Educator’s Week 2026

While science curricula are ever-evolving, many lines of evidence show that modernizing teaching tools and methodologies can tremendously benefit students.

Join us for a series of live webinar presentations from leading educators at top academic institutions, as well as talks by Schrödinger scientists.

All Educator’s Week 2026 Recording Links

Workshops:

• Teaching Protein-Ligand Complementarity using Schrödinger’s Ligand Designer by Emma Kuczkowski & Kat Bay from Schrödinger
• Mapping the Reaction “Mountain Pass” and Visualizing Transition States with Schrödinger’s AutoTS Workflow by Katie Dahlquist & Kat Bay from Schrödinger
• Searching for the “Chemical Core” using Ligand-Based Virtual Screening with Phase by Pallavi Kumari and Kat Bay from Schrödinger

Faculty Perspectives on the Teaching with Schrödinger Program:

• Faculty Perspectives on Using Teaching with Schrödinger by Prof. Katie Simmons from the University of Leeds
• Faculty Perspectives on Using Teaching with Schrödinger by Prof. Kevin Cunningham from the University of Westminster
• Using Molecular Graphics to Enhance Postgraduate Pharmacology Learning at The University of Auckland by Prof. Jack Flanagan from the University of Auckland
• Blueprints before bricks: The impact of early and intentional molecular modeling on project outcomes in a Medicinal Chemistry CURE by Prof. Tracy Covey from Weber State University
• Teaching with Schrödinger in Chemical Sciences at DCU by Prof. Emma Coyle from Dublin City University
• Faculty Perspectives on Using Teaching with Schrödinger by Prof. Sahar Saleh Alghamdi from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
• Parallel exploration of virtual protein-ligand docking workflow and benchtop by Prof. Yi Jin Gorske from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine
• Synthesis of drug compounds in a second-semester organic chemistry curriculum by Prof. Terry-Elinor Reid from Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy

Panels:

• How to Set Your Students Up for Success with Molecular Modeling Skills Panel with Profs. Aurelia Ball (Skidmore College), Shuming Chen (Oberlin College), Melissa Ramirez (University of Minnesota), & Heidi Hendrickson (Lafayette College)
• Leveraging Molecular Modeling Skills on Your Graduate School Applications Panel with Yury Polyachenko (Princeton University), Emma Steude (University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy), Aiden Day (Saint Joseph’s College of Maine), & Olivia Oliver (University of Evansville)
• Launching your Industry Career with a Computational Degree Panel with Dr. Haley Michel (Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals), Dr. Sarah Kochanek (Novartis), Dr. Stephan Bucker (GNT Europa GmbH), and Dr. Chloe Luyet (Schrödinger) 

Toolbox Top-Up Sessions:

• Designing BMS-8 Derivatives by Prof. Matthew Addicoat from Nottingham Trent University
• Teaching Biomolecular Visualization in a Biochemistry Lab Course: From PyMOL Training with an OER to Modeling Phosphomimetic Mutants of Malate Dehydrogenase by Prof. Pamela Mertz from St. Mary’s College of Maryland
• Molecular Dynamics fundamentals and applications minicourse by Yury Polyachenko from Princeton University
• Teaching Structure-Based Drug Discovery Through a Guided Molecular Docking by Isabela Wiermann from Federal University of São João del-Rei
• Integrating Computational Molecular Modeling into Chemical Education: Teaching [2+2] and [2+4] Cycloaddition Reaction Mechanisms by Prof. Koteswararao Gorantla from VIT-AP University
• From Sequence to Binding Site: An Accessible Workflow for AI-Based Protein Structure Prediction and Ligand Docking by Prof. Serena Rosignoli from University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
• A “Crowdsourcing” Team-based Learning Approach to Teach Structure-Based Drug Design by Prof. Kathleen Frey from Fairleigh Dickinson University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• Appreciating diversity at sequence level with Jalview by Prof. Khadija Jabeen from the University of Dundee
• Computational Visualization of Molecular Geometry, Bond Polarity, and Intermolecular Forces by Prof. Abdul Rahman from PCSIR Lahore
• Using PyMOL to Visualize Protein Structure and Molecular Interactions in the Biology Classroom by Aruna Arumugam Chockalingam from Asia University
• A Quick Docking Exercise to Introduce Protein–Ligand Interactions in the Classroom by Pavithra Ramamurthy from B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute Of Science And Technology
• Teaching docking to a multidisciplinary students’ audience by Samra Khan from the University of Windsor