Biophysicist Steven D. Schwartz is Probst Lecturer

Steven D. Schwartz of the University of Arizona will deliver the 2024 William J Probst Memorial Lecture on the SIUE campus on Monday, March 25.

His lecture, entitled “Computers and the physics of complex biological systems: Ways to probe long time and rare events that keep us alive, can make us sick, and drugs that can help” is at 7 p.m. in the Meridian Ballroom, Morris University Center.

Dr Schwartz will present a bonus Probst Lecture early the following day, at 11 a.m. in Room 1136, Science East Building. This talk is titled “Why are artificial enzymes so hard to make: lessons from transition path sampling and evolution. A possible way forward”.

The SIUE Department of Chemistry and the Chemistry Club host the event, which is funded in part by:

• SIUE Office of the Provost
• College of Arts and Sciences
• Graduate School
• School of Pharmacy
• Department of Chemistry
• Chemistry Club

Both lectures are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the SIUE Department of Chemistry at 618-650-2042.