The Annual TSRC R. Stephen Berry Lecture

In 2002, the board of TSRC decided to honor one of its founders, R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago James Franck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, by designating an annual lecture series in his name. Each year, the TSRC president invites a special speaker to give the Stephen Berry lecture as part of the public Town Talk science lecture series. Steve himself gave the first lecture in 2003.

History of Berry Lectures

• January 26, 2012  "The Science of Water: Its quirky, quixotic nature in life and energy" by James L. Skinner, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Joseph O. Hirschfelder Professor of Chemistry, and Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• July 26, 2011 "Green Chemistry . . . For Real" by Eric J. Beckman, University of Pittsburgh George M. Bevier Professor of Engineering and Co-Director of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
• July 27, 2010 ''Fuels from Sunlight: Storing solar energy to meet global energy needs" by Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University, Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the Argonne-Northwestern Energy Research Center
• August 4, 2009 "Personalized Energy: A Carbon-Neutral Energy Supply for Each Individual (x 6 Billion People)" by Daniel G. Nocera, MIT Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry
• July 8, 2008 "Energy and Nanoscience: A Marriage of Convenience" by Mark Ratner, Northwestern University Morrison Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• August 7, 2007 "Is it Science? Global warming, intelligent design, the cosmic anthropic principle, and Einstein’s moon" by Michael E. Kellman, University of Oregon Professor of Theoretical Chemistry & Physical Chemistry
• August 1, 2006 "The Chemistry of the Universe" by William Klemperer, Harvard University Research Professor of Physical Chemistry
• August 2, 2005 "Lasers: The Light Fantastic" by Carl Lineberger, E. U. Condon Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Colorado and Fellow of JIL
• August 10, 2004 "An Illustrated & Literary Tour of Real and Imagined Universes" by William Reinhardt, Chemistry and Physics Professor at University of Washington in Seattle
• July 29, 2003 "The Deepest, Simplest, Most General and Most Puzzling Science: Thermodynamics" by R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago James Franck Distinguied Service Professor Emeritus and Member of the National Academy of Sciences