{"id":12610,"date":"2025-04-24T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=12610"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:40:28","slug":"51st-john-stauffer-distinguished-lecture-in-the-sciences-april-24-25-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/51st-john-stauffer-distinguished-lecture-in-the-sciences-april-24-25-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"52nd John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture in the Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 25px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13395\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3-1150x1536.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3-1533x2048.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2026\/04\/Christophe-Coperet-3.jpg 1572w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\">Professor Christophe Cop\u00e9ret<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">ETH Z\u00fcrich<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 20px; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Kk0qA-Aa18k_41XXskwmuPISiwLZPPv0\/view?usp=sharing\">52nd John Stauffer Distinguished Lecture Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <div style=\"text-align: center; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Understanding Catalysis one Atom at a Time&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong>Presented by<br \/>\nProfessor Christophe Cop\u00e9ret<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Ariel, serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Lecture<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday, April 30, 2026<br \/>\nSeeley G. 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