Lisa McElwee-White Selected as the 2024 Gassman Awardee

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The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry is pleased to announce that the 2024 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award has been bestowed upon Professor Lisa McElwee-White. Professor Lisa McElwee-White is the Colonel Allen R. and Margaret G. Crow Professor of Chemistry at the University of Florida. She received her BS in chemistry from the University …

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Early- and Mid-Career Investigator Award Nominations-Due Feb. 6

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The Organic Division (DOC) recognizes early-career and mid-career scientists through two related programs: 1) The Early Career Investigator Award, which recognizes independent and non-academic investigators (e.g. industry, government or non-profit laboratory) who are no more than 10 years from graduate school or post-doctoral appointment. These individuals have demonstrated outstanding promise for future contributions to Organic …

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Nominations for the 2024 TAOC Awards-Due Jan 23.

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The purpose of the Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Program is to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent. The program has split into these two programs to recognize more individuals: The Early Career-Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (EC-TAOC) Award is …

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ACS Catalysis Lectureship

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The Organic Division (ORGN,DOC) has entered into the partnership with ACS Catalysis and the ACS Division of Catalysis Science and Technology (CATL) to cosponsor the annual ACS Catalysis Lectureship for the Advancement of Catalytic Science. CATL and ACS Catalysis have cosponsored the award since 2012. The award honors an individual or a collaborative team for …

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Nominations for Publications of the Year Awards

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Nominations are now open for the 2024 ACS Publication Awards (Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Organic Process Research & Development, and Organometallics) for manuscripts published in 2023 (2022 & 2023 for Organometallics). The deadline for nominations is December 31, 2023 (December 7, 2023 for Organometallics). Below, you can find details on eligibility and …

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Andrew Evans Selected as the 2022 Gassman Awardee

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The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry is pleased to announce that the 2022 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award has been bestowed upon Professor P. Andrew Evans. Professor P. Andrew Evans is the Alfred R. Bader Chair of Organic Chemistry and a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Organic and Organometallic Chemistry in the Department …

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Professors Bertozzi, Meldal, and Sharpless win the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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The Organic Division congratulates Professors Carolyn R. Bertozzi (Stanford University, CA, USA); Morten Meldal (University of Copenhagen, Denmark); and K. Barry Sharpless (Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, US) who have won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry” See the Nobelprize.org for more information. Professor Bertozzi is …

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The 2022 Alfred Bader Award goes to Cathleen Crudden

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The ACS Organic Division congratulates one of our Members-at-Large, Cathleen Crudden, the A.V. Douglas Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in metal organic chemistry at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario as the 2022 Alfred Bader Award recipient. The Alfred Bader award is presented annually for excellence in research by an organic …

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Congratulations to the 2021 Organic Chemistry National Award Recipients!

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ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences – Kay M. Brummond, University of Pittsburgh ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry – Jonathan A. Ellman, Yale University ACS Award in Pure Chemistry – Rebekka S. Klausen, Johns Hopkins University Elias J. Corey Award – Ryan A. Shenvi, Scripps Research …

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