studies on Tribal Land"
2022
Dr. Dawn Mason
"You Take an Organic and Add a Little Acid"
2021
Dr. Juanita Sharpe
"Creating and Sustaining Excellence in Changing Times: Care, Support and Managing Expectations".
2020
Dr. Ruma Banerjee
"Itaconate and Immunity: What does B12 have to do with it?"
2019
Dr. Susan Richardson
"What's in My Drinking Water? Revealing the Chemicals We Can't See."
2018
Dr. Sean Richards
"Chattanooga: Health Effects from a Legacy of America’s Dirtiest City"
2017
Dr. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey
"From Gold Phytomining to the Fate of Nanoparticles in Terrestrial Plants: Synchrotron-based Studies"