Science Society Kavli Lecturers

The Kavli Foundation sponsors lectures at a selection of science society meetings. Below is a list of speakers that have been lecturers at:

  • American Astronomical Society (AAS)
  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • American Physical Society (APS)
  • Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF)
  • Materials Research Society (MRS)
  • Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
Speaker Institution Society Kavli Event (if any) Date
Adolphe, Bruce The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center  SfN   Fred Kavli Public Symposium on Creativity Nov, 2013
Aizenberg, Joanna Harvard University  MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience April, 2009 
Alivisatos, Paul University of California, Berkeley MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience March, 2008
Atwater, Harry California Institute of Technology MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience April, 2010
Baird, Abigail Vassar College  SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium Nov, 2011
Bawendi, Moungi Massachusetts Institute of Technology MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience Dec, 2008
Belcher, Angela Massachusetts Institute of Technology APS Kavli Foundation Special Session: Emergent Physics at the Mesoscale Feb, 2012
Bertozzi, Carolyn University of California,  Berkeley ACS The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lecture  March, 2012
Bialek, William Princeton University APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session: Emergent Physics at the Mesoscale  Feb, 2012
Burke, Martin University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign ACS The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture Sep, 2013
Chu, Steven Stanford University APS Kavli Foundation Special Session: Forefront Physics for Real World Problems: Energy, Climate, and the Environment  March, 2013
Chun, Miyoung The Kavli Foundation LSRF   Oct, 2012
Collins, M. UPMS- University of Pittsburgh SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium Oct, 2012
Damasio, Antonio University of Southern California SfN  The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture Sep, 2011 
Damasio, Antonio University of Southern California SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium on Creativity   Nov, 2013 
Davis, Mark California Institute of Technology MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience Nov, 2011
Dionne, Jennifer Stanford University  MRS Kavli Early Career Lectureship in Nanoscience Dec, 2013
Edgerton, Reggie University of California, Los Angeles SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium Oct, 2012
Eisenstein, James California Institute of Technology APS Kavli Foundation Special Session March, 2014
Giaever, Ivar Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute APS Kavli Foundation Plenary Session  March, 2011
Gogotsi, Yury Drexel University ACS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience April, 2014
Gray, Harry California Institute of Technology ACS The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lecture Sep, 2013
Greene, Laura University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign  APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session March, 2014
Harris, John Yale University APS Plenary Session I: Kavli Keynote Session: Frontiers of Physics, From the Lab to the Cosmos April, 2013 
Harris, Stephen Stanford University  APS Kavli Foundation Special Session: Forefront Physics for Real World Problems: Energy, Climate, and the Environment  March, 2013
Haynes, Christy  University of Minnesota ACS The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture April, 2013 
Helfand, David Columbia University  AAS The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture Jan, 2014
Hillis, Danny Applied Minds SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium on Creativity  Nov, 2013
Hooper, Dan University of Chicago  APS Kavli Foundation Plenary Session  April, 2011
Hovda, D.A. University of California, Los Angeles SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium Oct, 2012

Hyman, Steve

Broad Institute  SfN  Fred Kavli Public Symposium Nov, 2011 
Jamison, Kay Redfield John Hopkins University School of Medicine  SfN  Fred Kavli Public Symposium on Creativity   Nov, 2013 
Ketterle  Wolfgang Massachusetts Institute of Technology   APS  Kavli Foundation Plenary Session   March, 2011 
Kivelson, Steven Stanford University  APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session  March, 2014 
Knox, Lloyd University of California, Davis   APS  Plenary Session I: Kavli Keynote Session: Frontiers of Physics, From the Lab to the Cosmos April, 2013
Kroto, Harold Florida State University MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience  Nov, 2007 
Langair, Malcolm University of Cambridge AAS The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture May, 2011
Langer, Robert Massachusetts Institute of Technology   ACS The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lecture Aug, 2012
Latham, David Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics  AAS
 		 The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture  June, 2013
Leggett, Anthony University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign  APS  Kavli Foundation Plenary Session  March, 2011
Leshner, Alan  American Association for the Advancement of Science  SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium Nov, 2011
Lieber, Charles Harvard University  MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience Nov, 2010
Mckee, Ann Boston University  SfN  Fred Kavli Public Symposium Oct, 2012
McKenna, Amy Florida State University   APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session: Forefront Physics for Real World Problems: Energy, Climate, and the Environment  March, 2013
Mirkin, Chad Northwestern University   MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience Nov, 2009
Muller, Karl   APS  Kavli Foundation Plenary Session March, 2011
Muniz, Vik Visual Artists and Galleries Association SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium on Creativity Nov, 2013
Newsome, William Stanford University School of Medicine   SfN  The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture  Sep, 2012
Nocera, Daniel Harvard University  ACS The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lecture  April, 2013 
Nowinski, C. Sports Legacy Institute  SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium Oct, 2012
Omenetto, Fiorenzo Tufts University  MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience  Dec, 2013
Page, Lyman Princeton University AAS The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture  Jan, 2012
Pendry, John Imperial College London  MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience  Nov, 2012
Percec, Virgil University of Pennsylvania  ACS  The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry (Inaugural event)  March, 2011
Phillips, William University of Maryland at College Park  APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session: Emergent Physics at the Mesoscale Feb, 2012
Porco, Carolyn Cassini Imaging  AAS  The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture (Inaugural) Jan, 2011
Raine, Adrian University of Pennsylvania  SfN Fred Kavli Public Symposium  Nov, 2011
Rogers, John University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign  ACS  The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry Lecture  March, 2014 
Rushworth, Matthew University of Oxford  FENS The Kavli Foundation Lecture July, 2012
Russell, Thomas University of MA Amherst  MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience April 2012
Schultz, Wolfram University of Cambridge  SfN  The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture Oct, 2010
Smith, Vernon Chapman University  SfN The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture  Sep, 2013 
Soifer, B. Thomas California Institute of Technology  AAS  The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture  Jan, 2013
Soloman, Susan University of Colorado at Boulder  ACS  The Kavli Foundation Innovations in Chemistry  Aug, 2011
Spiropulu, Maria California Institute of Technology  APS   Kavli Foundation Plenary Session April, 2011
Stark, Craig University of California, Irvine  SfN  Fred Kavli Public Symposium Nov, 2011
Stephens, Graeme Jet Propulsion Laboratory  APS   Kavli Foundation Special Session: Forefront Physics for Real World Problems: Energy, Climate, and the Environment  March, 2013 
Stern, R. Boston University  SfN  Fred Kavli Public Symposium  Oct, 2012
Thompson, Lonnie Ohio State University  APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session: Forefront Physics for Real World Problems: Energy, Climate, and the Environment   March, 2013 
Ting, Samuel Massachusetts Institute of Technology  APS   Kavli Foundation Keynote Session  March, 2012
Tokura, Yoshinori University of Tokyo  APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session  March, 2014
van Dishoeck, Ewine Leiden Observatory  AAS  The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture June, 2012
Watson, Alan University of Leeds  APS  Kavli Foundation Keynote Session  March, 2012
Weinberg, Steven University of Texas  APS  Kavli Foundation Plenary Session April, 2011
Weiss, Emily Northwestern University   ACS The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture March, 2014
Weissman, Jonathan University of California, San Francisco   LSRF  The Kavli Foundation Plenary Lecture Oct, 2010
White, Steven University of California, Irvine  APS  Kavli Foundation Special Session March, 2014
Whitesides, George Harvard University APS Kavli Foundation Special Session: Emergent Physics at the Mesoscale Feb, 2012
Wilczek, Frank Massachusetts Institute of Technology APS Kavli Foundation Plenary Session March, 2011
Wineland, David University of Colorado at Boulder APS Plenary Session I: Kavli Keynote Session: Frontiers of Physics, From the Lab to the Cosmos April, 2013
Younan, Xia Georgia Institute of Technology MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience April, 2013
Zhang, Xiang University of California, Berkeley MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience April, 2011