Arsenic: The King of Poisons

Arsenic: The King of Poisons
Michael Fricke, Ph.D.

A humanistic approach to the element starting with the first occupational exposure to arsenic as Bronze Age smiths forged tools and weapons in their new smelters. Dr. Fricke will also discuss the Tactile Periodic Table Project and his advocacy for disabled chemists.

Michael Fricke, Ph.D. is an analytical development chemist at Olon Ricerca Bioscience based in Concord, Ohio and was the analytical lead for the development of Molnupiravir, the first approved oral treatment for COVID-19. He is an expert on elemental impurities which developed from his graduate study of arsenic and led to an appointment as an Oak Ridge Post-Doctoral Fellow and then as a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia. Dr Fricke is also a Councilor for the Akron Section of the American Chemical Society and is a member of the ACS Committee for Chemists with Disabilities.