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American Chemical Society 1 ARCHIVED PRESENTATION The ACS International Center presents Research in Germany Brought to you by speakers from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Research Foundation (DFG), and the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to talk about research opportunities in Germany. May 22, 2013 2:00-3:00pm EDT
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American Chemical Society
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ARCHIVED PRESENTATION
The ACS International Center presents
Research in Germany
Brought to you by speakers from the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German
Research Foundation (DFG), and the American
Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to
talk about research opportunities in Germany.
May 22, 2013
2:00-3:00pm EDT
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Tweet this webinar #ACS_ICwebinars
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Barbara Sawrey is Director-at-Large of the American
Chemical Society’s Board of Directors and Chair of its
Professional and Member Relations Subcommittee on
International Strategy. She also serves as the
Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate
Education at the University of California, San Diego.
Barbara Sawrey, Presenting
Barbara received her Ph.D. jointly from the University of California, San
Diego and San Diego State University.
Her research focuses mainly on chemical education, winning her the
American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Women in the
Chemical Sciences in 2002. She focuses on development of computer-
based multimedia to assist student learning of complex scientific processes
and concepts.
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ChemSpec Europe Munich
June 2013
Transatlantic Frontiers of Chemistry
(TFOC) Kloster Seeon
Aug 2013
ACS on Campus
Hamburg Oct 2012
ACS on Campus Munster
March 2012
ACS Memorandum
of Understanding with German
Chemical Society (GDCh)
September 2010
3rd EuCheMS Chemistry
Conference Nümberg Aug-Sept
2010
1st Annual Chemical Sciences
and Society Symposium
(CS3) Kloster Seeon
July 2009
2009 2010 2012 2013
Examples of recent ACS interactions with Germany
PAST FUTURE
www.acs.org/international
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) Board of Directors and its
Professional and Member Relations Subcommittee on
International Strategy and Office of International Activities are
pleased to announce the launch of the ACS International Center
(IC). The IC is the first curated, searchable web database of its kind
listing international exchange and collaboration opportunities in
chemistry and the related sciences (grants, scholarships, internships,
professional training, and more). At launch it contains information on
over 350 programs in 13 host countries, sorted across 6 levels of
professional experience. To see it for yourself, visit www.acs.org/ic or
e-mail [email protected].
www.acs.org/ic
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International Center newsletter
International Center social media streams:
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www.acs.org/ic
Peter Kerrigan has been Deputy Director of DAAD NY, and
Director of Marketing and Development of DAAD North
America since August 2006. The German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD) is a publicly-funded independent organization of
higher education institutions in Germany. Each year DAAD, its
Regional Branch Offices, its Information Centers, and DAAD
Professors around the globe provide information and financial
support to over 67,000 highly-qualified students and faculty for
international research and study.
Located in New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, DAAD North America is here to advise
students, faculty and current DAAD fellows in the US and Canada. Before working at
DAAD, Peter worked as Assistant Director of the Higher Education Resource Group
at the Institute of International Education. He received his M.A. (Diplom), Political
Science (International Relations) from Freie Universität Berlin.
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www.acs.org/ic
Max Voegler was appointed Director of the DFG’s North America
Office/Washington in October 2010. He joined the German Research Foundation
(DFG) in 2005 as a program officer in the Academic Libraries and Information
Systems division, where he coordinated policy among European research funding
organizations in the fields of Information and Communication Technology. In 2009, he
moved to the International Affairs division to head the section on North America and
Research Marketing. He holds a PhD in European history from Columbia University,
where he wrote a dissertation on religion, liberalism and the social question in the
nineteenth-century Habsburg Monarchy.
Max Voegler
Director, North America Office / Washington
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Washington
www.dfg.de/northamerica
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www.acs.org/ic
Dr. Cathleen Fisher is President of the American Friends of the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The American Friends
of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is the professional
partner of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the
United States.
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany promotes academic
cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from abroad and from Germany.
Before working for the American Friends, Cathleen was Deputy Director of the
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins
University. She chairs the Advisory Council of the German Center for Research and
Innovation and served on the American Chemical Society’s International Center
Task Force. Cathleen holds a Ph.D. in Government and Politics from the University of
Maryland, a Masters in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies.
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Questions?
www.acs.org/ic
#ACS_IC
