Homecoming Lectures
Each fall during Homecoming, the department hosts a lecture from a UND chemistry alum.
We are proud of our UND alumni and look forward to hosting you at a future event.
2023 Alumni Lecture
Dr. Lyle Best presents Chemistry as Applied to People.
A reception will be held prior to the lecture in Abbott Hall Room 232.
Previous Homecoming Lectures
2022 Alumni Lecturer
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Presents: All Life is an Experiment . . . a UND Chemist's Adventure!
September 30, 2022 | 4 p.m. | Abbott Hall 101
Alumni Virtual Panel
Dr. Sandra Hazelton Pratt, '09
Dr. Run "Rain" Li, '17
Dr. Jana Rousova Hepner, '17
Dr. Jason Hicks, '18
Dr. Yuhui Jin, '09
2021 Alumni Lecturer
Research Fellow in the Performance Coatings Group,General Industrial, Valspar
Presents: The Use of Electrochemical Methods to Study Coatings and Corrosion
Alumni Virtual Panel
Dr. Aize Li, 2010
Dr. Inna Popova,2008
Dr. Jiao Chen, 2014
Dr. Julius Ngwendson, 2008
2020 Alumni Lecturer
Senior R&D Manager, EMD Performance Materials, Sheboygan WI.
Presents: Synthetic Chemists & the Semiconductor Industry
Alumni Virtual Panel
Dr. Anastasia Andrianova, 2017
Dr. Patrick Shum, Ph.D. 1988, A Journey of Chemistry: From the Peace Garden State to Interstate 95
Dr. Jeffrey Banning, Ph.D. 1987
Dr. Kathryn Uhrich, B.S. 1986
Dr. Bonnie Avery, Ph.D. 1994
Dr. Arlan Norman, B.S. 1962
Dr. Dan Dutton, M.S. 1970 & Ph.D. 1973
Dr. Curt M. White, M.S. 1974
Dr. Fathi M. Saad, Ph.D. 1970
Dr. Richard J. Paur, B.S. 1967 & M.S. 1968
Dr. Sean G. Dwyer, B.S. 1966 & Ph.D. 1970
Leon D. Royer, M.S. 1962
Dr. Francis Randall, Ph.D. 1970
Dr. Ray A. Dickie, B.S. 1961
Dr. Owen Webster, B.S. 1951
Dr. Darryl Fahey, B.S. 1964 & Ph.D. 1969
Dr. Arlan Norman, B.S. 1962
Dr. Joyce Yagla Corey, B.S. 1960 & M.S. 1961
Dr. Marion Swendseid, B.A. 1938 & M.A. 1939
Dr. Victor Hruby, B.S. 1960 & M.S. 1962