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Jorgenson Named Associate Editor James W. Jorgenson, professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has been appointed an Associate Editor of ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY effective March 1. Jorgenson will be responsible for the peer review of scientific papers in the bioanalytical area, succeeding Walter Herlihy of Repligen Corp., who has been an Associate Editor of the JOURNAL since 1988. The four other external Associate Editors are Georges Guiochon of the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (separations), Robert Osteryoung of the State University of New York at Buffalo (electroanalytical chemistry), Edward Yeung of Iowa State University (spectroscopy), and Catherine Fenselau of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (mass spectrometry). Jorgenson received his B.S. degree in 1974 from Northern Illinois University and his Ph.D. in 1979 from Indiana University under the direction of Milos Novotny. He joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina in 1979 and was appointed professor in 1987. Jorgenson's current research interests include capillary electrophoresis, microcolumn LC, ultramicroscale analysis, and the design of new detectors for chromatography and electrophoresis. He has published more than 80 papers and book chapters. His awards and honors include the University of North Carolina Junior Faculty Development Award (1982), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship (1984), and the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1989). He served on ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY'S Advisory Board from 1989 to 1991.
Senior and Postdoctoral Research Associateships The National Research Council announces its 1992 Resident, Cooperative, and Postdoctoral Research Associateship Programs in science and engineering. Research is conducted at 115 research laboratories representing 30 federal agencies and research institutions. Participating scientists have the opportunity to work on problems largely of their own choosing that are compatible with the interests and goals of the sponsoring facility. More than 6500 researchers have participated in the programs since they began in 1954. Approximately 300 associateships will be awarded in the fields of chemistry; earth and atmospheric sciences; engineering and applied sciences; biological, health, and behavioral sciences and biotechnology; mathematics; space and planetary sciences; and physics. Most programs are open to U.S. and non-U.S. nationals as well as to recent Ph.D. graduates and senior scientists. Awards are for one or two years and are renewable for up to three years. Senior researchers who have held doctorates for at least five years may request
shorter periods. Annual stipends range from $27,750 to $42,000 for recent graduates, depending on the sponsor; senior researchers will receive appropriately higher stipend amounts. Awardees will also be provided with relocation and travel expenses, facilities, support services, and equipment. For further information and application materials, contact Associateship Programs (GR430/D3), Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20418 (202-334-2760; fax 202-334-2759). Applications must be postmarked by April 15 for July awards and by Aug. 15 for November awards.
Nominations for Keene Dimick Award Nominations are requested for the 1993 Keene P. Dimick Award for Chromatography, which is presented annually for noteworthy accomplishments in GC and SFC. This $5000 award is administered by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) and presented at a Pittsburgh Conference symposium. Selection is based on overall accomplishments in the fields of GC and/or SFC, including scientific publications, as well as beneficial influence on other scientists. There are no restrictions of age, nationality, sex, or professional affiliation. Nominations can be made by sending five copies of a nomination letter and a complete résumé of the candidate to Grace Ann Bello, Keene Dimick Award Committee, SACP, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 332, Pittsburgh, PA 15235-5503. The deadline for nominations for the 1993 award is March 15, 1992.
For Your Information Brochures describing standard reference materials (SRMs) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are available. The brochures list SRMs for agriculture and food science, clinical laboratories, environmental laboratories, gases, industrial hygiene, marine science, microprobe and scanning electron microscopy, and spectroscopic analysis. The eight brochures, part of a set of 16 on select SRMs, are available singly or as a set from the Standard Reference Materials Program, Bldg. 202, Rm. 204, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (301-975-6776). An American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) subcommittee is compiling a set of standard practices for GC/IR spectroscopy. The proposed standard practices will be helpful to those laboratories that use GC/IR spectroscopy to identify organic components of liquid mixtures, extractable compounds from solid matrices, organic vapors, and pyrolysis products. Interested individuals are invited to participate in the next subcommittee meeting on Sept. 20 in Philadelphia. For more information, contact David Compton, Bio-Rad, Digilab Division, 237 Putnam Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 (617-499-4509) or Gloria Collins, ASTM, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215-299-5510). ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL. 64, NO. 5, MARCH 1, 1992 · 313 A
