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Monthly Meeting Esselen Award Education Night Meeting at A123 Systems, Waltham, MA Address Luke Roberson, NASA, to Speak By Timothy M. Swager 2016 NESACS Election 19th Annual Weinberg Candidate Statements Symposium By Steven DuBois, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Summary of Governance

Issues251st American Chemicaland Society Actions National Meeting San Diego, California March 13 – 17, 2016 The following summary is provided to help Councilors report Candidates for Directors-at-Large to their Local Section and Division on key actions of the ACS • The Committee on Nominations and Elections announced Council meeting held March 16, and Board of Directors meet- the selection of the following candidates for Directors-at- ings held March 11-13, at the 2016 Spring National Meeting Large for 2017-2019 terms: Joseph A. Heppert, Kristin M. in San Diego, California. Omberg, Dorothy J. Phillips, and Kathleen M. Schulz. The Actions of the Council election of two Directors-at-Large from among those can- Election Results didates and any selected via petition will be conducted in the fall. Ballots will be distributed to the Council on Sep- Candidates for President-Elect, 2017 tember 29, 2016. • The Committee on Nominations and Elections presented to the Council the following nominees for selection as candi- Other Council Actions dates for President-Elect, 2017: Peter K. Dorhout, Thomas 2017 Member Dues R. Gilbert, C. Bradley Moore, and Gregory H. Robinson. • The Council voted to set the member dues for 2016 at the By electronic ballot, the Council selected Peter K. Dorhout fully escalated rate of $166. This rate is established pursuant and Thomas R. Gilbert as candidates for 2017 President- to an inflation-adjustment formula in the ACS Constitution Elect. These two candidates, along with any candidates se- and Bylaws. lected via petitions, will stand for election in the Fall Academic Professional Guidelines National Election. • After approving an amendment (see italicized text below) President-Elect, 2017 to the proposed revised Academic Professional Guidelines Nominee 1st Choice 2nd Tabulation (Council Agenda, pp. 75-89), the Council approved the re- Peter K. Dorhout 263 - vised guidelines, subject to approval by the Board of Direc- Thomas R. Gilbert 113 290 tors. The guidelines apply to those members of the C. Bradley Moore 6 - academic community whose job function impacts directly Gregory H. Robinson 58 123 or indirectly on scientists practicing the profession of chem- •• Peter K. Dorhout received a majority of the first-preference istry. votes cast, and was declared a candidate for President-Elect The Department 2017. The second-preference votes from his ballots were B. Responsibilities to Students distributed to the remaining nominees. 6. Physical Facilities. The department should maintain work •• C. Bradley Moore had the fewest number of first-preference with the administration to ensure maintenance of its votes, and was eliminated. The second-preference votes building(s) and equipment holdings in the highest quality con- from his ballots were distributed to the remaining nominees. dition possible. Building use policies and equipment con- •• The redistribution of second-preference votes to the remain- tained therein should be updated regularly. ing nominees resulted in Thomas R. Gilbert receiving a ma- -Council Agenda, p. 85 jority and he was also declared a candidate for Resolutions President-Elect 2017. • The Council passed resolutions in memory of deceased Candidates for Districts II and IV Councilors; in gratitude for the officers and members of the • The Committee on Nominations and Elections announced San Diego Local Section, host Section for the 251st Na- the results of the election held prior to the San Diego meet- tional Meeting; the divisional program chairs and sympo- ing to select candidates from the list of nominees to serve sium organizers; and ACS staff. as Directors from District II and District IV on the Board Highlights from Committee Reports of Directors for the term 2017-2019. By internet ballot, the Online Preference Forms for Councilors Councilors from these districts selected George M. Bodner All Councilors, including new Councilors, are reminded to and Christina C. Bodurow as District II candidates; and complete their online committee preference form for 2017 Rigoberto Hernandez and Larry K. Krannich as District IV committee assignments, which will be open from March 28- candidates. Ballots will be distributed on September 29, June 10, 2016 at https://www.yellowbook.acs.org (log in re- 2016 to all ACS members in District II and District IV for quired). election of a Director from each District. continued on page 21

2 The Nucleus May 2016 The Northeastern Section of the American- Chemical Society, Inc. Contents Office: Anna Singer, 12 Corcoran Road, Burlington, MA 01803 (Voice or FAX) 781-272-1966. e-mail: secretary(at)nesacs.org Summary of ACS Governance Actions 2 NESACS Homepage: ______http://www.NESACS.org 251st ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA March 13-17 Officers 2016 Chair 2016 Esselen Award Address 4 Jerry P. Jasinski ______Keene State College Keene, NH 03435-2001 By Timothy M. Swager jjasinsk(at)keene.edu Chair-Elect Monthly Meeting 5 Leland L. Johnson, Jr. ______Conditas Biotechnology Group Education Night Meeting at A123 Systems, Waltham, MA P.O. Box 540 Brookline, MA 02446 Luke Roberson, Ph. D. Principal Investigator for Research and Development, ljohnson(at)theconditasgroup.com Science Payload Systems Engineer, NASA to speak on “Space Exploration Re- 617-304-6474 search at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center” Immediate Past Chair Katherine L. Lee Pfizer 19th Annual Andrew H. Weinberg Symposium 6 610 Main Street ______Cambridge, MA 02139 By Steven DuBois katherine.lee(at)pfizer.com 617-674-7299 Secretary 2016 NESACS Election 7 Michael Singer ______MilliporeSigma Candidate Statements 3 Strathmore Rd, Natick, MA 01760 774-290-1391, michael.singer(at)sial.com Treasurer Calendar 24 James Piper ______19 Mill Rd, Harvard, MA 01451 978-456-3155, piper28(at)attglobal.net Cover: Auditor Photo taken at the March Meeting held at Takeda-Millennium: Profes- Patrick Gordon sor George Whitesides (Harvard University) visits with Felicia Lucci (Tufts Uni- Archivist Ken Mattes versity-NSYCC 2016 Chair). Trustees Photo by Morton Z. Hoffman Dorothy Phillips, Ruth Tanner, Peter C. Meltzer Directors-at-Large Editorial Deadlines: David Harris, John Neumeyer, Ralph Scannell, Summer-September 2016 Issue: July 15, 2016 John Burke, Ioannis Papayannopoulos, Christine Jaworek-Lopes October 2016 Issue: August 15, 2016 Councilors /Alternate Councilors Term Ends 12/31/2016 Michael Singer Raymond Borg Mary Shultz Mukund Chorghade Robert Lichter Mary Mahaney Sophia R. Su Raj Rajur Marietta Schwartz Sonja Strah-Pleynet Term Ends 12/31/2017 Michael P. Filosa John Podobinski Doris I. Lewis Patrick Gordon Christine Jaworek-Lopes Anna Sromek Patricia A. Mabrouk Mary Burgess The Nucleus is published monthly, except June and August, by the Northeastern Section of the American Mark Tebbe Ralph Scannell Chemical Society, Inc. Forms close for advertising on the 1st of the month of the preceding issue. Text Morton Z. Hoffman Leland L. Johnson, Jr. must be received by the editor six weeks before the date of issue. Term Ends 12/31/2018 Katherine Lee Kenneth Mattes Editor: Michael P. Filosa, Ph.D., 18 Tamarack Road, Medfield, MA 02052 Email: Catherine E. Costello Jackie O'Neil filosam(at)verizon.net; Tel: 508-843-9070 Ruth Tanner Andrew Scholte Associate Editors: Myron S. Simon, 60 Seminary Ave. apt 272, Auburndale, MA 02466 Michaeline Chen Jerry P. Jasinski Morton Hoffman Board of Publications: James Phillips (Chair), Mary Mahaney, Ajay Purohit, Ken Drew All Chairs of standing Business Manager: Joshua Fine, Email: joshuamfine(at)gmail.com Committees, the editor Advertising Manager: Vacant: contact Michael Filosa at [email protected] of THE NUCLEUS, and Calendar Coordinator: Xavier Herault, Email: xherault(at)outlook.com the Trustees of Section Funds are members of the Photographers: Morton Hoffman and James Phillips Board of Directors. Any Proofreaders: Donald O. Rickter, Morton Z. Hoffman Coun cilor of the American Chemical Society Webmaster: Roy Hagen, Email: [email protected] residing within the section area is an ex officio member of the Board of Directors. Copyright 2016, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society, Inc.

The Nucleus May 2016 3 Esselen Award Address 2015 NESACS Sponsors Instititution Contribution Level By Timothy M. Swager Amgen Platinum The human experience is dominated by Biogen, Idec Platinum our sensory inputs of sight, touch, sight, Davos Pharma Platinum taste, and smell. Of these, the sense of Johnson-Matthey Platinum taste and smell are uniquely chemical SK Life Sciences Platinum and involve molecular recognition. We Navin Fluorine International Gold experience good smells, such as those Vertex Gold associated with fresh flowers, and are Esselen Fund of the Boston Silver very sensitive to foul smells, such as Foundation Merck and Co. Silver those associated with rotten food. The National Institute of Standards Silver equivalent of an olfactory receptor is a (NIST) chemical sensor, which is a device that Pharmacore Silver translates a chemical signal into a signal PLR Brand Services (Polaroid) Silver that can be read electronically. Sanofi Silver Society is properly ever more inter- Millipore-Sigma Bronze ested in the molecules we experience in European Chemical Sciences Bronze our environment. When carbon dioxide (EuCheMS) levels get too high in a building, air ex- However, to detect them with conven- The Royal Society of Chemistry Bronze changes are needed. If the air quality is tional technologies requiring the instal- German Chemical Society Bronze satisfactory, air exchanges are not lation of power-hungry, expensive (GDCh) needed, and we can save energy by in- systems in homes, offices, cars, etc. is Novartis Bronze tegrating carbon-dioxide sensors into simply not practical. Strem Chemicals Bronze the control system. The solution is to create chemical Contribution Levels Donation Incomplete combustion in a furnace sensors empowered by molecular mate- Platinum $5,000+ can give dangerously high levels of the rial designs, that have low cost, low Gold $3,500-$4999 toxicant carbon monoxide that need to power, and can be used to create distrib- Silver $2,000-$3,499 be detected by a sensor. We can’t smell uted networks. These sensors have flex- Bronze $500-$1,999 ible form factors and can be stuck on a methane, so the gas companies add sul- Meeting Sponsors wall, put in packaging, or integrated into fur compounds with low odor thresholds Amgen for our safety. clothing. Cape Cod Community College However, people can become sen- Although we often focus on haz- Genzyme-Sanofi sitized to different smells, a fact I know ards, it is also important to mention that Nova Biomedical personally having worked in my youth not all smells represent threats to our Takeda on a pig farm. Simply put, people need safety. Specifically, there are many ap- Vertex chemical sensors to be made aware of plications of chemical sensors that can their exposures and alerted to hazards in be used purely for the betterment of so- real-time. These hazards can be inter- ciety. For example, the monitoring of mittent point sources of toxic materials. continued on page 20 Vivian K. Monthly Meeting Walworth Web streaming details 1922–2016

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4 The Nucleus May 2016 Monthly Meeting Biography The 961st Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society-Education Night Thursday – May 12, 2016 A123 Systems, 200 West Street, Waltham, MA 02451 4:00 pm NESACS Board Meeting (Conference Room) 4:30 pm Tours Begin (Atrium) Luke B. Roberson, Ph.D. is a principal 5:00 pm Reception and Poster Session (Atrium near Cafeteria) investigator for space research and tech- 6:00 pm Dinner (Cafeteria) nology development at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Roberson’s 7:00 pm Welcome, Dr. Jerry Jasinski, NESACS Chair (Cafeteria) research focuses on advanced composite 7:05 pm Evening program (Cafeteria) materials for implementation into sys- Luke Roberson, Ph. D. Principal Investigator for Research and De- tems including polymer electronics, velopment, Science Payload Systems Engineer, NASA water purification chemistry, chemo - “Space Exploration Research at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center” chromic hazardous gas-sensing materi- als, and chemical hazmat suits. 7:55 pm Presentation of the Education Night Awards (Cafeteria) Luke previously served as the pay- For those who would like to join us for dinner, register by noon, Thursday, May load developer for VEGGIE and Ad- 5, 2016 using PayPal: http://acssymposium.com/paypal.html. Select the pay with vanced Plant habitat; both are plant credit or debit card option and follow the additional instructions on the page. growth chambers for the International Cost: Members, $30; Non-members, $35; Retirees, $20; Students, $10. Dinner Space Station. He has flown multiple reservations not cancelled at least 24 hours in advance must be paid. flight payloads aboard ZeroG micro- gravity flights and tested advanced com- If you wish to join us for this meeting and not eat dinner, please register by noon, ponents in extreme environments. Thursday, May 5, using PayPal: http://acssymposium.com/paypal.html. Select continued on page 22 “Seminar only”. The fee is $1. New members or those seeking additional information, contact the NESACS administrative coordinator, Anna Singer, at [email protected] or at (781) 272- Abstract 1966 during regular business hours only. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THE EVENT. ATTENDEES NEED TO “Space Exploration Research at BE AWARE THAT THE HOST FACILITY IS A PRIVATE FACILITY WITH NASA’s Kennedy Space Center” ITS OWN SECURITY AND GUIDELINES FOR ADMISSION. IT IS RE- Are you interested in knowing where in QUIRED BY THE HOST SITE THAT ALL ATTENDEES BE REGISTERED the universe NASA will be traveling to IN ADVANCE. THOSE WHO FAIL TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE MAY NOT next? What technologies will be needed BE ADMITTED TO THE PROGRAM. to traverse the cosmos to achieve those Directions: goals? Or maybe you’d like to collabo- From Rt 95/128 Southbound: Take exit 27B (Winter St.) and merge onto Winter rate on a NASA research project? How St. (0.3mi). Take a left onto West St. (second set of lights), 200 West St. is 0.4mi about working or interning for NASA? on the left. Dr. Luke Roberson, principal re- From Rt. 95/128 Northbound: Take exit 27A/B (Third Ave.) and keep left to search investigator at NASA’s Kennedy exit via 27B, turn right onto Wyman St., follow signs for Winter St. Turn right Space Center (KSC), will be presenting onto Winter St. Cross over 95/128 and take a left at the second set of lights NASA’s vision and how KSC is work- (0.5mi) onto West St., 200 West St. is 0.4mi on the left. ing to research, design, develop, and From the T: Take the red line to Alewife Station. From Alewife station a shuttle build cutting-edge space applications for runs to 200 West St. Please contact Mrs. Anna Singer for details. the future of the International Space Sta- Free Parking: 200 West St. is an “L” shaped building with main entrances into tion, commercial, and long-duration the atrium where the two sides meet. Handicapped parking is available near the manned space flight. u building. Our space program is changing– come see how planetary exploration u will change your life here on Earth.

The Nucleus May 2016 5 The 19th Annual Andrew H. Weinberg Symposium “Drug Development for Pediatric Cancers-Turning Challenges into Opportunities: A View from the Other Side” Speaker: Dr. Gregory H. Reaman, Associate Director, Office of Hematology and Oncology Drug Products, United States Food and Drug Administration Report by Steven DuBois, MD, MS Director, Experimental Therapeutics, Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Faber Cancer Institute rector in the Office of Hematology and for Children Act (BPCA), the Pediatric Oncology Drug Products at the US Food Research Equity Act (PREA), and the and Drug Administration (FDA). He is FDA Safety and Innovation Act (FDA- also the former group chair of the Chil- SIA). For additional details, the reader dren’s Oncology Group (COG), the only is encouraged to view a video of Dr. cooperative group in the United States Reaman’s presentation at this link: dedicated to clinical trials for pediatric http://video.dfcionline.org/accordent/20 cancer. 15WeinbergSymposium102915 Dr. Reaman’s lecture provided a In addition to his lecture, Dr. Rea- summary of the current state of child- man provided his insights in several hood cancer outcomes. He then pre- smaller meetings throughout his visit. sented a compelling overview of the He presented a seminar to oncology fel- need for federal incentives to motivate lows and junior faculty training in clin- clinical trials in pediatric indications. ical research. He also met with a On October 29, the Weinberg Sympo- The majority of his presentation focused number of senior faculty members lead- sium committee welcomed Dr. Greg on the complex federal laws intended to ing clinical trials. Reaman to Dana-Farber to deliver the ensure that promising new medicines The 20th Annual Andrew H. Wein- 19th Annual Weinberg Symposium. Dr. are also evaluated in children. These berg Symposium will be held Reaman is currently the Associate Di- laws include the Best Pharmaceuticals Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Mignon Loh, MD Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, UCSF School of Medicine will be the speaker. Dr. Loh’s research is focused on clinical-translational studies in pediatric leukemia. Her interests are split between two diseases, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) and acute lym- phoblastic leukemia (ALL). It broadly involves the identification, significance, and function of genetic mutations in pe- diatric leukemia. Further information about the sym- posium will be in the September Nu- u cleus.

6 The Nucleus May 2016 2016 NESACS Election NESACS

Chair-Elect ACS Service: Member since 1982. Election Chair, Brazosport Section (1990); Or- Mukund S. Chorghade ganic Division, member; Visiting Speak- Election of Candidates ers Program (1999 to present); In the interest of providing maximum Department of Career Services Consult- information and expression of opinion ant (2000 to present); Member, Interna- by the candidates for election in 2016, tional Activities Committee (2003-2012), the Nominating Committee has pre - Program Chair, ComSci (2012-2013), pared this section of the NUCLEUS for Chair, SCHB (2010-11,2014-6), Member, mailing concurrently with the ballots. Entrepreneurial Resource Center (2012-) All candidates were asked to submit bi- NESACS Service: Board of Directors ographical material and, with the excep- (1997-), Public Services Committee, tion of committee member nomi nees, Chair; Professional Services Committee, position statements. To attain uni formity member and chair (2005-); Public Affairs of format, the biographical data have Committee; Public Relations Committee been rearranged, and, where the text ex- Education: B.Sc. 1971; M. Sc. 1973 (2000)-, Interim Editor, The Nucleus st ceeded the allotted space, abbre viated. (1 Class Honors) University of Poona, (2004), NESACS Chair-elect (2006), The statements have been repro duced India; Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry), 1982, Chair (2007) without change. An official ballot, along Memberships, Honors: Georgetown University Maha-rashtra with a ballot envelope and return enve- Academy of Sciences (Elected Fellow); Professional Experience: Research lope have been provided. The election Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences Fellow, National Chemical Laboratory and balloting are being carried out in (Elected Fellow) IUPAC; Royal Society (1973-74); Instructor, Georgetown Uni- conformance with Article VIII of the of Chemistry (Elected Fellow); New York versity (1981-82); Postdoctoral Research Constitution of the North eastern Sec- Assoc., University of Virginia (1982-84); Academy of Sciences; American Institute of Chemists (Elected Fellow); AAAS tion. The order of candidates for each Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard office on the ballot will be determined University (1984-85); Senior Research (Elected Fellow); ACS (Elected Fellow), Sigma Xi; Indian Society of Bio-Organic by lot. Comments regarding the election Chemist (1985-89); Project Leader may be addressed to the Nominating (1989-90), Dow Chemical Co.; Research Chemists; IUPAC Commission on Biotechnology, Medicinal Chemistry, Committee Chair, Katherine Lee (ad- Scientist/Assistant Director, College de dress on p.3). France, Paris and Universite Louis Pas- New Technologies and Special Topics, Division of Chemistry and Human The ballot must be received by May teur (1990-91); Project Manager, Abbott th u Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Health; 20 IUPAC Conference on the 31, 2016. (1991-95); Senior Director, Chemical Chemistry of Natural Products, Chicago, Sciences Research & Development, Cy- 1996; Chair, Scientific Programs Comm., the triad of academia, government and in- toMed, Inc. (1997-98); President, CP on Advisory Board for Organic Process dustry. We enjoy a cherished and hal- Consulting, Chorghade Enterprises (1995 Research and Development; Member, lowed tradition of excellence. The to present); Visiting Scholar, University Committees on International Activities warmth and gracious hospitality with of British Columbia, University of and Technology, American Institute of which we welcome participation by our Chicago, Northwestern University, Cal- Chemists. Awarded “Diamond Jubilee members, collaborators and distinguished tech, Cambridge University; Vice Presi- Fellowship”, Univ. Dept. of Chemical guests has been the hallmark of our tradi- dent, Pharmaceutical Development Technology, Mumbai, India- Awarded tion and the well-spring of our progress. Sciences, Geltex Pharmaceuticals / Gen- “B.D. Tilak Distinguished Visiting Fel- We are embarking on several new proj- zyme , (2000 to 2003); President and lowship”, University of Bombay, India. ects and have forged a path with a new Chief Scientific Officer, Pharmaceutical Awarded “Bharat Gourav” Award, Gov- vision. Our projects are well conceived, Sciences Division, D & O Pharmachem ernment of India. Invited speaker at nu- meticulously researched and designed to (2003-present), President and CSO, merous international conferences reach out to broad sections of the chem- THINQ Pharma (2006-), Founder and Statement: It is a singular honor and istry enterprise, innovation and entrepre- CSO, AGN Biofuels and Empiriko, privilege to be nominated to the position neurship. I draw particular attention to (2010-2014), Adjunct Research Professor of Chair Elect for the Northeastern Sec- our goal of fostering new long-term rela- at Northeastern University (2008-), Ad- tion. tionships between participants from dif- junct Research Professor at Harvard and The breadth, depth and sophistication ferent professional organizations. MIT (2009-), Visiting Scholar, Boston of the talent and creativity of our mem- Please join us in what promises to be an College (2014-), Fulbright Specialist bers are outstanding. We have eminent re- outstanding year of progress. Volunteers (2015-), Visiting Fellow at Princeton searchers and professionals, from all sub like you are a tremendous source of ideas (2015-), disciplines of chemistry, who represent that constitute the lifeblood of an organi-

The Nucleus May 2016 7 zation. Join a committee of your choice, Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting to participate in the YCCB exchange pro- provide creative inputs into the programs (2016); Symposium Organizer, Women gram in September 2016, and look for- and assist us in increasing the public’s Chemists Committee (2016); Session ward to acting as an international awareness and enjoyment of Chemistry. Chair, Division of Organic Chemistry ambassador for the NESACS community We will gain refreshingly new insights (2010-present); Founder, Mentor and at that time. and perspectives from the collective wis- Coordinator of ACS Project SEED in Goals for the Section: I am deeply dom of the assembled network of North- Rhode Island (2011-2013) committed to NESACS, and I have been eastern chemists. Our teamwork will NESACS Service: Feature Writer for since I first became involved 8 years ago. offer people a vision, perchance to dream The Nucleus (2008-2010); Assistant Edi- I love the people, the energy, and the abil- and the motivation to explore new vistas tor of The Nucleus (2008-2009); Associ- ity to be a part of a community of highly and ventures. We stands ready to bring ate Editor of The Nucleus (2009-2011); engaged chemists. My main goal for the about a sea change in mentorship, to ben- Member of the Board of Publications Section is to ensure that I can share that efit the “young and old and shy and bold” (2009-2012); Webmaster for the Board of passion and commitment with the frac- and spanning international geographic, Publications (2010-2011); Member of the tion of NESACS members that are not national and cultural boundaries. Nominating Committee (2013) yet active in the section. I want to make It will be my endeavor to represent the Relevant Memberships: American sure that all NESACS members –young Northeastern section effectively at all lev- Chemical Society, American Association and old, industrial and academic – els. The issues confronting the Chemical of University Professors, Graduate whether they are students, currently em- Enterprise in the USA and the ACS are Women in Science ployed, unemployed, or retired - all feel complex and demand creative solutions. Honors: ACS Women Chemists Com- at home in NESACS and all feel that par- I am spearheading an entrepreneurship mittee Rising Star Award (2016), Univer- ticipation in NESACS is worth their time. effort that will stimulate job growth. I sity of Rhode Island Early Career To achieve that goal, I will continue the would also ensure election of more NE- Research Excellence Award (2014), Fea- highly successful virtual streaming of SACS Fellows. I will spare no effort in tured Academic Young Investigator, Di- NESACS meetings. I will regularly up- ensuring that the voice of our electorate vision of Organic Chemistry, American date the website and make it easier for is heard and that the council determines Chemical Society (2014), Thieme Chem- members to access, and I will introduce effective policies for all members. istry Journal Award (2013), Arno Heyn events that appeal to broader audiences. Award (2013) Much of this work will occur in conjunc- Personal Statement: I am a Professor tion with members and committees that Mindy Levine of Chemistry at the University of Rhode are already extremely active in the sec- Island, where I run a research group fo- tion- for example, efforts to modernize cused on supramolecular organic chem- the website will occur in partnership with istry, from fundamental investigations of the Board of Publications and efforts to non-covalent interactions to applied tox- introduce broadly appealing events will icant detection systems. This research occur in conjunction with the highly ac- program is funded by the National Sci- tive Younger Chemists Committee and ence Foundation, the National Cancer In- with members of the Senior Chemists stitute, the Gulf of Mexico Research Committee. Initiative, and the Rhode Island Science I bring a strong background in science and Technology Research Alliance. outreach to this position, through my Concurrently with my extensive re- work creating and implementing Girls search efforts, I have demonstrated a Chemistry Camp (a week-long camp for Education: B.A. (2003) and Ph.D. long-standing, consistent commitment to middle school girls), Sugar Science Day (2008) in Chemistry from Columbia Uni- the NESACS section, starting with my (a full day program for high school girls), versity (Professor Ronald Breslow, advi- role as a writer for The Nucleus in 2009, and elementary and preschool level out- sor); NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship moving to the role of Assistant and then reach. We can harness the existing infra- in Chemistry at the Massachusetts Insti- Associate Editor in 2009-2010. I formally structure of Cape Cod Cafes, National tute of Technology (Professor Timothy joined the Board of Publications in 2010, Chemistry Week, and the Younger Swager, advisor) Employment: and oversaw a thorough revamping of the Chemists Committee and substantially Tenure-Track Assist-ant Professor of NESACS website in conjunction with our enhance existing science outreach efforts. Chemistry at the University of Rhode Is- webmaster Roy Hagen. This volunteer These efforts will generate extensive pos- land (2010-present); NIH Postdoctoral work was recognized when I received the itive publicity, will enhance our broad- Research Fellow at MIT (2008-2010); Arno Heyn Award in November of 2013. based appeal, and will provide a Adjunct Professor at Yeshiva University Since that time, I have continued to be ac- straightforward way for members to get (2007-2008); Graduate Research Assis- tively involved in the section through reg- involved in the broader community in a tant at Columbia University (2004-2008); ular attendance at monthly meetings, meaningful and tangible way. Undergraduate Research Assistant at Co- participation in NESACS events at na- I am aware that many people in the lumbia University (2003-2004) tional meetings, and attendance at a vari- NESACS community have been in the ACS Service: Symposium Organizer, ety of other local chemistry events. I plan Section for much longer than I have been,

8 The Nucleus May 2016 and I am honored and privileged to be these programs is high, and the major Officer, Research Corporation, 1983-86; nominated for Chair-Elect. I promise to budgetary problems involve setting pri- Hunter College of the City University of work tirelessly with you and for you, to orities among them. I am pleased to work New York, Chemistry Department, Assis- continue to enhance the programming, with the members of the Board of Direc- tant Professor, Associate Professor, Pro- outreach, and broad-reaching appeal of tors who volunteer many hours in the fessor, 1970-83, Department Chair, the Section, and to make NESACS as service of their profession. 1977-82; California Institute of Technol- great as it can possibly be. ogy, Research Associate, 1968-70. Statement: The Trustees’ role is to Trustee manage, with the assistance of skilled in- Treasurer vestment managers, the NESACS invest- Robert L. Lichter ment portfolio and its distribution, and Ashis K. Saha Education: Harvard University, A.B. thus ensure NESACS’s continued finan- Education: M.S. IIT Kanpur, India, cum laude, 1962; University of Wiscon- cial health. As Executive Director of the Ph.D. Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, Post- sin, Ph.D., 1967. Camille and Hendy Dreyfus Foundation, Doc: Univ. California, Berkeley Professional Experience (for past ten I played a key role in doing just that. As Professional Experience: Pharmaceu- years): Principal and Co-founder, Mer- a university VP for research, I adminis- tical/Biotech Industry: Sterling Winthrop, rimack Consultants, LLC, 2002 to date. tered a budget of more than $75 million. Malvern, PA 1989-94; J&J (Janssen), ACS Service: Member ACS since And as member of the ACS Committee Spring House, PA 1995-2000; Vi- 1962. Committee on Nominations and on Budget & Finance and its Vice Chair ropharma, Exton, PA 2001-2004; Praecis, Elections, 2015-2017; Committee on Mi- for several terms, I helped oversee and Waltham, MA 2004-05; Predix, Lexing- nority Affairs, 1999-06Committee on approve not only the operating budget, ton, MA 2005-06; TCG Lifesciences, Budget and Finance, 2006-14, Commit- but also ACS’s considerable investment Boston & Kolkata, India 2007-2015; tee on Science, 1997-02Program Review portfolio. I’m convinced this experience Dover Lifesciences, Boston 2015-to date. Advisory Group, 2008-12; Advisory positions me for fulfilling the role of NE- Chemistry & NESACS Service: ACS Board, Chemical & Engineering News, SACS Trustee. Member since 1983. POCC (Philadelphia 1998-06; ACS Graduate Education Advi- Organic Chemistry Club): Chair Elect & sory Board, 2002-06; ACS Development Dorothy J. Phillips 2000-2002. NESACS: Organizing com- Advisory Board, 2008-15; Georgia Sec- Academic Record: Vanderbilt Univer- mittee member, Process Chemistry, 2008- tion: Chair, 2005, Chair-Elect, 2004. sity, B.A., 1967; University of Cincinnati, 10. North Jersey Section: Analytical NMR Ph.D., 1974 Statement: The Treasurer chairs the Topical Group, Chair, 1982-83. Experience: Retired (March 2013); Budget Committee, is responsible for all NESACS Service: Member since Waters Corporation, 1984 to 2013; Life Section funds except those of the Trust 2005. Board of Directors, 2008-present; Sciences, Strategic Marketing; the Dow Accounts, and prepares reports for the Councilor, 2008-16. Subsection Task Chemical Company, 1974-84. Board of Directors, National ACS, and Force; German Exchange Program; Honors: ACS Fellow, 2010; Shirley B. state and federal agencies. Annual finan- Committee on Constitution and Bylaws Radding Award, Santa Clara Valley Sec- cial statements are prepared by a CPA to Relevant Memberships: American tion, ACS, 2008; ACS Northeastern Sec- meet the requirements of the Massachu- Association for the Advancement of Sci- tion Henry A. Hill Award, 2006; setts Attorney General. The Section cur- ence, Association for Women in Science. Nashville Section ACS, Salute to Excel- rently operates with a budget of $300,000 ACS Divisions: Organic Chemistry and lence Award, 2004; Vanderbilt University of which 30% comes from Trust Funds, Chemical Education. Dr. Dorothy J. Phillips Endowed Chair, 33% from local and national dues, and Honors: ACS Award for Encouraging 2015; Distinguished Chemist Award, The 37% from contributions and program rev- Disadvantaged Students into Careers in New England Institute of Chemists, 2011; enues. About 20% of all expenditures are the Chemical Sciences, 2010; ACS Fel- Waters Leadership Award for Outstand- related to awards which recognize low, 2009; Fellow, Association for ing Contributions to Waters and Waters’ achievements in chemistry at all levels, Women in Science, 2004; Fellow, Amer- Community, 2008; Vanderbilt University, from high school students to professional ican Association for the Advancement of Dr. Dorothy Wingfield Phillips Award for chemists, including programs that en- Science, 1995 Leadership, 2007. courage young people to enter the profes- Related Activities: Member and/or of- Service in ACS National Offices (<10 sion. Administrative expenses constitute ficer of boards and committees of NSF, years): ACS Board of Directors, Direc- 15% of expenditures. The remaining National Research Council, Sigma Xi; tor-at-Large, 2014-2016; Council Policy 65% supports services to the membership Experimental NMR Conferences, Coun- Committee, 2008-2013; Division of An- such as the Nucleus; monthly meetings; cil on Undergraduate Research, National alytical Chemistry, Chair, 2009-10, Pro- symposia; educational and social activi- Conferences on Undergraduate Research. gram Chair, 2008-09, Chair-elect, ties for students, teachers, and profes- Executive Director, The Camille and 2007-08; Committee on Committees, sional chemists; professional relations Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., 1989- 2001-06; Committee on Divisional Activ- services including employment services; 02; Vice Provost for Research and Grad- ities, 2007-08. and public relations activities such as Na- uate Studies, State University of New Service in NESACS Offices: Board of tional Chemistry Week. The quality of York at Stony Brook, 1986-89; Program

The Nucleus May 2016 9 Trustees, 2014-16; Councilor, 1995- Councilor/Alternate Coun- to the society. Seeing the wealth that 2013; Chair, 1993; Chair-Elect and Pro- ACS has to offer inspired me to get more gram Chair, 1992; Awards Committee, cilor involved with serving the ACS on a na- Chair, 2009-16; Fundraising Committee, tional and regional level. In March 2016 Chair, 2004-08; Centennial Celebration, Ray Borg I became an alternate NESCAS coun- Co-chair, 1998; Project SEED Commit- Education: B.S. Biochemistry, 2014, cilor, a position that I am grateful to tee, Chair, 1994- 95; Nominating Com- University of Southern Maine (USM); serve. mittee, Chair, 1994. Master’s candidate, 2015-present, UMass Over the last two years, NESACS has Member: National Organization for Boston provided me with resources, opportuni- the Professional Advancement of Black Honors/Professional Activity: Grad- ties and a network of people that has led Chemists and Chemical Engineers uate Research Assistant, UMass Boston, me in the direction of success. I am in- (NOBCChE); Sigma Xi. 2014 -present; Graduate Teaching Assis- spired by the positive influence and im- Related activities: 2015 ACS National tant, UMass Boston, 2014 -present; pact that the Northeast ACS Section has Meetings presentations: Committee on Chair, UMass Sustainable Scientists, on the local and national chemical com- Minority Affairs Luncheon, Spring 2015; 2015- present; Editorial Director, UMass munity. For this reason I would very Legacy of Henry A. Hill Symposia, Fall Boston Green Chemistry Newsletter, much appreciate the opportunity to serve 2015; presided at Spring 2015 Sympo- 2014– present; Leadership Develop-ment as a NESACS Councilor. I am grateful sium: “The Interface of Chemical and Award, ACS, 2016, Campus Transformer for your support. Biological Sciences International Disar- Award, Transforming Youth Recovery, mament Efforts”. Spearheaded Waters 2015, USM Undergraduate Research Op- sponsorship of the Frank H. Field and Joe Mukund S. Chorghade portunity Program award recipient 2014- (See experience and statement under L. Franklin Award for Outstanding 2015; USM Department of Chemistry Chair-Elect) Achievements in Mass Spectrometry and Outstanding Chemistry Senior in Chem- the ACS Award in Separation Science and istry 2013-2014; Technology; Keynote or invited speaker ACS Service: General Member of Thomas R. Gilbert at the 15th International Conference of ACS, 2011 - present; Alternative Academic Record: Clarkson College the Indian Society of Chemists & Biolo- NESCAS Councilor, 2016 – present; Ca- of Technology, B.S., 1968; Massachusetts gists, Rajkot, India, 2011; The Interna- reer Chair, NSYCC, 2015- present; So- Institute of Technology, Ph.D., 1971. tional Conference on Chemistry for cial Chair, NSYCC, 2014 Honors: ACS Fellow, 2011; Henry A. Mankind, Innovative Ideas in Life Sci- Statement: In January 2014, I at- Hill Memorial Award, 2010; Outstanding ences, Nagpur, India, 2011; Third Annual tended the monthly NESACS meeting Teacher of First Year Students Award, PepCon Conference, Beijing, China, after reading about it in The Nucleus. At College of Engineering, Northeastern 2010; and The Sixth Annual Congress of this event I was introduced to NSYCC University, 2010, 2013, 2015; Excellence International Drug Discovery Science members and I became very interested in in Teaching Award, Northeastern Univer- and Technology, Beijing, China, 2008. the community of young chemists in sity, 1999. Over 70 publications and presentations Boston. I commuted from Portland, Professional Positions (for past 10 focused on separation sciences; con- Maine to attend NSYCC events and net- years): Northeastern University, Acting tributed a chapter in the book on active work with other members. In late sum- Chair, Department of Chemistry and learning in analytical chemistry, 2007. mer 2014 I moved to Boston for graduate Chemical Biology, 2015−16; Academic Statement: I am a candidate for a sec- school and I was elected to be the Director, Professional Science Masters ond term as an ACS Northeastern Section NSYCC social chair. Programs in Biotechnology, 2009-11, Trustee; I would appreciate your vote. I Since being appointed an Executive- Acting Dean, School of Education, 2004- am currently chair of the Trustees. During Board Member of the NSYCC I have had 06. my first term as a Trustee I gained expe- the pleasure of organizing two green Service in ACS National Offices: rience working with NESACS invest- chemistry symposia at National ACS Board of Directors, Director, District I, ment portfolio. I am a Director-at-Large Meetings by collaborating with National 2013-15; Committee on Public Affairs on the ACS Board of Directors that has Presence YCC members. On a regional and Public Relations, 2014-15; Commit- fiduciary responsibility. During my 38 level I am organizing the 2016 Northeast tee on Professional and Member Rela- year industrial career I gained skills and Student Chemistry Research Conference tions, 2013-15; Council Policy expertise in financial management as a and the 2016 NSYCC Career Sympo- Committee, 2007-12, Vice-Chair, 2008- director at Waters Corporation. Combin- sium. 10; Long-Range Planning Subcommittee, ing the expertise gained in industry and Being an active member of the local Chair, 2008-12; Committee on Nomina- in ACS I am qualified to be re-elected for YCC allowed for me to attend the 2016 tions and Elections, 2001-06, Vice-Chair, a second term as a Trustee. If re-elected, ACS Leadership Institute. This experi- 2004-06; Committee on Meetings and I promise to continue to work actively ence showed me that the ACS has a Expositions, 1995-2000, Chair, 2000; with the other Trustees, the Treasurer and tremendous amount of resources, career Task Force on Web-Based Resources for our Financial Advisor to manage NE- development opportunities and a deep Volunteers, Chair, 2015 to date. SACS funds in line with the Section’s fellowship for those willing to contribute Service in ACS Offices: Member goals. Thank you for your vote.

10 The Nucleus May 2016 ACS since 1968. Northeastern Section: them to continue their preparation for the Councilor, 1990-2013; Chair, 1988; job market through years and years of New Members Chair-Elect, 1987;Centennial Celebration postdoctoral research. These perpetual Program Chair, 1998; Analytical Group postdocs are victims of a graduate educa- Invitation to attend a meeting Chair, 1983-86; Northeast Regional tion system that is inefficient and unfair You are cordially invited to attend one Meeting: General Chair, 1993. Division and ACS must take the lead in addressing of our upcoming Section meetings as of Analytical Chemistry: 46th Annual this national problem. a guest of the Section at the social Summer Symposium on Analytical hour and dinner preceding the meet- Chemistry, Co-Chair Organizing Com- Patrick Gordon ing. mittee, 1993. Please call Anna Singer at 781-272- Education: Member: ACS Divisions: Analytical B.Sc. University of 1966 between 9am-6pm, or email: Chemistry and Chemical Education. Guyana (1977); M.Sc., University of secretary(at)nesacs.org by noon the New South Wales, Australia (1982); Related Activities: ACS, Education first Thursday of the month, letting Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Canada u Division, Analytical Chemistry Examina- her know you are a new member. tion Committee, 1998-2000; Published (1987) 45 journal articles and two general chem- Professional Experience: Post-Doc- istry textbooks (in their 4th and 1st edi- toral Associate, Kansas State University, dents. The problem of science education tions), holds three patents. (1987-1988); Organix Inc., Woburn, MA appears to have a common theme-unpre- Statement: I welcome this opportunity (1988-1991); Senior Scientist, Polaroid paredness in math and science (chem- to describe my priorities and what I Corporation (1991-2001); ArQule Inc. istry). I believe that ACS and NESACS would strive to accomplish if elected to (2001-2002); Polymer Laboratories, must be more involved in influencing and Council. (2003-2004); Emmanuel College, Ad- supporting the process of science educa- Recruiting and Engaging ACS mem- junct lecturer (2004-present); Simmons tion. Conversations and discussions have bers College, Adjunct lecturer (2005 to 2010); taken place at ACS national meetings re- If elected to Council I will work to with Adjunct lecturer, MCPHS University, garding certification of chemistry teach- the Northeastern Section Young Chemists 2010-present Cape Cod Community Col- ers in the public schools. Teacher unions Committee to launch a new program lege, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, must also be made to understand what is whose goal will be to recruit and retain as 2015 to present needed for effective science education. members a majority of the students in ACS Service: Alternate Councilor More such discussions, followed by nec- ACS-approved baccalaureate programs (1994-1996, 1997-1999, 2000-2001, essary action, must take place to ensure a in the section. The program will feature 2003-2006) course correction that will yield better re- multi-campus activities and support shar- NESACS Service: NERM Chair of sults for our K-12 students. ing of best practices between student the Symposium on Cannabinoids, To that end, I believe that NESACS has chapters. (1989); Centennial Committee Co-Chair a role to play in the effort to support I will also support ACS efforts to re- (1998); Member, Board of Publications STEM education initiatives. I am seek- cruit and retain members from among the 1999 to present; Secretary, Board of Pub- ing your vote of confidence in dedicating chemistry professional working in inter- lications, 2000; Chair, Board of Publica- my efforts towards making a positive dif- disciplinary industries, such as biotech- tions, 2002, 2004; Member, Board of ference in the lives of those students I nology, at the interface between Publications, 2003; alternate Councilor have the privilege of influencing. chemistry and the other sciences. It is es- (’94-’96 and ’97-’99, ’00-’01, ’06-‘08). If elected to represent you, as a board sential that ACS be viewed as a principal Career Consultant Volunteer service member, I would also be looking to be in- resource for information and professional (2005-present); President, NESACS, volved with strategic planning, as was development in these evolving research 2011 raised at our March 2016 monthly so that areas. Statement: As the nation prepares for our NESACS board can be more effec- Education a national election, most of us are more tive in delivering services to its members. If elected, I will continue to work with aware of current problems and challenges I look forward to your continued support. elementary and middle school science now than outside of that election cycle. I teachers and high school chemistry teach- am one of those individuals who contin- ers across the Northeastern Section as ues to marvel at the opportunities that Jerry P. Jasinski they create learning activities that are exist here in the US for individuals who Education and Honors: B.A., 1964, both content-rich and that share the sense wish to pursue career in the STEM fields M.S.T. 1968 in Chemistry, University of of investigation and discovery that we and, at the same time, concerned that New Hampshire; M.N.S. in Natural Sci- chemists find so rewarding. there appears to be a difficult journey for ence, Worcester Polytechnic Institute I will also work to put into practice rec- K-12 students who are being educated in (1968); Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1974, Uni- ommendation contained in the 2012 ACS our nation’s urban public schools. versity of Wyoming NATO Summer Re- report Advancing Graduate Education in That concern has been echoed when I search Associate, 1972, Chim Lab-4 the Chemical Sciences We can no longer communicate with my colleagues and University of Copenhagen, Denmark, afford graduate programs that prepare friends who like me, are attempting to ed- LASL-AWU Pre-Doc Research Fellow PhDs for jobs that no longer exist, forcing ucate many of the aspiring STEM stu- (1973-74) Pos-Doc Fellow, 1974-1975,

The Nucleus May 2016 11 University of Virginia; Vermont Sigma ship extending toward the geographical Education Meeting at A123 featuring Hero’s Award (1995); 1st Recipient of the boundaries of our organization. As a Luke Roberson (NASA), MAY-2016. Keene State College Award for Faculty longtime educator, researcher, leader and Statement: It has been an honor to Distinction in Research and Scholarship active collaborator on a local, regional volunteer as Councilor from NESACS (2001); Marquis Who’s Who in America, and international scale, I would continue and for the members of NESACS. The the World, Science & Engineering to bring an impressive amount of expe- Council functions as a sort of “House of (2010-2017); Presidential Who’s Who rience, expertise and dedication to our Representatives” for certain issues before (Chem. Prof. of the Year and Hall of local section. As your Councilor, I will the ACS. Traveling to National Meetings Fame, 2011, 2012); Cambridge Who’s continue to encourage the participation for Council and for international scien- Who (Professional of the Year in Scien- of academic and industrial professionals tific exchange as well as networking has tific Research & Education, 2010-2011); and students within the outreach and been, and continues to be, an excellent Towle High School Athletic Hall of goals of the NESACS. I would actively way to engage chemists from across the Fame (2011); AIC-Board of Directors support the values and craft of network- nation and around the world. 1999-01, 2007-2009, President 2009- ing and collaboration when working with If elected as Councilor, I will continue 2011, Chair of the Board 2011-Present); friends, colleagues and professionals and to network with our members at monthly 2013-2014 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar. encourage the spirit of volunteerism in meetings and many other events in order Professional Experience: Keene keeping the NESACS at the forefront of to understand the concerns and needs of State College: Asst Prof. (1978-83), professionalism. our colleagues across the many fields of Assoc. Prof. (1983-89), Prof. (1989-Pre- I ask for your vote as Councilor and chemistry. I take the responsibility of rep- sent), Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, (1999- thank you for your consideration and resenting NESACS and your interests 2005); Chair, Dept. of Physics, support. very seriously. (2003-2005); H. S. Chem./Physics My path into NESACS is shown Teacher (1964-70, 1975-78); NEIC, within my biographical information. I Treasurer, 1988-Present); Coeditor of Leland L. Johnson, Jr. urge younger chemists and others to enter Acta Cryst., Section E (2009-Present); Education: Virginia Tech, BS, 1993; into NESACS service whenever possible. Coauthor of over 650 refereed papers in Virginia Commonwealth University, MS, When you are able serve, NESACS will major chemical research journals. 2003; Boston University, MA, 2008 be here! Service has helped me through Research and Interests: Physical- Professional Experience: Conditas each career transition that I have made, Bioinorganic, Bioorganic and Struct-ural Biotechnology Group, Founder, 2010- and for that, I am indebted to NESACS. Chemistry; Synthesis and X-ray crystal- present; BetaStem Therapeutics, VP De- As a councilor and alternate councilor lography of pharma-ceutically active velopment, 2013-2015; CreaGen for the past six years, I have taken each molecules, laser dye molecules and tran- Biosciences, Business Development opportunity to travel to the national meet- sition metal thiosemicarb-azones. Manager, 2009-2010; Novartis, SA II, ings that I have been given. From these ACS Service: Member since 1970. 2008-2009; Adenosine Therapeutics, council meetings and presence at National Member of INOR division. NESACS: 2002-2003; Insmed, Research Associate, Meetings, I have been able to secure nu- Nominating Committee (2000-01, 2007- 1999-2002. merous speakers for the benefit of NE- 08); Alternate Councilor (2007-09; 2010- Honors/Awards: Member, Alpha Chi SACS members and the greater Boston 16); Norris Award Committee Sigma-Gamma Iota (1990); Chemlumi- community. I will continue these efforts (2009-2012, Chair 2012); Richards nary Award to NSYCC, (2007); Delegate, with your support. As a full councilor, I Award Committee (2013-2017); Chair- German Exchange, Konstanz (2006); Top will accurately represent the interests of Elect of NESACS (2015); Chair of NE- Ten Poster, JCF-Fruehjahrssymposium, NESACS, at every national meeting of the SACS (2016). Konstanz, Germany (2006). American Chemical Society. Memberships: ACS, NESACS, Service in NESACS/NSYCC offices: As a councilor, I will work with the ACA, AIC, NEIC, CUR, NEACT. NESACS Program Chair, 2016; NE- section to increase participation in NE- Statement: I would consider it an SACS Chair, 2017; Chair, Exchange Pro- SACS events, since these events can cer- honor to serve as Councilor of the North- gram to Germany, 2015-present; tainly aid the development of multiple eastern Section of the American Chemi- Facilitator Kiel (2016) and Jena (2014); career types in the chemical sciences. I cal Society (NESACS). In my tenure as Alternate Councilor, 2014-2016, Coun- will continually strive to promote projects Alternate Councilor, member of the cilor, 2011-2013, Fundraising Committee and programs that have a broad and pos- Nominating, Norris Award and Richards Member, 2013-present; Public Relations itive impact for our section and our mem- Awards Committees and as the 2016 Chair, 2009-2011; YCC Chair, 2008- bers. I look forward to speaking with you Chair of NESACS, I welcome the oppor- 2009; YCC Career Chair, 2007-2008; Or- at the next monthly meeting, NESACS tunity to serve our section, its members ganized Novartis/NESACS Town Hall event, or other networking opportunity. and the broader Society in this venue. In Forum, FEB-2010, Organized Schlum- Let’s discuss how NESACS and the na- my current role as 2016 Chair of NE- berger/NESACS /Henry A. Hill Award tional ACS might help each of us. SACS and Chair of the New Hampshire Meeting, OCT-2011; Black History Area section, I am continuing to encour- Month Panel, Joint Meeting with NOBC- age the building of relationships within ChE, FEB-2016; Meeting at Takeda fea- Robert L. Lichter (For biographical information, honors the outreach areas of our own member- turing George Whitesides, MAR-2016;

12 The Nucleus May 2016 and experience see under Trustee) NESACS Service: Member since MA. To date I have been very involved in Statement: I am honored to be nomi- 1977. Continuing Education Committee the ACS on a national level (DOC Exec- nated for re-election as a NESACS ACS (1998 - 2008); Richards Medal Commit- utive Committee, ACS PRF advisory Councilor. As a long-term ACS member tee (2000 – 2004); Alternate Councilor board and ACS Central Science EAB). for >50 years, your Councilor for six, and (2005-2007); Board of Publications As a New England ‘native’ I feel an obli- a participant in numerous ACS activities (2004 – present); Alternate Councilor gation to become more involved in the detailed on my biographical sketch, I un- (2013 – present); Norris Award Commit- ACS locally. I am currently a member of derstand very well how ACS functions. tee (2014-present) NESACS medicinal chemistry sympo- Currently on the Committee on Nomi- Statement: I am deeply committed to sium planning committee and I have en- nations and Elections through 2017, I the American Chemical Society and in joyed attending and participating in have served or continue to serve on sev- particular our Northeastern Section. I various local symposia. As chemists we eral subcommittees, including Leadership have served on multiple committees. I am are fortunate to work in a vibrant scien- Sustainability (charged with broadening currently an Alternate Councilor and tific community such as New England pathways to senior ACS leadership), and serve on the Board of Publication and the which provides abundant opportunities to subcommittees on President-Elect and Norris Award Committee. It is an honor bring together academic and industrial Council Policy Committee. N&E takes to serve our section. I would appreciate scientists to network and discuss cutting- this responsibility very seriously, as we your vote for Councilor. edge science. As an NESACS Councilor strive to develop for Council considera- I would continue to foster these important tion the most talented and inclusive array Lisa A. Marcaurelle interactions, and promote such events of nominees from the accomplished indi- more broadly. I enjoy interacting with Education: B. A. Chemistry, Magna viduals who constitute ACS’s members. students at various stages of their career cum laude, Honors in Chemistry, 1997, However, recognizing that the ACS at both the undergraduate and graduate College of the Holy Cross; Ph. D. in Or- nomination and election process can al- level and have participated in various ca- ganic Chemistry, 2001, University of Cal- ways be improved, N&E has created the reer workshops over the years (e.g., ACS ifornia, Berkeley (Prof. Carolyn “Vote 20/20 Task Force” to examine all DOC GRS). As someone who did not de- Bertozzi); Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001- aspects of nominations and elections for velop a love of chemistry until college, I 2002, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ACS national offices; see the ACS Com- feel that even more could be done with ogy (Prof. Peter Seeberger). ment in C&E News (February 29, 2016 local high schools to inspire future Professional Experience: Scientist, p.40). I am delighted to be an initial chemists. Sr. Scientist, Lead Sr. Scientist, Chem- member and look forward to serving with Thank you for your support. istry, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, 2002- vigor. 2007; Director, Chemistry, Broad I continue to support ACS’s efforts to Institute, 2007- 2011; VP, Discovery Kenneth C. Mattes widen sources of funding for programs, Chemistry, H3 Biomedicine, 2011-2015; Education: University of Wisconsin especially the ACS Scholars Program. Current position: Senior Director, Chem- School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, 1974- The astonishing accomplishments of that istry, Warp Drive Bio, Cambridge, MA. 75; Postdoctoral work with Dr. C.R. program’s participants lend optimism Honors/Professional Activity: Phi Hutchinson, Synthesis of indole alka- about the future of the chemical enter- Beta Kappa, 1996; American Institute of loids, iridoids, and antitumor agents. De- prise. Chemists Foundation Award, 1997; termined the biomimetic mechanism of Finally, recognizing that Councilors Roche Bioscience Research Fellowship, Camptothecin biosynthesis. represent you, I’ll continue to listen 1999; ACS Division of Organic Chem- Iowa State University, Ames, IA,1972- closely to your views on ACS and its gov- istry Graduate Fellowship, 2000; ACS 1974, Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry with ernance, which will help inform my role Women Chemists Committee Rising Star Dr. Orville Chapman; Iowa State Univer- as your representative. I welcome your Award, 2013. sity, MS in Organic Chemistry with Dr. support and look forward to continuing to ACS Service: ACS Member, Organic Glenn Russell serve on your behalf. and Medicinal Chemistry Divisions, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997-present; NESACS Medicinal Chicago, IL, 1965-1969, BA in Chem- Mary A. Mahaney Chemistry Symposium Organizing Com- istry B.A .Emmanuel College (1971); M.S. mittee, 2015-present; Division of Organic Professional Experience: M-I/C Solu- Northeastern University (1973); Dr. rer. Chemistry Executive Committee, Mem- tions, Founder and Principal, Marlbor- nat. University of Constance, Germany ber-At-Large, 2014-present; ACS Petro- ough, MA 01752, 2016 – Present; (1977); M.B.A. Worcester Polytechnic leum Research Foundation, Advisory Information Consultant, Marlborough, Institute (1996) Board, 2015-present; ACS Central Sci- MA 01752 (2014-2016) Professional Experience: Haartz Cor- ence, Editorial Advisory Board, 2015- ASTRAZENECA, Waltham, MA poration (1999 – present); Polaroid Cor- present. (2000-2014); ASTRAZENECA, Worces- poration (1982 - 1998); University of Statement: I was born and raised in ter, MA (1999-2000); ASTRA ARCUS Zurich, Switzerland (1979 - 1981); Uni- Massachusetts and I obtained my under- USA, Worcester, MA (1998-1999); versity of Constance, Germany (1977 - graduate degree in chemistry from the EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, 1979) College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Rochester, NY (1976-1998)

The Nucleus May 2016 13 ACS Service: Northeastern Section, problems of the future. Specific goals ganizations, and to encourage our in- Alternate Councilor, 2016 to 2018 ACS would be to support the Division Activi- volvement in local STEM initiatives. Fellows Committee, 2015-18 National ties Committee (DAC) programs and ACS, Division Activities Committee contribute to the National Chemistry (DAC) Appointment, 2015 Northeastern Week program. As scientific and profes- Carol Mulrooney Section, Archivist, 2015 to present; sional problem solvers, members of the Education: B.S. Chemistry, University Northeastern Section, Councilor, 2014 to ACS need to help improve the educa- of Connecticut; M.S. Chemistry, Saint 2015; Northeastern Section, Associate tional and professional opportunities af- Joseph College; PhD Organic Chemistry, Archivist, 2013 to 2015; Northeastern forded by one of the world’s largest University of Pennsylvania. Section, Alternate Councilor, 2013 to professional societies. Professional Experience: Senior Re- 2015; Northeastern Section, Alternate search Scientist, Chemistry & Data Councilor, 2010 to 2013; National ACS, Analysis, Preceres LLC (2014-present); Local Section Activities Committee, R. Christian (Chris) Moreton Field Marketing Specialist, Informatics, 1996-1998; Rochester Section Councilor, Education: Nottingham, UK, PerkinElmer (2014); Cheminformatics 1995-1998; Rochester Section: Creator B.Pharm, 1971, Strathclyde, UK, MSc, Applications Scientist, Broad Institute and Chairman Science Saturdays at 1987, Wales – Cardiff, UK, PhD, 1992. (2012-2014); Research Chemist II, Broad RMSC (1994-1998); Rochester Section, Professional Experience: Torbay Hos- Institute (2008-2012); Research Scientist, Past-chairman 1994. pital, Torquay, UK, 1971-2, Harker Polymedix (2005-2007); Graduate Re- Rochester Section, Chairman 1993. Stagg, London, UK, 1972-3, Pfizer, search Assistant, University of Pennsylva- Rochester Section, Chairman-elect 1992. Sandwich, UK, 1973-80, Sterling nia (2000-2005); Scientist II, Boehringer Rochester Section, ROCi/ACS Golf Winthrop, Alnwick, UK, 1981-4, ACO Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (1993-2000). Tournament Chairman, 1993-1998; Läkemedel, Solna, Sweden, 1984-6, Pen- Memberships: American Chemical Rochester Section Committees: National west Pharmaceuticals, Reigate, UK and Society. Chemistry Week, 1990-1998; Publicity, Patterson, NY, 1992-2001, Genpharm, Statement: It is a great honor to be 1990-91; Long Range Planning, 1992-94; Toronto, ON, 2001-2, Idenix Pharmaceu- nominated to serve the NESACS as Nominations and Elections, 1993; Harri- ticals, Cambridge, MA, 2002-7, FinnBrit Councilor and I am very excited to have son Howe, 1993; Professional Relations, Consulting, Waltham, MA, 2007-Present. the opportunity to serve our section. 1993-94; Finance, 1994, Minority Af- NESACS Service: Government Af- Since my undergraduate days with the fairs, 1997; Rochester Section, Member- fairs Committee (2009 – Present). Alter- Student Affiliates of the ACS, I have ben- at-large (1990-91); Medicinal Chemistry nate Councilor (2014 – 2015; appointed efitted from the support of ACS mentors Section; Organic Chemistry Section; to fill a vacancy). and I am dedicated to participating in and Agrochemical Section Relevant Memberships: American supporting outreach and mentoring ACS Speaker Service: Inside Story of Association for the Advancement of Sci- among the next generation of scientists. I Color Photography (1977-1998), over ence, American Association of Pharma- have participated in mentoring programs 100 invited lectures. AICHE Speaker ceutical Scientists, Parenteral Drug while part of the Broad Institute, includ- Service: Inside Story of Color Photogra- Association, International Society of ing the Broad Summer Scholars Program, phy (1980-1998), over 20 invited lec- Pharmaceutical Engineers, Royal Phar- a six-week program of working on indi- tures. maceutical Society of Great Britain, vidual research projects with high school Relevant Memberships: Boston Area Royal Society of Chemistry. ACS Divi- students. I also participated in the NetPals Group for Informatics and Modeling; sions: Analytical Chemistry, Colloid & program with the Cambridge School Vol- American Chemical Society; American Surface Chemistry, Polymeric Materials unteers, partnering with students in grade Association for the Advancement of Sci- Science & Engineering 7 to help with assignments and introduc- ence; International QSAR and Molecular Position Statement: I would be hon- ing them to careers in science. Modeling Society ored to serve as a Councilor/Alternate While at the Broad, I was one of the Honors: Massachusetts State Referee Councilor for NESACS. It is important to founding members of Women@Broad, Committee Soccer Referee Instructor of maintain contact with our members, and an organization within the Institute cham- the Year, 2008; Rochester Section Award to keep them informed and engaged. NE- pioning the professional development of Recipient, 1995; Phoenix Award Winner SACS has done and continues to an ex- women. We started at a small, grass-roots , ROCi/ACS National Chemistry Week, cellent job in this respect with the level and became a formal group reaching Malls Chairman, 1990-91 monthly meetings, the Nucleus and the across the entire institute and running reg- Statement: If elected to the position of different awards meetings that the Sec- ular events including an annual sympo- councilor for NESACS, I would strive to tion hosts. ACS is the largest professional sium. represent, at the national level, those is- scientific society in the country, and we I would like to bring the experience I sues of most importance to NESACS. I must continue to play our part in remedy- have gained from these programs to serve would also strive to support the changes ing the decline in US STEM education. If the NESACS and I greatly appreciate and challenges faced by the American elected, I would be looking to support the your support. Chemical Society efforts to raise the pos- good work that has already been initiated itive public image of chemistry and stress by the Section, to continue to develop our the importance of chemistry to solve the efforts with the State governmental or-

14 The Nucleus May 2016 I am excited about running for Coun- places where students from our many Ajay Purohit cilor! I welcome the opportunity and prestigious colleges and universities can Education: Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, would appreciate your vote. Thank you network. Northeastern University, 2002; M.S., very much! Since 2001 I have been serving as an Chemistry, Indian Institute Of Technol- Alternate Councilor for our section. I ogy, Bombay, 1995. have regularly attended the NESACS Professional Experience: Biogen, Raj (SB) Rajur: monthly meetings and contributed several 2015-; Director, Radiochemistry, Sci- Education: Ph.D., Karnataka Univer- new ideas and inputs to these meetings. I Fluor Life Sciences, 2012-2014; Sr. Sci- sity, Dharwad, India (1988); Postdoctoral have also regularly represented NESACS entist II, Lantheus Medical Imaging, Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern at national ACS meetings and partici- 2010-2011; Sr. Scientist I, Lantheus Med- Medical Center, Dallas (1988-1990); and pated in governance meetings. ical Imaging, 2008-2010; Research Sci- Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA Moving forward, as Councilor, I will entist II, Bristol-Myers Squibb, (1990-1992) continue to support and encourage NE- 2002-2007; Research Scientist I, Bristol- Professional Experience: Instructor, SACS meetings that bring topnotch sci- Myers Squibb, 2001-2002; Research Sci- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard ence to our audiences of academic and entist, National Chemical Laboratory, Medical School, and Shriners Burns Insti- industrial professionals and students. I Pune, India, 1995-1996 tute (Boston, MA). Adjunct assistant pro- also plan on initiating the establishment Honors: Barnett Institute Award in ex- fessor, Northeastern University (Boston), of a Medicinal Chemistry Prize and also cellence in advanced research, 2000; Re- Group leader Millipore Corporation an exchange program with Indian univer- search Assistant, 1999-2001; Teaching (Bedford, MA), Project leader, ArQule, sities similar to the German Exchange Assistant, 1996-1998. Inc. (Woburn, MA). Founding member program. NESACS Service: Member of the and co-chair of Massachusetts Biotech- Leadership and collaborations: Board Of Publications, 2015-. Member of nology Council CRO-CMO forum. Having worked in the biotech industry for the ACS, 1996-. Presently, Founder, Chairman and CEO the last 20 years in various leadership po- Statement: As a member of the Board CreaGen Biosciences, Inc, (Woburn, sitions and having established my own Of Publications (BOP) since 2015, I, MA), (Founded 2002) and CreaGen Life company CreaGen Biosciences in 2001, along with the BOP have worked to make Science Incubator (Founded 2013) I recognize the value of networking and the Northeastern Section more visible. ACS/NESACS Service: Program collaboration. In 2010 I helped the Mas- Towards this end and starting with 2016 Chair, Medicinal Chemistry Division, sachusetts Biotechnology Council estab- I have worked to bring our monthly meet- NESACS (2003-present); Alternate lish a CRO/CMO Forum that represents ings to our members by establishing a Councilor, NESACS (2005-present); NE- all the Contract Research Organizations Web streaming service that members can SACS Nominating Committee (2008); in Massachusetts. As the founding mem- use to ‘attend’ meetings remotely. I am NESACS election committee (2014), ber and co-chair of this division, I have excited to say that this service went live member of Organizing Committee, NE- worked with committee members, volun- in February and we have live streamed all SACS, IUPAC and RSC-US-Sponsored teers and industry leaders to raise funds the board meetings and the seminars Advances in Chemical Sciences Sympo- and organize annual CRO/CMO sym- since then! This is still a work in progress sium Series (2007-present). ACS Career posia. These symposia bring more than and am committed to establishing this consultant (2013-present) 500 companies and leaders under one going forward permanently. Membership/Honors: ACS Organic roof to exchange ideas, establish dialogue For 2016 we are looking to updating Division, ACS Medicinal Chemistry and address the needs of the pharmaceu- our current NESACS website to make it Division, AAAS, and Indian Chemical tical and biotechnology industries. more current and modern. Here again I Society. Reviewer, Journal of pharmaceu- If elected, I will bring the same enthu- have taken the initiative by establishing tical sciences (ACS journal), Reviewer, siasm, spirit, top quality programs and an account with the “webs.com” service BU ignition award. collaborative efforts to our locale section. for updating our website. This was done Statement: It would be an honor to Thank you for your consideration and in collaboration with the BOP and the serve as councilor to our local section. support. ACS. We hope to make significant Scientific impact: I have been serving as progress on this front this year. In addi- the program chair for the medicinal tion, the Nucleus went green starting chemistry section of NESACS since Sofia Santos 2016 and was a result of the work done 2001. In my tenure as program chair, my Education: Master’s in Pharmaceuti- in 2015. mission has been to bring quality drug cal Sciences, 2011, University of Lisbon- The NESACS is a dynamic organiza- discovery science to our May, September Faculty of Pharmacy, Lisbon, Portugal; tion and I am excited to be a part of it. As and December annual symposia. Ph. D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a councilor it will be an honor to repre- We, as a section, need to be exposed to specialty in Medicinal Chemistry, 2016, sent the NESACS at the National level a cross section of the science that is on- University of Lisbon-Faculty of Phar- and I will work to make the NESACS going in the industry. Our meetings are macy, Lisbon, Portugal/ Massachusetts more visible as well. I am eager to give venues for the exchange of ideas between General Hospital, Boston- Massachusetts. my time and energy into making the NE- industrial and academic participants. Professional Experience: PhD re- SACS an even better organization. And, most importantly, our meetings are searcher at Center for Systems Biology,

The Nucleus May 2016 15 2016, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1994: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Fellow, Brandeis University (1979-80); Boston, Massachusetts. UMass Boston; 1983-1988: Research As- Assistant Professor, University of Massa- Honors/Professional Activity: Fun- sistant/Teaching Assistant, University of chusetts, Boston (1978-79); Research As- dação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Re- Wisconsin Madison; 1982-1983: Under- sociate/Lecturer, Boston College search Predoctoral Fellowship, 2012- graduate research, Department of Chem- (1977-78); Radcliffe Fellow, Radcliffe 2016; Merck Women in Chemistry Sym- istry, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, College (1976-1977); Research Fellow, posium, Best Poster Award, 2015. Minnesota Harvard University (1976-77); Post-Doc- ACS Service: Member of Organic and ACS Service: Member of ACS since toral Research Associate, University of Medicinal Chemistry Divisions of the 1980 (Student Affiliate, then Member). California, Berkeley (1975-76). ACS; Active member of the executive Hospitality Volunteer, 1989 National ACS Service Member since 1972; board in the local Younger Chemists ACS Meeting, Boston. Women Chemists Committee, Profes- Committee (YCC) since 2015. NESACS Service: Volunteered for sional Development Chair; Chair Rising Memberships: American Chemical the Education Committee for a number of Star Award Committee; Councilor, Alter- Society (ACS), New England Section of years. Sole coordinator in charge of re- nate Councilor, Physical Chemistry Divi- the American Chemical Society (NE- cruiting and assigning student workers sion; Representative of the Physical SACS), Younger Chemists Committee for the ACS National Meeting in Boston, Chemistry Division at the Multidiscipli- (YCC), Portuguese Chemical Society August 1998 and again in August 2002. nary Program Planning Group; Physical (SPQ), Association for Women in Sci- Secretary, Board of Publications, October Chemistry Poster Session Judge (three ence (AWIS), Massachusetts Chapter of 1999-December 2000; calendar year times). Association for Women in Science 2002. Chair, Board of Publications, cal- NESACS Service: Councilor; James (AWIS), Portuguese Board of Pharma- endar year 2001 and 2003. Chair of the Flack Norris Award Committee (12 years, cists. Norris Award Committee, 2006. NE- Chair three times); Local coordinator for Statement: It would be an honor to SACS Chair-Elect/Program Chair, 2007. Education Night; Northeastern Section serve as a NESACS Councilor. If elected, NESACS Chair, 2008. Chair, Nominating ACS Programming Committee. I would bring my expertise as a scientist Committee, 2009. Currently serving as Membership/Honors: ACS Fellow; and pharmacist to this role and apply my Chair of the Education Committee and AAAS Fellow; US representatives to In- hands-on experiences as a YCC board Councilor. ternational Congress: Chemical Sciences member to support our local section. My Memberships, Honors: American and Society; Outstanding Faculty Award, areas of focus are: 1) to increase engage- Chemical Society (Organic Division, Di- Tufts University (Chemistry); National ment and participation among NESACS vision of Chemical Education, Northeast- Science Foundation Visiting Professor- members, especially younger chemists, in ern Section), AAC&U Affiliate ship; Mellon Grant Faculty Development our local community, through support of Statement: The role of the councilors Award; Brandeis University Research diverse scientific talks, better communi- is an important one to the section, as they Fellow; Division of Engineering and Ap- cation of volunteer opportunities, and represent the section to the larger society plied Physics, Harvard University Re- special events; 2) to provide career-ori- and communicate national decisions back search Fellow; Radcliffe Fellow; ented programming and networking op- to the local section. Policy and commu- Greenlaw Fellow, M.I.T.; Honors Gradu- portunities for the NESACS community; nication are two areas that I deal with on ate, U. of Wisconsin. Memberships: Amer- and 3) to support novel technical and so- a daily basis in my administrative posi- ican Chemical Society; Divisions Physical cial programming for NESACS members tion and continue to use in my depart- Chemistry, Colloid and Surface, Chemi- to offer alternative ways for traditional mental work, and I would be honored to cal Education, Environmental Chemistry; NESACS members to become involved. have the opportunity to utilize those skills American Association for the Advance- Thank you for your support. to serve NESACS. ment of Science; American Physical So- ciety; Sigma Xi; Iota Sigma Pi (ISP) Position Statement: We are facing a Marietta Schwartz Mary Jane Shultz time of increasing globalization bringing Education: 1983-1988: University of Education: B.S. with Honors, Univer- both opportunities and challenges. I am Wisconsin - Madison. Ph.D. Degree in sity of Wisconsin; Kansas State Univer- honored to have represented the North- Organic Chemistry was conferred in Au- sity; Ph.D. in Theoretical Physical eastern section’s interests as a Councilor, gust, 1988. 1979-1983: College of St. Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of during the dialog concerning greater in- Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota. B.A. in Technology. clusion of International members and sis- Chemistry was conferred in May, 1983. Professional Experience: Professor, ter societies. The global reach of Professional Experience: September Tufts University, (1999-to date); Chair, chemistry and chemical education is re- 2011-Present: Associate Dean, College of Department of Chemistry, Tufts Univer- flected in selection of international win- Science and Mathematics, UMass sity (2000-2006); Research Scientist, ners of the James Flack Norris Award for Boston; January 2004-September 2007: Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, M.I.T., Outstanding Achievement in the Teach- University Director of Undergraduate (1985-89); Associate Professor, Tufts ing of Chemistry. Promotion of educa- Studies, University of Massachusetts University (1985-1999); Visiting Profes- tional activities is one of my major Boston; 1994-Present: Associate Profes- sor, M.I.T. (1985-87); Assistant Professor, interests; chairing the Norris Award Com- sor of Chemistry, UMass Boston; 1988- Tufts University (1979-85); Research mittee three times.

16 The Nucleus May 2016 Throughout my career, I have continu- positions Committee; Associate Mem- 2005). ously been impressed at the richness that ber–2013; Member 2014–Present. Awards and Honors: ChemLuminary results from greater inclusion. To pro- Professional Recognition: ACF Fel- Award - ACS President’s Award for Local mote inclusion, I am delighted to have low – 2015; Henry Hill Award – 2008 Section Government Affairs (2010); been appointed to the national Women Statement for Councilor: The North- American Chemical Society Certificate Chemists Committee. As part of that eastern Section of the American Chemi- of Achievement, ACS San Diego Section committee, I have been actively involved cal Society has over 7000 members. Our (2008); Arena Pharmaceuticals – Out- in development of the Rising Star Award collective voice needs to be heard. Dur- standing Medicinal Chemistry Team for mid-career women and organizing ing my tenure as Councilor and Alternate Award (2007); Postdoctoral Fellowship symposia on careers and inclusion at Na- Councilor for the NESACS I have had from Ministry of Science and Technol- tional Meetings. the opportunity to bring that voice di- ogy, Slovenia (1997); First Prize Winner As a Councilor, I am also a member of rectly to the attention of the national of- at 26th KRKA Pharmaceuticals Research the NESACS Board. The Northeastern ficers of the American Chemical Society. Awards (1996); Graduate Research Section is one of the largest in the society; Maintaining open communication be- Scholarship of Ministry of Science and we host the annual meeting periodically tween the local and national officers of Technology, Slovenia (1991-1996). and have an active and accomplished the ACS is critical to the growth of our Service in ACS National Offices: membership. I am honored to be selected professional organization. ACS Council (2004-Present); Presiden- to run for councilor; vote for me and I Currently, I am serving on the Meet- tial Task Force “Vision 2025”, Member will continue to represent our interests ings and Expositions Committee. This (2012-2013); ACS National Award Selec- both at the local and National levels. committee is charged with oversight of tion Committee, Member (2011-2013); As a chemist, I am intensely interested the National and Regional ACS Meet- Committee on Chemistry and Public Af- in interactions at soft and nanoparticle ings, including the Technical Program, fairs, Associate (2013), Committee on interfaces; interactions that shape our Site Selection, and Exposition. I am serv- Economic and Professional Affairs bodies, our environment, indeed our Uni- ing as the committee Secretary. This (CEPA), Member (2007-2012), CEPA Li- verse. I have invented instruments and committee has exposed me a better un- aison to Committee on Minority Affairs techniques in pursuit of generating a mo- derstanding of ACS Operations and how (2008-2012); CEPA Liaison to Commit- lecular-level picture of these interfaces. best to integrate NESACS activities with tee on International Activities (2011- the National ACS activities. For exam- 2012); ACS Legislative Action Network, ple, at the August 2015 ACS meeting in Member (2006-Present); CEPA Task Michael Singer Boston, I was able to have a link to The Force on Globalization (2008-2009). Education: B.S., State University of Nucleus added to the ACS Mobile Appli- Service in ACS: Member since 1998; New York at Stony Brook (1986); M.S., cation. This saved the section the cost of ACS Divisions: Organic and Medicinal Brandeis University (1988); Ph.D., Bran- printing and circulating over 5,000 copies Chemistry, Business Development and deis University (1993) of the Nucleus at the National Meeting. Management; Northeastern Section: ACS Professional Experience: Post-Doc- As your local elected representative to Host Local Section Committee, Chair toral Research Associate, Organix Inc. the National ACS Council I would hope (2015), Alternate Councilor (2013-Pre- 1991-1994; Senior Scientist, ArQule Inc. that you would contact me with any con- sent), Government Affairs Committee, 1994-1996; Group Leader, Automated cerns and issues (Michael.singer@ Member (2010-Present), STEM Outreach Combinatorial Synthesis, ArQule Inc. sial.com) so I may direct them to the ap- - Science Café and Science Fairs (2011- 1996-2001; Group Leader, Drug Discov- propriate offices of the ACS. With your Present); San Diego Section: Executive ery Research and Development, Sigma- support and vote I pledge to continue to Board Member (2000-2012), Councilor Aldrich, Natick, 2001-2007; R&D work as a voice for the local membership (2004-2012), Alternate Councilor (2000- Manager, Sigma Aldrich, Natick. 2008 - 2003); Government Affairs Committee, Present Chair (2007-2010); Western Regional NESACS Service: Councilor-NE- Sonja Strah-Pleynet Meeting: Invited speaker at the Women SACS 1996-2001, 2005-present; Alter- Education: Ph.D. Organic Chemistry Chemist Symposium (2006); ACS Host nate Councilor – NESACS 2002-2004; (1996); M.S. Organic Chemistry (1993); LS Section Volunteer (2007). Board of Directors NESACS 1993-pre- B.S. Chemistry (1990), University of Statement: I am honored to be nomi- sent; Secretary-NESACS 1998-present; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Postdoctoral Fellow, nated to the position of Councilor for the Medicinal Chemistry Group (MCG) University of Florida (1997-1998); Uni- Northeastern Section. If elected, I would 1991-2002; MCG Treasurer (1992- versity of California, San Diego (1998- bring over fifteen years of ACS volunteer 1993), Program Chair (1994); Chair 1999). and leadership experience on local and (1995-1996) Professional Experience: Consultant national level, combined with ten years ACS Service: ACS Joint Board-Coun- (2012-Present); National Science Foun- of professional experience in biopharma- cil Committee on Chemical Abstracts dation, Reviewer (2012); Thermedical, ceutical industry. Service; Associate member–2004; Mem- Inc. (2012); Arena Pharmaceuticals I have been an active NESACS mem- ber 2005-2007; Local Section Activities (1999-2009); Senior Scientist, Medicinal ber since moving to Boston in 2010. I Committee; Associate Member–2007; Chemistry (2006-2009); Scientist II have had a privilege of serving as an Al- Member 2008–2012; Meetings and Ex- (2005-2006); Research Scientist (1999- ternate Councilor and a member of the

The Nucleus May 2016 17 Board of Directors since 2013. I am pas- to present Professor University of Konstanz, Ger- sionate advocate for STEM education Memberships: American Chemical many 1975-76; Scientific Director and and have often shared my professional Society (Organic and Medicinal Chem- Chairman, Research Biochemicals Int’l experience with students, teachers and istry Divisions), American Association (RBI) 1980-96; Visiting Professor Uni- younger chemists, through classroom vis- for the Advancement of Science, Ameri- versity of Groningen, Holland 1997; Di- its, science fairs or career development can Association of Pharmaceutical Sci- rector, Medicinal Chemistry Program, symposia, helping our members navigate ences McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical career changes and explore new ways to Statement: It is both an honor and a School 1996-present. thrive in the global chemistry enterprise. privilege to be nominated for the position Honors: ACS Fellow, 2011; Elected to In 2015, I chaired the NESACS Host of Director-at-Large for the Northeast Hall of Fame, ACS Division of Med. Local Section Committee, helping to Section. My chemistry experiences are Chem., 2008; Henry Hill Award for Out- make the Fall ACS National Meeting in diverse. I am a co-inventor in three tech- standing Service to NESACS, 1998; Boston a success, hosting over 13.000 at- nologically distinct areas that include one AAAS Fellow, 1984; Fulbright Fellow- tendees. In this role, I had the opportu- product now on the market and two can- ship, 1975-76; AAPS Fellow, 1986, Out- nity to recruit, meet and work with many didates that reached the clinic. They are standing Educator Award, 2012; NESACS members from academia and an oral enzyme inhibitor marketed for Northeastern University Matthews Dis- industry, several of them first time vol- Gaucher disease type 1 (eliglustat/ tinguished Professor, 1980. unteers. As Councilor, I will use this ex- Cerdelga), a polymeric phosphate binder ACS Service: Division of Medicinal perience to continue fostering for renal disease, and a cationic lipid gene Chemistry, Councilor, Executive Comm., communication and collaboration be- transfer agent for cystic fibrosis. In my 1971-1981; Vice Chairman, 1981; Chair- tween ACS members in industry, acade- current role at Sanofi/Genzyme I lead the man, 1982; Councilor, 1983-1987; Board mia and government, our local section Synthesis Development, Early Formula- of Editors, J. Med. Chem., 1974-1995; and national ACS. I will work with NE- tion Development, and Analytical R&D ACS Board of Publications, 1990-93. SACS leadership to develop programs organizations, as well as lead the NESACS Service: Founder and Chair, that will help engage and benefit broader Waltham Site. Major functions of NE- Medicinal Chemistry Group, 1974-1975; NESACS membership. SACS include representing the interests Councilor, 1988-1995; Trustee 1989- I appreciate your vote for a Councilor of its members and providing opportuni- 1993; Alt. Councilor, 1995-98; Publica- and thank you for your support! ties for members to interact, network, and tion Comm. The Nucleus, 1976-78, disseminate information. Through the 1985-87 and Chair, 1986 and 1997. Boston College and Brandeis University Position Statement: Having served Director-at-Large alumni network, I often share my broad the ACS in a variety of positions both na- experiences in the biopharmaceutical in- tionally and locally over the past 48 David J. Harris dustry with young scientists as they ex- years, I am very much aware of the con- Education: B.S., Chemistry, Boston amine potential careers. I believe my cerns and problems of its members. If College, 1976; Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, extensive experiences in chemistry, my elected, I shall continue to devote my Brandeis University, 1982 interest in assisting young chemists, and time, energy and experience in both in- Professional Experience: Postdoc- my leadership position at a major phar- dustry and academia to further the objec- toral Research Associate, Massa-chusetts maceutical company will provide me tives of the ACS and its members. In Institute of Technology, (1982-1984); with an excellent background to be an ef- particular, I shall work towards recruiting Principle Scientist Chemical Process Re- fective Director-at-Large. With the help young and energetic new members to ac- search (highest position), Schering- of your vote I will strive to increase in- tively participate in the governance of the Plough Corporation, (1984-1990); Group dustrial participation at NESACS events Northeastern Section. Leader (1990-1992), Senior Scientist (for example by hosting events at our (1992-1994), Associate Director Chem- Waltham site as done annually since Michael P. Filosa istry (1994-1997), Senior Director Chem- 2012) and to support the health and istry (2001-2004), Vice President of growth of the NESACS. Education: B. Sc., Massachusetts In- Chemical Process Development (2004- stitute of Technology (1974), Ph.D., Har- vard University, (1980), Babson School 2008), Group Vice President Pharmaceu- John L. Neumeyer tical Development Sciences (2008-2011) of Executive Education (1988). Genzyme Corporation; Group Vice Pres- Education: BS Columbia University, Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda ident and Acting Head of Drug & Bioma- 1952; PhD in Medicinal Chemistry, Uni- Upsilon, Merck Award (1974), Dreyfus terial R&D (2011-2012), Group Vice versity of Wisconsin in 1961. Foundation Scholar (1975). NESACS President, Head of Pre-Development Sci- Professional Experience Research: Henry A. Hill Award (2012). ences LGCR Boston, & Waltham Site Chemist, Ethicon (Division of J& J) Experience: Polaroid Corporation Head (2012–present) Sanofi/Genzyme 1952-1957; FMC Corp., Senior Research (1979-2005); Scientist, Group Leader, NESACS Service: Director at Large Chemist 1961-1963; Arthur D. Little Inc, Senior Manager of Chemistry. (2005- 2011 to present; Member German Ex- Staff Scientist 1963-69; Professor of Me- 2013); ZINK Imaging, Inc.; Senior Man- change Organizing Committee 2012; Me- dicinal Chemistry and Chemistry, North- ager of Chemistry; Performance dicinal Chemistry Group affiliation 2012 eastern University 1969-1991; Visiting Indicator, LLC; Synthetic Chemistry

18 The Nucleus May 2016 Manager (2014-Present). Statement: I am honored to be run- process, CVD coating process and sun- NESACS and ACS Service: ACS ning for a third term as Director- at- glasses fabrication. Published 35 papers Member since 1976. Alternate Councilor Large for the Northeastern Section ACS in the fields of organometallic chemistry, (1997-1999; 2005-2008), Councilor (NESACS). I have served on the BOP for surface chemistry, graphite- intercalation, (2009-2017); Editor of the Nucleus five years. I am part of the team to synthesis of polymer-precursors for sili- (2005-present). Board of Publications change the Nucleus to an electronic for- con-nitride and silicon- carbide. (2005-Present), Heyn Award Committee mat. In this time period I have also Membership: Member of ACS since (2006-Present). Nominating Committee helped introduce streaming video to 1968. Alternate Councilor of NESACS (2010, 2013). NESACS Board of Direc- broadcast meetings. for two terms from 2011 to 2016, elevated tors (1997-1999, 2005-Present). Local Or- to councilor in March 2016 and served ganizing Committee for the 2007, 2010, two terms as alternate councilor in 1990’s. and 2015 Boston ACS National Meetings. Myron S. Simon Statement: Committee on Chemical Abstracts Serv- The position of Director -at-Large was Promoting inter-disciplinary interac- ice (CCAS) Associate Member (2010) formed to retain the services of senior tions among material scientists, chemists, Full Committee Member (2011-16). members of the Section. I hope I may biochemists byNominating them to serve Statement: I have greatly appreciated continue to serve. in NESACS community. your support as an Alternate Councilor Recognizing potential leaders among and Councilor and I appreciate the oppor- Vivian K. Walworth local young chemists, small business en- tunity to serve as a Director-at-Large. I trepreneurs and encouraging them to par- have a deep commitment to the NESACS (Deceased March 29, 2016) ticipating activities in local section. and wish to serve well into the future in a With my academic and industrial expe- variety of roles. Nominating Committee rience, I am the best person to serve this As the Editor of the Nucleus for the last committee. If I am elected, I will devote eleven years, I have made a major contri- Thomas R. Gilbert my energy and time to accomplish these bution to the local section. Each year in- goals. (See biography and statement under volves coordinating the production of Councilor/Alternate Councilor) nine or ten issues, attendance at Board of Publications meetings as well as monthly Norris Committee Board Meetings. As a consequence of this James Phillips duty, I am knowledgeable about the op- (See biography and statement under R. Christian (Chris) Moreton erations, history, and activities of the NE- Director-at-Large) (See biography and statement under SACS. Councilor/Alternate Councilor I have served the National ACS on the Committee for Chemical Abstract Serv- Mary Jane Schultz ices (CCAS) since 2010. I would appre- (See biography and statement under George Augustine O’Doherty ciate your vote for Director-at-Large. Councilor/Alternate Councilor) George O’Doherty was born in Kilkenny Ireland in 1966 and received his undergraduate education from RPI with James E. Phillips Sophia Su Professor Alan R. Cutler in 1987. After Education: Tennessee State Univer- Education: The Ohio State Univer- earning his Ph.D. with Professor Leo A. sity. B.S.1968. University of Cincinnati sity, Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry. Paquette at OSU in 1993 he pursued post- M.S. 1972 Professional Experience: Optical – doctoral studies with first Professor Barry Professional Positions: Waters Cor- Enterprise, INC., Marlboro, MA, Senior M. Trost at Stanford and the Anthony G. poration 1986 to 2014, Sr. Support Engi- Scientist, 2006-2008; Polaroid Corpora- M. Barrett. He began his independent ca- neer retired. tion, Norwood, MA, Senior Scientist, reer at Univ. of Minnesota in 1996 and in Services in ACS Offices: 18 years 1993-2005; GTE Laboratories, Waltham, 2002, he moved to West Virginia Univer- Member ACS. Northeastern Section Ma, Principal Member of Technical Staff, sity. Member, Chair of the Board of Publica- 1976-1992; Chemistry Department, Har- He moved again in 2010 to Northeast- tions (BOP) three years and Section Pho- vard University, Cambridge, Ma., Re- ern University, where he has risen to the tographer search Associate 19975-1976 ; Brooklyn rank of Professor. His laboratory is inter- Member: ACS Division of Medicinal, College, Brooklyn, N.Y., Adjunct Assis- ested in the use of asymmetric catalysis Analytical Chemistry, Waters staff at tant Professor/ Research Associate 1973- for the synthesis and medicinal chemistry booths at National Meetings. 1975; California State University at study of biological important carbohy- Related Activities: Mentor for the Fullerton, Lecturer and Research Associ- drate and natural products. New England Board of Higher Educa- ate 1972-1973 Previously, he has served on commit- tion (NEBHE) Science network for Achievements: Hold 19 U.S. patents, tees for the ACS at the local (Awards students who are traditionally underrep- 1 Polaroid trade secret in the fields of su- committee, North Central West Virginia resented in science technology, Engi- perconductor processing, Sol-Gel coating (2006-2010)) and national levels (Awards neering and Mathematics (STEM). processing, hydro-metallurgical extraction continued on page 20

The Nucleus May 2016 19 2016 Election Esselen Award nano then) wire sensor, and I still show renditions of this scheme in my lectures. Continued from page 19 Continued from page 4 I think of the wire as a repeating se- committee (2014-2016) and At-large trace ethylene emissions from fruit rep- quence of variable resistors that are cou- member Carbohydrate Division (2014- resents a viable way to rapidly assess the pled to receptors. Binding of the target 2015)). ripeness of fruit individually, or in large molecule (analyte) to the receptor can batches. then cause a large increase in the resist- Samuel Pazicni Automated systems using this in- ance of the entire system. formation can be used to optimize the The fact that these receptors are Education: B.A. Chemistry, Washing- supply chain and reduce waste. For ex- wired in series is important, and the ton and Jefferson College (2001); Ph.D., ample, a truck from California could analogy is that you can still get current Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wis- have its contents evaluated in real-time consin (2006) through a million switches if they are all to determine the relative shelf-life of its Professional Experience: Associate in the on state. However, turn one off cargo. You might want to drop off that Professor of Chemistry, University of and you break the circuit. Hence, we New Hampshire (2015–present); Assis- lettuce pallet in Chicago, because it has can get signal gain or amplification from tant Professor of Chemistry, University of two days of shelf-life. molecular wire sensors. New Hampshire (2009-2015); Post-doc- Stores could use gas sensors to mon- We had great fun designing com- toral research associate, Depts. of Bio- itor the freshness of products and create plex receptors with high selectivity. physics and Chemistry, University of dynamic pricing to move products. Sen- However in the early 1990s, as an un- Michigan (2006-2009) sors that detect biogenic amines from proven Assistant Professor, I encoun- ACS Service: Younger Chemists microbial metabolism can be directly in- tered many doubters about the virtues of Committee (YCC, 2003-2013); Society tegrated into food packaging to ensure this molecular or nanowire architecture. Committee on Education (SOCED, 2014- freshness. Clearly, inexpensive distrib- Remember, this was almost ten years be- present); DivCHED Committee on uted chemical sensors are certain to im- fore carbon nanotubes and semiconduc- Chemistry Education Research (2013- prove the life for all members of society. tor nano-wires. So, although presently present); DivCHED Examinations Insti- My approach to sensors is intrinsi- everyone thinks nanowires are a good tute Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry cally very chemical and begins with an idea, I didn’t get such a pass back then. Exam Committee (2014-present); facili- intuitive understanding of the properties To win over the critics, I decided to tator of the Graduate School Reality and reactivity of the molecule of inter- rigorously prove that molecular wires Check workshop for the Office of Under- est. Although I began graduate school would amplify a sensor response rela- graduate Education (2011-present); cur- aspiring to be a physical chemist, I tive to single molecule chemo-sensors. rently a member of the Chemistry evolved into someone with a very syn- In doing so, I drew upon some of my Education, Inorganic, and Professional thetic mindset and I am intrigued by other work in conjugated polymer pho- Relations Divisions chemical reactions, synthesis, and reac- tophysics, wherein we had performed Memberships: American Chemical tivity. the first directed energy transfer reac- Society (Divisions of Chemistry Educa- Molecular intuition is not enough to tions in conjugated polymers. tion, Inorganic Chemistry, and Profes- make high performance chemical sen- In this case the excited states (exci- sional Relations; NESACS); National sors. It takes physics, nanoscience, tons) migrate along a polymer’s back- Associate for Research in Science Teach- some understanding of instrumentation, bone to a low energy trapping state ing rudimentary biochemistry (for biosen- giving a large Stokes shift in the emis- sors) and, importantly, an engineering sion because of selective emission from Ajay Purohit problem-solving mindset. a local lower energy band gap. I ration- Nevertheless, I do draw upon my (See biography and statement under alized that exciton transport was like u Councilor/Alternate Councilor molecular wet chemistry talents as being charge transport and could be used to perhaps the special sauce that sets our amplify a signal. group’s approach as different from oth- Indeed, we demonstrated this am- ers. plification through quenching studies, Join I began thinking about chemical and as a part of process we performed sensors as a graduate student working the most definitive measurements to NESACS on the synthetic conductor, poly-acety- date of the exciton diffusion-length in lene. I was amazed that the conductivity isolated conjugated polymers. of lightly doped (oxidized) polyacety- This led to an entirely new way to on facebook lene would change by as much as a fac- make high sensitivity optical (fluores- tor of a million with exposure to some cence) sensors, wherein the exciton mi- www.facebook.com/nesacs solvent vapors. gration can give amplification factors of Inspired by this, I drew out a dia- more than 20,000. We then went on cre- gram of a molecular (we didn’t talk continued on page 22

20 The Nucleus May 2016 Governance 72-74 of the Council Agenda, is being members during 2016. Also, the Board revised. Councilors are asked to please is committed to development and dis- Continued from page 2 submit all comments and revisions to ca- cussed ways to continuously improve its Nominations and Elections [email protected] before April 30 in prepa- effectiveness in the service of ACS as The Committee on Nominations and ration for possible action in Philadelphia. individual board members, and as a col- Elections solicits Councilors’ input of Early Member Registration Fee lective body. qualified individuals for President-Elect In compliance with the National Meet- The Board’s Committees and/or Directors for future considera- ing Long Range Financial Plan and the The Board received input and discussed tion. Suggestions may be sent to nom- recommendations of the 2015 Task reports from its Committees on Grants [email protected]. 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Send comments to As of Tuesday evening, March 15: Also on the recommendation of the [email protected] Attendees 8398 Committee on Grants and Awards, the Budget and Finance Students 5979 Board voted to approve language to be In 2015, ACS generated a Net from Op- Exhibitors 1094 included in the guiding documents for the erations of $16.6 million, which was Expo only 473 National Awards and Fellows Program $3.2 million favorable to budget. Total Guest 383 to allow for the rescission of national revenues were $511.7 million, essen- Total 16,327 awards and the ACS Fellows designa- tially on budget. Expenses ended the Petitions to Amend Constitution and tions where reasonable grounds exist. year at $495.1 million, which was $3.1 Bylaws The Board received an extensive million or 0.6% favorable to budget. 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Technology area, and offered personal Membership Board Development reflections on his first year as Executive As of December 31, the ACS mem- ACS is a large, highly complex, global Director and CEO. His direct reports up- bership was nearly 157,000, which is organization, with two major businesses dated the Board on the activities of 0.96% less than on the same date in – Chemical Abstracts Service and ACS Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the 2014. The number of new members Publications – and a significant profes- ACS Publications Division, the Office who joined in 2015 is 25,000. The So- sional membership organization compo- of the Treasurer and CFO, and the Soci- ciety’s overall retention rate is 84%. nent. The Board sets aside substantial ety’s Secretary and General Counsel. The committee also reported that the discussion time at each meeting for the Presidential Succession number of international members has in- most important strategic issues facing The members of the Presidential Suc- creased to 26,022. That number is 965 the Society. cession briefed the Board on their cur- higher than in December of 2014. The Strategic Issues and Retreat rent and planned activities for 2016. international growth rate is 3.85%. The Board held a conversation focused President Donna Nelson highlighted Revisions to the Chemical Profes- on strengthening the process utilized for presidential programming at the San sional’s Code of Conduct strategic issues discussions, and a dis- Diego meeting on employment and di- The Chemical Professional’s Code of cussion on timing and topics of a possi- versity in the chemical sciences, and on Conduct, which can be found on pages ble facilitated retreat for all Board continued on page 22

The Nucleus May 2016 21 BUSINESS DIRECTORY Biography SERVICES SERVICES Continued from page 5 He has numerous published peer re- viewed scientific journal publications and patents. Dr. Roberson was recently awarded the 2014 R&D Magazine’s Award for the Top 100 Inventions of 2014 and the 2015 Southeastern Federal Lab Technology Transfer Award. He received a B.S. (1999), M.S. (2002), and Ph.D. (2005) from the Geor- u gia Institute of Technology. Governance

Continued from page 21 organic chemistry education. Also, a special discussion topic on the U.S. Em- ployment of Chemists will be conducted at the Council meeting. The Board’s Open Session The Board held a well-attended open session which featured Amy Harmon, a reporter for the New York Times, who covers the social implications of science and technology. Ms. Harmon’s topic was “Telling Science Stories: Dispatch from the Conflict Zone.” Prior to the presentation, members of the presidential succession and the Executive Director and CEO offered brief reports on their activities. The of- ficers provided more extensive reports on their activities and/or future plans as part of their written and oral reports to the Council. Contact the Board Your Board of Directors is elected by and acts in the best interests of the members of our Society. Please contact them with your comments, concerns, ideas, and suggestions at secretary u @acs.org. sive bench top airport security systems. electronic systems you can imagine. We We continue to have had a good run have made many sensors based on con- with fluorescence sensors and have de- ducting polymers, but have recently Esselen Award signed systems specific to many organic shifted to carbon-nanotube-based sys- and biological targets. tems. Carbon nano-tubes have excellent Continued from page 20 Throughout my career I have al- electronic transport, have shape-persis- ate sensors that could detect (smell) ex- ways kept some focus on the use of elec- tent wire-like shapes, and are sensitive plosives at levels that were competitive trical conductivity to create a sensor. My to their environment. with trained canines. interest in these chemi-resistive sensors The challenge that most researchers Handheld sensors based on our is much deeper than being caught up in ignore in this field is how to get carbon methods are known as FidoTM sensors my graduate school fascination with nanotubes to respond with high selectiv- and are presently produced by FLIR molecular wire sensors. ity for an analyte of interest. It is easy to Systems. These systems are battery-op- Specifically, chemiresistors based detect an oxidant or reductant, but de- erated portable devices with sensitivities on molecular and nanowires promise to tecting ethylene at part per million levels more than 1000 times those of expen- be the least expensive and lowest power continued on page 23

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Esselen Award scalable approach to complex emulsions of multiple immiscible fluids in water. Continued from page 22 These liquid colloids behave as in a complex environment is hard. Nev- small lenses and can be dynamically re- ertheless, with special ethylene-binding configured by the action of chemicals or organo-metallic compounds, we found enzymes. They offer a new mechanism that we could create functionalized car- to couple highly selective chemical bon nanotubes to monitor fruit ripening. processes to create sensors. There is Index of Advertisers This technology is now the basis of much to do, and we haven’t demon- a startup here in Cambridge, called strated trace detection with these systems. C2Sense, which is focused on creating However, it is a completely different Eastern Scientific Co...... 24 sensors for food, agriculture, and occu- platform than has been explored before pational safety. The power of the and has excellent prospects for coupling Micron, Inc...... 22 chemiresistors is also in the fact that it to a broad range of chemical/biochemi- doesn’t take much power to move a few cal reactions and equilibria. NuMega Resonance Labs22 electrons and get a resistance measure- Throughout all of my adventures, I ment. In fact, we have developed radio have been supported by my amazing Organix, Inc...... 23 frequency identi-fication (RFID) sensors wife, Anne, and two equally awesome that cost pennies and can be inductively daughters, Laura and Katherine. I con- PCI Synthesis...... 23 powered and read with a conventional tinue to be educated in my daily interac- smartphone. This technology clearly is tions with scores of coworkers and Rilas Technologies, Inc. ....6 ripe for mass adoption by consumers. colleagues with impressive intellects In our most recent adventures we and insights. I am truly lucky to have Robertson Microlit Labs..22 have focused on highly dynamic fluid been surrounded by such human kind- u systems that respond to chemical stimuli. ness and support. Tyger Scientific, Inc...... 22 Specifically, we have developed a new

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