Women Chemists Committee Fall 2014 Newsletter

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American Chemical Society

Women Chemists CommieeFall 2014

Leaders in Aracng, Developing, Promong, and Advocang for Women in the Chemical Sciences

Women Chemists Commiee [email protected] hp://womenchemists.sites.acs.org/

American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036

Hello and welcome to another edition of the WoChemists Committee (WCC) newsletter. As the Chaam very excited to share with you what we have beeto.

I am thrilled to announce that in San FranciscoMonday August 11th the WCC has organized an all

symposium focusing on Mom the Chemistry Professowill open with a presentation given by Mary Ann Ma(University of California, Berkeley) who is an expert ontopic of balancing motherhood and an academic caand will kick off the full day of presentations given byauthors of the chapters in the book. Following symposium, the WCC will host a reception to celebthe collaboration at Just Cocktails, our infonetworking event allowing mid-career chemists opportunity to interact, inspire and bond.

The WCC is honored to be involved in and to sponsor the all-day symposWomen Leaders of the Global Chemistry Enterprise. This symposium was inspby the immediate past president, Marinda Wu in response to her worldwide tra

and numerous different interactions as ACS President. She organized this collectiopresentations on Tuesday, August 12, highlighting 16 international women leadThis symposium promises to be informative and insightful.

Also on Tuesday the WCC will celebrate the career of ACS Executive Director Chief Executive Officer Madeleine Jacobs at the WCC Luncheon. A panel of members, employees and mentors will contribute to a discussion of the importancmentoring and paying it forward Additionally the WCC will recognize the winner o2014 Overcoming Challenges Award and the recipients of the 2014 Fall Eli Lilly/ WTravel Award during the poster session and reception prior to the luncheon.

Looking to the future the WCC has established an Awards Task Force that is focuits energy on increasing the number of women nominated and eventually awaACS National Awards. The WCC Women in the Chemical Enterprise Breakfast in

Francisco will be the first of many WCC programs centered on this effort. At breakeach table will be devoted to a specific ACS Award and the discussion at that tableinvolve the criteria, the nomination process and success stories for that speaward. We look forward to this opportunity to provide women with information athe award process and the nomination process, in an effort to increase the numbewomen award winners. Look for more programing like this in the future.

Amber Charleb2014 WCC C

Chairs Message

Spring 2014 Meeting Highlights 2-6

San Francisco WCC Roadmap 3

Successful Women in ChemistrySeries

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Madeleine Jacobs Celebration 11-12

Nebraska Female Chemist Selectedfor National Historic ChemicalLandmark Award

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2014 ACS Fellows 14

San Francisco Meeting Preview 14-15

WCC Awards Announcements 15

Networking 16

WCC Leadership 16

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Meeting Highlights Spring 2014

Dallas Women in the Chemical Enterprise BreakfastBy Samina Azad

The Women in the Chemical Enterprise Breakfast in Dallas

eatured round table discussions on industry, academia, gov-rnment, and nontraditional career pathways. The tableshared some valuable information.

Government career table talked about the positives of this ca-eer path, for example, job stability, great benefits, and numer-us locations. It was discussed that internships may be aood way to enter into the Government positions.

Academia career tables discussed the importance of seekingmentors, resources available at campus to assist with grantwriting, how to avoid negative politics, and how to ask fortartup funds.

ndustry career tables highlighted the importance of a strongetwork both for getting your first position in industry and forour continued career growth. Understanding that in industry,ransferable skills are important whether you choose a tech-ical or management track.

Non-traditional career tables discussed the importance of un-erstanding your transferable skills. Specifically chemistrynowledge and the critical reasoning skills are important skillsor many careers related to the chemical enterprise that don tnvolve bench chemistry. An example provided at one of theable was regulatory affairs where many people are hired di-ectly out of college and trained on the job.

n summary:Listen to your instinct and learn from every experience

Think outside the box in applying your chemistry

Network, network, network

Learn about the business while you manage your projects

Figure out what you are passionate about and don t letthers talk you out of it

Find an organization for whose missions resonate yours

Dont be afraid to pursue crossroads between chemistrynd another field

It is okay to lean out when you need to; Make time forourself and what is important to you

WCC Rising Stars Symposium and Just CocktailsReceptionBy Amy Balija and Ellen Keiter

The annual WCC Rising Stars Award is given to early to mid-areer women chemists across all areas of chemistry for theirutstanding promise of contributions in their respective fields.

This year, a distinguished group of women chemists were rec-gnized at the Rising Stars Symposium held on Monday,

March 17th. Each award winner gave a twenty minute presen-

tation about their research and offered advice on how to ceed in chemistry. The morning sessions research aranged from metal-based ligands and catalysts to the protion of hydrogen using a proton exchange membrane to m

rial science. The session began with Professor Louise Befrom the University of California Davis speaking about anum-ligand mediated heterolytic bond activation followeProfessor Jennifer Schomaker from the University of Wissin -Madison on new catalyst development and optimizaLater, Professor Julia Brumaghim from Clemson Univediscussed how metal ions can create oxygen radicals invoin DNA damage and Dr. Katherine Ayers, Director of search at Proton OnSite, demonstrated how hydrogen caproduced from water and electricity using a proton exchamembrane. To end the morning session, Dr. Lauren Bspoke about her research in the surface science studienanoporous materials with the help of undergraduate studeThe morning session was well attended and included sev

students and previous mentors in the audience.

Speakers in the afternoon session likewise covered a divset of research topics beginning with Professor Judy Kithe University of California Davis describing her spectroscinvestigation of electron transfer in the blue copper proazurin. She was followed by Ms. Katherine Kemmen oSherwin-Williams company who used a case study to show a series of analytical techniques revealed the cause particular coating failure. Dr. Nicole Craneof the Naval Mcal Research Center shared results of her spectroscopicproach to optimizing the medical treatment of traumatic

ries such as those sustained in military combat andMichelle Claffey of Pfizer spoke about her researchmGluR5, which is implicated in Parkinson s disease. The speaker, Professor ElizabethJarvoof the University of Cfornia Irvine, described her mechanism-based design andvelopment of stereospecific nickel-catalyzed cross-coureactions. An appreciative audience ended the sympoby joining the organizer, Dr. Maureen Kane, in congratuland thanking all of the 2014 WCC Rising Stars.

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mmediately following the symposium was the WCC Just

Cocktails Reception. This free, informal event allowed peopleo network and interact with the WCC Rising Stars Award Win-ers, the members of the national Women Chemists Commit-

ee, and other ACS members. The winners of the WCC RisingStars Award were acknowledged by Amber Charlebois, theChair of the Women Chemists Committee, at the Just Cock-ails Reception.

Symposium in Honor of Karen L WooleyBy Lisa Kemp

Professor Karen L. Wooley wasawarded the 2014 ACS Award in Poly-mer Chemistry before a room com-prised of her former students, col-leagues, and well-wishers. Eight re-spected chemists, colleagues, andformer students presented on a varie-ty of topics were introduced by Dr.Craig Hawker (organizer/presider ofthe symposium) with his usual wit andsarcasm.

The presenters and topics at the sym-posium were as follows:

Takuzo AidaNanocarriers responsive to biological sig-nals

Ke ZhangNucleic acid nanostructures for cancer thera-py

Robert (Barney) GrubbsShape changing polymer as-semblies

Matthew BeckerBuilding bone with polymersRobert Grubbs Synthesis of polymers with controlled

stereochemistry using olefin metathesis catalystsChong Cheng Polymeric nanocapsules by interfacial

crosslinking of surfactants in miniemulsion-based sys-tems

Lei Fang Molecular engineering of semiconducting poly-mers

Jeremiah JohnsonInspiration from Wooley World West

Each of the presenters expressed their gratitude to Prof.Wooley for her impact on their career or her collaboration on

rojects. Dr. Johnson started in the Wooley lab washinglassware and quickly realized that he wanted to be more in-olved in the science. He gave Prof. Wooley a lot of credit inparking his scientific interest and allowing him to take the

eap from non-scientist to scientist, participating with otherhemists and running reactions in her lab.

t was obvious from the presentations that Karen has a trueassion for chemistry, mentoring students and encouraging

colleagues. Prof. Wooleys award address was the presentation of the symposium in which she reviewed heresearch of the past 21 years. In conclusion, Prof. Wo

told the crowded room, This award is my greatest hoShe continued, Polymer chemistry is unique in that welike a family. Prof. Wooley, your chemistry family at Wcongratulates you on this well-deserved award!

Symposium in Honor of Sara SkrabalakBy Bevin Parks

Professor Sara Skrabalakwas awarded the 2014 ACS Awfor Pure Chemistry during a symposium in her honor at

ACS meeting in Dallas. The symp

um honoring Prof. Skrabalakwa

ganized by Prof. Amar Flood, on

Saras fellow professors at the Unsity of Indiana - Bloomington.

symposium highlighted people

influenced Sara personally, pro

sionally, and scientifically. The sp

ers established her foundations a

scientist and inspired her transitio

an independent research career.

entifically, the symposium spanne

lot of topics in materials, collophysical and inorganic chemistry. Topics included

assembly, virus particles as templates, nanoparticle synth

and even ultrasonic hot spots in polymeric composites. diversity is a reflection of the broad scientific background

developed Saras talent and the growth of materials chem

as a field.

The first speaker was Prof Bill Buhro, Saras undergrad

research advisor at Washington University in Saint Louis

general chemistry course was the reason Sara chose to m

in chemistry and her interest in materials chemistry grew o

her research experiences in his laboratory. Prof. Ken Suwas Saras PhD advisor at University of Illinois Urb

Chapaign and really expanded her appreciation for scienc

all forms. Prof. Dave Flannigan is a friend and graduatemate who spent time troubleshooting problems and discus

science. Prof. Younan Xia was Saras postdoc advisor a

was the time in his lab that cemented her interest in howshape of nanomaterials can influence properties, a majo

cus of her research group. His wife Prof. Dong Qin is al

faculty member and an amazing source of inspiration.

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ACS Award for Achievement in Research for theTeaching and Learning of Chemistry: Symposium inHonor of Melanie M. CooperBy Renee Cole

Melanie M. Cooper is the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Sci-nce Education at Michigan State University. She is the 2014ecipient of the ACS Award for Achievement in Research forhe Teaching and Learning of Chemistry. The purpose of thisward is to recognize outstanding contributions to experi-

mental research that have increased our understanding ofedagogy and led to improved teaching and learning of chem-

stry. In addition to this award recognizing her work in chemis-ry education research, she has also been honored with theames Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the

Teaching of Chemistry in 2013 and the Society for CollegeScience Teachers Outstanding Undergraduate ScienceTeacher Award in 2011. She was a member of the first class

f ACS Fellows and is a Fellow of the AAAS. Dr. Cooper re-eived her BS, MS, and PhD from the University of Manches-er, England. She joined the faculty at Clemson University in987, where she rose through the ranks to become an Alumni

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry before moving to Michi-an State in 2013.

Dr. Coopers career has been built on developing and as-essing evidenced-based approaches to improving chemistryducation. Her research has focused on methods to assessnd improve students conceptual understanding and problem-olving abilities, using interventions that promote metacogni-ve activity. One of the outcomes of this work is the develop-

ment of evidence-driven, research

-validated curricula. A prime

xample of this is the Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Eve-ything curriculum, which is based on research about how stu-ents learn and develop cognitive skills. Her research in thisrea has also led to the development of a web -based tool,

BeSocratic, that supports both student learning and gatheringata for research.

She has been a leader in the American Chemical Society andor the STEM education community. She has served as chairf the ACS Division of Chemical Education and for the West-

ern Carolinas Local Section. She is a member of the leaship team for the Next Generation Science Standards andNational Research Councils Board on Science Education.

The symposium honoring Melanie Cooper was held on Mday, March 17, 2014 during the 247th ACS National Meein Dallas, TX. The speakers for this symposium represethe range of interests and activities that characterize hertinguished ca

Her work on improving K-12 science education, particuthrough her work on the NGSS was addressed by StepPruitt, who talked about the development of the Next Gention Science Standards; Joseph Krajcik, who focused on porting high school students in understanding electrical iactions; and Donald Wink, who spoke about chemical edtion for, in, and about K-12 outreach.

Her work on the Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everyt(CLUE) curriculum was described by Sonia Underwood, Bryfzcynski, and Michael Klymkowsky. These talks inclua discussion of the research into how students learn to prestructure property relationships, a presentation of the use interpretation of data visualizations to represent large cotions of student data, and a description of the coherenceassessment of the curriculum.

The next series of talks discussed a variety of areas whereCooperswork has been influential. Norbert Pienta gave aon examining student knowledge in a one-semester orgabiochemistry course. Jeffrey Appling summarized Mela

contributions to the field through several of the phrases characterize her views on the research and practice of chistry education. Nathaniel Grove spoke about the impacognitive load on students use of chemical representatusing physiological metrics. Gautam Bhattacharyya descrthe impact of multiple external representations. ThoHolmediscussed the tension between measuring whavalue versus valuing what we measure in general chemistr

Dr. Coopers work in improving the undergraduate chemlaboratory curriculum was addressed by several speakBarbara Lewis reviewed the journey of the Cooper grin using cooperative problem-based labs in the general chistry teaching lab. This theme was extended by Santiago

di-

Urena who related how Prof. Coopers work catalresearch on learning in the academic laboratory. Stacey L

ery Bretz then finished the discussion with a presentaon measuring student perceptions of meaningful learninthe undergraduate chemistry laboratory.

The session closed with Dr. Coopers award address ask why? Her presentation focused on how and why unstanding basic chemistry concepts is important for everyand how we might change our approach to chemistry edtion to achieve a deeper understanding and appreciationchemistry.


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Successful Women in Chemistry Series

Profiles of Two Female Journal EditorsBy Christine Chow

As part of the WCC's mission to promote the professional ac-omplishments of successful women in the chemical sciences,

we are extremely pleased to offer our congratulations to Dr.illian M. Buriak for being named as the Editor-in-ChiefEIC) for Chemistry of Materialsand to Dr. Cynthia J. Burrowsor being named as the EIC for Accounts of Chemical Re-earch.Publishing is a major part of the chemical profession,nd journal editors play key roles in this process. Drs. Buriaknd Burrowsboth believe strongly in supporting what they are

nvolved in and staying closely connected with their researchommunities. Not only are they leaders of two major ACS jour-als they are also highly accomplished scientists, outstand-

ng mentors, and dedicated administrators!

Prof. Buriak received an A.B. (1990)from Harvard University and Ph.D.(1995) from the Universit Louis Pas-teur in Strasbourg, France. In 1997,she completed an NSERC postdoc-toral fellowship at the Scripps Re-search Institute. She began her inde-pendent academic career as an assis-tant professor at Purdue University in1997, and was promoted with earlytenure to associate professor in 2001.In 2003, she moved to the Universityof Alberta, where she is the CanadaResearch Chair in Inorganic and Na-

oscale Materials, and Senior Research Officer of the Nationalnstitute for Nanotechnology. Prof. Buriakhas received numer-us honors and awards, including the Fresenius Award2001), the ACS Pure Chemistry Award (2003), the Rutherford

Medal (2005), and the Clara Benson Award (2013). She is aFellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Society ofChemistry (UK), and AAAS.

Prof. Buriakassumed the role as EIC for Chemistry of Materi-ls in January 2014 after serving as an Associate Editor for

ACS Nanofrom 20092013. She first gained experience in theublishing arena when she served on the Board of Reviewing

Editors (BoRE) at Science from 20042008. She noted theignificance of serving a society journal she works hard to

each out and develop relationships with authors across thelobe, and operates through a highly personalized style. Inddition to being an EIC, she is also a leading researcher in

he areas of nanoscience and materials, so she can relateasily to scientists in the field. These relationships are im-ortant to her both as a role model and a peer.

Prof. Buriakcredits her former mentors with helping her tovelop strong writing skills and independence. She emphasthe importance of having multiple skills to carry out the du

as an EIC good time management, and understandingbig picture as well as fine details. She also knows about cpromise with respect to work-life balance. Because she and breathes science (she admits that she does worhome), her family is also exposed to science. Prof. Breads every paper that is submitted to the journal, ranfrom 10 to 40 per day so if you are considering a carepublishing, remember that this is certainly one way to keewith the current literature!

Prof. Burrows received her early training in physical orgchemistry at the University of Colorado (B.A. 1975) and nell University (Ph.D., 1982), followed by an NSF -CNRS p

doctoral fellowship at the Un

sit Louis Pasteur. From 191995, she rose through the rafrom assistant to full professthe State University of New at Stony Brook, and in 1moved to the University of Uwhere she is currently a Dguished Professor and Chathe chemistry department. Sha recipient of the Robert PTeaching Award and 2011 versity Distinguished TeacAward; her outstanding resehas been recognized with

ACS Utah Award, ACS Cope Scholar Award (2008), andUniversity of Utah's Distinguished Creative and Scholarlysearch Award. She is a Fellow of the ACS and AAAS. In 2she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and ences, and in 2013 she was appointed the inaugural holdthe Thatcher Presidential Endowed Chair of Biological Chistry. She was elected to the National Academy of Science2014.

Prof. Burrowsassumed the role as EIC forAccounts of Chcal Research in January 2014 after serving as Senior Efor the ACS Journal of Organic Chemistry and prior to

Associate Editor for Organic Letters. She was a membenumerous editorial boards between 2001 and 2013. When

joined the editorial team for Organic Letters, they were aforefront of electronic publishing. As a highly interdiscipliresearcher herself, she was ready to take on the challengEIC for a journal that covers all disciplines of chemistry. also enjoys the ability to stay connected with the resecommunity, both as an editor and leader in the field of organd biological chemistry.

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Prof. Burrows credits two women with having a profound im-pact early in her career. The first is the late Karen Wetterhahnwho inspired her to always be encouraging of others and toonvey excitement for science. The second is the late Marga-et (Peggy) Etterwho always thought of the students first.

Prof.Burrows learned from her that advisors should not try tolone themselves they should identify unique strengths intudents and foster those qualities. Prof. Burrows is notranger to the challenges of work-life balance, having raisedriplets while establishing and running a highly successful re-earch group, doing a significant amount of service for herepartment and scientific community, and mentoring many

unior scientists. She does, however, believe in prioritization ofommitments and has even learned to say "no" once in a

while!

Once again, WCC sends warm congratulations to both Jillianand Cindy, and look forward to their contributions to the ACSournals in the coming years! We are extremely pleased to seewo highly accomplished women in these important roles.

Professor Jennifer SchomakerBy Amy Balija

Professor Jennifer Schomaker, a win-ner of the 2014 Rising Stars Award,always loved chemistry. As the sibling

of seven younger brothers and sisters,Jennifer never received a chemistryset for Christmas due to the possibilityof what parts would be ingested byfellow family members. Instead, shebecame a lab assistant her junior yearin high school which allowed her ac-cess to the lab stockroom and thechance to experiment with chemicals.As she stated, If I hadn't had that op-portunity to discover and 'play' on myown, I probably would have ended up

a physician- the process of scientific exploration was key totimulating my interest in chemistry. To fuel this drive for

hemistry, Jennifer

s high school chemistry teacher encour-aged her to experiment, provided her with his old college text-books, and helped arrange for her to attend college courses

uring her senior year.

Following high school, Jennifer went to Saginaw Valley StateUniversity and started working during her freshman year atDow Chemical to help pay for college. At Dow, she began inhe Organic Chemicals and Polymer Laboratory Group, exam-ning biocatalytic methods for the synthesis of enantiomericallypure monomers, before transferring to the Agricultural Chemi-

cal Process Research Group to work on route selection scale-up of two new herbicides. With the support of her band and two young daughters and the advice from secolleagues at Dow, Jennifer left industry to enroll in gradschool. She completed her M.S. degree with Prof. ThomaDeliaat Central Michigan University developing seleccross-coupling reactions of pyrimidines and synthesizing mcules active against Pneumocystic carinnipneumonia. Awards, she attended Michigan State University for her Pand worked with Professor Babak Borhamon the developof ylide-mediated ring expansions of epoxides and aziridUpon obtaining her Ph.D. in 2006, Jennifer was a NIH pdoctoral fellow for Professor Robert G. Bergmanat Univeof California, Berkeley examining the reactivity of cobalnitrosoalkane complexes to functionalize alkene C-H bond

In 2009, she joined the faculty at University of WisconMadison where she performs research in methodology deopment such as new metal complexes exhibiting ligand -breactivity and new catalysts for oxidative cyclization reactShe loves working with talented people and watching herdents become scientists. Throughout her career path,niferhas had the loving support of her family. She descrhow her family often traveled to the lab to bring dinner help take care of the household chores. Furthermore, credits her research advisors for patiently understandingunique situation.

To the future women chemists, Jennifergave this advice:important to find mentors that believe in you and your

ties. Have the courage to speak up for what you need ando your job well. If you fail, do not tell yourself you can't dpick yourself up and try again. Jennifers life experiehave demonstrated that through hard-work and determinaanyone can be successful. Congratulations!

Dr. Katherine AyersBy Samina Azad

Dr. Katherine Ayersis the DirectoResearch at Proton OnSite where deops R&D strategy in membrane-belectrochemical devices, and main

multi-

year technology roadmap. joined Proton in 2007 and before worked at Energizer Battery Comfor 10 years, serving as Staff Techngy Engineer. She is internationallyognized as a leader in research andvancement of electrochemistry.

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Kathystarted college at UC San Diego as a math major withhe intent to become a teacher but she loved her honorshemistry class. She changed major twice, first to physics andhen to chemistry. She got a summer fellowship at LawrenceLivermore National Lab where she was really interested in thehemistry projects. She spent two summers synthesizing dark

purple crystals of vanadium organometallic compounds. Theprovost of her college, Dr. Tom Bond, advised her to seriouslyonsider graduate school.

Kathy got a small fellowship at UCSD to do additional under-raduate research for a quarter but wasnt really interested in

he projects. Tom suggested that she considers working withProf. Mike Sailor. At Mikes lab she learned electrochemistryand materials science. Mike was a postdoc for Prof. NateLewis and this is how she ended up in Nate s group in CalTech for graduate school. Kathyhas been working on electro-hemical devices ever since. Coincidentally, Kathy came inontact with Proton, her current employer. She loved the com-

pany when she interviewed with them and took the leap ofaith to move 1000 miles with her family and have had amaz-ng opportunities ever since.

Kathyhas been fortunate to have very helpful mentors startingrom college. Two of her most influential mentors were TomBond and her boss at Proton (until about a month ago) CEODr. Rob Friedland. In undergraduate school, Dr. Bond took

er under his wing and got her into high level classes. He alsoelped Kathy realize that there are more than one career op-

ons available after college. Rob has been the most support-ve boss she has ever had by putting confidence in her to beable to handle new projects and roles.

Kathy admits that she often struggles with work life balance.Although she is home for dinner every night, she does a lot ofwork at home later in the evening. She also travels a lot forwork. She tries to talk to her daughters every day after schooland spends a lot of time with family during vacations. Kathysamily recently went to Europe as a follow on to a business tripand walked all over Germany and Paris.

Kathys advice for women in chemistry is to always be open toew opportunities and not let fear get in the way of doing what

ou want.

She was often nervous about new things but sheid them anyway and usually it more than payed off. Always

be friendly and open with people because you never knowwhat might lead to a new opportunity. This is how she got theob at Proton. Take time for yourself and recharge with yourriends and family.

Ms. Katherine KemmannBy Samina Azad

Katie Kemmann is an Analytical Chemist with SherWilliams (SW). She joined SW twelve years ago, startinan intern and then taking a full-time role. Katie received Min Chemistry from Cleveland State University. Her currensponsibilities include instrumental maintenance, method deopment, supporting key R&D projects and manufacturing,a heavy focus in failure analysis.

Katie was introduced to the coatindustry through internships whilewas in college. After a couple oternships, she knew she would working in this industry and soug

full time position with the AnalySciences group at SheWilliams. She has been in the sgroup for twelve years now.

Katies position is not specific totype or class of coatings, so sheto learn the chemistries of many r

pigment, and additive systems along the way. Because technologies are always being developed, the learning cess never ceases. Developing and maintaining a solid fdation of coatings chemistry is a challenge. The learning its she developed at college allow her to pick new thingquickly. The techniques she uses in her role were not ta

in school. She learned most of these on the job, and sotimes under stressful circumstances.

Katie is knowledgeable in a variety of instrumental tniques. Her favorite technique is spectroscopy and she enjoys thermal analysis and elemental analysis. She gathexperience and skills in these techniques in a unique combtion that allows her to support research and developmecoatings. It is very rewarding to be able to learn new thconstantly and tackle increasingly difficult technical sceos. Katiesmanagement team looks to her as a key probsolver.

Katie had mentors at each of her internship ptions. Mentors played an important role specifically by heher understand the job opportunities for chemists. Menshared their career experiences with Katieand guided hthe job search process. Because of this, she was able to firole that she enjoys. Once she was hired full time, manyleagues volunteered their time and energy to teach Katierole. Although they were not official mentors, she still loothem for advice and guidance. Katiescolleagues wantedto learn from their best practices. Through all the trainingcoaching, Katiehas become a dependable and trustworthy

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eam member with exceptional problem solving skills and ca-pability to produce high quality results.

Katie takes each day at a time so that she can balance workand life. Priorities constantly change and being prepared

elps to ease stress. She says, You simply have no controlover some matters and must trust yourself to handle them thebest way possible. With two young children, a husband, aog, and a career to balance takes some logistics -but Katie

wouldn't change it. She tries to keep home life relaxed andoes not over plan weekends and evenings. Katie says, youeally need the down time, especially with family. Her hus-

band Matt constantly reminds her to slow down and enjoy theimple things in life. She gives most of the credit for balancing

er life to her family. Simple things make her happy, like go-ng for ice cream together, a quiet dinner, or taking her dog fora walk.

Katiesadvice for women in chemistry is that you will have toavigate through personalities, prejudices, etc., regardless of

which job you choose. However, if you love what you do andou give it your best, obstacles somehow seem less formida-

ble and a lot of times they simply work themselves out. Don'tbe afraid to step out of your comfort zone and learn somethingew, get an additional degree, or train to run a half-

marathon! You will be surprised what you can do when youhallenge yourself, and what you learn about yourself in the

meantime.

Dr. Nicole CraneBy Lisa Houston

Dr. Nicole Crane, 2014 Rising StarAward Winner, received her B.S. inChemistry from Kutztown University(Pennsylvania) in 2000. She thenheaded to Ann Arbor to attend theUniversity of Michigan where she re-ceived a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistryin 2004. After graduation, she com-pleted two Post docs, one as a Visit-ing Scientist in the Counterterrorism

and Forensic Science Research Unitat the FBI Academy in Quantico, Vir-ginia and one for the National Institute

of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at theNational Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Each ofhese provided Nicole with the opportunity to develop her skillsn applied spectroscopy and imaging.

Nicole began her independent career at the Naval ResearchCenter in Bethesda, Maryland applying her analytical andpectroscopic expertise in 2007. After one year, she decided

to see if the grass was greener somewhere else and toposition at Wyeth Pharmaceutical as the Analytical Deve

ment Manager. There she applied FTIR spectroscopy, ninfrared spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy to charaize raw materials, drug substances, and drug products developed spectroscopic models for at-line and in-promonitoring. After less than a year on the job, Wyeth was chased by Pfizer and Nicole decided to return to the NResearch Center.

Nicoles research centers on development and utilizatiospectroscopic techniques including Raman and FTIR stroscopies and visible reflectance imaging to improve thederstanding of wound healing, particularly traumatic awounds, as well as identifying and quantifying transplant aciated ischemia and reperfusion injury. She initiated the

vanced Surgical Imaging Program within the RegenerMedicine Department for the U.S. Navy and developed technology to further evolve research projects. In addition,has been an Associate Professor at the Uniformed ServUniversity of Health Sciences since 2011. She is a big beliin trying to make the world a better place and her drive cofrom knowing that her work may one day change a patielife for the better.

Nicole feels that hard work, ambition and support frommentors have gotten her where she is today. She feels fortunate to have had some stellar mentors people that believed in her and pushed her to succeed includingmother and grandmother and a number of undergraduate

graduate advisors. In fact, her advice to other women in chistry in something her mother always told her the sky islimit! Nicole also advises to not be afraid to go after whatwant. No one is going to hand it to you when the opportarises, grab it and hold on tight.

Dr. Michelle ClaffeyBy Lisa Houston

Great chemistry teachers in high school and college andchemistry aptitude inspired 2014 Rising Star Award WinneMichelle Claffey to pursue chemistry further. Michgrew up in Connecticut and attended Bates College in Leton, Maine where she graduated magna cum laude with

S. in Chemistry in 1994. As an undergraduate, she wothree summer internships at Pfizer as a medicinal chewhich exposed her to hands-on organic synthesis in asearch environment. The practical application of orgchemistry sparked her desire to focus on organic chemistthe graduate level. She attended the University of CalifornBerkeley where she did her graduate research in natural puct synthesis.

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After graduating with a PhD in OrganicSynthesis in December 1998, Michellefelt fortunate to return to Pfizer as amedicinal chemist in NeuroscienceChemistry where she enjoys the chal-lenges of interdisciplinary problemsolving along with collaborations withgreat scientists. She has led numer-ous multi-disciplinary teams for thelast 15 years in various programs to

evelop novel therapeutics for central nervous system diseas-es including depression, Alzheimers, Parkinsons and schizo-phrenia.

Michelle is passionate about leadership development opportu-ities for women to maximize their future success and, in col-aboration with another colleague, founded the Women Lead-ers in Medicinal Chemistry. She has organized activities in-luding yearly workshops with executive coaches on a variety

of development topics, Pfizer Leader Lunches, and group net-working events to assist and encourage women to reach their

full potentials. This effort was started at Pfizer but, sparkeits success, has expanded to include women within all

coast medicinal chemistry groups.

Michelle balances work and her personal life by compromon both ends. Since having her children, she has been abwork 4 days/week which has given her great flexibility to mboth the needs of her job and family. She believes there such thing as a perfect work-life balance, so she tries to mthe best of both and let go of less important things. Throout the years of her career and motherhood, she has maged to maintain at least one night a week of tennis withfriends. Tennis is what she does for herself but she alsojoys watching her children, niece, and nephews participatheir activities.

Michellesadvice to women chemists is to seek out positwhere you are motivated by the science and people and

where you will have support for your continued developmContinue learning and developing from both a scientific spective as well as a leadership perspective and overcany self-limiting fears or beliefs.


WCC Celebrates Madeleine Jacobs


Madeleine Jacobs: mentor, maven, maestro,mensch, and role model par excellence.

By John Palmer

Recently I had the great pleasure and fortune to speak toMadeleine Jacobs about memorable moments of herong and admirable professional career as well as her contin-ing plans as she enters yet another phase of an absolutelyemarkable and clearly self-directed life. She has alreadyhared with many an illustrative but brief biographical presen-ation in the offering Ten Lessons from a Lifetime of Scienceut Ill attempt to give an even shorter vignette to help thoseeaders looking for career tips or wondering about how sheeems to succeed so easily at all she does.

ve known Madeleine for over ten years, ever since she took

n the mantle of Executive Director and CEO of the AmericanChemical Society (ACS), and every time we speak Im re-minded of just how special she is, of her boundless energy,

er commitment to diversity and to her profession, and mostf all of her passion for offering support and guidance tooung scientists and our future chemistry leaders. During ouriscussion, she expressed just how fortunate she feels she seen in having had jobs in organizations that allowed her torow and explore both her personal and professional goals.

Despite the reality that neither of her parents had much inter-st in science she became enamored with it when she was a

very young lady of less than 10 years old. She watched Wizard on TV as a kid and became particularly enamo

with chemistry. Its apparent that Madeleine, a baboomer, growing up at the height of the space-race, renever recognized or bowed to the boundaries that often ited others of her gender in pursuing an interest in the phcal sciences.

She grew up in the Washington D.C. area and attendGeorge Washington University on a full-tuition scholarsHer early plans included an eagerness about attending a frate graduate school and gaining a Ph.D. in chemistry butthe age of 22 while biding time and studying towards a mters degree at the University of Maryland she abruptly fouherself reassessing her goals and began pursuing a jobscience writing. That first ACS job came as the resul

having enough self-

confidence to just show up at the officethe then publisher of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EDr. Richard Kenyon, and expressing her desire to work thdespite her lack of any real experience. She shares that enthusiasm and poise must have impressed him and he induced her to the editor, Pat McCurdy, whence she immately took the opportunity to share her opinion of both strengths and weaknesses of the ACS s flagship publicatio-and how she was equipped to help fix its problems.

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Needless to say she got the job. The only woman on staff,

he spent her next three years with C&EN gaining experienceand enjoying what she now recognized in herself, a love ofwriting about the frontiers of chemistry. Now realizing thatcience writing was indeed her calling she did a broader as-essment of her situation and decided she was not about to

allow her career to become a victim of her gender. Her posi-on at C&EN was salaried at 30% below industry averagesespite her high level of productivity so she sought out othercience writing jobs. First it was the NIH, for 15 months, fol-owed by several years at the National Bureau of Standardswhere, while still in her early thirties, she also began assum-ng supervisory duties. Feeling a bit constrained by a mi-romanaging supervisor at the NBS she moved on to posi-ons at the Smithsonian Institution spending a remarkable

but personally taxing 14 years expanding her horizons as wellas advancing her career goals which in-luded the opportunity to build a truly crea-ve environment and staff while honing her

managerial skills. During a period of self-eview and a rekindled interest in chemistry

Madeleine, in July of 1991, happened toun into Michael Heylin, the then C&EN

editor, at a black-tie dinner. That meetinged to a lunch which afforded her the op-portunity to ask him why there wasn t aurrent Managing Editor and would there

be the possibility of his reinstating the job.t took a couple years but eventually the

ACS saw the light and she was offeredhat position in 1993 and by 1995 hadmoved into the role of Editor-in-Chief. Inhe ten years she managed at C&EN Mad-eleine brought her vision of that publicationo life, created an environment at work thatbrought those family elements togetherhat she so treasured, mentored RudyBaum as her replacement, and was able toevitalize that publication in a way thatelped it reach a peak of $25 million in ad-ertising revenue and vastly improved both public and profes-ional perception of chemistry.

Finally, obviously not being the type to rest on her laurels in003, upon John Crums retirement, she decided to apply forhe job of Executive Director and CEO of the ACS, along with

ACS Board of Directors chose her for the position, despite theact that it had only been held by males with PhDs up until thatme, and she has since not only persevered but indeed has

excelled in that role. The position, where she supervises ataff numbering over 2000, opened both new opportunities forer and, of course, new challenges including having to re-pond to an entire group of fellow Board Members, and up-

wards of 160,000 Society members, many of them actintimes as if they thought they were her one and only boss.

As she tells it the best thing about taking the front-

seat-

drole in developing your career is that provides opportunitieexplore and nurture your true passions. Shes found thalove of learning, science writing, mentoring, and being empered to act as a champion for fairness and inclusivenessrewards even more important than money. Now some ofmost her heartfelt advice includes the admonition to tcontrol of your life and career, chart and monitor its coufollow your passions (experiment), seek out both diversitybalance, seize opportunities, and take solace in the knowlethat being a scientist is truly a noble calling.

Madeleine is an eternal optimist (she says she inherited it her father) and has been a champion for diversity throug

her career. The one thing thats very clear, and the mainson for writing this article, is that sbeen a standard-bearer for elevatingstatus of women in their careers in scieMadeleine received the ACS AwardEncouraging Women into Careers inChemical Sciences (2003), and numeother awards and honors for her hard wand advocacy. One that stands out fois the honorary Doctor of Science awaher from her undergraduate ALMA TER, GWU, with a citation that readsher tireless efforts in elevating the statuwomen in the chemical profess

achieved by raising their visibility in Chcal & Engineering News; by her editoarticles, and lectures on gender equand by being a role model, coach, mentor to women at all stages of theireers.

Madeleine is not ending her contributo chemistry and the ACS in her retirembut instead wants to have the freedwhich shes clearly earned, to focus

those endeavors, both personal and professional, she fmost rewarding. She will spend more time with Joe, her -husband of 42 years, and her many friends. Shes als

active member of the Board of Trustees for GWU, andmains active on numerous other committees and boards locally and nationally, but she already built what we all hopan enduring legacy at the ACS. The list is too extensivinclude but be assured shell continue monitoring the Scholars program, Project Seed, the Eli Lily Travel AwaDiversity Programs, STEM education, and well you keverything else.

Madeleine, we wish you the very best and we also dearly hto find you as a fellow members of the Women Chemists Cmittee in the very near future!

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Designation ceremony and Rachel Lloyd Memorial

Conference on Women in Science to be held Octo-ber 1-2, 2014, University of Nebraska-Lincoln cam-pus

Media contact:Desiree Wineland, ACS Nebraska Section,[email protected] contact: Mark Griep, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 402-472-3429, [email protected]

The work of Rachel Abbie Holloway Lloyd, a pioneeringhemist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has receivedhe distinction of being named a 2014 National HistoricChemical Landmark from the American Chemical Society.

Lloyd (18391900) was the first American woman to receivea doctoral degree in chemistry, which she earned at the Uni-ersity of Zurich in 1887. She taught at the University of Ne-

braska from 1887 until 1894 and held an appointment as as-istant chemist with the newly established Nebraska Agricul-ural Experiment Station. Lloyds intensive, large-scale analy-is of sugar content in sugar beets helped to prove the viabil-y of sugar production in Nebraska. Today, Nebraska ranks

as the sixth largest sugar beet producer in the U.S.

Rachel Holloway Lloyds research provided an importantboost for sugar beet cultivation in Nebraska and surroundingtates, and her career marked a major advance for womenhemists in America, said William Oliver, Ph.D., chair of the

ACS National Historic Chemical Landmarks committee.Recognition of Dr. Lloyds contributions to chemistry as a

National Historic Chemical Landmark is well deserved.

A public ceremony celebrating the landmark designation willbe held on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus onWednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The Rachel Lloyd Memorial Con-erence on Women in Science will be held on Thursday, Oct. in the Auditorium of the Union Building on the UNL cityampus. The events are sponsored by the ACS Nebraska

Section and University of Nebraska Department of Chemistry.

About Rachel Lloyd, Ph.D., and Nebraska Sugar Produc-ion

Agriculture in Nebraska flourished due, in great part, to theeaching and research contributions of agricultural scientistske Dr. Rachel Lloyd. Since Nebraska was not rich in pre-ious minerals, there was not initially a great demand forhemists. One crop that required trained chemists and thatould be grown in Nebraska was the sugar beet.

n June of 1887, Dr. Rachel Lloyd, accepted the offer to be-ome an associate professor of analytic chemistry at the Uni-

versity of Nebraska and became the first assistant chemis

the newly formed Agricultural Experimental Station, whshe conducted sugar beet studies that continued for the ndecade at the University showing great promise for a luctive crop.

A series of events brought sugar beet refining to Nebras-ka in 1890. The farmers and developers of Grand Islandwere exploring for the most profitable types of agriculture.The U.S. Department of Agriculture was trying to reducethe nations dependence on sugar exports from Franceand Germany. The Union Pacific railroad was looking forways to increase rail traffic. University of Nebraska chem-istry professors were interested in creating more chemicaloccupations for their students, and a group of sugar beet

capitalists were in search of the highest economic gain atthe lowest possible risk. Nebraska offered what eachwanted.

Grand Island was the location for Nebraskas first sugarbeet processing facility in 1890 and it created a demandfor analytic chemists to ensure quality control and profita-bility. Lloyd trained the best of her graduate students andundergraduates in sugar beet analysis. Training so manyinexperienced workers would require time, patience, andgreat organizational skills. All attributes Lloyd is said tohave had. She combined her students data with thefarmers information about seed variety, acreage, climaticconditions, soil, agricultural procedures, costs, and yields

per acre to provide a remarkably complete analysis ofNebraska-grown sugar beets.

The American Chemical Society established the NationalHistoric Chemical Landmarks program in 1992 to recog-nize important achievements in the history of the chemi-cal sciences. Achievements recognized through this pro-gram have included Bakelite, the world s first syntheticplastic; the discovery and development of penicillin; andthe work of historical figures such as Joseph Priestley,George Washington Carver and Rachel Carson. Moreinformation is available at www.acs.org/landmarks.

The ACS Nebraska Section, established in 1895, is theoldest ACS chapter west of the Mississippi. During the

1890s and 1900s, the ACS Nebraska Section had more

women participants than any other section in the country

and is proudly active today. More information is available

at http://nebraska.sites.acs.org/.

Nebraskas Pioneer Woman Chemist, Dr. Rachel Lloyd, selected forNational Historic Chemical Landmark Award
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.acs.org/landmarkshttp://www.acs.org/landmarkshttp://nebraska.sites.acs.org/http://nebraska.sites.acs.org/http://nebraska.sites.acs.org/http://www.acs.org/landmarksmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Women in the Chemical Enterprise BreakfastBy Samina Azad

The theme of the Women in the Chemical Enterprise Break-ast in San Francisco is "Mentoring for Recognition". There isalways a shortage of women nominees for awards and it isapparent that women chemists hesitate to nominate them-elves. The goal of this breakfast will be to share information

with women chemists on how to nominate themselves forawards. Janet BryantandAmber Hinklewill present on how toput together a nomination package. At the breakfast, we willalso have round table discussions focused on various awardsavailable through WCC and ACS. Join us for this great oppor-unity to network with women chemist peers and learn how toighlight your strengths and successes for recognition.

Women Leaders of the Global Chemistry Enterprise

By Dr. Marinda Li Wu, 2013 ACS President

Please save the date for Tuesday,August 12, 2014 at the 248thnationalACS meeting in San Francisco foran extraordinary and inspiring sym-posium on Women Leaders of theGlobal Chemistry Enterprise. In myworldwide travels last year as ACSPresident, I was invited to visit manychemistry communities and metsome outstanding women leaders.

It occurred to me that I should invitesome of these pioneering womenrole models to share their personaland professional journeys. I invited

women speakers for this exciting symposium in San Franciscorom Asia, Africa, South America, Europe and USA. Their re-markable stories of achieving both career and personal satis-action through overcoming barriers with determination andard work will encourage younger professional women with

heir careers.

Invited speakers include CEO and Executive Director ofworlds largest scientific society ACS, one of only two femPriestley Medalists, Past ACS Presidents, the first femalerector of a prestigious Indian Institute of Chemical Technolthe first woman from Saudi Arabia to earn a chemistry PPresident of a non-profit foundation, a corporate Vice Pdent, as well as a Dean, professors, scientists, and more.

This exciting all day symposium is an ACS Presidential ommended event with WCC (Women Chemists Committeethe lead sponsor. Co-sponsors include PROF (Division of fessional Relations), IAC (International Activities CommitHIST (Division of History of Chemistry) and other supporte

Please join us for this inspiring symposium on Tuesday meet these international women leaders who will be attenthe WCC Luncheon as our invited guests!

Mom and Professor SymposiumBy Renee Cole, Cecilia Marzabadi, Gail Webster Kimberly Woznack

The WCC looks forward to the 2ACS National Meeting & ExpositioSan Francisco, CA in August, andsymposium that will highlight the bMom the Chemistry Professor, lished by Springer. The book oadvice to women undergraduate graduate students as they cons

balancing a career in academia awith motherhood. Each chapter shthe story of a woman at differentreer stages, different career p(tenure track and non-tenure trand a variety of institutions (largesearch institutions, regional instions, small liberal arts colleges

community colleges). WCC is proud of all the women contributed to and helped support this project. We hopeMom the Chemistry Professorand the symposium will servencourage young women to pursue academic careers.

2014 ACS Fellows

Fall 2014 National MeetingSan Francisco

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2014 ACS FELLOWS! While we wish to congratulate the entire class of 2014 ACS Fellhe WCC would especially like to feature the women among this group.

Georjean L. Adams Rebecca M. Chamberlin Loretta Jones Natalie L. McClure Laura E. Slocum

acqueline K. Barton

Debbie M. Decker

Karan Hiroko Ito

Laura L. McConnell

Janet M. Smith

Kathryn L. Beers Anne DeMasi Kristi L. Kiick Marilyn M. Olmstead Judith Ann Summers-Ga

Christina Bodurow Carol A. Fierke Jody A. Kocsis Carolyn Ribes Kathryn Uhrich

Stephanie L. Brock Natalie Foster Jane V. Leland Agnes M. Rimando Linette M. Watkins

Dawn A. Brooks Arlene A. Garrison Nancy E. Levinger Arlene A. Russell Mary V. Zeller

Mitchell R. M. Bruce Karen E. Grant Doris Ingram Lewis Darlene K. Slattery


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Graduate Student SymposiumBy Kimberly Hartstein

Graduate students from the University of Washington (UW)Department of Chemistry will host a symposium Tuesday, Au-gust 12 at the 248thACS National Meeting in San Francisco,CA. The Graduate Student Symposium Planning CommitteeGSSPC) Program is sponsored by the ACS Division of Chem-cal Education (CHED), and the UW GSSPC is partnering withhe Women in Chemical Sciences at the UW (WCS -UW, http://students.washington.edu/wcsuw/), a student group founded byseveral members of the committee in 2012. In keeping withhis partnership, the symposium organizers are dedicated to

equal representation among invited speakers. Entitled Interna-ional Collaborations with International Impact: Chemistry forGlobal Change, the symposium will highlight international re-search collaborations that benefit the world at large in areas

ncluding energy, environment, and global health. The GSSPCProgram affords graduate students the unique opportunity toorganize a symposium at a national conference, and providesa sustainable source of programming for CHED. The successof this symposium depends on generous contributions fromhe UW Department of Chemistry, the Clean Energy Institute,United Technologies Research Center, several ACS technicaldivisions, and other supporters. Please visit the UW GSSPConline at http://depts.washington.edu/gsspc/for a complete listof speakers, current sponsors, and additional information.

WCC LuncheonBy Michelle Rogers

On Tuesday August 12th, at the WCC luncheon we will cbrate the career of Madeleine Jacobs, Executive DirectorChief Executive Officer of the American Chemical Societthe end of the year Madeline will be stepping down fromposition leading the worlds largest scientific society. We aWCC look forward to sharing with all an opportunity to reall the Madeline has done for the ACS and Women in STE

Busy Mentoring? Want to do more? Want to started? Want to pay forward?

StemConnector, the one stop shop for STEM imation (www.stemconnector.com)has a new initiative -

MILLION WOMEN MENTORS(https://www.millionwomenmentors.org/#home).Their aim - support the engagement of one million wo(and men) in STEM to serve as mentors by 2018.

Learn more about it, and see if it s a way for you to helpreported 18 million children in the US who want a mentSTEM!

Fall 2014 ACS MeetingSan Francisco Continued

WCC Travel Award

The ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) sponsor a pro-ram to provide funding for undergraduate, graduate, andostdoctoral female chemists to travel to meetings to present

he results of their research. Through this program, WCC con-nue to increase the participation of women in the chemicalciences. Awards are made on the basis of scientific merit andnancial need. In additional to financial support, the awardrovides networking opportunities for recipients who attend an

ACS national meeting. Upcoming application deadlines areFebruary 15, 2014, for meetings between July 1 and Decem-er 31, 2014. and June 30, 2015 for meetings between Janu-ry 1 2016 and June 30, 2016. For more information and toccess the online applications please visit www.acs.org/iversity.

WCC Overcoming Challenges Award

This award recognizes a female undergraduate from a two-ear or four-year institution for her efforts in overcoming hard-hip to achieve success in chemistry. The application deadline

s April 1, 2015. For more information and to access the onlinepplication, please visit www.acs.org/diversity.

Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship

The award provides scholarships for female undergraduatemajors in chemistry or related disciplines who are beginnintheir junior or senior years of study. The application deadliMay 1, 2014. For more information and to access the onlinapplication, please visit www.acs.org/diversity.

2015 WCC ChemLuminary Award

The 2015 WCC ChemLuminary Award (for activities in 201is for Best Overall WCC Section.

Your section can be considered for a WCC ChemLuminaryAward by self-nominating when submitting your local sectiACS annual report, or the WCC accepts nominations direcfrom the local WCC sections. Visit http://www.womenchemists.sites.acs.org/for more information ohow to submit nominations, in addition to examples of pasaward winning events.

Awards Announcements
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Thank you for reading the WCC semiannual newsletterhope that you find the articles inspirational and informatiIf you have an article or an announcement that may be uful to our readership, please feel free to send it to [email protected] welcome all suggestions.

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WCC Open Meeting Just Cocktails ReceptionAugust 11, 4-5:30 pm at Hilton Union Square, Yosemite AThe event is targeted at mid-career chemists and presents adfun, collaborative time for networking, connections and careeradvice, ect.

Women Chemists of Color Forum and Social August 11, 10am12pm at Hilton Union Square,Yosemite AJoin us Monday morning to network, learn about this ACS initia-tive, and provide your input. Light refreshments will be served.

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Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the

Chemical Sciences.

By Shirley M Malcom

As a chemist and AAAS member since 1965, the late MarionTuttle Milligan Mason wanted to support the advancement ofwomen in the chemical sciences. Dr. Milligan also wanted tohonor her family's commitment to higher education for women,as demonstrated by her parents and grandfather, who encour-aged and sent several daughters to college.

The objective of the Mason Award is to kick-start the researchcareer of promising future senior investigators in the chemicalsciences. The Marion Milligan Mason Fund will provide threegrants of $50,000 every other year to women researchers en-

gaged in basic research in the chemical sciences. Awardsfor women who are starting their academic research carIn addition to research funding, the program will provide

ership development and mentoring opportunities.

Applicants must have a "full-time" career-track appointmMore than one applicant from the same institution can afor this award, provided that each application is scientifdistinct.For more information about the request for proposals foMarion Milligan Mason Award for Women in the Chemicaences, please visit the website: https://masonaward.aaas.o

Proposals are due Monday, September 15, 2014, night Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

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