Newsletter

• Officers
• Remarks from the Chair
• Election Information
• New Officers
• Notes from the Secretary-Treasurer
• Biophysical Subdivision
• Theoretical Subdivision
• Request for Symposia Topics and Speakers
• Recent Symposia Topics
• Technical Program-220 th National Meeting-Washington, D.C.
• Call for Papers-221st National Meeting- San Diego, CA
• Restrictions on Speakers for PHYS Symposia
• Submission of Abstracts
• General Information for Contributed Papers
• Future ACS Meetings
• Announcements
• Membership Information
• Membership Application

In addition to the invited symposia, we will be having the usual Divisional poster session on Wednesday night. This includes many poster papers that are connected with the invited symposia, along with posters that cover other areas of physical chemistry. Also, there will be a strong contingent of Physical Division posterpapers in the Sci-Mix program on Monday night.

Let me say "thanks" to Dan Neumark for organizing a fabulous program in San Francisco. The logistics of this program were unusually complicated due to two special programs. One was the millenium special symposium entitled Physical Chemistry in the 21st Century that was held on Sunday afternoon as a stand-alone session. The other was the Awards session, in which our nine national award winners gave talks. Both of these events were well attended, as was the extra large poster session that was held on Wednesday evening. I was also pleased to see a lot of interest in our regular symposia, many of which were packed to overflowing. The San Francisco meeting was the first meeting that was entirely based on the OASys on-line abstract submissions. While the ACS is still trying to get the kinks worked out of this system, (and this caused theSan Francisco version of this booklet to show up late for some people), the on-line system has been extremely popular, and we are pleased that 100% of our papers were submitted on OASys. Dan Neumark is to be commended for extra work needed to get the program organized this year.

Another activity of the Physical Division this year is the Pacifichem meeting that will be held Dec 14-19 in Hawaii. Marsha Lester has been our representative in organizing the meeting. This is a complicated job, given that the symposium organizersare scattered all around the Pacific Rim, but the resulting program (which you can see on the ACS Web page www.acs.org) looks terrific. So let me say "thanks" to Marsha for a job well done.

The Physical Division continues to be actively involved in discussions with NSF Chemistry administrators at each ACS meeting (an activity that was initiated by us, and which now involves several other ACS divisions). The San Francisco version of thi smeeting was held on Saturday morning, and Geri Richmond and I were present. Janet Osteryoung, the head of NSF Chemistry, told us about upcoming initiatives, as well as changes in grants administration and staff. One change that will affect everyone is that Chemistry has switched to a window of submission that runs from the beginning of July until the beginning of January (precise dates can be found in the NSF web page www.nsf.gov), rather than having proposal deadlines or a completely open schedule. Another point which Janet noted was that NSF depends strongly on having high quality rotators to handle proposals. Openings for the two rotators in Physical Chemistry will be coming up each year, and the Physical Division needs to encourage top scientists to take these positions. The Physical Division has established a committee (composed on myself, Geri Richmond and Mark Gordon) who will help with this process, but our job will be made easier if we (or NSF) hears from volunteers. We would therefore encourage you to contact one of the committee members, or NSF, if you are interested in doing this.

Recently the Physical Division passed an important milestone. We now have over 3500 regular members! This means that we are classified as a division as far as the ACS is concerned. This has important financial ramifications, and starting in 2002 our revenue from meetings will go up by as much as 50%. Since our meeting revenue is all used to support programming at national meetings, this means that in a couple years we should be able to do much more than we have. Of course we can't be complacent about passing the 3500 member barrier, so let me encourage the readers of this newsletter to recruit their students and friends to be members. You don't have to be an ACS member to join, and it is easy to do using instructions that are given elsewhere in this booklet (or on the division web page which I give later). Alternatively, if you are already a member, it is easy to join when you get your annual statement from the ACS. For just $12 per year (less for students), membership provides you with a poster which announces symposium topics several months before each meeting,a nd then closer to the meeting, you receive this book that includes abstracts of papers given in the division, and the divisional newsletter. In addition, if you are a graduate student, you are eligible for a travel award to support travel to a meeting where you are presenting a paper. Most of the Division dues is used to support activities at meetings, and if Division members attend sessions, or give papers, we derive additional income that helps us to do even more. All division members can join our Subdivisions (Theoretical and Biophysical) for free, and receive their newsletters. You are also welcome to become involved in the Division by suggesting symposium topics for meetings. Current members can forward their suggestions to the Division Secretary, Mark Gordon (mark@si.fi.ameslab.gov). Please include the names of potential organizers as well as possible speakers with your suggestions. Remember that Program Chairs for the Division operate with a 1-2 year lead-time for most symposia,so much of our planning at this point concerns 2001 and beyond.

This is my last newsletter as Chair of the Division. It has been an honor and privilege to serve these last few years as ViceChair, Program Chair and now Chair. I can assure you that the leadership of the division is in very good shape as Dan Neumark now takes over as Chair, Richard Stratt as Program Chair and John Hemminger as Vice Chair. In addition we continue to be very capably served by Mark Gordon in the Secretary-Treasurer position, alongwith his very efficient administrative staff person, Kristin Hinders. Finally let me mention that Tom Holme continues to serve as our publicity person and Steve Bachrach is our webmaster (http://hackberry.chem.trinity.edu/PHYS).

This year the Nominating Committee consisted of Geri Richmond, George Schatz and George Flynn.

They submitted the following slate of candidates:

• Vice-Chair-Elect
  James Skinner
  (succeeding John Hemminger)
• Councilor
  Ellen Stechel
  (succeeding Thom Dunning)
• Executive Committee
  Barbara Garrison
  (succeeding Anne Chaka)
• Alternate Councilor
  A. Welford Castleman
  (succeeding himself)
• Executive Committee
  Arthur Nozik
  (succeeding Anthony Dean)

BARBARA J. GARRISON: Arizona State University, BS (1971), University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. (1975). Penn State University, Assistant/Associate Professor (1979-1985), Professor (1986), Department Head (1989-1994), Distinguished Professor (2000). Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Young Faculty Award (1979), Teacher-Scholar Award (1984). Sloan Foundation Fellow (1980). American Chemical Society, Akron Section Award (1990), Garvan Medal (1994). American Physical Society, DCP Executive Committee (1993-1996), Fellow (1994). American Vacuum Society, Peter Mark Award (1984), Fellow(1994). Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal in Physical Sciences(1990). Council of Chemical Research, Governing Board (1992-1995).
Research Interests: Fast energy deposition processes at surfaces such as keV particle bombardment of solids and laser ablation; surface based mass spectrometry; molecular dynamics simulations of reactions at surfaces.
Member: ACS, APS, AVS

ARTHUR J. NOZIK: Cornell University, B. Ch.E. (1959), Yale University, M.S. (1962), Yale University, Ph.D. (1967). Professor Adjoint, University of Colorado, Boulder (1998 - Present); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (formerly Solar Energy Research Institute), Senior Research Fellow (1984 -present), Chief, Photoconversio nResearch Branch (1978 - 1984); Visiting Fellow, University ofColorado, Boulder (1985 -1988), Group Leader, Materials Research Center, Allied Chemical Corporation (1974 -1978); Central Research Division, American Cyanamid Company, Staff Scientist (1967 - 1974), Staff Engineer (1961 -1964); McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, Engineer(1959 -1960). Gordon Lecturer, Tel Aviv University (1995); American Western University U.S. DOE Laboratory Distinguished Lecturership (1989); NREL Directorís Award (1993): NREL Hubbard Award(1992); NREL Van Morris Award (1985); SERI Outstanding Achievement Award (1984); Senior Editor, Journal of Physical Chemistry (1993- Present); Fellow of the American Physical Society (1999).
Research Interests: Photoelectrochemistry; carrier dynamics (electroncooling, transport, interfacial transfer) and hot electron effects at semiconductor-solvated molecule interfaces; quantization effects in semiconductors (nanostructures and quantum dots, films, wires and quantum dot arrays); photochemical solar cells; photocatalysis; optical, electronic, and magnetic properties of semiconductors; solar energy conversion and storage.
Member: ACS, APS, ECS, AAAS, MRS
Arthur J. Nozik has authored or co-authored approximately 135 manuscripts, 18 book chapters, 11 U.S. patents, and edited 4 books in the above fields.

ELLEN B. STECHEL: Ellen B. Stechel is currently Manager of the Chemistry Department in Ford Research Laboratories (FRL). She received her A.B. in Mathematics and Chemistry from OberlinCollege, Oberlin, Ohio in 1974. She received an MS in Physical Chemistry and completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the University of Chicago in 1976 and 1978, respectively. After a postdoctoral research position at the University of California, Los Angeles, she joined Sandia National Laboratories in a technical staff position in Condensed Matter Physics in late 1981. Her research interests have been varied including: computational theory of reactive scattering of A+BC and electron transfer reactions; quantum chaos; electronically stimulated processes on surfaces; electronicstructure of high Tc cuprates; and advanced algorithmic development and complex materials applications of density functional theory. She has authored/co-authored greater than 85 papers in various fields of chemical, surface and condensed matter physics. In 1993, she joined the Advanced Materials and Device Sciences Departmentat Sandia National Laboratories and became the manager of that department in 1994. She continued in the management position until she left Sandia in late 1998. From its inception in late 1997 until she left Sandia, she was co-technical director of a virtual center, Center for the Simulation of Complex Materials. In late1998, she joined Ford Research Laboratories as a Senior Staff Technical Specialist in the Physics Department. She also servesas a co-coordinator for the Computational Materials Science Network, a virtual network, sponsored by the Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Scienceand a member of the Council on Materials Sciences for the same Division. She is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Physical Chemistry, an American Chemical Society publication, a specialist editor for Computational Physics Communications, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Materials Chemistry. She has served in numerous professional society official and advisory positions, including the Panel on Public Affairs in the American PhysicalSociety. In the American Vacuum Society, she was Co-Program Chair for the 1994 National Meeting, served a three-year term on the Board of Directors, and is currently a Trustee for the society. Serving the ACS, she was an officer in PHYS from 1994-1999 including Program Chair (1997) and Chair (1998). She currently holds an elected position as PHYS divisional representative to the Committee on Science and she represents Ford Motor Company in ACS Corporate Associates.

Professional Memberships: ACS, APS, AVS, IEEE.

A. WELFORD CASTLEMAN, JR.: Born 1936. B.Ch.E. (1957) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. (1969) Polytechnic Instituteof New York; on the staff of the Brookhaven National Laboratory(1958-1975); Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Mechanics and Earth and Space Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook (1973-1975); Professor of Chemistry and Fellow of CIRES,
University of Colorado, Boulder (1975-1982); Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, Cal Tech (1977); Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University (1982 - present); Evan Pugh Professor (1986 - present); U.S. Senior Scientist von Humboldt Awardee (1986); Doktors Honoris Causa from the University of Innsbruck, Austria (1987); ACS Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology award (1988); Fulbright Senior Scholar(1989); consultant to E. I. DuPont de Nemours.

Research Interests: Investigation of the dynamics of formation, the laser photophysics and spectroscopy, and the reactions andbonding of gas-phase clusters; elucidating through cluster research: solvation phenomena and its influence on reactivity, the dynamics of reactions in systems of restricted size using ultrafast lasertechniques, the physical basis for catalysis and surface phenomenaat the molecular level; and investigating the unique characteristics of clusters as
building blocks to cluster assembled materials and
elucidating fundamental processes of importance in atmospheric chemistry. In 1992 he reported the discovery of a new class of molecular clusters termed metallocarbohedrenes, or Met-Cars forshort.

Member: ACS, Penn State Center for Materials Physics, AGU

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science(1985), American Physical Society (1985), Senior Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (1985)

A. Welford Castleman has authored or co-authored over 450 publications, as well as served as Senior editor of The Journal of Physical Chemistry (since 1988); Editor-in-chief of a new book series by Springer Verlag dealing with the entire field of cluster science; and is currently serving on boards for Chemical Physics Letters, Advances in Chemical Physics, Research Trends, Understanding Chemical Reactivity (Reidel Series), and the Journal of Cluster Science.

JAMES L. SKINNER: Ph. D. 1979, Harvard University (Chemical Physics); A. M. 1977, Harvard University (Physics); A. B. 1975, University of California at Santa Cruz (Chemistry, Physics). Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stanford University, 1980 - 1981. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University, 1981 - 1985; Associate Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University, 1985 - 1986; Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University, 1986 - 1990; Joseph O. Hirschfelder Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1990 - present; Director, Theoretical Chemistry Institute, University of Wisconsin,1990 - present. Fellow, American Physical Society, 1997; Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist, 1993-97; Guggenheim Fellow, 1993-94; Phi Lambda Upsilon Fresenius Award, 1989; National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator, 1984-89; Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1984-89; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1984-88; National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1980-81; National ScienceFoundation Graduate Fellow, 1975-78.

Research interests: theoretical chemistry of condensed phases; nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; dephasing and population relaxation processes; linear and nonlinear spectroscopy.

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I approve the nomination of A. Welford Castleman for Alternate Councilor position from January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2003.

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Since there are two vacant positions and only one candidate has been nominated for each position, you may cast a yes vote for both of the above candidates without invalidating your ballot. Please return no later than October 1, 2000.
 

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Please send your BALLOT to:
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This newsletter contains information about the ACS national meetings and any other items of interest to significant numbersof PHYS division members. All members of the PHYS division are welcome to submit items to the Secretary for inclusion in the newsletter. The deadlines are generally around December1 and May 1 for the newsletters appearing before the Spring and Fall ACS meetings, respectively. Submissions may be made via mail, FAX or e-mail.

Subdivision membership is free to dues-paying members or affiliates of the Division of Physical Chemistry. To join the Biophysical Subdivision, notify the secretary, Gerald Babcock, at the addressin 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 thisnewsletter.

The 1999 awardees were:
1st Prize: Graeme Henkelman, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington.
2nd Prize: Holly S. Randa, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah.

The deadline for receipt of suggestions is February 1, 2001. (Address these to the Secretary/Treasurer, Mark S. Gordon, at the address in the table of officers.) The Executive Committee will meet in Washington, DC in August to plan the programs for 2002 and 2003.

Chemistry Under Extreme Conditions, Robert Morris, AFRL/VSBP, MORRIS@PLH.AF.MIL; Dana Dlott, University of Illinois, dlott@scs.uiuc.edu

Very Low Temperature Dynamics and Spectroscopy, William Stwalley, University of Connecticut, stwalley@uconnvm.uconn.edu; Giacinto Scoles, Princeton University, gscoles@princeton.edu

Chemical Applications of Neutrons, Herbert Strauss, University of California, hls@cchem.berkeley.edu

Industrial Applications of Theoretical Chemistry, Anne Chaka, Lubrizol Corporation, chaka@lubrizol.com; Bill Schneider, Ford Motor Company, wschnei2@ford.com

Frontiers in Biophysical Theory, Ron Levy, Rutgers University, ronlevy@lutece.rutgers.edu; Richard A. Friesner, Columbia University, rich@chem.columbia.edu

Proton Transport in Liquids, Solids and Proteins, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, University of Notre Dame, hammes-schiffer.1@nd.edu; David Silverman, University of Florida, silvrmn@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu

Quantum Computing for the Next Millennium, K. Birgitta Whaley, University of California, whaley@holmium.cchem.berkeley.edu; Isaac Chuang, IBM, ichuang@almaden.ibm.com

Dynamics in Liquids, Michael Fayer, Stanford University, fayer@fayerlab.stanford.edu; John Fourkas, Boston College, john.fourkas@bc.edu

Physical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids: In Memory of Matt Petersheim, Richard D. Sheardy, Seton Hall University,sheardri@shu.edu

Femtochemistry: 1999 Nobel Prize Symposium, Marcos Dantus, Michigan State University, dantus@msu.edu

Online abstract submission deadline for this meeting is November 1, 2000. ONLY electronic abstracts via the ACS online submittal system OASys will be accepted, except by special arrangement with the ACS symposium organizers before October 1, 2000. Abstract information can be located at http://oasys.acs.org/oasys.htm.

Probing Molecular Aqueous Environments in Chemistry and Biology, Teresa Head-Gordon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, TLHead-Gordon@lbl.gov; and Lawrence R. Pratt, Los Alamos National Laboratories

Strong-Field Chemistry: Molecules and Clusters in IntenseLaser Fields, Robert Levis, Wayne State University, rjl@chem.wayne.edu;and A. Welford Castleman, Pennsylvania State University

Chemical Approaches to Photonic Crystals, David J. Norris, NEC Research Institute, dnorris@research.nj.nec.com; and Vicki Colvin, Rice University, colvin@ruf.rice.edu

Accurate Description of Low-Lying Molecular States and Potential Energy Surfaces, Kenneth G. Dyall, Eloret Corporation,Thermosciences Institute, kgdyall@mciworld.com; and Mark Hoffmann, University of North Dakota, Mark.Hoffmann@mail.chem.und.nodak.edu

Molecular Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Peter M. Weber, Brown University, Peter_Weber@brown.edu; and Stephen T. Pratt, Argonne National Laboratory, stpratt@anl.gov

Optical Studies of Single Molecules and Molecular Assemblies in Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Anne Myers Kelley, Kansas State University, amkelley@ksu.edu; and Shimon Weiss, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, sweiss@lbl.gov

Energy Landscapes of Proteins, Glasses, and Clusters: Dynamics, Folding, Function and Prediction, Jose Onuchic, University of California at San Diego, jonuchic@ucsd.edu; Charles L. Brooks, III, The Scripps Research Institute, brooks@scripps.edu;and David Wales, Cambridge University, wales@clust.ch.cam.ac.uk

American Chemical Society Awards Symposium, Richard M. Stratt (presiding), Brown University, Richard_Stratt@brown.edu

Submit your abstract on-line at the ACS website: http://www.acs.org/meetings/abstract/abinfo.html.  Please see the following page for more information.

As is now customary, Program Chair Stratt has arranged for the presentation of contributed talks in each of the topical symposia. The contributed talks will be selected by the individual symposium organizers from among abstracts that explicitly request consideration for oral presentation. The criterion for selection will be close connection with the topics addressed in the symposia. Abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be assigned to the postersessions, unless the authors request otherwise. The individual organizers of each of the topical symposia will select contributions from those that specifically request an oral presentation. Since the organizers will not be able to accommodate all requests, the poster sessions will be specifically organized to group posters by symposium topic. While the symposia do cover a wide range oftopics, they cannot cover the full depth and breadth of physical chemistry. The division welcomes general contributions to the poster sessions, which will be grouped by subject area.

Request for contributed oral presentation: 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.

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-Elect 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 lettering 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 1/2 hour prior to the opening of the assigned poster session and removing it within 1/2 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 Chairman.

The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Pacifichem 2000, is established to disseminate recent research results in the chemical sciences among chemists of the Pacific Rim countries, thereby fostering industrial development, improving local and global environments, and enhancing the material well-being of the peoples of Pacific Rim countries. The Congress is cosponsored by the ACS, The Chemical Society of Japan, the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

The following 23 symposia are planned in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (Area 10):

• Solvated Molecules and Ions: from Clusters to Condensed Phases, D. R. Salahub (Canada), S. Iwata (Japan), M. C. Zerner (USA)
• Recent Progress in the Science and Technology of Fullerenes and Nanotubes, Y. Achiba (Japan), K. Fisher (Australia), R. C. Haddon (USA)
• Chemical Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, T. Ohta (Japan), T. K. Sham (Canada), M. Antonio (USA)
• Nonlinear Dynamics in Chemistry, K. Showalter (USA), J. A. Pojman (USA), R. Kapral (Canada), S. Fujieda (Japan), T. Yamaguchi (Japan), T. Matsumura-Inoue (Japan)
• Electrochemical Surface Science at Molecular/Atomic Resolution, K. Uosaki (Japan), A. Wieckowski (USA), G. Jerkiewicz (Canada)
• Solvation Structure and Reactivity in Supercritical Fluids, O. Kajimoto (Japan), J. Kauffman (USA), K.-P. Yoo (Korea), D. Miller (Canada), S. Koda (Japan)
• Mathematical Characterization of Structure and Properties of Molecules, H. Hosoya (Japan), M. Randic (USA), P. G. Mezey (Canada)
• Ordered Molecular Films for Nano Electronics and Photonics, Koma (Japan), N. R. Armstrong (USA), P. S. Weiss (USA), H. Tada (Japan), H. Lee (Korea)
• New Frontiers in Chemical Reaction Dynamics, H. Nakamura (Japan), G. Schatz (USA), T. Suzukii (Japan), R. Continetti (USA), K. Liu (Taiwan)
• Laser Control and Manipulation of Molecules, D. Brandrauk (Canada), Y. Fujimura (Japan), R. J. Gordon (USA)
• Materials Chemistry on Oxide and Carbide Surfaces, T. Campbell (USA), Y. Iwasawa (Japan), P. McBreen (Canada)
• Fluids at Interfaces, Henderson (USA), K.-Y. Chan (China), D. Y. C. Chan (Australia)
• Computational Quantum Chemistry: Theoretical and Experimental Perspectives, J. D. Goddard (Canada), H. F. Schaefer (USA), Y. Osamura (Japan), L. Radom (Australia), R. M. W. Wong (Singapore), P. Schwerdtfeger (New Zealand), K. Hirao (Japan)
• Advances in Quantum Monte Carlo, S. M. Rothstein (Canada), J. B. Anderson (USA), S. Tanaka (Japan)
• Science and Technology of Ti02 Photocatalysis, K. Datye (USA), C. H. F. Peden (USA), T. Ibusuki (Japan), N. Serpone (Canada)
• Structure and Dynamics of Photogenerated Intermediates in Solution: Vibrational and Electronic Studies, T. L. Gustafson (USA), T. Okada (Japan), J. Saltiel (USA), H. Hamaguchi (Japan), D.-J. Jang (Korea)
• Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis,. G. A. Somorjai (USA), M. M. Bhasin (USA), J. B. Moffat (Canada), K. I. Tanaka (Japan)
• Surfactant Science and Technology, J. F. Scamehorn (USA), M. Abe (Japan), F. Grieser (Australia)
• Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics of Ion Channels, P. C. Jordan (USA), F. Separovic (Australia), A. Naito (Japan), S. Goldman (Canada)
• Structure, Dynamics, and Reactions of Small Clusters, R. Bernstein (USA), S. C. Wallace (Canada), N. Mikami (Japan), J. Vederas (Canada)
• Photon and Electron Induced Processes on Surfaces, H.-L. Dai (USA), M. Yoshiyasu (Japan), X.-S. Zhao (China)
• Large Molecule Vibrational Dynamics, C. Parmenter (USA), M. Fujii (Japan), A. E. Knight (Australia)
• Metal-Metal and Metal-Ligand Interactions, B. Simard (Canada), K. Kavu (Japan), A. Martinez (Mexico)