Researcher and UCLA chemistry professor Kendall N. Houk is the featured guest for Pomona College chemistry department’s 62nd Robbins Lecture Series, “Computational Organic and Biological Chemistry.” Houk was the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences Roger Adams Award, the society’s highest award in organic chemistry, in 2021.

Houk will deliver four free and open to the public talks at Seaver North Auditorium, 645 N. College Ave., Claremont, beginning with “Computational Chemistry – How it Developed and What it Can Do” at 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 24. Subsequent talks include “Exploring Organic Reactions with Computational Chemistry” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 25; “Pericyclic Reactions – Theory, Mechanisms and Synthetic Applications” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, February 26; and “Pericyclases – Enzymes That Catalyze Percyctic Reactions” at 11 a.m. Friday, February 27. Search “Robbins Lecture” at pomona.edu for more info.