Honoring Professor Naomi J. Halas, recipient of the 2025 Franklin Medal in Chemistry
Date: Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: University of Pennsylvania
Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology
Room 121 – 3200 Walnut Street
This symposium will feature cutting-edge contributions in plasmonics and nanonphonics research that are enabling advances in life sciences, energy sustainability, and information technology.
SCHEDULE:
8:50 AM Welcome
9:00 AM Professor Rizia Bardhan – Iowa State University
9:35 AM Professor Stephan Link – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
10:30 AM Professor Peter J. A. Nordlander – Rice University
11:05 AM Professor Naomi J. Halas – Rice University
PRICE: Free and open to the public with registration.
REGISTER: https://viest.upenn.edu/events/nanomaterials-and-light-
address-grand-challenges-honoring-professor-naomi-j-halas
Optional ZOOM access permitted with registration; Group logins
encouraged to preserve bandwidth.
CONTACT: Robert Wertz (rwertz@sas.upenn.edu)