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Franklin Awards Symposium: Honoring Professor Naomi J. Halas – Rice University – Recipient of the 2025 Franklin Medal in Chemistry
April 30 at 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
This symposium will feature cutting-edge contributions in plasmonics and nanonphonics research that are enabling advances in life sciences, energy sustainability, and information technology.
Event Schedule
8:50 am: Welcome
9:00 am: Prof. Rizia Bardhan, Iowa State University.
9:35 am: Prof. Stephan Link, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
10:10 am: Break
10:30 am: Prof. Peter J. A. Nordlander, Rice University
11:05 am: Prof. Naomi J. Halas, Rice University (2025 Laureate in Chemistry)

Naomi J. Halas, Rice University
Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
PRICE: Free and open to the public with registration.
REGISTER: https://viest.upenn.edu/events/nanomaterials-and-light-address-grand-challenges-honoring-professor-naomi-j-halas
Optional ZOOM access permitted with registration; Group logins encouraged to preserve bandwidth.
CONTACT: Robert Wertz (rwertz@sas.upenn.edu)