Global Perspective

2019 Annual Report “Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity and is the torch which illuminates the world.” Louis Pasteur, chemist and microbiologist cience can provide mechanistic insights into Fulbright Commission at the July 2019 Cottrell Although RCSA is able to focus support on only the most challenging riddles we can ask Scholar Conference in Tucson (see the Cottrell a fraction of the globe, we aim to include a S about anything in the universe. It can also Scholar Conference page on our website for the global perspective in our scientific programs and lead to practical answers for the major problems video!) communities and are working to provide more shared by all of humanity. Because so many of the For many years, RCSA funded scientists in Canada, inclusive ways to bring together scientists from questions facing us today are global or beyond but eligibility was restricted to domestic applicants around the world. global — the spread and cure of disease, the a decade ago during the financial crisis. We production and storage of energy, climate change, have now restored eligibility in our programs to access to clean water, and the detection of non- scientists at institutions in Canada. Past Cottrell terrestrial life — it makes sense to find ways to Scholars based in Canada can once again apply engage scientists from different nations. for Cottrell Plus Awards, faculty completing their Throughout its history, Research Corporation for third year as independent teacher-scholars on the Science Advancement has focused primarily on tenure track can apply for the Cottrell Scholar supporting scientists within the United States. Yet, Award, and early-career scientists in Canada can be we also recognize our global connections dating nominated to be Scialog Fellows. back to the doctoral training in Germany of At Scialog meetings, we are also looking beyond RCSA’s founder, Frederick Gardner Cottrell. That North America for themes and participants linkage with Germany has been strengthened when doing so can introduce new and important in recent years with the partnership between opportunities for discovery. This was the case, the Cottrell Scholar program and the German- for example, in holding the third Time Domain Daniel Linzer American Fulbright Commission, resulting in the Astrophysics meeting in 2018 on the European President & CEO appointment of two Cottrell-Fulbright Scholars Space Agency’s release of GAIA data. Research Corporation for Science Advancement each year and in an annual new faculty workshop These global interactions are critically important. in Germany led by Cottrell Scholars. Many outstanding scientists in this country were That partnership also resulted in the highly born and grew up overseas, and scientists often entertaining International Science Slam move among several countries for their training, competition organized by the German-American positions, and collaborations.

1 2019 Awards In 2019 Research Corporation for Scialog promotes dialogue and Science Advancement supported community-building to catalyze early-career scientists at American transformational science through colleges and universities through collaborative interdisciplinary two major efforts: the Cottrell research. In 2019 RCSA awarded Scholar Program and Scialog. $825,000 to early-career faculty The Cottrell Scholar Program is for scientific research through the designed to develop outstanding Scialog Collaborative Innovation teacher-scholars recognized by Awards. The contributions of their scientific communities partner philanthropies toward for the quality of their research Scialog awards brought this total programs, innovation in to $2.9 million. education, and potential for academic leadership. In 2019, Cottrell Scholar Program funding included $2.4 million for initial Cottrell Scholar Awards, which provide subsequent eligibility for competitive Cottrell Plus Awards ($470,000 in 2019) and Cottrell Scholars Collaborative Awards ($100,000 in 2019). 2 Cottrell Scholar Awards $100,000 is awarded to Victor Acosta Dennis Cao each scholar for a total Department of Physics Department of Chemistry, and Astronomy, Macalester College of $2,400,000. University of New Mexico Cationically Supercharged Hyperpolarization and Electron Acceptors Detection of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Using Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond

Robbyn Anand Caitlin Casey* Department of Chemistry, Department of Astronomy, Iowa State University University of Texas at Austin Extracting Kinetic Rate Diverse Perspectives: The Impact Constants from Bipolar of Dust and Gas on Cosmic History Electrochemistry: AC and Equity-Minded Inquiry-based Voltammetry of Electrically Astronomy Coupled Faradaic Reactions *Funded by Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Gordon Berman Jonathan Foley Department of Biology and Department of Chemistry, Physics Graduate Program, William Paterson University Emory University Polaritonic Chemistry with Information Bottlenecks and Hybrid Nanoparticles the Neural Control of Behavior in Fruit Flies

3 Benjamin Hunt Laura Lopez Ryan McGorty Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy, Department of Physics Carnegie Mellon The Ohio StateUniversity and Biophysics, University Assessing Stellar Feedback in University of San Diego Broken Symmetry and Massive Star-Forming Regions Optical Microscopy of Sheared Spin-Triplet Pairing in Two- Phase-Separating Soft Dimensional Superconductors Systems

Chenfeng Ke Ellen Matson Katherine Mirica Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College University of Rochester Dartmouth College Smart Supramolecular 3D Metal Oxide Clusters as Multifunctional Porous Printing Materials with Models for Investigating the Scaffolds for Monitoring Synchronized Molecular Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Neurochemicals Motions Small Molecule Activation

Emily Levesque Charles McCrory Alison Narayan Department of Astronomy, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington University of Michigan University of Michigan New Perspectives on Dying Selective Electrocatalysis Biocatalytic Reactions for Stars by Polymer-Encapsulated Selective, Sustainable Synthesis Catalysts: the Role of Charge and Engaging Graduate Student and Substrate Transport on Instructors for Improved Outcomes Catalytic Efficiency in Organic Chemistry 4 Kerstin Perez Shahir Rizk Weichao Tu Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute and Biochemistry, and Astronomy, of Technology Indiana University at West Virginia University Closing in on South Bend Understanding the Rapid Dropout with NuSTAR Reversible Self-assembly of of Killer Electrons in Earth’s Bio-responsive Nanostructures Radiation Belt with a New and Comprehensive Model

Paul Raston Tristan Smith Christina Vizcarra Department of Chemistry Department of Physics Department of Chemistry, and Biochemistry, and Astronomy, Barnard College James Madison University Swarthmore College Small Molecule Inhibition of Laser Spectroscopic Fundamental Tests of Gravity Formin Proteins: Specificity Investigation of across Time, Space and Mass and Mechanisms of Action Atmospherically Important Complexes at Ultra Low Temperature

Emily Rauscher Kana Takematsu Justin Wilson Department of Astronomy, Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Michigan and Biochemistry, and Chemical Biology, Exo-Cartography: Resolving Bowdoin College Cornell University Three-Dimensional Images of Moving Multiple Charges Capturing the Heavy Alkaline Extrasolar Worlds with Light in Derivatized Earth Elements: Ligand Design to Naphthalene Photoacids Sequester Radioactive Strontium, Barium, and Radium 5 Cottrell Scholars Collaborative Award At the annual Cottrell Communicating Science: Establishing a Network for Scholar Conference, faculty 12 Profound Scientific Effective Interventions in are encouraged to devise Breakthroughs STEM Classrooms: Fanning collaborative projects to Lead Cottrell Scholar: Kathryn Haas the FLAMES enhance science education Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary’s College and scientist career Lead Cottrell Scholar: Thomas Solomon Collaboration with additional Cottrell Scholars: Department of Physics and Astronomy, development. Through Olalla Vázquez, Department of Chemical Biology, Bucknell University this Cottrell Scholars Philipps-Universtät Marburg; Carla Fröhlich, Collaboration with additional Cottrell Scholars: Collaborative program, RCSA Department of Physics, North Carolina State Louise Charkoudian, Department of Chemistry, funded four projects in 2019 University; Amanda Hargrove, Department Haverford College; Michael Dennin, Department of Chemistry, Duke University; Rigoberto at $25,000 each. of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Hernandez, Department of Chemistry, The Johns Irvine; David Forbes, Department of Chemistry, Hopkins University; Adam Leibovich, Department University of South Alabama; Carla Fröhlich, of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pitsburgh; Department of Physics, North Carolina State Ryan McGorty, Department of Physics and University; Jennifer Heemstra, Department of Biophysics, University of San Diego; Scott Shaw, Chemistry, Emory University; Michael Hildreth, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa; Rory Department of Physics, University of Notre Waterman, Department of Chemistry, University Dame; Shahir Rizk, Department of Chemistry of Vermont. and Biochemistry, Indiana University, South Also with: Krista Hoeffel, Saint Mary’s College; Bend; Jennifer Ross, Department of Physics, Yana Vaynzof, Universität Heidelberg; Ute Syracuse University; Tristan Smith, Department Hellmich, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz; of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College; Hongbin Zhang, Technische Universität Kana Takematsu, Department of Chemistry and Darmstadt; Dominik Munz, Friedrich-Alexander- Biochemistry, Bowdoin College. University Erlangen-Nürnberg; Brandon Echter, Science Friday; Ashley Donovan, American Chemical Society. 6 The Cottrell Emerging Development of the Scholars Program: Enhancing “Enhancing Science the Successful Transition Courses by Integrating of Underrepresented Python (ESCIP)” Network Postdoctoral Scholars into Lead Cottrell Scholar: Grace Stokes, the Professoriate Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Santa Clara University Lead Cottrell Scholar: Keivan Stassun Collaboration with additional Cottrell Department of Physics and Astronomy, Scholars: Jonathan Foley, Department of Vanderbilt University Chemistry, William Paterson University; Collaboration with additional Cottrell Scholars: Claude-André Faucher-Giguére, Darren Johnson, Department of Chemistry Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Biochemistry, University of Oregon; Adam Northwestern University; Dusan Keres, Leibovich, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of University of Pittsburgh; Grace Stokes, California, San Diego; Tyler Luchko, 2019 Cottrell Scholars Conference Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Santa Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clara University. California State University, Northridge; Chad Risko, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky; Christine Vizcarra, Department of Chemistry, Barnard College. Also with Hongbin Zhang, Technische Universität Darmstadt

7 Cottrell Plus Awards

As their faculty careers advance, Sarah Reisman Cottrell Scholars are eligible to FRED apply for Cottrell Plus Awards Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry to support their research and and Chemical Engineering, teaching, and are eligible for California Institute of Technology recognition through Cottrell Plus $250,000 is awarded for a high-risk, high-reward project prizes: FRED, SEED, and the new with the potential to transform a significant area of research. The 2019 FRED Award was made to Sarah E. STAR and IMPACT awards. FRED Reisman, Professor of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry & is the highest award ($250,000) Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, for a project that has potential for her pioneering efforts to advance new methods to to transform research. SEED optimize catalytic reactions. Her research proposal calls for using the emerging concept of “input design machine awards are competitive grants to learning” (an approach to artificial intelligence) to launch new projects in research develop new chemical reactions that can be catalyzed by ($50,000 each) or education metals, in particular by nickel. ($25,000 each). STAR (excellence in Science Teaching and Research) and IMPACT (recognizing the work of Cottrell Scholars who have had a national impact in science through their leadership and service activities) each award $5,000 to winners.

8 Herbert Fertig Thomas Vojta Sarah Keller SEED SEED STAR Department of Physics, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Missouri University of University of Washington Disorder and Interactions in Science & Technology Moire Butterflies Fractional Random Walk Approach to Serotonergic Fibers

Boyd Goodson Erica Carlson Andrew Ellington SEED SEED STAR Department of Chemistry Department of Physics Department of Molecular and Biochemistry, and Astronomy, Biosciences, Southern Illinois Purdue University University of Texas at University Understanding Surface Austin Investigating Hyperpolarized Probe Images in Strongly 131Xe as a Potential Neutron Correlated Quantum Matter Scattering Target in Searches via Machine Learning for New Physics Beyond the Standard Model Stephen Bradforth Keivan Stassun STAR IMPACT Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics University of Southern and Astronomy, California Vanderbilt University

9 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards Through the 2019 Scialog The Scialog program was created Scialog initiatives are a multi-year Collaborative Innovation Awards in 2010 by RCSA, which oversees thematic investment in which program, RCSA along with partner its administration. Scialog—short 50 early-career Scialog Fellows, foundations provided a total of for “science + dialog”—funds facilitated by 10 leading scientists, $2.9 million in seed funding for early-career scientists to pursue convene annually to discuss cutting-edge research on four transformative research with their cutting-edge multidisciplinary topics: Advanced Energy Storage, fellow grantees on crucial issues of themes and propose high-risk Chemical Machinery of the Cell, scientific inquiry. collaborative projects. Time Domain Astrophysics, and In 2019, the Alfred P. Sloan The following pages include Molecules Come to Life. Foundation, the Gordon and a breakdown of 2019 Scialog Betty Moore Foundation, and funding by conference theme. the Heisings-Simons Foundation served as co-sponsors. Additional support was provided by the Kavli Foundation and the Flinn Foundation.

10 Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez, Department of Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez, Department of Advanced Energy Storage Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana- Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana- Year 4 Champaign; Zheng Li, Department of Mechanical Champaign; Veronica Augustyn, Department of Goal: To catalyze theorists, computational Engineering, Virginia Institute of Technology; Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina scientists, and experimentalists across multiple Alexander Urban, Department of Chemical State University; Jahan Dawlaty, Department of disciplines to collaborate on developing new and Engineering, Chemistry, University of Southern California innovative projects to accelerate fundamental SurPhase: Elucidating a Self-Coating Mechanism for DIRECT: Designer Interfacial Reactivity via science driving advances in energy storage. Improved Cathode Performance Electrostatically-Enhanced Charge Transfer Awards Funded by the Sloan Foundation Total: $495,000 Yan-Yan Hu, Department of Chemistry, Florida Shoji Hall, Department of Materials Science State University; Jordi Cabana, Department of and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; Awards Funded by RCSA Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago; Brent Iryna Zenyuk, Department of Chemical and Yan Yao, Department of Electrical and Melot, Department of Chemistry, University of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Computer Engineering, University of Houston; Southern California Irvine; Zachary Ulissi, Department of Chemical Neil Dasgupta, Department of Mechanical Solid Electrolytes with Dual Li-and F-ion Conductivity to Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Engineering, University of Michigan; Alexander Overcome the Tyranny of Gravimetric Capacity Data-Driven Discovery of Bifunctional Metal Air Urban, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Battery Cathodes Columbia University Total: $495,000 A Porosity-free Sodium Glass Electrolyte Formed at Matthew McDowell, School of Materials Science Room Temperature: Integrated Experimental and and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; Theoretical Approach Partha Mukherjee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University; Neil Dasgupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan Recharge, Re-liquify, Re-wet (Re3): Self-Healing Interfaces for Solid-State Batteries

11 Bin Zhang, Department of Chemistry, Ronit Freeman, Department of Applied Physical Chemical Machinery of the Cell Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brian Liau, Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Year 2 Department of Chemistry, Harvard University; Hill; Alexis Komor, Department of Chemistry and Goal: To catalyze breakthroughs in our G.W. Gant Luxton, Department of Genetics, Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego; understanding of chemical processes in the living Cell Biology, and Development, University of Davide Donadio, Department of Chemistry, cell that will lead to a new era of advancement in Minnesota University of California, Davis cell biology. Reconstructing Time-resolved Single-cell Understanding the Dark Side of the Genome Genome Organization Awards funded by the Gordon Total: $956,250 and Betty Moore Foundation Rongsheng (Ross) Wang, Department of Caitlin Davis, Department of Chemistry, Chemistry, Temple University; Abhishek Year 1 Award Made in 2019, co-funded equally by Yale University; Elizabeth Read, Department Singharoy, School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona the Flinn Foundation and RCSA of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, State University; Alison Ondrus, Division of Laura Sanchez, Department of Pharmaceutical University of California, Irvine; Kamil Godula, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Institute of Technology Judith Su, Departments of Optical Sciences and San Diego Seeing the Forces of Life Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona Metabolite Pools: Where are they, who’s using them, and Maxim Prigozhin, Department of Molecular Identifying and Detecting Diseases Prior to Physical can we? and Cellular Biology, and Department of Presentation of Symptoms Alice Soragni, Department of Orthopaedic Applied Physics, Harvard University; Xin Zhang, Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles; Department of Chemistry, and Department of Total: $110,000 Matthias Heyden, School of Molecular Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania Arizona State University State University; Jefferson Chan, Department ProFIDs: Probes to Fold the Intrinsically Disordered of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Small-Molecule Cathodophores for Multicolor Electron Microscopy

12 Time Domain Astrophysics James Davenport, Data Intensive Research Awards funded by RCSA in Astrophysics and Cosmology Institute, Robyn Sanderson, Department of Physics and Year 4 University of Washington; Timothy Brandt, Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania; Sukanya Goal: To accelerate our understanding of Department of Physics, University of Chakrabarti, School of Physics and Astronomy, stars and their life-cycles, as well as to promote California, Santa Barbara Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Huber, innovative projects based on new emerging A Galactic Census of Eclipsing Binaries Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii datasets from Gaia and other space-based surveys Beyond Gaia: Expanding the Dynamical Map of the Milky that are likely to be disruptive for astrophysics. Jennifer van Saders, Institute for Astronomy, Way with Asteroseismic Distances University of Hawaii; Keith Hawkins, Awards funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation Department of Astronomy, University of Texas Simone Scaringi, Department of Physics and Andrew Mann, Department of Physics and at Austin; Andrew Wetzel, Department of Astronomy, Texas Tech University; Yue Shen, Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Physics, University of California, Davis Department of Astronomy, University of Illinois Hill; Jackie Faherty, Department of Astrophysics, Aging Gracefully: Stellar Ages Across the HR Diagram at Urbana-Champaign; Claude-André Faucher- American Museum of Natural History; Siyi Xu, and Their Implications for Galactic Archaeology Giguére, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Gemini Observatory, HI Northwestern University Dancing Degenerates: Ages of Brown Dwarfs from Total: $550,000 Discovering Quiescent Supermassive Black Holes in NGC White Dwarfs Galaxies with TESS Gail Zasowski, Department of Physics and Total: $330,000 Astronomy, University of Utah; Joshua Pepper, Department of Physics, Lehigh University Inferring Stellar Population Ages from Integrated Light Curves

13 2019 Year in January: Cottrell Scholar (2016) Aaron institutions. The effort was funded by a grant from Review Romanowsky, Department of Physics & the Cottrell Scholar Collaborative. Astronomy, San Jose State, has co-authored 28 Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage Fellows Emily papers acknowledging Research Corporation, Ryan, Boston University, and Partha Mukherjee, including two published in Nature, and has Purdue, both professors of mechanical garnered nearly $1.2 million from six external engineering, published “Mesoscale modeling in research grants since receiving his award. He has electrochemical devices — A critical perspective” also launched a program to mentor undergraduate in Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. students from underrepresented backgrounds in The pair began talking about the need for a review making the transition to doctoral programs in paper on mesoscale modeling of electrochemical physics and astronomy. systems at their first Scialog conference. An interview with Cottrell Scholar (2010) Scialog: February: Cottrell Scholar (2014) and Scialog: Molecules Come to Life Fellow Jennifer Ross, Time Domain Astrophysics Fellow Carla Fröhlich, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, was Department of Physics, North Carolina State, was published on the APS website Physics. In a brief named a University Faculty Scholar. Fröhlich’s Q&A, she discussed her interest in microtubules, main contributions are the discovery of the the highly dynamic polymer structures that neutrino p-process, which for the first time allows form part of the cellular cytoskeleton providing physics to explain the observed abundances in structure and shape to the cytoplasm of eukaryotic the most metal-poor stars, and the prediction of cells, some bacteria and some archaea. neutron star mass and nickel yields from core Cottrell Scholar (1997) Gina MacDonald, collapse supernova simulations. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, James Laurie McNeil, Bernard Gray Distinguished Madison University, led a group formed at the Professor, Department of Physics, University 2015 Cottrell Scholar Conference in creating of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and member of a video for postdocs and graduate students RCSA’s Cottrell Scholar Selection Committee, interested in becoming faculty members at was named the 2019 Chair of the APS Forum on research-intensive primarily undergraduate Education (FEd).

14 Fulbright Arctic Chair for 2019-2020. He was to integration of research and teaching, a poster launch a new research program at the University session for junior scientists, informal networking, of Bergen’s Birkeland Center for Space Sciences and a panel discussion on career options and the studying the coupling of the Earth’s upper teacher-scholar model. atmosphere with space. The National Science foundation funded the Cottrell Scholar (2017) and Scialog: Advanced CAREER proposal “Quantifying How Peptoids Energy Storage Fellow Yogi Surendranath, Interact with Lipid Membranes” by Cottrell Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute Scholar (2018) Grace Stokes, Department of Technology, published a paper in Journal of the of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Santa Clara American Chemical Society that was highlighted University. Her research lab will receive $475,000 in Chemical & Engineering News, Chemistry over the next five years to conduct nonlinear World and was featured as a frontier research optical (laser-based) spectroscopy studies of direction in the Department of Energy’s decennial small peptide-like molecules (peptoids) that have report on the Basic Research Needs in Catalysis therapeutic potential. Science. Three 2018 Cottrell Scholars from primarily Cottrell Scholar (2015) and Scialog: Molecules undergraduate institutions received National Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage conference Come to Life Fellow Lisa Manning, Department of Science foundation CAREER awards, given in Cottrell Scholar (2006) Keivan Stassun, Physics, Syracuse University, wrote a commentary support of junior faculty who exemplify the Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt for U.S. News & World Report on the importance role of teacher-scholars through research, University, co-authored a report by the American of women in science. She stressed the importance education and the integration of education and Astronomical Society on diversity and inclusion in of the culture of a research group. “Quite a bit research within the context of the mission of graduate education in astronomy. of the most exciting work right now is at the their organizations. The awards— for Kerstin Cottrell Scholar (1997) Mark Moldwin, intersection of different subjects, driven by high- Nordstrom, Department of Physics, Mount Department of Physics & Space Sciences, functioning interdisciplinary teams,” she said. Holyoke College; John Gibbs, Department University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, was selected March: The Cottrell Scholar Southeastern of Physics & Astronomy, Northern Arizona by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Regional Meeting held in Atlanta included short University; and Tim Kowalczyk, Department of Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board as the talks from Cottrell Scholars highlighting their Chemistry, Western Washington University —

15 combined with a fourth 2018 Cottrell Scholar, Chemical & Engineering News, the official Lou Charkoudian, Department of Chemistry, magazine of the American Chemical Society. She Haverford College, who received a CAREER award writes about issues related to the teacher-scholar before being named a Cottrell Scholar, represent model, managing a research group, graduate a stellar achievement for the 2018 Cottrell student mental health and self-care. Scholar class and attest to the quality of the RCSA Senior Program Directors Richard Wiener scholars named. and Silvia Ronco wrote an invited “Energy Focus” Two 2019 Cottrell Scholars — Ellen Matson, editorial in ACS Energy Letters about RCSA’s Department of Chemistry, University of Scialog program. The editorial, “Scialog: The Rochester, and Alison Narayan, Department of Catalysis of Convergence,” describes the need for Chemistry, University of Michigan — as well as convergence — the integration of basic science 2017 Cottrell Scholar Yan Xia, Department of research across disciplines. Chemistry, Stanford, are among 126 early-career Cottrell Scholar (2014) Mircea Dinca, Department scholars named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows. Also of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of named were eight Scialog Fellows in physics and Technology, and his colleagues were written up chemistry: (Advanced Energy Storage) Veronica in the March 4 edition of Chemical & Engineering Augustyn, Department of Materials Science & Scialog: Time Domain Astrophysics conference News for work that may soon improve batteries. Engineering, North Carolina State University; Astrophysics) Daniel Huber, Department of Cottrell Scholar (2003) Daniel Crawford, Cottrell Scholar (2019) and (Advanced Energy astronomy, University of Hawaii; (Time Domain Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, has Storage) Ellen Matson, Department of Chemistry, Astrophysics) Raffaella Margutti, Department of been named University Distinguished Professor University of Rochester; (Advanced Energy Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University; for his groundbreaking work in theoretical and Storage) Matthew McDowell, Department of and (Time Domain Astrophysics) Melissa Ness, computational chemistry. Crawford is also the Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Department of Astronomy, Columbia University. founder and director of the Molecular Sciences Technology; (Advanced Energy Storage) Software Institute, a $19.4 million National Science Hailiang Wang, Department of Chemistry, April: Cottrell Scholar (2015) and Scialog: Foundation-funded initiative that serves as a Yale University; (Time Domain Astrophysics) Chemical Machinery of the Cell Fellow nexus for scientists, educators and corporations in Courtney Dressing, Department of Astronomy, Jen Heemstra, Department of Chemistry, computational molecular science. University of California, Berkeley; (Time Domain Emory University, began a monthly column in 16 Cottrell Scholar (1996) and RCSA Board of which the physical sciences can contribute new another Scialog Fellow, Jeff Gore, Department of Directors member Catherine Murphy, the perspective on challenges in life and biomedical Physics, MIT, discuss their platform to automatically Larry Faulkner Endowed Chair and professor of sciences. construct and test synthetic communities of chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana- The fourth-annual Scialog: Time Domain microbes from a set of input species at a scale of Champaign, is the 2019 Remsen Award winner. Astrophysics conference was held May 9-12 in ~100,000 communities per day. The award, presented by the American Chemical Tucson, Ariz., with more than 40 early career Cottrell Scholar (2018) A. Meredith Hughes, Society Maryland Section, is named after Ira scientists, about 20 of whom attended for the Department of Astronomy, Wesleyan University, had Remsen, The Johns Hopkins University’s first first time, and about half a dozen senior scientists a paper on the vertical distribution of dust in debris chemistry professor and second president. Murphy acting as discussion leaders. The focus at this disks accepted in the Astrophysical Journal with an studies the synthesis, surface chemistry and meeting is on recent data releases from TESS and undergraduate, Cail Daley, as first author. optical applications of gold nanorods. ZTF that provide tremendous opportunities to open July: Silvia Ronco, senior program director at Cottrell Scholar (2012) Will Dichtel, RCSA’s 2018 new research horizons. The event was sponsored RCSA, was elected 2020–2021 president of the FRED Award winner, spoke at the opening session by RCSA as well as the Kavli Foundation and the Council on Undergraduate Research. Recognized of the ACS National Meeting in Orlando. Dichtel, Heising-Simons Foundation. Keynote speakers for her work in STEM research and education, she the Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry, were Thomas Barclay, NASA Goddard Space has held previous leadership roles within CUR, Northwestern University, spoke on “Removing Flight Center and UMBC, who discussed “Time both within the CUR chemistry division, and on Organic Pollutants from Water Using Polymers Domain Astronomy across the Sky with TESS,” the executive board. The organization supports Derived from Corn.” and Kathryn Johnston, Columbia University, who faculty development for high-quality undergraduate May: Wayne State University Professor of discussed the revolution in our understanding of student-faculty collaborative research and Chemistry Andrew Feig joined RCSA as a Program our galaxy enabled by large stellar surveys. scholarship. More than 700 institutions and close to Director. A Cottrell Scholar since 2002, Feig June: Scialog: Molecules Come to Life Fellows 13,000 individuals belong to CUR. co-founded the Cottrell Scholars Collaborative Paul Blainey, Department of Biological Cottrell Scholars (2009) Rory Waterman, New Faculty Workshop in collaboration with Engineering, MIT, and Seppe Kuehn, Department Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Prof. Rory Waterman, chemistry, University of of Physics, University of Illinois, have published and (2003) Brian Stoltz, Department of Chemistry Vermont, and the American Chemical Society. At results of their Scialog project in the journal & Chemical Engineering, Caltech, and RCSA Senior RCSA he will focus primarily on the expansion Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Program Director Silvia Ronco are among this year’s of the Foundation’s Scialog program into areas in Blainey and Kuehn and colleagues, including crop of American Chemical Society members named

17 ACS Fellows for their exceptional contributions The 25th Annual Cottrell Scholar Conference was to the science or profession of chemistry and held in Tucson with about 170 science educators, volunteer service to the ACS community. including 24 newly named Cottrell Scholars. It Six Cottrell Scholars are among 2019 recipients of was the largest Cottrell Scholar Conference to the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists date. The theme was “communicating science.” and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by Keynote speakers include Katie Orenstein of the the United States government to outstanding OpEd Project and Brandon Echter of Science scientists and engineers who are beginning their Friday. The second evening of the conference independent research careers and who show featured a trilateral Science Slam with six early exceptional promise for leadership in science career scientists—German, Russian and U.S.— and technology. Honorees included: (2015) Luis passionately discussing their research before a Campos, Department of Chemistry, Columbia; live audience. The event, complete with rock (2017) Nate Gabor, Department of Physics & music and stage lighting, was hosted by Fulbright Astronomy, UC-Riverside; (2016) Tom Maimone, Germany, RCSA and the Deutsch-Russisches Department of Chemistry, UC-Berkeley; (2017) Forum and was part of the Year of German- Monika Schleier-Smith, Department of Physics, American Friendship. The competition was Stanford; (2015) Eric Toberer, Department of won by American Rui Wang, bioengineering, Rui Wang won the Science Slam. UC San Diego, who studies regeneration by the Physics, Colorado School of Mines; (2017) Yogi Cottrell Scholar (2016) and Scialog: Chemical Surendranath, Department of Chemistry, MIT. freshwater cnidarian hydra under the supervision of Cottrell Scholar (2016) Eva-Maria Collins. Machinery of the Cell Fellow Dmytro Kosenkov, Cottrell Scholar (2015) Emily Balskus, Department Department of Chemistry & Physics, Monmouth of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard, is one Cottrell Scholars (2018) Sean Roberts and (2016) University, published two papers in 2018 with of three scientists named a 2019 Laureate of the Mike Rose, both of the Department of Chemistry, multiple undergrad coauthors acknowledging Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. University of Texas at Austin, received a $1 Research Corporation. One is in the Journal of She is investigating how gut microbes affect million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation Computational Chemistry and the other is in the human health. to develop an innovative new coating for silicon ACS Journal of Chemical Education. solar cells that they hope will reduce solar panel heat losses.

18 August: Cottrell Scholar (2015) Kai-Mei Fu, Scholar (1997) Kevan M. Shokat, Department Department of Physics, University of Washington, of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, Howard was interviewed in Physics, the online magazine Hughes Medical Institute and University of of the American Physical Society. A rising star California, San Diego, received the Alfred Bader in condensed matter experimental physics who Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry. nearly quit academia due to an “unpleasant” Cottrell Scholar (2017) and Scialog: Advanced undergraduate research experience, Fu advised Energy Storage Fellow Yogi Surendranath, undergraduates to reconsider their research topic Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute or group environment before giving up completely of Technology, was the preceptor, and Anna on research. Wuttig, University of California, Berkeley, was the student receiving the Nobel Laureate Signature Multiple RCSA family members received awards Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry. from the American Chemical Society. Among the recipients: Cottrell College Science Award Cottrell Scholar (2004) Seth Cohen, Department of recipient Kerry K. Karukstis, Department Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC San Diego, joined of Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College, who the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency received the ACS Award for Research at an (DARPA) as a program manager, focusing on the Undergraduate Institution, sponsored by Research 2019 Cottrell Scholars interface of bioinorganic and medicinal chemistry, Corporation for Science Advancement. Scialog Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois as well as advanced materials. Facilitator Katherine J. Franz, Department at Urbana-Champaign, received the Award in Cottrell Scholar (2014) Shannon Boettcher, of Chemistry, Duke University, received the Inorganic Chemistry. Cottrell Scholar (2005) Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in Teri W. Odom, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, was among 44 international the Chemical Sciences. Cottrell Scholar (2002) Northwestern University, received the Award in researchers in nanoscience and nanotechnology Michael J. Krische, Department of Chemistry Surface Chemistry. Cottrell Scholar (2012) Sarah under 45 years old to be named a Young Innovator & Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, E. Reisman, Department of Chemistry, California in NanoEnergy by the journal Nano Research. received the Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Institute of Technology, received the Elias J. Corey Cottrell Scholar (2015) Tom Markland, Organic Chemistry. RCSA Board Director and Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Cottrell Scholar (1996) Catherine J. Murphy, Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator. Cottrell gave the Kavli Emerging Leader in Chemistry

19 Lecture at the American Chemical Society National UC Santa Barbara; Saurabh W. Jha, Department Philipps Universität Marburg, and their associates Meeting in San Diego. He spoke on “Harnessing the of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University. One reported that tetrazine offers considerable promise quantum mechanics of the hydrogen bond: From recipient of a multi-investigator Cottrell College as a photosensitizer in cellular nuclei, causing atmospheric science to enzyme catalysis.” Science Award is on the list: Jocelyn Samantha cancer cell death upon irradiation. Three Cottrell Scholars received Camille Dreyfus Read, Department of Physics, Cal State Fullerton. Cottrell Scholar (2017) Yan Xia, Department of Teacher-Scholar awards for research: (2018) Garret Cottrell Scholar (2009) Maura McLaughlin, Chemistry, Stanford University, was highlighted Miyake, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State Department of Physics, West Virginia University, in C&E News for helping develop a new method University; (2017) Natalia Shustova, Department published a paper in Nature Astronomy that allowing chemists to “to precisely place single of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of also received coverage on CNN. McLaughlin monomers at any position within a polymer chain South Carolina; and (2017) Timothy Wencewicz, and associates, working at the Green Bank made of other types of monomers.” Department of Chemistry, Washington University Observatory in West Virginia, measured the October: Scialog: Time Domain Astrophysics in St. Louis. A fourth Cottrell Scholar, (2018) Louise mass of what is thought to be the most massive Fellows Leslie Hebb, Department of Physics, Hobart Charkoudian, Department of Chemistry, Haverford neutron star yet observed. and William Smith Colleges, Suvrath Mahadevan, College, received the 2019 Henry Dreyfus Teacher- Trinanjan Datta, Department of Physics, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn Scholar Award. Augusta University, a Cottrell College Science State, and John Wisniewski, Department of September: Multiple RCSA-supported scientists Award winner, and co-author Javier E. Hasbun, Physics & Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, have were named new Fellows for 2019 by the American Department of Physics, University of West developed and commissioned a novel photometric Physical Society. Cottrell Scholars named as APS Georgia, completed a new textbook on solid state diffuser at Apache Point Observatory for ultra-high Fellows were: (2012) Eric R. Hudson, Department physics, “Introductory Solid State Physics with precision ground-based photometry. The Scialog of Physics & Astronomy, UCLA, and (2015) Lisa MATLAB Applications.” team received a substantial National Science M. Manning, Department of Physics, Syracuse The first publication from a collaboration Foundation grant to continue work on this project, University. Scialog Fellows named as APS Fellows between a Cottrell Scholar and a Fulbright which has led to the diffuser being installed and were: Jasna Brujic, Department of Physics, New Cottrell Scholar made the cover of Angewandte tested on a dozen other telescopes. York University; Michael L. Chabinyc, Materials Chemie. Cottrell Scholar (2016) Dmitri Cottrell Scholar (2015) Katherine Aidala, Department, UC Santa Barbara; Alessandra Corsi, Kosenkov, Department of Chemistry & Physics, Department of Physics, Mount Holyoke College, Department of Physics, Texas Tech; Megan T. Monmouth University, Fulbright Cottrell Scholar received of the RCSA-sponsored 2020 APS Prize for Valentine, Department of Mechanical Engineering, (2016) Olalla Vazquez, Department of Chemistry, Research in an Undergraduate Institution. Aidala,

20 who also received a Cottrell College Science Award The second of three Scialog: Chemical Machinery the APS, discussing a type of diamond defect in 2009, was cited for “exceptionally creative of the Cell conferences was held October 10-13 in that recently has been shown to display several and interdisciplinary research using scanning Tucson, with 45 fellows and eight senior scientists desirable properties for a solid-state qubit. probe microscopy for novel studies of magnetic acting as facilitators. The focus of the meeting The third Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage nanorings, biofilms, and organic semiconductors was the need for new tools and approaches from conference was held November 14-17 in Tucson, and for outstanding mentoring of women chemistry and biology to better understand with 57 fellows. The focus of the meeting was undergraduates, particularly through research cellular processes at the molecular and atomic the need for fundamental discovery research in collaborations.” level. The event was sponsored by RCSA as well as chemistry, materials science, engineering, and Enrique (Kiko) Galvez, Department of Physics & the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Keynote related disciplines that will lead to new advanced Astronomy, Colgate University, who was supported speaker was Holly Goodson, Department of batteries and capacitors with greater energy by funding from Research Corporation in 1990, Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre storage density, longer lifetimes, and which 2000 and 2006, received the 2020 APS Jonathan Dame, who spoke on “What Aspects of Biology are are cheaper, safer, and easier to discharge and F. Reichert and Barbara Wolff-Reichert Award for Predictable?” recharge. The event was sponsored by RCSA and Excellence in Advanced Laboratory Instruction. November: Four Cottrell Scholars were among the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Keynote speaker Cottrell Scholar (2001) David Hall, Department 443 leading scientists named Fellows by the was Yiying Wu, Department of Chemistry & of Physics, Amherst College, published an editor’s American Association for the Advancement of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, who suggestion in Physical Review Letters, which is also Science: (2004) Vicky Kalogera, Department of spoke on “How Super is “Superoxide” Battery?” featured in Physics, the online magazine from the Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University; Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage Fellow APS. Hall and colleagues report their observation (1999) Stephen Bradforth, Department of Kimberly See, Department of Chemistry, of the decay of a topological knot defect in a Chemistry, University of Southern California; Caltech, was the 2019 recipient of the prestigious quantum gas. (2013) Zachary Schultz, Department of Chemistry international Science Award Electrochemistry. & Biochemistry, The Ohio State University; and Stan Whittingham, Institute for Materials The award, a joint initiative of Volkswagen and (1994) George Shields, Department of Chemistry, Research, Binghamton University, a facilitator for BASF, is aimed at young scientists of excellence. Furman University. Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage, was awarded Kimberly was recognized for her outstanding the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 “for the Cottrell Scholar (2015) Kai-Mei Fu, Department contribution to research into multivalent ion and development of lithium-ion batteries.” of Physics, University of Washington, wrote a sulfur batteries. Viewpoint in Physics, the online magazine from

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