A man in a suit (Moungi Bawendi) speaks to a packed lecture hall, standing before three display screens.

Professor Moungi Bawendi delivers his lecture to a packed 10-250.

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A program reads AN EVENING WITH CHEMISTRY NOBEL LAUREATE MOUNGI BAWENDI and features a colorful photo of quantum dots in six small vials.

Programs, stickers, and reusable bags festooned with quantum dots were distributed to attendees.

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Two men wearing suits laugh together in a lecture hall.

Department Head and Professor Troy Van Voorhis (left) shares a laugh with Professor Moungi Bawendi before the lecture.

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Two women and two men, seated in audience chairs converse with Moungi Bawendi, who faces them.

From Left: Rachel Zimmerman, Judith Selwyn, PhD ’71 (V), Lee Selwyn, PhD ’69, (XV), and John Dolhun, PhD '73 chat with Professor Bawendi before his talk.

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A photo of a packed audience from the point of view of the speaker.

Members of the Chemistry Faculty and hundreds of other attendees applaud Professor Bawendi.

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A crowd seated in a lecture hall.

Huntington Hall reached its seated capacity and additional attendees were happy to stand in the aisles.

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Dean Mavalvala stands at a podium with Moungi Bawendi in the background.

Dean Nergis Mavalvala delivers the closing remarks and facilitates a Q&A after Professor Bawendi's lecture.

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A student with long black hair holds her phone at arm's length to capture a photo of herself with Moungi Bawendi.

A lecture attendee takes a selfie with Professor Bawendi.

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Moungi Bawendi delivers Nobel Lecture to the MIT Community

by Danielle Doughty | Department of Chemistry |
Categories: Alumni, Awards, Events, Faculty, Postdocs, Research, Staff, Students

On Thursday, February 8, members of the MIT Community and alumni were treated to a lecture by 2023 Nobel Laureate Professor Moungi Bawendi.

On Thursday, February 8, members of the MIT community packed Huntington Hall (10-250) to capacity to hear Moungi Bawendi, the Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry and a 2023 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, deliver a lecture on quantum dots, the discovery for which he was named a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize. As MIT staff, postdocs, faculty, students, local alumni, and friends packed into the aisles of Huntington Hall, programs, stickers, and reusable grocery totes festooned with colorful quantum dots were distributed.

The Department of Chemistry partnered with the MIT Alumni Association to livestream the lecture, titled “A synthesis for quantum dots leads to a nano-world of opportunities”, to over 500 alumni across the globe. The event was a festive celebration of Bawendi’s truly stellar achievements.

Bawendi’s lecture is now available to stream on YouTube.