Request for Nominations for 2015 Boston Kavli Lecturer Nominations: The Kavli Emerging Leader Lecture is awarded to an outstanding chemical scientist who is less than 10 years past receipt of his/her PhD and is under 40 years of age. The candidate is a distinguished younger scientist who is highly regarded by his or her peers …
The ACS Organic Division congratulates Dr. Christopher J. Welch for receiving the 2015 Chirality Medal. Dr. Welch was the 2014 Division Chair and also served as an ACS councilor for the Division from 2007–2012. The Chirality Medal was instituted by the Societa Chimica Italiana In 1991 to honor internationally recognized scientists who have made a …
Posters are now being accepted for the 44th National Organic Chemistry Symposium (NOS), which will be held on the campus of the University of Maryland June 28-July 2, 2015. The due date is June 1, 2015. The upcoming event will feature 15 speakers including Prof. Larry Overman, (Univ. Calif., Irvine) who has been selected as the …
The speakers for the 44th National Organic Symposium (NOS) have been finalized. They are: Larry Overman, 2015 Roger Adams Awardee Univ. Calif., Irvine Eric Anslyn Univ. of Texas, Austin Jeffrey W. Bode ETH Zürich Kuiling Ding Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry Abigail Doyle Princeton University Matthew Gaunt University of Cambridge Ken Houk University of California, …
The Technical Achievement in Organic Chemistry (TAOC) awards recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or the equivalent, who are pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors. Awardees give a 30 minute presentation on their research at the ACS Fall National Meeting and receive their …
We are pleased to announce that a second series of video interviews of leaders in our community are going on-line. For the month of February 2014, we are featuring an interview with Professor Lisa McElwee-White who is at the University of Florida. This video completes the 20 Eminent Chemist interview series that gives a snapshot …
We are pleased to announce that a second series of video interviews of leaders in our community are going on-line. For the month of January 2014, we are featuring an interview with John Montgomery who is currently Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor in Medicinal or Synthetic Chemistry at the University of Michigan. The Organic Division …
We extend our congratulations to the following individuals who have been elected to the leadership of the Division for 2015:Paige E. Mahaney, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals – Chair-ElectHuw M. L. Davies, Emory University – CouncilorBrian M. Stoltz, California Institute of Technology – CouncilorKatherine N. Maloney, Point Loma Nazarene University – Alternate CouncilorCatherine A. Faler, ExxonMobil – …
The ACS Organic Division requests nominations for 2015 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) Awards. These competitive fellowships will be awarded to talented undergraduate students throughout the United States who have been nominated by their departments and selected by an evaluation committee. These fellowships will provide support for undergraduates in organic chemistry to carry out research …
Donna J. Nelson, an organic chemistry professor at the University of Oklahoma, has been elected the 2015 American Chemical Society president-elect by members of ACS. Nelson will serve as president of the society in 2016 and immediate past-president in 2017; she will also serve on the board of directors during that time.
