GEOC Newsletter: Spring 2004

Message from the Chairperson

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all symposia organizers and presenters from the New York Meeting last fall and the upcoming Anaheim Meeting this spring. The excellent programming of the Geochemistry Division tends to build on itself year after year, and is a reflection of quality contributions made by the geochemical community.

The program (see below) for the Anaheim American Chemical Society meeting from March 28 – April 1, 2004 continues this positive trend, with symposia on metals geochemistry, tracer geochemistry, colloid geochemistry, mineral surface chemistry, Fe and Mn biogeochemistry, vibrational spectroscopy and a large poster session/social. The poster session consists of over 40 presentations with contributions from most of our symposia.

The Geochemistry Division technical program and abstracts are now posted on our web page. Additionally, there are several symposia in the Nuclear Chemistry Division (Actinide Interactions with Environmentally-related Matrices), the Fuel Chemistry Division (Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration, Utilization of Green House Gasses, Mercury Measurement, Transformations, Control, and Related Issues in Power Systems), the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division (Vibrational Analyses of Dry and Wet Surfaces, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Fundamental Research in Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Environmental Colloids), the Chemical Education Division (Nanoscience and Education) and the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division (Nanotechnology and the Environment) that are of interest to many of our members.