Dr. Richard P. “Rick” Baldwin, Distinguished Educator and Professor of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Kentucky, will be the featured speaker for the 2019 Wittliff Lecture Series at San Marcos Academy.
The Wittliff Lecture, “Better Living Through Chemistry: Mine and Yours,” will be presented at 10:15 a.m. Oct 7 at the Robinson Christian Center on the Academy campus. The event is open to the public.
Dr. Baldwin’s research in analytical chemistry focuses on chemical analyses and instrument development for diverse analytical applications such as the detection of environmental contaminants. He and co-workers at Purdue University were among the first to incorporate computers into chemical instruments which Baldwin advanced to design novel miniaturized coulometric devices, enabling networks for remote 24/7 sensing of toxic metals such as lead and arsenic.
