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Recognizing Our 2024 Editorial Board Members

18 Dec 2024

At the end of 2024, the RSC Americas office would like to again recognize the Editorial and Advisory Board members in the region who joined over the course of 2024. This year, we had over 20 new Editorial Board members and over 100 Advisory Board members join since we last recognized new additions in December 2023. We would like to thank all of the outstanding work and guidance provided by these researchers, who help ensure the Royal Society of Chemistry maintains its community focus while publishing high-impact, groundbreaking scientific work. Thank you for everything you have done this year, and we look forward to 2025!

New Editorial Board Members:

B. Jill Venton, University of Virginia (USA)
Analytical Methods, Editor-in-Chief

Elsie Sunderland, Harvard University (USA)
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Editor-in-Chief

Dionisios Vlachos, University of Delaware (USA)
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Editor-in-Chief

Stephen Klippenstein, Argonne National Laboratory (USA)
Environmental Science: Atmospheres, Editorial Board Member

Roger Linington, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Natural Product Reports, Editorial Board Member

Mark Maclachlan, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Nanoscale Horizons, Scientific Editor

Hans Renata, Rice University (USA)
Chemical Science, Associate Editor

Hannah Shafaat, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
Chemical Science, Associate Editor

Matthew Sigman, University of Utah (USA)
Chemical Science, Associate Editor

Jason Hein, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Digital Discovery, Associate Editor

Joshua Schrier, Fordham University (USA)
Digital Discovery, Associate Editor

Xin Li, Harvard University (USA)
EES Batteries, Associate Editor

Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
EES Solar, Associate Editor

Carla Ng, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Associate Editor

Ning Dai, University at Buffalo (USA)
Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Associate Editor

Elin Winkler, Centro Atómico Bariloche (Argentina)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C/Materials Advances, Associate Editor

Eva Hemmer, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Nanoscale/Nanoscale Advances, Associate Editor

Shelley Claridge, Purdue University (USA)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Associate Editor

Wei Gao, California Institute of Technology (USA)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Associate Editor

Carlos D. Garcia, Clemson University (USA)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Associate Editor

Michael Serpe, University of Alberta (Canada)
Sensors & Diagnostics, Associate Editor

Adriano Brandelli, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Sustainable Food Technology, Associate Editor

New Advisory Board Members:

Ashley Ross, University of Cincinnati (USA)
Analyst, Advisory Board Member

Scott Martin, Saint Louis University (USA)
Analytical Methods, Advisory Board Member

Michael Roper, Florida State University (USA)
Analytical Methods, Advisory Board Member

Eric Appel, Stanford University (USA)
Biomaterials Science, Advisory Board Member

Louise Berben, University of California, Davis (USA)
ChemComm, Advisory Board Member

Robert Gilliard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
ChemComm, Advisory Board Member

Kerri Pratt, University of Michigan (USA)
ChemComm, Advisory Board Member

Rommie Amaro, University of California, San Diego (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

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

Garry Rumbles, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Mohammad R Seyedsayamdost, Princeton University (USA)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Alejandro Vila, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina)
Chemical Science, Advisory Board Member

Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech (USA)
Chemical Society Reviews, Advisory Board Member

Kristin Hutchins, University of Missouri (USA)
CrystEngComm, Advisory Board Member

Abel Moreno, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico)
CrystEngComm, Advisory Board Member

Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology (USA)
Dalton Transactions, Advisory Board Member

Jennifer Love, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Dalton Transactions, Advisory Board Member

Doug Stephan, University of Toronto (Canada)
Dalton Transactions, Advisory Board Member

Tim Storr, Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Dalton Transactions, Advisory Board Member

Christine Thomas, The Ohio State University (USA)
Dalton Transactions, Advisory Board Member

Jahed Abed, Meta (USA)
Digital Discovery, Advisory Board Member

Joel W. Ager III, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

Anastassia Alexandrova, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

Yu Huang, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
EES Catalysis, Advisory Board Member

Emily Carter, Princeton University (USA)
Energy & Environmental Science, Advisory Board Member

David Sinton, University of Toronto (Canada)
Energy & Environmental Science, Advisory Board Member

Sarbajit Banerjee, Texas A&M University (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Heather MacLean, University of Toronto (Canada)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Greg Goss, University of Alberta (Canada)
Environmental Science: Nano, Advisory Board Member

Sara Mason, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)
Environmental Science: Nano, Advisory Board Member

Tara Sabo-Attwood, University of South Carolina (USA)
Environmental Science: Nano, Advisory Board Member

Mario Ferruzzi, Virginia Tech (USA)
Food & Function, Advisory Board Member

Neuza (Mariko Aymoto) Hassimotto, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Food & Function, Advisory Board Member

Chi-Tang Ho, Rutgers University (USA)
Food & Function, Advisory Board Member

Dragan Milenkovic, University of California, Davis (USA)
Food & Function, Advisory Board Member

Susannah Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
Green Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Advisory Board Member

Oleg V. Ozerov, Texas A&M University (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Advisory Board Member

Marco Aurélio Zezzi Arruda, UNICAMP (Brazil)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

Matthieu Baudelet, University of Central Florida (USA)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

David Koppenaal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Advisory Board Member

Claire Xiong, Boise State University (USA)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A/Materials Advances, Advisory Board Member

Iain McCulloch, University of Princeton (USA)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C/Materials Advances, Advisory Board Member

Robbyn Anand, Iowa State University (USA)
Lab on a Chip, Advisory Board Member

Jesse Greener, Laval University (Canada)
Lab on a Chip, Advisory Board Member

Abhishek Jain, Texas A&M University (USA)
Lab on a Chip, Advisory Board Member

James Crawford, Altos Labs (USA)
MedChemComm, Advisory Board Member

Hao Jing, George Mason University (USA)
Nanoscale Advances, Advisory Board Member

Li Li, Northeastern University (USA)
Nanoscale Horizons, Advisory Board Member

Neha Garg, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Natural Product Reports, Advisory Board Member

Hendrik Luesch, University of Florida (USA)
Natural Product Reports, Advisory Board Member

Dirk Trauner, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Natural Product Reports, Advisory Board Member

Vladimir V. Kouznetsov, Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia)
New Journal of Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Stuart Conway, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Advisory Board Member

Jeremiah A Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Polymer Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

Klavs Jensen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Advisory Board Member

Anna Balazs, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Advisory Board Member

Carlos F. O. Graeff, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) (Brazil)
RSC Applied Interfaces, Advisory Board Member

Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado, Boulder (Canada)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Jason Bara, The University of Alabama (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Matthew L. Becker, Duke University (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Sidi A. Bencherif, Northeastern University (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Kelly A. Burke, University of Connecticut (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Heather D. Maynard, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Alshakim Nelson, University of Washington (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Luiz Antonio Pessan, Federal University of São Carlos (Brazil)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Eleftheria Roumeli, University of Washington (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Anita Shukla, Brown University (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Junpeng Wang, University of Akron (USA)
RSC Applied Polymers, Advisory Board Member

Haian Fu, Emory University (USA)
RSC Chemical Biology, Advisory Board Member

Robert Carpick, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Stephen Craig, Duke University (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Deborah Crawford, University of Birmingham (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Mario Del Pópolo, CONICET & National University of Cuyo (Argentina)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Seong Kim, Pennsylvania State University (USA)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Audrey Moores, McGill (Canada)
RSC Mechanochemistry, Advisory Board Member

Emily Day, University of Delaware (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Anthony J. Hickey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Eliana Lima, Universidade Federal de Goias (Brazil)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Priyabrata Mukherjee, University of Oklahoma (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Wilson Poon, University of Texas at El Paso (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Lingling Shen, Novartis (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Audra Stinchcomb, University of Maryland (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Stefan Wilhelm, University of Oklahoma (USA)
RSC Pharmaceutics, Advisory Board Member

Chunmei Ban, University of Colorado Boulder (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Shirley Meng, University of Chicago (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Alissa Park, University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Amy Prieto, Colorado State University (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Advisory Board Member

Cristobal Aguilar González, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila (Mexico)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Rafael Auras, Michigan State University (USA)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Ian Noble, Mendelez International (USA)
Sustainable Food Technology, Advisory Board Member

Joshua Buss, University of Michigan (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Selvan Demir, Michigan State University (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Marcus Drover, Western University (Canada)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Jarad Mason, Harvard University (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Eva Nichols, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Timothy Su, University of California, Riverside (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Alexandra Velian, University of Washington (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Dianne Xiao, University of Washington (USA)
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Jeff Bandar, Colorado State University (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

C. Rose Kennedy, University of Rochester (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Cody Ross Pitts, University of California, Davis (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Jolene P. Reid, University of British Columbia (Canada)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Christo S. Sevov, The Ohio State University (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Erin Stache, Princeton University (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Makeda Tekle-Smith, Columbia University (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Zachary K. Wickens, University of Wisconsin–Madison (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

Yang Yang, University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Early Career Advisory Board Member

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Green Chemistry Announces the New Green Foundation Box

04 Dec 2024

Recently, Green Chemistry, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s premiere journal on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies, introduced the Green Foundation box as a requirement for all submitted articles (starting December 2nd, 2024). This section is 140 maximum and asks authors to answer three specific questions regarding their manuscript, based on the article type:

Primary research: Communications and Full Papers
1. How does your work advance the field of green chemistry?
2. Please can you describe your specific green chemistry achievement, either quantitatively or qualitatively?
3. How could your work be made greener and be elevated by further research?

Secondary research: Critical reviews, Tutorial reviews, and Perspectives
1. What advances in green chemistry have been discussed?
2. What makes the area of study of significant wider interest?
3. What will the future of this field hold, and how will the insight in your review help shape green chemistry science?

The Green Foundation box will be seen by the editor and reviewers and will help them ascertain the green advance that the work presents, as well as published with accepted manuscripts as a concise way for authors to contextualize their work in terms of the green principles applied and the wider sustainability/societal impact.

For more details about the new Green Foundation box, see this post on the Green Chemistry blog, which also features examples prepared by past and present Editorial Board Members based on recently published articles. More information can also be found in the full Editorial published in Green Chemistry.

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More New Editorial Board Members!

03 Feb 2023

January is a busy month for many, and there’s no exception for the RSC editoral and advisory boards! Since our last recognition in December 2022, even more fantastic North and South American researchers have been appointed to the editoral and advisory boards of several RSC Journals. The RSC Americas office would like to extend our warmest welcome!

New Editorial Board Members:

Jennifer Wilcox, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Energy & Environmental Science, Editoral Board Member

Susan Habas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)
EES: Catalysis, Associate Editor

Antonio Facchetti, Northwestern University and Flexterra Corporation (USA)
Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Associate Editor
Materials Advances, Associate Editor

Amy Herr, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Lab on a Chip, Associate Editor

Annie Castonguay, INRS (University of Quebec) (Canada)
New Journal of Chemistry, Associate Editor

Vera R. L. Constantino, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
New Journal of Chemistry, Associate Editor

Jennifer Heemstra, Washington University in St. Louis (USA)
RSC Chemical Biology, Editoral Board Member

Zaneta Nikolovska-Coleska, University of Michigan (USA)
RSC Chemical Biology, Associate Editor

New Advisory Board Members:

Claire Xiong, Boise State University (USA)
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Advisory Board Member

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Ten Years of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C !

13 Jan 2023

When the Journal of Materials Chemistry became three separate titles in 2013, it represented a fantastic opportunity to grow the scope of the journal and provide dedicated homes for for all kinds of ground-breaking and impactful research.

In the ten years since then, the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C have published over 45,000 articles across the breadth of materials science, serving as high impact homes for research in the areas of energy and sustainability, biology and medicine, and optical, magnetic and electronic devices.

To celebrate the tenth anniversary, the JMCs will be publishing special anniversary issues, as well as many other celebrations on the journals’ Twitter and Facebook pages. To kick off the festivities, read the Editors-in-Chief’s introductory Editorial published in journals’ first issues of 2023.

Congratulations again to the past ten years of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, and C, and we look forward to many more fantastic years in the future!

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Welcome, New Editorial Board Members!

20 Dec 2022

The RSC Americas office would like to warmly welcome the fantastic North and South American researchers who were appointed as editorial and advisory board members in the second half of 2022! To see the board members who were appointed in 2021 and the first half of 2022, follow the link. Thank you all for your amazing work and we look forward to your contributions in shaping the Royal Society of Chemistry’s portfolio of journals!

New Editorial Board Members:

Malika Jeffries-EL, Boston University (USA)
Chemical Science, Associate Editor

Jaqueline Kiplinger, Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA)
Dalton Transactions, Editorial Board Member

Cora Young, York University (Canada)
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Editorial Board Member

Shane Grosser, Merck (USA)
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Associate Editor

Shannon Biros , Grand Valley State University (USA)
RSC Advances, Associate Editor

Cynthia Dowd, George Washington University (USA)
RSC Medicinal Chemistry, Associate Editor

Francesca Kerton, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)
RSC Sustainability, Associate Editor

Qin Wang, University of Maryland (USA)
Sustainable Food Technology, Associate Editor

New Advisory Board Members:

Abel Moreno, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico)
CrystEngComm, Advisory Board Member

Sarbajit Banerjee, Texas A&M University (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Heather MacLean, University of Toronto (Canada)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, University of California Santa Barbara (USA)
Energy Advances, Advisory Board Member
Materials Horizons, Advisory Board Member

Dragan Milenkovic, University of California Davis (USA)
Food & Function, Advisory Board Member

James Crawford, Genentech USA (USA)
RSC Medicinal Chemistry, Advisory Board Member

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Peer Review Week 2022

22 Sep 2022

This week (September 19-23, 2022) is Peer Review Week, an annual event celebrating and discussing the role of peer review in scholarly communication. This year’s theme is “Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research,” and the posts, webinars, and resources shared this week will cover this vitally important aspect of peer review.

To see a full list of events being held by publishers, authors, editors, reviewers, and more, take a look at the full list of events for this year. Also, join the discussion about Peer Review Week on Twitter using #PeerReviewWeek22.

If you want to learn more about the Royal Society of Chemistry’s approach to peer review, read our article written for this year’s Peer Review Week, with perspectives from Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors, as well as more information about the peer review process for the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journals, including how you can become a peer reviewer.

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Introducing Our New Board Members

06 Jul 2022

At the Royal Society of Chemistry, our board members play indispensable roles in maintaining the quality and relevance of our journals. As some members’ terms come to an end, we welcome a new set of editorial and advisory board members to guide us into the future. We would like to offer a warm welcome to these researchers and to thank them graciously for their work at RSC.

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Welcome 2020 North and South American Editorial Board members!

15 Dec 2020

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

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Congratulations to Prize Winners at the 28th Annual WesTEC

14 Jan 2020

Among the many events that the Royal Society of Chemistry supports in North America is the Western Canada Operations Technical Excellence Conference , or WesTEC, which is an internal technology conference, held annually by Dow Canada, and has been showcasing research and development in the industrial sector for nearly three decades. In the fall of last year, the 28th Dow Canada WesTEC conference was held in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta on October 24th, 2019. This year’s event was attended by the president of Dow Canada, Global Technology Center Director, Director of Core R&D, and Dow Canada Vice-president of manufacturing, along with about 200 colleagues.

Pictured from left to right: Dr. Billy Bardin, Global Tech Center Director, Dr. Tonya Stockman, Associate Director, Analytical Science, and Best Poster Award Winner, Ms. Sanny Chan at the 28th WesTEC in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, on October 24th, 2019.

As in previous years, the RSC sponsored prizes for Best Poster and Best Lecture. This year, the Best Poster prize was awarded to Ms. Sanny Chan, and the Best Lecture prize was awarded to Mr. Dan Thompson. The winners received their awards from Dr. Billy Bardin, Dow Global Tech Center Director and Dr. Tonya Stockman, Dow Associate Director of Analytical Science. Congratulations to the prize winners for their accomplishments!

Pictured from left to right: Dr. Billy Bardin, Global Tech Center Director, Dr. Tonya Stockman, Associate Director, Analytical Science, and Best Lecture Award Winner, Mr. Dan Thompson, at the 28th WesTEC in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, on October 24th, 2019.

The conference was underpinned by Dow’s new SEEK TOGETHER™ brand platform, which reflects the company’s deeply held belief in the power of partnerships. The partnership between WesTEC and the Royal Society of Chemistry was initiated through the efforts of former Analytical Methods Editorial Board member, Dr. Jim Luong. The conference proceedings also included a congratulatory letter from Professor Dame Carol Robinson, President of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Dr. Deborah Nicoll-Griffith, President of the Canadian Society for Chemistry, to recognize Dow Canada’s commitment to sustainable innovation and to diversity and inclusion. Both societies are pleased to support this ongoing partnership with Dow as it strives to be a customer-centric, sustainable, innovative and inclusive materials science company and look forward to the continued advancement of science and technology through industry.

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All a Board! Meet Our North American Editors, Board Members, and Chairs in 2019

02 Jul 2019

A selection of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s North American Editorial Board Members that will be participating in events in 2019. Pictured from left to right, top row: Michael Krische, Andrei Yudin, Natalie Stingelin, Douglas Stephan. Middle row: Elena Shevchenko, Ryan Bailey, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Sara Skrabalak. Bottom Row: Huw Davies, Emily Pentzer, Jim McCusker, Jonathan Sessler.

Do you want to know who is making the decisions behind the papers that we publish? We want you to get to know them too! While what happens behind-the-scenes after submitting a paper may seem mysterious sometimes, it’s no secret here at the Royal Society of Chemistry – our Editorial Boards are made up of international teams of globally-acclaimed researchers. As Editorial Board members, these folks work to stay up-to-date with the most exciting research and shape the field in which they have made significant contributions of their own. They are the world’s leading experts and they believe in the RSC’s mission.

To help our community get to know them, we have been bringing our Editors to events and institutions around the world, giving researchers a chance to learn not only about their science but also about the publishing process and what it’s like to handle manuscripts and be the deciding factor in a publication. Oftentimes, we include additional sessions and activities to help our communities grow stronger, stay connected to the bigger picture, and be in-the-know about the scholarly communication landscape and how it is affecting their research. We are very excited to showcase so many of our Editorial team members around the US and Canada this year. We hope you can join us in one of the cities we will be visiting this year!

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Our first Meet the Editor event will be held in beautiful Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan, the home institution of Professor Ryan Bailey. Prof Bailey is an Associate Editor for Analyst, and the Bailey Lab focuses on biomolecular signatures of disease in individuals – single patients, in a clinical setting – and the development of tools for multiparameter biological analysis. Prof Bailey will be joined by Jenny Lee, PhD, from our Washington, DC office, and Professor James (Jim) McCusker from Michigan State University. Prof McCusker is an Associate Editor for Chemical Science, and is one of the most prominent researchers working in photochemistry. The McCusker Research Group focuses both on ultrafast spectroscopy of transition metal complexes, and on chemical dynamics related to electron exchange. Prof. McCusker will give a research presentation on “Deconstructing Reaction Coordinates for Ultrafast Excited-state Dynamics: Using Coherence to Inform Synthetic Design.” Afterwards, Jenny will join our two Associate Editors to give an interactive presentation on publishing in high-quality journals like Analyst and Chemical Science, and will cover components of a submission, the peer review process, and more. Attendees can ask the Editors and Jenny for specific advice or insights, and also share their own experiences. Lunch will be provided, while Jenny gives an informal talk on Careers in Publishing, and afterwards she will give an informative presentation on Open Access Publishing – an important topic for publishers that can otherwise be alien to researchers. The events are all free to attend, and you can register now at rsc.li/michigan!

For updates from the University of Michigan Department of Chemistry, you can follow @MichiganChem and for updates from Michigan State University Department of Chemistry, you can follow @msuchemistry

Toronto, Ontario

In September, Marika Wieliczko from our Washington, DC office will travel to Canada, where you can find many of our wonderful Board Members. Toronto is known as one of the most multicultural metropolitan areas in the world, with residents from all nations adding to the diversity of the city. Joining Marika in the provincial capital will be Professor Sara Skrabalak from Indiana University for a day of activities at the University of Toronto. Prof. Skrabalak is an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and our newly-launched Open Access journal, Nanoscale Advances. Her research is focused on developing synthetic methods for solid materials with defined shapes and architectures, and studying their properties for applications in energy, chemical sensing, and secure electronics. For updates from Prof. Skrabalak, you can follow her on Twitter @SaraSkrabalak and for news from the Department of Chemistry, you can follow @chemuoft.

In the Department of Chemistry, Prof. Skrabalak and Marika will join Professor Alán Aspuru-Guzik and Professor Andrei Yudin, both Associate Editors for Chemical Science, as well as Professor Douglas Stephan, Chair of the Editorial Board of ChemSocRev. Prof. Aspuru-Guzik’s research group is renowned as a leader in quantum computing and machine learning. Prof. Aspuru-Guzik is very active on Twitter and posts lots of updates from his group and much more – follow him @A_Aspuru_Guzik. The Stephan Research Group spans a wide range of inorganic main group chemistry and organometallic chemistry. They explore fundamental research on new reactivity and chemical transformations, with the aim of developing new catalysts, materials and processes. Prof. Andrei Yudin is a pioneer in the development of tools for chemical synthesis. The Yudin Group has developed entirely new synthetic process that have reached the commercial market, and they continue to explore intermediates that many would consider impossible to prepare. You can get more updates on their exciting work through Twitter by following @andrei_yudin.

Together with Marika and Prof. Skrabalak, Prof. Aspuru-Guzik, Prof. Yudin, and Prof. Stephan will help attendees learn about and understand the publishing and peer review process, and learn from the Editors first-hand how to craft their submissions to maximize their efficiency and improve their experience with publishing. If you can’t make it to the event, you can still ask your questions through Twitter! Send your questions to @ChemMarika with the hashtag #AskTheEditor and Marika will include your questions for Sara and the other Editors during the event and share their responses and advice with everyone!

Atlanta, Georgia

Also in September, Jen Griffiths, PhD, will travel to Atlanta from our Washington, DC office. The city, whose emblem of a phoenix rising from the ashes, representing its transformation into a major center of the civil rights movement after its decimation in the civil war, has been flourishing with many diverse institutions of higher learning. While visiting Atlanta, Jen will host events at both Georgia Tech University and Emory University. At Georgia Tech, she will be joined by Elena Shevchenko, Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and our newly-launched Open Access journal, Nanoscale Advances.

Next, Jen will bring Professor Natalie Stingelin from Georgia Tech over to neighboring Emory University to introduce the Department of Chemistry to Prof. Stingelin, as a researcher and as an Associate Editor for Journal of Materials Chemistry C. The Stingelin Lab is interested in organic functional materials, including inorganic/organic hybrids, advanced optical systems, and bioelectronics. You can follow Prof. Stingelin @StingelinN and get updates from her lab through @StingelinGroup on Twitter.

Prof. Stingelin and Jen will be joined by Professor Huw Davies, Associate Editor for ChemSocRev. The Davies Group is renkowned for its work on dirhodium catalyts for C-H activation, and leads the nation-wide NSF Center for Selective C-H Functionalization. They will give insights into publishing, and Jen will participate in a career panel to introduce attendees to careers outside of academia.

Austin, Texas

The city of Austin is unlike the rest of Texas and is known for its lively music and arts scene. Towards the end of the year, Jen Griffiths will visit the great state of Texas, bringing Professor Emily Pentzer, who is moving to Texas A&M University over the summer of 2019, to the Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Pentzer is an Associate Editor for Polymer Chemistry, and she will present on her research, which focuses on synthetic organic and materials chemistry, and she will be part of an interactive presentation on publishing along with Jen. They will be joined by two of our Associate Editors for ChemComm from UT Austin, Professor Michael Krische, and Professor Jonathan Sessler. The Krische Research Group focuses on catalytic reaction development for natural product synthesis. You can get updates from the group by following @KrischeLab on Twitter. The Sessler Group explores various aspects of supramolecular chemistry and is highly interdisciplinary, combining inorganic and synthetic organic chemistry with biochemistry and spectroscopy. For updates from the Sessler Group, follow their Twitter account @JLsessler.

We are excited to highlight our high-quality journals, and we know that it’s the people behind them that make them so valuable and integral to the communities they serve. We hope that you have a chance to get to know our Board Members in person at one of our upcoming events, and that what you learn from them helps you in publishing your own research.

Do you want to host an event at your institution, or have suggestions for how we could better connect with your community? While we can’t accommodate all requests, we would love to hear from you and take your ideas into consideration! Email us at Americas-Editorial@rsc.org and we look forward to continuing to serve our community.

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