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Message from the Chair
Dear Division Members,
Thanks to people like you, the COLL Division continues to spearhead a vibrant program and activities throughout the year.
Our recent 2006- 2014 summary report from ACS shows a nearly 50% increase in the number of talks given in COLL sessions, and a similar increase in the number of symposia sponsored by the COLL division at national meetings over the last 8 years. That’s great indicator of how vibrant our scientific community is!
While most people are aware of the division’s activities at the national meeting, the division also is active in many ways. One of those is the annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium that has been held every summer for 89 years, a wonderful tradition that brings together cutting edge science, researchers and students. This year John Crocker, Kate Stebe and Arjun Yodh, organizers of the 88th ACS 2014 Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, have been selected as finalists for the ChemLuminary Award for “Innovation and Outstanding Service to Members of a Division”. Our thanks to John, Kate, and Arjun and the many others who have contributed to this annual symposium over the years!
COLL members continue to gain recognition for their research and leadership. The spring meeting in Denver, The ACS Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry was awarded to Paul Weiss from UCLA, who delivered an outstanding address on assembly and measurements of functional molecules. At the upcoming Boston meeting, the Division will recognize outstanding contributions of Catherine Murphy and Buddy Ratner as the two Langmuir Lecturers, Xiaoling Zheng as recipient of the NanoLetters Award, and Alejandro, Briseno as recipient of the ACS Materials and Interfaces Award. In addition to our current co-sponsorship of these awards, we’re pleased to announce that the Division will now be co-sponsoring a new award, the Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award, along with the eponymous journal.
After several years of uncertainty, the ACS has now settled on having two major national awards particularly relevant to COLL members. The new ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry and ACS Award in Surface Chemistry will both move forward, as described in more detail below.
We encourage members to nominate outstanding candidates for the national and divisionally sponsored awards. Many of these require significant advance planning, so start early!
As the number of talks and symposia grows, I’d like remind everyone that it’s important for those who benefit from the division’s activities to join the division so that we can maintain our level of funding from ACS national, which is based largely on the number of division members. So, if you’re not a member, please join! It’s only $15/year ($5/year for students). You can join when you renew your annual membership, or you can simple join the division at any time by pointing your browser to http://tinyurl.com/qfz878v or by contacting our membership secretary, Marina Ruths.
The COLL Division received an Innovative Projects Grant (IPG) to hold a 1.5-day Strategic Planning Workshop, which we are now beginning to organize. If you are interested in being part of this, please contact Bob Hamers ([email protected]). We are seeking balanced representation from academia, industry, government, students. You don’t need to be a COLL member, as long as you’re interested in helping to advance our division!
We’re also looking for people interested in running for officer positions in the Division. This is a great way to get involved with the division and to have impact on the division. Elections are held in October. More information on the different positions can be found on the division’s web site at http://colloidssurfaces.org.
I’m looking forward to seeing you in Boston!
Robert Hamers, 2015 Chair ([email protected])
In this FALL
issue:
Message from
Division Chair
Hamers
Division Officers
Newly Elected ACS
Fellows
COLL Poster
Sessions: Award
Winners from the
Denver meeting
ACS Award in
Colloid and Surface
Chemistry
COLL Programming
for Boston
COLL Programming
for San Diego
2015 CSSS
Langmuir Lecturers
Victor K. LaMer
Award
Unilever Award
Upcoming CSSS
Other upcoming
conferences
Free ACS programs
for graduate students
and postdocs
A message from our
Membership
Secretary
Division Officers
Below are the 2014 Division officers. More information on each officer can be found on the Division website, www.colloidssurfaces.org.
Elected officers:
Chair:
Chair Elect:
Robert Hamers
Daniel Schwartz
Vice Chair: Howard Fairbrother
Past Chair:
Program Chair:
Mike Trenary
Ramanathan Nagarajan
Secretary: Lorena Tribe (2014-2016)
Treasurer: Sarah Larsen (2013-2015)
Councilors: Eric Furst (2014-2016), Tina Nenoff (2013-2015), Maria Santore
(2015-2017), Robert Tilton (2013-2015)
Alternate Councilors: Gail Blaustein, John Russell, Steve Tait (2015-2017), Paul Shiller
(2015-2017)
Membership Secretary:
Member-at-Large:
Marina Ruths
Eric Borguet (2013-2015), Robert Lochhead (2013-2015),
Paschalis Alexandridis (2014-2016)
Appointed officers:
Chair, Nominations Committee:
MPPG Representative:
Newsletter Editor:
Regional Meetings Coordinator:
Mike Trenary
Paul Van Tassel
Lorena Tribe
Eric Borguet
Symposium Chair:
LaMer Award Committee Chair:
Michael Bevan
Daeyeon Lee (2013-2015), Joelle Frechette (2016-2018)
Webmaster: Eddy Tysoe
Look forward to a new edition of The Colloid and Surface Chemist next January with the highlights of
the Boston meeting and information for 2016. Do you have something to share? Please send to the
Editor, Lorena Tribe, [email protected] or stop by the COLL luncheon during the meeting.
Lorena Tribe
Newly-Elected ACS Fellows from the Division The ACS Fellows Program was created by the ACS Board of Directors in December 2008 “to recognize members
of ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and the Society.” Nominees
must be current members in good standing with ACS, and selection is based on demonstrated excellence in two
defined areas: (1) excellence in science/profession, and (2) outstanding service to ACS. The Executive Committee
is pleased to announce that the following Division Members have been named to the 2014 class of ACS Fellows.
The new fellows and their citations as found on the ACS website http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-
awards/fellows/list-of-2015-acs-fellows.html are reproduced below.
Dionysiou, Dionysios (Dion)
University of Cincinnati Contribution to the science/profession: Recognized for pioneering work in the field of advanced oxidation technologies and nanotechnologies using novel materials as catalysts for the degradation of cyanotoxins and other contaminants of concern in water. Contribution to the ACS community: Played an instrumental role in sustaining very active programming for the Division of Environmental Chemistry and demonstrated leadership in encouraging participation of young researchers in ACS symposia and award competitions.
Fisher, Ellen R.
Colorado State University Contribution to the science/profession: Recognized for advancing understanding of the molecular-level chemistry occurring in plasma processing, elucidating fundamental gas-phase reactions and gas–surface interactions, and creating novel thin films and three-dimensional composite materials. Contribution to the ACS community: Served on the Younger Chemists Committee and organized Colorado Local Section meetings and Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry symposia. Currently serves as an Executive Editor of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Penn, R Lee
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities Contribution to the science/profession: Elucidated fundamental, particle-mediated crystal growth mechanisms; characterized chemical reactivity and evolving reactivity of nanoparticles in environmentally relevant systems; and applied the principles of green chemistry to the synthesis of nanomaterials. Contribution to the ACS community: Served in leadership positions for the Division of Geochemistry since 2006, judging poster sessions, mentoring students, co-organizing technical sessions, and currently serving on the Geochemical Transactions Editorial Board.
Texter, John
Eastern Michigan University Contribution to the science/profession: Recognized for experimental contributions to our understanding of microemulsion equilibria and soft materials derived from microemulsions and ionic liquid polymerizations. Contribution to the ACS community: Recognized for more than 20 years of service to the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry and for organizing international interdisciplinary conferences in small-particle science, interfacial structure, and supramolecular assembly.
Kavli Award Nomination Deadline Extended!
We are accepting nominations from the Division for the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in
Chemistry Lecture for the 251st ACS National Meeting in San Diego until August 14, 2015. Contact
Lorena Tribe ([email protected]) for a nomination package. “The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in
Chemistry Lecture is awarded to an outstanding chemical scientist who is less than 10 years past receipt of
his/her PhD and is under 40 years of age. The candidate is a distinguished younger scientist who is highly
regarded by his or her peers for significant contributions to an area of chemistry or related multidisciplinary
area of chemistry.”
New ACS Award in Surface Chemistry
Mike Trenary
The division is pleased to announce that there will be
a new ACS national award to recognize
distinguished service in the advancement of surface
chemistry. A call for nominations for the 2017 ACS
Award in Surface Chemistry appeared in the July 6,
2015 issue of C&E News. The deadline for receipt of
nominations for this and the other ACS National
Awards is November 1. This new award will replace
the Arthur Adamson Award for Distinguished
Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry,
while the former ACS Award in Colloid and Surface
Chemistry will become the ACS Award in Colloid
Chemistry. For some years the Adamson Award was
considered at risk by the ACS Grants and Awards
committee; no Adamson Awards were given in 2011
or 2015, nor will it be given in 2016. The ACS
Awards Review Committee (ARC) identified three
problems with the Adamson Award: 1) A low
number of nominations, 2) The lack of an external
sponsor, and 3) Strong overlap with the ACS Award
in Colloid and Surface Chemistry with multiple
individuals having won both awards. This third
concern proved to be the most difficult to overcome
and ARC rejected an earlier proposal from the
division on the basis that the two awards would still
not be sufficiently distinct. Although ARC had
recommended that the Adamson Award be
eliminated while retaining the Colloid award, the
division leadership felt strongly that the tradition of
two national awards associated with our division
should be continued. We are therefore pleased that
this goal has been met. Meanwhile, to insure that the
new award is successful the division asks for your
support on two essential points:
First, there must be a sufficient number of high-
quality nominations. This requires a robust
response to the call for nominations for the new ACS
Award in Surface Chemistry. There was no dispute
that the quality of the Adamson Award nominees and
awardees was consistently high, but we need to
demonstrate that there are more than enough
excellent surface chemists to justify continuing an
ACS national award in this area. Please consider
nominating someone, and remember that this award
is open to the entire international surface chemistry
community, broadly defined. Detailed information
on the nomination procedure is available on the ACS
website: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-
and-awards/awards/national.html
Second, an external sponsor for the ACS Award
in Surface Chemistry must eventually be found.
The Adamson Award was not an endowed award,
and support from the original industrial sponsor
ended several years ago. The division sponsored the
Adamson Award for several years and has agreed to
sponsor the new award, but ACS considers this
acceptable only as a temporary measure.
Sponsorship of the ACS Award in Surface Chemistry
would be a cost-effective way for a company to be
prominently recognized by joining a list of leading
industrial firms that sponsor ACS national awards.
Although several companies have expressed an
interest in sponsoring this new award, an agreement
has not yet been signed. General information on
sponsoring the ACS Award in Surface Chemistry is
available at
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-
awards/awards/national.html . For the current status
of the sponsor search, please contact Felicia Dixon at
ACS at [email protected] or 202-872-6283.
Highlights from the 249th National Meeting - Denver
Poster Award Winners
During each COLL poster session, professional members of the Division select the best posters by graduate and
undergraduate students. Each winner is presented with a $250 award during the COLL Division luncheon. The
award winners for Denver (Spring 2015) are listed below.
From left to right: Huan Cao (UCLA, advised by Paul Weiss and Anne Andrews), Sean Lehman (U. of Iowa,
advised by Sarah Larsen), Rodrigo Vinluan (U. Texas at Dallas, advised by Jie Zheng), Robert Hamers (COLL
Chair), Pavel Moroz (Bowling Green State U., advised by Mikhail Zamkov), Brandon Bowser (Hope College,
advised by Beth Anderson) and Monica Ohnsorg (Hope College, advised by Beth Anderson)
The 2015 ACS Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive Company
Paul S. Weiss Assembly and measurements of isolated and coupled functional molecules
The 2015 recipient of the ACS Award in
Colloid and Surface Chemistry was Paul S.
Weiss from UCLA. Paul got his B.S. and
M.S. degrees from MIT where he worked
with renowned spectroscopy Bob Field,
followed by postdoctoral work with Yuan
Lee at UC-Berkeley. After spending one year
at Bell Labs and 2 years as a visiting scientist
at IBM-Almaden, Paul began his academic
career at Penn State in 1989, where he was
one of the early pioneers in the field of
scanning tunneling microscopy. After
building an extremely strong program and
rising to chaired, tenured professor at Penn
State, Paul left PSU in 2009 to become Fed
Kavli Chair of NanoScience and Director of
the California Nanosystems Institute at
UCLA, a position he held until 2014. He is
currently a Distinguished Professor of
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials Science,
and Engineering at UCLA. Paul is best
known for his work in scanning tunneling
microscopy, especially imaging of chemical
reactions, structure of self-assembled
monolayers, quantitative measurement of
conductivity in molecular wires, and
nanoscale assembly. Paul is also very well
known for his leadership to the scientific
community as the Editor-in-Chief of ACS
Nano.
Paul Weiss with his wife, Anne Andrews, also a Professor at UCLA, enjoying the camaraderie at the COLL luncheon prior to the Award Ceremony
ACS Colloid and Surface
Science Symposium
Robert Tilton
The 89th ACS Colloid and Surface Science
Symposium was held June 15 – 17, 2015, on the
campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. The technical program featured the
latest fundamental and applied advances in colloid
and surface science, including its key roles in a
diversity of related disciplines, ranging from
environmental engineering to cellular biomechanics
and nanomedicine. Traditionally organized and
hosted by a university that has a deep commitment to
colloid and surface science, the Symposium thrives
on strong international attendance by participants
from academia, industry and national laboratories.
This year’s Symposium was attended by 591 people
from 22 different countries. The technical program
of thirteen oral symposia and a poster session
blended fundamental and applied research in fields
selected to strike a balance between classic and
emerging research problems in colloid and surface
science. This ran in parallel with a vendor exhibition
with fourteen companies providing a variety of
instrumental capabilities.
The Symposium also provided an opportunity to
recognize research excellence at all career stages.
Plenary lectures were given by David Pine of New
York University and Tejal Desai of the University of
California at San Francisco. Jill Millstone of the
University of Pittsburgh delivered the Unilever
Award Lecture, recognizing excellence in colloid
and surfactant science by a young independent
investigator, and Qian Chen of the University of
Illinois delivered the Victor K. LaMer Award
Lecture in recognition of the top Ph.D. dissertation
in colloid and surface chemistry from a North
American university. Current students received
recognition as well, as Jens Meissner of the
Technical University of Berlin, Ryan Orizondo of
the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon
University, Laura Ostar of Rutgers University, and
Andrew Bucosssi of Rochester Institute of
Technology were selected by a panel of judges to
receive Student Poster Awards, and the People’s
Choice Student Poster Award was given to Leila
Pashazanusi of Tulane University.
The Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry is
committed to maintaining the ACS Colloid and
Surface Science Symposium as the premier
international conference in colloids, surfaces and
nanomaterials. The 90th Symposium, to be held June
5-8, 2016, at Harvard University, is sure to continue
this strong tradition. Check the division’s website for
future updates.
Dr. Qian Chen delivers here Victor K. LaMer Award
lecture on “Dynamics in colloidal self-assembly:
from patchy spheres to anisotropic nanocrystals”.
Dr. David Pine delivers his plenary lecture on “Self-
Assembly of colloids with directional and specific
interactions”.
Dr. Tejal Desai delivers her plenary lecture on
“Hierarchical interfaces for overcoming drug
delivery barriers”. (above)
Dr. Jill Millstone receives the Unilever Award prior
to her lecture on “Impact of surface chemistry in
multimetallic nanoparticle synthesis and
performance”. (right)
Attendees enjoy the Symposium Banquet at the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History. (below)
COLL Programming for the Boston ACS Meeting
250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 16-20, 2015, Boston, MA ACS Meeting Theme: A History of Innovation: From Discovery to Application
Symposium Organizer Symposium Title
Jie Zheng, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas; (972)883-5768; [email protected] Zhen Gu, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, NC, 27695; 919-515-7944; [email protected]; [email protected] Jin Xie, Department of Chemistry, Athens, GA 30602; 706-542-1933; [email protected] Gang Han, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, U Mass Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605; 508-856-3297; [email protected] Zhenjia Wang, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99210; 509-368-6563; [email protected]
Nanomedicines: Targeting and Clearance
De-en Jiang, Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, CA 92521; 951-827-4430; [email protected] Junrong Zheng, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, , Houston, Texas 77251; 713-348-2048; [email protected] Quan-Ming Wang,Chemistry Department, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China; +086-592-2184185; [email protected] Yu Han, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; +966 2 8082407; [email protected]
Nanometal: Synthesis, Structure, Property, and Application
Terry P. Bigioni, Department of Chemistry, The University of Toledo; [email protected] Robert L. Whetten, Georgia Institute Of Technology -Atlanta, Georgia 30332; (404)894-8255; [email protected]
Molecular nanoparticles
Ryan Toomey, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of South Florida; (813) 974-9164; [email protected] Raymond Tu, [email protected]
Proteins and polymers under confinement.
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
Basic Research in Colloids, Surfactants and Nanomaterials
Wolfgang Parak, Biophotonics Group, University of Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany, and Biofunctional Materials Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009
Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain.; 49‐ 6421 28-24161; [email protected] Pablo del Pino, Biophotonics Group, University of Marburg, D-
35037 Marburg, Germany; 49‐ 6421 28-24161; [email protected]
Colloids for medical imaging
Jacob Berlin, Department of Molecular Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, US;626-256-4673 x65593; [email protected]
Cynthia Friend, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142; [email protected] Challa, SSR Kumar, Harvard University Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC) Rowland Institute of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142; 617 497 4747; [email protected]
Computational and experimental advances towards design of energy efficient catalysts
Qian Wang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; 803-777-8436; [email protected]
Frontier of the interface of materials and biology: Protein based nanomaterials
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
ACS Award Lectures (Invited)
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
Computational modeling and simulations in colloid and interface science
Christina Hacker, Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; 301-975-2233; [email protected] Adam Johan Bergren, Hybrid Nanoscale Electronics, National Institute for Nanotechnology, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive Edmonton, AB T6G 2M9; (780) 641-1762; [email protected]
Surface characterization and manipulation for electronic applications
Subra Muralidharan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. [email protected] Atul Parikh, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 9561; [email protected] Narayanan Srividya, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; [email protected] Mu-Ping Nieh, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269; [email protected] John Kastaras, Neutron Sciences Directorate, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; [email protected]
Biomembrane Synthesis, Structure, Mechanics, and Dynamics
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
Fundamental Research in Colloids, Surfaces and Nanomaterials (POSTER SESSION)
COLL Programming for the San Diego ACS Meeting
251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 13-17, 2016, San Diego, CA
ACS Meeting Theme: Computers in Chemistry
Symposium Organizer Symposium Title
Jie Zheng, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas; (972)883-5768; [email protected] Zhen Gu, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, NC, 27695; 919-515-7944; [email protected]; [email protected] Jin Xie, Department of Chemistry, Athens, GA 30602; 706-542-1933; [email protected] Gang Han, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, U Mass Medical School, Worcester, MA, 01605; 508-856-3297; [email protected] Zhenjia Wang, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99210; 509-368-6563; [email protected]
Nanomedicines: Targeting and Clearance
De-en Jiang, Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside, CA 92521; 951-827-4430; [email protected] Junrong Zheng, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, , Houston, Texas 77251; 713-348-2048; [email protected] Quan-Ming Wang,Chemistry Department, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China; +086-592-2184185; [email protected] Yu Han, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; +966 2 8082407; [email protected]
Nanometal: Synthesis, Structure, Property, and Application
Terry P. Bigioni, Department of Chemistry, The University of Toledo; [email protected] Robert L. Whetten, Georgia Institute Of Technology -Atlanta, Georgia 30332; (404)894-8255; [email protected]
Molecular nanoparticles
Ryan Toomey, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of South Florida; (813) 974-9164; [email protected] Raymond Tu, [email protected]
Proteins and polymers under confinement.
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
Basic Research in Colloids, Surfactants and Nanomaterials
Wolfgang Parak, Biophotonics Group, University of Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany, and Biofunctional Materials Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009
Donostia – San Sebastián, Spain.; 49‐ 6421 28-24161; [email protected] Pablo del Pino, Biophotonics Group, University of Marburg, D-
35037 Marburg, Germany; 49‐ 6421 28-24161; [email protected] Jacob Berlin, Department of Molecular Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, US;626-256-4673 x65593; [email protected]
Colloids for medical imaging
Cynthia Friend, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142; [email protected] Challa, SSR Kumar, Harvard University Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC) Rowland Institute of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02142; 617 497 4747; [email protected]
Computational and experimental advances towards design of energy efficient catalysts
Qian Wang, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA; 803-777-8436; [email protected]
Frontier of the interface of materials and biology: Protein based nanomaterials
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
ACS Award Lectures (Invited)
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
Computational modeling and simulations in colloid and interface science
Christina Hacker, Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division, National Institute of Standards and technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; 301-975-2233; [email protected] Adam Johan Bergren, Hybrid Nanoscale Electronics, National Institute for Nanotechnology, 11421 Saskatchewan Drive Edmonton, AB T6G 2M9; (780) 641-1762; [email protected]
Surface characterization and manipulation for electronic applications
Subra Muralidharan, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616. [email protected] Atul Parikh, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 9561; [email protected] Narayanan Srividya, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; [email protected] Mu-Ping Nieh, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269; [email protected] John Kastaras, Neutron Sciences Directorate, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA; [email protected]
Biomembrane Synthesis, Structure, Mechanics, and Dynamics
Ramanathan Nagarajan (NAGU), Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Kansas Street, Natick MA 01760; 508-233-6445; [email protected]
Fundamental Research in Colloids, Surfaces and Nanomaterials (POSTER SESSION)
Future ACS National Meetings and Themes 251st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, March 13 - 17, 2016, San Diego, CA
Meeting Theme: Computers in Chemistry;
252nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 21 - 25, 2016, Philadelphia, PA Meeting Theme: Chemistry of the People, by the People and for the People [Tentative];
253rd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, April 2-6, 2017, San Francisco, CA Meeting Theme: Undecided
Be part of the program!
The American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (COLL) invites you to
organize a symposium on any theme relevant to colloids, surfaces and nanomaterials, at one of the
future ACS national meetings. Proposal to organize a symposium (sample attached) can be emailed
to NAGU ([email protected]) to meet the following deadlines:
For Fall 2016 meeting (Philadelphia), proposal must be sent by 10 August 2015.
For Spring 2017 meeting (San Francisco), proposal must be sent by 10 March 2016
For Fall 2017 meeting (Washington, DC), proposal must be sent by 1 August 2016.
The Program Committee of the Division will act quickly to decide on the suitability of the symposium and the best
meeting to schedule it.
The proposal should contain the following information::
Tentative title of the symposium Proposed organizers, with complete contact information (Inclusion of at least two organizers is recommended) Proposed national meeting to schedule the symposium (Select from the list of future meetings above) Number of half-day sessions planned (Each half-day session is approximately 210 min long and can accommodate 7 to 10 papers depending upon the time duration assigned for the talks. The default time is 20 min for a talk). Brief outline of the symposium including a listing of topics that would be covered List of possible speakers (Include at least 20 names to ensure that a three-session symposium will be possible. Keep in mind that there will also be unsolicited contributions).
The 2016 Colloid and Surface Science Symposium (CSSS) The 90th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium will take place at Harvard University from June 5-8,
2016. For additional information see http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/colloids2016/home or contact the co-Chairs:
Dave Weitz ([email protected]), Ramanathan Nagarajan ([email protected]) and
Joyce Wong ([email protected])
Upcoming CSSS meetings 2017: City College of New York
2018: Pennsylvania State University
2019: Georgia Institute of Technology
Other Conferences of interest Pacifichem 2015 December 15 - 20, 2015. Attend Pacifichem 2015 as a presenter of cutting-edge research!
COLL is organizing the symposium: Self‐assembled Biofunctional Nanomaterials (#433) 2nd International Conference on Bioinspired and Zwitterionic Materials August 13-14, 2015, University of
Washington, Seattle, WA, USA http://icbzm2015.com Contact: Shaoyi Jiang.
Free ACS programs for graduate and postdoctoral students For information on opportunities for graduate students and postdocs, including the ACS Preparing for Life After
Graduate School Workshop www.acs.org/gradworkshop, please contact [email protected] or visit
www.acs.org/grad.
A message from our Membership Secretary
Marina Ruths
Encourage your colleagues and coauthors to become members of the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry
(COLL)!
COLL is one of the most active Divisions in the American Chemical Society with approximately 2400 members
throughout the world. Scientists like yourself join the Division to benefit professionally from the exchange of
scientific information between its members. Attendance and presentations at the Division’s conference symposia
provide excellent opportunities for professional networking and for enhanced visibility of your research. Every
year, nearly 2000 research presentations are made in the COLL Division at the two ACS National Meetings and
the unique summer symposium of the COLL Division. As a Division member, you can also volunteer to organize
a thematic technical symposium on a topic of your interest at the ACS National Meetings.
To learn more about our activities, fellowships, and awards, visit our webpage at http://colloidssurfaces.org/ .
To join the Division, go to http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content . If you are not an ACS member, first join
the ACS. If you are an ACS member, log in and then select “Membership & Networks”, “Technical Divisions”
and “Join a Division”. On the application form, fill in the code 509 for the COLL division. The Division
Membership Fees are: $15 (ACS member), $16 (ACS non-member, COLL affiliate), or $5 (ACS student member)
Sincerely,
Marina Ruths
Membership Secretary of the ACS COLL Division