DED UN 18 O 98 F http://www.nesacs.org N Y O T R E I T H C E N O A E S S S L T A E A C R C I N S M S E E H C C TI N O CA May 2016 Vol. XCIV, No.9 N • AMERI 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. 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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.