The Technical Achievement in Organic Chemistry (TAOC) awards recognize outstanding contributions to the field of organic chemistry from accomplished professional chemists, who hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree-equivalent and 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 …
The DOC Graduate Research Symposium, which provides an opportunity for graduate students in organic chemistry to interact with leaders from academia, industry, various funding agencies, and publishers at a single venue, will take place at the University of California, Santa Barbara on July 9-12, 2022. For more details and link to the nomination form please …
The next DOC Virtual Symposium will be hosted on Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 at 12:00-1:30 PM EST. The symposium features: Nicholas Ball–Pomona College “Synthetic Strategies toward Fluorosulfurylation of Organic Molecules and Sulfur-Fluoride Exchange (SuFEx)” Cristina Nevado–University of Zurich “Assembly of all-C quaternary centers…with a Smile(s):-)” You can start to access the live presentations about 5 …
The Organic Division (DOC) seeks to recognize early career scientists at special symposia at the Fall ACS National Meetings. The DOC has two programs: 1) The Academic Young Investigator’s Symposium composed of Assistant Professor speakers who are entering their fifth or sixth years and who have not yet been considered for tenure. Sixteen speakers are …
Nominations are now open for the ACS Publication Awards (Organic Letters, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Organometallics) for manuscripts published in 2021 (2020 & 2021 for Organometallics). The deadline for nominations is January 23, 2022. Below, you can find details on eligibility and directions for submission of nominations. The corresponding or lead author(s) will …
The Organic Division congratulates the winners of the 2021 election for the new officers for 2022. They are listed below. We thank all the members of the Division who voted for the leaders of our organization. Chair-Elect: Jennifer Schomaker Councilor: Lisa Marcaurelle Alternate Councilors: Stefan Koenig and Scott Gilbertson Members-at-Large: Katelyn Billings, Karen Draths, Michael …
Call for Nominations for the 2022 SURF Fellowships – Applications for the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) ($5,000) are now being accepted. The Division of Organic Chemistry annually awards SURF Fellowships to outstanding undergraduate organic chemistry students. These competitive fellowships are awarded on the merits of students’ research proposals, academic records, faculty recommendations, and …
The next Virtual Symposium will be hosted on Wednesday, November 17th, 2021 at 12:00-1:30 PM EST. The symposium features: Rebecca LaLonde Reed College Challenges & Opportunities: Two Case Studies of Generating Publishable Results with Undergraduate Researchers Miles Johnson University of Richmond Synthesis and Analysis of Modular Bis(phosphino)pyrrole Ligands Jeff Johnson Hope College Rhodium-Catalyzed C–C Single …
The Organic Division congratulates Professors Benjamin List (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) and David W.C. MacMillan (Princeton University, USA) who have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis” See the Nobelprize.org for more information. Professor List is currently scheduled to speak at the 47th National Organic …
The speakers for the 2021 Mid-Career Investigator Symposium, which will be held at the 2022 ACS Spring National Meeting in San Diego, are published on the Mid-Career Investigator Symposium page.
