GEOC Newsletter: Spring 2017
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Anastasia G. Ilgen, Ph.D.
Dear Division Members,
You rock!!! Thank you everyone who came to the 2017 Spring ACS meeting in San Francisco. We had sixteen sessions, covering topics in interfacial chemistry, nucleation, nano-particle reactivity, geological carbon storage, biominerals, redox, and microbially-mediated chemistry. It was beyond inspiring to see all the incredible research we are involved in. Thank you, session organizers and presenters, for another excellent gathering.
At the meeting we awarded the 2017 Geochemistry Medal to Dr. Susan Brantley, Distinguished Professor of Geosciences at The Pennsylvania State University and member of the National Academy of Sciences, for her outstanding scientific impact in the fields of geochemistry and Earth surface processes (see p. 3 in this Newsletter).
A special symposium in honor of Dr. Glenn Waychunas was organized by Benjamin Gilbert (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Christopher Kim (Chapman University), and Peggy O’Day (UC Merced) highlighting scientific advances made in the mineral-water interface research over the last three decades.
The Division is proud to support the next generation of geochemists. We awarded five student travel grants and our winners were: Haesung Jung (Washington University in St. Louis), Joey Nelson (Stanford University), Qian Zhao (University of Nevada Reno), Kyeong Phil Kong (Pennsylvania State University), and Yue Hui (Washington University in St. Louis). Additionally, Joey Nelson also received the best student presentation award for the presentation "Effects of nano-confinement and crystallinity on Zn isotope fractionation during adsorption onto silica surfaces". Congratulations!!!
Students – please remember to join the GEOC Division and apply for the GEOC student travel grant for the next meeting. We also had some fun catching up with our friends and colleagues at the GEOC Reception.
In 2016 we elected a new Chair-Elect, Dr. Nadine Kabengi (Georgia State University) – welcome aboard! Division members also elected Dr. Louise Criscenti (Sandia National Laboratories) as Alternate Councilor, and Dr. Sebastien Kerisit (Pacific Northwest National Lab) as the Division’s Treasurer. Louise has served as the Division’s Secretary in the past, and Sebastien has served as the Division Chair-Elect, Program Chair, Division Chair, and Past Chair. Thank you Sebastien and Louise for your continued support of the Division!
We will be electing a Chair-Elect and the Division Secretary later this year. Please remember to vote! Also, please remember to renew your Geochemistry Division of ACS membership this year.
Thank you, and I hope that all of you are having a wonderful and productive year, and I hope to see you at the future ACS meetings.
Best regards,
Anastasia G. Ilgen, Ph.D.