Chinese American Chemical Society Aagend CACS 2021 Spring Virtual Program Inaugural CACS 40th Anniversary Keynote In concurrence with the 2021 ACS Spring Conference Cost: Free, Donations Welcome Registration Required: Register Here Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT/4:30pm - 6:00pm PDT Inaugural CACS 40th Anniversary Keynote Address: Zhenan Bao, Ph.D. Stanford University Skin-Inspired Organic Electronics (see following page for bio and abstract) 4:30 PM (PDT): CACS Overview (Dr. Marinda Wu, CACS Board Chair; Dr. Lei Li, CACS President) 4:45 PM (PDT): Introduction of CACS Keynote Speaker (Dr. Jasmine Lu, CACS Vice President) 4:50 PM (PDT): Keynote Address (Professor Zhenan Bao, Stanford) 5:35 PM (PDT): Q&A Session 6:00 PM (PDT): Plaque Presentation (Dr. Marinda Wu, CACS Board Chair) Thanks to our sponsors: Click here to register | Visit cacshq.org for more information Keynote Address: Skin-Inspired Organic Electronics Chinese American Chemical Society Zhenan Bao, Ph.D. K.K. Lee Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Director of Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR) AbstractBiography Zhenan Bao is Department Skin is the body’s largest organ, and is responsible Chair and K.K. Lee Professor for the transduction of a vast amount of information. of Chemical Engineering, and by This conformable, stretchable, self-healable and courtesy, a Professor of biodegradable material simultaneously collects Chemistry and a Professor of signals from external stimuli that translate into Material Science and Engineering information such as pressure, pain, and temperature. at Stanford University. Bao The development of electronic materials, inspired by founded the Stanford Wearable the complexity of this organ is a tremendous, Electronics Initiate (eWEAR) in unrealized materials challenge. However, the advent 2016 and serves as the faculty of organic-based electronic materials may offer a director. potential solution to this longstanding problem. Over Prior to joining Stanford in 2004, she was a the past decade, we have developed materials design Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in Bell Labs, concepts to add skin-like functions to organic Lucent Technologies from 1995-2004. She received her Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in electronic materials without compromising their 1995. She has over 550 refereed publications and over 65 electronic properties. These new materials and new US patents with a Google Scholar H-Index >160. devices enabled a range of new applications in medical devices, robotics and wearable electronics. Bao is a member of the National Academy of Engineering In this talk, I will discuss several projects related to en- and the National Academy of Inventors. She is a Fellow of gineering conductive materials and developing fabrica- MRS, ACS, AAAS, SPIE, ACS PMSE and ACS POLY. tion methods to allow electronics with effective elec- Bao was selected as Nature’s Ten people who mattered trical interfaces with biological systems, through tuning in 2015 as a “Master of Materials” for her work on their electrical as well as mechanical properties. artificial electronic skin. She was awarded the inaugural The end result is a soft electrical interface that has ACS Central Science Disruptor and Innovator Prize in both low interfacial impedance as well as match 2020, the Gibbs Medal by the Chicago session of ACS in mechanical properties with biological tissue. Several 2020, the Wilhelm Exner Medal by Austrian Federal new concepts, such as “morphing electronics” and Minister of Science 2018, ACS Award on Applied Polymer Science 2017, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in “genetically targeted chemical assembly - GTCA” will Science Award in the Physical Sciences 2017, the be presented. AICHE Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering in 2014, ACS Carl Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award in 2013, ACS Cope Scholar Award in 2011, the Royal Society of Chemistry Beilby Medal and Prize in 2009, the IUPAC Creativity in Applied Polymer Thanks to our Science Prize in 2008. sponsors: Bao is a co-founder and on the Board of Directors for C3 Nano and PyrAmes, both are silicon-valley venture funded start-ups. She serves as an advising Partner for Fusion Venture Capital. Click here to register | Visit cacshq.org for more information.