UST Honorary Professor for Chemistry Dr. Geoffrey Cordell returned to the University on December 4, 2024 as the inaugural lecturer in the Honorary Professor Lecture Series organized by the Department of Chemistry of the College of Science, in cooperation with the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences and the Graduate School.
The lecture, entitled 鈥淐.A.R.E.: Writing and Publishing Manuscripts and Beyond鈥� was attended by students of the B.Sc. Chemistry program, DOST-ASTHRDP scholars under various natural science programs of the UST Graduate School and academic staff of the Department of Chemistry.
During the event, Prof. Cordell emphasized on the importance of properly communicating one鈥檚 scientific knowledge through publications in valid, peer-reviewed journals and how this is important in the development of capable scientists. Throughout his lecture, he used the acronym C.A.R.E. to highlight his key takeaways for the audience such as 鈥淐onduct Appropriate and Rigorous Experiments鈥�, 鈥淐ommit to Accurate Report as an Experimentalist鈥�, and 鈥淐ritically Assessing Research Expenditures鈥�, among others. These examples, as well as many other CARE acronyms he has developed, have been published in the journal Natural Products Communications last September 2021 ().
Prior to the lecture, Prof. Cordell met with Acad. Prof. Emeritus Maribel G. Nonato, currently serving as Assistant to the Rector for UST General Santos, Prof. Rey Donne S. Papa, Dean of the College of Science, Assoc. Prof. Alan Rodelle M. Salcedo, Chair of the Department of Chemistry, and academic staff of the Department of Chemistry to discuss potential program offerings in the soon-to-be opened School of Science of UST General Santos. Prof. Cordell鈥檚 insights as an academic official of the University of Illinois and natural products researcher were instrumental as the department is preparing its program offerings for UST鈥檚 first campus in Mindanao.
Prof. Cordell, who is an emeritus professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago and former Dean of its College of Pharmacy, is a long-time collaborator of several natural products chemists of the UST Department of Chemistry, such as Prof. Emeritus Beatrice Q. Guevara, Acad. Prof. Emeritus Maribel G. Nonato and Prof. Ma. Alicia M. Aguinaldo. He was given the title Honorary Professor of Chemistry by the College of Science of the 水果视频 in 2017.
