Dr. David Hays, 3M

Award Recipient Professor Gregory C. Fu, Caltech Tentative Program 8:00–9:00 Registration/breakfast/networking 9:00–9:15 Prof. Magnus Bebbington (Montclair State University) Welcoming remarks 9:15–10:00 Dr. David Hays (3M) You don’t need a PhD from Greg Fu to make glue, but it helps Introduced by Dr. Jingwei Li, Merck 10:00–10:45 Prof. Shih-Yuan Liu (Boston College) The Versatility of Boron-Nitrogen Heterocycles Introduced by Dr. Tessa Lynch-Colameta, Merck 10:45–11:30 Coffee Break & Student Poster Session 11:30–12:15 Dr. Susan Zultanski (Merck) Advancing Peptide Drug Discovery and Development at Merck Introduced by Dr. Michael DiMaso, Merck 12:15–1:30 Lunch Break 1:30–2:15 Prof. Mamoru Tobisu (Osaka University) Synthetic Transformations Using Atomic Carbon Equivalents Introduced by Prof. Kimberly Choquette, Drew University 2:15–3:00 Dr. Fran Gonzalez-Bobes (BMS) Adventures in Process Development: Navigating the Complexity of Modern Therapeutics Introduced by Dr. Taylor Bednar, Bristol Myers Squibb 3:00–3:45 Coffee Break & Student Poster Session 3:45–3:55 Prof. Magnus Bebbington (Montclair State University) Presentation of the Award for Creativity in Molecular Design & Synthesis to Prof. Gregory C. Fu 3:55–4:55 Prof. Gregory C. Fu (Caltech), Award Address Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: A Radical Alternative to SN1 and SN2 Reactions 4:55–5:00 Prof. Magnus Bebbington (Montclair State University) Concluding Remarks Call for Poster Session Abstracts Undergraduate students, graduate students,