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Monthly MeetingEducation Night at Tufts

Esselen Award LectureMicrowell Arrays: From Genetic Analysis to Ultra-High Sensitivity DiagnosticsBy David Walt

NESACS 2014 ElectionCandidate Statements

March Meeting ReportBy Jack Driscoll

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It is a great honor to be the recipient ofthe 2014 Gustavus John Esselen Awardfor Chemistry in the Public Interest.The list of previous recipients is bothhumbling and inspiring.

When I started my academic posi-tion many years ago, I was interestedin doing what virtually every academicscientist strives for—build a successful

and well-funded research program byidentifying interesting problems, carryout appropriate experiments to solvethe problems and publish in the topjournals. While these goals have beenmet, there were a few unexpecteddetours that have shaped both myresearch direction and my outlook.

Shortly after starting a facultyposition at Tufts, I became interestedin the field of chemical sensors. Thelab made numerous contributions indeveloping some useful chemistries formaking chemical sensors and biosen-sors and had established a reputation inthe optical sensing area. In 1995, ahighly industrious postdoctoral associ-ate, Paul Pantano (now an AssociateProfessor at the University of Texas-Dallas), was working on a projectinvolving near field microscopy. Paulwas trying to develop a rapid ultra-high resolution optical imagingmethod. The approach involved etch-

ing optical fiber bundles to create anarray of near field scanning probe tips.Every time he tried to etch the fiberarrays, he obtained the opposite resultfrom what he was trying to accom-plish. Instead of an array of sharp tips,divots appeared—tiny wells arrayed ina regular pattern with highly repro-ducible and predictable depths. Thesemicrowell arrays, as well as nanowellarrays prepared using the same tech-nique, were orders of magnitudesmaller than anything reported previ-ously. Although Paul eventually suc-ceeded in preparing the near fieldarrays, the microwells have been a sig-nature platform of the laboratory eversince. After the initial demonstrationof the microwell preparation, KarriMichael, a graduate student working atthe lab bench across from Paul, carriedout an interesting experiment in whichshe assembled microspheres (alsocalled beads) into the wells. The sizeof the beads was matched to the size ofthe wells such that only one beadwould be able to fit into each well.She created the first “Bead Arrays.”

The microwell array and beadarray technology have been used in mylaboratory as a platform for performingbioanalytical measurements. We havesuccessfully implemented the micro -well array platform for a multitude ofapplications including genetic and pro-tein analysis. The microwells serve asminiature reaction vessels and confinereaction mixtures to ultra-small vol-umes. In the bead array scheme,microwells are filled with size-matched beads containing receptors forperforming high-throughput geneticand protein analysis. The ability to ran-domly assemble these microarraysusing beads that were size matched tothe well sizes provides access toincredibly high density and easilyreconfigurable microarrays.

In another scheme, the microwellsare used as miniature reactor chambers

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ContentsEsselen Award Lecture __________________________________2Microwell Arrays: From Genetic Analysis to Ultra-High Sensitivity DiagnosticsBy David R. Walt, Tufts University

Monthly Meeting _______________________________________5Education Night at Tufts University, Sarah Chobot Hokanson, British Consulate-General to speak

Special Meeting _______________________________________6SE MA Subsection Meeting at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

18th Annual Andrew H. Weinberg Symposium ________________7Luiz Alberto Diaz, Jr., M.D. to speak on Novel Clinical Applications of Cancer Genomics

Summary of Governance Actions and Reports________________8247th ACS National Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 16-20, 2014

2014 NESACS Election ________________________________10Candidate Statements

March Monthly Meeting ________________________________23By Jack Driscoll with photos by A. Bastianelli

Cover: Pictured at the Awards Banquet at the 247th ACS National Meeting (L-R) are Rajeev Chorghade (Carnegie Mellon University), Sandy Hoffman(Sharon, MA), Katherine Lee (Pfizer and NESACS 2014 Chair-Elect) andMukund Chorghade (THINQ Pharma and NESACS Board). Photo by Morton Z.Hoffman.

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to confine single molecules. Digitalmeasurements, based on counting sin-gle molecules, enable extremely highsensitivity because low backgroundsignals can be readily distinguished,making for a much lower limit ofdetection. We have used the microwellarrays to develop methods to measurethe concentration of proteins more thana thousand times lower than ELISAs—the standard for immunoassays. Mylaboratory is presently pursuing severalclinical applications of the technologyincluding early detection of both breastcancer and infectious disease. Ourgoal is to detect these diseases muchearlier than is now possible, with theexpectation that early diagnosis willlead to superior clinical outcomes. Weare also using the microwell arrays toinvestigate fundamental aspects ofenzymes by observing single enzymemolecules in action.

As a consequence of the techno-logical innovations that have beendeveloped in my laboratory, there havebeen some unexpected but fulfillingdeviations from the traditional aca-demic path. Both of these applicationsof microwell arrays have been com-mercialized. In 1997 I was approachedto commercialize the bead array tech-nology. The technology portfolio waslicensed from Tufts University and acompany, Illumina Inc., was foundedin San Diego, CA. After five years,Illumina became the leader in microar-rays for genetic analysis and is now theleader in DNA sequencing. Themicrowell technology still powers thecompany’s microarray products and isalso incorporated into its sequencingproducts. It is important to note thatthere are countless other creative tech-nologies responsible for the company’sproducts. Many highly talented indi-viduals have been involved in makingIllumina the huge commercial successit is today—technicians, scientists,engineers, the sales force, financialexperts, manufacturing specialists, andbusiness executives. Seven years ago,the single molecule technology waslicensed and another company was

founded—Quanterix Corporation,based in Lexington, MA. The companyrecently launched its first platform thatenables researchers to discover newprotein biomarkers of potential clinicalutility and a large commercial partnerhas licensed the rights to the clinicaldiagnostics market.

These commercial successes haveenabled the discoveries in my labora-tory to be translated into the market-place. Illumina employs over 3000people and Quanterix employs nearly60. The products are responsible foradvances in clinical medicine and agri-culture, and have enabled thousands ofimportant research findings. Thesesocietal benefits would not be possibleoutcomes for the typical academic lab-oratory. I and the students and post-docs in my laboratory feel tremendouspride in having played a role in bothjob creation and bettering the humancondition.

The trajectory of my lab’s researchprogram relied on some serendipitousdiscoveries (aka mistakes), perceptiverecognition of important but unex-pected results, and luck. My focus hasshifted to areas of research that webelieve will lead to important out-comes. Publications are still necessaryfor researchers to disseminate knowl-edge and to demonstrate that they canbring a project to fruition, but anothermotivator is whether the research hasthe potential to eventually lead to out-comes with societal impact. This pathis not for everyone and the scientificenterprise would soon fall apart with-out the basic fundamental research thatis the lifeblood for tomorrow’s tech-nologies.

I am immensely grateful to themany talented graduate students andpostdoctoral associates who have con-tributed to the culture of creativity andinvention that has characterized thelaboratory. The productivity of thelaboratory is a direct result of theirtremendous dedication and incrediblework ethic. I conclude with specialthanks to my wonderful and supportivefamily, without whom none of theseaccomplishments would have beenpossible. u

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Abstract:As Head of Science and Innovation atthe British Consulate-General, Sarah iscommitted to establishing productiveand sustainable UK-US science part-nerships. The Science and Innovationteam at the Consulate creates strategicUK-US science relationships, negoti-ates bilateral programs in science,influences science and/or innovation-related government or university poli-cies, and organizes events (includingscientific workshops, conferences, andnetworking opportunities). In thiskeynote address, Sarah will talk abouther role at the Consulate and currentUK scientific initiatives, as well ashighlight the key people and decisionsthat have shaped her career to date, andoffer advice to students interested in ascience policy career. u

Biography

Dr. Sarah Hokanson is Head of the Sci-ence & Innovation Network’s (SIN)Boston team, based at the British Con-sulate-General in Cambridge, MA. Inthis role, she identifies New Englandleaders in bioscience innovation andbuilds connections between the NewEngland and UK scientific and techni-cal communities, in addition to over-seeing cross-network US activities inthe life sciences.

Prior to joining SIN in January2013, Sarah completed a NIH post-doc-toral fellowship at Cornell University,where she studied the bio chemistry ofnitric oxide synthases. She earned dualB.A. degrees in Chemistry and Englishfrom Boston University, and her Ph.D.

Monthly MeetingThe 941st Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the AmericanChemical SocietyEducation NightThursday, May 8, 2014Tufts University, International Center, 58 Winthrop Street, Medford, MA

4:00 pm NESACS Board Meeting

5:00 pm Reception

6:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Award Meeting, Dr. Catherine Costello, NESACS Chair, presiding. Evening Lecture: Sarah Chobot Hokanson, Head of Science andInnovation, British Consultate-General, BostonTitle: Building UK-US partnerships in science – my role inpolicy at the British Consulate-General, Boston

7:45 pm Presentation of the Education Night AwardsPhilip L. Levins Memorial PrizeJames Flack Norris/Theodore William Richards Awards for Excel-

lence in Teaching at the Secondary School LevelUndergraduate Summer Research FellowshipsUndergraduate Grants-in-AidUndergraduate Research Symposium, Phyllis Brauner Book AwardProject SEED StudentsInduction of New Members into Aula LaudisSimmons College PrizeAvery A. Ashdown Chemistry Examination Awardees

Dinner reservations are required by NOON, Friday, May 2. Reservationsshould made using PayPal services: http://acssymposium.com/paypal.html.Select pay with credit or debit card option and follow the additional instruc-tions on the page. Members, $30; Non-members, $35; Retirees, $20; Students,$10. If you are making a reservation for someone other than yourself, or, ifyou require a Vegetarian meal, please note that in the “Instructions to Buyer”section. Reservations for new members and for additional information, contactthe secretary Anna Singer at (781) 272-1966 between 9am and 6pm or e-mail [email protected] (preferred). Reservations not cancelled at least 24 hoursin advance will not be refunded.THE PUBLIC IS INVITED-reservations for the lecture portion of theevening are also required, and can be made using the PayPal site.Directions with Campus Map: http://www.tufts.edu/home/visiting_direc-tions/medford_somerville/VIA MBTA (See ‘Directions’ link above)From the West/Massachusetts Turnpike (See ‘Directions’ page above)Parking: Parking will be free after 4:00 PM in the Dowling Hall ParkingGarage at 419 Boston Avenue (within one block of 58 Winthrop Street; theevent site is on the corner of Winthrop Street and Boston Avenue) Push thevisitor’s button when entering the garage to open the gate. u

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Special MeetingMeeting of the Southeastern Massachusetts Area of theNortheastern Section of the American Chemical Society

Thursday, May 15, 2014Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

Room 507, Clark Building, Quissett Campus360 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543

4:00 pm Tour of the National Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility(NOSAMS); meet in lobby of the Clark Building

5:00 pm Registration and light refreshments6:00 pm Welcome: Catherine E. Costello, Chair, NESACS, Boston Univer-

sity School of MedicineSusan K. Avery, President and Director, WHOIJeffrey S. Seewald, Chair, Marine Chemistry and GeochemistryDepartment, WHOI

6:15 pm Southeastern Massachusetts Area Meeting: Morton Z. Hoffman,Boston University

6:25 pm Introduction of Speaker: John N. Driscoll, PID Analyzers, LLC6:30 pm Speaker: Brian P. Jackson, Department of Earth Sciences, Dart-

mouth College, “Analysis of Arsenic and Mercury in the Food andWater Supply”

7:30 pm ReceptionAdvance registration is required for planning purposes and follow-up. Addi-tional information and a link to the registration form can be found at <www.nesacs.org>. Registration can also be made through Anna Singer at 781-272-1966 or <[email protected]> (e-mail is preferred using the registrationform).Please register no later than Friday, May 9.THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THIS EVENT WITHOUT CHARGEDirections to WHOI and maps: <http://www.whoi.edu/directions/>Parking: There is parking directly in front of the Clark Building. u

Abstract“Analysis of Arsenic and Mercuryin the Food and Water Supply”Arsenic and mercury are naturallyoccurring elements found at low con-centrations in soils and water and, con-sequently, in the foods we eat.However, neither element has anyknown biological function and both aretoxic to life at higher levels of expo-

sure. The Minamata disaster in Japan,where thousands were exposed to toxicconcentrations of anthropogenicmethylmercury via fish, and the cur-rent disaster in South Asia, where mil-lions are exposed to high levels ofgeogenic arsenic via groundwater, arestark examples of the human healthconsequences of exposure to these twotoxic elements. Exposure to methyl -mercury is primarily via fish whereasexposure to arsenic can be from both

food and water. Analytical determina-tion of these two elements at environ-mentally relevant concentrations ischallenging, complicated by the factthat both elements exist as a variety ofcompounds (species) that must bequantified individually. This talk willreview methods for arsenic and mer-cury analysis and describe the range ofconcentrations encountered in foodsand natural waters. u

Biography

Prof. Jackson earned his Bachelor’sdegree in chemistry at the University ofOxford, UK, and a Ph.D. in agronomy,with an emphasis on environmentalsoil chemistry, at the University ofGeorgia. His research focuses on theenvironmental chemistry of arsenic andmercury through the study of the fateand effects of arsenic from coal fly ash,poultry manure, and food and water,and has developed methods for the lowlevel detection of mercury and methyl -mercury in waters and fish. He is theDirector of the Trace Element AnalysisCore at Dartmouth College and is amember of Dartmouth’s Children’sCenter for Environmental Heath andDisease Prevention and Dartmouth’sSuperfund Research program. u

Q. Exactly, how many awards andscholarships does NESACS sponsor?

A) One b) Two c) Many

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The 18th Annual Andrew H. Weinberg

SymposiumLuiz Alberto Diaz, Jr., M.D.

Associate Professor, Oncology, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel ComprehensiveCancer Center and the Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics

Novel Clinical Applications of Cancer GenomicsJune 19, 2014

4:00 pm – 5:00 pmReception to Follow

Location: Conference Center, 3rd FloorYawkey Center for Cancer Care450 Brookline Ave., Boston, Ma, 02215

For more information Contact: Naomi Echeandia, tel 617-632-4580 [email protected]

BiographyDr. Luis Diaz is a leading authority inoncology, having pioneered severalgenomic diagnostic and therapeuticapproaches for cancer. He is an attend-ing physician at the Johns HopkinsHospital where he specializes in thetreatment of advanced pancreatic andcolorectal cancers. He is a member ofthe Ludwig Center for Cancer Geneticsand Therapeutics where he directstranslational medicine and is the Direc-tor of the Swim Across America Lab.He is also founder of Inostics and Per-sonal Genome Diagnostics (PGDx),companies that focuses on genomicanalyses of cancers.

Dr. Diaz has undergraduate andmedical degrees from the University ofMichigan, and completed residencytraining at the Osler Medical Service atJohns Hopkins and medical oncologytraining at the Sidney Kimmel CancerCenter at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Diaz is involved in near-patient translational studies with thegoal of bringing diagnostic and thera-peutic studies to patients. Mostrecently, our work has involved theclinical development of tumor-derivedDNA as a biomarker for cancer screen-ing, early detection, monitoring andmeasurement of early residual disease.The basis of this work is based on thewell-accepted premise that cancer isdefined by a discrete set of geneticalterations. This approach combines anext-generation genomic sequencingwith novel digital techniques to counttumor-derived DNA fragments in com-plex mixtures of DNA. The mutationsfound in cancers are never found innormal cell populations and detection


AbstractRecent advances in cancer genomicshave provided a wealth of potentialtherapeutic and prognostic targets forclinical application. Novel uses of thisinformation beyond these obviousapplications have the potential to revo-lutionize cancer screening and care. u

Bruce Chabner, M.D.Peter Ho, M.D., Ph.D.Charles Pratt, M.D., Ph.D.Nicholas Dean, Ph.D.Ken Bair, Ph.D.Peter Houghton, Ph.D.Steven Weitman, M.D., Ph.D.Judah Folkman, M.D.John Hohnecker, M.D.Randolf F Wykoff, M.D.David R. Parkinson, M.D.Richard D. Klausner, M.D.

Leroy Hood, M.D., Ph.D.Daniel Von Hoff, M.D. David A. Kessler, M.D., J.D.Stephen H. Friend, M.D., Ph.D.Senator Edward M. KennedyMalcolm Smith, M.D.David R. Parkinson, M.D.Lee J. Helman, M.D.Stephen W. Fesik, Ph.D.Peter C. Adamson, M.D.James R. Downing, M.D.Michael Jensen, M.D. u

Weinberg Symposium Past Speakers:


The following summary is provided to help Councilorsreport to their local sections and divisions on key actions ofthe ACS Council and Board of Directors at the 2014 springnational meeting.

ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL Election Results The Committee on Nominations and Elections presented tothe Council the following nominees for selection as candi-dates for President-Elect, 2015: Peter K. Dorhout, WilliamA. Lester, Jr., Christopher K. Ober, and Henry F. SchaeferIII. By electronic ballot, the Council selected Peter K.Dorhout and William A. Lester, Jr. as candidates for 2015President-Elect. These two candidates, along with any can-didates selected via petitions, will stand for election in theFall National Election.

The Committee on Nominations and Electionsannounced the results of the election to select candidatesfrom the list of nominees to serve as Directors from DistrictIII and District VI on the Board of Directors for the term2015-2017. Nominees for District III included Dee AnnCastell, Pat N. Confalone, Anne S. DeMasi, and Kathryn E.Uhrich. Nominees for District VI included Allison A.Campbell, Paul W. Jagodzinski, Lee H. Latimer, andEleanor D. Siebert. By mail ballot, the Councilors fromthese districts selected Pat N. Confalone and Anne S.DeMasi as District III candidates; and Paul W. Jagodzin-ski and Lee H. Latimer as District VI candidates. Ballots

will be mailed on or before October 10, 2014 to all ACSmembers in District III and District VI for election of aDirector from each District. Candidates for Directors-at-LargeThe Committee on Nominations and Elections announcedthe selection of the following candidates for Directors-at-Large for a 2015-2017 term: Dawn A. Brooks, William F.Carroll, Jr., Barbara A. Sawrey, and Ellen B. Stechel. Theelection of two Directors-at-Large from among those candi-dates and any selected via petition will be conducted in thefall. Ballots will be mailed to the Council on or beforeOctober 10, 2014. Committee ContinuanceAs part of a regular performance review, the CouncilVOTED unanimously to continue the Committees onChemical Safety, on Chemistry and Public Affairs, and onMinority Affairs. Continuation of these three committeesrequires Board concurrence. 2015 Member Dues The Council voted to set the member dues for 2015 at thefully escalated rate of $158. This rate is established pursuantto an inflation-adjustment formula in the ACS Constitutionand Bylaws.Divisional Allotment FormulaAfter voting to postpone its implementation by one year, theCouncil voted to approve a revised formula for allocating

SUMMARY OF GOVERNANCE ACTIONSand REPORTS

American Chemical Society 247th ACS National Meeting

Dallas, TexasMarch 16-20, 2014

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dues funds to divisions. This formula, which was presentedby the Committee on Divisional Activities, will be effectivewith allocations for 2015 division performance.Changes in Local Section TerritoryOn recommendation of the Committee on Local SectionActivities, the Council voted to approve the petition from theNorth Jersey Section to include the area of the former Mon-mouth County Section in its territory, effective immediately.New International Chemical Sciences Chapter On recommendation of the Committee on InternationalActivities and subject to the concurrence of the Board ofDirectors, the Council voted to approve petitions to charterthe South Korea International Chemical Sciences Chapterand the Malaysia International Chemical Sciences Chapter.

COMMITTEE ORAL REPORTS(Highlights)Society CommitteesBudget and Finance (B&F)In 2013, ACS generated a Net from Operations of $15.1million, which was $2.0 million favorable to the budget. Thisrepresents the Society’s tenth consecutive year of positiveoperating results. Total revenue was $490.5 million, whichwas $8.8 million (or 1.8%) lower than budget, and essen-tially flat when compared with 2012. The result was largelyattributable to cost containment measures throughout theACS. Unrestricted Net Assets rebounded in 2013, rising to$207 million, and more than doubling from the 2012 level.Education (SOCED)SOCED approved a pilot program to form ACS Interna-tional Student Chapters.

Standing CommitteesMembership Affairs (MAC)For 2014, MAC authorized an individual member test forIndia to allow for a $52 full Member dues rate. At this meet-ing, MAC extended the test to include new and renewingmembers in India for three years.Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA)Findings from the ACS 2013 New Graduate Survey havebeen compiled and reveal troubling news: overall unem-ployment among new graduates rose from 12.6% in 2012 to14.9% in 2013. This is primarily due to the high unemploy-ment among recent Bachelors degree chemists. New gradu-ates must be at the top of our priority list for employmentassistance in 2014.Meetings and Expositions (M&E)As of this morning (March 19, 2014), the ACS springnational meeting had attracted 13,680 registrants, including6,853 regular attendees and 5,140 students. The meetinghad 10,050 papers presented. The new ACS Mobile Application had over 6,000 down-loads by meeting attendees.M&E voted to eliminate the author index in the hard pro-gram meeting program book beginning with the spring 2015

meeting, The searchable author index is now available viathe mobile application and other electronic means.Divisional Activities (DAC)Operating as a DAC subcommittee, the MultidisciplinaryPlanning Group is proposing the following 2017 nationalmeeting themes to the divisions for their consideration: Spring, San Francisco: Advanced Materials, Technologies,Systems and Processes Fall, Washington, DC: Chemistry’s Impact on the GlobalEconomyLocal Section Activities (LSAC) LSAC will initiate the process to dissolve the Ocean County(New Jersey) Section as a result of the group’s failure tomeet the criteria to remain an active section.Constitution and Bylaws (C&B)In Fall 2013, C&B announced a new optional process forexpedited bylaw reviews, offering limited customization butfaster than the current three-month turnaround. C&B hasnow created a new, easier way for local sections and divi-sions to prepare bylaw revisions for C&B review. They arenot as restrictive as those permitted through the expeditedprocess. After a unit indicates its willingness to update itsbylaws, C&B would then offer to create a first draft of pro-posed bylaws changes for consideration by the unit. Alterna-tively, the unit may still propose its own draft changes forC&B review.

Other CommitteesChemical Safety (CCS)CCS has published its first-ever Safety Alert concerning the



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Chair-ElectJerry P. Jasinski

Education and Honors: B.A.,1964, M.S.T. (Alexander Amell), 1968in Chemistry, University of NewHampshire; M.N.S. in Natural Science,Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1968);Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1974, Universityof Wyoming (Smith L. Holt); NATOSummer Research Associate, 1972,Chim Lab-4 University of Copen-hagen, Denmark (Carl J. Ballhausen);Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory(LASL), Associated Western Universi-ties (AWU) Pre-Doctoral ResearchFellow (1973-74) (Larned B. Asprey &John H. Wood); Postdoctoral Fellow,1974-1975, University of Virginia(Paul N. Schatz); Vermont SigmaHero’s Award (1995); 1st Recipient ofthe Keene State College Award forFaculty Distinction in Research andScholarship (2001); Marquis Who’sWho in America, the World, Science &Engineering (2010-2014); PresidentialWho’s Who (Chemistry Professor ofthe Year and Hall of Fame, 2011,2012); Cambridge Who’s Who (Pro-fessional of the Year in ScientificResearch & Education, 2010-2011);Towle High School Athletic Hall ofFame (2011); American Institute ofChemists (AIC-Board of Directors1999-01, 2007-2009, President 2009-2011, Chair of the Board 2011- );2013-2014 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar(Hemmige S. Yathirajan).

Professional Experience: KeeneState College: Assistant Professor(1978-83), Associate Professor (1983-89), Professor (1989- ), Chair, Depart-ment of Chemistry, (1999-2005);Chair, Department of Physics, (2003-

2005); High School Chemistry/PhysicsTeacher (1964-70, 1975-78); (NewEngland Institute of Chemists, NEIC,Treasurer, 1988- ); Coeditor of ActaCrystallographica, Section E (2009- );Editorial Board Member of the Journalof Crystallography (2012- ), Coauthorof over 475 refereed papers in chemi-cal research journals.

Research and Interests: Physical-Bioinorganic, Bioorganic and Struc-tural Chemistry; Synthesis and X-raycrystallography of pharmaceuticallyactive molecules, laser dye moleculesand transition metal thiosemicar-bazones. Local, regional and interna-tional collaborator utilizing singlecrystal X-ray crystallography as a toolfor structural investigation of molecu-lar compounds. Co-developer of aweb-based tutorial entitled “Symmetryand Space Groups” (Dr. Bruce Fox-man). Introduction of Process Ori-ented Guided Inquiry Learning(POGIL) techniques into the chemistrycurriculum.

ACS Service: Member since 1970.Member of INOR division. NESACS:Nominating Committee (2000-01,2007-08); Alternate Councilor (2007-09; 2010-15); Norris Committee(2009-2012, Chair 2012); RichardsAward Committee (2013-2016).

Memberships: American ChemicalSociety (ACS), New England Sectionof the American Chemical Society(NESACS), American CrystallographyAssociation (ACA), American Instituteof Chemists (AIC), New England Insti-tute of Chemists (NEIC), Council forUndergraduate Research (CUR), NewEngland Association of ChemistryTeachers (NEACT).

Position Statement for the positionof Chair-Elect of the NESACS: Iwould consider it an honor to serve asChair-Elect of the NESACS. As alongtime educator, researcher, leaderand active collaborator on a local,regional and international scale, Iwould bring an impressive amount ofexpertise to the leadership of our sec-tion.

Scientific Impact: As an activeteacher and researcher who continuesto coauthor between 40-50 papers a

year in referred scientific journals as acrystallographer, over the past severalyears, I feel it is important to con-stantly bring current and cutting edgescience and technology to the forefrontof the NESACS membership with itsvarious symposia.

Having served on various commit-tees in the NESACS since 2000 includ-ing Alternate Councilor, NominatingCommittee, Norris Committee and theRichards Medal Committee, I feel thatI have gained valuable experience andinsights within these activities to be astrong advocate to shape the scientificagenda for our section’s future activi-ties by recommending speakers forsymposia endorsed by the NESACS.As Past President of the AmericanInstitute of Chemists (AIC), and as thelongtime treasurer and board memberof the New England Institute ofChemists (NEIC) and I have extensiveexperience in honoring regionally andnationally recognized speakers andawardees for these groups.

Leadership: If I were to be electedas the Chair-Elect, I would be focusedon making sure that the NESACS isduly represented at the annual ACSNational Meetings. In addition, Iwould do my best to recruit new mem-bers of the NESACS to join with thecurrent membership, to assist long-term members and new graduates withemployment opportunities and contin-uing education, as well as to encouragethem to take active roles in the broadand diverse activities of the NortheastSection.

Collaboration: My experience as alongtime Professor of Chemistry in theacademic environment at Keene StateCollege, both as an educator and as adepartment chair has allowed me torecognize and craft the value of net-working and collaboration when work-ing with friends, colleagues andprofessionals. If elected, I wouldactively support this type of spirit andengagement along with volunteerismin keeping the NESACS at the fore-front of professionalism.

The NESACS is filled with talentedchemists who have much to offer bothto the younger population as well as

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veterans of the Northeast Section. Thehistory of the organization is extensive,profound and proud. I hope to add tothis legacy if elected. Thank you foryour consideration and support.

Wilton L. Virgo

Education: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Ari-zona State University (2005). A.B. inChemistry, Princeton University(2000).

Professional Experience: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemistry &Chemical Biology, Harvard University(Present). Research Affiliate, Depart-ment of Chemistry, MIT (Present).Senior Lecturer, Chemistry Depart-ment, Spelman College (2013). Assis-tant Professor of Chemistry, WellesleyCollege (2008-2013). D.C. WalshAssistant Professor of Chemistry,Wellesley College (2008-2012). Visit-ing Scientist, Department of Chem-istry, MIT (2008-2009). PostdoctoralFellow and MLK Scholar, MIT (2006-2008). Postdoctoral Associate, MIT(2006). Professional Associate,Brookhaven National Laboratory(2000-2001).

ACS Service: Research presentationat 239th ACS National Meeting,Boston, MA (2010). Research presen-tation at 234th ACS National Meeting,San Francisco, CA (2007).

NESACS Service: NESACS Alter-nate Councilor (2013-2015). Invitedseminar speaker for the NESACSMonthly Meeting at Simmons College(2009). Panelist at the OvercomingBarriers Conference sponsored byNSYCC (2009).

Relevant Memberships:American Chemical Society (ACS)

member (2008-Present).Council on Undergraduate Research

(CUR) member (2009).

President of MIT NOBCChE Chap-ter (2008).

Honors: Invited to give FormanLecture, Vanderbilt University (April2014). Jackie Robinson Foundation 42Under 40 Alumnus (2014). EastmanKodak Dr. Theophilus Sorrell Fellow-ship Award (2005). Minority GraduateEducation @ Mountain States AllianceScholar (2002-2005). OutstandingGraduate Research Assistant Award atASU (2003). Rao Prize at OSU 2002International Symposium on MolecularSpectroscopy (2002). Princeton Uni-versity Chemistry Outreach ProgramCertificate (2000).

Statement: My goal as a candidatefor the NESACS Chair-Elect is toleverage the Northeastern Section’sposition as one of the largest ACS Sec-tions to strengthen both the Boston-Cambridge area and global scientificnetworks, and provide an environmentfor collaboration across academia andindustry. I will bring added value to theChair-Elect position as a chemist,organizer, collaborator and leader.

If elected, I will diligently organizeand administer the monthly meetingsfor the Section. I bring years of experi-ence in identifying and inviting speak-ers for research seminars, schedulingand managing the logistics of meetingvenues, contracting catering, delegat-ing responsibility for hosting seminarspeakers, providing audio/visual sup-port for seminars and handling public-ity for timely announcement ofmeetings. I will take the lead in organ-izing the NESACS monthly meetings,beginning with the early meetingannouncement in The Nucleus, andending with an engaging program forthe monthly Board meeting, socialhour, dinner and seminar.

As a collaborator with demonstratedability to network across different sci-entific spheres, I will continue thestrong tradition of joint meetings withlocal professional organizations. I willwork closely with the Board of Direc-tors to prepare the budget for themonthly meetings, travel costs forspeakers and for the ACS LeadershipConference, to report on relevant Sec-tion activities, and to engage in fundraising opportunities.

As a leader in the chemical sciencesand Alternate Councilor, I am available

to the NESACS community andresponsible for facilitating the transferof knowledge between expert speakersand all NESACS members that repre-sent a diverse spectrum of interests andbackgrounds in chemistry.

I will bring my passion for chem-istry and enthusiasm for organizingevents around the pursuit and advance-ment of chemical knowledge to theChair-Elect position. I look forward tothe possibility of working with theexecutive committee to set the agendafor the future of NESACS and advancethe global chemical enterprise.


In the interest of providing maximuminformation and expression of opinionby the candidates for election in 2014,the Nominating Committee has pre -pared this section of the NUCLEUSfor mailing concurrently with the bal-lots. All candidates were asked to sub-mit biographical material and, with theexception of committee member nomi -nees, position statements. To attainuni formity of format, the biographicaldata have been rearranged, and, wherethe text exceeded the allotted space,abbre viated. The statements have beenrepro duced without change. An officialballot, along with a ballot envelopeand return envelope have been pro-vided. The election and balloting arebeing carried out in conformance withArticle VIII of the Constitution of theNorth eastern Section. The order ofcandidates for each office on the ballotwill be determined by lot. Commentsregarding the election may beaddressed to the Nominating Commit-tee Chair, Dr. Liming Shao (address onp.3). The ballot must be received by May31, 2014. u

NESACSElectionElection of Candidates



SecretaryMichael Singer

Education: B.S., State University ofNew York at Stony Brook (1986).M.S., Brandeis University (1988),Ph.D., Brandeis University (1993)

Professional Experience: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, OrganixInc. 1991-1994. Senior Scientist,ArQule Inc. 1994-1996. Group Leader,Automated Combinatorial Synthesis,ArQule Inc. 1996-2001. Group Leader,Drug Discovery Research and Devel-opment, Sigma-Aldrich, Natick, 2001-2007. R&D Manager, Sigma Aldrich,Natick. 2008-present

NESACS Service: Councilor-NESACS 1996-2001, 2005-present.Alternate Councilor – NESACS 2002-2004. Board of Directors NESACS1993-present. Secretary-NESACS1998-present. Medicinal ChemistryGroup (MCG) 1991-2001. MCGTreasurer (1992-1993), Program Chair(1994) Chair (1995-1996)

ACS Service: ACS Joint Board-Council Committee on ChemicalAbstracts Service; Associate member2004; Member 2005-2007. Local Sec-tion Activities Committee; AssociateMember 2007; Member 2008 – 2013.Meetings and Expositions Committee;Associate Member 2014

Professional Recognition: HenryHill Award – 2008

Statement for Secretary: Duringmy tenure as Secretary for theNESACS, I have worked consistentlyto increase the amount of knowledgecommunicated within the section. Thecurrent process of collection and distri-bution of written reports fromNESACS officers and committeechairs have significantly increasedBoard meeting efficiency. By havingthe actual reports of the many sectioncommittees in written form, there is anincrease in the content and accuracy ofthe Board meeting minutes. To com-plete the circle, these enhanced meetingminutes are then promptly posted onour section website (www.nesacs.org)enabling our NESACS members to beup to date on all section activity.

These past two years, I have beenactively working with the NESACSarchivist on developing a long term

plan for the storage and indexing of thesection archives. This work will con-tinue going forward.

As with any volunteer organization,the organization is only as strong as themembership and those volunteer mem-bers that actively participate in theplanning and execution of the variousevents. The strength of the NESACSlies in its membership. For the mem-bership to be strong, communicationsis critical. With your support foranother term as Secretary for theNESACS I will strive to increase theflow of communication between allfacets of our section membership.

TreasurerJames U. Piper

Education: B.S. MIT; M.S., Ph.D.Emory University.

Professional Experience: Researchappointments at Yale U. 1963-6, MIT1966-7 and 72-3, Worcester Founda-tion for Experimental Biology 1979-80. Teaching appointments at NewHaven College 1963-6, Simmons Col-lege 1966-2002. Currently EmeritusProf.

NESACS Service: ACS Membersince 1960. 1990 Hill Award.NESACS Treasurer Sept. 1977-pres-ent.

Statement: The Treasurer chairs theBudget Committee, is responsible forall Section funds except those of theTrust Accounts, and prepares reportsfor the Board of Directors, NationalACS, and state and federal agencies.Annual financial statements are pre-pared by a CPA to meet the require-ments of the Massachusetts AttorneyGeneral. The Section currently oper-ates with a budget of $300,000 ofwhich 30% comes from Trust Funds,33% from local and national dues, and37% from contributions and programrevenues. About 20% of all expendi-tures are related to awards which rec-ognize achievements in chemistry atall levels, from high school students toprofessional chemists, including pro-grams that encourage young people toenter the profession. Administrativeexpenses constitute 15% of expendi-tures. The remaining 65% supportsservices to the membership such as the

Nucleus; monthly meetings; symposia;educational and social activities forstudents, teachers, and professionalchemists; professional relations serv-ices including employment services;and public relations activities such asNational Chemistry Week. The qualityof these programs is high, and themajor budgetary problems involve set-ting priorities among them. I ampleased to work with the members ofthe Board of Directors who volunteermany hours in the service of their pro-fession.

AuditorAnthony L. Rosner

TrusteeJohn N. Driscoll

Education: Franklin Institute, AE,Chemical Engineering; Suffolk Uni-versity, BS, Chemistry, 1965; BostonUniversity, MA, 1967, Physical Chem-istry (M. Hoffman), Northeastern Uni-versity, Theoretical PhysicalChemistry, 1969

Professional Experience: 1973-2003- Founder, President & Treasurer-HNU Systems, Inc.; 1976- present- aFounder, board member, and Treasurer(1976-83), Audit committee (1990-present) Nova Biomedical; 1988-pres-ent, Chairman HNU-Nordion, Ltd, OY(Helsinki, Finland); 1988-1994, IMVLtd, a founder & board member; 1990-95, Environmental Business Council ofNew England; a founder, Presidentthen Chairman; 2003-present, PIDAnalyzers, LLC, President

ACS Service: Member since 1967 Member SCHB, Environmental,

Analytical Div., ACS EnvironmentalDiv. Session organizer at the ACSNational Meeting 2011-present ; Asso-ciate Member of the ACS Committeeon Environmental Improvement (CEI),2014 , Asked by the ACS to helporganize the ACS EntrepreneurialForum East to be held at Nova Bio-medical Corp. in April 9, 2014

NESACS Service: Public RelationsChair 2011-present. Started the CapeCod Science Café with JenniferMaclachlan in 2011 for IYC and have

run 8 science cafes over the past 3years. Started the association with theCambridge Science Festival in 2012with Jennifer Maclachlan. Started thecooperation with the SE MA STEMregion in 2012. Started the cooperationwith the Cape Cod Council of the BoyScouts of America.

Received a ChemLuminary Awardfor an Outstanding CollaborationBetween a Local Section and a Divi-sion during 2012 which was presentedto NESACS and SCHB at the Chem-Luminary Ceremony, at the ACSNational Meeting in Indianapolis.

Responsible for starting theNESACS Facebook page with JenniferMaclachlan. Responsible for theNESACS Linkedin page.

Worked with the SE MA subgroupto plan and hold our first meeting atUM Dartmouth in Oct. 2013 and haveplanned a second SE MA subsectionmeeting at Woods Hole OceanographicInstitute in Falmouth on May 15, 2014;worked with the CCC of the BoyScouts, NESACS and Cape Cod Com-munity College to organize the “STEMJourney: Spacelab to Zero G” with 2astronauts.

Relevant Memberships: AmericanIndustrial Hygiene Association 1972-present, Scientific Apparatus MakersAssociation 1985-1991, AnalyticalInstrument Association, a founder andboard member 1986-1991, , ASTMD19 1969-1974, appointed ASTM rep-resentative to the Intersociety Commit-tee; Environmental Export Councilmember 1992-97 (appointed by the USSecretary of Commerce)

Honors: Outstanding AchievementAward (2011) from NESACS fordevelopment of the PID. Suffolk Uni-versity, DCS 1993 (Hon.). Universityof MA-Environmental Business Personof the year 1992. Chairman Emeritus,Environmental Business Council ofNE. Five IR100 Awards; one R&D100award in 2013

Position Statement: While I haveno formal financial training (courses), Iprepared all the P&L’s, balance sheetsand cash flows for HNU Systems andNova Biomedical for Bank of Boston.I prepared all the projections for thethree companies acquired by HNU. Ialso review the financials for ourFinnish subsidiary. I negotiated all the

line of credit agreements with the Bank(up to $25M). Based on my 40+ yearsof actual financial experience runningcompanies, I believe that I am capableof performing the duties as a NESACStrustee.

Ruth TannerEducation: B.S. Purdue University;

Ph.D. University of Cincinnati (PhysicalOrganic Chemistry)

Professional Experience: Post-doc-toral Research Associate, Duke Univer-sity with Charles Hauser (DeuteriumExchange Reactions, Kinetics); Massa-chusetts State College at Lowell; Chair,Chemistry Department (1974); Univer-sity of Massachusetts Lowell, Professor(1978 – 2007); Visiting Scientist, Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technology (Bio-materials and Fabrication Laboratory);Member of Joint Council on Food andAgricultural Sciences (FDA1979 –1985); Director, Women in Science andEngineering Program (UMASS Low-ell); 1996 – 2006, Professor EmeritusUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell (2007 – Present),

ACS Service: Councilor (2010 –present); Membership Affairs Commit-tee ( 2011-present); Advisory Board,American Association of ChemistryTeachers (2013-present); HighSchool/College Interface SymposiumChemical Education Division, 224thACS national meeting 2002; On-SiteCoordinator, ACS TV Satellite SeminarSeries, Teaching Chemistry, Universityof Massachusetts Lowell (1996 – 1999)

NESACS Service: NESACS Chair,(2012); Nominating Committee, Chair(2013); Board of Directors (1996 –Present); Chair, Education Committeeincluding promotion of programs forundergraduate and high school chem-istry teachers ; sponsorship of symposiaat colleges and universities in the North-eastern Section; steering committee forthe NESACS-JCF/GDCh Exchangeprogram with Germany (2001 – pres-ent), a joint program with the YCC; theACS Scholars program, the NortheastUndergraduate Day; coordination of stu-dent affiliate organizations, Chair ofConnections to Chemistry, a program toconnect high school chemistry teacherswith the CHED resources of the ACS(1997 – 2009)

Honors: The John A. Timm Award forExcellence in Teaching Chemistry fromthe New England Association of chem-istry Teachers (2012); Henry A. HillAward for “meritorious service to theNESACS and to the profession ofChemistry” (2007); AdvancementAward from Boston Club for Women inScience and Engineering Program(2000)); Council on Diversity and Plu-ralism Award (1999); Department ofChemistry Teaching Award (1998)

Statement: The Trustees of NESACSare responsible for the management andgrowth of the Trust Funds of the Sectionand to make recommendations to theBoard as to the uses of the Funds, inkeeping with the wishes of the donors ofthe funds. Asset management involvesthe preservation and growth of funds byappropriate investments. The fundingfor the Sections programs, meetings,awards and activities comes from mem-bership dues, contributions, sponsor-ships and support from the parent ACS.In addition, the income from the TrustFunds provides funding for specificawards and activities in keeping withtheir designated objectives. AsTrustees, with our financial advisors, weneed to be progressive, with caution, inseeking opportunities for growth that donot risk the principal of the funds.

Councilor/AlternateMorton Z. Hoffman

Education: Hunter College, A.B.,1955; University of Michigan, M.S.,1957; University of Michigan, Ph.D.,1960.

Professional Experience: SheffieldUniversity, England: PostdoctoralResearch Associate, 1960-61; BostonUniversity: Assistant Professor, 1961-67; Associate Professor, 1967-71; Pro-fessor, 1971-2005; Professor Emeritus,2005-present.

ACS Service: SOCED Task Forceon Undergraduate Programming, 1991-2002; College Chemistry ConsultantsService, 1995-2009; Editorial AdvisoryBoard, ACS General Chemistry Proj-ect, 1999-2004; SOCED, 2002-11;Organizing Committee, Malta Confer-ences on Science and Education in theMiddle East, 2002-present; SeniorChemist Task Force, 2008-12; Interna-



tional Activities Committee, 2012;Senior Chemists Committee, 2013-present. Division of Chemical Educa-tion (CHED): Program Committee,1992-2004; International ActivitiesCommittee, 1993-2013; RegionalMeetings Committee, 2000-09; Chair-Elect, Chair, Immediate Past Chair,2004-06; CHED representative toIUPAC, 2005-14.

NESACS Service: Board of Direc-tors, 1993-present; Education Commit-tee, 1993-present; German ExchangeSteering Committee, 2001-present;Alternate Councilor, 1994-97, 1999-2002; Councilor, 1997-98, 2003-pres-ent; Chair-Elect, Chair, Immediate PastChair, 2001-03; Feature Editor andPhotographer, The NUCLEUS, 2005-present; Norris Award Committee2007-10; NERM Committee, 2007-present; NESACS representative to theNortheast Region Board of Directors,2010-present; IYC Committee, 2011;Subsection Task Force, 2013-present;Richards Medal Committee, 2013-present.

Relevant Memberships: AmericanAssociation for the Advancement ofScience; New England Association ofChemistry Teachers. ACS Divisions:Inorganic Chemistry; Physical Chem-istry; Chemical Education.

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, 1955;Senior Postdoctoral Research Associ-ate, National Academy of Sciences,1969-70; Associate of the DanforthFoundation, 1970; Fellow of the Amer-ican Association for the Advancementof Science, 1992; Metcalf Cup andPrize for Excellence in Teaching,Boston University, 1994; Hill Awardfor Outstanding Service, NESACS,1999; Responsible Care® CatalystAward, American Chemistry Council,2002; Timm Award, New EnglandAssociation of Chemistry Teachers,2003; Arthur Sweeny, Jr., MemorialLecturer, Lehman College, 2003; U.S.National Representative to the Com-mittee on Chemistry Education,IUPAC, 2004-present; Leavy FamilyLecturer, St. Michael’s College, 2005;James Flack Norris Award, NESACS,2005; Professional AchievementAward, Alumni Association of HunterCollege, 2006; ACS National Awardfor Volunteer Service, 2007; VisitingScientist Award, Western Connecticut

ACS Local Section, 2007; ACS Fel-low, 2009.

Statement: I have served as a mem-ber of ACS Council for 20 years, and Iask for your vote for re-election inorder for me to continue to be one ofthe representatives of NESACS on thepolicy-making body of the Society. Iintend to continue to work forcefullyon Council and within my committeeassignments to create stronger bondsbetween the Society and local sections,regions, younger chemists, high schoolteachers, senior chemists, and under-represented minorities. Given myinvolvement with the NESACS Ger-man Exchange, the Malta ConferencesFoundation, and IUPAC, I pledge tocontinue to support the Society’s inter-national efforts. I promise to be anactive voice for the Northeastern Sec-tion, representing the interests of ourbroad and diverse membership.

Christine Jaworek-LopesEducation: B.A, Tufts University

(1992); Ph.D., Tufts University (2000)Professional Experience: Associate

Professor, Emmanuel College (2010-present); Assistant Professor,Emmanuel College (2000-2010)

ACS Service: Member since 1992;Member of Committee of CommunityActivities (2006-present); co-chair Vol-unteer Recognition and Engagementsubcommittee for Committee of Com-munity Activities (2009); Chair of Vol-unteer Recognition and EngagementSubcommittee for Committee of Com-munity Activities (2010-present);Member of Chemical Education(CHED) Programming Committee(2011-present); co-chair for CHEDprogramming 247th ACS NationalMeeting, Dallas, TX.

NESACS Service: National Chem-istry Week (NCW) Chair (2003- pres-ent); Member of the Phyllis A. BraunerCommittee (2003-present); Councilor(2006-2008); Alternate Councilor(2009-2014); assist in Education nightorganization (2013-present).

Awards: Recipient of the 2008 E.Ann Nalley Northeast Regional Awardfor Volunteer Services

Statement: I am excited to be nom-inated for the position ofcouncilor/alternate councilor for the

Northeastern Section. While my mainfocus would be to be an advocate formembers and to communicate theirvisions and ideas, an ongoing goal ofmine is to increase visibility and inter-est in chemistry among primary andsecondary school children. I havebegun this effort as chair of NCW.Our committee reached out to schooldistricts for classroom participation inposter, puzzle, and t-shirt design com-petitions. We received interest, feed-back, and involvement from manycommunity educators. Also, duringmy ten years of involvement in NCW,I have succeeded in increasing thenumber of volunteers. We haveexpanded our Section NCW eventseach year by adding new venues andnew programs. Our NCW activities inhave resulted our Section receivingChemluminary awards in 2003, 2007,2010, and 2012 for either Most Cre-ative Celebration Using the YearlyTheme or Most Original Hands-OnActivity. Since 2006, I have been anactive member of the Committee onCommunity Activities. While on thiscommittee, I have assisted in stream-lining the CCA Chemluminary awardevaluation process and participated inthe development of materials for NCW2009, NCW 2010, Chemists CelebrateEarth Day (CCED) 2012, NCW 2012.This subcommittee designed the LSOutreach Volunteer of the Year Awardwhich has been awarded to more than100 individuals nationwide since itsinception in 2012. In 2010, I wasinvited to serve on the CHED ProgramCommittee and as a member of thiscommittee I have served as a CHEDNational Meeting Co-Chair for thespring 2014 meeting and am slated toserve as co-chair for the spring 2016,fall 2017 ACS National Meetings. Iwould be honored to represent the sec-tion at local and national meetings.

Patrick GordonEducation: B.Sc. University of

Guyana (1977); M.Sc, University ofNewSouth Wales, Australia (1982);Ph.D., University of Manitoba, Canada(1987)

Professional Experience: PostDoctoral Associate, Kansas State Uni-versity,(1987-1988); Organix Inc.,

Woburn, MA (1988-1991); Senior Sci-entist,Polaroid Corporation (1991-2001); Arqule Inc. (2001-2002);Polymer Laboratories, (2003-2004);Adjunct Professor Simmons College,Emmanuel College, MCHPS Univer-sity, (2005 to Present).

ACS Service: Alternate Councilor(1994-1996, 1997-1999, 2000-2001,2003-2006) Councilor (2011-2014);Career consultant (2003 to present)

NESACS Service: Chair-Elect(2010), Chair (2011), NERM Chair ofthe Symposium on Cannabinoids,(1989); Centennial Committee Co-Chair (1998); Member, Board of Publi-cations 1999 to 2008; Secretary, Boardof Publications, 2000; Chair, Board ofPublications, 2002, 2004

Statement: I have been involvedwith the local since 1990 and havebeen a member since 1979 havingjoined when I was pursuing my mas-ter’s degree in Australia! And so I cansay that I have appreciated the pro-grams that both ACS and NESACShave implemented in order to providevaluable and essential services to itsmembers. However, in these economictimes, one of the challenges for thesociety is demonstrating the value ofmembership in ACS. I believe we, ascurrent members, can help by continu-ing to provide volunteer support inwhatever area we can or wish to sup-port. I am choosing to work with highschools under the umbrella of theCOACHES program that was initiatedseveral years ago by ACS. In thatvein, I am working with the John DO’Bryant and Malden high schools toprovide support to the chemistry teach-ers at those schools. In addition, I amworking to ensure that NESACS main-tains its support project SEED and tosupport the career service programboth at the national and at the locallevel. I have also maintained myinvolvement with the Germanexchange program.

It would be a pleasure to continueserve on the board of NESACS and Ithank you for your continued support.

Andrew ScholteEducation: B. Sc. (Biochemistry;

1st Class Honors) Simon Fraser Uni-versity, 2000; Ph.D. (Chemistry) Uni-

versity of Alberta, 2006Professional Experience: Gen-

zyme, a Sanofi Company, MedicinalChemistry Department, Staff ScientistII, 2012-present; Genzyme, a SanofiCompany, Medicinal ChemistryDepartment, Staff Scientist I, 2008-2012; Boston College, ChemistryDepartment, NSERC Postdoctoral fel-low with Prof. Marc Snapper, 2006-2008.

Honors/Awards: ACS LeadershipDevelopment Award (2010); NaturalSciences and Engineering ResearchCouncil of Canada (NSERC) PDF(2006-2008); Outstanding Oral Presen-tation-Canadian Society for Chemistry(2005); Canada Graduate Scholarship(2003-2005); NSERC PostgraduateScholarship A (2001-2003); AlbertaHeritage Studentship (2000-2005);Faculty of Science Graduate EntranceScholarship (2000); Department ofChemistry Entrance Scholarship(2000); Walter H. John Scholarship(2001-2005); Mary Louise Imrie Grad-uate Student Award (2004); AlfredBader Scholarship-Canadian Societyfor Chemistry (2000).

Service to the Chemistry Commu-nity (USA and Canada): Member ofthe ACS since 2006; Alternate Coun-cilor (Jan. 2012-present), Vice Chair ofthe NSYCC (2010-2011). Member onthe NESACS committee for the 2010ACS meeting in Boston, MA (Kather-ine Lee-Chair); President of the 1stBanff Symposium on Organic Chem-istry Organizing Committee; Memberof the Canadian Institute of Chemistrysince 2000.

Statement: I am honored to benominated for election as a NESACScouncilor. For the past 15 years I havebeen actively involved with serving thescientific community in the UnitedStates and Canada. During my under-graduate studies at Simon Fraser Uni-versity, I was the President of theBiochemistry and Chemistry Under-graduate Student Union. As president Iinitiated a career symposium programwhere students could learn more aboutpotential career opportunities in bothacademic and industrial fields. Duringmy graduate school training at the Uni-versity of Alberta I established a newconference for graduate students inChemistry. The Banff Symposium on

Organic Chemistry is held every twoyears in Banff, Alberta and aims tohighlight graduate student’s researchwhile providing an opportunity to dis-cuss their work with industrial, post-doctoral, and faculty researchers.

For the past few years I have beeninvolved with NESACS. In the winterof 2010 I was a member of theNESACS committee for the 2010 ACSmeeting in Boston. On this committeeI was responsible for recruiting studentvolunteers working during the nationalmeeting. More recently, I was electedas vice chair of the Younger ChemistsCommittee within NESACS (NSYCC)Z involved in planning of eventshosted by the NSYCC and acted as amoderator and scientific judge for theannual graduate research conference(2011). Last year I was fortunateenough to be re-elected as an alternatecouncilor for the NESACS (2014-2016) and I am running again to beelected as a councilor on the NESACSboard.

I am looking forward to build uponmy experiences with NESACS and totake on a more active role within thelocal section here in the Northeast. Ifelected as a councilor, I will continueto my work with the younger chemists.Younger chemists can learn from theexperiences of our members and bringfresh and new ideas to the section. It isimperative for the future of NESACSand the ACS that we actively engagethe younger chemists of our society. Iask for your vote and thank you inadvance for your support.

Michael P. FilosaEducation: B. Sc., Massachusetts

Institute of Technology (1974), Ph.D.,Harvard University, (1980), BabsonSchool of Executive Education (1988).

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, PhiLambda Upsilon, Merck Award(1974), Dreyfus Foundation Scholar(1975). NESACS Henry A. HillAward (2012).

Experience: Polaroid Corporation(1979-2005); Scientist, Group Leader,Senior Manager of Chemistry. (2005-2013); ZINK Imaging, Inc.; SeniorManager of Chemistry.

NESACS and ACS Service: ACSMember since 1976. Alternate Coun-



cilor (1997-1999; 2005-2008), Coun-cilor (2009-2014); Editor of theNucleus (2005-present). Board of Pub-lications (2005-Present), Heyn AwardCommittee (2006-Present). NominatingCommittee (2010, 2013). Local Organ-izing Committee for the 2007 and 2010Boston ACS National Meetings. Com-mittee on Chemical Abstracts Service(CCAS) Associate Member (2010)Full Committee Member (2011-16).

Statement: As the Editor of theNucleus for the last nine years, I havemade a major contribution to the localsection. Each year involves coordinat-ing the production of ten issues, atten-dance at Board of Publicationsmeetings as well as monthly BoardMeetings. As a consequence of thisduty, I am knowledgeable about theoperations, history, and activities of theNESACS.

I am also well acquainted with theleaders and many members of our sec-tion. Over the last six years as a coun-cilor I have worked at supporting theobjectives of our section at the ACSNational Meetings. I have made it apriority to attend every national meet-ing as a councilor in order to develop apresence at the national level andensure a strong NESACS presence ateach Council Meeting.

In 2010, I was appointed an associ-ate member of the Committee onChemical Abstracts Service (CCAS).CAS is one of the most important serv-ice/businesses of the ACS.

I believe strongly in supporting theefforts of CAS in a very competitiveenvironment for information services.After my first year as an associatemember of CCAS I was appointed to afull term for 2011-13. I was just reap-pointed to a second term for 2014-2016.

If reelected as councilor I hope tofurther extend my influence at thenational level, as well as support theobjectives of NESACS locally andnationally. Thank you for consideringmy candidacy and allowing me to rep-resent you.

Mary BurgessEducation: Simmons College B.S.

ChemistryNESACS Service: I have been an

active member of the Section sincegraduation from Simmons College. Ihave participated in the programswhile working in Academia, Industry,and Government.

I have been a member of the Profes-sional Relations group and EducationGroup at National Meetings. In theLocal Section, I have been involvedwith the development of the StudentNight Award Program and the HenryHill Award Program. As HospitalityChair, I have actively participated inthe National Meetings held in Bostonin 1978, 1990, 1998, 2002, and 2007.I also worked on earlier ‘SummerThing’ programs, which included a“Night at POPS”. I have been aNational service member of the Profes-sional Relations Group, Womens’ Com-mittee, Local Sections Committee andthe Professional Affairs Committee.

I received the Henry Hill Award in1997, and most recently in 2007, theaward for long-term service toNESACS

Statement: I have represented theNew England Section of the ACS ascouncilor and ask for your support tobe reelected on the new slate. My termfor the present will end in December2014 and I ask you to consider me forreelection to the new slate. I have beenactive in the Section as Chair of theHospitality Committee (LocalArrangements) and wish to continue inthat role.

I have been active during my careerin local and national programs and en -courage all members to participate inthe local section activities, especiallynew and younger members. I amproud to have been an active memberwith my associates. I shall continue towork to encourage others to be activein the section. I ask for your continuedsupport to do this. I hope that you willvote again for me as your councilor.

Mark J. TebbeEducation: University of Notre

Dame (B.S., 1988, major: Chemistry);Stanford University (Ph.D., 1994,major: Organic Chemistry)

Professional Experience: Sr.Organic Chemist (Eli Lilly, 1994-1999),Research Scientist (Eli Lilly, 1999-2000), Head – Discovery Chemistry

Research and Technologies, Hamburg,Germany (Eli Lilly, 2000-2003), Head –Discovery Chemistry Research,Research Triangle Park (Eli Lilly, 2003-2004), Global Head of Operations, Dis-covery Chemistry Research andTechnologies, Indianapolis, IN (EliLilly, 2004-2006), Research Advisor(Eli Lilly, 2006-2007), Sr ResearchAdvisor (Eli Lilly, 2007-2010), VicePresident Medicinal and ComputationalChemistry (Forma Therapeutics Inc.,2010-2013), Founder and Principal(Tebbe Consulting LLC, 2010-present),CEO and Head of Drug Discovery(Allosteerix Inc., 2014-present)

ACS: ACS Member (1985-present),Organic Division Member (1988-94),Medicinal Chemistry Division Member(1994-Present)

NESACS: Chair, Fund-raising Com-mittee, 2013-present

Statement: Having been involvedwith the ACS since I was in college andgoing out into the community to givedemonstrations at the local schools, Ihave always enjoyed my involvementwith the ACS. I have moved frequentlyin my career, including internationalassignments, which has made long termvolunteering and involvement difficult.However, upon moving to the Bostonarea in 2010 from the mid-west, Iwanted to find ways to give back to thecommunity. While I volunteer at foodbanks and do other community services,I wanted to do something more forchemistry. Therefore, in 2012, I askedthe NESACS leadership what I could doto get more involved - the answer wasfund-raising. While I had no experiencein this area, I believe that a little hardwork and some careful thought canaccomplish almost anything, so I agreedto take on the role of Chair of the fund-raising committee for NESACS. I havegotten very involved with this, attendedalmost every board meeting since takingon this role in January of 2013, andbeen able to really get to know theNESACS organization and the peopleinvolved as well as actually raisingsome funds (anyone want to donate?)! Ihave been lucky to work with a greatteam of dedicated individuals withinNESACS, and now I would like to takeon additional responsibilities and con-tinue to support an organization thatdoes so much for chemistry education

and the furthering of chemistry in thegreater community. I believe in discus-sion with follow-through, getting thingsdone, giving people responsibility andaccountability, and building teams. Ithink NESACS is a good environmentto do this with a great group of people.Thanks for your support, and I willserve to the best of my ability toimprove and further the organization.

Ralph T. ScannellEducation: B.S., 1973, Boston

State College (Major: Biology andMinor: Chemistry); M.S., 1978 Uni-versity of Lowell (Chemistry); Ph.D.,1983, Brandeis University (OrganicChemistry)

Professional Experience: Labora-tory Instructor, University of Lowell(1976-1977); Postdoctoral ResearchAssociate, University of Virginia(1983-86); Senior Medicinal Chemist(1987-1990), A.H. Robins Pharmaceu-ticals; Senior Research and Develop-ment Chemist (1990-1992), EthylCorporation; Principal Scientist (1992-1994), Associate Director of MedicinalChemistry (1994-1996), Director ofMedicinal Chemistry (1996-1998),Senior Director of Medicinal Chem-istry (1998), CytoMed, Inc.; SeniorDirector of Chemistry (1998-2005),UCB Research, Inc.; Head of Chem-istry (2007), Vice President of Chem-istry (2007-2008), AmuletPharmaceuticals; R&D Consultant(2008-Present); Vice President ofChemistry, ETX Pharmaceuticals(2014-Present), Adjunct Associate Pro-fessor, MS Program in Drug Discoveryand Development, Massachusetts Col-lege of Pharmacy and Health Sciences(2007-2010); Guest Lecturer, DrugDiscovery and Development, North-eastern University 2009-Present).

NESACS Service: Vice-Chair/Pro-grams 2006; Organizing committee,NESACS, IUPAC and RSC-US spon-sored Advances in Chemical SciencesSymposium (2007-2010); Director-at-Large within NESACS, 2009 – 2015;Nominating Committee, 2010; ACSFellows Nominating, 2012; Canvass-ing Committee for the Esselen Award,2013.

Memberships: American ChemicalSociety (Organic and Medicinal chem-

istry divisions), Science AdvisoryBoard Member, University of Massa-chusetts in Boston

Statement: I am honored to benominated for election toCouncilor/Alternate Councilor for theNortheastern Section of the ACS and Iam looking forward for the opportunityto increase my role in section activitiesand representing the Northeastern Sec-tion within the larger community of theACS. I will diligently strive toexpress the interests of the Northeast-ern section on the national level andwill ensure that issues that are impor-tant to our local section are repre-sented. I have actively participatedwithin the NESACS on several levelsand I am looking forward to continuingand broadening my activities.

John W. PodobinskiEducation: University of Iowa,

M.S., 2004; University of MinnesotaDuluth, B.S., 1999.

Professional Experience: ModernaTherapeutics, 2012-present; CeruleanPharma, Inc. 2007-2012; MillenniumPharmaceuticals, Inc. 2004-2006.

NESACS Service: Alternate Coun-cilor, 2011 to present; CommitteeMember NESACS-JCF/GDCh Chem-istry Student Exchange Program toGermany, 2011-present; BostonNational ACS Meeting Committee,2010.

Memberships: American ChemicalSociety 2004-present (Division: Poly-meric Materials Science and Engineer-ing); Younger Chemist Committee2010-2012.

Statement: I had the privilege ofserving the Northeastern Section thispast year as a councilor during theIndianapolis ACS National Meetingand have been willing and able toserve for the past three years.

Further, I am a committee memberfor the Chemistry Student ExchangeProgram to Germany and contributorto the Nucleus. This team has beenresponsible for facilitating several suc-cessful international chemistry studentexchanges to Erlangen-Nürnberg, Ros-tock, and Jena and my review in theNucleus identified for visitors andlocals some of the best restaurants inNew England.

I am honored to be nominated to theposition of Councilor for the North-eastern Section. As a Councilor for theNortheastern Section of the AmericanChemical Society, I will attend localsection board meetings. I will alsoattend our National ACS meetings,represent our section at these meetings,and cast my votes, as necessary, to rep-resent our members and ensure that ourgoverning body is working in the bestinterests of our section. Election to theposition of Councilor would allow meto further support the growth andhealth of NESACS.

My professional experience withformulation and drug delivery tech-nologies in the biotechnology sectorhas been focused on discovering anddeveloping more safe and effectivetherapeutics for patients with unmetmedical needs. At Moderna, I haveprepared novel formulations for thedelivery of messenger ribonucleic acidtherapeutics. At Cerulean, I co-invented and developed platform tech-nologies for oncology targets.Formerly with discovery medicinalchemistry at Millennium Pharmaceuti-cals I synthesized novel kinase andubiquitin-like protein inhibitors.

Together these experiences havegiven me a unique perspective that willbe invaluable in working together withchemists of diverse backgrounds. Ilook forward to representing our sec-tion and its members. As a representa-tive I plan to advocate for youngerchemists and I am motivated toencourage increased industrial partici-pation at NESACS events. I ask foryour vote and thank you for your sup-port. Chemists Unite!

R. Christian (Chris) MoretonEducation: Nottingham, UK,

B.Pharm, 1971, Strathclyde, UK, MSc,1987, Wales – Cardiff, UK, PhD, 1992.

Professional Experience: TorbayHospital, Torquay, UK, 1971-2, HarkerStagg, London, UK, 1972-3, Pfizer,Sandwich, UK, 1973-80, SterlingWinthrop, Alnwick, UK, 1981-4, ACOLäkemedel, Solna, Sweden, 1984-6,Penwest Pharmaceuticals, Reigate, UKand Patterson, NY, 1992-2001, Gen-pharm, Toronto, Ontario, 2001-2,Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge,



MA, 2002-7, FinnBrit Consulting,Waltham, MA, 2007-Present.

ACS Service: None.NESACS Service: Government

Affairs Committee (2009 – Present). Relevant Memberships: Royal

Pharmaceutical Society of GreatBritain, Packaging Society (UK),Royal Society of Chemistry, Academyof Pharmaceutical Sciences (UK),American Association for theAdvancement of Science, AmericanAssociation of Pharmaceutical Scien-tists, Parenteral Drug Association,International Society of Pharmaceuti-cal Engineers. ACS Divisions: Analyti-cal Chemistry, Colloid & SurfaceChemistry, Polymeric Materials Sci-ence & Engineering

Honors: None.Position Statement: I would be

honored to serve as a Councilor/Alter-nate Councilor for NESACS. Our Sec-tion is one of the largest ACS Sections.It is important to maintain contact withour members, and to keep theminformed and engaged. NESACS hasdone and continues to an excellent jobin this respect with the monthly meet-ings, the Nucleus and the differentawards meetings that the Section hosts.Going forward, as social media andother innovations will have a greaterimpact on our lives, NESACS willneed to continue to adapt, and I amsure it will. ACS is the largest profes-sional scientific society in the country,and we have to play our part in reme-dying the decline in US STEM educa-tion. As professional scientists, ourmembers are well positioned to make alocal impact, and I would like to seethe Section make even more progressin this respect. If elected, I would belooking to continue the good work thathas already been initiated by the Sec-tion to continue to develop our effortswith the State governmental organiza-tions, and to encourage our involve-ment in local STEM initiatives. Inaddition, I would be looking to main-tain our excellent relationship with thelarger ACS organization.

Patricia Ann MabroukEducation: B.A. 1982 Wellesley;

Ph.D. 1988 Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology

Professional Experience: NIHPostdoctoral Fellowship 1988-1900Stanford University; Assistant Profes-sor, Northeastern University (1990-1997); Associate Professor,Northeastern University (1997-2004);Professor, Northeastern University(2004-present); Associate Dean ofAcademic & Faculty Affairs for theCollege of Science, Northeastern Uni-versity (2011-present)

ACS Service: Member since 1988.Associate member of ACS SEEDNational Committee (2003 – 2004);Councilor (2004-2012); Associatemember of Women Chemists Commit-tee (2006-2009); Associate member ofMeetings & Expositions (2009-2010);Associate Member of SOCED (2011-present); Member, Special Joint Com-mittee revising ACS AcademicProfessional Guidelines (2012-present);Chair of ANYL Education Committee(2008 – 2013); Member, ACS NationalAward Committee (2009-2012); Chair,ACS National Award Committee(2013); Member, ACS ChemLuminaryAward Committee (2013)

NESACS Service: ACS SEEDCoordinator for NESACS (1998-2010); Member of the TheodoreWilliam Richards ACS Medal AwardCommittee (1999 – 2005; 2010-2014);Member of James Flack Norris AwardCommittee (2013-present); Chair ofTheodore William Richards ACSMedal Award Committee (2000 –2004; 2011-2012); Councilor (2004-present); Chair-Elect (2005); Chair(2006); Past-Chair (2007)

Memberships, Honors: NSFCAREER Award (1996-2001); CASEMassachusetts Professor of the Year(2003); Northeastern University Excel-lence in Teaching Award (2004); Fel-low of the American Chemical Society(2011); Sigma Xi; AAAS; NSTA;NSTA; NEACT

Statement: I realize that I probablysound like a broken record but I amtruly grateful for the myriad opportuni-ties I have had as your representativewith ACS over the years. I deeplyvalue the opportunity this position hasafforded me to “give something back”and the doors it has opened for me onso many levels. As one of your electedcouncilors, I have had the opportunityto serve on a national level with ACS

SEED Committee, with the WomenChemists Committee (WCC) and itsadvocacy subcommittee, Meetings &Exposititions (M&E), the SocietyCommitttee on Education (SOCED),and with the Analytical Division andits education committee. As a memberof SOCED I have recently had theopportunity to participate in discus-sions regarding revisions to the CPTguidelines for undergraduate chemistryprograms at colleges and universitiesacross the US, helped craft a policystatement on online education, andworked on a complete rewrite of theAcademic Professional Guidelines as amember of a special Joint Task Force.I would very much like to continue toserve you and ACS as a Councilor rep-resenting our local section. Of course Ican only do this with your support so Iam asking for your support, specifi-cally, for your vote for the position ofCouncilor. Many thanks!

Sonja Strah-PleynetEducation: Ph.D. Organic Chem-

istry (1996); M.S. Organic Chemistry(1993); B.S. Chemistry (1990), Uni-versity of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Florida(1997-1998); University of California,San Diego (1998-1999).

Professional Experience: Consult-ant (2011-Present); National ScienceFoundation, Reviewer (2012); Ther-medical, Inc. (2012); Arena Pharma-ceuticals (1999-2009); SeniorScientist, Medicinal Chemistry.

Awards and Honors: ChemLumi-nary Award - ACS President’s Awardfor Local Section Government Affairs(2010); ACS Certificate of Achieve-ment, San Diego Section (2008); ArenaPharmaceuticals – Outstanding Medic-inal Chemistry Team Award (2007);Postdoctoral Fellowship from Ministryof Science and Technology, Slovenia(1997); First Prize Winner at 26thKRKA Pharmaceuticals ResearchAwards (1996); Graduate ResearchScholarship of Ministry of Science andTechnology, Slovenia (1991-1996).

Service in ACS National Offices:ACS Council (2004-Present); ACSNational Award Selection Committee,Member (2011-Present); PresidentialTask Force “Vision 2025”, Member

(2012-2013); Committee on Chemistryand Public Affairs, Associate (2013),Committee on Economic and Profes-sional Affairs (CEPA), Member (2007-2012); Associate (2005-2006), ACSIndustry Member Programs – Small/Medium Business Advisory Panel,Member (2009-2010); ACS LegislativeAction Network, Member (2006-Pres-ent); ACS Legislative Summit onCapitol Hill (2006, 2013); CEPA TaskForce on Globalization (2008-2009).

Service in ACS: Member since1998; ACS Divisions: Organic andMedicinal Chemistry, Member (1998-Present); Northeastern Section: Alter-nate Councilor (2013-Present);Government Affairs Committee, Mem-ber (2010-Present), STEM Task ForceCoordinator (2012-Present); NESACSWebsite - STEM News Editor (2012-Present); STEM Outreach - ScienceCafé and Science Fairs (2011-Present);San Diego Section: Councilor (2004-2012), Alternate Councilor (2000-2003); Government AffairsCommittee, Chair (2007-2010); ACSCalifornia Government and LegislativeAffairs Committee (2008-2010); West-ern Regional Meeting: San DiegoHost Local Section Volunteer (2007).

Statement: I am honored to benominated for reelection as NESACSCouncilor. I bring 15 years of ACSvolunteer and leadership experience onlocal and national level. I have been astrong advocate for science educationand often conducted outreach activitiesfor students, teachers and youngchemists, through classroom visits, sci-ence fairs or career development sym-posia. Since 2010, I have served as amember of the Government AffairsCommittee that helped organizeNESACS Small Chemical BusinessSymposium in 2012 and shapedNESACS STEM initiative. I have beena coordinator and STEM news editorfor the NESACS website. This newfeature was designed to help publicize,coordinate and encourage local STEMactivities. It also provides resourcesand opportunities for increasedNESACS member involvement, net-working and collaboration in programsthat help promote K-12 education inscience, technology, engineering andmath in an effort to develop next gen-eration of chemical scientists.

Prior to NESACS, I served as aCouncilor and Chair of the Govern-ment Affairs Committee for San DiegoSection. I organized and led federallegislative district office and CapitolHill visits to engage legislators andadvocate on issues important to ACSmembers, such as science researchfunding, STEM education, innovation,green chemistry and sustainability. Inthis role, I developed strategic partner-ships and collaborations betweenindustry, academia and government,ACS and other scientific organizations.As your councilor I will draw on mypast leadership experience and networkto keep bringing solutions to issuesconfronting our members. Thank youfor your support!

Anna Waclawa SromekEducation: BS in Chemistry, Uni-

versity of Chicago, 1996; PhD inOrganic Chemistry, University of Illi-nois at Chicago, 2005.

Professional Experience: AssociateChemist, Technical Coatings, 1996-1998; teaching assistant, 1998-2001;postdoctoral researcher, University ofIllinois at Chicago, 2005-2006;chemist, JCL Bioassay, 2006-2008;

NIDA Research Fellow, Alcohol andDrug Abuse Research Center, McLeanHospital, Harvard Medical School,2008-2010; Instructor in Psychiatry,Medicinal Chemist, Alcohol and DrugAbuse Research Center, McLean Hos-pital, Harvard Medical School, 2010-present.

ACS Service: Member since 1997;currently member of Organic Division,Medicinal Chemistry Division, andNortheast Section.

NESACS Service: Member as of2009; member, Esselen Award Com-mittee, 2009-2013; chair, EsselenAward Committee, 2013

Personal Statement: I am honoredto be nominated for election as aNESACS councilor. I have enjoyed mytenure in the Esselen Award Commit-tee and I want to continue my serviceto the ACS and NESACS. If elected, Iwill actively work to promote chem-istry to the general public, and to fosterinterest and participation of the chem-istry community. Thank you for yourconsideration.

Doris I. LewisEducation: Duke University, B.S.,

Tufts University, Ph.D.



Professional Experience: SuffolkUniversity 1975-2014 (ProfessorEmerita 2014; Chair 1995-2004;Forensic Science Coordinator 2002-07); Newton College of the SacredHeart 1970-75.

ACS Service: ACS Committee onPublic Relations and Communications;ACS Committee on Chemistry andPublic Affairs; ACS Council Commit-tee on Local Section Activities; Sci-ence, Engineering, and TechnologyCongressional Visits.

NESACS Service: NESACS Chair;Councilor; Alternate Councilor;founder and chair, Phyllis A. BraunerMemorial Lecture Committee;National Chemistry Week Committee;chair, Legislative Affairs Committee;Nominating Committee; Board of Pub-lications; Suffolk University ACS Stu-dent Affiliate Chapter Adviser;Summerthing; Government Affairs;Norris Award Committee.

Awards: E. Ann Nalley Award forVolunteer Service to the AmericanChemical Society (2013); Henry A.Hill Award for outstanding service tothe Northeastern Section and to theProfession of Chemistry- 2003; ACSlegislative action honor roll; NewTVAward for “Bubbles and Beakers”video.

Statement: I place a high value onmy membership in the community ofchemists in the Northeastern Section.I’m proud of receiving the E. Ann Nal-ley Award for Service to the AmericanChemical Society and the Henry HillAward, and of the activities that I havehelped to initiate in our Section-among them an active National Chem-istry Week program, NESACS days atFenway Park, Connections to Chem-istry for High School teachers, and anactive Government Affairs Committee-but the fact of the matter is that dedi-cated and talented NESACS volunteershave made these and many more pro-grams into wonderful successes. Work-ing with them has been an honor and apleasure. As chair of the Phyllis A.Brauner Memorial Lecture CommitteeI have the delightful experience ofworking with the National ChemistryWeek volunteers to bring the joys ofscience to all ages through a publiclecture-demonstration and hands-onactivities. In 2000, my year as

NESACS chair, our Section receivedthe first President’s Award for LocalSection Government Affairs, and I’vebrought our concerns to Congress as amember of the ACS Committee onChemistry and Public Affairs andchaired our NESACS GovernmentAffairs Committee. I invite you to joinme in these worthwhile activities.

I would appreciate your vote forCouncilor, and I ask if I am electedthat you share with me your views andconcerns so that I can serve you andthe Section better.

Mukund S. ChorghadeEducation: B.Sc. 1971; M. Sc.

1973 (1st Class Honors) University ofPoona, India; Ph.D. (Organic Chem-istry), 1982, Georgetown University

Professional Experience: ResearchFellow, National Chemical Laboratory(1973-74); Instructor, GeorgetownUniversity (1981-82); PostdoctoralResearch Assoc., University of Vir-ginia (1982-84); Postdoctoral ResearchFellow, Harvard University (1984-85);Senior Research Chemist (1985-89);Project Leader (1989-90), Dow Chem-ical Co.; Research Scientist/AssistantDirector, College de France, Paris andUniversite Louis Pasteur (1990-91);Project Manager, Abbott Laboratories,Pharmaceutical Research (1991-95);Senior Director, Chemical SciencesResearch & Development, CytoMed,Inc. (1997-98); President, CP Consult-ing, Chorghade Enterprises (1995 topresent); Visiting Scholar, Universityof British Columbia, University ofChicago, Northwestern University,Caltech, Cambridge University; VicePresident, Pharmaceutical Develop-ment Sciences, Geltex Pharmaceuticals/ Genzyme , (2000 to 2003); Presidentand Chief Scientific Officer, Pharma-ceutical Sciences Division, D & OPharmachem (2003-present), Presidentand CSO, THINQ Pharma (2006-),Founder and CSO, AGN Biofuels andEmpiriko, (2010-), Adjunct ResearchProfessor, Mass. College Of Pharmacy(2006-2008) Northeastern University(2008-), Adjunct at Harvard and MIT(2009-), Visiting Scholar, Boston Col-lege (2014-)

ACS Service: Member since 1982.Chair, Brazosport Section (1990);

Organic Division, member; VisitingSpeakers Program (1999 to present);Department of Career Services Con-sultant (2000 to present); Member,International Activities Committee(2003-2012), Program Chair, ComSci(2012-2013), Chair, SCHB (2010-11,2014-), Member, EntrepreneurialResource Center (2012-)

NESACS Service: Board of Direc-tors (1997-), Public Services Commit-tee, Chair; Professional ServicesCommittee, member and chair (2005-);Public Affairs Committee; Public Rela-tions Committee (2000)-, Interim Edi-tor, The Nucleus (2004), NESACSChair-elect (2006), Chair (2007)

Memberships/Honors:MaharashtraAcademy of Sciences (Elected Fel-low); Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sci-ences (Elected Fellow) IUPAC; RoyalSociety of Chemistry (Elected Fellow);New York Academy of Sciences;American Institute of Chemists(Elected Fellow); AAAS (Elected Fel-low); ACS (Elected Fellow), Sigma Xi;Indian Society of Bio-OrganicChemists; IUPAC Commission onBiotechnology, Medicinal Chemistry,New Technologies and Special Topics,Division of Chemistry and HumanHealth; 20th IUPAC Conference on theChemistry of Natural Products,Chicago, 1996; Chair, Scientific Pro-grams Comm., on Advisory Board forOrganic Process Research and Devel-opment; Member, Committees onInternational Activities and Technol-ogy, American Institute of Chemists.Awarded “Diamond Jubilee Fellow-ship”, Univ. Dept. of Chemical Tech-nology, Mumbai, India- Awarded“B.D. Tilak Distinguished Visiting Fel-lowship”, University of Bombay,India. Awarded “Bharat Gourav”Award, Government of India. Invitedspeaker at numerous international con-ferences

Statement: It is a singular honorand privilege to be nominated to theposition of Councilor for the North-eastern Section.

It will be my endeavor to representthe Northeastern section effectively inthe National Council. The issues con-fronting the Chemical Enterprise in theUSA and the ACS are complex anddemand creative solutions. I am spear-heading an entrepreneurship effort that

will stimulate job growth. I would alsoensure election of more NESACS Fel-lows. I will spare no effort in ensuringthat the voice of our electorate is heardand that the council determines effec-tive policies for all members. Myextensive experience in NESACS andNational ACS governance has givenme the background to effectively rep-resent the section

Director-at-LargeJohn M. Burke

Education: B.A. Chemistry, M.A.,Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, BrandeisUniversity

Professional Experience: ProjectManagement Consultant, MerckResearch Labs (2012 – Present);Director, Business Solutions, HealthAdvances LLC (2011-2012); Sr.Research Business Analyst, CubistPharmaceuticals (2009 – 2011);Knowledge Development Manager,Millipore Corporation (2006 – 2008);Scientific Informatics ApplicationsConsultant, AstraZeneca (2005-2006);

Research Software Administrator,UCB Research, Inc. (2002 – 2005);Technical Services Consultant, Forma-tion Systems (2000 – 2002); Docu-mentation Manager and SupportScientist, CambridgeSoft Corp. (1996– 2000); Adjunct Assistant Professor ofBiochemistry, MA College of Phar-macy (1995); Adjunct Assistant Profes-sor of Chemistry, Boston College(1993 – 1994); Assistant Professor ofChemistry and Biochemistry, StonehillCollege (1986 – 1993)

Memberships: American ChemicalSociety, American Association of Phar-maceutical Scientists, CambridgeSemantic Web Meetup Group, Labora-tory Robotics Interest Group, BostonArea Group for Informatics and Mod-eling, Association for ComputingMachinery, American Association forthe Advancement of Science, OracleLife Sciences User Group (FoundingDirector)

Statement: I am honored to havebeen nominated for Director-at-Large ofthe Northeastern Section. Throughoutmy career in academia and industry, mytraining as a chemist has led me to manyunanticipated opportunities within a

diversity of scientific and technical cul-tures where chemistry holds a highvalue. As I continue to witness theevolving relationships among chemistry,biology, information technology, nan-otechnology, and other emerging hybriddisciplines, I cannot escape wonderingabout how the evolving diversity ofwhat it means to be a chemist will andshould affect the ACS and theNESACS. I hope to be involved in help-ing our section anticipate and serveeffectively the evolving needs and inter-ests of our members, and I feel that myown career experiences have helped melearn how to communicate effectivelyacross the increasingly fuzzy boundariesbetween chemistry and many of the dis-ciplines it touches. I look forward toserving the NESACS, helping to fostercommunication and collaboration, andhelping to promote the growth of oursection.

Ralph T. Scannell(For education and experience see

Councilor/Alternate Councilor biog-raphy and statement)

Statement: It is an honor and aprivilege to be nominated for Director-at-Large for the Northeastern Section.My extensive experience in industry,where I have held several leadershiproles, gives me the necessary back-ground to operate efficiently and effec-tively in the role of Director-at-Large.The NESACS performs a critical func-tion in representing the interests of itsmembership and creating opportunitieswhere members can meet and dissemi-nate information. I am looking for-ward to participating in these activities,promoting the growth of the organiza-tion and serving the interests of itsmembership.

Andrew Scholte (See biography and statement under

Councilor/Alternate Councilor)

Nominating CommitteeAnna Waclawa Sromek

(See biography and statement underCouncilor/Alternate Councilor)

Mukund S. Chorghade(See biography and statement under

Councilor/Alternate Councilor)

John WilliamsEducation: Ph.D. in Medicinal

Chemistry, University of Michigan(2003). B.S. in Chemistry, Universityof Wisconsin-Parkside (1994).

Professional Experience: Directorof Chemistry, Microbiotix, Inc. (2013-present). Senior Scientist, Microbi-otix, Inc. (2005-2013). PostdoctoralResearch Fellow, Research TriangleInstitute (2004-2005).

ACS Service: Executive council,Central Massachusetts Section (2006-2008). Chair, Central MassachusettsSection (2008-2009). Invited presenta-tion, 936th NESACS Meeting (2013).Research presentation, 246th NationalMeeting (2013). Invited presentation,243rd National Meeting (2012).Invited presentation, 889th NESACSMeeting (2008).

Memberships: American ChemicalSociety, American Association for theAdvancement of Science, Sigma Xi,International Society for AntiviralResearch, International Society forHeterocyclic Chemistry.

Statement: I have been very activein the Central Massachusetts Sectionof the ACS since I first arrived in Mas-sachusetts. Now that I have movedinto the Northeast Section, I wouldvery much like to continue myinvolvement in local ACS activities;joining the Nominating Committeewould be an ideal way to become moreactive. If I am elected, I will do myutmost to increase awareness of themany worthy chemists in the greaterBoston area and make sure they areappropriately recognized. I greatlyappreciate the chance to serve theNortheast Section and thank you foryour consideration.

Norris Award Committee R. Christian (Chris) Moreton

(See biography and statement underCouncilor/Alternate Councilor)


Report FromNeracsMorton Z. Hoffman, NESACS Repre-sentative to the NERACS Board [[email protected]]The Executive Committee of the Boardof Directors of the Northeast Region ofthe ACS, Inc., (NERACS) met in Dal-las, TX, on Tuesday, March 18, 2014,on the occasion of the ACS nationalmeeting. In attendance were RichardCobb (Rochester), Chair; WillemLeenstra (Green Mountain), ViceChair; Christopher Masi (Central Mas-sachusetts); Wayne Jones (Bingham-ton), Treasurer; Julie Smist(Connecticut Valley), Bylaws Chair,and the following representatives fromother local sections: RogerBartholomew (Corning); Peter Bonk(Rhode Island); Thomas McCarrick(Cornell); Jeremy Steinbacher (West-ern New York); Gerald Putterman(New Haven); Morton Hoffman(Northeastern).

NERM 2013 in New Havenattracted 862 registrants, includingmany undergraduate and graduate stu-dents, and resulted in a financial sur-plus that was transferred to NERACSaccording to the formula in the bylaws(60/40 split between localsection/region). The NERACS treas-ury now contains more than $54,000with no outstanding loans; a discussionwill take place at the next Board ofDirectors meeting about creative waysto use those funds.

No NERM is scheduled for 2014.NERM 2015 will take place at IthacaCollege on Wednesday, June 10-Satur-day, June 13, with the Cornell LocalSection as the host.

A proposal was submitted by theBinghamton Local Section to hostNERM 2016 on Wednesday, October5-Saturday, October 8 at the Bingham-ton Downtown Center. A further dis-cussion and a vote will take place atthe next Board of Directors meeting.

The Rhode Island Local Sectionhas expressed some interest in eitherNERM 2017 or 2018, both of whichare currently unassigned. It was noted

that an ACS national meeting will takeplace in Boston in August 2018. Pro-posals are also sought from local sec-tions to host NERM 2019 and 2020.

The next annual meeting of theNERACS Board will take place inAugust 2014 in San Francisco duringthe ACS national meeting. u


Mary A. MahaneyEducation: B.A .Emmanuel College

(1971); M.S. Northeastern University(1973); Dr. rer. nat. University of Con-stance, Germany (1977); M.B.A.Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1996)

Professional Experience: HaartzCorporation (1999 – present); PolaroidCorporation (1982 - 1998); University ofZurich, Switzerland (1979 - 1981); Uni-versity of Constance, Germany (1977 -1979)

NESACS Service: Member since1977. Continuing Education Committee(1998 - 2008); Richards Medal Commit-tee (2000 – 2004); Alternate Councilor(2005-2007); Board of Publications(2004 – present); Alternate Councilor(2013 – present).

Position Statement: I would be hon-ored to serve on the Norris Award Com-mittee.

Mark Tebbe(See biography and statement under

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March MonthlyMeetingBy Jack Driscoll, NESACS Public Relations ChairThe NESACS monthly meeting at the Marriott Courtyardon Memorial Drive in Cambridge was held on March 6,2014. This was the first Thursday of the month instead ofthe second because of the proximity to the ACS NationalMeeting the next week.

When Professor Karplus was setting up the AV for hispresentation, one of his students, Jay Portnow, came by tosay hello. They had not seen each other for nearly 40 years.Jay had received his Ph.D., spent two years on a post-doc inEurope, then decided to go to medical school and specializein treating pain. He has been a NESACS member for manyyears, but he had never been to a meeting before this. I toldhim about our Southeastern Massachusetts meeting on May15, 2014 at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and he wasvery interested and said that he would be there.

The reception was held from 5:30 to 6:30 in the areaoutside the ballroom. I talked to another NESACS member,Marsha, who will be moving to Cape Cod this summer. Ispoke to her about the NESACS outreach programs on theCape. She was very interested in volunteering. We cannothave enough volunteers. We can use volunteers in SE MA,New Hampshire and the Greater Boston area.

At 6:30 we went into the ballroom for dinner. The roomoverlooked the Charles River and the tenderloin for dinnerwas excellent. We had 100 people come for the dinner.

At 7:30 pm, 50 people (mostly college students) whocame for the lecture only filed in.

Dr. Cathy Costello, NESACS Chair, opened the 939th

NESACS meeting, then turned it over to Dr. Jack Driscoll tointroduce Prof. Karplus.

Prof Karplus started studying Chemistry and Physics atHarvard to better understand biology. He finished Harvardand went to Cal Tech to work for Nobel Laureate Prof. LinusPauling, who said that Martin Karplus was the best studentthat he ever had. Prof. Karplus was only 23 when he receivedhis Ph.D. and then spent two years as a post-doc in Oxford.

It was clear from his talk and his Nobel prize that whenhe returned to Harvard (after 5-year terms at both Univ. ofIL and Columbia) as a Professor in 1966, his early love ofbiology returned (see article on Professor Karplus in theMarch issue of the Nucleus- http://www.nesacs.org/pub_nucleus/2014/Mar14.pdf ).

Prof. Karplus said he thought that he had talked at aNESACS meeting before, probably at the 600th meeting.

We had the opportunity to hear a Nobel type speechwithout going to Sweden. A video of his actual Nobelspeech can be found at http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2013/karplus-lecture.htmlHis Nobel address about the hydrogen exchange reaction-was entitled “Development of Multiscale Molecules for

Complex Systems: from H+H2 (hydrogen molecule ion) toBiomolecules.”

This talk was entitled “Motion: Hallmark of Life: FromMolecules to Marsupials” and was more focused on hisfavorite biological models than his Nobel talk. The Nobelprize was presented to Professor Karplus and two colleaguesas a result of his 1977 paper on protein folding [”Dynamicsof Folded Proteins”, Nature 267, 585-590(1977).] and thefrequent successful use of their CHARMM software pro-gram by other researchers. I was surprised that it took solong to award a Nobel Prize for this important breakthrough.

NESACS applied to the ACS and received a “Salute toExcellence” award for Professor Karplus. This was pre-sented to him after his fantastic presentation. l told him thatthis was clearly not the caliber of his Nobel Prize but it wasan important award from us.It was a very interesting talk and we had a lively questionand answer session. Prof. Karplus took questions for nearly25 minutes after the lecture.


NESACS PR Chair, Jack Driscoll (R) presenting the ACS “Salute to Excel-lence Award” to Prof. Karplus. Photos by M. Z. Hoffman


Professor Karplus with NESACS Chair, Cathy Costello

http://www.nesacs.org/pub_nucleus/2014/Mar14.pdf

http://www.nobelprize.org/ nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2013/karplus-lecture.html


Rainbow Demonstration, in Chemical and EngineeringNews, March 17, 2014. Copies were distributed to Coun-cilors.Chemists with Disabilities (CWD)The committee has updated and digitized its publication“Teaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities.” It willbe available in April 2014 and linked to the CWD website.Community Activities (CCA)Copies of the publication Celebrating Chemistry, a productof the ACS Department of Volunteer Support in conjunctionwith CCA, were distributed to Councilors. Local Sectionscan order up to 750 copies of this publication for ChemistsCelebrate Earth Day.Minority Affairs (CMA)The committee reminded Councilors that the ACS ScholarsProgram is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2015.The program has enabled 1,400 students to achieve univer-sity degrees in the chemical sciences. CMA will highlightaccomplishments and successes of the Scholars Programthroughout 2015.Special Discussion ItemA special discussion item was put on the Council agenda forthis meeting. ACS President Tom Barton presented andmoderated a discussion on “What can ACS do to increasethe quality of science education in grades K-12? Followingthe presentation, 39 Councilors engaged in a robust discus-sion on the factors impacting the quality of K-12 scienceeducation in the U.S.

ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORSAt this meeting, the ACS Board of Directors considered anumber of key strategic issues and responded with severalactions. The Board’s Committees and Working Groups The Board of Directors received reports from its Commit-tees on Grants and Awards (G&A), and Executive Compen-sation.

On the recommendation of the Committee on Grantsand Awards, the Board VOTED to approve a Society nomi-nation for the National Medal of Science, which is bestowedby the President of the United States to individuals in sci-ence and engineering who have made important contribu-tions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields ofbehavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineer-ing, mathematics and physics.

The Board received an extensive briefing and approvedseveral recommendations from its Committee on ExecutiveCompensation. The compensation of the Society’s execu-tive staff receives regular review from the Board.

The working group on Society Program Portfolio Man-agement briefed the Board on its activities. The workinggroup was charged with delivering a process for portfolio

management of Society programs in the divisions of Mem-bership and Scientific Advancement, Education, and theOffice of the Secretary and General Counsel (Office of Pub-lic Affairs).

The Board held a discussion on operational issues relat-ing to virtual versus face-to-face committee meetings, theappropriate detail and format of information presented to theBoard and committee members, and the proper length ofcommittee meetings.The Executive Director/CEO Report The Executive Director/CEO and her direct reports updatedthe Board on the following: ACS financial trends and nearterm outlook; the launch of the recently approved AmericanAssociation of Chemistry Teachers, which will support K-12 teachers of chemistry by providing them with a profes-sional home that addresses and is responsive to their needs;and the activities and plans of CAS (Chemical AbstractsService) and the ACS Publications Division. As a follow-upto the Publications report, the Board VOTED to approvethree journal editor re-appointments. The Board alsoVOTED to approve one appointment to the ACS GreenChemistry Institute Governing Board and one reappoint-ment to the ACS Governing Board for Publishing.Other Society BusinessThe Board also:Expressed its gratitude and thanks to Madeleine Jacobs,Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, who onMarch 6 announced her plan to retire at the end of the year.The Board then began a discussion of the process and logis-tics of identifying and hiring her successor.

Received reports from the Presidential Succession ontheir current and planned activities for the remainder of2014 and 2015.

Approved a resolution congratulating Robert Massie onhis retirement at the end of this month for twenty-one yearsof successful leadership of the Chemical Abstracts Service(CAS).

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The Board’s Open SessionThe Board held a lively, well-attended open session whichfeatured a special forum focused on the question: “What isthe one thing you like that ACS does, and why?” Membersattending the session also received a brief review of thequestions posed at the spring 2013 Board Open Session inNew Orleans and the follow-ups undertaken by governanceand staff. Board members continue to be pleased by thenew format, turnout and quality of the discussions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR COUNCILORS The following is a list of URLs and email addresses pre-sented on slides at the Council meeting. You will find theinformation noted on these sites helpful. [email protected], [email protected] information for ACS President-Elect Diane [email protected] information for ACS Immediate Past PresidentMarinda Wuwww.yellowbook.acs.orgUpdate Councilor Preference Form (membership numberrequired)[email protected] address for the Committee on Nominations and Elec-tions and to submit questions to Town Hall Meetingswww.acs.orgClick on “About Us” and scroll down to ACS FinancialInformation for information on the Society’s auditedfinances and IRS Form 990 [email protected] address for comments and suggestions about chemi-cal safety to the Committee on Chemical Safety www.acs.org/bulletin5ACS governing documents including information on peti-tions and certified bylaws for all [email protected] to send petitions (deadline April 23)www.acs.org/earthdayChemists Celebrate Earth Day (CCED) 2014http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/governance/com-mittees/cwd/publications.htmlTeaching Chemistry to Students with Disabilities digitizedversion will be published here in April 2014.http://www.acs.org/chemistry-over-coffeeConversations with Celebrated ChemistsLocal Section Resources www.acs.org/getinvolved

Grant information, important deadlines and officerresources www.acs.org/forms

Submit annual reports, record meetings, activities andevents year round u

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I had at least a dozen people come to me after the lec-ture and say that this was the best NESACS meeting ever.Several people said that they were excited to come to futureNESACS meeting.

Everyone was taking photos with the Nobel Laureate.My wife and I were no exception.

I talked with Prof. Karplus the day after the lecture. Hehad a very good time. He met a number of old friends andmade some new friends and fans. He appreciated the ques-tions and enjoyed presenting the lecture. He said that he washonored to receive the ACS “Salute to Excellence” Award.He said at the beginning of his lecture that he had given atalk at maybe the 600th NESACS meeting. He told me thathe would like to come back and give a talk again at the1200th NESACS meeting. u

March MeetingContinued from page 23

Joan and Jack Driscoll. Photo by M. Z. Hoffman

Martin and Marci Karplus Photo by M. Z. Hoffman

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