The American Chemical Society (ACS) has decided to cancel the Spring 2020 National Meeting & Expo in Philadelphia, PA. This decision was based on several factors, including the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania signing an emergency disaster declaration as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and several cases have been reported in the greater …
This year’s program of the CELL Division at the Spring ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, comprises of 19 symposia with 383 oral and 86 poster presentations. All CELL Division symposia will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Centre. The full programme of the conference can be found on the ACS website and the CELL …
2020 Spring Annual Meeting, March 22nd – 26th, Philadelphia, PA Read More »
University of Bristol and Imperial College London have been jointly awarded a major programme grant (£6m), by EPSRC, to fundamentally redesign high performance composite materials. This “NextCOMP” programme focusses on the challenge of improving the absolute performance of composites in compression, both to address practical limitations of current materials, and as a demonstration of the …
PhD studentship available at University of Bristol Read More »
The Heinzel‐Mondi‐Sappi Award recognizes outstanding publications (PhD theses, master theses, journal publications, review papers, survey reports….) by early stage researchers having a potentially significant positive effect on the future of the pulp and paper industry. The award intends to raise attention to the pulp and paper research area. Young scientists should be motivated to become …
Sheila Murphy, a long time serving Executive committee member of the CELL division has been named ACS Fellow in 2019. She is recognized for her significant contributions to the cellulose chemistry for dissolving pulp manufacture and applications including research, manufacturing and customer support, as well as external technology support coordinating industrial research with academics. Sheila …
The 1st place of the 2020 CELL Division Graduate Student Award goes to Liyang Liu from University of British Columbia. His research focuses on developing a platform for the modification of lignin into a variety of polymeric materials with a focus on utilising green chemistry strategies. A major accomplishment is in the development of a …
The 2019 KINGFA Young Investigator Award winner is Dr Johan Foster, Associate Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. Johan’s work has encompassed a number of fundamental contributions to the field of fibers and cellulose nanomaterials, including chemical modification, surface chemistry, and fundamental interactions. Specific examples that have had a large …
The Department of Sustainable Biomaterials at Virginia Tech is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in bio-based materials for sustainability. The position is a full-time, academic year (9 month) appointment at the rank of assistant professor and is available immediately with a preferred start date of January 1, 2020 or earlier. The future of …
Tenure-track faculty position available at Virginia Tech Read More »
The Centennial Logo Team are pleased to announce the winner of the recent competition for a new CELL logo to celebrate our 100th birthday. The team had just under a dozen submissions and the judges had their work cut out to choose the most appropriate submission. The winning submission was based on our guidelines that …
To all our talented and artistic CELL members we are running a centennial logo competition with a $100 prize to the winning logo and recognition of the top three logos on our website and in our Newsletter, Fibril Angle. We ask that the logo reflects our members, vision and future. Specifically, the logo should be …
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