This page provides links to current and historical information relevant to Division governance and other activities. Note that some material is intended only for current PHYS officers or other members of the executive committee and thus may be password protected. If you have suggestions for additional information to include, please contact us at: acs-phys@colostate.edu
PHYS Award Winners
The PHYS Division annually selects four major award winners: a senior and an early-career honoree in each of theoretical and experimental physical chemistry.
| Experimental Physical Chemistry | |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Stephen Bradforth, University of Southern California |
| 2022 | Tianquan “Tim” Lian, Emory University |
| 2021 | Prof. Greg V. Hartland, Notre Dame |
| 2020 | Prof. Lin X. Chen, Northwestern & Argonne National Lab |
| 2019 | Gilad Haran, Weizmann Institute of Science |
| 2018 | Arthur G. Suits, University of Missouri |
| 2017 | Kit Bowen, Johns Hopkins University |
| 2016 | Scott Anderson, University of Utah |
| 2015 | Mitchio Okumura, California Institute of Technology |
| 2014 | Vartkess A. Apkarian, University of California, Irvine |
| 2013 | Dana D. Dlott, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2012 | Robert Continetti, University of California at San Diego |
| 2011 | Michael Duncan, University of Georgia |
Experimental Physical Chemistry, Early Career |
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|---|---|
| 2023 | Josh Vura-Weis, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign |
| 2022 | Michele Pavanello, Rutgers University Newark |
| 2021 | Prof. Thomas Markland, Stanford |
| 2020 | Prof. Naomi S. Ginsberg, UC-Berkeley |
| 2019 | Haitao Liu, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2018 | Emily A. Weiss, Northwestern University |
| 2017 | Wei Min, Columbia University |
| 2016 | Christy Landes, Rice University |
| 2015 | Christopher Jaroniec, Ohio State University |
| 2014 | Peng Chen, Cornell University |
| 2013 | Liberato Manna, Italian Institute of Technology |
Theoretical Chemistry |
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|---|---|
| 2023 | Nancy Makri, Univ. Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign |
| 2022 | Arun Yethiraj, University Of Wisconsin |
| 2021 | Nancy Makri, Univ. Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign |
| 2020 | Prof. David Yarkony, Johns Hopkins |
| 2019 | Laura Gagliardi, Univ. of Minnesota |
| 2018 | Arthur F. Voter, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 2017 | David Reichman, Columbia University |
| 2016 | Dave Thirumalai, University of Maryland |
| 2015 | Horia Metiu, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 2014 | Douglas Tobias, University of California, Irvine |
| 2013 | Gregory A. Voth, University of Chicago |
| 2012 | Anna I. Krylov, University of Southern California |
| 2011 | James Skinner, University of Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Kenneth Jordan, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2009 | Peter Rossky, University of Texas |
Theoretical Chemistry, Early Career |
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|---|---|
| 2023 | Suri Vaikuntanathan, ,University Of Chicago |
| 2022 | Michele Pavanello, Rutgers University Newark |
| 2021 | Prof. Thomas Markland, Stanford |
| 2020 | Prof. Anastassia N. Alexandrova, UCLA |
| 2019 | Frank Noe, Freie Universitaet Berlin |
| 2018 | Clemence Corminboeuf, Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne |
| 2017 | Lasse Jensen, Penn State University |
| 2016 | Francesco Paesani, University of California, San Diego |
| 2015 | Thomas F. Miller, California Institute of Technology |
| 2014 | Filipp U. Furche, University of California, Irvine |
| 2013 | Alán Asupru-Guzik, Harvard University |
The Journal of Physical Chemistry and PHYS Division annually select recipients of prestigious lectureships associated with the three major sections of the Journal.
| Year | JPCA | JPCB | JPCC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Basile Curchod University of Bristol |
Konrad Meister Boise State University |
Justin Caram University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2022 | Jonas Elm Aarhus University, Denmark |
Krupa Ramasesha Sandia National Laboratories, USA |
Joel Yuen-Zhou University of California San Diego, USA |
| 2021 | Christopher J. Johnson Stony Brook University |
Diwakar Shukla University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Emilie Ringe University of Cambridge |
| 2020 | Amir Karton University of Western Australianiversity of Wisconsin |
Gabriela Schlau-Cohen MIT |
Robert Baker Ohio State University |
| 2019 | Artur Izmaylov University of Toronto |
Heather J. Kulik MIT |
Wei Xiong UCSD |
| 2018 | Etienne Garand University of Wisconsin |
Jahan Dawlaty University of Southern California |
Renee R. Frontiera University of Minnesota |
| 2017 | Benjamin Levine Michigan State University |
Zahra Fakhraai University of Pennsylvania |
Randall Goldsmith University of Wisconsin |
| 2016 | Wen Li Wayne State University |
Julie Biteen University of Michigan |
J.R. Schmidt University of Wisconsin |
| 2015 | Christine M. Aikens Kansas State University |
Joe Subotnik University of Pennsylvania |
Prashant K. Jain University of Illinois |
| 2014 | Gary E. Douberly University of Georgia |
Munira Khalil University of Washington |
Stephan Hoffmann University of Cambridge |
| 2013 | John Herbert Ohio State University |
David McCamant University of Rochester |
Sarbajit Banerjee Texas A&M University |
PHYS Calls for Papers
Calls for papers (in PDF format) for past PHYS symposia at ACS national meetings are available below. Note that lists of symposium topics can also be found in the Division newsletters linked above.
| 2023 | Spring | Fall |
| 2022 | Spring | Fall |
| 2021 | Spring | Fall |
| 2020 | Spring | Fall |
| 2019 | Spring | Fall |
| 2018 | Spring | Fall |
| 2017 | Spring | Fall |
| 2016 | Spring | Fall |
| 2015 | Spring | Fall |
| 2014 | Spring | Fall |
| 2013 | Spring | Fall |
| 2012 | Spring | Fall |
| 2011 | Spring | Fall |
| 2010 | Spring | Fall |
| 2009 | Spring | Fall |
| 2008 | Spring | Fall |
| 2007 | — | Fall |
PHYS Newsletters
As of spring 2012, Division newsletters have been discontinued in favor of website news updates and archives. Previous newsletters are available below:
| 2011 | Spring | Fall |
| 2010 | Spring | Fall |
| 2009 | Spring | Fall |
| 2008 | Spring | Fall |
| 2008 | Spring | Fall |
| 2007 | Spring | Fall |
| 2006 | Spring | Fall |
| 2005 | Spring | Fall |
| 2004 | Spring | Fall |
| 2003 | Spring | Fall |
| 2002 | Spring | Fall |
| 2001 | Spring | Fall |
| 2000 | Spring | Fall |
| 1999 | Spring | Fall |
| 1998 | Spring | Fall |
| 1997 | Spring | Fall |
Executive Committee Minutes (restricted)
Minutes from past executive committee meetings are available below. Access to these are limited to current members of the PHYS Executive Committee.
| 2017 | Spring | |
| 2016 | Spring | Fall |
| 2015 | Spring | Fall |
| 2014 | Spring | Fall |
| 2013 | Spring | Fall |
| 2012 | Spring | Fall |
| 2011 | Spring | Fall |
| 2010 | Spring | Fall |
| 2009 | Spring | Fall |
| 2008 | Spring | Fall |
| 2007 | Spring | Fall |
Past Officers of the Division of Physical Chemistry
| aSee P. F. Barbara, J. Phys. Chem. 1996, 100, 12694-12700, for a superb summary of the history of the Division of Physical Chemistry. | ||
| bThe Division was known as The Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry prior to 1958. | ||
| cGeorge L. Clark, pro tem | ||
| dF. E. Brown, pro tem | ||
| eEugene P. Schoch, pro tem | ||
| fS. J. Bates, pro tem | ||
| gRichard C. Tolman, pro tem | ||
| Year | Chair | Secretary-Treasurer |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Julie Biteen | Amber Krummel |
| 2024 | Laura Gagliardi | Amber Krummel |
| 2023 | Christy Landes | Amber Krummel |
| 2022 | C. David Sherrill | Qiang Cui |
| 2021 | Martin Zanni | Qiang Cui |
| 2020 | Anne McCoy | Qiang Cui |
| 2019 | Michael Duncan | Qiang Cui |
| 2018 | Joan-Emma Shea | Qiang Cui |
| 2017 | Gregory S. Engel | T. Daniel Crawford |
| 2016 | Edwin L. Sibert | T. Daniel Crawford |
| 2015 | Nancy E. Levinger | T. Daniel Crawford |
| 2014 | Joel M. Bowman | T. Daniel Crawford |
| 2013 | Martin Gruebele | T. Daniel Crawford |
| 2012 | Sharon Hammes-Schiffer | T. Daniel Crawford |
| 2011 | Mark A. Johnson | Anne B. McCoy |
| 2010 | Martin Head-Gordon | Anne B. McCoy |
| 2009 | Laurie J. Butler | Anne B. McCoy |
| 2008 | Gregory A. Voth | Anne B. McCoy |
| 2007 | Bruce D. Kay | Anne B. McCoy |
| 2006 | Barbara J. Garrison | Kenneth D. Jordan |
| 2005 | David J. Nesbitt | Kenneth D. Jordan |
| 2004 | James L. Skinner | Kenneth D. Jordan |
| 2003 | John C. Hemminger | Kenneth D. Jordan |
| 2002 | Richard M. Stratt | Kenneth D. Jordan |
| 2001 | Daniel A. Neumark | Mark S. Gordon |
| 2000 | George C. Schatz | Mark S. Gordon |
| 1999 | Geraldine L. Richmond | Mark S. Gordon |
| 1998 | Ellen B. Stechel | Mark S. Gordon |
| 1997 | George W. Flynn | Mark S. Gordon |
| 1996 | Mark A. Ratner | Andrew E. DePristo |
| 1995 | Paul F. Barbara | Andrew E. DePristo |
| 1994 | John C. Tully | Andrew E. DePristo |
| 1993 | James J. Valenti | Andrew E. DePristo |
| 1992 | Henry F. Schaefer | Andrew E. DePristo |
| 1991 | D. J. Auerbach | Edward M. Eyring |
| 1990 | David Chandler | Edward M. Eyring |
| 1989 | Fleming F. Crim | Edward M. Eyring |
| 1988 | Thomas F. George | Edward M. Eyring |
| 1987 | Charles S. Parmenter | Edward M. Eyring |
| 1986 | Hans C. Anderson | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1985 | James L. Kinsey | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1984 | Ernest R. Davidson | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1983 | Charlotte E. Moore | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1982 | E. F. Hayes | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1981 | William H. Flygare | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1980 | William A. Lester | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1979 | Donald W. Setser | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1978 | Robert G. Parr | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1977 | W. E. Falconer | Alvin L. Kwiram |
| 1976 | B. Weinstock | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1975 | Sidney W. Benson | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1974 | F. Sherwood Rowland | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1973 | John Ross | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1972 | Peter Ewald Yankwich | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1971 | D. W. McCall | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1970 | Max Tofield Rogers | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1969 | B. Seymour Rabinovitch | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1968 | Walter J. Kauzmann | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1967 | Herbert S. Gutowsky | Joseph J. Katz |
| 1966 | Richard B. Bernstein | Max Tofield Rogers |
| 1965 | Rudolph A. Marcus | Max Tofield Rogers |
| 1964 | Paul C. Cross | Max Tofield Rogers |
| 1963 | Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. | Max Tofield Rogers |
| 1962 | Richard M. Noyes | Max Tofield Rogers |
| 1961 | Joseph O. Hirschfelder | Max Tofield Rogers |
| 1960 | Benjamin P. Dailey | Max Tofield Rogers |
| 1959 | Robert L. Burwell, Jr. | David C. Grahame |
| 1958 | D. P. Stevenson | David C. Grahame |
| 1957b | John E. Willard | David C. Grahame |
| 1956 | P. W. Selwood | David C. Grahame |
| 1955 | Frank T. Gucker | John E. Willard |
| 1954 | Joseph W. Kennedy | P. W. Selwood |
| 1953 | Frank A. Long | Frank T. Gucker |
| 1952 | Glenn T. Seaborg | Joseph W. Kennedy |
| 1951 | Milton Burton | Frank A. Long |
| 1950 | John C. Bailar, Jr. | Glenn T. Seaborg |
| 1949 | Martin Kilpatrick | Milton Burton |
| 1948 | Henry Eyring | John C. Bailar, Jr. |
| 1947 | Paul M. Gross | Martin Kilpatrick |
| 1946 | Thomas F. Young | Henry Eyring |
| 1945 | Thomas F. Young | Henry Eyring |
| 1944 | Oscar K. Rice | Paul M. Gross |
| 1943 | Ralph E. Gibson | Thomas F. Young |
| 1942 | W. Conard Fernelius | Oscar K. Rice |
| 1941 | John G. Kirkwood | Ralph E. Gibson |
| 1940 | G. Frederick Smith | W. Conard Fernelius |
| 1939 | George Scatchard | Harold C. Urey |
| 1938 | Harold Simmons Booth | G. Frederick Smith |
| 1937 | Herrick L. Johnston | George Scatchard |
| 1936 | John Warren Williams | Harold Simmons Booth |
| 1935 | Nathaniel H. Furman | Herrick L. Johnston |
| 1934 | Donald H. Andrews | John Warren Williams |
| 1933 | W. Albert Noyes, Jr. | Nathaniel H. Furman |
| 1932 | Hobart H. Willard | Donald H. Andrews |
| 1931 | Farrington Daniels | W. Albert Noyes, Jr. |
| 1930 | Ward V. Evans | Hobart H. Willard |
| 1929 | Victor K. LaMer | Farrington Daniels |
| 1928 | George L. Clark | Ward V. Evans |
| 1927 | George S. Forbesc | Victor K. LaMer |
| 1926 | Harry B. Weiser | George L. Clarkd |
| 1925 | Arthur E. Hill | George S. Forbes |
| 1924 | Graham Edgar | Harry B. Weiser |
| 1923 | R. E. Wilson | Graham Edgar |
| 1922 | Samuel E. Sheppard | R. E. Wilson |
| 1921 | Harry N. Holmes | Samuel E. Sheppard |
| 1920 | William D. Harkins | Harry N. Holmes |
| 1919 | William E. Henderson | Walter A. Patrick |
| 1918 | S. Lawrence Bigelow | William E. Henderson |
| 1917 | H. P. Talbot | E. B. Millard |
| 1916 | Irving Langmuir | James Kendall |
| 1915 | George A. Hulette | Herbert N. McCoyf |
| 1914 | George A. Hulett | Herbert N. McCoy |
| 1913 | S. Lawrence Bigelow | R. C. Wells |
| 1912 | W. Lash Miller | R. C. Wells |
| 1911 | H. P. Talbot | S. Lawrence Bigelowg |
| 1910 | Edward C. Franklin | S. Lawrence Bigelow |
| 1909 | Charles H. Herty | Wilder D. Bancroft |
Innovative Project Grant Proposals (restricted)
PHYS Division innovative project grant proposals are available below. Access to these are limited to current members of the PHYS Executive Committee.
- Postdoctoral career development in physical chemistry (2010)
- Go Physical! (2011)
- PHYS Undergraduate and Young Faculty Mentoring at ACS National Meetings (2012)
- Awards to Undergraduates from Underrepresented Minorities to Present PHYS Posters at ACS National Meetings (2013)
- Paired Graduate/Undergraduate Mentored ACS Meeting Experiences (2014)
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