Section News & Happenings

50, 60, 70 Year ACS Members Luncheon

Jun 6, 2023

PITTSBURGH SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY CELEBRATES

50, 60, and 70 Year Members

JUNE 29, 2023 | 11:30 AM

LUCCA RISTORANTE

Please RSVP by Thursday, June 22

Lunch is complimentary for each honoree and one guest.

The cost of the luncheon for other ACS members is $25.

Please pay online at the following link: https://pittsburghacs.org/event/506070/ or checks can be made payable to the Pittsburgh Section of the ACS.

To RSVP:

  1. Fill out the Google Form
    (https://forms.gle/gKbkZ8RxKg7VBaT49)
  2. Email Alysia Mandato at atm75@pitt. edu, or
  3. Mail the attached form to Alysia at 219
    Parkman Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Click here to download event flyer.

Call for Symposia Sessions for 2024 Central Regional Meeting (CERM)

Mar 14, 2023

Call for Symposia Sessions for 2024 Central Regional Meeting (CERM)

The Pittsburgh ACS Local Section will be hosting the Central Regional Meeting (CERM) in the Fall of 2024.

We are finalizing our dates with ACS National, but we anticipate the conference will be late October or early November 2024.

We are seeking proposals for technical sessions at this time including names of possible symposium organizers.

Please complete the Google Form to submit your ideas to us by March 31st for full consideration.

Please contact Kim Woznack ([email protected]) and Kevin Noonan ([email protected]), CERM 2024 Program Co-Chairs, with any questions.

Get to Know a Member – Niharika Krishna Botcha Ph.D.

Mar 14, 2023

Get to Know a Member – Niharika Krishna Botcha Ph.D.

 

1. What is your work and ACS (if applicable) title?

ACS Pittsburgh section 2023 Treasurer-elect, Webmaster and soon to be Newsletter Editor. Special Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University

2. How many years have you been in the ACS?

6 years

3. What is the biggest benefit of ACS Membership?

Getting to meet people from all walks of chemistry and life. ACS also played an instrumental role when I was a graduate student providing me with much needed help and resources.

4. What did you want to be when you were a child?

A Teacher!

5. What made you fall in love with Chemistry?

The periodic table in eighth grade! When my after school chemistry teacher introduced the periodic table and asked us to memorize it, I was at once surprised and fascinated. That was the start of my love affair with chemistry and I hope it never ends.

6. How did you get into your current position?

I came to Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon as a postdoc in 2021 and when they had an opening for a teaching position I took the chance to transition. Teaching chemistry to curious students is my dream job so I’m totally in love with my current job and position.

7. What is your favorite book and why?

Tough question! Too many to choose from but I’ll go with my all time favorite and top choice, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Environmental Group Lecture

Mar 6, 2023

Environmental Group Lecture

Process Development for Nutrients Removal and Recycle from Rural and Agricultural Wastes

 

Bo Hu, PhD
Professor, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
University of Minnesota

 

April 5, 2023 7 – 8 pm (EST)

 

Click here​ to download the event flyer

 

How to join:

Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 424 735 174 880 Passcode: 2h4Bjb

or contact [email protected] to receive a link.

Call for Nominations

Mar 3, 2023

The Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society

 

Pittsburgh Award 2023 and Distinguished Service Award 2023

 

 

Pittsburgh Award

 

Purpose: To recognize outstanding leadership in chemical affairs in the local and larger professional community.

Eligibility: Members of the Pittsburgh Section, or in exceptional cases, nonmembers, who have done work worthy of recognition toward increasing chemical knowledge, promoting the chemical industry, benefiting humanity, or advancing the Pittsburgh Section, are eligible for consideration.

 

Distinguished Service Award

 

Purpose: To recognize outstanding volunteer service to the Pittsburgh Section of the American Chemical Society.

Eligibility: Members of the Pittsburgh Section, past or present, who have provided outstanding service in advancing the Pittsburgh Section, are eligible for consideration.

 

Call for Nominations

 

Submitting a nomination: Submit each of the following: (1) respective nomination form, (2) up to two support forms, and (3) biographical sketch (or curriculum vitae) by August 15. All nomination materials should be emailed to the Pittsburgh Section Chair-Elect, Alysia Mandato, [email protected].

For more information and the previous recipients please visit the Pittsburgh Award and the Distinguished Service Award or email Alysia Mandato at [email protected].