Previous Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecturers

2025-26
Jeffery W. Kelly
Scripps Research Institute

"The Scientific Origins of Drugs that Slow Neurodegeneration and
the Pharmacological Future of Treating Dementias"

2024-25
Chuan He
University of Chicago

Nucleic Acid Chemical Labeling

2023-24
Alice Y. Ting
Standford University

Engineering Proteins to Map and Manipulate Cells

2022-23
Craig M. Crews
Yale University

PROTACs and Targeted Protein Degradation: A New Therapeutic Modality

2019-20
Brian M. Hoffman
Northwestern University

How Nature Fertilizes the Earth: The Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Nitrogenase

2018-19
Catherine L. Drennan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Shake, Rattle & Roll: Capturing Snapshots of Metalloproteins in Action

2017-18
Xiaowei Zhuang
Harvard University

Illuminating Biology at the Nanoscale and Systems Scale by Imaging

2015-16
Dennis A. Dougherty
California Institute of Technology

Chemistry on the Brain: Understanding the Nicotine Receptor

2014-15
Richard B. Silverman
Northwestern University

CPP-115: A Novel GABA Aminotransferase Inactivator and New Treatment for Epilepsy and Addiction

2013-14
Daniel Kahne
Harvard University

Lipopolysaccharide Transport and Assembly in Escherichia coli

2012-13
Benjamin F. Cravatt III
The Scripps Research Institute

Activity-Based Proteomics: Applications for Enzyme and Inhibitor Discovery

2011-12
Ronald T. Raines
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Electronic Effects on Protein Structure

2010-11
JoAnne Stubbe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A Manganese Ribonucleotide Reductase: The Importance of the Biosynthetic Machinery

2009-10
Angela M. Gronenborn
University of Pittsburgh

The CVNH Family of Lectins - Structure, Folding, Sugar Binding and HIV Inactivation

2008-09

Peter B. Dervan
California Institute of Technology

Molecular Recognition of DNA: Biological Applications

Guy Carter
Wyeth Research

Rapamycin Analogs: New Chemistry/New Indications