Sharon Gerecht, Kent Gordon Croft Investment Management Faculty Scholar, director of the Institute for NanoBioTechnology, and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Whiting School of Engineering, will present her Inaugural Professorial Lecture at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in Mason Hall Auditorium. The title of her lecture is "Physicochemical Cues to Guide Blood Vessel Growth." This event is part of the Don P. Giddens Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series, a tradition that began in 1993 to honor newly promoted full professors. Professor Giddens, originator of the series, served from 1992 to 1997 at the fifth dean of the Whiting School of Engineering.