Archive for the ‘Brazil’ Category

2023 Recap from RSC Brazil

As the effects of the pandemic continued to fade, 2023 began with some uncertainty about scientific meetings in and around Brazil. Nevertheless, last year saw a resurgence of in-person events for Brazilian researchers. Despite facing constrained budgets, the community made it a priority to resume hosting the most important meetings in the region.

To this end, the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ) Annual Meeting returned to Sao Paulo in 2023. RSC President, Prof. Gill Reid, had the opportunity to attend along with the head of the RSC Americas office, Zhengzheng Zhang. At the meeting, they presented RSC’s plan for the future of Open Access and familiarized themselves with the vibrant local community. In addition to chatting with authors, students, and Editorial Board Members from Brazil, Prof. Reid gave a scientific talk.

The conference also served as a venue to celebrate continued partnership between RSC and SBQ. RSC hosted a session during the meeting to recognize the re-signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two societies and to announce the winners of the 2023 JP-RASBQ-RSC award. The MoU seeks to encourage deeper connections between the RSC and SBQ by fostering collaboration in programs and events. The JP-RASBQ-RSC award, originally launched in 2021, honours early career researchers in the chemical sciences and offers prizes to help them overcome the effects of the pandemic on their research progress.

   
Left: Prof. Gill Reid and SBQ President, Prof. Dr Shirley Nakagaki, displaying the MoU along with incoming SBQ President, Prof. Dr Rossimiriam Freitas; Right: JP-RASBQ-RSC award winners Dr. Rayane Cristian Ferreira Silva (UFMG) and Dr. Caio Machado Fernandes (UFF) with Prof. Gill Reid

 

   
Left: Dr. Zhengzheng Zhang (RSC Americas) discussing Open Access and RSC’s vision for the future at the 2023 SBQ Annual Meeting; Right: Profs Marcia Mesko (UFPel and JAAS EBM), Camila Abbehausen (UNICAMP and RA ABM), Gill Reid (RSC), Izilda Bagatin (UNIFESP and DT Council group), Zhengzheng Zhang (RSC Americas), Breno Netto (UnB and RA ABM), Rodrigo Souza (UFRJ and RA ABM) and Erico Flores (UFSM and  JAAS AE)

 

Then, Spring ushered in a high season for bigger meetings. Our RSC Brazil manager, Beth Magalhaes, attended a number of them seeking to grow the RSC brand, commission article submissions, spread our forward-looking Open Access policy, and promote new journal launches. Importantly, we wanted to highlight RSC as one of the most active scientific societies concerned with topics like DEI and sustainability.

The first Spring conference we sponsored was the 22nd CBCat Brazilian Congress on Catalysis 2023. Important names in the field of Catalysis were present, such as RSC member Prof. Liane Rossi (USP). The event was held near vineyards located in the south of Brazil.

 
Prof. Liane Rossi giving her talk at the event at the 22nd Brazilian Congress on Catalysis

 

   
Left: student prize winners during MRS-B 2023; Right: the beautiful Maceio landscape

 

Next, Beth attended the Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS) Annual Meeting in Maceio-AL, Brazil, where she gave a “How to Publish” talk and the RSC sponsored awards for poster and oral presentation prizes.

Travelling to Campinas, only 100 km from the RSC Brazil office in São Paulo, Beth next attended the Brazilian Society of Biophysics (SBBf) 47th annual meeting. The conference venue was also the location of Sirius, the new synchrotron light source and most complex scientific infrastructure ever built in Brazil. Researchers at the meeting presented their work in the fields of physics, chemistry, and biology. RSC had the opportunity to talk with authors about Open Access and familiarize them with journals applicable to their research.

   
Left: exhibition booth at SBBf; Right: general view of the event attendance

 

Seeking to meet with researchers in all disciplines of the chemical sciences, Beth next attended a theoretical meeting for the first time: the XXII Brazilian Symposium of Theoretical Chemistry (SBQT) 2023. The RSC supported the symposium by facilitating the presence of Prof. Sir Richard Catlow (University College London and Cardiff University), a long time engaged FRSC who gave a fantastic research talk and delivered poster prizes on behalf of the RSC. A highlight at SBQT was the panel discussion about women in theoretical sciences, emphasizing a commitment of the community to change the landscape with respect to gender equity.

Poster prize winners with FRSC Prof. Catlow at the XXII Brazilian Symposium of Theoretical Chemistry

 

     
Left: Prof. Catlow asking a question at SBQT 2023; Right: the Women Panel discussion at SBQT 2023 attracted a great audience

 

As noted, this was a busy season for Beth – after the theoretical meeting, she moved on to the 11th BrazMedChem/9th BCNP. These two groups, representing Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, respectively, hold many mutual interests and thus their meetings were held together in Salvator, BA.  Both were supported by SBQ divisions and the RSC. On our end, Beth chaired a Women in Chemistry discussion with Júlia Monteiro (Eurofarma), Lori Ferrins (Northeastern University) and Gemma Turon (Ersilia – UK). We also sponsored both events via poster prizes to recognize students’ hard work.

     
Left: Prof. Marcelo Castilho, BrazMedChem Chair, delivering an RSC poster prize alongside Prof. Eliane de Oliveira Silva, BCNP chair; Right: the closing presentation, delivered by Prof. Jairo Kenupp Bastos (FCFRP-USP), on synergies where natural products and new drugs strategies could meet

 

Further seeking to connect with new communities, RSC supported the 17th Brazilian Conference on Polymers (CBPol), organized by the Brazilian Polymer Association (ABPol). This community has a long relationship with the plastic industries; one focus of Beth’s attendance at the conference was to feel out the association’s attitudes on topics such as new uses for polymers and regulation and environmental issues. The RSC was very well received at the conference, and for some attendees this was their first contact with several of our publications, including Polymer Chemistry. To support this meeting, the RSC had an exhibition booth, delivered poster prizes, and gave a “How to Publish” talk. One of our MSDE Editorial Board Members, Prof. Linda J. Broadbelt (Northwestern University), attended the conference as well.

Prof. Luiz Mattoso (Embrapa) discussing circular economy in agrobusiness at CBPol

 

Finally, Beth returned to southern Brazil, in Bento Gonçalves, where the 7th Brazilian Meeting on Chemical Speciation (7th EspeQBrazil) and the 16th Rio Symposium on Atomic Spectrometry (16th RSAS) were hosted. The events combined workshops, courses, presentations, and networking opportunities, including a Meet the Editor session and poster prizes sponsored by RSC journals. RSAS was chaired by JAAS Associate Editor, Prof. Erico Flores, and the JAAS team was further represented by JAAS Editor-in-Chief, Heidi Goenaga-Infant, in addition to other editorial board members and engaged authors. JAAS is a top journal in the community, so these appearances made a strong impression.

     
Poster prize award ceremonies at EspeQBrazil and RSAS

 

Wine tasting celebration in Bento Gonçalves with JAAS authors, editors, and local organizers

 

So, after many trips around the country, 2023 was finally over, and now we must wait to see the results in 2024. With so many authors being invited to submit their work, researchers making their first contact with the RSC, students engaging with the community, and different interest groups represented, it’s safe to say that 2023 was a productive year in Brazil!

 

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Recognizing Our 2023 Editorial Board Members

With the end of 2023, the RSC Americas office would like to take the opportunity to recognize all of the Editorial and Advisory board members who joined the RSC’s journals over 2023, especially those who have begun since we last recognized new board members in February 2023. It is only through the hard work and guidance of these outstanding researchers that the Royal Society of Chemistry is able to maintain its essential community focus, while being a leading international scientific publisher. Thank you all for everything you have done this year, and we look forward to 2024!

 

New Editorial Board Members:

James Batteas, Texas A&M University (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Editor-in-Chief

Miaofang Chi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA)
Nanoscale Horizons, Editorial Board Member

William Chueh, Stanford University (USA)
Energy & Environmental Science, Editorial Board Member

Debbie Crans, Colorado State University (USA)
New Journal of Chemistry, Editorial Board Member

Alessandra Eustaquio, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Natural Product Reports, Editorial Board Member

Andrew Ferguson, University of Chicago (USA)
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Raj Gounder, Purdue University (USA)
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Associate Editor

Ling Hao, George Washington University (USA)
Molecular Omics, Editorial Board Member

Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (USA)
Materials Horizons, Editorial Board Member

Rebekka Klausen, John Hopkins University (USA)
Polymer Chemistry, Associate Editor

Dominik Konkolewicz, Miami University (USA)
Polymer Chemistry, Associate Editor

LaShanda Korley, University of Delaware (USA)
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Editorial Board Member

Chao-Jun Li, McGill University (Canada)
ChemComm, Associate Editor

Matthew Lockett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
Analytical Methods, Associate Editor

James Mack, University of Cincinnati (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Editorial Board Member

Neal Mankad, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Dalton Transactions, Associate Editor

Heidi Mansour, Florida International University (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Associate Editor

Spiridoula Matsika, Temple University (USA)
PCCP, Associate Editor

Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Editorial Board Member

Jasquelin Peña, University of California, Davis (USA)
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Associate Editor

Emily Pentzer, Texas A&M University (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Editor-in-Chief

Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines (USA)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Associate Editor

Robert Riggleman, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Associate Editor

Eric Rivard, University of Alberta (Canada)
Dalton Transactions, Associate Editor

Changquan Calvin Sun, University of Minnesota (USA)
CrystEngComm, Editorial Board Member

Wilfred Tysoe, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Editorial Board Member

Justin J. Wilson, Cornell University (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Associate Editor

Ngai Yin Yip, Columbia University (USA)
Environmental Science: Advances, Associate Editor

 

New Advisory Board Members:

Maria Angela A Meireles, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Gregg Beckham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)
Green Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Alexis Bell, University of California, Berkeley (United States)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

David N. Beratan, Duke University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Roberto Berlinck, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Natural Product Reports, Advisory Board Member

Viola Birss, University of Calgary (Canada)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Advisory Board Member

Barry Blight, University of New Brunswick (Canada)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Daria Boffito, Polytechnique Montreal (Canada)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Adam Braunschweig, New York University (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Jeff WM Bulte, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (USA)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Advisory Board Member

Charles T. Campbell, University of Washington (United States)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

Emanuel Carrilho, Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil)
Analytical Methods, Advisory Board Member

Victor Castaño, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México  (Mexico)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Advisory Board Member

Jingguang Chen, Columbia University (United States)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

Zhongwei Chen, University of Waterloo (Canada)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

Michael Cohen, Oregon Health & Science University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Conor Coley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Digital Discovery, Advisory Board Member

Maria G. Corradini, University of Guelph (Canada)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Qiang Cui, Boston University (USA)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Mita Dasog, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Nanoscale, Advisory Board Member

Sylvia Daunert, University of Miami (USA)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Advisory Board Member

Jailson de Andrade, Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil)
Analytical Methods, Advisory Board Member

Juan de Pablo, University of Chicago (USA)
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Advisory Board Member

Pablo Andres Denis, Universidad de la República Facultad de Química (Uruguay)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Dino Di Carlo, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
Lab on a Chip, Advisory Board Member

Charles Dismukes, Rutgers University (United States)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

Yizhou Dong, The Ohio State University (USA)
Biomaterials Science, Advisory Board Member

Abigail Doyle, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
Digital Discovery, Advisory Board Member

Jairton Dupont, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Dalton Transactions, Advisory Board Member

Chris Easley, Auburn University (USA)
Analytical Methods, Advisory Board Member

Martin Eastgate, Bristol Myers Squibb (USA)
Green Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Marc Edwards, Virginia Tech (USA)
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Advisory Board Member

R. Dario Falcone, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Baizeng Fang, The University of British Columbia (Canada)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Omar K. Farha, Northwestern University (USA)
CrystEngComm, Advisory Board Member

Hao Feng, North Carolina A&T State University (USA)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Ian Foster, University of Chicago (USA)
Digital Discovery, Advisory Board Member

Natia Frank, University of Nevada (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Dinorah Gambino, University of the Republic (Uruguay)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Rebecca Gieseking, Brandeis University (USA)
Materials Horizons, Advisory Board Member

José Goldemberg, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Energy & Environmental Science, Advisory Board Member

John Gordon, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Carlos F. O. Graeff, São Paolo State University (Brazil)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Advisory Board Member

Alexis Grimaud, Boston College (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Alexander Gundlach-Graham, Iowa State University (USA)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

Will Gutekunst, Georgia Tech (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Susan Habas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Grace Han, Brandeis University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Timothy Hanusa, Vanderbilt University (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Tom Harner, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canada)
Environmental Science: Advances, Advisory Board Member

Jennifer Heemstra, Washington University in St Louis (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Niko Hildebrandt, McMaster University (Canada)
Nanoscale, Advisory Board Member

Frances Houle, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Ashlee Howarth, Concordia University (Canada)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Helen Hsu-Kim, Duke University (USA)
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Advisory Board Member

Philip Jessop, Queen’s University (Canada)
Green Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Xiao Jiang, Aramco Research Cente (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Kagan Kerman, University of Toronto (Canada)
Analyst, Advisory Board Member

Laura Kiessling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
RSC Chemical Biology, Advisory Board Member

Kristi Kiick, University of Delaware (USA)
Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Advisory Board Member

Rebekka Klausen, Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Jothi Kothandaraman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)
RSC Sustainability, Advisory Board Member

Lauro Kubato, Instituto de Química (Brazil)
Analytical Methods, Advisory Board Member

Heather Kulik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Digital Discovery, Advisory Board Member

Kyle Lancaster, Cornell University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Lieve Laurens, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Ramanan Laxminarayan, One Health Trust (USA)
Environmental Science: Advances, Advisory Board Member

Kimberley Lee, Caltech (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Eder Joao Lenardao, Universidade Federal de Pelotas (Brazil)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Benoit Lessard, University of Ottawa (Canada)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Yingfu Li, McMaster University (Canada)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Advisory Board Member

Xiasong Li, University of Washington (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Chen Liao, Argonne National Laboratory (USA)
RSC Sustainability, Advisory Board Member

Bruce Lipshutz, University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
Green Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Norberto Peporine Lopes, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Yi Lu, University of Illinois (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Advisory Board Member

Cara Lubner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Susan Lunte, University of Kansas (USA)
Analytical Methods, Advisory Board Member

Celia Machado Ronconi, Federal Fluminense University (Brazil)
Dalton Transactions, Advisory Board Member

Érico Marlon Moraes Flores, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

Todd Martinez, Stanford University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Carlos Martínez-Huitle, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

José Luis Medina-Franco, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Igor Medintz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (USA)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Advisory Board Member

Manjusri Misra, University of Guelph (Canada)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Karthik Nagapudi, Genentech (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Brenno Neto, University of Brasilia (Brazil)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Petr Nikrityuk, University of Alberta (Canada)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Elisa Orth, Federal University of Paraná (Brazil)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Frank Osterloh, University of California, Davis (USA)
Materials Advances, Advisory Board Member

Atul Parikh, University of California, Davis (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Emily Pentzer, Texas A&M University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Cynthia L. M. Pereira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)
CrystEngComm, Advisory Board Member

Francois Perreault, University of Quebec at Montreal (Canada)
Environmental Science: Advances, Advisory Board Member

Kristin Persson, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Warren Piers, University of Calgary (Canada)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Shuye Ping Ong, University of California San Diego (USA)
Digital Discovery, Advisory Board Member

C. Derrick Quarles Jr., Elemental Scientific (USA)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

Seth Rasmussen, North Dakota State University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Javier Read de Alaniz, University of California Santa Barbara (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Jason Ren, Princeton University (USA)
Energy & Environmental Science, Advisory Board Member

Maxwell Robb, Caltech (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Debora Rodrigues, University of Houston (USA)
Environmental Science: Advances, Advisory Board Member

Adrian Roitberg, University of Florida (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Ashley Ross, University of Cincinnati (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Daniel Roxbury, University of Rhode Island (USA)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Advisory Board Member

Michael Sailor, University of California, San Diego (USA)
Nanoscale Horizons, Advisory Board Member

Jennifer Schaefer, Notre Dame (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

George Schatz, Northwestern University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Leslie Schoop, Princeton University (USA)
Nanoscale Horizons, Advisory Board Member

Danielle Schultz, Merck (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Hannah Shafaat, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Wendy Shaw, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Jacob Shelley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

Thomas Snaddon, Indiana University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Andrew Steckl, University of Cincinnati (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Samuel Stupp, Northwestern University (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Ralph Sturgeon, National Research Council of Canada (Canada)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

Jin Suntivich, Cornell University (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Micheal Tam, University of Waterloo (Canada)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Juming Tang, Washington State University (USA)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Sindy Tang, Stanford University (USA)
Lab on a Chip, Advisory Board Member

Lauro Tatsuo Kubota, State University of Campinas (Brazil)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Advisory Board Member

William Tiznado, Universidad Andres Bello (Chile)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Helen Tran, University of Toronto (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Christopher Vanderwal, University of California, Irvine (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Rajender Varma, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
Green Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Fiorenzo Vetrone, Université du Québec (Canada)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Advisory Board Member

Joel Voldman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Lab on a Chip, Advisory Board Member

Lai-Sheng Wang, Brown University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

John Warner, Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry & Beyond Benign (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Eranthee Weerapana, Boston College (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Alison Wendlandt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Krista Wigginton, University of Michigan (USA)
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Advisory Board Member

Evan Williams, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Analyst, Advisory Board Member

Nianqiang Wu, University of Massachusetts Amherst (USA)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Advisory Board Member

Wenzhuo Wu, Purdue University (USA)
Nanoscale Horizons, Advisory Board Member

Yan Yao, University of Houston (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Yadong Yin, University California Riverside (USA)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Advisory Board Member

Wei You, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
Polymer Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Karim Zaghib, Concordia University (Canada)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Advisory Board Member

Aldo Zarbin, Universidade Federal do Paraná (Brazil)
Materials Horizons, Advisory Board Member

Davit Zargarian, University of Montreal (Canada)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Jin Zhang, University of California San Diego (USA)
RSC Chemical Biology, Advisory Board Member

Xuan Zhang, University of California, Merced (USA)
Environmental Science: Advances, Advisory Board Member

Miqin Zhang, University of Washington (USA)
Nanoscale, Advisory Board Member

Yuming Zhao, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Yiping Zhao, University of Georgia (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Hongcai Zhou, Texas A&M University (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Hongli Zhu, Northeastern University (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Materials Horizons 10th Anniversary Collection for the Americas

To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Materials Horizons, the journal has been preparing monthly Regional Spotlight Collections, highlighting the most popular articles publishing in Materials Horizons from contributors across the globe.

Recently, the spotlight collection for the Americas was released, containing 33 of the very best publications from this region in the past 10 years.

Click here to read this collection of fantastic articles, and click here to learn more about upcoming activities honoring Materials Horizons on its 10th anniversary.

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Join the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board!

Do you know an early career researcher or PhD candidate interested in materials science and/or nanoscience? Are they interested in participating the development of two of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journals? If so, now is the time to nominate them for the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board!

The Community Board is a group of early career researchers and students who work with the journals’ Executive Editors and Editorial Boards to guide how the journals can best support the community of students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career researchers interested in Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons. They provide feedback on the community’s perception of the journals, help guide the journals’ engagement through suggested themed collections and Focus Article topics, and suggest education-focused initiatives for the journals to support the community.

If you are interested in nominating someone for the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board, submissions are open through July 19th, 2023. Check out the post on the Materials Horizons Blog for full details on eligibility, nomination process, and more details about the role of the Community Board.

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Updates from the Brazil Office for RSC Americas

Written by Elizabeth Magalhaes

A satellite office of RSC Americas, the Brazilian office in São Paulo, has been operating since 2012 and represents the whole portfolio in the region including all of South America. Now, after the worst (we hope) of the pandemic, we are re-assessing our approach in the region. The main partner in the community is the Brazilian Chemical Society, SBQ. At the beginning of 2022, RSC president Tom Welton gave a webinar to SBQ to reflect on Sustainability, which has become a prominent subject from 2022 onwards in the Brazilian Community.

Most of our publications in Brazil come from the local chemistry community, totalling nearly 500 at RSC. More and more, research in this area has become multidisciplinary, so following Biochemistry, Materials, Food Engineering, and Energy topics has played an important role in pursuing submission leading to publications locally. This movement has been essential in times where national funding has become an issue in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Other sources of funding, such as applications through innovation, are paving initial steps to enable research despite major cuts in governments’ science budgets.

Our goal in the region is to keep RSC relevant and to continue to be a trustworthy source for quality publications. To perform best in our aims, we support the most important local meetings in our communities, general or specific, to better understand the local environment. We look for opportunities to find engaged authors and editors, as well as to enlighten the future generation. We recently came back from one of the largest events in the area, the 45th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society. This conference was an opportunity to showcase our portfolio in full, including journals, books, databases, and other campaigns on Diversity and Inclusion. Our marketing stand attracted attention and was an effective point of contact for researchers.

 

At the conference, we presented a How-to-Publish talk with 3 of our local editorial board members in an interactive section. A highlight of the trip was the second annual awarding of the so-called JP RSC RASBQ prize, organized in partnership with SBQ. This award recognizes two young researchers for their scientific competence and quality of work, providing them with funding to attend international conferences and to boost their initial careers as professionals by covering research costs. More about the award and this year’s recipients can be found here (in Portuguese).

 

Yet there is still more to come, and this year we will sponsor and/or attend focus events and meetings in Materials, Analytical, Inorganic, Medicinal, and Organic Chemistry, including ICCST 15 – the International Conference on the Chemistry of Selenium and Tellurium. Watch this space!

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Outstanding Reviewers of 2021

The accuracy and quality of chemical science literature is only possible through the hard work of dedicated reviewers. We would like to thank all those who have contributed to the peer review process this past year, and especially recognize those from the Americas selected as Outstanding Reviewers. These reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness, and quality of reports completed over 2021.

For a full list of the Outstanding Reviewers of 2021 from over 130 countries, please click here.

(more…)

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Welcome 2020 North and South American Editorial Board members!

 

The RSC US and Brazilian offices want to give a big welcome to our North and South American board members appointed in the past year!

 

Michelle Arkin, University of California San Francisco (USA)

RSC Chemical Biology Editorial Board Member

 

Curtis Berlinguette, University of British Columbia (Canada)

Journal of Materials Chemistry A / Materials Advances Associate Editor

 

Lin Chen, Northwestern University (USA)

Chemical Science Associate Editor

 

Zhongwei (John) Chen, University of Waterloo (Canada)

Energy & Environment Book Series, Editor in Chief

 

Jianjun Cheng, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (USA)

Biomaterials Science Editor in Chief (formerly Associate Editor)

 

Wendell Coltro, Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil)

Analytical Methods Associate Editor

 

Neil Donahue, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)

Environmental Science: Atmospheres Editor in Chief

 

Norm Dovichi, University of Notre Dame (USA)

Analyst Editor in Chief

 

Leanne Gilbertson, University of Pittsburgh (USA)

Environmental Science: Nano Editorial Board Member

 

Jen Heemstra, Emory University (USA)

RSC Chemical Biology Editorial Board Member

 

Corey Hopkins, University of Nebraska Medical Center (USA)

Drug Discovery Book series, Series Editor

 

CJ Li, McGill University (Canada)

ChemComm Associate Editor (previously Green Chemistry Associate Editor)

 

Jennifer Love, University of Calgary (Canada)

Chemical Society Reviews Editorial Board Chair (previously Catalysis Science & Technology Associate Editor)

 

Gabriel Merino, Cinvestav Mérida (Mexico)

Chemical Science Associate Editor

 

Shirley Nagagaki, Universidade Federal do Paraná (Brazil)

RSC Advances Editorial Board Member

 

Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, University of Michigan (USA)

RSC Chemical Biology Editorial Board Member

 

Dong Qin, Georgia Tech (USA)

Nanoscale / Nanoscale Advances Associate Editor

 

Joel Thornton, University of Washington (USA)

Environmental Science: Atmospheres Editorial Board Member

 

Doug Stephan, University of Toronto (Canada)

ChemComm Editorial Board Chair (previously Chemical Society Reviews Editorial Board Chair)

 

Stacey Wetmore, University of Lethbridge (Canada)

RSC Advances Editorial Board Member

 

Hua-Zhong (Hogan) Yu, Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Analyst Reviews Editor

 

Vassilia Zorba, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)

JAAS Editorial Board Member

 

 

 

 

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

PAN-NANO-2020: a unique event before the crisis

The second Pan-American Nanotechnology Conference

PAN-NANO-2020 happened Mar 4-7, 2020 in Águas de Lindoia-SP, just before the Covid-19 crisis struck Brazil. During that week, we were aware of the situation spreading in the world, but Brazil had just a few cases and social distancing was only a distant idea. Águas de Lindoia has hot springs where people normally go to relax and is attractive due its mild climate. The organizers prepared for the uncertainties (with masks and alcohol-gel), and around 200 attendees, in total, were present. This conference was a joint effort between several engaged institutions with common interests and the same continent, the Americas.

Being “Pan-American”, related to North, South and Central America collectively, the organizers used their common scientific subject, NANO, to create the PAN-NANO event. The purpose was to develop useful and sustainable applications of nanotechnologies throughout the Pan-American region by understanding nanotechnology and nanoparticles’ behavior in biological, chemical and environmental systems.

The Royal Society of Chemistry had already sponsored its first edition, and the journals Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances, Nanoscale Horizons and Environmental Science: Nano saw a good opportunity to get involved with a such variety of communities, which include Physicists, Chemists and Engineers. 

RSC supported Prof Rebecca Kapler (U. Wisconsin-Milwaukee), who gave a plenary talk on Interactions at the Nano-Bio Interface Across Biological Systems. The talk showed the significant variation in these interactions due to differences in the biological characteristics of organisms and the environments where they are found. She highlighted how it is necessary to probe the molecular interactions that occur at the interface of the nanomaterial and the places where the material comes in contact with the organism. In addition, she discussed the molecular interaction of nanomaterials across species. On the same day, RSC promoted a special Meet the Editor event, in a “Pint-of-Science” like format, to attract the audience and encourage them to have a beer and relax during the discussions. 

Elizabeth and Rebecca gave an overview of RSC, promoted the main RSC journals in the area, as well databases and books. Finally, Prof Rebecca gave general tips on how to submit and write, giving inside information on the article life cycle. Some slides supported the talk, but the audience got involved in a vivid discussion on publication motivation; Editors’ expectations; and the importance of showing novelty, comparing with the existing work and including backup citations.

Finally, at the end of the conference, RSC awarded two poster prizes, each consisting of £100 book voucher and certificate from Nanoscale and Environmental Science: Nano. We would like to congratulate the winners shown below receiving their prizes at the closing ceremony:

Poster prize winners with Prof Debora Frigi Rodrigues (Houston University), the winners Kayla Kurtz (University of Rhode Island) and Izaac Sit (University of California, San Diego), and also Profs Rebecca Klaper (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Isabel C. Escobar (University of Kentucky) and Ademar Benevolo Lugão (IPEN/CNEN).

.  

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Wrapping up BRAZIL 2019: Theory, Materials, Microfluidics, She/Her, Natural Products and SBQ-Sul in 2019

 

Copacabana Beach landscape during the 2019-2020 New Year´s Eve

The year of 2019 left us some time ago. In the Southern Hemisphere, end of the year celebrations are different: outdoors, hot and part of the summer holiday season. The Northern Hemisphere still finds it difficult to understand that if it is summer, it is our time of the year to take big holidays. As yet, I will tell you a  secret: the water spins around in the sink in an counterclockwise direction. For us, down here, it is time to wrap up our thoughts, hope for a better year and begin the next one slowly (always keeping an eye on Carnival).

So, to show you all how we closed the year, here are our last events of 2019.

Similar to at the Brazilian Chemical Society Meeting in 2019, where a Women’s Hub was created and a prize named after Prof Dr Vanderlan Bolzani awarded, sections discussing Women in Science issues were held at the BrazMedChem symposium and at the 20th CBCat. Discussion included numbers from Academia (data from CNPq) to show how women are progressing as whole in Chemistry (or Science) but are not achieving as many higher decision-making positions as men. The big question: why is that? There are multiple answers and still lots of discussion to be had.

Prof. Marisa Orth gave a nice overview at the CBCat with numbers from a CNPq database and Prof Heloise Pastore moderated a friendly discussion with the audience. One thing was obvious: men have to take part in this as an important agent to change the future. These numbers corroborate with our recently launched Report on Gender Bias in Publishing.

Later on in September, in a different location (Federal University of Pelotas-UFPel-RS), our recent recipient of the JAAS Lectureship, Prof Marcia Mesko, with the RSC Brazil office’s support, coordinated a panel discussion totally dedicated to diversity and inclusion of women, the “She/Her on Science”, with lectures and panel discussions dedicated to the subject.

With experienced and young female researchers in the discussions [Profs Drs Márcia Barbosa (UFRGS), Maysa Furlan (CAPES and UNESP), Ethel Wilhelm, Lucielli Savegnago,  Márcia Mesko, Mariana Vieira, Rosélia Spanevello (all from UFPel), Laura Fonseca (UFSM), Vanderlan Bolzani (UNESP), Fernanda Staniscuaski (UFRGS), Hellen Stulzer (UFSC), Marina Prigol (UNIPAMPA), Paola Mello (UFSM), Marina Trevisan (UFRGS)], the subjects varied between challenges for young female scientists in the South, parenthood in science, gender equity, awards’ impact, institutional action on gender inclusion and perspectives from new young female talent. We still have a long way to go, but those discussions, happening over and over again, will wake up the world, and especially will wake up women to be present and active in discussions and acts. Support to get support, that is how things change, little by little, grain by grain!

Finally the year ended with five meetings in a row. The RSC office supported them in different ways and the organizers did a very good job in raising awareness of the RSC and our journals. The Brazilian Materials Research Society (B-MRS) organized its annual meeting, the XVIII Brazilian MRS, involving the community of materials research.  It was held in Balneário Camboriú-SC,  September 22-26th, 2019. Parallel sections with varied subjects covering Physics to Chemistry, mixed with Engineering, had the participation of several Latin American Materials Research Societies. RSC promoted J. Mat. Chem. A, J. Mat. Chem. B, J. Mat. Chem. C, Mat. Horizons, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Horizons  and their respective prizes and lectureships there. As a pre-meeting promotion, the RSC organzied a Virtual issue on Materials with authors from Latin America

 

Cristie Luis Kugelmeier-UFSCar (Soft Matter + Biomaterials Sci + Molecular Systems and Design & Engineering £100 cash prize and certificate) for his symposium presentation on “Advances in steel metallurgy and applications”;
Maya Alencar Medeiros-UFSCar (ChemSci £100 book voucher) for her poster  on “Materials and Fabrication Processes for Aeronautic and Space Applications”;
Danilo Waismann Losito-UNIFESP (NanoscaleNanoscale Horinzons + Nanoscale Advances £100 cash prize and certificate) for his symposium presentation on “Molecular Sieves: synthesis and applications”;
Julia Andrea Carpenter-ETH, Switzerland (J. Mat. Chem. A, J. Mat. Chem. B, J. Mat. Chem. C, £100 cash prize and certificate) for his symposium presentation on “Biological, biopolymer-based and bio-inspired materials”; from left to right

 

 

The Microfluidics Workshop that celebrated the long term collaboration between Brazil and Argentina happened in Cordoba, Argentina.

Then the XX Brazilian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry was held in the Northeast of the country, João Pessoa-PB, where we also provided RSC lanyards as promotional items. The community is broad, varying from calculations for Inorganic/Organic Chemistry and data handling to Analytical Chemistry, in addition to pure Physical Chemistry.

As one of the last events we attended in 2019, the 7th Brazilian Conference on Natural Products was held at a military facility-IME. The Brazilian Army is well known for its intense research on flora and fauna of the country, for surveillance reasons and biodiversity security. So, vast knowledge is held by the military in the natural products area. During the conference, we had an RSC table with lanyards and Prof Peter Leadlay from Cambridge University as one of the highlights of the meeting.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                 

 

Discussions on local biodiversity and the future of science with the expected budget constraints were important for the future of the area, which was once pioneering when Brazil was considered a sub-developed country. Now, we have to protect biodiversity and change the way natural products are seen.

The Rio landscape certainly helped:

Finally, at the end of the year, RSC and the British Government joined forces and presented two seminars during the Regional South Meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society. The meeting was held a UCS (University of Caxias do Sul) a community university. The region is well known for its regional development linked to basic industries and crops, and also a huge German-Italian immigration community.

RSC contributed a How to Publish seminar, talking about the mission and vision of RSC, as well as what our journals can offer for authors in the country, along with other offerings, such as Chemistry World and our databases such as ChemSpider and MarinLit. Afterwards, the Chevening director in Brazil, Dr James Edward, presented the Chevening Brazil program, how these scholarships work and its objectives: to find leaders coming from the hard sciences, who normally don´t apply. The SBQ-Sul was a good audience for both RSC and Chevening. 

Watch our space for 2020!

 

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)

Recognizing the Brazilian Chemistry Community

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Brazilian Connections

While many people can properly guess that  the Royal Society of Chemistry originated in the UK, they may not be aware of just how far we’ve come, literally, since our British beginnings in 1841. Over 175 years later, we have offices around the world, including one in beautiful São Paulo, the most populous city in Brazil and in the Southern Hemisphere. The city has one of the most vibrant and thriving economies in Latin America, but even though the country has seen growth in the science and engineering research sector over the last decade, times are hard right now for academics in Brazil. In the spirit of internationalization, our office in Brazil has been working hard to promote the science that is being accomplished here to our colleagues around the world. 

It certainly helps that we’re located next to the Science and Innovation Network in Brazil, one of the British government’s strategic partnerships in 30 countries/territories, that aim to mutually benefit both the UK and host-country. Through the RSC’s physical presence in this partner nation, we can forge strong UK-Brazil interactions that support research and innovation for the whole world. We have been working with other partners to create networking opportunities that put researchers in the global spotlight, and lubricate the group gears in the search for solutions to global problems. It is a win-win situation. You interact more, you expose yourself, you embrace big problems and that helps push to solve local (and often critically necessary) ones.

One of our long-term Brazilian partners is Sociedade Brasileira de Química (SBQ), the Brazilian Chemical Society; as a not-for-profit organization like the RSC and as a scholarly and professional society, SBQ supports the chemical sciences in Brazil and even publishes its own Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, which it makes freely available to read to advance science literacy. The RSC’s support of SBQ has been historical and since 2007 we have been taking part in the SBQ annual meeting.

The Brazilian Chemistry Certificate of Distinction

For 2019, the IYPT, apart from the splashing success of our IYPT lanyards, we decided to take a step forward and award the researchers who have been publishing with us in the last 2 years. As a publisher, we measure engagement by publication numbers. More importantly, we want to recognize engagement, and we hope this boosts publications further and leads to further engagement. As examples, we took part of some Newton Fund Brazil activities and also the Brazil-UK Year of Science and Innovation. We worked together with our recent partner, CNPq, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) – the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development – which is a part of the Ministry of Science and Technology under the Brazilian federal government. Joining forces with CNPq, we put the new prize together: the Brazilian Chemistry Certificate of Distinction. The idea was to recognize researchers with outstanding publication records and give back the opportunity for networking, to help make the awardees gain further recognition and encourage the new ones in the game to look for opportunities.

During the 42th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Chemical Society in Joiville last May, we presented the prize winners. During the honor ceremony we presented the two awardees. Firstly, representing Women in Chemistry, Prof Dirce Pozebon from UFGRS, was awarded. Prof Pozebon publshed 6 Articles in 2017-2018 which collectively received 39 citations. Prof Eufrânio N. Silva Jr from UFMG, was awarded after publishing 8 Articles in 2017-2018, which received 42 citations. He was not able to attend, but Prof Luis Claudio Barbosa from UFMG (one of our FRSC) represented him during the ceremony.

Prof Dirce Pozebon (3rd from the left) from UFRGS receiving her prize certificate from the hands of Prof Alsion Hulme (representing RSC), Prof Vanderlan Bolzani (representing the CNPq president João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo) and Prof Norberto Pereira Lopes (representing SBQ).

Prof Luiz Claudio Barbosa from UFMG receiving Prof Eufrânio´s prize certificate from the hands of Prof Alison Hulme (representing RSC), Prof Norberto Pereira Lopes (representing SBQ) and Prof Vanderlan Bolzani (representing the CNPq president João Luiz Filgueiras de Azevedo).

 

 

The selection guidelines for the Brazilian Chemistry Certificate of Distinction can be found here. This prize it will contribute to winners in their dual roles as the researcher and the professor, with the opportunity to travel abroad to attend an international conference and/or spend some short period interacting with fellow colleagues. The prize includes money towards accommodation and travel from both CNPq and RSC. The Certificate of Distinction shows our commitment to recognizing our interactions with our communities in Brazil. It gives concrete ideas for the future stakeholders who embrace internationalization and networking tools, in giving back to the academic society the knowledge that science, in the end, brings to our lives. A nation with no investment into the scientific community does not flourish, as no progress can be made in the right direction.The scientific production in Brazil needs to be recognized, and the quality of the work done here can make an impact – if only, with all the differences we face and discuss, it is put to the task to solve technological problems. 

Digg This
Reddit This
Stumble Now!
Share on Facebook
Bookmark this on Delicious
Share on LinkedIn
Bookmark this on Technorati
Post on Twitter
Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)