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Sensors & Diagnostics Outstanding Paper Award

19 Oct 2023

Recently, Sensors & Diagnostics announced the winning article of their inaugural 2022 Outstanding Paper Award, which was selected by the journal’s Editorial Board to recognize exception research published in Sensors & Diagnostics during 2022.

This year’s highlighted article is: “Highly sensitive urine glucose detection with graphene field-effect transistors functionalized with electropolymerized nanofilms,” from Gonzalo E. Fenoy (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina), Waldemar A. Marmisollé (Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria), Wolfgang Knoll (Danube Private University, Austria), and Omar Azzaroni (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina).

Read the post on the Sensors & Diagnostics blog to learn more about the award, the paper, and the winning team.

To recognize the award, Professor Omar Azzaroni, together with Professor Carlos D. Garcia (Sensors & Diagnostics Associate Editor, Clemson University, USA), will present his latest research in an RSC Desktop Seminar on November 14th at 12:00 PM GMT (7:00 AM EST). The 60 minute webinar will include presentations from both speakers, followed by an opportunity for audience questions.

If you are unable to attend live, simply register and a recording will be sent following the event.

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Now open for submissions: RSC Mechanochemistry

13 Oct 2023

We are proud to announce that one of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s newest journals, RSC Mechanochemistry, is now open for submissions!

The new journal, headed by Co-Editors-in-Chief Professor James Batteas (Texas A&M University) and Professor Tomislav Friščić (University of Birmingham), is the first journal to focus on mechanical forces in chemistry and welcomes research across all areas of theoretical and experimental chemistry (organic, inorganic, polymer, supramolecular, and biological) as well as related fields where mechanochemical processes are at work.

The journal is also Gold Open Access, with all article processing charges waived until mid-2026, making the journal free to publish and free to read.

If you are interested in learning more about the journal’s scope, editorial board, or would like to submit your own groundbreaking work, click here to read more on the journal’s website.

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RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Awards

21 Sep 2023

Each year, RSC Advances recognizes outstanding work published by students through the RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Awards. For each of the journal’s 12 subject categories, the RSC Advances Editorial Board and Associate Editors select papers published in the journal, for which a substantial component of the research was conducted by a student.

For the 2022 awards, over 550 nominations were received, from which the 12 winning papers were selected. As recognition of their exemplary work, all winning papers have been collected into a themed collection, and each awardee is invited to present their research in an upcoming series of webinars, which are open and free to attend.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Awards:

Analytical Chemistry	Margaret MacConnachie, Queen’s University, Canada
Biological and Medicinal Chemistry	Toni Pringle, Newcastle University, UK
Catalysis	Gen Li, Dalian, University of Technology, China
Computational & Theoretical Chemistry	Stephanie Linker & Christian Schellhaas, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Energy Chemistry	Karina Asheim, NTNU, Norway
Environmental Chemistry	Cui Li, China University of Geosciences, China
Food Chemistry	Xingyu Ding, Nanjing Tech University, China
Inorganic Chemistry	Nicole DiBlasi, University of Notre Dame, USA
Materials Chemistry	Despoina Eleftheriadou, UCL, UK
Nanoscience	Rabia Tahir, NUST, Pakistan
Organic Chemistry	Alejandro O. Viviano-Posadas, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Physical Chemistry	Rawia Msalmi, Sfax University, Tunisia

For more information about the webinars, read the post on the RSC Advances Blog for details about time, subject areas, and more.

If you would like to have you or your student’s work considered for the 2023 RSC Advances Outstanding Student Paper Awards, simply indicate during your manuscript submission process that the paper has a student first author or co-first author who should be considered. If you have already submitted or published your work in 2023, please email the RSC Advances Editorial office at advances-rsc@rsc.org.

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Meet the newest Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator – Dr. Saptarshi Das

19 Sep 2023

Recently, Nanoscale Horizons was proud to announce their newest Emerging Investigator, Dr. Saptarshi Das (Pennsylvania State University).

The Emerging Investigator Series recognizes early-career researchers who have recently published exceptional work in a Communication with Nanoscale Horizons. To highlight these outstanding researchers, the journal also publishes an interview-style Editorial article featuring the corresponding author.

Dr. Saptarshi Das is an Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University, where his primary focus resides in pioneering materials research and innovation, with significant impact on neuromorphic computing, hardware security, and bio-inspired sensing devices.

At the heart of the Das Research Group’s mission is the development of groundbreaking technologies inspired by nature, aiming to enhance energy efficiency and ensure a sustainable future for society.

To learn more about Dr. Das’ work, and learn more about the Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series, read the post on the Nanoscale Horizons Blog, as well as Dr. Das’ interview with Nanoscale Horizons.

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Congratulations to the RSC poster prize winners at the 2023 Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium

14 Sep 2023

The Royal Society of Chemistry was once again proud to sponsor several poster awards at the 2023 Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium, held on September 6th, 2023 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This year, three RSC journals sponsored four separate prizes, with each award winner receiving a £50 book voucher. Congratulations to the poster prize award winners!

Chemical Science:

Alex Meyer (Lehigh University)

RSC Chemical Biology:

Thomas Murphy (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Gabriella Chua (The Rockefeller University)

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry:

Adam Rosenzweig (The Rockefeller University)

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Highlighting the 19th Annual Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium

09 Aug 2023

The Royal Society of Chemistry is proud to once again sponsor the 19th Annual Tri-Institutional Chemical Biology Symposium, being held on Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, New York. The symposium is sponsored and organized by the Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology, a graduate program jointly offered by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University, and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Chemical Science, RSC Chemical Biology, and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry are each sponsoring poster prizes at the event, highlighting the graduate student and postdoctoral rising stars in chemical biology.

The featured keynote speakers will be Prof. Danica G. Fujimori (University of California, San Francisco), Prof. Viviana Risca (Rockefeller University), Prof. Brian K. Shoichet (University of California, San Francisco), and Prof. Jorge Z. Torres (University of California, Los Angeles). The symposium is free to attend, so if you are interested in attending please click here to register in advance.

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Certificates of Undergraduate Excellence!

04 Aug 2023

We are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Certificates of Undergraduate Excellence, the Royal Society of Chemistry’ recognition program for university students in North America. This is the first group of award winners after the award was relaunched in 2022 to focus on the achievements of undergraduate students in the chemical sciences. The recipients were selected by their departments for their exceptional dedication, performance, and engagement in coursework and research.

77 students received the Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence this year from 53 institutions across North America, and each winner will receive (in addition to the certificate) their department’s choice of:

RSC Affiliate membership
A printed edition of the Merck Index
An invitation to join a publishing training session provided by RSC journal editorial teams

Click here to see a full list of this year’s outstanding winners, and to learn how your institution can enroll in the Certificate of Undergraduate Excellence program for the 2023-2024 cycle.

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Join the Materials Horizons and Nanoscale Horizons Community Board!

07 Jun 2023

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.

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2023 Biomaterials Science Lectureship Winner Announced

18 May 2023

We would like to sincerely congratulate Eric Appel, who was recently announced as the recipient of the 2023 Biomaterials Science Lectureship!

Eric is an Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at Stanford University, where he works on the development of biomaterials for understanding fundamental biological processes and engineering advanced healthcare solutions.

The lectureship honors an early-career researcher who has made significant contributions to the field of biomaterials, and is selected by the Editoral Board of Biomaterials Science from a list of candidates nominated by the research community. The award recipient receives £1,000 to cover travel an accommodation to attend and present at an international meeting, as well as an invitation to contribute an article to Biomaterials Science with a complimentary cover for the issue the article appears in.

To learn more about Eric, check out the Biomaterials Science blog to read an interview with him, then read his latest article in Biomaterials Science: “Subcutaneous delivery of an antibody against SARS-CoV-2 from a supramolecular hydrogel depot.”

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Open for submissions: RSC Applied Interfaces and RSC Applied Polymers

28 Apr 2023

We are proud to announce that the two newest journals in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s portfolio, RSC Applied Interfaces and RSC Applied Polymers, are now open for submissions! Check out our previous post announcing the journals to learn about their editors-in-chief, and read below to learn more about the journals themselves.

Both journals are Gold Open Access, and free to publish until mid-2025.

RSC Applied Interfaces is a dedicated, interdiciplinary journal for cutting edge research on the applications of surfaces and interfaces. The journal’s scope is broad, welcoming topics ranging from protective coatings to electrochemical interfaces to biomedical coatings, and everything in between.

RSC Applied Polymers is focused on the application of both natural and synthetic polymers, explored with experimental and computational sutdies. The journal’s scope covers a range of applications of polymers, including advances in materials, biology, energy, and more.

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