CALL FOR SYMPOSIA Fall 2021 ACS National Meeting August 22-26, Atlanta, GA The Fall 2021 ACS National Meeting will be held from August 22-26 in Atlanta, GA. The meeting theme is “Resilience of Chemistry ” . Please consider organizing a symposium in areas of broad interest to the geochemistry community, as well as topics aligned with the meeting theme. ACS currently plans to hold this meeting in person but is implementing a virtual component for this and all future meetings. ACS has not yet set a due date for session proposals. If you are interested in organizing a symposium, please send an email to Program Chair Adam Wallace ( afw[at]udel.edu ) at your earliest convenience. Please include the following information: Title of the proposed symposium A brief description of the symposium Name, affiliation, and contact information of the organizer(s) Potential co-sponsoring divisions/programs Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: Global geochemical cycles Planetary geochemistry Mineral-water interface structure and reactivity Mineral nucleation and growth Reactivity of biogenic minerals Microbially-driven geochemical reactions Geochemistry of subsurface CO2 Reactivity of nano-particles and nano-pores Transport, uptake, and remediation of environmental contaminants Adam Wallace Geochemistry Division Program Chair afw[at]udel.edu
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Our new Division Officers are: Dr. Eric Pierce , Environmental Geochemist and Director of the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Program-Chair Elect Dr. Jacquelyn Bracco , Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Queens College, CUNY, Secretary
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Please consider submitting an abstract to the upcoming ACS Spring 2021 meeting, which will be held during April 5th to 16th, 2021, in fully virtual mode. ACS has committed to provide many live interactive virtual sessions during this 2-week long event, and the Geochemistry Program has lined up >10 exciting symposia covering a range of topics, systems, and scales. The registration fee is also significantly lowered ($99 for ACS members, $149 for non-members, $29 for students, no cost for unemployed members and 50-year emeritus members), so this will be a great opportunity to encourage student participation as well. Please stay well and we look forward to hearing about your exciting science!
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Call for Nominations ACS Geochemistry Division Medal To be awarded for outstanding contributions in any area of the field of geochemistry. The Division of Geochemistry of the American Chemical Society is currently soliciting nominations for the 11 th awarding of the Geochemistry Division Medal. The Geochemistry Division medal is awarded biennially to an individual for outstanding accomplishment in any field of geochemistry. Previous GEOC medal winners include: Frank J. Millero (2001), John M. Hayes (2003), Patrick G. Hatcher (2005), Robert C. Aller (2007), Fred T. MacKenzie (2009), John A. Tossell (2011), George W. Luther III (2013), Donald Sparks (2015), Susan L. Brantley (2017), and Everett L. Shock (2019). The award consists of a bronze medallion plus $2000. The awardee will receive an allowance for travel to the award ceremony, as well as registration costs for the ACS meeting at which the award will be conferred. The 11 th Geochemistry Division Medal will be presented at the Fall 2021 ACS National Meeting & Exposition to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, August 22-26, 2021. Letters of Nomination and supporting materials should be sent to the Geochemistry Division Secretary, Dr. Sang Soo Lee, at sslee[at]anl.gov , by December 15, 2020 . Nominations should be sent electronically and should include: (1) a nomination letter (2 to 5 pages in length) describing the nominee's outstanding accomplishments, (2) the nominee’s current CV with up-to-date publication list, (3) two supporting letters from individuals other than the nominator, and (4) at the discretion of the nominator, any other supporting information. Nominators should confirm, prior to submission of the nomination, that the nominee is willing to be considered for the award. N ominees are considered for two award cycles. Thus, new nominations, reviewed for the 2019 award and who are not successful, will be automatically reconsidered in the next award cycle (nominators will be contacted and invited to submit additional or updated information).
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