New Frontiers and Opportunities for Chemistry
Presidential ACS Webinar Series: “Frontier Fridays”
Virtual Presidential/COMSCI Symposium ACS Fall Meeting 2021
Coordinated by:
ACS President H.N. Cheng
ACS Committee on Science:
- Young-Shin Jun: Chair, Science and Technology Subcommittee
- Michael Morello: Division Representative
- Martin Kociolek: Chair
The goal of this Presidential – Committee on Science Webinar Series and Symposium is to gather the leading researchers in the promising growth areas for chemistry, to network and exchange ideas, and to instruct our younger colleagues and students as to the future directions of chemistry. As we know, chemistry is an exciting field, and it is becoming increasingly multidisciplinary and multi-faceted. There are many new or expanded areas where future chemists and chemical engineers can find increasing opportunities to apply their chemical knowledge. This symposium will highlight some of these areas and will also show how being adaptable, collaborative, and entrepreneurial will help chemists and chemical engineers succeed in the future.
1. ACS “Frontier Fridays” Webinar Series
2. New Frontier and Opportunities Symposium in August ACS National Meeting
Sponsored by ComSci and PRES. Cosponsored by YCC, AGFD, CATL, ENVR, GEOC, MEDI, POLY
The symposium is organized by topics, and the order of the topics and the speakers within a given topic is random.
COMSCI003A: Materials | Sunday, August 22
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| 3594527 | Getting in Front of the Additive Manufacturing Revolution: Sustainability Needs and Opportunities | Joseph DeSimone | Stanford U. | 2:00-2:30 PM |
| 3586374 | Placing 3D Bioprinting in the Context of Tissue Fabrication | Y Shrike Zhang | Harvard Med School | 2:30-3:00 PM |
| 3599197 | It’s about I: Invention, Innovation, Inspiration, and Inclusivity | Kathryn E. Uhrich | UC Riverside | 3:00-3:30 PM |
| 3588508 | Materials Opportunities in a Post Moore Era | Rudy Wojtecki | IBM | 3:30-4:00 PM |
COMSCI0B: Nanotechnology & Reticular Chemistry | Sunday, August 22
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| 3600423 | MegaLibraries: Tools for Exploring and Expanding the Materials Genome with Big Data and AI | Chad Mirkin | Northwestern U | 4:30-5:00 PM |
| 3585376 | Discovery and commercialization of nanostructured zeolites: An example of chemistry entrepreneurship that creates value and reduces CO2 emissions | Javier Garcia Martinez | U. Alacant, Spain | 5:00-5:30 PM |
| 3584860 | Multivariate Reticular ChemistryOmar Yaghi | Omar Yaghi | UC Berkely | 5:30-6:00 PM |
| 3589006 | Smart and Programmable Sponges from Basic Science to Implementation and Commercialization | Omar Farha | Northwestern U. | 6:00-6:30 PM |
COMSCI0C: Catalysis | Sunday, August 22
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| 3584637 | Re-Imagining the Periodic Table: Addressing Sustainability Challenges in the 21st Century with Earth-Abundant Metal Catalysis | Paul Chirik | Princeton U. | 7:00-7:30 PM |
| 3597130 | Catalyzing chemical transformations for global sustainability | Thomas Jaramillo | Stanford U. | 7:30-8:00 PM |
| 3598804 | Towards a Sustainable Chemical Industry: Opportunities and Challenges | Bala Subramaniam | U. Kansas | 8:00-8:30 PM |
| 3593714 | Mechanochemistry and aging: a remarkable toolbox for the sustainable synthesis of nanomaterials and functional polymers | Audrey Moores | McGilU. | 8:30-9:00 PM |
COMSCI0D: Therapeutics and Diagnostics | Monday, August 23
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| 3598195 | Kidney Dialysis: A Multidisciplinary Nexus for Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Biology and Medicine | Buddy Ratner | U. Washington, Seattle | 10:30-11:00 AM |
| 3591611 | Environment-sensitive molecules as next-generation biomarkers for point-of-care diagnostics | Mireille Kamariza | Harvard U. | 11:00-11:30 AM |
| 3600143 | Mass spectrometry, molecular data, and cancer diagnosis: Advances and challenges towards clinical use | Livia Eberlin | U. Texas, Austin | 11:30-12:00 AM |
| 3587103 | Translating Nature's Chemical Repertoire: Opportunities for Chemists and Chemical Engineers | Kerry McPhail; Nicholas Oberlies | Oregon State; UNC Greensboro | 12:00-12:30 AM |
COMSCI0E: Biotechnology and Biomaterials | Monday, August 23
Control ID | Abstract Title/Presentation Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| Welcome | Thomas M. Connelly | ACS | 2:00-2:05 PM | |
| Introductory Remarks | H. N. Cheng | ACS | 2:05-2:10 PM | |
| 3602081 | Keynote Lecture - The Chemistry of CRISPR for Genome Editing and Detection | Jennifer A. Doudna | UC Berkeley | 2:10-2:55 PM |
| 3597667 | Biosystem Design by Directed Evolution | Huimin Zhao | U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 2:55-3:25 PM |
| 3597409 | Crafting 3D cellular microenvironments from the bottom-up using supramolecular chemistry | Roxanne Kieltyka | Leiden U., The Netherlands | 3:25-3:55 PM |
COMSCI0F: Computing and Modeling | Monday, August 23
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| 35974907 | What to do with a near-term quantum computer? | Alán Aspuru-Guzik | U. Toronto. | 4:30-5:00 PM |
| 3590333 | Machine Biology for Infectious Diseases | Cesar de la Fuente | U. Pennsylvania | 5:00-5:30 PM |
| 3596195 | Importance of multidisciplinary and collaborative teams | Julia Rice | IBM | 5:30-6:00 PM |
COMSCI0G: Food and Geo Chemistry | Tuesday, August 24
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Date/Time |
| 3593713 | Health Beneficial effects of Jiaogulan and the molecular mechanism behind | Liangli Yu | U. Maryland, College Park | 10:30-11:00 AM |
| 3595957 | Translational Taste Research: Discovery of Molecular Targets for Flavor Innovations | Corinna Dawid | Tech. U. Munich, Germany | 11:00-11:30 AM |
| 3584650 | Environmental interfacial chemistry | Vicki Grassian | UC San Diego | 11:30-12:00 AM |
| 3584775 | Organic-mineral interactions at the molecular level: Impacts and research needs | James Kubicki | U. Texas at El Paso | 12:00-12:30 AM |
COMSCI0H: Environmental Chemistry and Engineering | Tuesday, August 24
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| 3586316 | Addressing environmental and climate challenges with abundant reactive minerals | Martin Schoonen | Bookhaven Nat. Lab | 2:00-2:30 PM |
| 3596561 | Environmental chemistry as a catalyst for innovation | Desiree Plata | MIT | 2:30-3:00 PM |
| 3597768 | Toward Single Atom Catalysis for Environmental Application | Jaehong Kim | Yale U. | 3:00-3:30 PM |
| 3584775 | Roles of advanced oxidation and reduction processes in eliminating contaminants of emerging concern in water and wastewater | Dionysios Dionysiou | U. Cincinnati | 13:30-4:00 PM |
COMSCI0I: Sustainability | Tuesday, August 24
Control ID | Abstract Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Time (all EDT) |
| 3595800 | Solar photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic systems for sustainable environment | Wonyong Choi | Postech, South Korea | 4:30-5:00 PM |
| 3584724 | Developing advanced chemical recycling and redesign strategies to enable plastics circularity | Gregg Beckham | Nat. Renewable Energy Lab | 5:00-5:30 PM |
| 3584767 | Environmentally Responsible Synthetic Organic Chemistry: When Chemo-catalysis meets Bio-catalysis, in Water | Bruce Lipshutz | UC Santa Barbara | 5:30-6:00 PM |
| 3595273 | Recent advances in CO2-switchable solvents | Phillop Jessop | Queen's U. | 6:00-6:30 PM |
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