Sept. 4: Electrochemistry is Topic of 34th Leonard A. Ford Lectures at Minnesota State Mankato

Wednesday, September 4, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Technical lecture held in Ostrander Auditorium

Mankato, Minn. – Johna Leddy, a professor in the University of Iowa’s Department of Chemistry, will deliver two lectures on electrochemistry Wednesday, Sept. 4 in Minnesota State University, Mankato’s 34^th Leonard A. Ford lectureship.

Both lectures are free and open to the public.

Leddy will give a technical talk at 11 a.m. on Sept. 4 titled “Magnetoelectrocatalysis.” Leddy’s technical talk will be held in Centennial Student Union’s Ostrander Auditorium.

According to a provided abstract, Leddy in her technical talk will address the following: “In the study of electron transfer reactions, electrochemistry focuses on electrical current and potential. Yet, throughout electromagnetic theory, current is entangled with electrical and magnetic fields and gradients. Gradients drive chemical change. Where magnetic gradients couple into electron transfer events, magnetoelectrocatalysis increases rates.”

Leddy will present a general talk at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 titled “How to Change the Energy Distribution of the Planet? Electrochemistry.” Leddy’s general talk will be held in Trafton Science Center – TR C121.

According to a provided abstract, Leddy in her evening general talk will discuss how “electrochemistry is used to refine aluminum, generate chlorine, and remove electrochemical catalysis lowers environmental loads and energy costs in reactions such as hydrogen generation and CO₂ reduction. Electrochemistry will change the energy distribution of the planet.”

According to a provided biography, Leddy earned a doctorate from the University of Texas and completed postdoctoral training at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the Fuel Cell Program. She has published 46 high impact papers and holds 32 U.S. patents. Her work spans from fundamental electrochemistry to advanced technologies.

The Leonard A. Ford Lectureship is sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Geology in Minnesota State Mankato’s College of Science, Engineering & Technology.

For more information, please contact Christine Cords, office manager in the Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Geology, at 507-389-1963, or christine.cords@mnsu.edu.

Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 14,635 students, is part of the Minnesota State system, which includes 26 colleges and seven universities.