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Women Chemists Committee NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER Fall 2013

Leaders in Attracting, Developing, Promoting, and Advocating for Women in the Chemical Sciences

Women Chemists Committee • wcc@acs.org • http://womenchemists.sites.acs.org/ American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036

As I sit down to write this Chair’s Letter, I can’t believe three years have passed so rapidly. It has been my honor and privilege to serve as the Chair of the Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society. During this time, I have had the opportunity to meet accomplished women chemists from around the globe as well as those just starting out in their careers who are an inspiration to all women in the chemical enterprise. I want to thank the current members of the committee who give so much of their time to make our programs and events such a huge success; I know this great tradition will carry on.

In Indianapolis, the WCC will be holding a symposium entitled ―24th Anniversary of the WCC/Eli Lilly Travel Award‖. This pro-gram, which started 24 years ago and has been supported by Eli Lilly and Company, has provided funding for over 600 under-graduate, graduate, and postdoctoral female chemists to travel to national meetings and present the results of their research. The WCC continues to support this program to achieve our goal of increasing participation and retention of women in the chemi-cal sciences and related disciplines. The symposium on Mon-day, September 9, will feature past award recipients who will describe how the travel award positively impacted their careers.

The WCC continues to be an active participant of the Chemical Entrepreneurship Council (CEC). This collaboration with other ACS Committees and Divisions, as well as the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), has allowed the WCC to leverage re-sources to help women scientists develop new professional pathways and aid in the important subject of retention of women in scientific professions. At Indianapolis, the WCC is proud to cosponsor a technical session on Tuesday, September 10, entitled ―STEM Women in Innova-tion and Investing‖. This panel discussion features successful women in the STEM and invest-ing fields and will aid women in gaining the necessary skills required for translating research into commercial innovations.

In addition to the above events, on Monday, September 9, the WCC will host Lynn Zettler at the Women in the Chemical Enterprise Breakfast. She will provide a fun, interactive presenta-tion/workshop on the Myth of Work/Life Balance. Come and learn more about the ABCs of living your fulfilled life. At the WCC Luncheon on Tuesday, September 10, we will present the 13th Overcoming Challenges Award. The recipients of the 2013 fall Eli Lilly Travel Award will be rec-ognized during the WCC/Eli Lilly Poster Session and Reception just prior to the luncheon. Our luncheon keynote speaker will be Dr. Christina Bodurow, Senior Director External Sourcing Eli Lilly and Company and past WCC Chair. On Tuesday afternoon, the WCC is pleased to be con-tinuing the WCC Just Cocktails program following the STEM Women in Innovation and Invest-ing session. This reception will afford opportunity for networking following the event.

If you have any questions about the Indianapolis meeting check out our website at http://womenchemists.sites.acs.org/.

— Judy Cohen

Chair’s Message

WCC Roadmap for Indianapolis 2

Spring 2013 Meeting Highlights 3

2013 ChemLuminary Award 4

2013 WCC Rising Stars 5

Fall 2013 Meeting Highlights 8

ACS Fellows 8

WCC Awards Announcements 9

Networking 9

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WCC Women in the Chemical Enterprise Breakfast (Ticketed Event) Sponsored by WCC; Cosponsored by BASF7:30 am - 9:00 am JW Marriott, White River Ballroom E

Women Chemists of Color Forum and Social Sponsored by ACS DIversity Programs; Cosponsored by WCC10:00 am - 12:00 pm JW Marriott, Room 204

24th Anniversary of The WCC/Eli Lilly Travel Award Symposium 9:30 am - 11:25 am Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Columbus Room

WCC ‘Just Cocktails’ Reception and Open Session 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm JW Marriott, Grand Ballroom 7

WCC / Eli Lilly Travel Award Poster Session 11:00 am - 12:00 pm JW Marriott, Grand Ballroom 3/4

WCC Luncheon (Ticketed Event) 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm JW Marriott, Grand Ballroom 3/4

Events Schedule

Monday, September 9

WCC Luncheon "Women Chemist 2025"(Ticketed Event) Tuesday, September 1012:00 pm—1:30 pm JW Marriott, Grand Ballroom 3/4

Keynote Speaker Christina Bodurow, Ph.D. Senior Director, External Sourcing, Development Center of Excellence at Eli Lilly and Company

246th ACS National Meeting • Indianapolis, IN

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24th Anniversity of The WCC/Eli Lilly Travel Award Symposium 1:00 pm - 2:40 pm Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Columbus Room

Arthur C. Cope and Arthur C. Cope Scholars Award Symposium Sponsored by ORGN; Cosponsored by WCC 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Indiana Convention Center, Sagamore 3/4

Arthur C. Cope and Arthur C. Cope Scholars Award Symposium Sponsored by ORGN; Cosponsored by WCC1:20 pm - 5:00 pm Indiana Convention Center, Sagamore 3/4

Tuesday, September 10

STEM Women in Innovation and InvestingSponsored by SCHB; Cosponsored by BMGT, PROF, WCC 2:00 pm - 4:20 pm JW Marriott, Grand Ballroom 7

WCC Women in the Chemical Enterprise Breakfast (Ticketed Event) Sponsored by WCC; Cosponsored by BASFMonday, September 97:30 am - 9:00 am JW Marriott, White River Ballroom E

Keynote SpeakerLynn Zettler, PCC Founder of LifeAction Coaching, Inc

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Spring 2013 Meeting Highlights

ENCOURAGING WOMEN INTO THE CAREERS IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES SYMPOSIUM

The ACS symposium in honor of Heather C. Allen, for the ACS Na-tional Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, was organized by Man Xu from Pacific Northwest National Laborato-ry. The symposium was chaired by Dominique Verreault from Ohio State University and was held on Wednesday, April , 2013, during the ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The symposium began with an introduction describing the scholarships for un-derrepresented minority middle and high school students that were initiated by the awardee over the past 10 years. Invited speakers included John Hemminger (University of California, Irvine), Barbara Finlayson-Pitts (University of California, Irvine), Y. Ron Shen (University of California, Berkeley), Mary Jane Shultz (Tufts Univer-sity), and Karin Musier Forsyth (Ohio State University), among oth-ers. Several current and past Allen lab students also presented re-search that ranged from lung surfactant work to physical chemistry studies of the air/aqueous interface with emphasis on applications to atmospheric aerosol chemistry. The awardee gave an overview of the scholarship program for young women and acknowledged her mentors and the role that each one played in her career, and she presented research highlights on molecular organization at aqueous surfaces using nonlinear spectroscopic methods and liquid-surface imaging.

— Amy DeBaillie

SPRING 2013 WOMEN IN THE CHEMICAL ENTERPRISE BREAKFAST SUMMARY

The Women in Chemical Enterprise Breakfast at the Spring 2013 meeting featured a talk and workshop by Dr. Judith Giordan, titled: ―Being Heard—Powered by YOU: Bragging...and Building your Per-sonal Brandˮ. Judy explained why it is important for women to be leaders and shared some tools that can be used effectively in build-ing a personal brand. Here are some of the highlights from her talk:

Data clearly show a correlation between profit and diversity:

Fortune 500 firms with the best records of putting wom-

en at the top are 18% to 69% more profitable

Companies with three or more women on their board

outperform competitions on all measures by at least 40%

The enemy is ―ourˮ lack of confidence and expectation:

Women expect lower salaries than men for the same

jobs

Strong links exist between actual success and attitudes

and beliefs

Perceptions:

Both male and female managers overestimate home–

work stress experienced by women Judy recommends that we change our personal and business dia-

logue . Women can use confident understatements to be heard, with-out sounding arrogant. Specifically, Judy's advice is to use persua-sive ―proud ofˮ or ˮlove toˮ approach to convey interest and capability. For example:

―The kind of challenge I like best is...ˮ

―I really go for situations that require me to...ˮ

After Judy’s talk, the attendees had the opportunity to put the con-cepts into action. Each of the tables selected a scenario where they needed to convince a supervisor of something, such as selling a pro-ject idea or asking for a promotion. Within the table groups, the at-tendees brainstormed a bragging dialogue using the ―proud of‖ or the ―love to‖ approaches they had learned. After some time for discus-sions, a representative from each table shared a statement with the audience to allow the group to benefit from the brainstorming power of the room.

The slides from Judy's talk are available on her website (http://www.jgiordan.com).

—Samina Azad

SPRING 2013 WOMEN CHEMISTS COMMITTEE LUNCHEON

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, the WCC celebrated the achievements of women by hosting the WCC Luncheon with the theme Encouraging Women in Chemistry. Judy Cohen, Chair of the WCC, welcomed the audience and several dignitaries, including ACS President Miran-da Wu, ACS President-Elect Thomas Barton, Executive Director and CEO Madeline Jacobs, and various board members. She spoke about the mission of the WCC and congratulated all the wom-en who received awards at the Spring ACS National Meeting.

Afterwards, Professor Susan Kauzlarich from University of Califor-nia, Davis, was honored with the 2013 Francis R. Garvin-John Olin Award for her outstanding mentoring of disadvantaged students and seminal contributions to solid-state research, materials inorganic chemistry, and nanomaterials. During her acceptance speech, Kau-zlarich outlined her pathway toward becoming a professor and how her connections with other scientists shaped her career. Professor Kauzlarich recalled how her early research mentors, such as George Orwoll from William and Mary College and Bruce Averill and James Dye from Michigan State University, influenced her decision to pur-sue an academic career instead of her initial goal of teaching high school. As her research adviser, James Dye, said: ―You should [go into academics] because you can go to conferences, sometimes in

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2013 WCC ChemLuminary Award

WCC CHEMLUMINARY AWARD

On Tuesday, September 10, during the 15th Annual ChemLuminary Awards Presentation, the winner of the 2013 WCC ChemLuminary award will be announced. For 2013, the WCC award focused on awarding an outstanding program aimed at retaining women in the chemical enterprise. The WCC would like to recognize the outstand-ing achievements of the three finalists for their programs for retaining women in the chemical enterprise. The WCC looks forward to an-nouncing the award winner at the Fall National Meeting.

FINALISTS:

INDIANA The WCC of the Indiana local section held a supercharged, hands-on LinkedIn workshop on December 13, at Heritage Interactive. The facilitator was Deborah Smith, a sought-after social media profes-sional from the New Jersey area. Twenty-seven participants from local companies received LinkedIn operational training and user strat-egy, spanning from basic knowledge to advanced skills. All partici-pates left the workshop with new online networking skills and a better understanding of how to use LinkedIn to create the momentum they want. The workshop was very valuable for job seekers, those who want to stay connected, and retirees. The workshop was made possi-ble via a Local Section/Corporation Associates grant from the ACS. The event was well received by the attendees. The LinkedIn Work-shop educated women on how to promote themselves on Linked-In and how to utilize the internet to network.

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Professor Kauzlarich provided advice to the audience based on the life lessons she learned. ―Make connections to other people. That’s what’s fun.‖ She reminisced how, as a graduate student under Bruce Averill, she attended many conferences alone and needed to make friends quickly. Many of these people are now her colleagues. ―Science is a small world.‖ In her final comments, Susan challenged the audience: ―…with outreach [one] can change the landscape.‖

Professor Susan Kauzlarich changed the landscape for many at the luncheon and encouraged many women to be successful in the chemi-cal field. Congratulations!

— Amy Balija

SPRING 2013 POSTER SESSION FOR WCC ELI LILLY TRAVEL AWARD WINNERS

At each of the ACS National Meetings, the Eli Lilly travel award winners present posters on their current research activities during a session held directly before the Women Chemists Committee Luncheon. The session was well attended and covered a broad range of interests from all areas of chemistry. During the Spring 2013 meeting in New Orle-ans, seven women presented their research.

Melissa Weinrich, from the University of Arizona, presented a poster titled ―Understanding Chemical Synthesis: From Novice to Expert Stu-dent‖. She is working to generate models of how students think and adapt to information during the learning process. She would like to teach one day and conduct research on the chemical education pro-cess.

Jana Olson, from Rice University, presented her research on a poster titled ―Polarization Switching Mechanism of Nanorod Plasmons‖. She is investigating the mechanisms behind camouflage used by animals such as the octopus, which can easily change colors to match its sur-roundings. She is using gold nanorods to create materials that change

polarization and scatter light, thereby camouflaging themselves.

Pei Che Soon, from New York University, showed her work on ―Para-hydrogenated Neurotransmitter Precursors.‖ Her work involves re-search on the neural transmitter pathways in the human body using parahydrogen-induced polarization to enhance NMR signals. This method could track how amino acids react in the body using MRI tech-niques.

Danielle Dremann, from Wayne State University, showed a poster titled ―Development of Heptameric Peptides to Target H69 of the Bacte-rial Ribosome‖. Her research tackles the issue of antibacterial re-sistance by targeting bacterial ribosomes. She hopes to continue her research with design of pharmaceuticals based on the peptides she is currently investigating.

Andrea Hardman, from The Ohio State University, presented her work on ―Urea Catalyzed Construction of Oxazinanes‖. The goal of her re-search is to use catalysis of urea to target lung cancer molecules, as it would have an advantage over other materials that would be toxic.

Maria Angelella, from the University of California, San Diego, present-ed her work on ―Annihilation within Aggregates of a Perylene Diimide Dimer—Insights from Transient Absorption and Picosecond Resonance Raman Spectroscopy‖. She is using excited-state resonance Raman spectroscopy to look at the interactions among dimers, which cannot be identified using absorption spectroscopy.

Shana Santos, from the University of Michigan, showed her work titled ―Identification of Small Molecule Substrate-Competitive Kinase Inhibi-tors‖. Her research is looking to elucidate proteins related to C-Src kinase inhibitors to better understand and combat C-Src, which is relat-ed to certain cancers.

—Dawn Shaughnessy

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DR. CATHERINE S. PATTERSON

As an undergraduate, 2013 Rising Star Award Winner Catherine Schmidt Patterson became interested in the connections between science, art history, and the conservation of cultural heritage. The

first papers she read about the scientific analysis of works of art made her realize that she could apply her scientific training and skills to preserve our collective cultural patrimony. From then on, she was hooked. She tried to stay informed about the hap-penings in the field of conservation science throughout graduate school while earning her Ph.D. at Northwestern University, where her research focused on the funda-mental physical chemistry governing the

interaction of indoor air pollutants with catalytic surfaces. After gradu-ation, she was selected for the prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Science at Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and her path was set. She is now an Associate Scientist and a member of the GCI’s Collections Research Laboratory. Her primary areas of research are the use of non- or minimally invasive techniques such as Raman microspectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy to study works of art, the development of new analytical methodolo-gies, and technology transfer for the benefit of cultural heritage sci-ence.

Catherine loves that her work can be different each day. She can be working on 14th century panel paintings in the morning and 20th century photography in the afternoon. The variety of the work and the ability to juggle several projects simultaneously ensures that she consistently has new challenges to overcome, new things to learn, and new perspectives on each of her projects.

Catherine feels fortunate to have had advisors who all have been both great scientists but also incredible mentors. Her advisors were willing to include her in all aspects of the work that she was doing. Beyond the experimental day-to-day activities, she was always in-cluded in preparing grant proposals and in sharing her work with a variety of audiences both formally and informally. From that experi-ence, she gained the ability to effectively communicate both the facts and their significance in a way that is accessible both to other scien-tists and non-scientists.

Catherine enjoys chemistry in the kitchen as she loves to cook and bake and inflicts her ―kitchen experimentsˮ on her colleagues from time to time. She also loves spending time outdoors. Hiking, biking, camping, and kayaking are her favorite ways of leaving the world behind for a few hours or days at a time.

Catherine’s advice: Be bold, proud of your accomplishments, and willing to toot your own horn. Take on new challenges to grow and learn in the process. Actively seek out opportunities to improve your skills and knowledge. Do what you love—whatever part of the chemistry profession you are in—if you are passionate about the work, you are more likely to be successful overall.

—Lisa Houston

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NASHVILLE Alice Popejoy, 2012 Public Policy Fellow for AWIS, presented per-spectives from Capitol Hill on women in STEM to local section mem-bers and women undergraduate and graduate students. They provid-ed women chemists with vital public policy information on issues of concern to women in STEM during a national election year. Some of these issues focused on the gender wage gap, work–life satisfaction, leadership, and importance of mentoring. The event was outstanding because of the public policy information that was provided to the audi-ence. This program supported the mission of the WCC by providing a forum for women chemists and all women in STEM during a critical election year. Women undergraduate students who hosted this event also learned networking, organizational, and communication skills needed to be professionals in the chemical sciences. Students were given the opportunity to plan this event and to spend one-on-one time with the speaker.

VIRGINIA The WCC of the Virginia Local section hosted a Chemistry Career Panel that featured Jeanette Brown, a chemist and author of the book, African American Women Chemists. In addition to speaking about her career, Ms. Brown gave a talk about the careers of some of the first African American women chemists, followed by a book signing and reception. College women often don’t know the paths they can follow with a chemistry degree. The small number of women faculty at some institutions limits the diversity students will see. Without proper career planning, women disproportionally leak out of the chemistry pipeline. The panel allowed students to interact with chemists who have followed diverse career paths and who are at different stages of their careers. All the speakers were women chemists who could pro-vide an immediate connection to the women students. Van transporta-tion allowed students to attend from several local universities and community colleges.

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DR. GWEN GROSS

Dr. Gwen Gross, 2013 Rising Star Award Win-ner, moved around with her family from New Mexico to Texas before settling in Arizona where she attended high school and received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Arizona. She then headed to the Northwest to attend the Uni-versity of Washington where she received a Mas-ters in Chemistry followed by a Ph.D. in Analyti-cal Chemistry. While working on her graduate degree under Dr. Robert Synovec in the Center

for Process Analytical Chemistry, she did her first work for The Boe-ing Company, which set her on her career path.

Gwen is currently a chemist for The Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, where she is the resident chemist for the Structural Composites group within Boeing Research and Technology. In this role, Gwen works closely with internal and external engineers, materi-al scientists, buyers, and others to ensure the integrity and quality of composite materials for the duration of an airplane program. This includes developing the next generation of structural composite mate-rials as well as maintaining focus on current composite manufacturing issues at suppliers and locations around the world. Gwen is regularly called upon to lead investigations involving chemical systems from across the Boeing Enterprise. She has developed accelerated test methods for rapid screening of new materials based on aircraft oper-ational requirements and material compatibility for materials such as composites, paints, specialty films, tapes, and sealants. Gwen has also developed methodologies for shop floor sampling of complex parts and structures where rapid response times are critical and the parts in question can be valued in the millions of dollars. This work includes the development of methodology for real-time analysis in production to determine mix ratios and to predict final tensile strength for flight-critical polymeric coating. She has been the Principal In-vestigator on multiple projects including development of quality con-trol systems for nanocomposites, and she currently holds two patents with filings for several others.

Although Gwen has had a successful professional career as a chem-ist, she has found it challenging to gain recognition as Boeing tradi-tionally gives awards and recognition to Engineers. Therefore, she successfully nominated herself for the Rising Star Award to gain recognition not only for herself but for chemistry and other non-engineering technical personnel. She also hopes to gain added recognition for the American Chemical Society and its many benefits. [QU: As meant?]

On a personal note, she is married to a computer ―geek‖ and they have a beautiful five-year-old daughter.

—Lisa Houston

DR. MICHELLE HAMM

Dr. Michelle Hamm, Associate Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department at The Univer-sity of Richmond, in Virginia, uses synthetic and physical organic chemistry to address specific biological questions. She enjoys teaching under-graduate students in the areas of Organic Chemis-try and Biochemistry. She is an amazing mentor and role model for teaching at a Primarily Under-graduate Institution (PUI) and is one of the 2013 winners of the Rising Star Awards. In effort to get

to know Michelle a little better we asked her a few questions and share her insightful responses here.

Q. How did you get started in your field?

When I was a junior in high school, I took my first Chemistry class and was introduced to the periodic table. I was amazed how atomic properties could be predicted by an element's place (column and row) on the table. That our world is governed by provable rules hooked me then and still inspires me now.

Q. Did/do you have mentors and how have they helped?

I had great advisers during both my Ph.D. and post-doc, though if I could go back, I probably would have asked for more help and advice from them (and others). I have an independent personality where I don't want to bother people, so I tend to do things on my own. Even in my current department, though I have great colleagues, I did not seek out their advice as much as I should have early on and thus, made mistakes that could have easily been avoided (too much ser-vice, etc). That is probably my biggest advice to young scientists: Don’t be afraid to ask for help and mentoring.

Q. How do you balance work and life?

Balancing my home and work life is definitely one of the biggest chal-lenges I face. I have two children (6 and 4 years old) and a husband who is trying to make partner at a law firm, so our days are very busy. I also have a hard time leaving my work at work, so turning off the iPad/iPhone/computer after we get home at night but before the kids’ bedtime is tough, but something I know I must do. Like any working mom, I sometimes have to miss important work meetings for family events and other times must miss a personal event for work. My life really is a balance, with some days more work focused and others more family focused, but with most days a good combo of both.

Q. Do you have any advice for other women in chemistry?

Keep your eyes on your goals and don’t let anything distract you from what you want. It can be a difficult road in graduate school and during a post-doc (I definitely had to deal with lots of drama, as well some sexism.), but do your best to keep moving forward during those tough times. Try and not let difficult events or people hinder your ability to work hard and get what you want.

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We would like to wish Dr. Hamm luck in all of her future endeavors and we look forward to watching her continue to find success in her very important role as an educator in the chemical enterprise. Con-gratulations again to our Rising Star!

—Amber Charlebois

PROF. SUNGHEE LEE

Prof. Sunghee Lee, one of the 2013 WCC Rising Stars, believes in creating and main-taining high goals. Her greatest inspiration was her mother, whose motto was, ―First, it seems impossible: Then it is done.‖ Follow-ing this advice, she obtained her B.S. in Chemistry at Sung Kyun Kwan University, her M.S. in Physical Chemistry from POSTECH, and her Ph.D. in Analytical/Inorganic Chemis-try at Brown University. After completing a

postdoc at Duke University, she began her independent career at Iona College, a small undergraduate institution in New Rochelle, NY. Sunghee is currently Professor, Department Chair, and Research Advisor to 12–15 undergraduates examining microdroplet interfacial science and crystal nucleation.

Sunghee credits her graduate and postdoctoral work towards influ-encing her current research interests in surfaces and interfaces. Fur-thermore, she desires to expose undergraduate students to this mod-ern research by introducing new laboratory results in the classroom, including her first-year chemistry courses in research, and encourag-ing interested students to join her research group. Sunghee finds interacting with the students to be the most rewarding part of her ca-reer. ―Seeing their eyes widen upon learning something mind-blowing about chemistry is really a rewarding experience. But the most rewarding thing about students is seeing how they can take their beginning level of skills, knowledge, and confidence and watch it build and grow as they do research in my lab.‖ She further nurtures the students by including them as co-authors on publications and allowing them to present their research at regional and national chemistry conferences.

Sunghee believes that compromise is not needed to be successful. Rather, she considers that one must know what the right priorities are and make corresponding choices on what to accomplish, typically performing the most meaningful task first. ―My career path has taken me to a small undergraduate institution, where I try to accomplish a nearly impossible balance: among full-time teaching, student advising and mentoring, and doing publishable research.‖ Through her inde-pendent career, Sunghee has published several publications and co-authored over 75 undergraduate researcher presentations. Further-more, she has received various local and national grants including a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation and ACS-PRF grant.

When asked what advice she would provide to other women in chem-istry, Sunghee responded: ―Follow your heart and be confident about

your choice. One can only engineer so much about a successful ca-reer or life path. Rather, simply follow where your heart leads you and thoroughly enjoy every moment of the path. Trust yourself and your decision along the way. Before you know it, you will be in a place where you have not imagined to be, but even better.‖ Sunghee’s accomplishments demonstrate that she has performed the impossible and will continue to get it done in the future.

—Amy Balija

DR. LISA MARCAURELLE

―If you work hard for me, I’ll work hard for you.‖ This phrase by her graduate advisor has stuck with WCC 2013 Rising Star awardee Lisa Mar-caurelle throughout her career. Besides hard work, you also need be passionate about your job to do it well. Lisa has always enjoyed science but fell in love with chemistry in college. She feared that organic chemistry would prevent her from pursuing a career in medical school, and she was right! Not because she did not succeed in the course, but rather because she loved it.

Lisa did research in organic chemistry with Prof. Timothy Curran, who was influential in her decision to attend graduate school. After completing her degree in chemistry with honors at the College of the Holy Cross in 1997, Lisa joined the laboratory of Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi at the University of California, Berkeley, where she focused on the synthesis of glycoproteins and glycopeptide mimetics. She received an ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship in 2000. From 2001 to 2002, she performed postdoctoral work at MIT with Prof. Peter Seeberger.

Lisa began her industrial career at Infinity Pharmaceuticals where she became engaged in the creation of novel small-molecule libraries through diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS). In 2007, she joined the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT where she served as Director of Synthetic Chemistry in the Chemical Biology Platform. She estab-lished a synthetic platform for the large-scale production of DOS li-braries, generating a collection of over 100,000 small molecules for use in high-throughput screening. In 2011, Lisa joined H3 Biomedi-cine, a newly established oncology company in Cambridge, MA, where she serves as Vice President of Discovery Chemistry.

Lisa has been fortunate enough to have great peers and mentors throughout her career. Her Ph.D. advisor inspired her during difficult times and helped make graduate school a fulfilling and memorable experience. She credits Mike Foley, her supervisor and co-worker for almost a decade at both Infinity Pharmaceuticals and the Broad Insti-tute, with helping to shape her career in industry. He taught her to not fear risk taking or doing things differently. Lisa has noticed that some-times she is one of just a few women in a room full of men (such as advisory board meetings). With more female students and postdocs entering the chemical profession, we hope that many will end up in leadership roles and sitting at the table with successful women like Lisa Marcaurelle.

—Christine Chow

FALL 2013 WOMEN IN THE CHEMICAL ENTERPRISE BREAKFAST

Do work and life ever balance? The Women in the Chemical Enter-prise Breakfast at the Fall National ACS meeting will feature an inter-active workshop on the "Myth of Work/Life Balance" by Lynn Zettler. The presentation/workshop will go over the ABCs of living a fulfilled life. Anyone who has (or wants) both a life and a career, will benefit from this workshop, whether you are married and with or without children, single, or empty nesting Come join us at the breakfast and learn how to juggle life and career as a Pro. The breakfast will be held on Monday September 9, at the JW Marriott Indianapolis, White River Ballroom E.

— Samina Azad

ELI LILLY PROGRAMMING

The WCC is pleased to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the Eli Lilly Travel Award during the Fall 2013 ACS National Meeting in Indianap-olis, IN. What better place to celebrate than the home of Eli Lilly headquarters?

Over the 24-year history of the Eli Lilly Travel Award, approximately 600 undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral women have re-ceived financial support to attend and present their research at na-tional meetings. This represents funding for about one-third of the applicants. During ACS National Meetings, the awardees present their research during an Eli Lilly Travel Award poster session; join the WCC as guests at the WCC Luncheon, with special reserved seats at the VIP tables; and often have the opportunity to network with ACS officers, board members, and ACS CEO Madeleine Jacobs at spe-cial social events. For many of the awardees, the networking done at these meetings has led to future postdoctoral research opportunities and job offers. We’ll be hearing from some of these women during the Travel Award Anniversary Symposium, being held on Monday, September 9, at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. The women presenting during the symposium received their awards between the years of 1992–2012, representing a 20-year span of travel awardees. The presenters are Dawn A. Brooks (Eli Lilly and Company), Sarah Chobot Hokanson (British Consulate-General), Cynthia A. Bunders

(The Coca-Cola Company), Margaret Chu-Moyer (Amgen), Malika Jeffries-El (Iowa State University), Gia Fazio (Arcadia Biosciences), Sonja S. Capracotta (NanoSight), Mindy Levine (University of Rhode Island) and Kristin Nuzzio (University of Illinois). [AU: Names listed in order of presentation, or should they be arranged alphabeti-cally?] We invite you to join us for this symposium and help us thank Eli Lilly for 24 years of support of the travel award

The nine recipients of the Fall 2013 Eli Lilly Travel Award will also be in attendance during this meeting. The WCC wishes to extend con-gratulations to these women: Ashley Adams (Stanford), Alina Bo-rovika (University of Michigan), Susan Flynn (Syracuse University), Nacole King (North Carolina State University), Christine Meck (City University of New York Graduate Center), Mary Nguyen (University of California, Riverside), Elizabeth Petro (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Anna Simon (University of California, Santa Barbara), and Sara Smith (University of Pittsburgh). The awardees will be presenting their research during technical sessions and will also be participating in a special Eli Lilly Award poster session at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 10, immediately preceding the

WCC Luncheon. — Amy Nicely

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2013 ACS FELLOWS!

While we wish to congratulate the entire class of 2013 ACS Fellows, the WCC would especially like to feature the women among this group.

Barbara Lyn Belmont Stacey F Bent Anna G Cavinato Gillian Eggleston Amina K El-Ashmawy Kristi Ann Fjare Cheryl Baldwin Frech Katharina M Fromm Gunda I Georg Judith Cynthia Giordan M Katharine Holloway Nancy B Jackson Marisa Kozlowski Helen Anne Lawlor Susan Marie Lunte Mary Ann Babin Meador Anne T O'Brien Lisa Ann Peterson Ieva Reich Mary Jane Shultz Anne Kuhlmann Taylor

2013 ACS Fellows

WCC/ELI LILLY TRAVEL AWARD

The ACS Women Chemists Committee (WCC) and Eli Lilly and Com-pany sponsor a program to provide funding for undergraduate, gradu-ate, and postdoctoral female chemists to travel to meetings to pre-sent the results of their research. Through this program, WCC and Eli Lilly and Company continue to increase the participation of women in the chemical sciences. Awards are made on the basis of scientific merit and financial need. In additional to financial support, the award provides networking opportunities for recipients who attend an ACS national meeting. Upcoming application deadlines are September 15, 2013, for meetings between January 1 and June 30, 2014, and Feb-ruary 15, 2014, for meetings between July 1 and December 31, 2014. For more information and to access the online applications please visit www.acs.org/diversity.

2014 WCC CHEMLUMINARY AWARD

The 2014 WCC ChemLuminary Award (for activities in 2013) is for ―Outstanding Program Related to Public Policyˮ. The 2015 WCC ChemLuminary Award (for activities in 2014) is for ―Best Overall WCC Sectionˮ.

Your section can be considered for a WCC ChemLuminary Award by self-nominating when submitting your local section ACS annual re-port, or the WCC accepts nominations directly from the local WCC sections. Visit http://www.womenchemists.sites.acs.org/ for more information on how to submit nominations, in addition to examples of past award winning events.

WCC OVERCOMING CHALLENGES AWARD

This award recognizes a female undergraduate from a two-year or four-year institution for her efforts in overcoming hardship to achieve success in chemistry. The application deadline is April 1, 2014. For more information and to access the online application, please visit www.acs.org/diversity.

PRISCILLA CARNEY JONES SCHOLARSHIP

The award provides scholarships for female undergraduate majors in chemistry or related disciplines who are beginning their junior or sen-ior years of study. The application deadline is May 1, 2014. For more information and to access the online application, please visit www.acs.org/diversity.

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WCC Open Meeting “Just Cocktails” Reception Tuesday, September 10, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM JW Marriott Indianapolis, Grand Ballroom 7 The event is targeted at mid-career chemists and presents ad fun, collaborative time for networking, connections and career advice, ect.

Women Chemists of Color Networking Social Monday September 9, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM JW Marriott Indianapolis, Room 204 Join us Monday morning to network, learn about this ACS initiative,

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Thank you for reading the WCC semiannual newsletter. I hope that you find the articles inspirational and informative! If you have an article or an announcement that may be useful to our readership, please feel free to send it to me at wcc@acs.org. We welcome all sug-gestions.