Yes, Tuesday, December 9th, in fact. Our traditional end-of-year celebration, including very brief business meeting, passing of the gavel to the new slate of officers, preview of the Distinguished Service Award (conferred in the spring), and the Henry Godt Memorial Lecture (a light-hearted look back at the year past). If you’re not a regular ACS […]
The mumbleteenth annual St Louis ACS Section picnic is coming on Sunday, September 7th (the weekend after Labor Day). This is a little later in the season than usual, which is probably a good move toward slightly cooler temps. We think it’s the nineteenth picnic, but we kind of lost track during pandemic hiati (hiatuses?).
We are pleased to announce that Dr Megumi Yoshioka-Tarver, MICDS Upper School science faculty member, has been awarded the 2025 High School Chemistry Teaching Award. This prestigious recognition honors Dr Yoshioka-Tarver’s outstanding commitment to chemistry education, student engagement, and innovative teaching. With a PhD in Chemistry and experience in academia, industry, and government, Dr Yoshioka-Tarver
Envelope, please. [pause for effect] Aaaaaand the winner is … Jacquelynn Smith! It is our distinct pleasure to announce the winner of the 2025 Chemical Science and Technology Award. Jacquelynn is a Senior Scientist at Pfizer, Inc., where she specializes in protein characterization using mass spectrometry and contributes to groundbreaking advancements in drug development. Since
SIUE’s 48th Annual William J Probst Memorial Lecturer will be Professor Jayaraman Sivaguru of Bowling Green State University Department of Chemistry, where he is the Antonia and Marshall Wilson Professor of Chemistry and the Associate Director of the Center for Photochemical Sciences. His group’s research focuses on light-induced processes in asymmetric photochemistry, organo-photocatalysis, supramolecular photocatalysis,
The Saint Louis ACS section is seeking nominations for the 2025 Saint Louis Section ACS Award, originally sponsored by the Monsanto Company and administered by the Saint Louis Section. The award is presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of chemistry and demonstrated potential to further the advancement of the
Professor Daniel G Nocera, of the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at Harvard University, is the 22nd SLU-MilliporeSigma Lecturer. He will deliver two lectures on February 24th and 25th. Both are open to the public. Monday, February 24th, at 4:00 pm The Bionic Leaf: Surpassing the C- and N-Fixation Processes of Nature Attend in
We had a delightful Continuity Dinner at Spiro’s Restaurant in Chesterfield on December 12. There were at least 37 people in attendance, including several past chairs and other notable guests such as, but not limited to, Sue Dudek, Sophia Hayes, John-Stephen Taylor, Joe and Brenda Ackerman, Cynthia Chapple, Leah and Jim O’Brien, Jeff and Donna
Tabbatha Bohac, past chair of the St Louis Section–ACS and chair of the award jury, has announced the winner of the 2024 St Louis Section ACS Award: Timothy Wencewicz, Professor of Chemistry at Washington University. [accordion] [acc_item title=”The Winner” id=”St Louis Award Winner”] Dr Timothy Wencewicz obtained a BS in Chemistry and Applied Mathematics from
Joyce Yagla Corey, Emerita Professor of Chemistry at the University of Missouri–St Louis, died on July 21, 2024. Professor Corey was a member of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty of University of Missouri–St Louis (UMSL) from 1968 to the end of her life, the first woman to earn tenure in the department. She had taught
