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Division of Physical Chemistry Home Page

Welcome to the Division of Physical Chemistry (PHYS) website. Our division focuses on promoting Physical Chemistry within ACS and on organizing the PHYS Symposia at the National ACS Meetings.

• Chair’s remarks from the Spring 2010 Newsletter!
• Please join us for the PHYS Division/Journal of Physical Chemistry Reception at the Boston ACS meeting, Tuesday August 24 from 5:30 - 7:00 P.M.
• 2010 election information
• Congratulations to the 2010 ACS Fellows who are members of PHYS!
• We will be highlighting contributions from postdoctoral researchers as part of the Fall 2010 ACS National Meeting in Boston.  There are two winners in the theoretical and computational area: Riccardo Baron (USCD; McCammon group), Dmitrij Rappoport (Harvard; Aspuru-Guzik group), and two winners in ecperimental physical chemistry: James Cahoon (Harvard; Lieber group) and Randall H. Goldsmith (Stanford; Moerner group). 
• The third "Workshops for Undergraduate Chemistry Majors" is scheduled for the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 22-26, 2010, in Boston, MA. Will Polik will be organizing this workshop. Information about the workshop is now available.
• Congratulations to the 2009 winners of the Theory Subdivision’s graduate student awards in computational chemistry: Toru Shiozaki, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida for a proposal on explicitly correlated methods for solids and Jeffrey M. McMahon, Dept. of Chemistry, Northwestern University for a proposal on computational methods for nanophotonics. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 award. Information regarding the application process can be found here.  The deadline for applications is August 1, 2010.
• Read the Journal of Physical Chemistry Centennial Feature Articles
• We are pleased to announce that Professor Kenneth D. Jordan is the 2010 recipient of the ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award in Theoretical Chemistry. Call for nominations, 2011 ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award in Theoretical Chemistry
• In 2011, we will introduce a second award, ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry.  Information and the call for nominations: 2011 ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry
• See the Fall 2010 National ACS Meeting Poster Award Winners!
• See select nanoscience presentations from the Spring 2009 Meeting
• Are you interested in participating in PHYS Division activities?
  • If you would like to organize a symposium, please contact Sharon Hammes-Schiffer who is currently scheduling for the year 2011 or Martin Gruebele who is working on the 2012 schedule. We are always looking for new people to organize. Here are the Instructions for Symposia Organizers. If you would like to propose a symposium in honor of an individual, special policies apply and can be found here.
  • For participation with the Executive Committee contact the chair of the nominating committee, the Biophysical Subdivision contact Christine Payne, the Energy Subdivision contact Bruce Kay, and for the Theoretical Subdivision contact Gerhard Hummer.
• Here is how to Join the Division or a subdivision in case you are not already a member.

Best wishes,
Martin Head-Gordon
PHYS Division Chair, 2010

Amended Division Bylaws Current Divisional Newsletter (Spring 2010) Previous Divisional Newsletters Division Officers

Spring 2011 ACS National Meeting Call for Papers Technical program for the Fall 2010 meeting Previous ACS Meeting Programs Theoretical Chemistry Subdivision Site Biophysical Chemistry Subdivision Site Energy Subdivision

Complete set of PHYS-related links

Last Modified on April 12, 2010