Margareta Séquin

Lecturer emerita
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132

 

Email address: msequin@sfsu.edu
 
     

Current Projects and Professional Activities

Author of "The Chemistry of Plants: Perfumes, Pigments, and Poisons", published April 2012, by RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry). (Amazon link)

 
  Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, American Chemical Society, California Section
  Docent at Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA, leading tours on plants and their chemistry
   

Biographical Information


Teaching of Field Seminars and Plant Chemistry Courses

 

Talk for Wayne Roderick Lecture Series:
"Hiking with a chemist_ admiring plants through a chemist's eyes" at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013

UC Berkeley Botanical Garden workshop
Pigments, Dyes and Fibers from Plants: A Gentle Introduction to their Chemistry", Saturday, April 6, 2013

Plant Chemistry Hike on Mount Diablo
for University Section Club, Berkeley, April 27, 2013

Science Cafe at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
"Plants, Perfumes, and Poisons", Wednesday, May 1, 2013

American Chemical Society and Public Outreach Programs

ACS Family Science Nights and other public outreach events (with SFSU student participation)

ACS Family Science Night at Bancroft Middle School in San Leandro, Tuesday, March 12, 2013

California Section, ACS Women Chemists Committee Programs

Expanding your Horizon (EYH) at Las Positas College in Livermore, CA, Saturday, March 2, 2013

Courses Taught at San Francisco State University