The Miraculous Match of Chirality and the Electron Spin Coming Soon to FSU

Florida State University has secured 5 internationally renowned experts to speak at the Herron Symposium Lecture Series: Chiral Electronics and Semiconductors, set for October 17 – 18, 2025. At this exciting event leading experimentalists, theorists, and computational scientists will expound on the vast opportunities arising when chirality, electronics, and spintronics intersect.

Included in the dynamic program is Dr. Ron Naaman, who is widely recognized for discovering how chiral (non-superimposable) molecules can preferentially transmit electrons of a particular spin, now widely known as the Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) effect.

Dr. Bryan Kudisch, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the event organizer is instrumental in bringing Dr. Naaman to FSU from his home base in Israel, “Ron Naaman is one of the central figures shaping how researchers think about the intersection of chirality and spin physics, and he has explored this intersection in communities ranging from biology to nanomaterials. His cross-cutting perspective imparts a broader message that discoveries of new and fundamental quantum phenomena can have broad impacts on other fields.” Dr. Naaman will present his research in a presentation titled “Chirality and the Electron Spin- A Miraculous Match”.

The symposium is co-sponsored by Florida State University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Physics, and the FSU Quantum Initiative, and it will take place in the Kroto Auditorium in the Chemical Sciences Laboratory. The event is free and open to all FSU faculty and students. For more information click here.

Don't miss this exceptional opportunity learn and network with your colleagues at an event that shines new light and drives progress in fields of electronics and semiconductors.