The 2022 KINGFA Young Investigator Award winner is Dr Koon-Yang Lee, Professor of Polymer Engineering at Imperial College London. Koon-Yang leads the Future Materials Group at Imperial College London, a group focussing on the development of chemical engineering-driven nanocellulose composite innovations. His work is highly multi-disciplinary, with an emphasis on the development and manufacturing of …
This year’s Fall ACS National Meeting will be held between August 21st – 25th 2022 in Chicago IL. The CELL Division will be running 4 symposia, with more than 80 papers scheduled during this meeting The full schedule of the symposia organised by CELL Division can be found on the ACS Spring National Meeting & …
The 2022 Sustainable Phosphorus Summit (SPS) will be held November 3-4 in Raleigh, North Carolina. SPS is the international academic conference on phosphorus sustainability, and it is held biennially on a different continent each time. This year, the event will take place as part of a larger Phosphorus Week event that runs from November 1-4 …
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It is a pleasure to announce that the call for symposia for the 2023 Spring Meeting has been launched. The national program theme for Spring 2023 is Crossroads of Chemistry which addresses topics, such as: Where the field of Chemistry has been, where we are now and where we are heading—in terms of scientific discovery, …
The APPTI Next-Generation Pulping Team is sponsoring a workshop to review and update the research needs and priority focus areas from our Next Generation Pulping Roadmap. In this workshop, you will Learn about R&D Needs and Project Topics identified in the 2016 Roadmap and projects undertaken Assist the team in updating Priority R&D Needs and …
The 2022 Anselme Payen Award goes to Professor Christoph Weder from the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He is the Chair of Polymer Chemistry and Materials and also serves as the Director of the institute. Professor Weder received his first degrees from ETH Zürich, where he studied chemistry and in …
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Gordon Selling and World Nieh, both from USDA, have been named ACS CELL Division Fellow in 2022. This Fellowship recognizes the dedication, leadership, and enthusiastic service of Noureddine that has kept the CELL Division moving forward. Gordon has held many positions within the CELL division from Awards Co-Chair to Division Chair. His contributions have included …
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The Cellulose and Renewable Materials (CELL) Division is looking for your feedback on the benefits we offer to you as a member of this division. As a Division, we want to highlight benefits and build a stronger network of engaged members, so we can have an even greater impact through our work. You can provide …
We have an amazing pool of candidates for the 2022 CELL Division Graduate Student Award this year and the selection was tough. Our panel of judges have narrowed down two candidates for the Graduate Student Award this year. The first place goes to Paul Jusner from University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and the …
The CELL Division is pleased to announce a jointly funded IPG award with the ENVR Division. Led by CELL members (Lucian Lucia and Nathalie Lavoine) and ENVR members (Sherine Obare and Christie Sayes), the team will collaborate to establish interdisciplinary leadership training, seminars, and workshop to increase memberships and networking opportunities in both divisions. This …
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