Ruckenstein Lecture Series

Robert Langer lecturing in UB's Center for the Arts Screening Room.

The Ruckenstein Lecture Series honors Eli Ruckenstein, a prolific researcher who has made contributions in almost every subfield of chemical engineering. The series is supported by the Ruckenstein Endowment Fund.

The 2025 Eli Ruckenstein Memorial Lecture
Eli Ruckenstein.
 
Past speakers have included:
  • Dr. John L. Anderson, April 12, 2024
    Engineering the Energy Transition to Net Zero Carbon
  • The Eli Ruckenstein Memorial Symposium, May 22, 2023

  • Dr. Sharon Glotzer, April 1, 2022
    Bonding Through Entropy

  • Dr. Chad A. Mirkin April 18, 2019
    Rational Vaccinology: In Pursuit of the Perfect Vaccine
  • Dr. Jeffrey A. Hubbell April 27, 2018
    Glycomaterials for Engineering Immunity and Tolerance

  • Dr. Kristi Anseth April 14, 2017: Hydrogels as synthetic ECM analogs through bio-click reactions

  • Dr. Ashutosh Sharma April 15, 2016: Self-organization on Nano Scales: Fabrication beyond the Top-down and Bottom-up by Harnessing Thin Film Instabilities

  • Dr. Robert S. Langer April 23, 2015: Biomaterials and biotechnology: From the discovery of the first angiogenesis inhibitors to the development ofcontrolled drug delivery systems and the foundation of tissue engineering

  • Dr. Mark E. Davis May 2, 2014: Fighting Cancer with Nanoparticle Medicines: The Nanoscale Matters!

  • Dr. Nicholas Peppas April 23, 2013: Intelligent and Diagnostic Therapeutic Systems: Advanced Biomaterials and Improved HealthCare

  • Dr. Dennis Prieve, Apr 23, 2012: Effect of Severe Wall Hinderence on Brownian Motion and Mobility: Is the Ratio Still kT as Predicted by Einstein? 

  • Dr. Pablo Debenedetti, Apr 19, 2011: The Theory of Hydrophobicity: Some Recent Developments on a Venerable Subject

  • Dr. George Stephanopoulos, April 29, 2010: Nanoscale Process Systems Engineering: Towards Molecular Factories, Synthetic Cells, and Adaptive Devices

  • Dr. Rakesh K. Jain, May 4, 2009 (Inaugural Lecture): Normalizing tumor microenvironment to treat cancer: From mathematical model to mouse to man

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