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ACS MEETING NEWS

San Diego national meeting

mania!C&EN reviews who’s who at

chemistry’s beach partyMITCH ANDRÉ GARCIA, C&EN WASHINGTON

Yellow name = Computers In Chemistry (meeting theme)

* = 2016 ACS National Award winner

Volodymyr ZaitsevChemist will discuss

the problems with chemical weapons, Pontifical Catholic U of Rio de Janeiro

Peter SchultzStem cell wrangler,

Scripps La Jolla

Burtron DavisWhy do some chemists get overlooked for

Nobel Prizes? U of Kentucky chemist

explores one such tale

Stanley KrystekProtein therapeutics

tinkerer, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Maryll ToufanianGeneric drug

regulator, FDA

Aaron OdomThis Michigan State

chemist will talk strategies for building high-valent catalysts

Thomas Goodwin*Award-winning

educator from Hendrix College teaches

green chemistry to undergrads

Julia Winter*Organic chemistry

gamer, Detroit Country Day School

Dontarie StallingsGeorgia Tech research

manager will talk about promoting diversity

in chemistry through social media

Zhenan BaoMaterials science maven, Stanford

Martin Johnson*Continuous reactor

architect, Eli Lilly & Co.

Lisa MarcaurelleCancer drug discoverer,

H3 Biomedicine

Martin Head-Gordon

Electronic structure theorist,

UC Berkeley

PLENARYBEACH

PLENARYBEACH

David BakerProtein

structure sculptor,

U Washington

George Schatz*Optimizing

nanomaterials with computers,

Northwestern

William JorgensenComputational

chemistry pioneer,

Yale

Sharon Hammes-SchifferReaction dynamics simulator, U Illinois Urbana-

Champaign

San Diego ZooSee animals from around the world lounge under the California sun.

U.S.S. Midway MuseumCheck out this historic maritime museum, located downtown.

SeaWorldFeed and pet dolphins at SeaWorld’s Dolphin Point.

Gaslamp QuarterTake a stroll through this historic district, which contains bars and shops.

WHAT TO DO IN SAN DIEGO: TOURIST SITES

KavliSafariKavliSafari

Rommie AmaroDiscovering drugs

with computational chemistry,

UC San Diego

Emily CarterQuantum

mechanics queen,

Princeton

36 C&EN | CEN.ACS.ORG | MARCH 7, 2016

NOTE: This list is notcomprehensive.

More online

For the dates and times of these speakers’ presentations, visit cenm.ag/sd16. Or build your itinerary with “C&EN Must-See Presenters” on the meeting app, which can be downloaded at cenm.ag/sdspeakers.

Manashi ChatterjeeTeaching chemistry on mobile devices,

Hunter College

Annie Kersting*Tracking plutonium

in the environment, LLNL

Jean-Luc Brédas*π-conjugated materials

rock, and this KAUST researcher will tell

you why

Cyrus WadiaFormer assistant

director of the White House Office of Science

& Technology Policy will give an update on the Materials Genome

Initiative

Eric Block*Odor-sensing

expert, U Albany

Chi-Huey WongCancer vaccine

developer, Academia Sinica

Bruce Logan*Penn State

environmental engineer harnesses microbial

minions to run fuel cells

Andrew Hoffman*Environmental chemist

will explore what causes people to

accept or reject climate change, U Michigan

Juswinder Singh*Advocate for covalent

drugs, Ankaa Therapeutics

Edmund Carnahan*Pushing the polyethylene

envelope, Dow Chemical 

Mahmoud ElSohlyU Mississippi professor

will discuss the change in potency of confiscated cannabis

through the years

Boniface FokwaBoride baron, UC

Riverside

NOBELPARK

NOBELPARK

Roger TsienUC San Diego

Ahmed ZewailCaltech

Robert GrubbsCaltech

Thomas CechU Colorado

Mark Flanagan*Pfizer scientist

recounts development of rheumatoid arthritis

drug Xeljanz

San Diego Zoo Safari ParkGet up close and personal with African wildlife.

Lolita’s At The ParkTry a Mexican American classic, carne asada fries.

La Jolla CoveFor kayaking and sunshine, this beach is a must-see.

Ballast Point Brewing & SpiritsHave dinner and a pint at San Diego’s first microdistillery.

WHAT TO DO IN SAN DIEGO: LOCALS’ PICKS

UP & COMINGSEAPORT

Amanda MorrisExcited about

excited states in metal-organic frameworks, Virginia Tech

Matthew Polinski*Explorer of heavy-element bonding, Bloomsburg U of

Pennsylvania

Megan Thielges2-D IR

spectroscopy specialist, Indiana U

An GhyselsModeling diffusion

in nanoporous materials, Ghent U

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