Dinner and Talk Seminar Series
An event jointly organized by the ACS New Haven and Western CT sections.
Date: Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Time: 6:00-9:15 pm
Location: Albertus Magnus College, Hubert Campus Center, 831 Winchester Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
6:00 pm Check-in and networking
6:30 pm Dinner
7:30 pm Presentation and Q&A
8:30 pm Book signing
**A virtual attendance option via Zoom will also be available.**
About the talk:
Steeped: The Chemistry in a Cup of Tea
Billions of cups of tea are drunk each day making it the world’s most popular beverage. Perhaps more impressive, the molecular world of tea contains more than a thousand different chemical compounds, which contribute to its color, taste, and scent – and its stimulating effects. Join writer and quantum chemist Michelle Francl of Bryn Mawr College as she spills the tea on the rich molecular brew that can be extracted from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. Register now to learn the chemistry behind the different styles of tea and how to use science to brew a better cup!
About the speaker:
Michelle M. Francl, Ph.D. is the Frank B. Mallory Professor of Chemistry at Bryn Mawr College, where she has been on the faculty since 1986, and an Adjunct Scholar of the Vatican Observatory. She is a quantum chemist who has published in areas ranging from the development of methods for computational chemistry to the structures of topologically intriguing molecules. She is also a writer whose essays on science, culture and policy have appeared regularly in Nature Chemistry and in several collections. She was elected a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2009 and is the 2019 recipient of the ACS Philadelphia Section Award. Her latest book, Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea was published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2024 and triggered a few diplomatic waves when she suggested adding a dash of salt to tea.
