Spring
2010 Newsletter
Officers
Remarks from Chair
Call For
Nominations for the Executive Committee
Election Information and Ballot
Notes from the Secretary
Council Report
Biophysical Subdivision
Theoretical Subdivision
Energy Subdivision
Poster Session Awards
Request for Symposia Topics and
Speakers
Recent Symposia Topics
Technical Program — 240th National
Meeting — Boston, MA
Restrictions for Speakers for PHYS
Symposia
Submission of Abstracts
General Information for Contributed
Papers
Future ACS Meetings
Announcements
Membership Information
Membership Application
http://phys-acs.org
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2010 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
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OFFICERS |
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Chair (8/09-10) Martin Head-Gordon Department of Chemistry,
(510) 642-5957, fax
(510) 643-1255 mhg@ cchem.berkeley.edu Chair Elect (8/09-10) Mark A. Johnson Department of
Chemistry, (203)
436-4930, fax (203) 432-6144 mark.johnson@yale.edu Secretary/Treasurer (8/06-11) (614) 292-4992, fax
(614) 292-1654 mccoy@chemistry.ohio-state.edu |
Vice-Chair (8/09-10) Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (814) 865-6442, fax (814) 863-5319 Vice
Chair Elect (8/09-10) Martin Gruebele University
of Illinois Urbana,
IL 61801 (217)
333-1624, fax (217)244-3186 gruebele@scs.illinois.edu Past
Chair (8/09-10)
Laurie J. Butler Department of
Chemistry, (773) 702-7206, fax
(773) 702-5863 L-Butler@uchicago.edu |
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MEMBERS AT LARGE |
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Vicki Grassian (8/07-10)
University of Iowa Robert Cave
(8/08-11) Harvey Mudd College Ted Goodson (8/09-12) University of Michigan |
C. David Sherrill (8/07-10) Georgia Inst. of Technology Caroline Chick-Jarrold (8/08-11) Indiana
University Sotiris Xantheas (8/09-12) PNNL |
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COUNCILORS |
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Paul Jagodzinski (08-10) Northern Arizona University Michael R. Berman (09-11) AFOSR |
John E. Adams (09-11) University of Missouri Ellen Stechel (10-12) Sandia National Labs |
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ALTERNATE COUNCILORS |
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Gang-Yu Liu (08-10) Xiaoyang Zhu (09-11) University of Minnesota |
Veronica Vaida (08-10) University
of Colorado Mary J. Shultz (10-12), Tufts University |
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BIOPHYSICAL SUBDIVISION |
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Chair (8/09-10)
Christine Payne Department of Chemistry, Georgia Tech (404) 385-3125 christine.payne@chemistry.gatech.edu Chair-Elect (8/09-10) Douglas J. Tobias Department of
Chemistry, (949) 824-4295 dtobias@uci.edu |
Vice-Chair (8/09-10) Greg Engel Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago(773) 834-0818 gsengel@uchicago.edu Past Chair (8/09-10) Martin Zanni |
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THEORETICAL SUBDIVISION |
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Chair (8/09-10) Gerhard Hummer Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institutes of Health (301) 402-6290 Gerhard.Hummer@nih.gov Chair-Elect (8/09-10) C. David Sherrill Department of Chemistry, Georgia Tech (404) 894-4037 sherrill@gatech.edu |
Vice-Chair (8/09-10)
Phillip Geissler Department of
Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (510) 642-8716 geissler@cchem.berkeley.edu Secretary Jan Steckel (412) 386-4430 steckel@netl.doe.gov
Past Chair (8/09-10) H. Bernhard Schlegel Department of Chemistry, (313) 577-2562 Hbs@chem.wayne.edu
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ENERGY SUBDIVISION |
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Chair (8/09-10)
Bruce D. Kay Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory (509)386-0028 Bruce.kay@pnl.gov Chair-Elect (8/09-10)
Emily A. Carter Department of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Princeton University (609) 258-5391 eac@princeton.edu |
Vice-Chair (8/09-10)
John C. Hemminger Department of
Chemistry (949) 824-6022 jchemmin@uci.edu |
Remarks from the Division Chair
Spring, 2010
Martin Head-Gordon
New Energy
Subdivision:
The PHYS Division’s new Energy Subdivision is now operational! The first Chair
of the subdivision is Bruce Kay (PNNL), with Emily Carter (Princeton) serving
as vice-chair. I would like to thank them for their efforts. The Energy
Subdivision joins the existing subdivisions in Theory and Biophysical Chemistry.
The Energy Subdivision will be active in suggesting future symposia that
explore the physical chemistry of new energy sources and conversion processes.
A complete list of Division officers can be found at
http://phys-acs.org/officers.pdf
New Divisional Award
in Experimental Physical Chemistry: An exciting new development is the
initiation of an annual award recognizing outstanding research in experimental
physical chemistry by an individual who has not yet received an ACS National
Award. The funds for this award were secured by Greg Voth
(Chicago), and I would like to thank him for this important initiative. The
award will be presented for the first time in 2011, and the call for
nominations will very shortly be available on the Division’s home page:
http://phys-acs.org. It joins our existing Divisional Award in Theoretical
Chemistry, which was given to Prof. Ken Jordan in 2010. The call for nominations for the 2011 Theory
Award is also on our home page.
Call for Nominations
for Divisional Officers: The scientific and educational quality of the PHYS
Division's activities depends on the voluntary involvement of our scientific
colleagues. If you are interested in being an officer or being on the Executive
Committee, please write L-Butler@uchicago.edu and we'll forward your name to
the Nominating Committee.
New Postdoctoral
Research Awards:
With the aid of a newly awarded ACS grant for innovative programming, we are
reorganizing our Postdoctoral Research Awards for 2010 and 2011. We have made 4 awards this spring, which will
be recognized with talks at the Boston meeting.
There are two winners in the theoretical and computational area: Riccardo Baron (UCSD; McCammon
group), and Dmitrij Rappoport
(Harvard; Aspuru-Guzik group), and two winners in
experimental physical chemistry: James Cahoon
(Harvard; Lieber group) and Randall H. Goldsmith
(Stanford; Moerner group). I congratulate them, and thank the Committee
who judged the nominations for their time and effort. There will be a call for
the 2011 Awards early next year.
Student Poster Prizes: The Physical
Chemistry Division continues to provide awards for the best student posters at
each national meeting. The awardees for the Spring 2010 meeting in San
Francisco are listed on our web-page at http://phys-acs.org/PosterWinnersSpring2010.htm
Upcoming ACS National
Meetings:
The Fall 2010 ACS meeting will be held in Boston from August 22-26, and our
2010 Program Chair, Mark Johnson (Yale) has put together an exciting program
including symposia in biophysical chemistry, energy, atmospheric chemistry,
theoretical chemistry and much more. The symposia description may be found
here: http://phys-acs.org/AU_2010.pdf . We hope to see many of you in Boston
this fall! You may also want to begin thinking about what to present at the
Spring 2011 meeting, which will be March 27-31, 2011, in Anaheim CA. Abstract submission will close in October.
Future P-Chem Symposia: With ACS’s long time-lines, planning for
symposia in 2011 is already far advanced, under the excellent leadership of our
2011 Program Chair, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (Penn
State). If you are interested in organizing a future symposium, please contact
our Program Chair for 2012, Martin Gruebele
(Illinois).
Finally, I would like
to thank the present officers and executive committee members of the PHYS
Division for their time and scientific expertise, and thank you for your continued
support of the Division.
Call for Nominations for the Executive Committee
The nominations committee, comprised of Martin
Head-Gordon, Laurie J. Butler and James Skinner, is seeking nominations
for opened positions on the executive committee. The positions include:
Vice-chair elect , two members of the
executive committee, councilor, and two alternate councilors.
The vice-chair elect is a multi-year position
as an officer in the division. The
vice-chair elect in 2010 will be the vice chair in 2011; chair elect and
program chair in 2012; chair in 2013 and immediate past chair in 2014.
Following our tradition of alternating between experimentalists and
theorists in the executive committee, the next vice-chair elect will be a theorist.
Please send suggestions directly
to Laurie Butler, l_butler@uchicago.edu at your
earliest convenience but not later than June 6, 2010.
Election Information and Ballot
The Bylaws of the Division of Physical
Chemistry, approved in 1999, call for the Division Chair to appoint a
three-person, Nominating Committee before the spring meeting. A complete slate of candidates prepared by
this committee will consist of one candidate for Vice-Chair-Elect, one
candidate for each vacancy on the Executive Committee, and one candidate
for each vacancy that may have developed in the ranks of the division
Councilors, Alternate Councilors, and Secretary/Treasurer position. The Vice-Chair-Elect automatically becomes
the Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect, Chair, and Immediate past-Chair in each succeeding
year. Thus, this person makes a commitment
to serve five years on the Executive Committee.
In the year this person serves as Chair-Elect, the duties of Program
Chair are also his or hers. The term of
office for other Executive Committee members, Councilors, and Alternate
Councilors is three years. The
Secretary/Treasurer serves five years.
The Secretary/Treasurer is required to
announce the slate of candidates in the fall newsletter.
To
increase the input of the members in this nominating process and to broaden the
pool of candidates, the Executive Committee seeks input directly from members
for use by the Nominating Committee. Any
member may suggest nominees to any of the officers of the PHYS division in
writing. The nominee must agree to
serve.
Additional nominations can come from the
membership in the following fashion: A
petition candidate must be supported by the signatures of not fewer than 4% of
the members of the PHYS division in good standing (presently approximately 5,500). No signature shall be valid if it appears on
more than one nominating petition for the same vacancy during the same calendar
year.
A letter shall be submitted from each
petition nominee stating willingness to be a candidate for election and to
serve the Division for a full term if elected.
No nominee may be a candidate for more than one vacancy. If nominated for more than one vacancy, the
nominee must choose which nomination to accept.
The Secretary shall distribute the list of
nominees to all members of the Division. Additional nominations may then be
made as follows: Each nominee or slate
of nominees must be supported by signatures of not less than four percent of the members of the Division in good
standing. No
signature shall be valid if it appears on more than one nominating petition for
the same vacancy during the same calendar year. A letter shall be submitted
from each nominee stating willingness to be a candidate for election and to
serve the Division for a full term if elected. No nominee may be a candidate for more
than one vacancy. If
nominated for more than one vacancy the nominee must choose which nomination to
accept.
Councilors and Alternate Councilors shall be
elected by ballot in accordance with
the Constitution and Bylaws of the SOCIETY.
The Secretary shall distribute to each member
of the Division a ballot containing the name of all candidates for positions of
Councilor and Alternate Councilor, and for each other vacancy for which more
than one candidate has been nominated.
New Officers for the
PHYS division follow.
The first six physical chemistry officers assumed their respective offices at
the close of the national meeting in Washington, DC. The Councilors and
vice-councilors began their terms of service on January 1, 2010.
Martin Head-Gordon, Chair 1
year
Mark Johnson, Chair Elect 1
year
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer,
Vice Chair 1
year
Martin Gruebele, Vice-Chair
Elect 1
year
Theodore
Goodson,
Executive Committee 3
years
Sotiris Xantheas, Executive Committee 3 years
John Adams (re-elected), Councilor 3 years
Mary J.
Shultz,
Alternate Councilor 3 years
The Physical Chemistry Division thanks
outgoing officers Laurie Butler (Chair), Martin Head-Gordon (Chair-Elect), Mark
Johnson (Vice-Chair), Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
(Vice-Chair Elect), Marsha Lester
(Executive Committee), Jingsong Zhang (Executive
Committee), James Lisy (Alternate Councilor) for
their service to the Division.
Notes from the Secretary/Treasurer
Anne B.
McCoy
This newsletter contains information about
the ACS national meetings and any other items of interest to significant
numbers of PHYS Division members. All
members of the PHYS Division are welcome to submit items to the Secretary for
inclusion in this newsletter. The
deadlines are generally around August 1 and March 1 for the newsletters
appearing after the Spring and Fall ACS meetings, respectively. Submissions may be made via mail, FAX, or
e-mail. The current ACS Bylaws &
Regulations may be viewed at:
http://portal.acs.org/portal/fileFetch/C/WPCP_011802/pdf/WPCP_011802.pdf
Click on the link to
Documents of the Committee and then on the link to Charter, Constitution, Bylaws, and Regulations of the American Chemical
Society (Bulletin 5).
A copy of the bylaws and regulations is also
included on the Division’s web page (http://phys-acs.org/phys_bylaws_2_2010.pdf)
Councilor’s Report
Paul Jagodzinski
The finances of the Society continue to be an
issue requiring due diligence on the part of the Board of Directors, the
Committee on Budget and Finance, and senior staff. At the Spring 2010 National
Meeting in San Francisco the Council learned that the Society’s total 2009
revenue ($460 million) was up +1% from 2008, but fell short of the 2009
approved budget by $19.5 million or 4.1%.
This revenue shortfall was fully anticipated and contingency planning
actions and cost containment initiatives were implemented across the Society.
These actions resulted in expense savings totaling $22.5 million. Significant reductions were realized in
salaries and fringe benefits, and in discretionary accounts such as travel,
training, and professional services. As
a result, the Society’s Net Return from Operations was $13.7 million, or $3.0
million greater than anticipated in the 2009 Approved Budget.
Unrestricted Net Assets rebounded in 2009 to
approximately $124 million, from a previous $60 million at the end of
2008. The significant increase can be
attributed to the favorable operating results, investment gains, and a net
reduction in the Society’s post-retirement benefit plan liabilities. The Society ended the year in compliance with
four of the five Board-established financial guidelines. The Fund Balance Ratio Guideline, which
measures the adequacy of the Society’s unrestricted net assets, was not
met. The financial outlook for 2010 is
better and there is hope that the Society will meet the 2010 approved budget.
Contained below is a synopsis of the actions
taken during the Council meeting held in San Francisco, as well as other
information reported to Councilors.
·
Council
selected Luis A. Echegoyen and Bassam
Z. Shakhashiri as candidates for 2011 President-Elect
·
The
Committee on Nominations and Elections announced the results of the election to
select candidates from the list of nominees to represent District II and
District IV on the Board of Directors for the term 2011-2013. George M. Bodner and Joseph R. Peterson are the District II
candidates; and Larry K. Krannich and Will E. Lynch
are the District IV candidates. Ballots will be mailed on or before October 10
to all members in District II and District IV.
·
The
Committee on Nominations and Elections announced the selection of the following
candidates for Directors-at-Large for a 2011-2013 term: Janan
M. Hayes, Robert L. Lichter, Kathleen M. Schulz, and
Kent J. Voorhees. Election of two Directors-at-Large will occur during the
Fall.
·
The
Council voted to approve the Petition on Admissions Committee. This petition
removes the Admissions Committee from the Bylaws and transfers its functions to
the Council Committee on Membership Affairs.
The Board of Directors will vote within 90 days on whether to ratify the
Petition on Admissions Committee.
·
A
motion to approve the Petition on
Candidate Selection by Member Petition failed. This petition would have
amended the Constitution to emphasize that candidates selected by a petition
process from members will have no further screening.
·
The
motion to approve Petition on Election
Timelines 2009 failed. This petition would have shortened certain national
election timelines.
·
The
Council received three petitions for consideration. Action is expected on these
petitions during the Fall 2010 Council meeting in Boston.
o Petition on International Chemical Sciences Chapters. This petition
provides for travel funds for either the Chair or Chair-Elect of International
Chemical Sciences Chapters to attend governance meetings at twice the amount
allotted for a Councilor.
o Petition on President-Elect Eligibility. This petition
requires that nominees or candidates for President-Elect come from an academic
background every other election, and that only those from non-academic
backgrounds would be eligible in the alternate years.
o Petition on Recorded Votes. This petition
provides for additional voting methods, e.g., clickers that have been recently
used at Council meetings, when conducting recorded votes.
·
Council
voted to set the member dues for 2011 at the fully escalated rate of $146. This
rate is established pursuant to an inflation-adjustment formula in the ACS
Constitution and Bylaws.
·
Council
voted to continue for three years the current formula for determining
allotments to local sections.
·
Council
was informed that at the close of 2009, the Society membership totaled 161,783
compared to 154,024 for year-end 2008.
The number of new membership applications received last year was the
highest ever. The 2009 number also
reflects the transition of 6,658 former Student Affiliates to the new student
member category and the recruitment of 6,341 new student member undergraduates.
·
Council
has been informed that the Board of Directors has voted to grant full voting
rights on the Board Planning Committee to the chairs of the Committees on Local
Section Activities and Divisional Activities. (CPC & B&F already
vote.)
Please
feel free to contact me if you have any questions about these or any other
issues.
Biophysical Subdivision
Christine
Payne
The mission of the Biophysical Subdivision is
to suggest and help organize symposia and activities for PHYS Division members
with an interest in biophysical chemistry. Biophysical symposia at the Fall
2010 ACS meeting in Boston include Electrons in Biomolecules
and Metals in Biology. We welcome suggestions and volunteers. Any PHYS member
interested in organizing a biophysical symposium should contact the chair,
Christine Payne. Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying members or
affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Biophysical
Subdivision, notify the chair, Christine Payne, at the address in the table of
officers. Indicate that you wish to join and mention that you belong to
the PHYS Division. If you do not belong to the Division, you may join both the
Division and the Biophysical Subdivision by completing the application form at
the end of this newsletter.
Theoretical Subdivision
Gerhard
Hummer
Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying
members or affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Theoretical Subdivision, notify
the chair, Gerhard Hummer, at the address in the table of officers. Indicate that you wish to join and mention
that you belong to the PHYS Division. If
you do not belong to the Division, you may join both the Division and the Theoretical
Subdivision by completing the application form at the end of this newsletter.
Finally, I invite your nominations for the
annual ACS Physical Chemistry Division Award in Theoretical Chemistry. Prof.
Kenneth D. Jordan, the 2010 awardee, will give the
plenary talk at the Telluride School on Theoretical Chemistry. Details on
nominating a brilliant theorist for this award may be found at
http://phys-acs.org/theoryAward.htm.
Energy Subdivision
Bruce
Kay
The Energy Subdivision was created in 2010 to
address fundamental physiochemical phenomena relevant to the efficient
production and utilization of energy and its impact on the environment. Physical chemistry provides the scientific
foundation for many energy-related technologies such as combustion, catalysis,
fuel cells, and solar (both photosynthesis and photo-voltaic), and plays a
central role in understanding related issues in climate change, and carbon
capture and sequestration. The
Subdivision works closely with the Division and the Theoretical and Biophysical
Subdivisions in developing energy-related programming for symposia at national
meetings.
The inaugural officers for the Subdivision
are Bruce D. Kay (Chair) of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Emily A.
Carter (Chair-Elect) of Princeton University, and John C. Hemminger
(Vice-Chair) of the University of California at Irvine. Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying
members or affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Energy Subdivision complete and
submit the application form at the end of this newsletter.
Student Poster Awards
Mark A.
Johnson
The winners of the
Physical Chemistry Student Poster Award Competition at the Spring 2010 ACS
meeting in San Francisco, CA were:
Hongli
Tao, Stanford University, “Ab initio multiple spawning study of
coherent control in the cyclohexadiene ring-opening reaction“
Imee
Su Martinez, University of Houston, “Surface analysis
of contained RTILs using SFG and complementary classical techniques”
Alina
P. Sergeeva, Utah State University, “Structure, stability and unique chemical bonding of
pure boron clusters: All-boron hydrocarbon analogs”
Olga R. L. Griffith, The University of Arizona, “Intra- and intermolecular electronic interactions
of dioxolane-substituted pentacene derivatives with triisopropylsilylethynyl
functional groups: Environment-dependant effect of the substituents”
Jocelyn M. Rodgers, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley,
“Simulating the lipid-mediated aggregation of transmembrane proteins”
Yu Cheng, Case Western Reserve University, “Gold nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy
and drug delivery”
Ashley K. Tucker, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Liquid crystal phases under the presence of a
rotating external field”
Heather R. Howard, Lebanon
Valley College, “Photolytic reactions in ices relevant to Triton.”
Request for Symposia Topics and Speakers
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
The Executive Committee solicits formal
suggestions for symposia and speakers for the meetings to be held in future
years. The Executive Committee met in San
Francisco, CA in March, 2010, to plan the programs for 2011. We will
finalize the programs during the ACS meeting in Boston, MA in August 2010. Please send your suggestions to the 2011 Program
Chair, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, or the 2012 Program Chair, Martin Gruebele,
at the address in the table of officers.
The deadline for receipt of
suggestions is July 1 of the preceding year. These suggestions will be essential input for
organizing the programs of the meetings.
For greatest effectiveness, follow these guidelines:
a) Recommend a symposium topic,
organizer, and list of suggested speakers (a list of recent PHYS symposia
follows for informational purposes).
b) Provide a brief description of the
significance of the symposium.
Recent
Symposia Topics
232nd ACS National Chemistry in Extreme
Environments
Meeting Cyber Science, Chemistry
Sept 10-14, 2006 Physical Chemical Foundations of
Biological Membrane Phenomenon
Fifty Years of Electron Transfer & RRKM Theories
Frontiers in Single-Molecule Biophysical Chemistry and Imaging
Frontiers in Molecular
Dynamics: Experiment & Theory
Theory of Rare Events & Accelerated Dynamics
Physical Chemistry of Ionic
Liquids
233rd ACS
National Capturing
Complexity in Physical Sciences Simulations
Meeting Dynamics on the Nanoscale
March 25-29, 2007 Structure and Dynamics at the
Liquid-Liquid Interface
The
Biophysics of RNA
Vibrational Spectroscopy as a probe of Biomolecular
Structure and Dynamics:
Theory
and Experiment
Implications
and Applications of Chirality in Physical Chemistry
234th ACS National Single
Molecule Spectroscopy and Novel Imaging Techniques for Biomolecular
Systems
Meeting Emergence of Function in Molecular
Assemblies
August 19-23, 2008 Hydration: From Clusters to
Aqueous Solution
Structural
Determination, Refinement, and Modeling of Large Biomolecular
Complexes
Excited
Electronic States in Chemistry and Biology: Theory and Experiment
Quantum
Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics: Can One Avoid the Other?
Biological
Ion Channels: From Molecular Structure to Cellular Function
235th ACS
Nation Physical
Chemistry of Atmospheric Processes
Meeting Optical Probes of Dynamics in Complex
Environments
April 6-10, 2008 Computational
Spectroscopy
Nanostructured Materials
Electronic
Structure and Reaction Dynamics of Open-Shell Species
Spectroscopy,
Chemistry and Imaging Through Nanophotonics
236th ACS
National Water Mediated
Interactions
Meeting Advances
in the Electronic Structure of Transition Metal Systems and Organometallics
Augutst 17-21, 2008 Protein Folding Dynamics:
Experiments and Theory
Recent
Advances in Biophysical Chemistry of Transport by Biomolecular
Motors and Machines
Fundamental
Advances in Contemporary NMR Spectroscopy
Centennial
of the Physical Division: Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Future
237th ACS
National New Developments
in Energy Conversion and Light-Harvesting
Meeting Advances in Electronic Structure Theory
and First Principles Dynamics
March 22-26, 2009 Convergence Between Theory and
Experiment in Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Functional
Motions in Enzyme Catalysis
Molecular
Hydrogen in Nanoporous Materials: Meeting Ground for
Theory and Experiment
From
Clusters to the Condensed Phase: Progress in Polarizable
Force Fields and Simulation
Chemical
Methods of Nanofabrication
238th ACS
National Molecular Basis
of Protein Aggregation and Amyloid Filbril Formation
Meeting New
Developments in Strongly Correlated Electrons
Washington, DC 25 Years of ZEKE
August 16-20, 2009 Protected Metallic Clusters, Quantum Wells and Metal-Nanocrystal Molecules in Fundamental and Applied Chemistry
The
Physical Chemistry of Photon to Fuel Converstion
Graphitic
Materials
Fluorescence
Microscopy Beyond the Diffraction Limit
Chemical
Reaction Dynamics in Gaseous and Condensed Phases
239th ACS
National Multiscale Nanomaterials,
Polymer, and Biomolecular Dynamics
Meeting Optical Science and Emerging Energy
Technologies
San Francisco, CA Recent Advances in
Observational and Experimental Astrochemistry
March 21-25, 2010 Dynamics in Clusters and
Floppy Systems: Theory and Experiment
Fluorescent
Probes in Biophysics and Chemistry
Measuring
and Manipulating Condensed Phase Chemistry in Time and Frequency: Celebrating
50 Years of the Laser
Physical
Chemistry of Ionic Liquids
VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE
A
significant portion of the Division’s annual income is provided by the ACS,
based in part on Division members’ attendance at the national meetings. On the advance meeting registration form, you
will see a question such as that given below.
If you list the Physical Division,
you will contribute to our income and allow the Division to offer better
symposia.
Fall 2010 Meeting
August 22-26 Boston,
MA
Program Chair:
Mark
A. Johnson, Department of Chemistry,
Yale University, New Haven, CT
06520-8107, (203)
436-4930, mark.johnson@yale.edu
The
symposia and their organizers are:
•
Electrons in Bio-Molecules, Jack P.
Simons (University of Utah), J. Mathias Wever
(University of Colorado)
•Molecular Systems for Efficient Solar
Energy Conversion and Storage, Victor Batista (Yale University), Charles Schmuttenmaer (Yale University), Gary Brudvig
(Yale University)
•
Challenges for Density Functional Theory,
Weitao Yang (Duke University), Xiaosong
Li (University of Washington)
•
Physical Chemistry of Spectrochemical Analysis, Brooks H. Pate 9 University
of Virginia), Kevin K. Lehmann (University of Virginia)
•
Metals
in Biology, Amy Palmer (University of Colorado), Thomas Brunold
(University of Wisconsin)
•
Physical
Chemistry of Hydrates, Interfaces and Aerosols and Their Relationship to
Climate, Veronica Vaida (University of Colorado),
Steven S. Brown (NOAA)
•
Recent
Advances in Ion Mobility for Analysis and Characterization of Macromolecules,
Michael T. Bowers (U. C. Santa Barbara), Erin Baker (PNNL)
•
Chemical Computations on General Purpose
Graphics Processing Units (GP-GPUs), Thom Dunning Jr. (University of
Illinois), Volodymyr Kindratenko
(University of Illinois), Todd J. Martinez (University of Illinois), Robert J.
Harrison (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Jeffrey Madura (Duquesne University)
Spring 2011 Meeting
March 27-31, Anaheim, CA
Program
Chair: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (814) 865-6442, shs@chem.psu.edu
The
planned symposia and their organizers are:
•
Quantum Information, Quantum Computation
and Chemistry: Experiment and Theory, Alan Aspuru-Guzik
(Harvard University), Kenneth Brown
(Georgia Tech)
•
Tunneling Pathways, David N. Beratan (Duke University), Jose N. Onuchic
(U. C. San Diego)
•
Membrane Protein Structure and Function,
Toby W. Allen (U. C. Davis), Frances Separovic
(University of Melbourne)
•
Chemical Reaction Dynamics at Surfaces:
Advances in Experiment and Theory, Diego Troya
(Virginia Tech), John R. Morris (Virginia Tech)
•
Chemical Carbon Mitigation- A
Physiochemical Approach, Andrew Bocarsly
(Princeton), Emily Carter (Princeton)
•
Infrared Spectroscopy of Gas and
Condensed Phase Biomolecules, Timothy Zwier (Purdue University), Martin Zanni
(University of Wisconsin Madison)
•
Fragment and Localized Orbital Methods
in Electron Structure Theory, So Hirata (University of Florida), John Z. H.
Zhang (New York University)
Restrictions on Speakers for PHYS Symposia
A speaker may give, at
most, one invited talk in the PHYS Division in any given meeting. Note that this rule does not apply to
contributed talks and posters, so there is still plenty of opportunity for all
physical chemists to present their research results in the PHYS Division.
Submission of Abstracts
Abstract Requirements: Submit a 150-word abstract via the ACS
web-based submission system. Submission
instructions and information on abstract requirements can be found at the ACS
Web site, http://www.acs.org/meetings.
Request for Contributed Oral Presentations: Authors who submit a contributed paper to the
program and wish their abstract to be considered for possible oral presentation
in a topical symposium must indicate such preference. The abstract should be submitted to the
symposium in which oral presentation is desired and is due one week prior to
the deadline.
General Information for Contributed Papers
General Papers – Members are cordially invited to present
papers at the poster sessions. Abstracts
should be submitted as instructed on the ACS Meetings web page, http://www.acs.org/meetings. The deadline, as published in C&E News and the call for papers
must be observed to allow the ACS to compile the program and to print and to
circulate the abstracts.
Future National ACS Meetings
Boston,
MA August 22-26, 2010
Anaheim, CA March 27-31, 2011
Program
Chair: Mark Johnson Program Chair: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Yale University
Pennsylvania State
University
New Haven, CT 06520;
mark.johnson@yale.edu
University Park, PA16802;
shs@chem.psu.edu
Denver, CO August 28- September 1, 2011 San
Diego, CA March 25-29, 2012
Program
Chair:
Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Program Chair: Martin Gruebele
Pennsylvania
State University
University of Illinois
University Park, PA16802; shs@chem.psu.edu Urbana,
IL; gruebele@scs.illinois.edu
Information and Rules Applying to All Contributed Poster
Papers
1. No
paper will be accepted unless an author expects to be present.
2. ACS
Bylaws 3(a) require that “papers by American Chemists or chemical engineers not
members of the Society shall not appear on the program unless they be joint
with one or more Society members.”
3. Prospective
poster presenters who also submit papers to other Divisions should inform the
Chairman-Elects as to the Division, titles of papers and co-authors by the deadline
date.
4. Each
poster paper will have a poster board measuring 4’x8’.
5. All
illustrations, charts, and textual material to be posted must be prepared in
advance since materials for these purposes will not be available at the
meeting.
6. Posters
should be mounted prior to the opening of the session and left in place until
the close. Authors are encouraged to be
present the entire session.
7. There
must be a heading (with letter at least 1” height) giving the title of the
papers, the author(s), their affiliation(s), and the number assigned to it in
the program.
8. Illustrative
material will be read by attendees from a distance of 3’ or more, so lettering
on illustrations should be at least 3/8” high.
9. There
should be a logical sequence (introduction, development and conclusion) to the
display and each sheet should be numbered.
10. Mounting
the sheets on colored construction paper and using other techniques for
improving graphic impact will enhance the presentation’s effectiveness. Ease of reading is far more important than
artistic flair. Certain color
combinations, for instance, may look beautiful but may be almost impossible to
read, especially in the absence of optimum lighting.
11. Do
NOT mount illustrations on heavy stock, which is difficult to mount on the
poster boards.
12. Each
author is responsible for mounting his or her material at least ˝ hour prior to
the opening of the assigned poster session and removing it within ˝ hour after
the close of the session. ACS cannot
assume any responsibility for materials beyond those time limits.
13. Do
provide sign-up sheets to record names and addresses of attendees who wish more
information.
14. Do bring duplicates of data and
conclusions. Duplicating facilities are
unavailable through ACS.
15. ACS
provides a modest supply of pushpins, masking tape, and felt-tipped pens, but
it is wise to bring your own. Upon advance request, ACS will arrange
for blackboards to be available in the room.
16. Admission
to poster sessions will be by ACS meeting badge only.
17. A
poster paper submitted to the Program Chair (before the deadline) for
presentation at a national meeting should be considered accepted unless the
author is specifically notified to the contrary by the Division of Physical
Chemistry Program Chair.
American Chemical Society, Division of Physical Chemistry
Subdivisions of Theoretical Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry and Energy We invite you to encourage non-members to join the PHYS division. It is the professional organization devoted to physical chemistry and physical chemists and can be most successful with maximum participation by physical chemists. Some of the more practical advantages of membership are:1. Members receive, in advance, abstracts of the papers to be delivered in the Division of Physical Chemistry programs at national meetings of the ACS2. Members receive a newsletter with the abstracts of the National meetings listing future symposia and divisional meetings and giving the deadlines for submission of papers to be presented at these meetings. The newsletter is included with the abstracts of papers for convenience.3. Members receive discounts on the purchase price of the complete bound books of meeting abstracts. Discounts for other books and journals are also available, and new arrangements are negotiated from time to time.4. The Division of Physical Chemistry is an affiliate of the American Institute of Physics, and members of the Division are eligible for a discount on various AIP publications including The Journal of Chemical Physics.5. The Division holds mixers at each national meeting of the ACS at which a division program is presented. These events are held in conjunction with a poster session and provide an excellent opportunity to meet other physical chemists.6. Members may vote and hold office in the Division and participate in its activities. Division Affiliates may not vote and may not hold office. Members and Affiliates are invited to suggest symposium topics, speakers, and organizers.7. The Division maintains a close relationship with the Journal of Physical Chemistry. Through the Division programs and through cooperation with the Journal of Physical Chemistry, we seek to call attention to the vigorous and dynamic character of physical chemistry in this country and to stimulate intellectual cross-fertilization between the different fields of research in physical chemistry.8. The Division hosts important awards symposia. The Debye, Hildebrand, and Theoretical Chemistry awards are given each year, the Langmuir Award every other year by the ACS. In addition, the Pure Chemistry and Nobel Laureate Signature awards are frequent features in Division symposia.9. In 1978, the Division established the Subdivision of Theoretical Chemistry. There is no additional fee for membership in the Subdivision. The subdivision provides special services and participates fully in developing symposium topics at the national meetings, specifically for the theoretically inclined.10. In 1978, the Division established the Subdivision of Biophysical Chemistry. There is no additional fee for membership in the Subdivision. The subdivision provides special services and participates fully in developing symposium topics at the national meetings, specifically for the biophysically inclined.11. In 2009, the Division established the Energy Subdivision. There is no additional fee for membership in the Subdivision. The subdivision provides special services and participates fully in developing symposium topics at the national meetings. Name Address City, State, Zip Country, Postal Code Telephone (w) (h) ACS Member? NO r YES r ® ACS member #
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r Division Affiliate (Non-ACS member) $15.00
r National Affiliate (current National Affiliate ACS member) $15.00
Subdivision Membership
r Theoretical Chemistry (no additional fee at this time)
r Biophysical Chemistry (no additional fee at this time)
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