JACS in Conversation with Professor Laura Gagliardi

JACS in Conversation With… the new series from the Journal of the American Chemical Society presents interviews with accomplished scientists in chemistry. In this interview, JACS Editor-in-Chief Professor Erick Carreira speaks with Professor Laura Gagliardi.
Professor Gagliardi is the Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at The University of Chicago. She is also a recently appointed Associate Editor of JACS.

Watch the video to learn how Professor Gagliardi’s professional career trajectory took her from Italy to the United States, why she compares chemists to cooks, and her thoughts on the importance of theoretical chemistry to experimental chemistry and the field overall.