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WWU Chemistry to host ACS Catalysis editor-in-chief as part of Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions series

WWU Chemistry to host ACS Catalysis editor-in-chief as part of Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions series

Cathleen Crudden will present on organometallic chemistry

January 27, 2026

by Mikayla King

WWU Communications

WWU's chemistry department will host the ACS Catalysis Editor-in-Chief Cathleen Crudden 3:15-4:15 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 in SMATE 130.

Crudden will present on the use of special ligands attached to gold and other noble metals for making nanoclusters. She will also cover recent advances in reactions that use metal catalysts to make new carbon-carbon bonds.

The lecture is part of the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions, an international program that connects expert researchers with undergraduate institutions and funds summer research fellowships for two undergraduate students.

In addition to the public lecture, Crudden will also meet with chemistry faculty to discuss the art of scientific publishing.

ACS Catalysis is a publication of the American Chemical Society focused on experimental and theoretical studies on molecules, macromolecules and materials that are catalytic in nature. Crudden has served as editor-in-chief of ACS Catalysis for 5 years. In addition, she is currently an A.V. Douglas Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.

For more information about the event or for disability services, please reach out to WWU Chemistry at [email protected].

Mikayla King ('17) covers the College of Science and Engineering and Woodring College of Education for University Communications. Reach out to her with story ideas at [email protected].

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