We live in uncertain times as evidenced by the cancellation of the 259th National Meeting, scheduled for Philadelphia, PA, this past March due to COVID-19. Now that the Fall 2020 meeting is tentatively set, it is time to turn to Spring 2021. The national program theme for Spring 2020 has been moved forward a year …
In place of the cancelled 2020 ACS Spring National Meeting in Philadelphia, the CELL Division ran a successful “live” online CELL Division meeting – “New Horizons: Early Career Researchers in Renewable Materials” to share some of the exciting research in the area of cellulose and renewable materials to our division members. This two-day “Live and …
Noureddine Abidi, Leidigh Professor at the Department of Plant & Soil Science (PSS) and the Managing Director of Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, Texas Tech University, has been named ACS CELL Division Fellow in 2020. This Fellowship recognizes the dedication, leadership, and enthusiastic service of Noureddine that has kept the CELL Division moving forward. Congratulations …
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The 2020 Anselme Payen Award winner is Dr Run-Cang Sun, a distinguished Professor and the director of the Center for Lignocellulose Chemistry and Biomaterials, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, China. Dr Run-Cang Sun received his PhD in 1997 from University of Wales, Bangor, UK. He then worked at the University of Wales, UK until end of …
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Justin Barone from Virginia Tech, USA, and Scott Renneckar (our Chair-Elect) from The University of British Columbia, Canada, are organising a themed issue in the periodical Green Materials on ‘Stimuli-responsive green materials’. Specific topics in this themed issue include: Nanocellulose containing stimuli-responsive materials Responsive hydrogels Ionic materials Functional composites Newer, greener processes to create stimuli-responsive …
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