ACS DIC NEWSLETTER 2017
OFFICERS American Chemical Society Chair: John Protasiewicz Chair-Elect: Bernadette Donovan-Merkert Division of Inorganic Secretary: Jeffrey Rack Treasurer: Lisa Berreau Membership: Jason D’Acchioli Chemistry
At-Large Members In this Issue James Boncella Kim R. Dunbar Joshua D. Figueroa Councilors Announcements General Announcements 2 Debbie Crans Messages Chair John Protasiewicz 6 Thomas R. Cundari Karen Goldberg Chair-elect Bernadette Donovan-Merkert 7 Silvia Ronco Alternate Councilors Past-Chair Claudia Turro 7 Paula Diaconescu Treasurer Lisa Berreau 8 Connie Lu Hannah S.Shafaat Program Chairs Nora Radu & Steve Koch 9 Ann Valentine Membership Chair Jason D’Acchioli 12 Program Chairs Steve Koch News Solid State Subdivision 13 Nora Radu Awards co-Chairs Nanoscience Subdivision 14 Tim Warren PUI Representative 15 Michael Shatruk Inorganic Stamp Corner 16 Subdivisions Information DIC Officer Contact Information 17 Bioinorganic: Edith (Phoebe) Glazer (Chair) About the ACS DIC 21 Jonathan Sessler (Chair-Elect) From our Sponsor 22 Organometallic Milton R. Smith, III (Chair) Elon Isau (Chair-Elect) Solid State & Mat. Chem. Amanda J. Morris (Chair) Bart Bartlett (Chair-Elect) Nanoscience Josh Goldberger (Chair) Brandi Cossairt(Chair-Elect) Coordination Eric J. Schelter (Chair) Tong Ren (Chair-Elect) Sustainable Energy & Environment Cliff Kubiak (Chair) Prepared by Jeffrey Rack, Secretary, ACS-DIC
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Announcements
Student Travel Awards
The DIC is accepting applications for student travel awards for graduate and undergraduate students presenting research talks or posters at ACS National Meetings. The amount of the award is $450.00. The deadline for receipt of applications is January 15 for the Spring ACS National Meeting, and June 1 for the Fall ACS National Meeting. Winners will be notified by March 1 and August 1, respectively, for the Spring and Fall meetings.
Selection process: Applications submitted by undergraduate researchers, graduate students in the first two years of their PhD and graduate students in the final years of their PhD will be reviewed separately. Within each category, the selection process will be based on scientific merit. Preference will be given to applicants who have not been awarded a Student Travel Award previously.
Eligibility: 1. The student must be a member of the DIC and must present his/her paper in the DIC program. Students who are not making presentations are ineligible. 2. Only one nomination will be accepted per research group for each meeting. Exceptions may be granted for collaborative projects.
Application Procedure: Use the linked questionnaire (travelgrantappform.pdf or travelgrantappform.doc) as a cover page for your application package. Please make sure to complete it in its entirety. The following items should be submitted after the form in this order: 1) A proof of your current ACS and DIC membership status, such as a copy of your receipt or a printout of “My Account” from acs.org showing your active divisional membership in DIC (you must log on to access this). 2) An abstract of the work to be presented in the DIC program with authors and affiliations listed and presenting author underlined. 3) A resume or CV, including a list of publications and presentations. 4) A recommendation letter from your research advisor (if your advisor prefers this to remain confidential, please have him/her, or a third party, submit the application on your behalf)
The application must be saved as a SINGLE pdf file and emailed as an attachment to [email protected] . Please, use the applicant’s last name to name the pdf file. Please note that [email protected] email address is not consistently monitored. Accordingly, questions concerning the application process should be directed to the Award co-Chairs: http://acsdic.org/ officers.htm (scroll to bottom of page for a link to full contact information).
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Announcements
ELECTION RESULTS
Congratula ons to the newly elected 2018 officers of the Division of Inorganic Chemistry. And thanks to the all of the candidates for their willingness to serve our division!
Chair-elect Ana de Be encourt-Dias – University of Nevada – Reno
Treasurer-elect Lisa Berreau – Utah State University
Members-at-large Claudia Turro – The Ohio State University
Councilor Clark Landis – University of Wisconsin
Alternate Councilor Chip Nataro – Lafaye e College
Bioinorganic Subdivision Chair-elect Andy Borovik – University of California – Irvine
Organometallic Subdivision Chair-elect Paula Diaconcescu – University of California – Los Angeles
Solid State Subdivision Chair-elect Stephen Maldonado – University of Michigan
Nanoscience Subdivision Chair-elect Jill Millstone – University of Pi sburgh
Coordina on Chemistry Subdivision Chair-elect Suzanne Bart – Purdue University
Sustainable Energy and Environment Subdivision Chair-elect Louise Berben – University of California – San Diego
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Announcements (continued)
The Nanoscience Subdivision of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC) is pleased to solicit nomina ons for the Inorganic Nanoscience Award, sponsored by the University of South Carolina NanoCenter. The award consists of $3000 made out to the winner as well as a plaque to be presented to the recipient at the Fall 2018 ACS mee ng in Boston, MA. The recipient will be based at either an academic ins tu on or a na onal laboratory se ng in North America. The intent of the award is to recognize sustained excellence, dedica on, and perseverance in research in the area of inorganic nanoscience. Recipients are expected to be at the mid-career stage, i.e., no more than 10 years post tenure (or equivalent appointment) and/or between the ages of 36-45 in awarding year. Preference will be given to nominees who have not won an ACS award during the past five years.
Self-nomina on is allowed. Each nomina on should include (1) a 5-page curriculum vitae, (2) a list of the nominees’ 10 most significant publica ons, and (3) a one-page statement that highlights the key research discoveries that merit a na onal award in the area of inorganic nanoscience. Each nominee should also arrange for three le ers of support to be sent separately. Only one of the three suppor ng le ers can be from the nominee’s home ins tu on. Nomina ons and le ers of support should be emailed as pdf a achments to the Nanoscience Subdivision Chair [email protected]. Inquiries (but not nomina on materials) can be addressed to the Nanoscience Subdivision Chair: h p:// acsdic.org/officers/. The winner will be selected from nomina ons submi ed by January 15, 2018. The award winner will be announced on March 10, 2018.
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Announcements (continued)
Spring and Fall 2016 DIC Travel Grant Awardees
Each recipient received $450 to a end the San Francisco or Washington DC Mee ngs
Fall - Washington DC Mee ng Spring - San Francisco Mee ng Kevin Wyss - Auburn University Jonathan Mason - Benedic ne University Allison Batka - University of Michigan Marianne Donley- Villanova University Alex Allen - UNC Charlo e Madeline Riffel - UCLA Sarah Nathan - Cornell University Edward Nguyen - Cal. State. Univ. Long Beach
Andrew Schaefer - Stanford University Jessica Lohrman - University of Kansas Basil Ahmed - Western Michigan University Ryan Cammarota - University of Minnesota Michaela Carlson - University of Illinois - Joya Cooley - UC Davis Urbana Champagne Sco Coste - Northwestern University Anna Chris anson - Texas A&M Courtney Forde - University of Illinois - Huiguang Dai - University of Cincinna Urbana Champagne Pranaw Kunal - University of Texas Aus n Shengda Ding - Texas A&M Shaoyang Lin - Virginia Tech Haipeng Lu - Univ. Southern Calif. Yan Xie - SUNY Stony Brook Anton Razgoniaev - Bowling Green State Univ. Shuo Zhao - Carnegie Mellon University Darpandeep Aulakh - Clarkson Univ. Stephanie Carpenter - University of Courtney Downes - Univ. Southern Calif. Rochester Daniel Ekekwe - University of Canterbury Jeffrey Einkauf - Florida Atlan c Univ. (NZ) Julie Fenton - Penn. State University Yongping Fu - University of Wisconsin Sarah Gibbons - Dartmouth College Weijia Niu - University of Florida Jerod Kieser - Case Western Reserve Georgiy Akopov - UCLA University James Yarnell - North Carolina State Arthur White - Iowa State Univ. University Hannah Zeitler - University of Washington Tyler Pearson - Northwestern Univ.
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Message from Chair, John Protasiewicz
Wow, what a busy year. A lot has happened in the past year. Where do I start? First, let me say that one of the very best part of being on the DIC execu ve commi ee is the opportunity to work with truly excep onal DIC members from all branches of inorganic chemistry and from all sorts of occupa ons. I would encourage everyone to consider becoming ac ve in the DIC by sending your Chair-elect a message to indicate your willingness to volunteer and in what capacity. The Chair-elect is responsible each year for presen ng a list of candidates for elec on. Even if you are not called upon immediately, names are o en saved for the following year's slate. We also have a number of appointed posi ons that require filling during the course of the year. In addi on to providing valuable service to the division, you will have the unique opportunity to get to network with your division's leaders and enjoy a special dinner at the start of each na onal ACS mee ng!
As always, the DIC execu ve commi ee has worked hard to bring vibrant programming to the na onal ACS mee ngs. We are fortunate to have experienced program chairs Nora Radu and Stephen Koch to keep everything organized and running smoothly. Our recent strategic plan has been very successful and the financial situa on for the division is strong, guided by the efforts from our talented treasurer Lisa Berreau. Our secretary Jeff Rack has undertaken a number of ini a ves of note. Our transi on to provide more news and informa on "ASAP" via social media con nues. For example, the response to our poll from our members on the issue of holding an upcoming na onal ACS mee ng in Texas if Senate Bill 6 passed helped guide us to voice DIC's posi on to the na onal ACS organiza on. Jeff more recently spearheaded a fund-raising effort for the Puerto Rico Science Technology and Trust to help researchers, teachers and students impacted by Hurricane Maria.
At the Fall 2016 ACS mee ng in DC, DIC received a Chemluminary award for "Most Unique Project as Funded by Division Innova ve Project Grant" (h ps:// www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/ awards/community/ what_are_the_chemluminary_awards/2016- chemluminary-award-winners.html). The award was for a project which involved a celebratory symposium organized at the 2016 ACS mee ng in Philadelphia to check in on past winners of DIC's Young Inves gator Awardees. A very nice story on the "DIC Young Inves gator Awardees, Where Are They Now?" symposium, describing some history and this event, as well as speakers, can be found at h ps://cen.acs.org/ ar cles/94/i38/inorganic-kids-alright.html.
It has been an honor to serve DIC as secretary for 5 years, and then as Chair-elect and as Chair. I look forward to working as past-Chair this coming year, and helping Bernade e Donovan-Merkert and the rest of the DIC team to con nue to keep inorganic chemistry vibrant, a key part of ACS, and relevant for all of its members.
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Message from Chair-elect, Bernadette Donovan-Merkert
It has been an honor to serve as Chair-elect of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC) this past year. I previously had the pleasure of serving the division as a program chair, and I am excited to again have the opportunity to work with the DIC execu ve commi ee and other volunteers for the be erment of the greater inorganic chemistry community. I have truly enjoyed working with John Protasiewicz (Chair), Jeff Rack (Secretary), Lisa Berreau (Treasurer), Claudia Turro (Past Chair), and other DIC volunteers for the benefit of the division.
A hallmark of the DIC is the outstanding programming the division offers at ACS na onal mee ngs. We owe a great debt of thanks to Steve Koch and Nora Radu, our Program Chairs, for the amazing work they do to ensure that the DIC program always shines. We are also grateful to our many symposium organizers for developing and organizing symposia that showcase the relevance of inorganic chemistry to the broad spectrum of science, and the importance of inorganic chemistry in addressing some of the world’s greatest challenges. I encourage you to con nue this tradi on by submi ng a proposal to organize a symposium for an upcoming mee ng. The guidelines for proposals can be found at h p://acsdic.org/wordpress/ symposia/. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any ques ons about the applica on process.
I am very much looking forward to serving as the DIC Chair next year. I welcome your thoughts and sugges ons on how the division can be er serve its members and the greater inorganic chemistry community.
Message from Past-Chair, Claudia Turro
During my time as Chair-Elect, Chair, and this year as Past Chair of the Division of Inorganic Chemistry, I saw growth and expansion of membership, vibrant programming, and members eager to participate as speakers, symposium organizers, poster presenters, and volunteers. The Executive Committee has done a fantastic job pushing the division forward with innovative activities, strategic planning, and numerous prestigious awards given to our members and to the Division. As my term as Past Chair is nearly complete, I would like to thank everyone involved in the DIC for an outstanding job, especially the current Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer who worked very hard this past year to move the DIC forward!
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Message from Treasurer, Lisa Berreau
The ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (ACS DIC) supported the largest inorganic division scien fic program in recent years at the 253rd ACS Na onal Mee ng in San Francisco in April 2017. At this mee ng the ACS DIC also provided support for the inorganic graduate and postdoctoral speakers in the LGBTQ+ symposium, which was held in the ACS Professional Division. In addi on to support for inorganic symposia at the two ACS Na onal Mee ngs in 2017, the ACS DIC also provided funds in 2017 for inorganic symposia at several regional ACS mee ngs, as well as for several Gordon Research Conferences and specialized conferences in various areas of inorganic chemistry.
Looking forward to 2018, members of the ACS DIC execu ve commi ee have been successful in garnering two ACS Interac ve Project Grants (total $12,500) from Na onal ACS to support novel student and postdoc-centered symposia to be held at the fall ACS Na onal Mee ng in Boston.
The ACS DIC Treasurer con nues to offer assistance to symposium organizers with fund raising efforts and management of donor funds. Typically donor funds are used to cover symposium dinners and/or travel and registra on costs for speakers. The treasurer can provide informa on and assistance for how dona ons can be submi ed and processed via the ACS DIC. If you are interested, please contact Lisa M. Berreau for more informa on.
Overall, the finances of the ACS DIC were stretched to the limit in 2017 but remain solid. The DIC con nues to operate with very low administra ve costs (<2% of budget). Each year the treasurer provides a report to the elected execu ve commi ee members-at-large so that they may audit all expenditures.
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Message from Programs Chairs, Nora Radu & Steve Koch
The 2017 Fall ACS mee ng in Washington DC had 979 presenta ons in the Inorganic Division. We wish to thank the program assistants who help arrange the contributed sessions: Anna Larsen (coordina on chemistry), Codrina Popescu (spectroscopy), Ana de Be encourt Dias (lanthanide and ac nides), Brian Trewyn (nanoscience), Claus Lugmair (chemistry of materials), Viktor Polt avets (solid state), Todd Hudnall (main group) and we par cularly want to thank Bre Lucht who is ending his assistance with the electrochemistry abstracts. The 2018 Spring ACS mee ng in New Orleans (March 18-22, 2018) is shaping to have one of the largest number of presenta on in the division of inorganic chemistry with more than 1440 submissions. The program includes the following special symposia along with the regularly scheduled contributed session: The seven winners of Na onal ACS Awards will give their Award Addresses in a plenary session on Monday morning .
ACS Award for Dis nguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in honor ACS Awards in Inorganic Chemistry: Plenary Session – organizers: Bernade e Donovan-Merkert, Stephen Koch and Nora Radu of Thomas B. Rauchfuss – sym ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in honor of James Moers Mayer- organizers: Seth Brown, Caroline Saouma, Jeffrey Warren
ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry: Symposium in honor of Clifford P. Kubiak - organizer Joshua Figueroa
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry: Symposium in honor of Mircea Dinca - organizers: Yuriy Roman-Leshkov and Yogesh Surendranath
Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry: Symposium in honor of Alison Butler – symposium organizer: Jennifer Mar nez
F. Albert Co on Award in Synthe c Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in honor of Andrew S. Borovik – symposium organizers: David Lacy, Charles Riordan and Jenny Yang
Harry Gray Award for Crea ve Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Inves gator: Symposium in honor of Dwight S. Seferos – symposium organizers: Ma hew Jones and Alexander Spokoyny
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Message from Programs Chairs, Nora Radu & Steve Koch (continued)
Undergraduate Research at the Fron ers of Inorganic Chemistry - Symposium Organizers: Hilary Eppley and Chip Nataro
Inorganic Chemistry of Lead Halide Perovskites: Insights from Fundamentals – symposium organizers: Richard Brutchey, Brent Melot and Javier Vela
Metal-Organic Frameworks: What Are Next? – symposium organizers: Wenbin Lin, Shengqian Ma and Hongcai Zhou
Molecular Confinement Effects in Inorganic & Organic Containers – symposium organizers: Makoto Fujita, Bruce Gibb and Jonathan Sessler
Nitrogen Un-Fixa on: Mechanisms & Models of Nitrifica on/ Denitrifica on Reac ons- symposium organizers: Kyle Lancaster and Nicolai Lehnert
PCET Photo Catalysis with Inorganic Molecules & Materials – symposium organizers: Jillian Dempsey, Catherine Heyer, Emilia Leon and Gerald Meyer
Synthe c Chemistry Addressing Challenges in Energy & the Environment - organizers: Louise Berben, Ana De Be encourt Dias and Amy Prieto
Undergraduate Research at the Fron ers of Inorganic Chemistry: symposium organizers: Chip Nataro and Lori Watson
Planning for the Fall 2018 ACS mee ng in Boston (August 19-23, 2018) has already started. The submission period is: January 15th 2018 – March 26st 2018 (11:59PM EDT New York me). The special symposia for this mee ng are:
Recent Advances in Red and Black Phosphorus Chemistry – organizer: Frank Ji ([email protected])
Water Spli ng and Solar Fuels: Progress and Challenges to Widespread U liza on -organizers: Kara Bren ([email protected]) and Todd Krauss ([email protected]).
Women in Nanotechnology – organizers: Ana de Be encourt-Dias ([email protected]) and Valerie Pierre ([email protected])
Recent Advances in the Photochemistry and Photophysics of the P-Block Elements – organizer: Todd Hudnall ([email protected])
Pathways for Industrial Chemists Symposium – organizers: Lisa Berreau ([email protected]) and Nora Radu ([email protected])
Undergraduate Chemistry Majors Inorganic Symposium – organizer: Amanda Morris ([email protected])
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Message from Programs Chairs, Nora Radu & Steve Koch (continued)
Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship – organizer: William Tolman ([email protected])
Organometallics Dis nguished Author Symposium – organizer: Paul Chirik ([email protected])
Inorganic Young Inves gator Awards – organizer: Bernade e Donovan-Merkert ([email protected])
Inorganic Nanoscience Award Symposium - organizer: Brandi Cossairt ([email protected])
Why was my Talk Scheduled for Thursday A ernoon? The ACS makes us schedule the Mee ng under what they call “even programing”, which states that there must be the same number of sessions everyday, Sunday morning through Thursday a ernoon. Up un l recently, ACS let us eliminate Thursday AM and PM sessions at the smaller Fall mee ng if we had a third poster session on Wednesday evening. In fact, the Organic division did not have Thursday session even at the Spring Mee ng. They restrict who can give oral presenta ons, But now ACS is making them have Thursday sessions as well. But don’t be pessimis c. Note to Research Advisers. Please educate your young coworkers. Abstracts are forever; they are listed in Chemical Abstracts and are searched by SciFinder. When we receive a single author abstract for a contributed talk or poster, it is usually not from a new assistant professor. All coworkers’s names including the name of their adviser should be included on the abstract. The same or very similar abstracts can’t be submi ed more than once at an ACS mee ng. The ACS has a program to find duplicate abstracts The SciMix Poster sessions The SciMix is the special Conven on wide poster session which is held on Monday evenings at 8-10PM. It is in addi on to the Inorganic Division poster sessions which are on Sunday and Tuesday. Posters presented at the SciMix are also presented at one of the Inorganic Division Poster sessions. In my opinion, the only reason for not indica ng that you want your poster to be considered for the SciMix is if you are not going to be at the mee ng on Monday evening. But you can’t be chosen for the SciMix if you don’t check the SciMix box during the abstract submission. We are able to choose a number of posters for the SciMix that is equal to 10% of the total number of abstracts (oral + posters). This means that approximately 20% of the posters can be chosen for presenta on at the SciMix. Take advantage of the chance to present your poster twice by checking the SciMix box when you are submi ng your poster abstracts.
Program Chairs [email protected] [email protected]
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Message from Membership Chair, Jason D’Acchioli
Happy Fall, fellow DIC members! As Membership Coordinator, I’m looking for new ideas and innova ve ways of demonstra ng the benefits of being a DIC member (including free DIC membership the first year, access to mee ng abstracts, eligibility for Division awards, par cipa on in DIC elec ons, and opportuni es to join five DIC subdivisions at no addi onal cost) and engaging our members. If you haven’t already done so, drop me a line at [email protected] with your thoughts and sugges ons on how we can be er our service to you, and how we can reach as many new and aspiring inorganic chemists as possible. Division recruitment is something I’m working on. For the past few ACS Na onal Mee ngs, I’ve given a free, one-year membership to those presen ng INOR posters and talks. So, if you’re reading this because of your new membership, what do you think so far? What can we, as a division, do to make things be er for you, our members? If you haven’t already checked them out, you can follow Division ac vi es on our website (h p://acsdic.org/wordpress/), Facebook page (h ps://www.facebook.com/ACS-Division-of-Inorganic-Chemistry-193412197343213), and our Twi er feed (@ACSINORDivision). Remember—I’m available, and willing to listen!
Be well,
Jason D’Acchioli
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News from the Solid State Subdivision Chair, Amanda Morris
The 2017 season of ACS mee ngs saw us visit both San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In addi on to our standing symposia (Chemistry of Materials: Metal Organic Frameworks; Chemistry of Materials: Materials for Energy & Cataly c Applica ons; Chemistry of Materials: Synthesis & Proper es; and Solid-State Inorganic Chemistry), we had the following special symposia.
Washington, D.C.
• Electronic Structure Contribu ons to Func on: From Metals in Biology to Materials Science
• Fundamental Aspects of Metal Organic Framework Catalysis San Francisco, CA
• ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials: Symposium in honor of Douglas A. Keszler
We have also secured a full slate of solid-state inorganic chemistry symposia for the spring mee ng in New Orleans. Hope to see you there!
• Synthe c Chemistry Addressing Challenges in Energy & the Environment • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry: Symposium in honor of Mircea Dinca • Inorganic Chemistry of Lead Halide Perovskites: Insights from Fundamentals
• Metal-Organic Frameworks: What Are Next? • PCET PhotoCatalysis with Inorganic Molecules & Materials
I also wanted to provide informa on on the Exxon Mobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship, as this is an award that many of us looked to for the next Rising Star in Solid State Inorganic Chemistry. For example, look at the last winner (2015), Mircea Dinca, who will receive the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry in New Orleans. Unfortunately, this award was suspended in 2016 for lack of sponsorship. The subdivision is working diligently on bringing this award back and welcomes any partnerships that may aid that task. Thank you to all the Solid State Subdivision members for allowing me to serve as your subdivision chair in 2017. I enjoyed working with the DIC team and know you are in good hands with the new Chair, Bart Bartle .
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News from the Nanoscience Subdivision Chair, Josh Goldberger
Professor Shana O. Kelley, Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto, was the 2017 recipient of the Inorganic Nanoscience Award. This award is sponsored by the NanoCenter at the University of South Carolina. A symposium celebra ng her crea ve work developing new metal- and semiconductor-based biofunc onalized nanomaterials and controlling their self-assembly into hierarchical structures for biomedical applica ons was held at the Fall 2017 Na onal ACS mee ng in Washington DC. The symposium began with a presenta on by Shana Kelley describing her research in the synthesis, self-assembly and applica on of inorganic nanomaterials in sensing rare cell types and biomolecules. Addi onal speakers included Catherine Murphy (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Jacqueline Barton (Caltech), Chad Mirkin (Northwestern), Teri Odom (Northwestern), Paul Weiss (UCLA), and Joshua Goldberger (The Ohio State University). Speakers shared their recent research discoveries and highlighted Shana’s impact on their own work, making it an outstanding symposium. Check the Division of Inorganic Chemistry website for informa on about the 2018 award program
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Message from PUI Representative, Barbara Reisner
Updates on research & teaching in undergraduate inorganic chemistry
The Division of Inorganic Chemistry is a leader in involving undergraduates in the ACS. Several examples of this are included in this update on undergraduate inorganic chemistry.
Undergraduates doing inorganic research are highly visible at na onal mee ngs. You can see the contribu ons of undergraduates, their faculty mentors, and collaborators, at many INOR sessions at ACS mee ngs. The eleventh symposium on Undergraduate Research at the Fron ers of Inorganic Chemistry Symposium will take place this spring in New Orleans. Look for outstanding undergraduates, including the winners of the Undergraduate Research Awards, at this mee ng!
The Undergraduate Research Award is one of three Division awards available for undergraduates. The Division also sponsors Travel Awards and the ACS DIC Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry. The nomina on period for the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry will open in January 2018. This award recognizes achievement of undergraduate students in inorganic chemistry. Every ACS Cer fied Department can give one student this award. h p://www.ionicviper.org/dicaward
Finally, I have some exci ng informa on to share with everyone who teaches a founda on-level (first course) in inorganic chemistry. The Leadership Council of IONiC (Interac ve Online Network of Inorganic Chemists) is excited to announce that they received a grant from NSF’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Educa on (IUSE) program to study teaching and learning in inorganic chemistry.
The grant will support three cohorts of twenty inorganic faculty who will each develop their own “VIPEr-ized” founda on-level inorganic chemistry course. Through classroom observa ons, analysis of student work, surveys of students, and interviews with faculty, the research team will generate data on how changes in the classroom affect student learning. The first two cohorts will par cipate in face-to-face curriculum developmental workshops, whereas the third will receive only virtual support in order to study the impact of different support mechanisms.
Interested? IONiC would love to have you apply to be a VIPEr Fellow! What’s in it for you and your students? This program is an opportunity to examine your teaching prac ces, bring current inorganic and pedagogical research into your classroom, and expand your network to include others teaching undergraduate courses in inorganic chemistry.
The main requirement is that you will teach a founda on-level inorganic course twice between 2018 and 2022. More details are provided at h ps:// nyurl.com/VIPErFellow.
If you have any informa on that is of interest to people working with undergraduates in inorganic chemistry, please get in touch with me so that we can con nue to share this informa on with the community!
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Inorganic Stamp Corner
by Daniel Rabinovich
Hooked on the Isolobal Analogy
As a senior undergraduate student in the late 1980’s, I took an unforge able elec ve course in organometallic chemistry that included all the key topics on the subject, from the synthesis and reac vity of metal carbonyl complexes to the applica on of NMR spectroscopy to probe the fluxional behavior of certain compounds in solu on. It was also an enlightening introduc on to the literature of organometallic chemistry, and one of the papers we had to read was Roald Hoffmann’s Nobel Lecture on the so- called isolobal analogy (Hoffmann, R. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 1982, 21, 711-724). This model expounds on the close rela onship that exists between two molecular fragments if the number, symmetry, energy, and shape of their corresponding fron er orbitals and the number of electrons they hold are similar. The realiza on that a square pyramidal Mn(CO)5 fragment and a methyl radical are isolobal, and could easily combine to generate compounds such as Mn2(CO)10, MeMn(CO)5, and ethane, thereby connec ng the worlds of inorganic and organic chemistry, was pure joy. And I was forever entranced to pursue the study of inorganic and organometallic compound, which con nues some 30 years later…
Philatelically speaking, it is surprising that, un l very recently, Roald Hoffmann only appeared on a stamp of dubious origin that is not listed in the Sco Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue. Nothing wrong with the good folks from the Republic of Chad in Central Africa, but the stamp, issued in 2004, has a puzzling design that features Roald Hoffmann next to a locomo ve (go figure!). However, a bona fide postage stamp was issued in Ukraine on 18 July 2017 to commemorate the 80th birthday of the admired father of the isolobal analogy, who was born in the Polish town of Złoczów (now Zolochiv, Ukraine). Happy birthday, Roald, from one of the many fans you have in the DIC and the mul ple genera ons of inorganic and organic chemists that you have inspired!
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ACS Division 2017
Chair Chair -Elect John D. Protasiewicz (17) Bernadette Donovan-Merkert Department of Chemistry University of North Carolina at Charlotte Case Western Reserve University Department of Chemistry 10900 Euclid Ave Burson 200 Cleveland, OH 44106 9201 University City Blvd. Phone: 216-368-5060 Charlotte NC 28223-0001 Email: [email protected] Phone: 704-687-1300 Email: [email protected] Secretary Secretary-Elect Jeffrey J. Rack (16, 17, 18, 19) NA Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology MSC03 2060 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM87131-0001 Phone: 505-277-5200 Email: [email protected] Treasurer Treasurer-Elect Lisa M. Berreau (15,16,17) Lisa M. Berreau (18, 19, 20) Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Utah State University Utah State University 0300 Old Main Hill 0300 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-0300 Logan, UT 84322-0300 Ph: 435-797-3509 Phone: 435-797-3509 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Members-At-Large Joshua S. Figueroa (15, 16, 17) Kim R. Dunbar (16,17,18) James Boncella Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry Materials Physics and Applications Biochemistry Texas A&M University Division University of California, San P.O. Box 30012 Los Alamos National Laboratory Diego College Station, TX 77842 PO Box 1663 La Jolla, CA 92093-0358 Ph: 979-845-5235 Mail Stop J514 Phone: 858-822-7478 Email: Ph: 505-665-0795 E-mail: js [email protected] [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Past-Chair Claudia Turro Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 100 W. 18th Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 Phone: 614-292-6708 Email: [email protected]
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ACS DIC OFFICERS
Subdivisions
Chair Chair-Elect
Bioinorganic Subdivision Edith (Phoebe) Glazer (17) Jonathan Sessler (17) Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Kentucky The University of Texas at Austin 505 Rose St. NHB 5.34A Lexington, KY 40506 105 E. 24th St. A5300 Ph: 859-257-2198 Austin, TX 78712-1224 Email: [email protected] Ph:512-471-5009 Email: [email protected] Organometallic Subdivision Milton R. Smith, III (17) Elon Ison (17) Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Michigan State University North Carolina State 578 South Shaw Lane University East Lansing, MI 48824 2620 Yarbrough Drive Ph: 517-355-9715 x 166 Raleigh, NC 27695 Email: [email protected] Ph: 919-513-4376 Email: [email protected]
Solid State Subdivision Amanda J. Morris (17) Bart M. Bartlett (17) Department of Chemistry University of Michigan Virginia Tech University Department of Chemistry 3109 Hahn Hall South 930 N. University Avenue 800 W. Campus Dr. Ann Arbor, MI Blacksburg, VA 24060 48109-1055 Ph: 540-231-5585 Ph: 734-615-9279 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Nanoscience Subdivision Josh Goldberger (17) Brandi Cossairt (17) Department of Chemistry and University of Washington Biochemistry Department of Chemistry The Ohio State University Box 351700 100 W. 18th Ave. Seattle, WA 98195-1700 Columbus, OH 43210 Ph: 206-543-4643 Ph: 614-247-7438 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] .edu Coordination Subdivision Eric J. Schelter (17) Tong Ren (17) Department of Chemistry Purdue University University of Pennsylvania 560 Oval Drive 231 South 34th St. West Lafayette, IN47907 Philadelphia, PA 19104 BRWN 5130A Ph: 215-898-8633 Ph: 765-494-5466 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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Subdivisions (continued)
Sustainable Energy and Clifford Kubiak (17) Environment (SEE) Subdivision Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0332 La Jolla, CA 92093-0332 Ph: 858-822-2665 Email: [email protected]
ACS DIC OFFICERS
Councilors
Tom Cundari (15, 16, 17) Debbie Crans (16, 17, 18) Silvia Ronco (17, 18, 19) Dept. of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Program Officer Univ. of North Texas Denton, TX Colorado State University Research Corporation for Science 76203-5070 1301 Center Ave Advancement Ph: (940) 369-7753 Fort Collins, CO 80513 Tucson, AZ 85712 Email: [email protected] Ph: 970-491-7635 Ph: 520-571-1111 E-mail: E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Karen Goldberg (17, 18, 19) Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania 231 South 34th St. Philadelphia, PA 19104 Ph: 215-573-6756 Email: [email protected]
Alternate Councilors
Paula Diaconescu (15, 16, 17) Hannah Shafaat (16, 17, 18) Connie Lu (17, 18, 19) Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry and University of Minnesota Biochemistry Biochemistry Department of Chemistry University of California, LA The Ohio State University Smith Hall, Mailbox B-11 607 Charles E. Young Drive East 100 W. 18th Ave. 207 Pleasant St. SE Los Angeles, CA 90095 Columbus, OH 43210 Minneapolis, MN 55405 Ph: 310-794-4809 Ph: 614-688-1982 Ph: 612-625-6983 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Ann Valentine (17, 18, 19) Temple University Beury Hall 1901 North 13th St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 Ph: 215-204-7836 Email: [email protected] DIVISION OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY !19 WWW.ACSDIC.ORG ACS DIC NEWSLETTER 2017
ACS DIC OFFICERS
Awards Committee Co-Chairs
Michael Shatruk Tim Warren Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Florida State University Georgetown University 95 Chieftain Way Box 571227 Tallahassee, FL32306 Washington, DC 20057-1227 Ph: 850-417-8417 Ph: 202-687-6362 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Program Chairs
(Fall Meetings) (Spring Meetings)
Nora S. Radu Stephen Koch DuPont OLED Displays Chemistry Department Experimental Station SUNY Stony Brook P.O. Box 328 Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 Wilmington, DE 19880 Ph: 631-632-7944 Ph: 302-695-3363 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
Membership Committee Chair
Jason D’Acchioli Department of Chemistry 2001 Fourth Avenue University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI 54481 Ph: 715-346-2297 Email: [email protected]
PUI Representative Barbara Reisner Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry James Madison University 901 Carrier Dr., MSC 4501 Harrisonburg, VA 22807 Ph: 540-568-3460 Email: [email protected]
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ABOUT THE ACS DIC
The Division of Inorganic Chemistry represents a diverse body of scientists who come together to understand and promote the richness of the chemistry of the elements. Molecular biologists, materials scientists, and many types of chemists are members of this division. Due to the diversity of interests among our members, four subdivisions are available for membership in addition to the general membership in the Division. The Division has several responsibilities: the development and coordination of programming of interest to our members at national meetings; continuing improvement in the education of current and future chemists in the beauty of inorganic chemistry and the value of chemistry in general; representation of our members' interests to the ACS through the election of Councilors and other positions; and maintaining the fiscal health of the Division to support all other activities. The Division usually has one of the largest technical programs at the national meetings.
The goals of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry: 1. To advance the science of Inorganic Chemistry. 2. To provide an organization within which close contact among chemists interested in Inorganic Chemistry can be maintained. 3. To arrange programs dealing with Inorganic Chemistry for the National Meetings of the ACS. 4. To organize and conduct symposia on special topics in Inorganic Chemistry at times and places designated by the Executive Committee of the DIC. 5. To promote the teaching of Inorganic Chemistry at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Selected areas of chemistry in which the Division's activities are focused:
Organometallic Chemistry. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of main group, transition metal, and rare earth organometallic compounds, and the applications of such compounds in organic synthesis, inorganic synthesis, and catalysis. Bioinorganic Chemistry. Includes all aspects of the chemistry of the metallic elements and small inorganic molecules in biological systems. Solid-State and Materials Chemistry. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and physical and chemical properties of solids that contain metallic and/or main group elements. Coordination Chemistry. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and physical and chemical properties of classical coordination compounds. Nanoscience. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and physical and chemical properties of nanostructured materials (inorganic nanocrystals, inorganic-organic hybrid materials etc.).
Prepared by John Protasiewicz, Secretary, ACS-DIC
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