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H. N. Cheng H. N. Cheng (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is currently a research chemist at Southern Regional Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in New Orleans, where he works on projects involving improved utilization of commodity agricultural materials, green chemistry, and polymer reactions. Prior to 2009 he was with Hercules Incorporated where he was involved (at various times) with new product development, team and project leadership, new business evaluation, and analytical research. Over the years, his research interests have included NMR spectroscopy, polymer characterization, biocatalysis, functional foods, pulp and paper technology, and green polymer chemistry. He is an ACS Fellow and a POLY Fellow and has authored or co-authored 208 papers, 25 patent publications, co-edited 13 books, and organized or co-organized 28 symposia at national ACS meetings since 2003. He is active in the ACS at local, division and national levels. He has served in the following ACS national committees: CEPA, SOCED, ConC, IAC, and NTS, including chairs of CEPA and IAC.
Laurence J. Doemeny Laurence J. Doemeny (Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara) is retired from the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He spent his career at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in various research and management capacities. His research included aerosol physics, techniques to measure worker exposure to chemicals in the workplace, miniaturization of analytical instruments, quality assurance. In management, he was involved with management operation, security, technology transfer, labor relations, building and laboratory design, served on the Greater Cincinnati Federal Executive Board (including chair), Adjunct Professor at the University of Cincinnati. He has authored, co-authored or contributed to numerous peer reviewed papers, government publications and books. In addition to service related awards, he is an AAAS, ACS and DCHAS Fellow. Over the years, he served on the ACS Government Affairs Committee, the Committee on Chemical Safety (chair) and the Ethics Committee.
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Charles L. Geraci Charles L. Geraci, (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Associate Director for Nanotechnology, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). He has 40 years of Industrial Hygiene practice experience, including Director of a regional laboratory for DataChem Laboratories; Associate Director of HS&E at the Procter & Gamble Company; and Director of Industrial Hygiene for two consulting firms. He is certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene in both the Comprehensive Practice and the Chemical Aspects of Industrial Hygiene and is a Fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. He provides overall coordination and strategic guidance to the nanotechnology research program at NIOSH and collaborates internationally with other country programs on various aspects of nanotechnology workplace safety and health. He directly manages a number of NIOSH nanotechnology projects that focus on the development and dissemination of workplace risk management guidelines, including the document “Approaches to Safe Nanotechnology.” Dr. Geraci sponsors the NIOSH nanotechnology field team that is conducting visits to nanomaterial producers and users to characterize exposures, evaluate controls, and develop best practices.
Diane Grob Schmidt Diane Grob Schmidt (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati), the 2015 ACS President, was an Executive at The Procter & Gamble Company, where she served as a R&D Section Head for 17 years. Her P&G career spanned 1981-2014 during which she played key roles in such brands as Tide®, Head & Shoulders®, Pert Plus® and Safeguard®. Dr. Schmidt had responsibility for health, safety and environment, and regulatory affairs before retiring from P&G in 2014. She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati. She is the inventor or co-inventor on myriad patents, in addition to author or co-author on chemistry publications in refereed journals. She has received many awards, including ACS Fellow, Fellow of the Division of Chemical Health & Safety, Henry Hill Award, and Distinguished Scientist of Cincinnati (first woman so honored). She has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and the Journal of Chemical Health & Safety. She has been an ACS member since 1968 and held a wide variety of leadership positions, including three consecutive terms on the Board of Directors. As 2015 ACS President, her Presidential theme was “Inspiring and Innovating for Tomorrow”. Her legacy as ACS President includes: U.S. and Global Grand Challenges via impactful programming (Nanotechnology, Energy, BRAIN Initiative/Chemical Measurements/Chemical Neurotransmission), championing the establishment of the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT), advocacy on behalf of ACS members and focus on industry and industrial ACS members. 244 Cheng et al.; Nanotechnology: Delivering on the Promise Volume 2 ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2016.
