April 17, 2024
Daniel Nomura to present K. J. Klabunde Memorial Lecture in Chemistry
Daniel Nomura, professor of chemical biology at UC Berkeley, will be the speaker for 2024 K. J. Klabunde Memorial Lecture in Chemistry. Nomura will present "Reimagining Druggability using Chemoproteomic Platforms" at 1:05 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in Room 4 of King Hall.
Ken Klabunde joined Kansas State University in 1979, when he was appointed professor and head of the chemistry department. He served as department head for nine years and was named university distinguished professor in 1988. In 1995, he founded NanoScale Corporation, the first company launched as a spin-off of Kansas State University.
Klabunde mentored more than 170 undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral associates and visiting scientists who worked as researchers in his laboratory over the course of his career. A total of 46 students received their doctoral degrees under his guidance.
Klabunde served as one of the world’s leading experts and innovators in the field of nanotechnology. He published more than 500 scientific articles, authored and edited four influential books, filed over 20 patents, delivered more than 200 invited lectures and received numerous awards, including the Olin Petefish Award in the Basic Sciences in 1995, and the 1998 Midwest Award from the American Chemical Society. He was also the recipient of a Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics, and was named an Alumni Fellow by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences of the University of Iowa and was a Fellow of the American Chemical Society.