The program for the Saint Louis Award Symposium on Saturday, October 18th, has been finalized. The symposium will take place at University of Missouri–St Louis in 451 Benton Hall (map). Frontiers in Modern Glycosciences honoring Alexei Demchenko 2014 Saint Louis Award winner 1:00–1:30pm Poster viewing and refreshments 1:30pm Jim O’Brien, University of Missouri–St Louis Chair, […]
Ziad Ramadan, past chair of the St Louis Section–ACS and chair of the St Louis Award jury, has announced the winner of the 2014 St Louis Award. Alexei Demchenko was born, raised, and educated in Moscow, Russia. He graduated in 1988 from Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia with a Diploma in Chemical Engineering
Natalie LaFranzo, chair of the St Louis Younger Chemists Committee, has announced the 2014 winners of the YCC-sponsored Young Researcher Travel Awards. The winners, Garrett Patrick of Washington University in St Louis and Hailey Shoemaker of Saint Louis University, will each receive up to $250 to support their attendance at the Midwest Regional ACS Meeting,
Continuing to catch up on omitted posts over the summer, there’s this from the truly excellent 10th annual section picnic on June 14. Held once again at centrally located Tilles Park in Ladue, the event drew a nice crowd of about 30 members, spouses, and children. For his turn as host, immediate past chair Ziad
Picking up some tidbits that had gotten lost in the virtual dustbin, we’re delighted to honor Donna Jo Malkmus as 2014 High School Chemistry Teacher-of-the-Year. Donna has been a science teacher for the Francis Howell School District for 28 years and has been teaching chemistry for 27 of those years. She was selected as Francis
Next time you see Keith Stine, wearing any of his hats or even hatless, congratulate him on his selection as a Fellow of the Americal Chemical Society. Keith was inducted at the San Francisco national meeting this week. The ACS Fellows program is intended, according to program guidelines, to “recognize and honor members of the
Natalie LaFranzo, Chair of the Saint Louis Section–Younger Chemists Committee, has announced that applications are open for the Younger Chemists Committee Young Researcher Award. The award winners will receive $250 to cover costs associated with attending the Midwest Regional Meeting this fall in Columbia, MO. If you have undergraduates in your research group, please encourage
We are pleased to announce that Bojana Opacic who works at Vi-Jon, Inc. is the winner of the 2014 Chemical Science and Technology Award for the St. Louis Section of the ACS. Because of her diligence, speed, and attention to minute details in using HPLC, GC and other methods and her ability to develop and
We are pleased to announce the winners of the Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student awards for 2014. Each college and university in the local section territory chooses its winner; all are feted at Awards Night on April 15. Neil T Berkel, McKendree University Dustin J Boogaart, Lindenwood University Zachary A Hemann, Maryville University Evan Lloyd, Saint
We’ve been doing this for ten (10) (X) (10102) years! The Tenth Annual St Louis Section Picnic will be at Tilles Park in the Skow Shelter on June 14 from 11:30 am – 4:00 pm. Bring the family! Just $5 per person. Kids under 12 free. Please register by June 10th. If you have questions
