October 25–28, 2023
Call for Papers: Southeastern Regional Meeting (SERMACS)
Durham, North Carolina
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#SciComm: Advancing Inclusive Public Engagement with Science Using Various Communication ToolsSociety is faced with increasingly complex challenges (climate change, emerging environmental contaminants, etc.) that have global implications. These issues require innovative, collaborativ… Read More
Society is faced with increasingly complex challenges (climate change, emerging environmental contaminants, etc.) that have global implications. These issues require innovative, collaborative solutions built upon the exchange of ideas between scientists, policymakers, and the public. Science communication plays a vital role in this process by ensuring that scientific knowledge and discoveries are accessible and understandable to the public. Scientific literacy empowers individuals to make informed decisions, participate in public discourse, and advocate for the health and welfare of their community.
Oral presentations and written communications, including scientific articles, books, blogs, and op-eds in newspapers or magazines have long been used for this purpose. However, it is increasingly recognized that alternative forms of communication may reach a more diverse audience and result in increased engagement. Multimedia presentations including videos, podcasts, and documentaries combine visuals, narration, and storytelling to convey scientific information in an engaging and accessible manner. Science museums and exhibits provide interactive and immersive experiences. Social media and online platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram allow for the dissemination of scientific information in real time and provide a platform for discourse. And citizen science projects enable individuals to contribute to scientific endeavors by formulating questions, collecting data, making observations, or analyzing data in collaboration with scientists. This session is open to researchers to share their experiences, insights, and success stories in utilizing various communication tools to engage with policy makers, media, or the general public. In addition, we welcome presentations focusing on methods for accessibility in science communication.
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1-2-2-1 UG Scheduling |
Type: Oral | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Advanced Polymeric Nanocomposite Membranes for Water and Wastewater TreatmentNanomaterials have been extensively used in polymer nanocomposite membranes due to the inclusion of unique features that enhance water and wastewater treatment performance. Compared to the p… Read More
Nanomaterials have been extensively used in polymer nanocomposite membranes due to the inclusion of unique features that enhance water and wastewater treatment performance. Compared to the pristine membranes, the incorporation of nanomodifiers not only improves membrane performance (water permeability, salt rejection, contaminant removal, selectivity), but also the intrinsic properties (hydrophilicity, porosity, antifouling properties, antimicrobial properties, mechanical, thermal, and chemical stability) of these membranes. This symposium will focus on the chemistry and structure-property aspects of nanocomposite materials. It will highlight new innovations and applications of different types of nanomaterials: zero-dimensional (metal/metal oxide nanoparticles), one-dimensional (carbon nanotubes), two-dimensional (graphene and associated structures), and three-dimensional (zeolites and associated frameworks) nanomaterials combined with polymers towards novel polymeric nanocomposites for water and wastewater treatment applications.
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Advances in Mass Spectrometry: Contributions from StudentsThis half-day symposium will feature (undergraduate and graduate) student talks on their research contributions in the field of mass spectrometry, to include instrumentation, fundamentals, e… Read More
This half-day symposium will feature (undergraduate and graduate) student talks on their research contributions in the field of mass spectrometry, to include instrumentation, fundamentals, experimental method development, and applications.
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Type: Oral | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Advances In Metal Catalysis for Organic SynthesisThis symposium will present novel development of metal catalysis for new synthetic methods and their applications in biomedical research, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and other function m… Read More
This symposium will present novel development of metal catalysis for new synthetic methods and their applications in biomedical research, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and other function materials. The symposium will include an oral session for invited speakers from both academia and industry. It also plans to include a poster session from contributed submission.
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Analytical Chemistry Back in the Classroom/Lab: Pedagogy We Learned from Teaching Online |
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Analytical Chemistry Research and Development |
Type: Oral and Poster | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Applied Chemistry/Proficiency Testing/Analytical Method Validation |
Type: Oral | Invited: N |
Organizers:
Lisa Greene |
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Atmospheric Chemistry Analytical Method Development |
Type: Oral | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Biochemistry Research and Development |
Type: Oral and Poster | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Chemistry Education Research |
Type: Oral | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Chemistry Education Research: Undergraduate Student Research SymposiumAs the field of Chemistry Education Research (CER) continues to expand, the involvement of undergraduate researchers in the discipline has increased. This symposium is designed to give under… Read More
As the field of Chemistry Education Research (CER) continues to expand, the involvement of undergraduate researchers in the discipline has increased. This symposium is designed to give undergraduate researchers in chemistry education research groups a dedicated platform for presenting their work and receiving feedback from their peers and mentors. The goal of this symposium is to give undergraduate students an opportunity to practice presenting and sharing their work in a constructive environment. Undergraduate students participating in research on any topic in chemistry education are encouraged to submit their work and contribute to the growth of the undergraduate CER community during this symposium. As part of your oral presentation researchers are asked to frame their research design, include processed data and discuss the potential implications on student learning/course instruction.
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Childhood Environmental Exposure/Toxicology |
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Coordination Chemistry, Synthesis, Characterization and ReactionsThis symposium will feature inorganic coordination chemistry bringing together chemists from the SE region to discuss the preparation, spectroscopy and reactivity of these complexes. |
Type: Oral and Poster | Invited: Y | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Data Analysis Workflows for Non-Targeted Analysis StudiesIncreasingly, chemical monitoring and characterization studies are shifting towards high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) based non-targeted analysis (NTA, also called untargeted analysis… Read More
Increasingly, chemical monitoring and characterization studies are shifting towards high resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) based non-targeted analysis (NTA, also called untargeted analysis or non-targeted screening) approaches which allow discovery of a greater scope of chemicals than traditional targeted methods. By their very nature, NTA approaches generate orders of magnitude greater amounts of chemical feature data; in order to identify the most significant and relevant chemicals present, researchers may perform post-acquisition analyses on NTA data, often via automated methods. These analyses range from retrieving chemical analytical data, metadata, and quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSPR) predictions to support chemical identifications, to performing statistical analyses and/or combining data from parallel studies to support prioritization of chemical features. Topics of interest for this session include (but are not limited to): software analyses, chemical databases, chromatography and spectral predictions, statistical analyses, prioritization of features, machine learning analyses, multi-study data integration (i.e., geospatial, temporal, metabolomics, lipidomics, genomics, transcriptomics, etc.), and applications of approaches on real world NTA data.
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DEIR Lightning Strides in the Chemical Enterprise |
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Educational Uses of Computational Chemistry |
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Environmental Engineering |
Type: Oral | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Evidence-Based Practices in Post-Secondary Chemistry Education WorkshopEstablished in 2021 the North Carolina Chemistry Educators and Researchers (NC CER) group brings together chemistry education researchers as well as scholars of teaching and learning to shar… Read More
Established in 2021 the North Carolina Chemistry Educators and Researchers (NC CER) group brings together chemistry education researchers as well as scholars of teaching and learning to share innovative research and practice happening across the state. NC CER members bring a broad-spectrum of experience conducting education research and implementing evidence-based practices. The workshop will provide a general overview of evidence-based programs implemented by the workshop hosts which can then evolve to focus on areas of interest to the workshop attendees. Bring your questions! Bring your ideas!
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Finding Your PathwayThis event will be a panel discussion and reception/brainstorming session which will cover potential careers for chemists. Speakers on their careers in academia, entrepreneurship, government… Read More
This event will be a panel discussion and reception/brainstorming session which will cover potential careers for chemists. Speakers on their careers in academia, entrepreneurship, government, and industry will highlight the different paths to students. Networking reception afterward will include a brainstorming activity on how schools can better educate students on potential career paths.
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Green Chemistry-Driven Fundamental Research & Development of NanocellulosesNanocelluloses have become an indispensable source of building blocks in the pursuit of sustainable materials and processes. Their diverse array of morphologies, mechanical properties, chemi… Read More
Nanocelluloses have become an indispensable source of building blocks in the pursuit of sustainable materials and processes. Their diverse array of morphologies, mechanical properties, chemical mutability, abundance, biocompatibility, and biodegradability endow them with a high appeal for a host of scientific and engineering research. This symposium will therefore showcase research of fundamental and applied nature to highlight the importance and significance of nanocellulose for any future biorefinery paradigm to power an inchoate global bioeconomy.
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Innovative Ways to Communicate the Value of Chemistry to The PublicThe ACS Committee on Public Relations and Communications (CPRC) is compiling resources for ACS members and units to communicate the importance and value of chemistry. |
Type: Oral and Poster | Invited: N | Organizers: | Sponsor: |
Inorganic Chemistry Research and Development |
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K12 Educators DayThis symposium will focus on Science eduction for K12 teachers. |
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Materials in Delivery ScienceDelivery sciences play a vital role in translating the identified therapeutic molecules from bench-to-bedside. Delivery strategy not only facilitate transportation of the therapeutic molecul… Read More
Delivery sciences play a vital role in translating the identified therapeutic molecules from bench-to-bedside. Delivery strategy not only facilitate transportation of the therapeutic molecules from site of administration to the site of action but they protect the drug from body's obstacle and protect the body from unwanted toxicities of the therapeutic modalities. Understanding chemistry and properties of the vehicle that act as a carrier for the drugs is very crucial. In this symposium we will invite individual speakers that include leaders in this field as keynote, emerging and young scientists as well as postdoctoral/doctoral trainees to highlight their thoughts and accomplishments.
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Methods and Applications of High-Resolution Mass SpectrometryHigh resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) instrumentation has utility for answering questions in public health, environmental, agricultural, biological 'omics, medical, regulatory, and other … Read More
High resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) instrumentation has utility for answering questions in public health, environmental, agricultural, biological 'omics, medical, regulatory, and other topic areas. Whether small (e.g., metabolites, pollutants) or large (e.g., proteins) molecules are of interest, HRMS can be a useful data collection tool. Applications of HRMS require care to ensure confident and reproducible detection, identification, classification, and quantification of species of interest - whether known or unknown. This session will discuss development and applications of HRMS across topic areas. Topics of interest for this session include (but are not limited to): instrumentation and related advances (e.g., ion mobility, chromatography/online sample prep, detectors); methods development; performance evaluation for HRMS methods (e.g., selectivity, sensitivity, reporting uncertainty); quality assurance; and real-world applications of HRMS.
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Molecular Representations to Improve Chemical Modeling and Ontology in Relation to Environmental Chemistry Properties & OutcomesThe success of any effort to model environmental chemistry outcomes, be they fate, transport, transformation, or bioactivity, relies upon suitable cognition and representation of the underly… Read More
The success of any effort to model environmental chemistry outcomes, be they fate, transport, transformation, or bioactivity, relies upon suitable cognition and representation of the underlying and causative chemistry. The way in which chemistry is encoded, which can include traditional structure representations such as spectra, SMILES, InChIKeys, or fingerprints, or experimental attributes like spectra, physical-chemical properties, or bioactivity profiles, can significantly impact the results of any modeling effort, be it machine learning-based or otherwise. Concrete examples of chemical encodings include the development of representations for both targeted (endpoint-specific) and untargeted (endpoint non-specific) similarity comparisons such as those found in read-across workflows and clustering methodologies. The choice of these representations significantly impacts the performance, interpretability, and capabilities of models built upon them for predictive or ontological purposes.
This symposium invites direct scrutiny of the advantages, disadvantages, and methodologies associated with the various means of representing chemical structure pertaining to modeling and organizing chemical data. Topics can include modern approaches to chemical characterization such as string encoding, fingerprinting, graph representation, analytical spectra, substructure characterization, or novel basis sets. Emphasis is placed on the interpretability of these representations, and how they can help chemists harness modern cheminformatics and computational approaches while maintaining intuitive accessibility in the resulting models. We are also interested in new ontological schemas for organizing chemical classes, which may emerge from unsupervised machine learning or expert-driven efforts to better categorize chemicals of contemporary interest.
Such chemicals would include pharmaceuticals, known environmental contaminants, and chemical families associated with high potential health hazard. A successful symposium would inspire a conversation on the benefits of higher model performance against the benefits of mechanistic interpretation and where middle ground between the two goals may exist.
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Type: Oral | Invited: N |
Organizers:
Antony Williams |
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New Chemistries for Redox Flow BatteriesThis symposium would highlight recent progress in the chemistry of redox flow batteries, including the design and investigation of new organic, polymeric, and inorganic complexes as active s… Read More
This symposium would highlight recent progress in the chemistry of redox flow batteries, including the design and investigation of new organic, polymeric, and inorganic complexes as active species in aqueous and non-aqueous RFBs.
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NMR in Metabolomics and Natural Products |
Type: Oral and Poster | Invited: N |
Organizers:
Stu Parnham Chunqing (Nelson) Zhao |
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NMR of Materials and Unique Systems |
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NMR of Proteins and in Drug Discovery |
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NMR Techniques at High and Low Fields |
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Non-Targeted Analysis and Exposomics |
Type: Oral | Invited: N |
Organizers:
Tony Williams Jon Sebus |
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Organic Chemistry Research and Development |
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Organic Symposium in honor of Albert PadwaThe symposium will present a wide range of presentaions in organic chemistry, in honor of Professor Albert Padwa, for his long standing contribution to the fields of cycloaddition chemistry,… Read More
The symposium will present a wide range of presentaions in organic chemistry, in honor of Professor Albert Padwa, for his long standing contribution to the fields of cycloaddition chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and synthesis of alkaloid natural products.
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PFAS compound (Specific topic TBD) |
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Physical Chemistry: Theory Development and Experimental Frontiers |
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Polymer Chemistry and Materials Science Research and Development |
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Polymer/Polymerization-Based Biosensing and/or Bioimaging TechniquesPolymeric materials and their polymerization processes have been widely used to realize biosensing and/or bioimaging applications in the past decades. Different polymers with various morphol… Read More
Polymeric materials and their polymerization processes have been widely used to realize biosensing and/or bioimaging applications in the past decades. Different polymers with various morphologies and functionalities were synthesized by step-growth polymerization (e.g., condensation polymerization) or radical chain polymerization (e.g., ATRP, RAFT). The synthetic polymers or relevant polymerizations act as recognition or signal transduction/amplification elements (e.g., Amplification-by-Polymerization) to report the occurrence of biological binding events. Radiopaque polymers such as iodinated polyesters and their bioconjugates have demonstrated high radiopacity and biocompatibility for biomedical imaging. This symposium is providing a communication platform to discuss the current status and future perspectives of polymer/polymerization-based biosensing and/or bioimaging techniques.
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Project SEED |
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Roger M. Leblanc Symposium of Molecular and Nano SciencesDr. SERMACS Program Manger: Professor Roger M. Leblanc at University of Miami is an influential and relentless chemist working in the fields of molecular science, nanomaterials, surface che… Read More
Dr. SERMACS Program Manger:
Professor Roger M. Leblanc at University of Miami is an influential and relentless chemist working in the fields of molecular science, nanomaterials, surface chemistry, and photophysics for almost half a century. He has pioneered and made many seminal contributions these areas. His group developed novel nanomaterials such as liposomes, nano dots, and carbon dots. His group applied novel nanoparticles for drug delivery to treat diseases such as cancer, bone mineralization, and Alzheimer’s disease as well as for other applications such as 2D or 3D printing, biosensing, photocatalysis and cosmetics using carbon dots. Professor Leblanc is a world leader in the study of surface chemistry of various organic and biological supramolecular complexes using Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett technologies. Dr. Leblanc has published more than 550 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he has given more than 430 presentations at scientific and medical conferences around the world. Professor Leblanc received many prestigious awards including ACS Florida Award and the Governor General Medal of Canada. To honor the extraordinary career of Professor Roger M. Leblanc, we herein propose to organize a half-day symposium of molecular and nano sciences for SERMACS 2023. This symposium aims to bring together scientists to communicate the latest progress in this field as well as share with SERMACS community the wonderful story of a brilliant and important scientist in our times. The following speakers are going to be invited:
Dr. Roger M. Leblanc from University of Miami.
Dr. Qun Huo from Central Florida University.
Dr. Y. George Zheng from University of Georgia.
Dr. Chengshan Wang from Middle Tennessee State University.
Dr. Shaopeng Wang from Arizona State University
We would appreciate your consideration of inclusion and funding of this symposium and am happy to address any questions or concerns you may have.
With kind regards,
Y. George Zheng, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
University of Georgia
Email: yzheng@uga.edu
Chengshan Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Middle Tennessee State University
Email: chengshan.wang@mtsu.edu
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SERMACS: Hosting, Planning, Best Practices and MoreInterested in making a bid to host a SERMACS meeting? Are you on an organizing committee that will host an upcoming meeting? Maybe you are someone that would like to learn more about SERMA… Read More
Interested in making a bid to host a SERMACS meeting? Are you on an organizing committee that will host an upcoming meeting? Maybe you are someone that would like to learn more about SERMACS Inc., the SERMACS bidding process, and best practices from those that have hosted SERMACS. If so please join this session to learn more about SERMACS Inc and Planning a SERMACS meeting.
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Sharing Experiences and Building Capacity of LGBTQIA2S+ Chemists in the SouthIn the recently updated values of ACS, DEIR is identified as a core value for the organization. This is very timely as despite making big strides in respect and inclusion in STEM, the realit… Read More
In the recently updated values of ACS, DEIR is identified as a core value for the organization. This is very timely as despite making big strides in respect and inclusion in STEM, the reality often looks otherwise. This is reflected by hundreds of research articles published every year describing/identifying leaky pipelines for chemists who identify as PEER (Persons excluded based on their ethnicity and race), LGBTQIA2S+, women (both cis and trans women and gender non-conforming folks), disabled, etc. Although these are national (and often global) trends, the situation of LGBTQIA2S+ chemists in the South is often precarious due to local culture and politics. This symposium is an effort to bring local LGBTQIA2S+ chemists (graduate, undergraduate, postdoctoral researcher, and faculty of all ranks) together to share their science, and lived experiences, and build capacity for effective mentorship so that we are working towards replacing the leaky pipe rather than just putting on a bandaid. This symposium is intentionally intersectional, that is, will shine a light on LGBTQIA2S+ folks with multiple underserved identities (race and ethnicity, disability, immigration status, etc.).
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ACS PROF/Pride sub-division |
Shark Tank Idea CompetitionMeeting attendees are invited to present a poster sharing their entrepreneurial idea. Prizes will be given for best ideas. Entrepreneurs will be invited to participate and judge the posters. |
Type: Poster | Invited: N |
Organizers:
Katherine Glasgow |
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Shining a Light on Synthetic FuelsSynthetic fuels generated from abundant feedstocks such as CO2, H2O, and N2 could lead to reimagined sustainable energy economy. Recognizing the need for a multidisciplinary approach to fuel… Read More
Synthetic fuels generated from abundant feedstocks such as CO2, H2O, and N2 could lead to reimagined sustainable energy economy. Recognizing the need for a multidisciplinary approach to fuel synthesis from small molecules using environmentally-friendly energy, this symposium will bring together researchers in the fields of molecular and materials chemistry, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and photoelectrocatalysis to shine both literal and proverbial light on the chemistry involved in synthetic fuel generation.
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Single-molecule Dynamics in Complex Chemical and Biological SystemsSingle-molecule studies have the power to extract molecular sub-populations and dynamics that are obscured by ensemble measurements. Physical chemists, as the “jack of all trades” of the “ce… Read More
Single-molecule studies have the power to extract molecular sub-populations and dynamics that are obscured by ensemble measurements. Physical chemists, as the “jack of all trades” of the “central science”, have played a critical role in the development and application of single-molecule methods to a range of critical research questions in materials science, chemistry, and biology. In many cases, the data created by these methods and the models used to explain these data have transformed our understanding of molecular processes in complex, heterogenous environments. This symposium will focus on advances in single-molecule methods, loosely defined, including single-molecule spectroscopy, super-resolution microscopy, single-particle tracking and many more, as well as on advances in single-molecule data analysis and modeling approaches. The goal is to bring together experimentalists and theorists who’s work will benefit from overcoming the barriers of ensemble measurements!
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Physical Chemistry |
Structure-Based Drug Design |
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symposia tbd (Environmental Engineering) |
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Symposium on Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopy |
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Transformation Products of Emerging Contaminants: What Are They, Where Are They, And How Do We Find Them?The properties of contaminants can transform due to environmental and/or biological interactions and reactions, however the occurrence, fate, and toxicity of transformation products (TPs) ar… Read More
The properties of contaminants can transform due to environmental and/or biological interactions and reactions, however the occurrence, fate, and toxicity of transformation products (TPs) are largely unknown. Investigation of TPs from emerging contaminants is critical to better inform environmental and human health risk assessments by filling data gaps. High resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and non-targeted analysis (NTA) are important tools for the identification of TPs of emerging concern. Despite the growing availability and use of such tools, identification is still a challenge due to 1) the difficulty in predicting transformation pathways for environmentally relevant chemicals, 2) abundance and complexity of data generated with HRMS and NTA techniques, 3) complexity of matrices, 4) chemical variety, and 5) lack of standards. This session will focus on (but is not limited to): identification of novel biological and environmental TPs and pathways; occurrence and effects of TPs; development, advances, and availability of analytical and computational tools (e.g., prediction tools and databases) and workflows for identification; and application to environmental and biological matrices for any class of emerging organic contaminants, including cannabinoid pesticides and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in Chemical Laboratory SafetySafety and Diversity are core values for all chemists and have been adopted by the ACS. This session will be a mix of invited speakers and contributed speakers who will share experiences and… Read More
Safety and Diversity are core values for all chemists and have been adopted by the ACS. This session will be a mix of invited speakers and contributed speakers who will share experiences and best practices. Talks will share trends, challenges, and opportunities in chemical laboratory safety. A wide variety of information such as, engagement of students (i.e., joint safety teams), development of risk-based safety tools for research or teaching, safety curriculum development, and careers in safety (i.e, embedded safety, EHS professional) will be included.
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CHAS |
Ultrafast and Nonlinear SpectroscopyUltrafast science has a truly interdisciplinary and strong impact on modern physics, chemistry, and biology, and materials science. Femtosecond lasers provide high temporal resolution to ass… Read More
Ultrafast science has a truly interdisciplinary and strong impact on modern physics, chemistry, and biology, and materials science. Femtosecond lasers provide high temporal resolution to assess the photochemical and photophysical processes and the ability to access non-linear optical responses in complex systems. Recent development in the field has strong impact on current research. The time resolution of ultrafast experiments has been pushed to the 100 attosecond domain. The spectral range in which intense ultrashort pulses are available to probe the system extends from the far-infrared or terahertz range up to hard X-rays. Ultrafast microscopy using femtosecond lasers opens up the possibility to visualize the light- driven responses. Such recent laser-based advancements are paving the way for innovative applications in emerging fields for basic science and fundamental understanding to technological developments.
This symposium focuses on recent advances using ultrafast and nonlinear spectroscopy and microscopy and their applications on chemical, physical, and materials science. The ultimate aim of the symposium is to provide a venue for researchers to discuss recent developments, challenges and emerging opportunities in this field.
Symposium Topics
1. Photo-excitation dynamics probed via time-resolved spectroscopies across UV, Vis and near infrared
2. non-linear spectroscopies (high-harmonics, sum-frequency, stark effect)
3. Ultrafast and nonlinear microscopy
4. Multi-dimensional spectroscopy
5. Optical pump and Xray/electron/THz probes, and fluorescent probe
6. Ultrafast vibrational spectroscopies
7. systems of interest and applications: Energy materials, photocatalysis, Excitonic materials, quantum materials including superconductors, non-linear optical materials, quantum dots and other nanostructures, organic semiconductors, molecular systems
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Physical Chemistry |
Undergraduate Poster Session |
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