Hidden Polymers – Tips for Finding them Using CAS SciFinderⁿ
2022-11-08 22:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Polymers are found in almost every material used in our daily life and are important research components in most scientific domains, technologies, or industries, ranging from basic uses in the chemical enterprise to biopolymers and therapeutic polymers. Chemists often need to quickly identify relevant natural and synthetic polymers and their base monomers as well as the literature that describes their preparation and uses.
CAS SciFindern empowers you to quickly find the most relevant, actionable answers that advance your research forward. Whether you are already using CAS SciFindern or considering making the switch, this webinar will help improve your search effectiveness, allowing you to save time, be more creative, and increase confidence in your decision-making.
What You Will Learn

Understand how polymers are curated in the CAS Registry to allow them to be effectively described and discovered
Search for polymers by structure, nomenclature, or molecular formula
Filter search results by important structural characteristics
Efficiently link to literature describing polymeric applications, properties, and preparation

Presenter: Vinit Kunte – ACSI Sr. Customer Success Specialist

Emerging Market and Science Trends in Sustainable Fertilizers Production
2022-11-09 05:00 - 06:00 | Virtual
If you are producing fertilizers, phosphates, or any of our critical agricultural products, you know sustainability is a big challenge. Join us for the latest in phosphate recycling, sustainable ammonia production, and alternative fertilizer production. Gain insight into the latest market, scientific research, and publication trends that reveal the opportunities ahead.
Join Willem Schipper from Willem Schipper Consulting and Lisa Babcock-Jackson from CAS as they reveal opportunities ahead that are reshaping waste management and agriculture efforts.
What You Will Learn

How novel chemistry can unlock phosphate recycling’s hidden business opportunities for both suppliers and buyers
How to move beyond Haber-Bosch for sustainable nitrogen production with new approaches in chemistry

Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales
2022-11-09 18:30 - 20:00 | In-Person in Mountain View at Cuesta Park Group BBQ Areas #1-2, 615 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View, CA, United States
Frans Lanting and Chris Eckstrom, National Geographic photographers-writers
Sponsored by Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Nov. 9, 7:30-9:00pm, Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center, McCaw Hall, 326 Galvez Street, Stanford
Free, Registration required

Presentation by renowned National Geographic photographer-writer team Frans Lanting and Chris Eckstrom followed by a panel discussion with leading Stanford researchers.
You are invited to a special evening of art, science, and conservation as renowned National Geographic photographer-writer team Frans Lanting and Chris Eckstrom share images, videos, and stories from their new book, Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales, followed by a conversation with Stanford scholars about the extraordinary biodiversity and human history of the Monterey Bay region.

3rd Bay Area Chemistry Symposium
2022-11-10 07:00 - 16:00
3rd Bay Area Chemistry Symposium (BACS)
Sponsored by the ACS California and ACS Silicon Valley Sections plus Merck, Genentech, Gilead, Novartis. Maze, AbbVie, and Cytokinetics
Pauley Ballroom, UC-Berkeley, 2495 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA
8:30am-6pm, Learn more and register
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Empowering Women Scientists: In Your Past, Present, And Future
2022-11-12 09:30 - 11:00 | Virtual
Lucinda Jackson, Author, Business Executive, Scientist
Sponsored by the Women Chemist Committee of the ACS California Section
November 12th, 10:30am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required (Registration deadline: Nov.10th noon)
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Abstract: Lucinda Jackson worked for decades in the male-dominated science world and faced sexism, harassment, and discouragement. But along the way Jackson learned how to empower herself by recognizing and utilizing her past, identifying her vision and core values for decision-making in the present, and intentionally planning for her future Next Acts after a long, structured academic and corporate career. With real-life, personal examples, Jackson shares tried-and-true tips, tricks, and behaviors that worked in overcoming shame, self-blame, and lack of confidence to become an authentic, purposeful leader.
About the Speaker: Lucinda Jackson is the author of two memoirs: Just a Girl: Growing Up Female and Ambitious, about her struggles to succeed in the male-dominated work world, and Project Escape: Lessons for an Unscripted Life, an exploration of freedom after leaving a structured career. Jackson is a PhD scientist and global corporate executive who features on podcasts and radio and has published articles, book chapters, magazine columns, and patents. She is the founder of LJ Ventures, where she speaks and consults on energy and the environment and empowering women in the workplace and in our Next Act.
Connect with Jackson or find her books at: www.lucindajackson.com

RAMP in the Research Lab (ACS Chemical Health & Safety Division Peer-Led Workshop)
2022-11-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Virtual
Hossain Shadman and Kris Elbein, University of Minnesota
November 13th, 10am-1pm, Online via Zoom, $25 per participant, Registration required

This 3-hour workshop is primarily directed at frontline researchers in academic institutions: graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and undergraduate students.
Learn the principles of the RAMP paradigm through a series of case studies and discussion sessions focused on practicing each of the RAMP steps.
Faculty and safety staff are also encouraged to attend to learn strategies to better prepare the student researchers on their campuses for risk management of their experimental work.
This workshop is designed to be highly interactive, both to encourage networking among our participants and to support participants in developing functional plans to take back to their institutions. We utilize the Zoom platform to support both large group and small group activities. Those who have reported the workshop as useful are also those who heavily engaged. The participants add value to this workshop as much, if not more than, the organizers!
While we certainly understand that the unevenness of Internet connectivity and the challenges of work-from-home can serve as barriers, we strongly advise you to come to this workshop prepared to engage with mics and cameras on! If this is not possible, we ask that you engage via the chat function.
While this workshop has been designed from a US perspective, we have had participants from multiple countries report that they found it useful as well! This international audience is just one more reason why the interactivity among participants is so vital to the success of the workshop for all participants!
This workshop is brought to you by the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety as one of two workshops in the ACS CHAS Peer Led Workshop Series. To learn more about the Division and the ACS CHAS Peer Led Workshop Series, please visit our main website at dchas.org.

Award-Winning Science: Exploring the Work of Recent Nobel Prizes Winners in CAS SciFinderⁿ
2022-11-16 06:00 - 07:00 | Virtual
Sponsored by CAS
Offered three times on November 16th: 1-2am, 7-8am, 1-2pm. Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

In this session, we will highlight the recently announced Nobel Prize-winning science of 2022 recipients and its applications within CAS SciFindern.
What you will learn:

Examine the publications by Nobel Prize Laureates in chemistry, physics, and/or medicine.
See how the research of these scientists has inspired others, resulting in further innovations based on their work.

Stanford University Mass Spectrometry's 2022 Research Applications Symposium (SUMS-RAS 2022)
2022-11-16 08:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Sponsored by Stanford University Mass Spectrometry
November 16th, 9am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required
View abstracts and speaker bios | Event Website
SUMS-RAS 2021 recordings are viewable on demand

Stanford University Mass Spectrometry’s 2022 Research Applications Symposium, Mass Spec: The Voyage Home, will transport scientists from around the world for a virtual visit with Stanford’s mass spectrometry community, sharing our exciting campus research and resources featuring these speakers:
Dr. Yuqin Dai, Director, ChEM-H Metabolomics Knowledge Center, Stanford University. Metabolomics Knowledge Center: Open Access LC/MS Facility To Support Life Science Research
Dr. Ruth Huttenhain, Incoming Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University. Mapping the Diversity in Spatiotemporal Regulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptors
Dr. Christie Jilly-Rehak, Research Scientist/Lab Manager, SHRIMP-RG Lab, Stanford University. Dynamic SIMS at Stanford: Applications in Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry using the NanoSIMS and the SHRIMP-RG Instruments
Dr. Chris Lock, Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University. Exhaled Breath Analysis for Metabolic Profiling, Drug Levels, and Biomarker Discovery
Dr. Parag Mallick, Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiology, Stanford University. Quantifying the Reproducibility of Proteogenomic Analyses using a Semantically Aware Discovery Engine
Dr. Sharon Pitteri, Associate Professor, Dept. of Radiology, Stanford University. Intact Glycopeptide Analysis of Human Tissue and Fluid Samples for Cancer Detection
Dr. Karrie Weaver, Technical Director, SIGMA Lab Facility, Stanford University. Mass Spectrometry in Space and Time: Using ICPMS to Characterize Materials Across Disciplines and Through the Ages
Dr. Shouling Xu, Research Scientist, Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science. Making Invisible Visible

More Than an Oil Change: Industrial Lubricants and Electric Vehicle
2022-11-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Neil Canter, Tech Advisor, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Green Chemistry Institute
November 16th, 11am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

The move from internal combustion engines (ICE) to battery powered electric vehicles (EV) will not just reduce our reliance on automotive lubricants like motor oil, but also affect the use of industrial lubricants required for manufacturing EVs and other more sustainable propulsion systems.
Join Neil Canter, Tech Advisor for the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, as he discusses why EVs require less lubricants for both manufacturing and maintenance and indicates that the chemical industry will need to adapt to a decrease in demand for motor oil and other lubricants commonly used in the manufacture of ICE vehicles.
This ACS Webinar is moderated by David Constable, Science Director of the Green Chemistry Institute at ACS and is co-produced with the ACS Green Chemistry Institute.
What You Will Learn

Why battery electric vehicles are more efficient and generate fewer emissions than internal combustion engine powered vehicles
Why battery electric vehicles require fewer parts simplifying their manufacture
How the chemical industry can adapt to reduced demand for industrial lubricants from the automotive industry

Webinar Details

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 @ 2-3pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
The slides will available for download on the day of the event

Co-Producer

ACS Green Chemistry Institute

Chemistry Tools to Help Achieve Zero World Hunger
2022-11-18 09:00 - 10:30 | Virtual
Michael Appell, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Omowunmi “Wunmi” Sadik, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences Dept., New Jersey Institutes of Technology
Sponsored by ACS Webinars, ACS Committee on Science, ACS Agricultural & Food Chemistry Division
November 18th, 10:00am-11:30am, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

Without a profound change in the global food and agriculture system, the world is not on track to achieve the United Nation’s goal of Zero Hunger by 2030, which aims to nourish the more than 690 million people who are hungry today. To feed the almost 10% of the world population suffering from starvation, we must safely increase agricultural productivity and sustainable food production with innovative cutting-edge technology.
Join us for the second Frontier Friday broadcast of 2022 as Research Chemist, Michael Appell of the U.S. Department of Agriculture discusses recent computational approaches to designing and synthesizing novel food protection against mycotoxins and Distinguished Professor and Chair, Omowunmi “Wunmi” Sadik of the New Jersey Institutes of Technology discusses advances in ChemBiosensors and Sustainable Nanotechnology that combat plant based pathogenic microbes.
This ACS Webinar is moderated by past ACS President H.N. Cheng and Mike Morello of ACS ComSci & ACS AGFD and is co-produced with the ACS Committee on Science and the ACS Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry as part of the 2022 Frontier Fridays series.

What You Will Learn

How mycotoxins and pathogenic microbes impact the safety of the world’s food supply
How novel technology and new methods can detect and reduce exposure to mycotoxins and pathogenic microbes in food and beverages
How a combination of nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, predictive modeling, and materials science are being used to combat food contamination

Webinar Details

Friday, November 18, 2022 @ 1-2:30pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
Slides will be available to download on the day of the webinar

Kid Makers: Pop Up Chemistry
2022-11-19 15:00 - 16:00 | In-person (Redwood City Public Library-Downtown Library), 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA, 94063, United States
Sponsored by Redwood City Public Library (RCPL) and Silicon Valley ACS
3-4pm, Free, Held in the RCPL Downtown Library’s Makerspace area,
1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA 94063. Learn more
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Middle school scientists explore different aspects of chemistry! Once a month, join members of the ACS and take part in hands on experiments. This program will take place in the Makerspace.

Metals, Alloys, and Salts – Mining a Wealth of Inorganic Chemistry with CAS SciFinderⁿ
2022-11-22 21:00 - 22:00 | Virtual
Sponsored by CAS
10-11pm, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required
From mining to paints and pigments, to microchips, a tremendous number of industries rely heavily on inorganic chemicals that serve as catalysts, pigments, coatings, surfactants and more. Improved understanding of the behavior and analogs of inorganic molecules, as well as the most viable techniques for their modification, separation and utilization in effective industrial applications is essential to productive and efficient chemical and materials research. This absolutely requires access to comprehensive, timely and high-quality literature.
CAS SciFindern empowers you to quickly find the most relevant, actionable answers that advance your research forward. Whether you are already using SciFindern or considering making the switch, this webinar will help improve your search effectiveness, allowing you to save time, be more creative, and increase confidence in your decision making.
What You Will Learn

Explore the wealth of available content for non-carbon-based chemistry including simple salts, mixed metal oxides, alloys, ceramics as well as their properties
Employ techniques to easily locate difficult to find metal complexes and other coordination compounds.
Control structure search precision and use literature indexing concepts to identify unique applications using inorganics more effectively as catalysts, nano-structured materials and more.

Instructor: Vinit Kunte – ACSI, Senior Customer Success Specialist

Sustainable Polymer Designs via Robust Dynamic Covalent Bonds
2022-12-06 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual
Prof. Zhibin Guan, Chemistry Dept., UC Irvine
Sponsored by the Golden Gate Polymer Forum (GGPF)
6:30 PM Online via Zoom, Registration required. Learn more and register

Abstract:
This talk will discuss our recent progress in developing sustainable thermoset polymers that are strong, self-healing, malleable, and recyclable by using robust while dynamic boron-oxygen (B–O) and silyl ether (Si–O) bonds. Our goal for this project is to develop a universal strategy for the design of sustainable polymeric materials. Specifically, we aim to combine the excellent attributes of both thermoplastics (reprocessability and recyclability) and thermosets (mechanical strength, creep and solvent resistances) through dynamic covalent chemistry. We have particularly focused on developing covalent interactions that can lead to thermosets that are mechanically strong, highly malleable, and also both fully reprocessable and recyclable. In this talk, I will summarize our recent progress in this project with specific focus on our investigation of sustainable thermosets using boron-oxygen (B–O), silyl ether (Si–O–C), and siloxane (Si–O–Si) exchange reactions. A successful demonstration of robust, malleable, and reprocessable/recyclable thermosets will have major impact on new materials development, plastic recycling and sustainability, and modern technologies including additive manufacturing.
Speaker Background & Research Interests:
Zhibin Guan obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Peking University. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1994 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Following a postdoctoral stint at Caltech and a short career at DuPont, in 2000 he joined the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at UC Irvine as an assistant professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2004, and to Full Professor in 2006. From 2006, he also became affiliated faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and the Department of Material Science at UC Irvine. He has received recognition of his research with several awards and fellowships, including the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship, the Humboldt Bessel Research Award, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the NSF CAREER Award, the Beckman Young Investigator Award, and was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His research work has been featured many times in scientific journals and also in news sources such as C&EN News, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, CNN, Forbes, etc. He served as the Chair for the 2018 Bioinspired Materials Gordon Research Conference in Les Diablerets, Switzerland.

Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century
2022-12-08 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Bill Leckrone, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Co-sponsored by ACS Webinars, ACS Advocacy, and ACS Industry Member Programs
11am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

Historically, economic espionage has targeted defense-related and high-tech industries, but recent cases have shown that no industry, large or small, is immune to the threat. Any company with a proprietary product, process, or idea can be a target; any unprotected trade secret is vulnerable to theft by those who wish to illegally obtain innovations to increase their market share at a victim company’s expense.

Join Special Agent Bill Leckrone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as he shares his knowledge and experience as lead investigator in nationally notable cases such as 2016’s “Natural Look” and 2022’s “Coca-Cola Chemist”. Register now to discover the details of a case on economic espionage at a chemical facility and threats to the chemical sector.
This ACS Webinar is moderated by Rebekah Paul of the American Chemical Society and is co-produced with ACS Advocacy and ACS Industry Member Programs.

What You Will Learn

What are some of the best practices to protect your company from economic espionage
How data loss prevention tools can save a company’s trade secrets
The importance of building a security centered culture and why the “See something, say something” concept is important

Webinar Details

Thursday, December 8, 2022 @ 2-3pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
The slides will not be shared per speaker’s request

New Science, Persistent Problems: What the World Needs Now from Universities
2022-12-12 09:30 - 11:00 | Virtual
Co-sponsored by Stanford Impact Labs and the White House
10:30am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

An Evidence Forum Co-Hosted by Stanford Impact Labs and the White House
The United States faces converging economic, social, and health challenges that are exacerbating inequality in our communities and country. As local, state, and federal government leaders respond with new money and new programs, there is an urgent need for cutting-edge social science and research to inform how solutions are shaped and resources are directed.
On December 12, 2022 from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm PST, the White House and Stanford Impact Labs will host a lively, online conversation on what universities and colleges can do to spur research—designed with government and community involvement from the start—that can generate evidence and insights for today’s toughest social challenges.
The session is part of the White House Year of Evidence for Action and a series of Evidence Forums the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Office of Management and Budget are co-hosting with nonprofit and academic organizations to spur “research-based evidence that can make life healthier, safer, more equitable, and more prosperous for the American public.”
The conversation will feature remarks from:

Alondra Nelson, Deputy Assistant to the President, and Deputy Director for Science and Society, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Christina Ciocca Eller, Assistant Director for Evidence and Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Jeremy M. Weinstein, Faculty Director, Stanford Impact Labs

And a lively, moderated conversation with:

Bryan Walsh, Editor, Vox Future Perfect (moderator)
Anna Harvey, President, Social Science Research Council
Lisa Morrison Butler, Executive Vice President and Chief Impact Officer, Results for America
Shelly Ver Ploeg, Food Assistance Branch Chief, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture
Jim Shelton, Chief Investment and Impact Officer, Blue Meridian Partners

Speakers will share new ways in which governments, universities, and foundations are investing in, and supporting, research partnerships and examine what more is necessary to realize a world where everyone is afforded the equal promise of America.
Join the conversation on December 12, 2022.

Optimizing Pharmaceutical Powder Characterization: 5 Key Techniques
2022-12-13 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual
Brian Rodenhausen, Ph.D., Anton Paar
Co-sponsored by C&EN Webinars and Anton Paar
10am-11am, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

Many parameters, both internal and external, influence the behavior of pharmaceutical powders. Understanding why and how is the first step in optimizing your process for developing novel pharmaceutical powders.

This webinar will focus on 5 key techniques for characterizing pharmaceutical powders including methods for analyzing surface area, particle size, density, and flow. Anton Paar Lead Scientist Brian Rodenhausen, Ph.D. will walk you through each of these techniques, explaining both the application as well as key developments in the technology and instrumentation.

After the webinar, you will have a better understanding of how powder characteristics combine with environmental elements to impact your powders during all stages – from synthesis to formulation to tablet production.

Key Learning Objectives:

How to improve the accuracy and consistency of solid dosage forms
How humidity and temperature changes affect pharmaceutical powders
How accurate density measurements speed up the tableting process

Who Should Attend:

Laboratory Managers
Research Scientists
Formulations Scientists
QC/QA Engineers

Chemistry and the Economy: Break In Case of Emergency!
2022-12-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Paul Hodges, New Normal Consulting, and Bill Carroll, Carroll Applied Science
Co-sponsored by ACS Webinars, ACS Business Development & Management Division, and ACS Industry Member Programs
11am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

War, plague, famine, and inflation. The four horsemen of the apocalypse continue to ride across the globe and the signs of a looming recession are growing as companies and governments decide how to weather the approaching storm.

Join us as Paul Hodges of New Normal Consulting and Bill Carroll of Carroll Applied Science share data and their observations on what is affecting the economy, what are the difficulties that lie ahead, and how things will look a lot different when we come out the other side.
This ACS Webinar is co-produced with ACS Industry Member Programs and ACS Division of Business Development and Management.

What You Will Learn

How long will the recession last and what type of planning will be key to the success given today’s levels of volatility
How China is changing and what will be the global impact of a potential real estate bubble bursting
How will social unrest, food shortages, and the rise in essential goods contribute to market instability

Webinar Details

Thursday, December 15, 2022 @ 2-3pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
The slides will available for download on the day of the event

Executive Committee Meeting for Silicon Valley Section - December 2022
2022-12-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual
Please contact Chair to attend as a guest.

From Picking Stones in Sand to Inventing Skin-like Electronics that will Change the Future of Electronics: A Conversation with Professor Zhenan Bao
2022-12-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
Sponsored by Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions
5-6pm, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

What’s the secret to innovation? How do scientific findings transfer to the real world? Professor Zhenan Bao, K.K. Lee Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University and former department chair of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, sits down with Scott Rozelle, the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions, to answer these questions and more. Born in China, Professor Bao moved to the U.S. during college and rose to become a leading scientist and professor of chemical engineering whose work pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in fundamental science. During the conversation, she will share how she became who she is today, her thoughts on Stanford’s culture of innovation, and her passion for mentoring the next generation of innovators.
About the speakers:
Zhenan Bao is K.K. Lee Professor of Chemical Engineering, and by courtesy, a Professor of Chemistry and a Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Stanford University. Bao founded the Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiate (eWEAR) in 2016 and serves as the faculty director.
Prior to joining Stanford in 2004, she was a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff in Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies from 1995-2004. She received her Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1995. She has over 700 refereed publications and over 100 US patents with a Google Scholar H-Index 190.
Bao has received notable recognition for her work in chemical engineering. Most recently, she was the inaugural recipient of the VinFuture Prize Female Innovator 2021, the ACS Chemistry of Materials Award 2022, MRS Mid-Career Award in 2021, AICHE Alpha Chi Sigma Award 2021, ACS Central Science Disruptor and Innovator Prize in 2020, and the Gibbs Medal by the Chicago session of ACS in 2020.
Bao is a co-founder and on the Board of Directors for C3 Nano and PyrAmes, both are silicon-valley venture funded start-ups. She serves as an advising Partner for Fusion Venture Capital.
Scott Rozelle is the Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and the co-director of Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. For the past 30 years, he has worked on the economics of poverty reduction. Currently, his work on poverty has its full focus on human capital, including issues of rural health, nutrition and education. For the past 20 year, Rozelle has been the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Most recently, Rozelle’s research focuses on the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health and nutrition in China. In recognition of this work, Dr. Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards. Among them, he became a Yangtse Scholar (Changjiang Xuezhe) in Renmin University of China in 2008. In 2008 he also was awarded the Friendship Award by Premiere Wen Jiabao, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a foreigner.

Silicon Valley Executive Committee Meeting
2023-01-10 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual
7:30-9:00pm, Online via Zoom, Free, To attend as a guest, please contact the Chair

A New Measure: The Revolutionary, Quantum Reform of the Modern Metric System
2023-01-12 16:00 - 17:30 | Virtual
William D. Phillips, NIST and University of Maryland
Sponsored by Cafe Scientifique
5pm-6:30pm, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

The International System of Units (the SI), the modern metric system, has recently undergone its most revolutionary change since its origins during the French Revolution. The nature of this revolution is that all of the base units of the SI are now defined by fixing values of natural constants. Our measurement system is now, both philosophically and practically, strongly quantum. This talk will describe why this reform was needed and how it is done.
About the speaker:
William D. Phillips received a B.S. in physics from Juniata College in 1970, and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976; after two years as a Chaim Weizmann postdoctoral fellow at MIT, he joined NIST (then the National Bureau of Standards) to work on precision electrical measurements and fundamental constants. There, he initiated a new research program to cool atomic gases with laser light. He founded NIST’s Laser Cooling and Trapping Group, and later was a founding member of the Joint Quantum Institute, a cooperative research organization of NIST and the University of Maryland that is devoted to the study of quantum coherent phenomena. His research group has been responsible for developing some of the main techniques now used for laser-cooling and cold-atom experiments in laboratories around the world.
Dr. Phillips is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Fellow and Honorary Member of the Optical Society, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and a corresponding member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. In 1997, Dr. Phillips shared the Nobel Prize in Physics “for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.”
About Café Scientifique:
Café Scientifique is a place where anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. The Café provides a forum for debating science issues outside a traditional academic context. We are committed to promoting public engagement with science and to making science accountable – all spoken in plain English. There is no admission charge to attend our events. Building on its great success outside the United States, Café Scientifique Silicon Valley [Palo Alto] is the first such Café on the West Coast. We meet monthly to discuss a variety of science topics.

The Berkeley Science Bowl Invitational 2023 (for high school student teams)
2023-01-14 08:00 - 17:00 | In-Person in Mountain View at Cuesta Park Group BBQ Areas #1-2, 615 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View, CA, United States
Sponsored by the UC Berkeley ACS Student Chapter
9:00am-6:00pm, UC Berkeley campus (in person event), Cost varies, Learn more
Registration deadline: January 14

Event Logistics
Time: 9AM-6PM, Saturday January 21st, 2023
Location: UC Berkeley (in-person)
Format: 5 Round-Robin rounds followed by 16-team Double-Elimination
Price: Estimated $80-100 per initial team, with discounted subsequent teams
Note: This event is for high-school students only!

About

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® (NSB) is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Teams of four students face-off in a fast-paced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, earth and space science, physics, energy, and math.
Berkeley’s NSB invitational will be held exclusively on the UC Berkeley campus, run by Berkeley students, and will include a unique energy division that tests knowledge on current research done at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories and on-campus UC Berkeley research labs!

Shining a Nanofocused Light on the Hidden Secrets of Stradivari’s Violins
2023-01-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Dr. Chiaramaria Stani, Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, and Dr. Giacomo Fiocco, University of Pavia
Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Analytical Chemistry Division
11am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

No one can deny the extraordinary aesthetic and acoustic features of Stradivari’s violins. While their worldwide reputation for quality goes unquestioned, a consensus is unclear on the mysterious materials used in the protein-based ground coating directly spread on the wood surface, which has preserved these masterpieces over the ages.
Join Dr. Chiaramaria Stani, CERIC-ERIC scientist at Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, and Dr. Giacomo Fiocco of the Arvedi Laboratory of Non-Invasive Diagnostics at the University of Pavia as they discuss the life of Antonio Stradivari with a focus on the unique construction process of his bowed string instruments, specifically for the San Lorenzo 1718 and Toscano 1690 violins. Register now to discover more about the novel scientific advances achieved regarding the mystery behind the treatment of the violin’s wood coating as well as a short review of the literature and introduction of the IR s-SNOM nano-vibrational approach that has maximized a new level of attainable chemical details and revealed minute protein residues never before seen.

This ACS Webinar is moderated by Jonathan Sweedler, Editor-in-Chief of Analytical Chemistry and James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair and Professor in Chemistry of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is co-produced with the ACS Journal of Analytical Chemistry.

What You Will Learn

The life of Antonio Stradivari and the diverse construction of his San Lorenzo 1718 and Toscano 1690 violins
What is infrared scattering-type scanning near field optical microscopy (IR s-SNOM) and what it tells us about Stradivari violins
Cultural Heritage analytics at the nanoscale

Additional Resources
“A Nanofocused Light on Stradivari Violins: Infrared s-SNOM Reveals New Clues Behind Craftsmanship Mastery” Analytical Chemistry

Webinar Details

Wednesday, January 18, 2022 @ 2-3pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
The slides will available for download on the day of the event

Co-Producer

Analytical Chemistry

Meet Chemistry Superstars: Creating Tomorrow’s Technologies - Rescheduled
2023-01-18 15:15 - 17:30 | In-Person in Mountain View at Cuesta Park Group BBQ Areas #1-2, 615 Cuesta Drive, Mountain View, CA, United States
Sponsored by Chinese American Chemical Society, Northern California Chapter
4:15pm Check-in, 4:30-5:30 Program, 5:30pm Reception. All are welcome, seating is limited. Free. Registration required
Location and parking: Stanford University, Paul G. Allen Building (Allen 101X Auditorium, 330 Jane Stanford Way), Parking: Via Ortega Garage, 498 Via Ortega or Parking Structure 5, 295 Campus Drive (free campus parking after 4pm)
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Prof. Zhenan Bao, Stanford University: Skin-inspired Organic Electronics
Prof. Peidong Yang, UC Berkeley: Artificial Photosynthesis
Please register and join us for the inaugural program of the new Northern California Chapter of the Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS)

CACS overview and awards
Talks from awardees Profs. Zhenan Bao and Peidong Yang
Great networking & light refreshments

Methods for the Detection and Monitoring of Microplastics in the Environment
2023-01-18 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual
Steven M Barnett, Soar Optics
Sponsored by the Golden Gate Polymer Forum (GGPF)
6:30 PM Online via Zoom, Registration required. Learn more and register
Registration deadline: Tuesday, January 17, 1:00 PM.

Abstract:
Microplastics have recently been recognized as a significant environmental contaminant with implications for human health and carbon capture. It is widely recognized that we need to control and decrease the level of microplastics in our society. The California State Water Control Resources Board mandates that agencies that deliver water to the majority of California residents need to monitor for microplastics. However, the reduction of microplastic levels is challenging since detection and monitoring of these contaminants is difficult.
This presentation will provide a review of microplastics and the range of methods being used for monitoring, including the FTIR and Raman methods recommended by the California State Water Resources Control Board.
Finally, a discussion on Soar Optics’ advanced methods to improve the speed and efficiency of microplastics detection and monitoring will be discussed. Our methods incorporate Raman scattering using dedicated sensors for the major microplastics found in the environment, allowing for rapid scanning and comprehensive analysis of most typical samples.
Speaker Background & Research Interests:

Dr. Barnett is the CEO of Soar Optics, a company founded in 2022 to develop advanced optical sensors for materials characterization.
Technical Background
Dr. Barnett has 25 years of experience in the methods being developed by Soar Optics. He is the author of the patent-pending technology that Soar Optics is developing, and is a co-author on 22 published papers in refereed journals.
Dr. Barnett received his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from McGill University and subsequently worked as a Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health. Since 1997, Dr. Barnett has worked with many industries in the application of optical methods for materials characterization. His roles have included sales, applications development, support, and management. He has also been active in a range of scientific societies including the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) as a member of the Executive Committee and the Governing Board, in addition to serving as President of the Northern California local section for many years. He is a member of the American Society for Trace Evidence Examiners (ASTEE), SPIE, and the Materials Research Society.
Business Background
Dr. Barnett holds an MBA degree from the Graduate School of Management of the University of California, Davis, with an emphasis on technology management, organizational behavior, and entrepreneurship.
In addition to his work at Soar, Dr. Barnett is the Principal of Barnett Technical Services, a company that sells instrumentation for chemical and materials analysis since 2010. He is also a Founder of InnoGrove, a coworking space in Elk Grove, CA that supports the Elk Grove entrepreneurial community.

Electrochemical Wastewater Refining: Converting Pollutants into Products
2023-01-19 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Asst. Prof. William Tarpeh, Chemical Engineering Dept., Stanford University
Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Industry Member Programs
11am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

Traditionally, wastewater has been viewed as a source of pollution that can damage ecosystems. However, wastewater collection can be a win-win for the environment and businesses, because it contains several valuable elements like nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus that can be converted and purified into high-purity products like fertilizers, disinfectants, acids, and bases. Can we shift our perspective to valorize those pollutants as a source of feedstock chemicals to incentivize collection, enable electrification of manufacturing, and help achieve circular economies?
Join William Tarpeh, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, as he discusses recent efforts and future opportunities to design catalysts, separations methods, and integrated electrochemical reactive separation systems that can achieve the vision of wastewater refining. Register now to learn how catalysis and separations can be integrated to produce high-purity chemicals from diverse, variable, and widespread wastewaters.

What You Will Learn

Why conventional chemical extraction, manufacturing, and disposal have exceeded planetary boundaries
How electrochemical wastewater refining, or the tunable recovery of valuable resources from wastewaters, can be achieved through electrocatalyst design, solute-selective separations, and stoichiometric electrochemical conversions
How to characterize both the aqueous and solid sides of electrochemical interfaces to uncover mechanistic insights that inform process design for wastewater refining

Webinar Details

Thursday, January 19, 2022 @ 2-3pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
The slides will available for download on the day of the event

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ACS Industry Member Programs

Designing Polyelectrolyte Coatings: Coacervates, Assemblies, and Complex Materials
2023-01-26 10:00 - 11:30 | Virtual
Prof. & Chair, Jaime C. Grunlan, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Texas A&M University, and Assoc. Prof. Sarah L. Perry, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Polymer Chemistry Division
11:00am-12:30pm, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

Understanding the fundamentals of designing polyelectrolyte coatings, which can be seen as a bio-inspired approach due to chemical sequences that are analogous to proteins at a molecular level, enables scientists to engineer materials and coatings useful in a wide range of industries and applications. From thickeners in foods to super plasticizers in concrete to water-soluble variants investigated by the medical industry for coatings on implants and controlling drug release in the body…polyelectrolytes have enormous potential to support innovative new technologies for those able to tune these complex chemical sequences to their needs.

Register now for free to learn from two scientists working in the field and their approaches for designing diverse materials and complex coacervates using polyelectrolytes, including applications in pharmaceuticals, protective coatings, and textiles. Sarah L. Perry, Associate Professor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will discuss the molecular engineering of polyelectrolyte complex materials to create tailored bio-inspired materials that can be used in applications ranging from temperature-stable vaccines to coatings and fibers. Jaime C. Grunlan, Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair of the Texas A&M University will describe how environmentally-benign coatings prepared using water-soluble polyelectrolytes can be used to stop fires, protect food from spoilage, and prevent shorts in high voltage electronics.
This ACS Webinar is moderated by Rong Yang, Assistant Professor of Cornell University and co-produced with the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry.

What You Will Learn

How polyelectrolyte complexation is a bio-inspired approach to designing a range of diverse materials
Why patterning of charges provides a direct handle to modulate the phase behavior of complex coacervates
How coacervate materials can be used to improve the shelf life of vaccines
How water-based polyelectrolyte coatings can impart super gas barrier to commodity polymer film (e.g. PET) that rivals metal and metal oxide coatings
Why environmentally-benign, intumescent coatings created from water-based polyelectrolyte coacervates render cotton, polyester, and nylon blended textiles self-extinguishing (with relatively low added weight)
How functional polyelectrolyte treatments can be deposited on various substrates at high speed using roll-to-roll coating technology

Webinar Details

Thursday, January 26, 2022 @ 2-3:30pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
The slides will available for download on the day of the event

Co-Producer

ACS Polymer Chemistry Division

Silicon Valley Executive Committee Meeting
2023-02-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual
7:30-9:00pm, Online via Zoom, Free. To attend as a guest, please contact the Chair.

Breaking Barriers in Science - IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast (#GWB2023)
2023-02-14 07:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Join us on February 14, 2023 for the IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast (#GWB2023). Held in conjunction with the U.N. Day of Women and Girls in Science, The goal of the GWB series is to establish an active network of people of all genders to overcome the barriers to gender equality in science.
The theme of #GWB2023 is “Breaking Barriers in Science”. Groups from all types of science organizations from high schools, to science societies, universities, companies, governments and non-governmental organizations are invited to host events. GWB is also a flagship event of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development bringing together people from all science disciplines.
Become and Event Organizer, login to your account, and register your event today. Check out our new Organizers Guide. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your professional network across disciplines and across the world.
Subscribe now to the GWB2023 newsletter to be kept updated on the latest events and news!

No More Hidden Figures: Being Seen, Heard, and Influencing Chemistry as Black Women
2023-02-15 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect
11am-Noon, Online via Zoom, Free, Registration required

Join us for a free interactive broadcast during Black History Month, featuring Chief Operating Officer Teri Quinn Gray of Provivi, Inc., Associate Dean of the Graduate School in Arts and Sciences Malika Jeffries-EL of Boston University, and Director of PMTA Submissions Kimberly Agnew-Heard of Altria Client Services.
These accomplished leaders will share their personal experiences breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Register now to gain inspiration to pursue your STEM dreams and discover the professional opportunities available today.
This ACS Webinar is co-produced with the ACS Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect and moderated by President Manny Guzman of CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society.

What You Will Learn

Personal stories about blazing trails, opening doors, and inspiring future generations of black women to pursue careers in STEM
How consistency, persistency, and community are keys for success
The importance of representation in influencing your personal and professional trajectory

Webinar Details

Wednesday, February 15, 2022 @ 2-3pm ET
Free to Register with ACS ID
The slides will available for download on the day of the event

Co-Producer

ACS Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Respect
