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 …
Be sure to stop by our Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Awards (TAOC) Symposium, where awardees will be presenting their work on Wednesday August 21 in the Mile High Ballroom 4B (Colorado Convention Center) from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm! Congratulations to our 2024 awardees (Technical Achievement Awards)! Thanks to this year’s organizers, Elizabeth Swift …
The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry wishes to congratulate the Winners of the 2024 Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Award (TAOC). The TAOC award Program seeks to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished, professional chemists holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent. In 2023, the program was split into …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The deadline to submit a nomination for the TAOC Award is extended to Jan 31, 2018. The Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (TAOC) award program recognizes 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 …
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Award The ACS Division of Organic Chemistry would like to Congratulate the winners of the 2017 Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (TAOC) Award: Ann M. Buysse, Dow AgroSciences; Kenneth J DiRico, Pfizer; Junying Fan, Bristol-Myers Squibb; William Farrell, …
The Division of Organic Chemistry’s Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry Program (TAOC) 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. In 2023, the program was split into the Early Career-Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (EC-TAOC) Award for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are no more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school and the Mid Career-Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry (MC-TAOC) Award is for individuals who are currently pursuing careers in industrial or government sectors and are more than 10 years from undergraduate (bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s) school. Below you will find a listing of the awardees.
Front Row (L to R) Noah Tu, Qing Shi, Lisa Hasvold, Kelly-Ann Schlegel, Javier Magano, Kenneth Hughes, Edward Lin, James Apgar, Andrew Nolting
Back Row (L to R): Edward Brnardic, Ignacio Aliagas, Benjamin Thuma, Joel Calvin (2019 TAOC chair)
Front Row (L to R): Ngiap-Kie Lim, Mai Khanh Hawk, Melodie Christensen, Noel S. Wilson, Georgette Castanedo, Bo Liu, Michael P. Curtis
Back Row (L to R): Tim Braden (2018 TAOC Chair), Keith P. Moore , Chad A. Van Huis, Simon Planken, Dan Widlicka, Mark A. Nagy, Ronald C. Tomlinson
Front Row (L to R): Leonard Winneroski, John Murray, Kenneth DiRico, Junying Fan, Pete Johnson, Ann Buysse
Back Row (L to R): William Farrell, Cheng Wang, John Pratt, Ryan Linder, Toufike Kanouni, Sean Neville, Jeffrey Varnes, Tim White (2017 TAOC chair)
Front row (L to R): Wes Schafer, Michelle Tran-Dubé, Brian Huckabee, Matthew Daniels, Emily Hanan, Thomas Caferro
Back row (L to R): James Jewell, Brian Jones, Kyle Baucom, Neil Kallman, Scott A. Savage, Brian Kotecki, Scott Bagley (2016 TAOC Chair)
Pictured L to R: Scott Bagley (TAOC Committee), Mark Bundesmann, Edmund Harrington, Sriram Tyagarajan, Timothy Braden, Jacqui Hoffman, Michael Kobierski, Andre Shavnya, Kenneth Engstrom, Thomas Pahutski, and Katherine Lee (2015 TAOC Chair)
Back (L to R): Bruce Bechle, John Rizzo (TAOC Committee), Scott Savage, Daniel Richter, Scott Bagley (TAOC Committee), Joel Calvin, Tim White (TAOC Committee)
Front (L to R) Robert Reamer, Craig Stump, John Guo, Nga Do, Roger Rothhaar
(L to R): Tim White, Mike Shevlin, Jonathan Grimm, Brian Wakefield, Kim Voronin, John Rizzo (TAOC Committee), Sharada LaBadie, Mike Collins, Usa Reilly, Scott Bagley, Teresa Makowski
Front Row (L to R): Paige Mahoney (2012 TAOC Chair), Kelly McClure, Nandini Patel, Perry Heath, Andrea Hillegrass, Jeff O’Meara, Michael Cobb, Judy Cohen (2011 TAOC Chair)
Back Row (L to R): Sammy Shave, Robert Kester, Paul Glossop, Charles Bernard, Tao Li, Enrique Vazquez, Maureen Chisholm, Chris Semko, Robert Shumate
Front Row (L to R): Kae M. Bullock, Cornelia J. Forster, Shaei Y. Huang, David W. Hoard, Nelo R. Rivera, Keith A. Eagen, Molly E. Hoke (2009 TAOC Chair)
Back Row (L to R): Pete Delgado, Michael J. Palmer, Maria Angelica Linton, Thomas A. Chappie, William D. Miller, Jeffrey C. Kern, Daniel M. Green
Missing from photo: Charles P. Vandenbossche
Front Row (L to R): Paula L. Sharpe, Irene Drizin, Joshua Kaplan, Rob Larsen (2008 TAOC Chair), Huaqing Liu, Michael T. Martin
Back Row (L to R): Molly Hoke (2009 TAOC Chair), Daniel S. Gardner, IV, Andrew S Bell, John H. Tatlock, John P. Caldwell, Brian C. Vanderplas, Kevin M. Belyk, Peter J. Manley
Award Winners 2024
EC-TAOC
Kevin Stone
Merck & Co., Inc.
Jie Xu
Amgen, Inc.
Andrew Ickes
AbbVie
MC-TAOC
Muhammad Alimuddi
Pfizer
Gregory Gfesser
Abbvie
Luis Martinez-Alsina
Pfizer
Jinhai Gao
Novartis BioMedical Research
Joshua Lee
Merck & Co., Inc.
Daniel Cashion
Bristol Myers Squibb
Morgan O’Shea
Larkspur Biosciences
Xilu Wang
AbbVie
Élisia Villemure
Genentech
Erik LaChapelle
Pfizer
Matthew Yonkey
The Dow Chemical Company
Dominika Pcion
Exelixis, Inc.
Jaclyn Patterson
GSK
Zhili Xin
Biogen
William Powazinik
Amgen, Inc.
Brice Stenne
Johnson & Johnson
Award Winners 2023
Heng Chen
GSK
Justin Simanis
AbbVie
David Bernharson
Pfizer
Michael Reutershan
MOMA Therapeutics
Louise Bernier
Pfizer
Suzanne Skolnik
Novartis
James Mulhearn
Janssen Pharmaceutical
Aleem Fazal
Novartis
Timothy Nowak
Merck & Co.
Luke Zehnder
Pfizer
Cory Stiff
Arvinas
Tho Thieu
Janssen Pharmaceutical
Anmol Gulati
Merck & Co.
Lauren Rockwell
Merck & Co.
David Limburg
Pfizer
Gang Zhao
AbbVie
Hai-Yun Xiao
Bristol Myers Squibb
Christopher Morgan
GSK
Lindsey Horty
Corteva Agriscience
Brandon Taoka
Merck & Co.
Michael Laurila
Eli Lilly & Co.
Twyla Briddell
FMC
Gang Liu
Novartis
Westin Morrill
AbbVie
Award Winners 2022
Mathew Mulhern
AbbVie
Michael Orwat
Bristol Myers Squibb
Fan Yang
Novartis
Yazhong Huang
Bristol Myers Squibb
Heather Coate
Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson