Prof. Daniel Gamelin ’90 of the University of Washington will deliver the chemistry department's Thomas Dunne Lecture on "Doped Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Experiments at a Frontier of Inorganic, Physical, and Materials Chemistries"

Gamelin is the Harry and Catherine Jaynne Boand Endowed Professor of Chemistry at Washington State University

Prof. Tom Dunne grew up in the Mojave Desert before heading across the Sierras to do his undergraduate work at UCLA, where he graduated in 1952.  Tom then moved to the University of Washington to pursue his PhD, spent a few years at IBM in New York and then returned to academics at MIT, doing a postdoctoral fellowship with Al Cotton.  Tom arrived at Reed in the Fall of 1963 as an inorganic chemist and became one of the great contributors to the success of the department over his 30+ years on the faculty. Tom’s interests in chemistry are broad, but his research was rooted in an interest in seeking chemical paths to sustainable solar energy. Following his “retirement” in the mid-1990’s, Tom created the first environmental chemistry course at Reed and taught it for roughly 10 years, paving the way for the arrival of the ES-Chem major. Tom was a popular teacher and mentor throughout his career, and advised over 50 senior theses. His former students have gone on to have spectacular careers in and out of academics and in and out of chemistry.  It is appropriate that we have a lecture series in Tom’s name, since he was so active in introducing Reedies to the chemistry community beyond campus, and likewise for introducing chemists from beyond campus to Reed. We are delighted to have this opportunity to honor an individual who contributed so much to the current success of the Reed chemistry department.