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Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Fall 2014 Department of Chemistry MS 015, Brandeis University Waltham, MA 02454-9110 Phone: 781-736-2550 email: [email protected] Executive Committee Members, 2014 Members-at-Large Councilors Alternate Councilors Christopher J. Welch, Chair Spencer Dreher Huw Davies Jeffrey Aubé Lawrence T. Scott, Past-Chair Randall Hungate P. Andrew Evans Mary K. Boyd Donna M. Huryn, Chair-Elect Malika Jeffries-EL Scott Gilbertson Paul Feldman Barry B. Snider, Secretary/Treasurer Jeffrey N. Johnston Cynthia Maryanoff Paul R. Hanson Ahmed F. Abdel-Magid, Program Chair Katherine Lee Matt McIntosh, Program Chair-Elect Robert Maleczka Katherine Maloney Marisa Kozlowski, NOS 2015 Executive Officer Franklin A. Davis, Regional Meeting Liaison Nancy Mills Oliver Reiser Richmond Sarpong Matt Sigman Brian Stoltz Current information about the Division is always available on the web at https://organicdivision.org. Webmaster: Brian J. Myers; Assistant Webmasters: Joseph S. Ward III and Robin C. Stanzione. You are invited to attend national meetings of the ACS and present contributed papers (oral or poster). Instructions for submission of papers are near the end of this letter in the section entitled "Information for Submission of a Paper or Poster." Submissions should arrive by the indicated deadline for each meeting, which is published in C&E News (January and July), posted on the Division Website: https://organicdivision.org/ACSmeetings, and the ACS Website: http://www.acs.org/meetings. Members also are encouraged to submit brief proposals for contributed symposia at future national ACS meetings (see https://organicdivision.org/symposia for details). AWARDS Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products sponsored by Givaudan, Thomas R. Hoye, ACS Awards to be presented in the Organic University of Minnesota. Division at the 249th ACS Spring National Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Meeting in Denver, March 22-26, 2015 Synthetic Methods sponsored by the Purdue Borane ACS Award for Creative Invention, sponsored by the ACS Research Fund and the Herbert C. Brown Award Endowment, Corporation Associates, Jotham W. Coe, Pfizer, Inc. Gary A. Molander, University of Pennsylvania. ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., F. sponsored by the ACS Northeastern Section, Charles L. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley. Perrin, University of California, San Diego. Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original National Fresenius Award, sponsored by Phi Lambda Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator Upsilon, The National Chemistry Honor Society, Abigail G. sponsored by the Pfizer Endowment Fund, Jin-Quan Yu, The Doyle, Princeton University. Scripps Research Institute. Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Division of Organic Chemistry Members Elected Chemistry, sponsored by the Ronald Breslow Award ACS Fellows in 2014 Endowment, Eric T. Kool, Stanford University. Eric Block, Christina Bodurow, Dawn A. Brooks, F. Ivy Carroll, ACS Awards to be presented at the National Ron W. Darbeau, Mark D. Distefano, Todd Emrick, David A. Organic Symposium in College Park, MD in June Evans, Kevin P. Gable, Istvan T. Horvath, Robert E. Maleczka, Jr., 2015 Frank B. Mallory, Robert J. McGorrin, David Mitchell, G. K. Surya Prakash, John P. Richard, Myron S. Simon, Keith J. Stine, Edward Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry sponsored by N. Walsh, Patrick M. Wooster Organic Reactions Inc. and Organic Syntheses Inc: Larry E. Overman, University of California, Irvine. 2014-15 Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate ACS Awards to be presented in the Organic Fellowships in the amount of $26,000 each have been Division at the 250th ACS National Meeting awarded to: August 16-20, 2015 in Boston, MA Liana Hie, University of California Los Angeles, Division of Arthur C. Cope Award Sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship sponsored by Amgen, Fund: Paul A. Wender, Stanford University. Neil Garg, Faculty Advisor Gregory Lackner, University of California Irvine, Division of Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards, Sponsored by the Arthur C. Organic Chemistry Organic Reactions/Organic Syntheses Cope Fund: Graduate Fellowship sponsored jointly by Organic Reactions Michelle Chang, University of California, Berkeley Inc. and Organic Syntheses, Inc., Larry Overman, Faculty Debbie C. Crans, Colorado State University, Fort Collins Advisor Antonio M. Echavarren, Institute of Chemical Research of Caitlin McMahon, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Catalonia and Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship sponsored Ben L. Feringa, University of Groningen, Netherlands by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Erik Alexanian, Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Faculty Advisor Angeles Eduardo Mercado-Marin, University of California Berkeley, Neil K. Garg, University of California, Los Angeles Division of Organic Chemistry Organic Syntheses Fellowship, Chuan He, University of Chicago Richmond Sarpong, Faculty Advisor Kenichiro Itami, Nagoya University, Japan Robert Newberry, University of Wisconsin, Division of Organic Kenny M. Nicholas, University of Oklahoma Chemistry Nelson J. Leonard Graduate Fellowship sponsored by Richmond Sarpong, University of California, Berkeley Organic Syntheses, Inc., Ron Raines, Faculty Advisor In addition to the five fellowship awardees listed above, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Organic Letters 2015 the following nine applicants are recognized for their Outstanding Author of the Year Award Lectures achievements with a travel award to the 2015 NOS. Paul Gassman Award Winner Steven Banik, Harvard University, Eric Jacobsen, Faculty Advisor Kaitlyn Crawford, U. of Maryland, Larry Sita, Faculty Advisor We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2014 Paul Evan Darzi, Boston Univ., Ramesh Jasti, Faculty Advisor Gassman Award is Amos B. Smith, III, University of John Issa, Tufts Univ., Clay Bennett, Faculty Advisor Pennsylvania. This award recognizes his outstanding service to Andrew Neel, UC Berkeley, Dean Toste, Faculty Advisor the organic chemistry community. Prof. Smith was honored by Nicole Serio, U. of Rhode Island, Mindy Levine, Faculty Advisor the Division at the 248th National ACS Meeting in August 2014 Andy Thomas, UIUC, Scott Denmark, Faculty Advisor in San Francisco, CA. Kanny Wan, Scripps Research Inst., Ryan Shenvi, Faculty Advisor Division of Organic Chemistry ChemLuminary Alex Zhukhovitskiy, MIT, Jeremiah Johnson, Faculty Advisor Award Information about 2015-2016 graduate fellowships The 2013 ChemLuminary Award was presented at the 2014 will be at: https://organicdivision.org/fellowships. National ACS Meeting in San Francisco. The Division of 2014 Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Organic Chemistry was recognized for the 2013 (4th) Annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) that was held at the Awardees University of Delaware, where 49 graduate students were Alexander Cleveland, Tennessee Technological University, selected from 38 institutions to present their research to peers Jessie Carrick, Mentor, Pfizer Sponsor and professional participants from academia and industry. The Nicolle Doering, University of California, Santa Barbara, networking among the students was the single greatest benefit of Armen Zakarian, Mentor, Pfizer Sponsor this program. Richard Liu, Harvard University, Eric Jacobsen, Mentor, Pfizer Sponsor Moises Morales, Washington State University, Philip Garner, 2 Mentor, Pfizer Sponsor Division of Organic Chemistry Sponsored Symposia: Julia Murphy, Swarthmore College, Robert Paley, Mentor, Synthetic Biology Applied to Natural and Unnatural Product Pfizer Sponsor Pathways; B. Bachmann, Organizer Riley Svec, University of Iowa, Hien Nguyen, Mentor, Cubist Sponsor Miniaturization in Chemistry‐ (sub)‐Nanoscale Synthesis, Analysis and Application; S Dreher, Organizer Information about the 2015 SURF program will be at: https://organicdivision.org/surf. Green Chemistry: Reactions in Alternative Media; B. Lipshutz, Organizer Travel Awards – Dallas, spring 2014 Development of Direct/C‐H Functionalization Processes towards Graduate Student Travel Awards the Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds; J. Mousseau, Khanh Ha, U. of Florida Organizer Laura Hardebeck, Saint Louis U. Caitlin McMahon, UNC Chapel Hill The 250th National Meeting of the American Joshua Weiting, Ohio State U. Chemical Society, Boston, MA. Date: August 16- Undergraduate Travel Awards 20, 2015. Meeting Theme is “Innovation from Jacob Buchanan, Central Washington U. Discovery to Application” Janelle Kirsch, Hope College Division of Organic Chemistry Sponsored Symposia: Kali Miller, U. of Illinois, Urbana Small Splash, Big Waves: Research at Primarily Undergraduate Kathryn Olsen, Elizabethtown College Institutions; S. Biros and T. Davis, Organizers Brannon Springer, Purdue U. Faculty Travel Awards Green Chemistry Makes a Difference: Pharmaceutical Industry/Academic Collaborations; M. Kopach, Organizer Jessie Carrick, Tennessee Technological U. Travel Awards – San Francisco, fall 2014 Process Chemistry: New Developments in Pharmaceutical Process Development III; J. Pesti, N. Cuniere, and L. Desai, Graduate Student Travel Awards Organizers Allen Chan, U. of California, Riverside Catherine DeBlase, Cornell U. Magnetically Recyclable Nanocatalysts; M. Pericas and O.