The NYU Department of Chemistry presents a symposium honoring the life and work of Martin Pope, organized by Associate Professor of Chemistry Stephanie Lee. Pope, a faculty member from 1956 - 1988 who passed away in 2022 at the age of 103, was a giant in the field of organic electronics. A recipient of the Royal Society's Davy Medal, he made seminal discoveries that paved the way for the invention of OLEDs. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please RSVP here:
https://forms.gle/dmgdDZPvMe3Tj4DS8
The program follows:
12:30 pm |
Welcome/Registration |
12:45 pm |
Opening Remarks, Nicholas Geacintov (NYU) |
1:00 pm |
Sir Richard Friend (University of Cambridge), zoom |
1:30 pm |
Malika Jeffries-EL (Boston University) |
2:00 pm |
Stephen Arnold (NYU Tandon) |
2:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
3:00 pm |
Elsa Reichmanis (Lehigh University), zoom |
3:30 pm |
Claudia Avalos (NYU Chemistry) |
4:00 pm |
Barry Rand (Princeton University) |
4:30 pm |
Closing Remarks, Michael D. Ward (NYU) |
4:45 pm |
Reception Note: The event is not fully hybrid, but the presentations will be on zoom at: |
A special edition of the journal Organic Electronics, dedicated to Martin Pope, is hot off the online "presses," and is available from Elsevier:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/organic-electronics/special-issue/10RRDJ45MST
~We gratefully acknowledge the NYU Dean for Science, the Provost's Office for Research and the Molecular Design Institute for their support.~
