The American Chemical Society's Division of Organic Chemistry (DOC) is soliciting nominations for speakers for the Young Investigator's Symposium to be held at the Fall ACS meeting in Boston (Aug 22-26, 2010). This symposium highlights young investigators working in industrial, government and non-profit sectors. Appropriate candidates will be no more than 10 years from graduate school or post-doctoral appointment, and have demonstrated outstanding promise for future contributions to Organic Chemistry. Nomination letters should be written by the head of a department or division, and highlight the scientist's promise, creativity, and productivity. Importantly, please also address the nominee's ability to present a 30-40 minute scientific talk at the Boston ACS meeting that contains a substantial amount of the scientist's own work, along with a very brief description of the talk's topic. A copy of the candidate's CV should also be included, but publication record will not be a primary criterion for an invitation to speak. As our goal is to put together a symposium of young, up-and-coming scientists from as broad backgrounds, organizations and industries as possible, please suggest only one individual from your organizations (if you belong to a particularly large institution, we can consider one nominee from each site). Please submit your nomination (pdf's preferred) electronically to Donna Huryn (Huryn@sas.upenn.edu) by Jan 19, 2010. We expect to make invitations to speakers shortly thereafter.

Thanks for your support of this program, and willingness to help develop young scientists by providing them with opportunities to speak at a national meeting and to interact with other scientists.