Division News
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The Division of Organic Chemistry announces the the 2010-11 Graduate Fellows
The 2010-11 Division of Organic Chemistry Fellows are:
Adam Brown Harvard University Ming Chen The Scripps Research Institute Hee Yeon Cho Boston College Juana Du University of Wisconsin Claire Filloux Colorado State University Dawn Makley Vanderbilt University Kyle Quasdorf UCLA Daniel Robbins University of iIlinois Danielle Schultz University of Michigan Gretchen Stanton University of Pennsylvania
Short Biographies of the 2010-11 Fellows and their essays are available here.
We gratefully acknowledge the sponsors (Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline, Genentech, Organic Reactions, Organic Syntheses, Boehringer Ingelheim, Amgen), and thank Organic Letters for the opportunity to publish their biographical sketches.
The Division has awarded over 370 graduate fellowships under this program since 1981 (See the comprehensive list of the award winners).
We welcome contacts from companies, individuals and organizations interested in sponsoring annual fellowships or wishing to endow a fellowship. There are always many more deserving applicants than there are fellowships! Please contact Professor Melanie Sanford (mssanfor@umich.edu); Tel: (734) 615-0451) if you would like to sponsor a fellowship.
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2010 Division of Organic Chemistry Elections
The 2010 Division of Organic Chemistry elections will take place on Sept. 8, 2010. Division members will receive an email notifying them how to proceed. Please be on the look out for an email from elections@vote-now.com and please add vote-now.com to your spam filter "white list".
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Younger Chemist Leadership Development Award
Each year, the YCC grants 15 Younger Chemist Leadership Development Awards that support ACS members who are less than 35 years of age to travel to and participate in the annual ACS Leadership Institute and the Leadership Development Workshop. Awards are made on the basis of scientific merit and cover the registration fee, transportation, lodging, and meals associated with attending the Younger Chemist Leadership Development Workshop and the ACS Leadership Institute.
Eligibility: 1) US citizens or permanent residents. 2) Under the age of 35 years of age at the time of application. 3) Current graduate student, post-doc, OR within the first seven (7) years of a professional career. 4) Current ACS member. 5) Have not received a prior award under this program.
Application Deadline: Applications accepted between August 26th and October 1st.Click Here for more information.
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CIBA/YCC Young Scientist Travel Award
The ACS Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) and the CIBA Foundation are proud to introduce the CIBA/YCC Young Scientist Travel Award. The program provides funding for young and early-career chemists to travel to and participate in an ACS national or regional meeting. Through this program, the YCC and the CIBA Foundation continue to support development of younger chemists in the chemical sciences. The award is intended for young scientists (under 35) who have post-doctoral appointments OR are within the first seven (7) years of their professional career. CIBA/YCC Young Scientist Travel Awards are awarded twice each year but the number of awards granted yearly will vary subject to available funding. Each award will equal $500.
Awards are issued twice a year, and are made on the basis of scientific merit and financial need. Applications for the Fall CIBA/YCC Travel Award will be accepted between September 1st and October 31st.
Click Here for more information.
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Abstract submission for the Spring 2011 ACS National Meeting is now open
Abstract submission for the 241st ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, California, March 27-31, 2011 is now open. Submission to the Organic Division Programs is due by October 25th.
Submit abstracts using the Program and Abstract Creation System (PACS) at http://abstracts.acs.org/. The meeting website is www.acs.org/anaheim2011.
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Organic Division Congratulates the 2010 ACS Fellows
The 192 new ACS Fellows will be honored at the society’s fall national meeting in Boston later this month. The members of this class represent well the breadth of the discipline: 33 of ACS's 34 technical divisions are represented. And 79 of its 189 local sections are represented. The Organic Division recognizes the following 28 members who were chosen this year.
Magid Abou-Gharbia, Temple University
Peter Beak, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dale L. Boger, Scripps Research Institute
Kay M. Brummond, University of Pittsburgh
James D. Burke, Rohm and Haas Co. (Retired)
Cynthia J. Burrows, University of Utah
Judith Cohen, Cordis Corp.
Daniel L. Comins, North Carolina State University
Wendy Cornell, Merck Research Laboratories
Philip E. Eaton, University of Chicago
Louis S. Hegedus, Colorado State University
Peter A. Jacobi, Dartmouth College
Laura L. Kiessling, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Dennis Liotta, Emory University
Lisa McElwee-White, University of Florida
Gary Molander , University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey S. Moore, University of Illinois
Donna J. Nelson, University of Oklahoma
Iwao Ojima, Stony Brook University, SUNY
Albert Padwa, Emory University
James H. Rigby, Wayne State University
Scott McN. Sieburth, Temple University
David A. Tirrell , California Institute of Technology
William B. Tolman, University of Minnesota
Walter S. Trahanovsky, Iowa State University
John G. Verkade , Iowa State University
Christopher J. Welch, Merck Research Laboratories
Peter Wipf , University of Pittsburgh
The fellows program began in 2009 to recognize and honor ACS members for their outstanding achievements in and contributions to the science, the profession, and service to the society. This year's group members, like the first 163 ACS Fellows named in 2009, represent academe, industry, and government. The inaugural fellows who are Organic Division Members are listed here.
Full list of the ACS Fellows see: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/fellows/
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Frontiers in Biorefining - Biobased Products from Renewable Carbon
Call for papers and symposium announcement: The conference (October 19 -22, 2010 in King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA) will emphasize the latest developments on transformation of renewable carbon building blocks to chemicals and materials, enabling the integrated biorefinery concept. Individual sessions will consider advances in biomass fractionation and separations, catalytic processes tailored for renewables, identification of new biobased platforms for larger product families, and processes that rival or exceed the diversity and efficiency of today’s chemical industry. Please visit the web site http://www.utbioenergy.org/OBP/FIB2010/index.html for more information.
Contributed papers addressing novel chemical co-products, materials, and biorefinery technology development are requested.
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C&EN Article: "Organic Division Launches Graduate Research Symposium"
The new DOC initiative: Graduate Research Symposium was highlighted in a C&EN article (August 2, 2010 VOLUME 88, NUMBER 31 PP. 59 - 60). You can read the entire article here.
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17th European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (ESOC-17)
You are cordially invited to participate in the 17th European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (ESOC-17) the largest European Symposium, which will be held in Crete, Greece, from 10th to 15th July 2011. This well established conference will provide a forum for broad scientific and technological exchange among researchers from Europe and elsewhere. The conference will emphasize on new achievements in the following fields: Total Synthesis of Natural Products, Catalysis in Organic Synthesis, New Methods in Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Supramolecular Chemistry, Synthesis of Functional Materials, and Physical Organic Chemistry.
The ESOC 2011 (www.esoc2011.com) is organised by the Division of Organic Chemistry, University of Crete.
The program will include "The Lilly European Distinguished Lectureship", plenary as well as invited lectures and selected oral communications. There will also be two poster sessions. The organizing committee cordially invites you to present your work at ESOC-17, attend the conference and be part of this exciting event.
"The Lilly European Distinguished Lectureship"
Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut, Mülheim
Plenary speakers
Takuzo Aida, University of Tokyo
Phil S. Baran, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA
Chrys Chatgilialoglu, ISOF Bologna
Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology
Jesus Jimenez-Barbero, CIB Madrid
Karl-Anker Jorgensen, Aarchus University
Rob M. J. Liskamp, University of Utrecht
Benjamin List, Max-Planck-Institut, Mülheim
David Milstein, The Weizmann Institute of Science
Daniel G. Nocera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jay Siegel, University of Zürich
Invited speakers
Kevin Booker-Milburn, University of Bristol
Veronique Gouverneur, Oxford University
Christian Hertweck, University of Jena
Michal Hocek, Inst. Org. Chem. Prague
Emmanuel Lacote, University Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris VI
Reko Leino, Åbo Akademi University
Istvan Marko, Catholic University of Louvain
Adam Nelson, University of Leeds
Stephane Quideau, University of Bordeaux
M. Christina White, University Illinois-Urbana
Young talented Organic Chemists
Paolo Melchiorre, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia(ICIQ)
Cristina Nevado, University of Zürich
Stephan A. Sieber, University of München
We look forward to welcoming you in Crete in July 2011.
Michael Orfanopoulos, Congress Chair
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2010 Gassman Award Announced
Peter Stang from the University of Utah has been selected as the 2010 Gassman Award winner and will be honored at the ACS meeting in Boston. For more information on the award, see the Gassman Award Page.
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Contact with Organic Division Members
When there is important announcements, the Secretary of the Organic Division occasionally sends email messages to the membership. Members are encouraged to frequently check the the division website and subscribe to the RSS feed (See the RSS Feed Information page for more details). This web page is updated frequently, but we rarely send the entire membership an e-mail because of spam concerns.
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Travel Awards
The Division is offering Travel Awards for Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, and Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions for travel to ACS National Meetings. To learn more, see the Organic Division's Travel Award page.
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Videos: Eminent Organic Chemists, The Human Side
Who are Ron Breslow, Madeleine Joullie, K. C. Nicolaou, and Peter Stang? Of course, we know these as eminent organic chemists. But who are they as human beings? What do they have to say about such topics as: What's the best advice they've ever received? What does "balance" and "excellence" mean to them? How do they choose their projects? What is the source of their energy? What brings them the greatest joy? Have they ever been afraid and of what? Who are their heroes? These and other insights are now revealed as part of a series of short video produced as part of ORGN's Centennial celebrations in 2008. Chemical historian Jeffrey I. Seeman conducted a series of video interviews with 10 prominent organic chemists. One goal of these interviews was to reveal the human side of these scientists. Another goal was to contribute to the archives of organic chemistry. And, according to Seeman, another goal is "simply, to have fun. To enjoy and explore our range of values, breadth of experiences, and wonderful complexity as human beings." The videos can be seen at: http://www.layingthegroundwork.com/chemists/
