American Chemical Society names Fellows for 2016

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2016 — The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named the 2016 class of ACS Fellows, which includes 57 scientists who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in chemistry and made important contributions to ACS, the world’s largest scientific society.

The 2016 Fellows will be recognized at a ceremony and reception on Monday, Aug. 22, during the Society’s 252nd National Meeting & Exposition in Philadelphia.

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.”

The official list of names appears in the July 18, 2016, issue of Chemical & Engineering News. Click here for a list of all ACS Fellows (2009-2015) that can be organized by name and institution.

Here are the 2016 Fellows, listed alphabetically by their institutions:

• Akzo Nobel, Maurice Ray Smith
• Arkema Inc., Robert George Syvret
• Ballard Spahr LLP, Brian C. Meadows
• Bates College, Thomas J. Wenzel
• Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Valerie J. Kuck
• Clemson University, Joseph Stuart Thrasher
• Colorado School of Mines, Andrew Michael Herring
• Delta College, Joan M. Sabourin
• DuPont, Sharon Loretta Haynie
• DuPont Crop Protection, Aldos Cortez Barefoot
• Eastman Kodak Company, Christine J. T. Landry-Coltrain
• Eli Lilly and Company, Ann H. Hunt
• ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company, Lisa Saunders Baugh
• Fairleigh Dickinson University, Raymond A. Baylouny
• Franklin & Marshall College, James Nelson Spencer
• Illinois State University, Gregory Mark Ferrence
• James Madison University, Barbara A. Reisner
• Johns Hopkins University, Michael A. Bevan
• Miami University, Ellen Yezierski
• Middle Tennessee State University, Judith Marie Iriarte-Gross
• Monsanto Company, Allan Mansfield Ford
• Montclair State University, David Paul Rotella
• National Institute of Standards and Technology, Christopher L. Soles
• National Science Foundation, Thomas Higgins
• Neoprobe Corporation, J. Kenneth Poggenburg
• North Dakota State University, Dean C. Webster
• Northwestern University, Teri Wang Odom
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Wilbur D. Shults
• Penn State University, Jonathan P. Mathews
  
• Procter & Gamble Company, Matthew Lawrence Lynch
• Say Consulting LLC, Terence Edwin Say
• Stanford University, Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi
• SteadyMed Therapeutics Inc., Michael Hurrey
• SUNY Stony Brook, Carlos L. Simmerling
• Texas A&M University, Hongcai Zhou
• ThalesNano Inc., Ferenc Darvas
• Tsinghua University, Xi Zhang
• U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Sandra K. Young
• U.S. EPA, Tracy C. Williamson
• U.S. FDA, Lauren Jackson
• U.S. FDA, Kim M. Morehouse
• Union College, Mary K. Carroll
• University at Buffalo, Luis A. Colón
• University of California, Richard Barry Kaner
• University of California, James S. Nowick
• University of Chicago, Steven Jay Sibener
• University of Delaware, Michael A. Stemniski
• University of Florida, George Christou
• Sanford University of Michigan, Melanie Sarah
• University of Missouri, Kent S. Gates
• University of Missouri, Silvia Sabine Jurisson
• University of Notre Dame, Steven Corcelli
• University of South Carolina, Scott R. Goode
• University of South Carolina, Susan D. Richardson
• University of Texas, Keith Howard Pannell
• University of Wisconsin, Robert J. Hamers
• West Virginia State University, Micheal Wayne Fultz

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