ACS NEWS For her outstanding leadership and achievements upholding human rights, Zafra Lerman has been named the recipient of the 2016 Andrei Sakharov Prize. The $10,000 prize, awarded by the American Physical Society, was presented on April 17 at an APS meeting in Salt Lake City. An accomplished chemist, science educator, and humanitarian, Lerman is the creator of, as well as the chair of the organizing committee for, the biennial Malta Conference, which takes place every two years and promotes international scientific cooperation and diplomacy as a bridge to peace in the Middle East. The conference brings scientists from 15 Middle Eastern nations together with several Nobel Laureates to solve regional problems, establish cross-border collaborations, and build relationships of trust, especially between Israelis and Palestinians. Lerman is a fellow of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. She plans to donate the prize money to the Malta Conference.
▸ Inorganic Nanoscience Award to Raymond Schaak Raymond E. Schaak, DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University and an associate editor at ACS Nano, is the winner of the 2016 Inorganic Nanoscience Award, presented by the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry to honor excellence in research. The award is sponsored by the NanoCenter at the University of South Carolina. Schaak is well-known for his creative
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WCC names 2016 Rising Stars The American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee (WCC) has named the recipients of its 2016 Rising Star Awards, which recognize exceptional early- to midcareer women chemists across all areas of chemistry on a national level. The awards were established in 2011 to help promote retention of women in science. The winners are Karelle Aiken, Georgia Southern University; Anastassia N. Alexandrova, University of California, Los Angeles; Rongjuan Cong, Dow Chemical; Elise B. Fox, Savannah River National Laboratory; Susan Halpern Chirch, L’Oréal USA; Amanda B. Hummon, University of Notre Dame; Mindy Levine, University of Rhode Island; Jin K. Montclare, New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Jennifer A. Prescher, University of California, Irvine; and Top row (from left): Ruck, Hummon, Rebecca T. Ruck, Merck Research Aiken, Fox, Montclare, and Chirch. Laboratories. Bottom row (from left): Prescher, The winners received a $1,000 stiAlexandrova, Cong, and Levine. pend to cover travel expenses to the 2016 spring ACS national meeting in San Diego, where they presented their research. Nominations for the 2017 awards are due June 15. For more information, visit www.womenchemists.sites.acs.org.
work in synthetic inorganic nanochemistry. His work provides new paradigms for the design and synthesis of complex inorganic nanostructures by using the concept of retrosynthetic design, which historically has been limited to molecular systems. Schaak will receive the award, which consists of a plaque and $3,000, at the ACS national meeting in Philadelphia in August.
▸ Florida Award to Richard Adams Richard D. Adams, Carolina Distinguished Professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of South Carolina, is the recipient of the Florida Award, presented by the ACS Florida Section. The award recognizes leadership and contributions toward the advancement of the profession of chemistry. Adams is being honored for his more than 30 years of contributions to the organometallic chemistry of polynuclear metal complexes and their catalytic transformations of a variety of small molecules. He is also being recognized for his service to the community through editorial and conference organizational activities.
▸ Nominations sought for Pauling Medal Nominations are being accepted for the 2016 Linus Pauling Medal Award. Sponsored jointly by the American Chemical Society’s Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland local sections, the award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in chemistry in the spirit of and in honor of Linus Pauling, a native of the Pacific Northwest. The medal will be presented at a symposium to be held this fall at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. Nominations should consist of a concise curriculum vitae that lists significant publications, honors, and awards, along with a summary (400–1,000 words) of scientific achievements, including explanations that clearly outline the importance of the nominee’s work. E-mail a single pdf that includes all nomination documents by May 23 to
[email protected] with “nomination” in the subject head. For details, visit www.plu.edu/chemistry/ pauling2016.
Linda Wang compiles this section. Announcements of awards may be sent to
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▸ Zafra Lerman wins Andrei Sakharov Prize
