Suddath Symposium


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The origin of life on Earth is one of the most intriguing questions of all time and has been a topic of active research for almost a century. The 2021 Suddath Symposium will bring together leaders in origins of life research who will share, in a widely accessible format, recent progress in answering central questions in this field, including: How did RNA, polypeptides, and polysaccharides first emerge on the early Earth? The symposium will provide a forum to celebrate the legacy of the NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolution, which has been headquartered at Georgia Tech for the past decade.

The Suddath Symposium, to be presented via a virtual meeting format in 2021 (two half-days, in afternoon EST), is held annually to celebrate the life and contribution of F.L. "Bud" Suddath by discussing the latest developments in the fields of bioengineering and bioscience. The speakers include leading researchers from across the world. This highly-interactive symposium has been taking place for 29 years! Each year the symposium topic changes.

2021 Symposium Co-Chairs
Nick Hud, Ph.D. - Regents' Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Principal Investigator, Center for Chemical Evolution, Georgia Tech
Loren Williams, Ph.D. - Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech

Confirmed Suddath Speakers

Donna Blackmond, Ph.D.
Co-Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry
Scripps Research Institute
Facundo Fernandez, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Tech
Vicki Grassian, Ph.D.
Vicki Grassian, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego
Surface and Multiphase Chemistry and Photochemistry of Pyruvate
Martha Grover, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair, School of Chemistry and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Tech
Nicholas Hud, Ph.D.
Regents' Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Director, NSF Center for Chemical Evolution, Associate Director, Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Georgia Tech
Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, California Campus
Scripps Research Institute
Antonio Lazcano, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City
Luke Leman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, California Campus
Scripps Research Institute
Thomas Orlando, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Associate Dean for Energy Research, College of Sciences, Adjunct Professor, School of Physics
Georgia Tech
Greg Springsteen, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry
Furman University
Jack W. Szostak, Ph.D.
(Nobel Prize 2009) Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Professor of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator
Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital
Loren Williams, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Director, Center for the Origin of Life
Georgia Tech