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Congratulations to the RSC Poster Prize Winners at the 2024 Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium

At the recently held 2024 Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium at The Rockefeller University on August 14th, 2024, the Royal Society of Chemistry was proud to offer our continued support through sponsoring several poster prizes for attendees. This year, three RSC journals contributed to the prize, sponsoring £50 book vouchers for four awardees. Congratulations to all the poster prize winners!

RSC Chemical Biology

SeCheol Oh (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Ruijie Xiang (The Rockefeller University)

Chemical Science

Pooja Pandya (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Charlie Warren (Cornell University)

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2024 Nanoscale Emerging Investigators Collection

The Nanoscale journal family is proud to present their themed collection highlighting 2024’s rising stars of nanoscience and nanotechnology research. The collection, which is prepared yearly, features the very best work from researchers in the early stages of their independent career. Each contributor was recommended by experts in their fields for carrying out work with the potential to influence future directions in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

We would especially like to recognize the over 30 researchers in the collection that are based in the Americas, including Fang Chen (Stanford University), Peter Schindler (Northeastern University), Ashley Ross (University of Cincinnati), and many more!

Click here to read profiles of all these outstanding early career researchers, and then click here to view the highlighted articles from these fantastic scientists.

Congratulations to all the featured researchers on their important work in the field so far!

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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2024 Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence

Each year, the Royal Society of Chemistry sponsors the Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence at educational institutions across North America, honoring students of have shown significant achievement in the chemical sciences. The award recipients are selected by their departments for demonstrating exceptional dedication, performance, and engagement in coursework and research. Example qualifications include students who:

  • Are within the top 5-10% of their class in subject-specific and overall coursework
  • Participate and excel in undergraduate research projects
  • Have taken on leadership roles in their department and community
  • Persevered in their program despite facing significant challenges

Upon receiving the award from their institution, winners receive:

  • An invitation to join in publishing training provided by RSC journal editorial teams, with a certificate of completion endorsed by Chemical Communications executive editor, Dr. Richard Kelly
  • An RSC Affiliate Membership or copy of The Merck Index (15th edition) (selected by the institution)

Recently, the 2023-2024 award period closed, and we would like to celebrate this year’s awardees. Click here to view a full list of the recognized students.

If you would like your institution to participate in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence, click here for more information and to complete the registration form.

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2024 RSC Prizes Announced

Recently, the Royal Society of Chemistry announced the 2024 winners of the Research & Innovation Prizes, Volunteer Recognition Prizes, Horizon Prizes, and the Inclusion & Diversity Prize.

This year’s prizes are a true celebration of excellence in all its forms across the chemical sciences. We’ve once again recognised individuals from all career stages and various backgrounds, and this year we announce the first winners of our Technical Excellence Prizes – celebrating technicians and technical roles as invaluable members of the chemical sciences community.

We have also expanded our Apprentice Prizes to allow for more awardees, and introduced the new Innovation Through Partnership Prize, which celebrates partnerships across all sectors, including government, industry, education, research institutions and the third sector.

Collaboration is essential to great science, and groups, teams and collaborations feature heavily in the line-up of winners. Our team prize winners range from very large teams to very small ones, across sectors, countries, and institutions, comprising individuals in a wide variety of roles.

Click here to view the 2024 Prizes digital gallery and read more about our winners and their work, then post your congratulations through our commenting tool on the individual prize pages.

We have also published a web collection of our winners’ previously published work across RSC journals, which you can click here to read

All our winners have made worthy contributions to the chemical sciences community and to our planet. We extend our warmest congratulations to them all!

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Materials Horizons 2023 Outstanding Paper Awards

Recently, Materials Horizons announced the winners of their 2023 Outstanding Paper awards, recognizing several articles published in 2023 that were exceptionally high quality and innovative. These articles were chosen by the journal’s Editorial and Advisory Boards from a shortlist of articles based on a variety of metrics including article downloads, Altmetrics, and citations. Each year, these awards highlight the 2023 Outstanding Article, Outstanding Article Runner-Up, and Outstanding Review.

We would especially like to highlight the Materials Horizons 2023 Outstanding Review, which was awarded to Jackie Zheng, Md Arifuzzaman, Xiaomin Tang, Xi Chelsea Chen, and Tomonori Saito from Oak Ridge National Laboratory for their article summarizing the current state of the plastic recycling sector.

Click here to read the introductory editorial detailing each of the winning papers, and congratulations to all the recognized authors!

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Outstanding Peer Reviewers of 2023

Each year, the RSC recognizes the vital role of peer review in preserving quality and integrity in chemical science through the recognition of outstanding peer reviewers. We would like to highlight those reviewers who are in the Americas and were chosen by the RSC journals’ editorial teams for this distinction. Click here to view the full list for all outstanding peer reviewers internationally, and read below to find out who from the Americas made this prestigious list

Analyst

Mauro Bertotti, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Zachary Schultz, The Ohio State University, USA

 

Analytical Methods

Carlos Garcia, Clemson University, USA
Eduardo Richter, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil
Thiago Paixao, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Tiago Silva, Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil

 

Biomaterials Science

Hongyu Chen, Rensselaer Polytech Institute School of Engineering, USA

 

Catalysis Science & Technology

Tae Jin Kim, Stony Brook University, USA

 

ChemComm

Arindam Mukhopadhyay, Idaho National Laboratory, USA
Ilich Ibarra , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Patrick Sarver, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Seok Ki Choi, University of Michigan Medical School, USA

 

Chemical Science

Katerine Bujold, McMaster University, Canada
Laura M. Hernandez, McGill University , Canada
Marina Petrukhina, University at Albany – State University of New York, USA
Ming Xian, Brown University, USA
Sascha Feldmann, Harvard University, USA
Sharon R. Neufeldt, Montana State University, USA
Xiyue Zhang, University of Maryland, USA

 

Chemical Society Reviews

Ashlee Howarth, Concordia University, Canada
Warren Piers, University of Calgary, Canada

 

CrystEngComm

Tori Forbes, University of Iowa, USA

 

Dalton Transactions

Christian Goldsmith, Auburn University, USA
Janet R Morrow, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

 

Digital Discovery

Aparajita Dasgupta, Pfizer Andover, USA
Daniel Tabor, Texas A&M University College, USA
Fabien Plisson, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Irapuato, Mexico
Faezeh Habibzadeh, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Fanwang Meng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Kiran Vaddi, University of Washington, USA
Phillip M. Maffettone, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA

 

EES Catalysis

Aditya Nandy, University of Chicago, USA

 

Energy & Environmental Science

Adam Nielander, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA
Kevin Huang, University of South Carolina, USA
Leanne Chen, University of Guelph, Canada

 

Energy Advances

Hongyan Gao, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Xiao Li, The University of Alabama, USA

 

Environmental Science: Advances

Jorge Masini, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
JP Nicot, University of Texas at Austin, USA

 

Environmental Science: Atmospheres

Jessica Tryner, Colorado State University, USA
Rodney Weber, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Zezhen Cheng, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

 

Environmental Science: Nano

Frederick Klaessig, Pennsylvania Bio Nano Systems, USA
Roberta Urban, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Brazil

 

Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts

Rachel O’Brien, University of Michigan, USA

 

Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology

Allyson McGaughey, The University of New Mexico, USA
Fangqiong Ling, Washington University in St Louis, USA
Lindsay Anderson, Dalhousie University, Canada
Virender K. Sharma, Texas A&M University, USA

 

Food & Function

Cesar Fraga, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rodrigo Valenzuela, University of Chile, Chile

 

Green Chemistry

Audrey Moores, McGill University, Canada
Bruce Lipshutz, University of California, USA
Guilherme Jardim, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil

 

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

Joseph M. Zadrozny, The Ohio State University, USA
Linda Doerrer, Boston University, USA

 

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Aparajita Dasgupta, Pfizer Andover, USA
Cesar Costa Vera, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Ecuador

 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Daiwei Wang, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Dipak Rana, University of Ottawa, Canada
Hongkui Zheng, University of California, Irvine, USA
Xingkang Huang, The University of Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory, USA

 

Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Bethany Patenall, Harvard University, USA
Hitesh Kumar Waghwani, GlaxoSmithKline, USA
Jessica Winter, Ohio State University, USA
Shuo Han, University of Missouri Kansas City, USA
Trevor Douglas, Indiana University, USA

 

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Bayram Saparov, University of Oklahoma, USA
Carlo Perini, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Luiz Zagonel, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Brazil
Stephen Barlow, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Torsten Hegmann, Kent State University, USA
Venkatesh Gude, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, USA
Weiwei Zheng, Syracuse University, USA

 

Lab on a Chip

Jonathan Sabaté del Río, IBS, Center for Soft and Living Matter, USA
Mei He, University of Florida, USA
Wendell K T Coltro, Federal University of Goias, Brazil

 

Materials Advances

Ajeet Kaushik, Florida Polytechnic University, USA
Shreyasi Chattopadhyay, Rice University, USA

 

Materials Horizons

Alex Chortos, Purdue University, USA
Chunjie Zhang, 3M Company, USA
Phillip Messersmith, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Vincent Rotello, University of Massachusetts, USA

 

Molecular Omics

Shuchen Feng, Loyola University Chicago, USA

 

Molecular Systems Design & Engineering

Henrique Silva, Jr., Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
Rachael Mansbach, Concordia University, Canada
Víctor García-López, Louisiana State University, USA
Yilei Wu, Stanford University, USA

 

Nanoscale

Bo Li, Kennesaw State University, USA
Eva Hemmer, University of Ottawa, Canada
Shenqiang Ren , University of Maryland, USA
Zhiwei Li, Northwestern University, USA

 

Nanoscale Advances

Bo Li, Kennesaw State University, USA
Hui Wang, University of South Carolina, USA

 

Nanoscale Horizons

Shouheng Sun, Brown University, USA

 

New Journal of Chemistry

Simon Rondeau-Gagné, University of Windsor, Canada

 

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Yumin Dai, Takeda Pharmaceutical, USA

 

Organic Chemistry Frontiers

Eric W. Webb, University of Michigan, USA
Robert M. Ward, Dow Chemical Company, USA
Yoshio Hato, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

 

PCCP

Armen Kocharian, California State University, USA
Carlos Silva Jr, Universidade Federal do Para, Brazil
Erin Johnson, Dalhousie University, Canada
Michael Schuurman, National Research Council of Canada, Canada
Ryan C. Fortenberry, University of Mississippi, USA

 

Polymer Chemistry

Helen Tran, University of Toronto, Canada
Monica Ohnsorg, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

 

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering

Abhijit Talpade, Eastman Chemical Company, USA
Connor Coley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Daniela Quaglia, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada

 

RSC Advances

Abhispa Sahu, SiOxMed, LLC, USA
Ajay B. Urgunde, Auburn University, USA
Anindita Sarkar, University of Michigan, USA
Chaoying Ding, University of Delaware, USA
Hanuman Kalmode, Scientist-II, Abzena LLC, USA
James Sheehan, The University of Alabama, USA
Luning Wang, Stanford University, USA
Lushun Wang, Stanford University, USA
Rafael Vargas-Bernal, University of Guanajuato, Mexico
Scott Crawford, National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA
Shishir Chourey, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co R&D Lawrenceville, USA
Sohini Bhattacharyya, Rice University, USA
Suvendu Biswas, Northwestern University, USA
Xiuling Liu, Michigan Technological University, USA
Yifan Zhu, Rice University, USA
Yijie Yin, University of California San Diego, USA
Yixuan Li, Tesla Motors Inc., USA

 

RSC Applied Interfaces

Giovanni Fanchini, University of Western Ontario, Canada

 

ARC Applied Polymers

Lindsey Bezek, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Peiran Wei, Texas A&M University, USA
Xiao Zhao, GCP Applied Technologies Inc., USA

 

RSC Medicinal Chemistry

Gerard Wright, McMaster University, Canada
Herman O Sintim, Purdue University, USA
Jun Wang, Rutgers University, USA
Zhipeng Wang, Ferring Research Institute, USA

 

RSC Sustainability

Song Luo, University of Delaware, USA

 

Sensors & Diagnostics

Ezequiel Martin Vidal, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Netzahualcóyotl Arroyo-Currás, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Olga Eremina, University of Southern California, USA
Robert J. Meagher, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

 

Soft Matter

Howard Stone, Princeton University, USA
Jacinta Conrad, University of Houston, USA
Ramon Castaneda-Priego, University of Guanajuato, Mexico

 

Sustainable Energy & Fuels

David Dayton, Research Triangle Institute, USA

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Lectureship Nominations Open for RSC Analytical Journals

Nominations for several lectureships with the RSC’s analytical chemistry-focused journals have recently opened, and will be accepting submissions through June 14th. Analyst and JAAS (Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry) both are seeking nominations for their respective Emerging Investigator awards, while Lab on a Chip has opened nominations for its Pioneers of Miniaturisation lectureship. If you know of someone who fits the criteria below and is deserving of recognition, click the images below to learn more and to nominate them for these prestigious awards before June 14th.

Eligibility Prize
  • Have completed their Ph.D.
  • Have published in Analyst in the past 3 years
  • Be working in a research area within the scope of Analyst
  • Be at an early stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 10 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path
  • Opportunity to present a lecture at a leading international meeting
  • Up to £2,000 to cover associated travel and accommodation
  • Have completed their Ph.D.
  • Have published in JAAS in the past 3 years
  • Be working in a research area within the scope of JAAS
  • Be at an early stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 10 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path
  • Opportunity to present a lecture at a leading international meeting
  • Up to £2,000 to cover associated travel and accommodation
  • Free RSC membership for one year
  • Have completed their Ph.D.
  • Have published in Lab on a Chip in the past 3 years
  • Be actively pursuing an independent research career on miniaturised systems
  • Be at an early-mid career stage of their independent career (typically this will be within 15 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path)
  • Opportunity to present a lecture at MicroTAS
  • Up to $3,000 to cover associated travel and accommodation
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2024 Soft Matter Lectureship Nominations are now Open

Do you know an outstanding early career researcher who has contributed significantly to the field of soft matter? If so, nominate them for the 2024 Soft Matter Lectureship for an opportunity to recognize them for their impactful research. The Lectureship recipients will each receive:

  • £1,000 to cover travel and accommodation costs to attend and present at a leading international meeting
  • An invitation to contribute an article to Soft Matter and a complimentary cover for the issue in which the article appears

Nominations are open to all researchers globally, and can be nominations can be made by anyone at any career level. Candidates must be:

  • An independent researcher (PhD students and postdoctoral research associates are not eligible)
  • Actively pursuing research within the soft matter field, and have made a significant contribution to the field
  • At an early stage of their independent career (this should typically be within 12 years of attaining their doctorate or equivalent degree, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break, work in systems where their time period to independence may vary or who followed an alternative study path)

To nominate someone, click here for more information of eligibility and the nomination process.

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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!

 

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Highlighting WesTEC 2023: Advancing Possiblities

For the seventh year, the Royal Society of Chemistry was delighted to support the Western Canada Operations Science and Technical Excellence Conference (WesTEC), hosted by Dow Canada. This year marked the 32nd WesTEC, which showcases and recognizes outstanding developments and achievements within Dow Canada. This year’s theme of “Advancing Possibilities” serves to recognize the challenges the world faces, and the vital role of the chemical sciences in meeting those challenges.

Dow’s dedication to create the world’s first net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions ethylene and derivatives complex, as well as their commitment to transition completely to net-zero emissions by 2050, demonstrates their determination to build a more sustainable planet. The Royal Society of Chemistry is proud to support Dow’s efforts and play a role in highlighting the outstanding achievements of the scientists working there.

As in previous years, the Royal Society of Chemistry was thrilled to sponsor the Best Presentation and Best Exhibit awards at the 2023 WesTEC. This year, the Best Presentation award was given to Ramadan Ahmed and the Best Exhibit award was given to Jenny Boutros and Steven Stack. Congratulations to the winners, and we look forward to next year!

Best Presentation: Ramadan Ahmed

From left to right: Tonya Stockman (R&D/TS&D Director), Ramadan Ahmed, Rida Al-Horr (Regional Analytical Director)

 

Best Exhibit: Jenny Boutros and Steven Stack

From left to right: Jenny Boutros, Ron Huijsmans (Global Mega Project Director), Steven Stack, Orlando Castellanos Diaz (TS&D Scientist)

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