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Katherine L. Lee: "Lessons Learned in My Career and ACS Journey"
April 25, 2026
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM
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The Great Escape Restaurant
9540 W Irving Park Rd
Schiller Park, IL 60176
https://greatescaperestaurant.com/
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50,60,70 Year member Recognition
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Katherine L. Lee
ACS Board Director, District I
"Lessons Learned in My Career and ACS Journey"
ABSTRACT
ACS has been an integral part of my life as a chemist, starting in my first year of graduate school. Now, over 30 years later, in this talk I will reflect on my career in the pharmaceutical industry and how ACS has been part this journey.
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BIOGRAPHY
Katherine L. Lee is an expert in drug discovery, including structure-based and fragment-based drug design; a leader in portfolio strategy and business operations; and a strategic and scientific advisor on small and large molecule programs, most recently at Pfizer, Inc., in Cambridge, MA. She earned a B.S., summa cum laude, with Distinction in Chemistry, from Yale University and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at MIT before completing a postdoc at the University of Texas at Austin. Her career in the pharmaceutical industry includes several years leading teams in medicinal chemistry and small molecule drug discovery, as well as in strategy and operations. Katherine has been the District I Director on the American Chemical Society Board of Directors since 2019.
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$35.00 REGISTRATION: Chicago ACS member
$40.00 REGISTRATION: Guest and Non-Chicago ACS member
$15.00 Students/Postsdocs
$15.00 Student/Postdoc
