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SUMMARY:Ladies in Waiting AND Still Waiting for the Nobel Prize
DESCRIPTION:Professor Mary Virginia Orna\, College of New Rochelle\nSponsored by the ACS San Diego Section\n6pm-8pm\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register\n\nAbstract \nThat there is a gender imbalance in the list of Nobel laureates is unambiguous. There are many reasons for this situation\, among which one may cite the very small pool of women scientists. While that may have been true in the past\, the number of women who are active in scientific research has grown exponentially\, and yet we had to wait until 2020 for two women to join the other five women chemistry laureates (3.76% in the Nobel’s 120-year history). This talk will highlight an outstanding group of women\, some of whom were nominated unsuccessfully for the prize many times\, and some who were never nominated at all\, but perhaps should have been. While we will discuss only the tip of the iceberg\, there will be many more references suggested for further research and reading. \nBio \nMary Virginia Orna is Professor of Chemistry\, Emerita\, at The College of New Rochelle. She received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Fordham University. Orna has lectured and published widely in the areas of color chemistry and archaeological chemistry. In 2010 Mary was chosen as an ACS Fellow and has received many other awards including the Chemical Manufacturing Association’s Catalyst Award for excellence in college chemistry teaching\, the CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) New York State Professor of the Year\, the Merck Innovation Award\, the Western Connecticut ACS Section’s Visiting Scientist Award\, the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry\, and the American Chemical Society’s 1999 George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education. She has presented over a dozen plenary lectures and named lectureships. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Israel (1994-95) where she lectured at The Hebrew University. Professor Orna was a major contributor to the ACS symposium series on The Posthumous Nobel Prize in Chemistry\, Volume 2\, Ladies in Waiting for the Nobel Prize (2018).
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SUMMARY:Air Pollution in High Definition: Building Low-Cost Sensor Networks & Community Partnerships
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Alexis Shusterman and Dr. Chelsea Preble\, University of California at Berkeley\nSponsored by the ACS California Section\, Women Chemists Committee\n10:30am-Noon\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register (Please register no later than Friday\, Sept. 17\, 2021 before 10:30 am)\n\nAbstract: \nMeasuring atmospheric pollutants at high spatiotemporal resolution has the potential to help identify problematic sources as well as pinpoint communities facing disproportionate risks. Most traditional air quality monitoring campaigns\, however\, have been necessarily sparse in their resolution owing to the significant upfront and operational costs of high-precision and high-accuracy instrumentation. We explore the intersection of this measurement challenge with the issue of environmental justice in the United States and make an argument for the benefits of tracking air pollution at the neighborhood scale using low-cost monitoring techniques. We also present initial results from community air quality studies in West Oakland and Richmond\, two San Francisco Bay Area communities that are burdened by diesel particulate matter pollution. In these studies\, we deployed custom-built\, low-cost black carbon (BC)—or soot—sensors outside of community members’ homes and businesses. These dense networks captured seasonal trends in ambient BC on a block-by-block basis and found that the spatiotemporal patterns in BC concentrations were driven by truck activity. Through meaningful partnerships between researchers and key community stakeholders\, these collaborations created actionable datasets that advance both science and advocacy goals as part of broader Community Air Protection Program monitoring efforts (AB 617). \nAbout the Speakers: \n  \nDr. Alexis Shusterman completed her PhD in atmospheric chemistry at the University of California\, Berkeley while working with Prof. Ronald Cohen. Her graduate work centered around the construction of BEACO2N\, a high-density network of more than three dozen low-cost sensors capable of providing community-level air quality reports throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. During graduate school\, Alexis worked with science communication and outreach organizations nationwide to spread climate change and environmental justice awareness\, winning recognition in the UC Berkeley Grad Slam\, the University of California Carbon Slam\, and the American Chemical Society Chemistry Champions competitions. Now a lecturer in the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry\, Alexis (or “Dr. S” to her students) now dedicates herself to delivering high quality chemical education full time. \n  \nDr. Chelsea Preble earned her PhD in Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2017\, and is now an Assistant Research Engineer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley and affiliate of the Energy Technologies Area at Berkeley Lab. In her work\, she seeks to better understand air pollution trends\, sources\, and controls in impacted communities and to evaluate the real-world emissions impacts of new regulations and alternative energy technologies. Her research includes characterizing in-use emissions from heavy-duty diesel trucks and commercial harbor craft\, developing community-based air quality sensor networks\, and quantifying emissions from organic waste diversion systems.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/air-pollution-in-high-definition-building-low-cost-sensor-networks-community-partnerships/
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SUMMARY:ACS Virtual Career Day - Inspiring Women in Chemistry: Career Conversations Driven by Pfizer
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the American Chemical Society\n8:30am-1:15pm (Pacific Time)\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Learn more and register\n\nRegister for this FREE half-day career development workshop for undergraduate and graduate students interested in the advancement of women in the chemical sciences. Attendees will interact with notable scientists at Pfizer and ACS Career Consultants during keynote and panel discussions on career planning\, breakthrough science\, and advocating for a healthy work-life balance. \nKeynote Speakers: \n \n\n\n\n\nJennifer Lafontaine\, Ph.D. \nVice President\, Oncology Medicinal Chemistry | Pfizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Planning for a Career in Science: Navigating the Path Ahead” \nJennifer LaFontaine has worked as a medicinal chemist and people leader at Pfizer for over 20 years\, leading drug discovery teams responsible for the delivery of more than 20 Pfizer clinical candidates for cancer\, ophthalmic diseases\, diabetes and obesity.  Jennifer currently serves as the Head of Oncology Medicinal Chemistry\, where her team’s focus is to discover and advance transformational cancer therapies for patients as quickly as possible by leveraging their expertise in small molecule design\, synthesis\, protein sciences\, and structural biology. Jennifer previously led the Oncology Medicinal Chemistry Synthesis and Analytical Sciences group\, Cancer Platform Chemistry\, and the Ophthalmology Therapeutic Area Medicinal Chemistry group. \nJennifer earned her B.A. in chemistry with Distinction from Swarthmore College\, and then received her Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry from the University of California\, Berkeley\, before joining Pfizer in 1993. \nConnect with Jennifer on LinkedIn \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJoy Yang\, Ph.D.\nAssociate Research Fellow\, Medicinal Sciences | Pfizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Discovery of Oral Inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease for the Treatment of COVID-19” \nJoy Yang received her Ph.D. in biophysics at University of Pennsylvania. In Professor Kim Sharp’s group\, she studied and developed computational methods for macromolecular simulation and modeling. Joy did Postdoctoral research at GSK on discovering broad-spectrum antibacterial agents. From 2010-2015\, Joy worked at Cubist Pharmaceuticals\, continuing the research and discovery in antibiotics. In 2015\, Joy joined Pfizer Neuroscience computation chemistry group where she has been working on many early and late stage programs across different therapeutic areas. \nConnect with Joy on LinkedIn \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nPrincipal Scientist\, Process Chemistry | Pfizer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Development of a Commercial Manufacturing Process for Ibrance” \nNga Do received her Bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Purdue University\, and her master’s degree under the direction of Scott Rychnovsky at UC Irvine.  Nga has been in Pfizer’s process Chemistry Group for 23 years and has worked on a spectrum of both early to late stage products including the commercial products: Ibrance\, Daurismo\, Steglatro\, as well as the COVID 19 vaccine. \nConnect with Nga on LinkedIn \n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/acs-virtual-career-day-inspiring-women-in-chemistry-career-conversations-driven-by-pfizer/
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