Come for the chemistry, stay for the bonding

Thanks to the steering committee of the 2018 University of California Chemical Symposium for their invitation to be a Keynote Speaker for the meeting, which takes place from March 22-26 2018. The UC Chemical Symposium brings together graduate students and postdocs from all ten University of California campuses for three days of talks, poster sessions, workshops and social activities. The program is curated by and for students and posted and this year marks the third annual gathering. The keynote speakers are selected by the students as those whose work they find most inspiring and of broadest interest to those in all disciplines of the chemical sciences.