Previous Hendricks Lecturers

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2022	Natural Compounds for the Health of Plants, Humans, and the Environment
	Stephen O. Duke, Professor, National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
2021	Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Natural Health Products: Achievements and Challenges
	Fereidoon Shahidi, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
2020	Nature Inspired - Natural Products and Crop Protection
	Thomas C. Sparks, Independent Consultant, Agrilucent, LLC
2019	The Evolution and Future Needs of Food Chemistry in a Changing World
	John W. Finley, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
2018	Pathogens And Pesticides—Research Topics In Food And Environmental Safety
	James N. Seiber, Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis
2017	New Opportunities for Sustainable Food Production from the Chemical Science of Agriculture
	John A. Pickett, Michael Elliott Distinguished Research Fellow, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, England
2016	How to Eat a Plant—Phytochemical Detoxification in Bees vs Butterflies
	May R. Berenbaum, Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana -Champaign
2015	Insect Herbivore Pest Management With Chemical Ecology
	James H. Tumlinson, Ralph O. Mumma, Professor of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University
2014	Role of innovation in addressing the challenges facing global agriculture
	Robert T. Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto
2013	Arriving at the Truth: Weight of Evidence for Assessing Risks of Agrochemicals
	Keith R Solomon, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Toxicology, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph
2012	Fifty Years of Smelling Sulfur: From Allium Chemistry to Olfactory Detection of Sulfur Compounds
	Eric Block, Carla Rizzo Delray Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the University at Albany, State University of New York
2011	Applying Advances in Chemistry to Benefit Developing World Agriculture
	Deborah Delmer, Professor Emeritus, College of Biological Sciences, University of California at Davis, Davis, California
2010	Development of Cellulosic Biofuels
	Chris R. Somerville, Director, Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California, Berkeley
2009	Biomanufacture of Nanoparticle Vaccines in Plants
	Charles J. Arntzen, Florence Ely Nelson Presidential Endowed Chair and The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
2008	A Nutritional Odyssey: From Famine to Feast, Can Science and Policy Solve the Dilemma?
	Fergus M. Clydesdale, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2007	Why Cellulosic Ethanol is Nearer than You Think: Creating the Biofuels Future
	Bruce E. Dale, Biomass Conversion Research Lab at Michigan State University
2006	Synthetic Prions, Mad Cow, and Scientific Heresy
	Stanley B. Prusiner, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry, University of California, San Francisco
2005	Grand Challenges and Opportunities in the Environmental Sciences: The Importance of Basic Research and Technology
	Donald L. Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Endowed Chair and Chairman of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, the University of Delaware
2004	Moving Food Safety Concepts into the 21st Century: Learning to Describe, Manage, and Even Enjoy Biological Variability
	Robert L. Buchanan, Director, Office of Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
2003	Tribute Honoring the Lifetime Achievements and Contributions of Kriton Hatzios
	Kriton K. Hatzios, Head, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, and Associate Dean for Research, Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
2002	From Soybeans to Lectins: A Trail of Research Revisited
	Irvin E. Liener, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry Department, University of Minnesota
2001	Structure, Function and Metabolism of Insect Steroids
	Malcolm J. Thompson, Insect Physiology Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service (retired)
2000	Lessons from Nature Point the Way to Environmentally Friendly Methods for Crop Protection
	William S. Bowers, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona
1999	Integration of Biotechnology into Agricultural Chemistry
	Bruce D. Hammock, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of California at Davis
1998	Martin Beroza, Chief, Organic Chemicals Synthesis Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service
1997	Ernest Hodgson, Head, Department of Toxicology, North Carolina State University
1996	Hugh D. Sisler, Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Biology, University of Maryland
1995	Winslow R. Briggs, Director Emeritus, Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington
1994	Wendell L. Roelofs, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Insect Biochemistry, Cornell University
1993	Philip H. Abelson, Deputy Editor, Science, and Scientific Advisor to AAAS
1992	John E. Casida, Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology, University of California at Berkeley
1991	Peter S. Eagleson, Professor of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1990	Roy L. Whistler, Emeritus Professor of Purdue University
1989	Sanford A. Miller, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
1988	Bruce N. Ames, Chairman, Department of Biochemistry, University of California at Berkeley
1987	Mary-Dell Chilton, Director of Biotechnology Research for Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
1986	Ralph Hardy, President, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Sciences, Cornell University, and Deputy Chairman, BioTechnica International
1985	Alan Putnam, Professor, Department of Horticulture and Pesticide Research Center, Michigan State University
1984	Frederick Ausubel, Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
1983	Melvin Calvin, Nobel Laureate and University Professor of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley
1982	Warren L. Butler, Professor of Biology and Past Chairman, Biology Department, University of California at San Diego
1981	Norman E. Borlaug, Nobel Laureate and Director of International Maize and Wheat Improvement