2023 Program

September 22, 2023, Friday

(The speaker presentations will be at the GGC Building C Cisco auditorium, and the poster presentations will be at the GGC Building B-Atrium)

12:30 PM Registration & Poster Set-Up (GGC Building B-Atrium)

1:30-1:35 PM Introductory Remarks: Dr. Chavonda Mills, Dean, SST, Georgia Gwinnett College

1:35-1:40 PM Welcome: Dr. Jann Joseph, President, Georgia Gwinnett College

1:40-1:45 PM Introduction of the 2023 Herty Medalist: Dr. George Low, Provost, Georgia Gwinnett College

1:45-2:25 PM Herty Award Address: “Adventures in Understanding Interactions between Molecules,” Dr. David Sherrill, 2023 Herty Awardee, Georgia Institute of Technology (Click here for the abstract)

2:25-2:35 PM Break

2:35-3:50 PM Undergraduate Student Poster Session / Reception. (Click here for the poster presentation abstracts)

3:50- 4:00 PM Break

4:00-4:25 PM “Career Journey as an Analytical Chemist and Insights Gained,” Dr. Kimberly Agnew-Heard, Altria Client Services (Click here for the abstract)

4:25-4:50 PM “Undergraduate Research Experiences in Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Fluorescent NIR Cyanine Dyes for Various Biomedical and Bioimaging Applications, ” Dr. Maged Henary, Georgia State University (Click here for the abstract)

4:50-5:00 PM Poster Award Ceremony & Concluding Remarks:  Dr. Omar Villanueva, Chair, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Gwinnett College