The Robert M. and Martha W. Ross Lectures
Made possible by a generous endowment from Adjunct Professor Robert M. Ross, the Ross Lecture Series brings distinguished lecturers to Dartmouth primarily in the broad areas at the interface of chemistry and biology. Prior to 1998, this series was named The Dartmouth Lectures in Chemistry.
Most Recent Ross Lecturers
2025/2026 - Catherine Drennan - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2024/2025 - Cynthia Burrows, University of Utah
2023/2024 - Squire J. Booker, Pennsylvania State
2022/2023 - Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford
2021/2022 - Christopher J. Chang, UC Berkeley
Previous Ross Lecturers
- 2018 - John "Jay" T. Groves, Princeton
- 2013 - Edward I. Solomon, Stanford
- 2012 - Phillip Crews, UC Santa Cruz
- 2011 - Judith P. Klinman, UC-Berkeley
- 2008 - Roy Vagelos, Merck
- 2007 - Roger Y. Tsien, UC San Diego
- 2006 - Robert Grubbs, CalTech
- 2006 - Stephen J. Benkovic, Penn State
- 2005 - Gregory L. Verdine, Harvard
- 2004 - Stephen J. Lippard, MIT
- 2003 - Dale Poulter, Utah
- 2002 - Dale Boger, Scripps
- 2001 - Joanne Stubbe, MIT
- 2000 - Ralph Hirschman, Penn
- 1999 - Christopher Walsh, Harvard
- 1998 - Edward C. Taylor, Princeton
- 1997 - Maurice Brookhart, UNC Chapel Hil
- 1996 - William A. Klemperer, Harvard
- 1995 - Eric N. Jacobsen, Harvard
- 1994 - Bejamin Widom, Cornell
- 1991 - Frank H. Westheimer, Harvard
- 1991 - Ken A. Dill, UC San Francisco
- 1990 - Bruno H. Zimm, UC San Diego
- 1989 - Richard V. Wolfenden, UNC Chapel Hill
- 1989 - Gabor Somorjai, UC Berkeley
- 1988 - Ralph F. Hirschmann, Penn
- 1988 - Rudolph A. Marcus, Cal Tech
- 1987 - Mark S. Wrighton, MIT
- 1987 - Edward C. Taylor, Princeton
- 1986 - Jack Halpern, Chicago