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Chemistry

In this Issue

Announcements

Messages

News

Information

General Announcements 1-9

Chair Kenneth Karlin 10-11

Chair-Elect Debbie Crans 11-12

Secretary John Protasiewicz 13

Treasurer Seth Cohen 13

Program Chairs Nora Radu & Steve Koch 14-16

Membership Chair Zi-Ling (Ben) Xue 17-18

Solid State & Materials Subdivision 19

Coordination Subdivision 20

Bioinorganic Subdivision 21

Nanoscience Subdivision 21

DIC Officer Contact Information 22-25

About the ACS DIC 26

from our Sponsor 27

OFFICERSChair: Kenneth Karlin

Chair-Elect: Debbie CransSecretary: John Protasiewicz

Treasurer: Seth CohenMembership: Zi-Ling (Ben) Xue

At-Large Members! Christopher Cummins! Arnold Rheingold! Julie A. Kovacs! Jeffrey Long (past Chair)Councilors! William Tolman! Silvia Ronco! Ana de Bettencourt-Dias! James McCuskerAlternate Councilors! Kara Bren! James Boncella! Lisa F. Szczepura! George K. H. ShimizuProgram Chairs! Steve Koch! Nora RaduAwards co-Chairs! Stephanie Brock! Tim Warren

SubdivisionsBioinorganic:! Claudia Turro (Chair) ! David Goldberg (Chair-Elect)Organometallic! Greg Hillhouse (Chair)! Jaqueline Kiplinger (Chair-Elect)Solid State & Mat. Chem.! Mark Green (Chair) ! Ram Seshadri (Chair-Elect)Nanoscience! Raymond Schaak (Chair)! Frank Osterloh (Chair-Elect)Coordination! Kristin Bowman-James (Chair)! Jonas Peters (Chair-Elect)

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Announcements

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry

Nominations for the 2014 ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry are being solicited. The purpose of this award is to recognize achievement by undergraduate students in inorganic chemistry and to encourage further study in the field. Every ACS Certified Department is eligible to nominate one student for this award. The student nominee will have demonstrated excellence in inorganic chemistry at the undergraduate level based on any combination of research, coursework, and /or motivation / interest / dedication as defined by their nominating institution and should have future plans that include a career in chemistry. Each student nominated will receive a certificate and letter of commendation from the Chair of the Division of Inorganic Chemistry.

Nominations for the 2014 Award can be submitted to http://www.ionicviper.org/dicaward/ after January 15 and will be accepted until June 30, 2014. A request for nominations will be sent to the Chairs of all ACS Certified Departments in January.

Questions about the award can be directed to Barbara Reisner (reisneba@jmu.edu).

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Announcements (continued)

DIC$Student$Travel$Award$Program$

The%DIC%is%accep.ng%applica.ons%for%student%travel%awards%for%graduate%and%undergraduate%students%presen.ng%research%talks%or%posters%at%ACS%Na.onal%Mee.ngs.%The%upper%amount%of%the%award%is%$500.00.%The%deadline%for%receipt%of%applica.ons%is%January%15th%for%the%Spring%ACS%Na.onal%Mee.ng,%and%June%1st%%for%the%Fall%ACS%Na.onal%Mee.ng.%Winners%will%be%no.fied%by%March%1st%and%August%1st,%respec.vely,%for%the%Spring%and%Fall%mee.ngs.%Selec7on$process:%Applica.ons%submiMed%by%undergraduate%researchers,%graduate%students%in%the%first%two%years%of%their%PhD%and%graduate%students%in%the%final%years%of%their%PhD%will%be%reviewed%separately.%Within%each%category,%the%selec.on%process%will%be%based%on%scien.fic%merit.%Preference%will%be%given%to%applicants%who%have%not%been%awarded%a%Student%Travel%Award%previously.

Eligibility:%1.%The%student%must%be%a%member%of%the%DIC%and%must%present%his/her%paper%in%the%DIC%program.%Students%who%are%not%making%presenta.ons%are%ineligible.%2.%Only%one%nomina.on%will%be%accepted%per%research%group%for%each%mee.ng.%Excep.ons%may%be%granted%for%collabora.ve%projects.%

Applica7on$Procedure:%Use%the%linked%ques.onnaire%(travelgrantappform.pdf%)%as%a%cover%page%for%your%applica.on%package.%Please%make%sure%to%complete%it%in%its%en.rety.%The%following%items%should%be%submiMed%aYer%the%form%in#this#order:1)%A%proof%of%your%current%ACS%and%DIC%membership%status%such%as%a%copy%of%your%receipt%or%membership%cer.ficate%–%(If%you%are%not%in%possession%of%one%of%these%documents,%please%contact%the%ACS%membership%services%at%800\333\9511%to%request%a%copy).%2)%An%abstract%of%the%work%to%be%presented%in%the%DIC%program.%3)%A%CV,%including%a%list%of%publica.ons%and%presenta.ons.%4)%A%recommenda.on%leMer%from%your%research%advisor.%

The%applica.on%must%be%saved%as%a%SINGLE%pdf%file%and%emailed%as%an%aMachment%to%studentawards@acsdic.org%%with%the%.tle%consis.ng%of%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%(ie:%"LASTNAME.pdf").%Please,%also%enter%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%on%the%subject%line%of%the%email.%Please%note%that%studentawards@acsdic.org%is%not%consistently%monitored.%%Accordingly,%ques.ons%concerning%the%applica.on%process%should%be%directed%to%the%Award%co\Chairs:%hMp://acsdic.org/officers.htm%(scroll%to%boMom%of%page%for%a%link%to%full%contact%informa.on).

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Announcements (continued)

2014 ACS DIC Student Travel Award WinnersLast Name First Name Affiliation Supervisor

Allred Benjamin UC Berkeley Ken Raymond

Biacchi Adam Penn State Ray Schaak

Bruno Shaun Michigan State Viktor Poltavets

Bryan Aimee UC Davis Phil Power

Dau Phuong UCSD Seth Cohen

Durr Christopher Ohio State Malcolm Chisholm

Holmberg Rebecca Ottawa Muralee Murugesu

Hu Ke Johns Hopkins Gerald Meyer

Huff Chelsea Michigan Melanie Sanford

Kamm Judith Chicago Michael Hopkins

Kiernicki John Purdue Suzanne Bart

Nguyen Tu Ngoc Florida George Christou

Ringgold Marissa U San Diego Timothy Clark

Subedi Harishchandra Kent State Nicola Brasch

Tokmic Kenan UNC Charlotte Dan Rabinovich

Wei Zheng SUNY Albany Andrei Dikarov

Williams Dominique Georgia State Kathryn B. Grant

Williams Ursula UPenn Eric J. Schelter

Zhang Jing North Dakota State Pinjing Zhao

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ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship

Call for nominations [Deadline: January 15, 2014]

The ExxonMobil Foundation is sponsoring the ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship, which includes an award in the form of an unrestricted grant of $10,000. The Solid State and Materials Chemistry Subdivision of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry administers the selection of the recipient. The fellowship will be formally presented at the Fall 2014 ACS Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

The Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship recognizes young scientists who have made substantial contributions to the discipline of solid-state chemistry and have the potential to emerge as leaders in the field. The Fellowship also recognizes solid-state chemistry as a critical science and engineering discipline that is a vital component of the research enterprise in the United States. The Fellowship was first awarded in 1979, and an award has been made every year since. The 2014 award will be the 35th. A list of former awardees can be found on http://acsdic.org/wordpress/awards/dic-professional-awards/exxonmobil-award/.

The recipient of the fellowship must hold a tenure-track faculty position at a U.S. institution, must not yet have received tenure, and, preferably, is not currently in the final stage of tenure review. Selection will be based on past and current independent contributions, and on the potential for future contributions to our knowledge of synthesis, properties, reactivity, structure, and bonding in solids.

Nominations must contain: (1) a nomination letter; (2) a one-page summary of current research interests; (3) a brief vitae; (4) a publication list; (5) two additional supporting letters; (6) copies of not more than three recent publications. The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2014. The award will be announced on March 1, 2014.

Nomination packages and letters of support, in the order noted above, should combined into a single PDF file and emailed as an attachment to Ram Seshadri, Solid State and Materials Chemistry Subdivision Chair, at exxonmobil@acsdic.org. For the fastest response, questions should be sent directly to Ram at seshadri@mrl.ucsb.edu.

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Young$Inves7gator$Symposium$Call$For$Nomina7ons$Deadline$January$15th,$annually$

The%ACS%DIC%solicits%nomina.ons%for%the%Young%Inves.gator%Symposium%to%be%held%on%Sunday%aYernoon%of%the%Fall%ACS%mee.ng,%annually.%This%DIC%symposium%honors%talented%young%inorganic%chemists,%and%provides%a%high\profile%forum%for%them%to%present%their%research%results.%There%will%be%a%total%of%8%speakers,%and%each%will%give%a%30\minute%presenta.on.%The%DIC%will%provide%a%$1000%honorarium%for%each%speaker%and%a%plaque%to%commemorate%her/his%par.cipa.on%in%the%event.%Only%DIC%members%are%eligible.%Candidates%must%be%enrolled%as%graduate%students%or%hold%posi.ons%as%postdoctoral%fellows%(academia,%industry%or%government%lab),%and%be%no%more%than%one%year%beyond%comple.on%of%the%Ph.D.%at%the%.me%of%the%nomina.on.%Visi.ng%scholars%and%similar%.tles%are%not%eligible.%The%speakers%will%be%selected%from%nomina.ons%submiMed%by%January%15th%of%the%award%year%and%the%awards%will%be%announced%on,%or%about,%March%1st%of%the%award%year.%Awardees%must%not%have%accepted%a%permanent,%independent%posi.on%at%the%.me%of%selec.on.%Candidates%will%be%asked%to%verify%that%they%have%not%accepted%a%permanent%posi.on%before%being%named%as%awardees.

Nomina.ons%may%be%submiMed%by%a%research%advisor%of%the%candidate.%Self\nomina.ons%are%not%allowed.%Nomina.ons%should%include:%1)%A%cover%page%containing%on%separate%lines:%a)%the%candidate's%first%and%last%name,%b)%the%candidate's%physical%and%email%addresses%valid%un.l%August%of%the%award%year,%c)%the%ACS%membership%number,%d)%the%DIC%membership%status,%e)%the%affilia.on,%f)%the%name%of%the%advisor,%g)%the%number%of%publica.ons,%h)%the%number%of%publica.ons%on%which%the%candidate%is%the%first%author,%i)%the%most%important%previous%awards%received%by%the%candidate,%j)%references%of%the%five%most%important%papers%published%by%the%candidate.%2)%A%nomina.on%leMer%limited%to%two%pages%(single\spaced,%12\pt%Times%or%11\pt%Arial%font).%This%leMer%should%contain%i)%a%descrip.on%of%the%research%accomplishments%of%the%nominee;%and%ii)%a%descrip.on%of%the%research%topic%to%be%presented%at%the%symposium%and%why%this%would%be%of%broad%interest.%3)%The%candidate's%CV%%including%a%list%of%publica.ons%and%presenta.ons.%

Addi.onal%communica.ons%with%the%selec.on%commiMee%are%strongly%discouraged,%and%may%result%in%disqualifica.on%of%the%candidate.%The%selec.on%commiMee%consists%of%the%DIC%Chair%and%the%chairs%of%the%%DIC%subdivisions.%Applica.ons%are%to%be%submiMed%by%January%15%of%the%award%year%by%email%aMachment%to%younginves.gator@acsdic.org%as%a%single%pdf%file%with%the%.tle%consis.ng%of%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%(ie:%"LASTNAME.pdf").%Please,%also%enter%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%on%the%subject%line%of%the%email.%Please%note%that%younginves.gator@acsdic.org%is%not%consistently%monitored.%%Accordingly,%ques.ons%concerning%the%applica.on%process%should%be%directed%to%the%Award%co\Chairs:%hMp://acsdic.org/officers.htm%(scroll%to%boMom%of%page%for%a%link%to%full%contact%informa.on).

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Nanoscience$Award$Call$For$Nomina7ons$Deadline$January$15th,$annually

The%Nanoscience%Subdivision%of%the%ACS%Division%of%Inorganic%Chemistry%(DIC)%is%pleased%to%solicit%nomina.ons%for%the%Inorganic%Nanoscience%Award,%sponsored%by%the%University%of%South%Carolina%NanoCenter.%The%award%consists%of%$3000%made%out%to%the%winner%and%a%plaque%to%be%presented%to%the%recipient%at%the%Fall%ACS%mee.ng%of%the%award%year.%The%recipient%should%be%based%at%either%an%academic%ins.tu.on%or%a%na.onal%laboratory%in%North%America.%The%intent%of%the%award%is%to%recognize%sustained%excellence,%dedica.on,%and%perseverance%in%research%and%service%in%the%area%of%inorganic%nanoscience.%Recipients%are%expected%to%be%at%the%mid\career%stage%(i.e.%post%tenure%and%between%the%ages%of%36\45).%Preference%will%be%given%to%nominees%who%have%not%won%an%ACS%award%during%the%past%five%years.%

Self\nomina.on%is%allowed.%Each%nomina.on%should%include%(1)%a%5\page%curriculum%vitae;%(2)%a%list%of%the%nominees’%10%most%significant%publica.ons;%and%(3)%and%a%one\page%statement%that%highlights%the%key%research%discoveries%that%merit%a%na.onal%award%in%the%area%of%inorganic%nanoscience.%Each%nominee%should%also%arrange%for%three%leMers%of%support%to%be%sent%separately.%The%deadline%for%nomina.ons%is%January%15th,%annually.%The%award%will%be%announced%on,%or%about,%March%1st%of%the%award%year.%

Nomina.on%packages%and%leMers%of%support,%in%the%order%noted%above,%should%be%combined%into%a%single%pdf%file%with%the%.tle%consis.ng%of%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%(ie:%"LASTNAME.pdf")%and%emailed%as%an%aMachment%to%nanoawards@acsdic.org.%Please,%also%enter%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%on%the%subject%line%of%the%email.%Please%note%that%nanowards@acsdic.org%is%not%consistently%monitored.%%Accordingly,%ques.ons%concerning%the%applica.on%process%should%be%directed%to%the%Nanoscience%Subdivision%Chair:%hMp://acsdic.org/officers.htm%(scroll%to%boMom%of%page%for%a%link%to%full%contact%informa.on).

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Inorganic$Chemistry$Lectureship$Award$Call$For$Nomina7ons$Deadline$December$1st,$annually

Inorganic#Chemistry%and%the%ACS%Division%of%Inorganic%Chemistry%are%seeking%nomina.ons%for%the%inaugural%Inorganic#Chemistry%Lectureship,%which%will%recognize%an%individual%who%has%demonstrated%crea.vity%and%impact%in%forefront%research%in%inorganic%chemistry,%broadly%defined.%%Nominee%must%be%46%years%of%age%or%younger%as%of%the%end%of%the%applica.on%year.

The%winner%will%receive:• An%award%plaque• $3000%USD%• Travel%and%hotel%accommoda.ons%up%to%$1500%USD%to%aMend%the%subsequent%Fall%ACS%Na.onal%Mee.ng,%

where%a%symposium%will%be%held%in%honor%of%the%awardee

Nomina7ons$should$include:• Name,%affilia.on,%and%e\mail%address%of%the%nominee• Name,%affilia.on,%and%e\mail%address%of%the%nominator• Year%and%ins.tu.on%gran.ng%PhD%of%the%nominee• Descrip.on%of%the%nominee's%accomplishments%(one%page%maximum)• List%of%key%publica.ons%relevant%to%the%nomina.on

The%deadline%for%nomina.ons%is%December%1st,%annually.%The%award%will%be%announced%in%February%of%the%award%year.%

Nomina.on%packages%and%leMers%of%support,%in%the%order%noted%above,%should%be%combined%into%a%single%pdf%file%with%the%.tle%consis.ng%of%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%(ie:%"LASTNAME.pdf")%and%emailed%as%an%aMachment%to%award.ic@acsdic.org.%Please,%also%enter%the%last%name%of%the%candidate%on%the%subject%line%of%the%email.%%Please%note%that%award.ic@acsdic.org%is%not%consistently%monitored.%%Accordingly,%ques.ons%concerning%the%applica.on%process%should%be%directed%to%the%current%Chair%of%the%DIC:%hMp://acsdic.org/officers.htm%(scroll%to%boMom%of%page%for%a%link%to%full%contact%informa.on).%

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ACS$Division$of$Inorganic$Chemistry$Award$for$Undergraduate$ResearchCall$For$Nomina7ons$Deadline$January$15th,$annually

Purpose:%To%recognize%the%collabora.ve%research%of%an%outstanding%North%American%undergraduate%student%and%her%or%his%preceptor(s)%in%the%field%of%inorganic%chemistry,%as%broadly%defined.%One%award%will%be%given%in%each%of%three%categories%based%on%the%ins.tu.on%of%the%preceptor:%•%Primarily%Undergraduate%Ins.tu.on%•%Research\Intensive%University%(or%other%non\PUI%college%or%university)%•%Corporate,%Na.onal,%or%Federal%Laboratory%

Nature:%The%undergraduate%student(s)%will%receive%$1,000%and%a%plaque.%The%student's%preceptor(s)%will%receive%$1,000%and%a%plaque%for%permanent%display%at%the%ins.tu.on.%Up%to%$2,000%will%be%reimbursed%by%the%division%to%be%split%equally%between%student%and%preceptor%for%travel%expenses%to%the%mee.ng%at%which%the%award%will%be%presented%during%an%INOR\sponsored%symposium%in%which%the%undergraduate%awardee%will%present%a%talk%on%the%recognized%research.

Eligibility:%The%undergraduate%student%nominee%must%have%completed%a%bachelor’s%degree%in%chemistry%within%the%12\month%period%before%the%deadline%for%receipt%of%nomina.ons.%The%award%will%recognize%only%work%done%while%the%nominee%was%an%undergraduate%student.%The%award%will%be%granted%without%regard%to%age%or%na.onality.%The%preceptor(s)%may%be%a%faculty%member%or%staff%scien.st%at%any%higher%educa.onal%ins.tu.on%or%corporate,%federal,%or%na.onal%laboratory%in%North%America.%Self\nomina.ons%(i.e.%nomina.ons%submiMed%by%the%preceptor%or%the%student)%will%not%be%considered.%The%preceptor%should%be%an%ac.ve%DIC%member.%

Nomina7ng$Procedure:%A%nomina.on%consists%of:%1.%A%completed%nomina.on%form%(link),%to%include%a%25\word%maximum%cita.on%for%the%award%and%the%contact%specifics%for%nominator,%preceptor,%and%student.2.%Date%baccalaureate%degree%conferred/an.cipated%to%be%conferred.%3.%ACS%member%number%of%preceptor;%division%member%number%of%preceptor%and%student.%4.%Curriculum%vitae%for%preceptor%(2\page%maximum)%and%student%(1\page%maximum).%5.%One\page%synopsis%that%(i)%discusses%the%impact/merit%of%research%performed%by%the%undergraduate%nominee%explicitly%detailing%the%student’s%contribu.on;%and%(ii)%describes%the%nature%of%the%preceptor–student%mentoring%component%beyond%that%aMending%direc.on%of%the%research.%6.%For%the%preceptor,%a%proof%of%current%ACS%and%DIC%membership%status%(copy%of%receipt%or%membership%cer.ficate).

Submission:%All%documents,%in%English,%should%be%assembled%in%the%order%noted%into%single%pdf%file%and%emailed%to%ugresearch@acsdic.org.%Please,%use%the%nominees'%last%names%in%the%file%name%(i.e.%preceptor_student.pdf).%Please%note%that%ugresearch@acsdic.org%is%not%consistently%monitored.%%Accordingly,%ques.ons%concerning%the%applica.on%process%should%be%directed%to%the%Award%co\Chairs:%hMp://acsdic.org/officers.htm%(scroll%to%boMom%of%page%for%a%link%to%full%contact%informa.on).

Establishment$&$Support:%The%award%was%established%in%2010%by%the%ACS%Division%of%Inorganic%Chemistry.%

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Message from Chair, Kenneth D. Karlin

While the calendar year marking my serving as DIC Chair is in a few months coming to a close, I still feel that I'm in the thick of things. My main duties were to prepare for ACS National Meeting DIC Executive Committee Meetings, by gathering information from various sources, prepare an Agenda and then conduct the meetings. This year, they were held in New Orleans in April and the recent one in Indianapolis just over a month ago. I want to thank all the Executive Committee members for their dedicated service and their support in my running of meetings and for providing constructive input to the discussions. These meetings run two and one-half hours (or more) on the Saturday before the ACS meeting starts, and those hours are packed with agenda

items and important items for discussion. Special recognition goes to John Protasiewicz for his very hard and essential work for our division, Seth Cohen for his efforts as DIC Treasurer and Steve Koch and Nora Radu for their tireless work as Program Co-Chairs in putting together the details of programs for national meetings.! I also thank Jeff Long as our just Past-Chair who has always been there to answer questions or offer advice, and it is a particular pleasure to have worked this year with our Chair-Elect Debbie Crans, a long-time friend and colleague. Debbie is amazing in her devotion to our broader community, including of course inorganic chemistry and chemists. In the last year, she has pushed me (at my pleasure) and the division particularly in a number of directions, including toward the betterment of our DIC funding situation; the vast majority of monies go to support DIC ACS National Meeting symposia coming from proposals from the community, and then graduate student and undergraduate awards and/or travel subsidies. In addition, Seth Cohen has been particularly pro-active in seeking outside (e.g., industry) sources of funds to support our Young Investigator Award program. A variety of such or other efforts toward fundraising are now ongoing, in particular because of the pushes by Seth and Debbie. Debbie is also a great advocate and activist in inorganic chemist recognitions via awards for scientific achievement and/or service, the latter in particular in the last few years coming via ACS National and the ACS Fellow award. The DIC is now in great future hands via Debbie Crans.! I'd just like to mention some of the activities or duties that I had the pleasure of working on during my time as Chair-Elect and then Chair. These include coming up in late 2012 with a slate of nominees for replacements of DIC officer positions, officiating at the New Orleans DIC National Awards Plenary symposium, and helping to organize and host and/or chair or co-chair various symposia at Indianapolis; these were the Young Investigator Awards symposium, the Undergraduate Award symposium and the new Inorganic Lectureship Award Symposium (sponsored by the journal Inorganic Chemistry with Kit Cummins from MIT as our first awardee). Next year in the "Fall" ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, these symposia will be repeated with new winners; in addition there will be a new Organometallic Lectureship Awardee and accompanying symposium. There will be an amazingly large number of specialized symposia, covering a broad spectrum of topics of great contemporary interest for 2014, at both the Spring (March) ACS National Meeting in Dallas and the Fall (August) ACS National Meeting in San Francisco. Please come to these meetings and participate.

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Message from Chair, Kenneth D. Karlin (continued)

At the upcoming Dallas meeting will the usual DIC ACS National Awards symposia, those built around the Plenary lectures symposium. My sincere congratulations go out to Don Tilley, Guy Bertrand, Ken Caulton and Larry Sneddon for their national awards for Inorganic Chemistry Distinguished Service, Inorganic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and the Cotton Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, respectively. Further, we have Sara Skrabalak of Indiana University Bloomington, being honored as the winner of the ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, who has chosen the DIC as the 'home' in which to present her Award Lecture on novel inorganic-solids/materials. In addition, our own Steve Lippard won the ACS Priestley Medal, and the DIC decided to add a symposium in his honor at Dallas.

! Thank you very very much for allowing me to serve as the DIC 2013 Chair; it is an honor and has been a pleasure.

Message from 2013 Chair-Elect, Debbie Crans

During the past two 2013 ACS National Meetings as Chair-Elect I have been active in the decision making process for the division as well as assisting our Chair Kenneth Karlin, our Secretary John Protasiewicz, and our Treasurer Seth Cohen. I appreciate the opportunity for involvement as it puts me in a better situation to serve the DIC members and give me a head up on a range of issues that needs addressing. Indeed, we live in a time where many outside pressures dictate the health of our profession, and specifically, the discipline of inorganic chemistry. Furthermore, the DIC continues to work to give our members opportunities to present their work and also be able to attend excellent programming at the National ACS meetings. In the following months I will be working to begin the process of

strategic planning for our division, and would appreciate any thoughts you all may have. Please contact me at debbie.crans@colostate.edu with comments and/or requests.

The INOR program at the ACS meeting in Indianapolis may have been smaller than other recent ACS, but the meeting still had many highlights. The young investigator symposium program celebrated a 10-year birthday and continues to be a big hit and recognizes some of our brightest young scientists at an early age. A testimony to how great such program is can readily be seen by other divisions having adopted equivalent programs. The DIC also presented awards to two sets of undergraduate researchers and their mentors. Chelsea L. Mandell and Prof. Chip Nataro from Lafayette College, and Lauren E. Reuther and Prof. Elizabeth T. Papish from Drexel University (now at University of Alabama). Such programs are outstanding and I encourage you to participate in them by submitting an application for the 2014 program – it is not to early to begin preparing for your involvement in next year's program!! We are actively working on proposals for symposia to be held at the future meetings. Symposia are key to DIC's program, and we are receiving increasingly diverse proposals for symposia that serve all the members of DIC. Please consider getting involved and submitting a symposium proposal for an upcoming ACS meeting–especially if your particular chemistry seems not well represented. The program for Dallas will already be set by the time you read this newsletter. The program for San Francisco is also very full, so before you suggest

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any symposia please consult symposia that are already planned. Ample opportunities for new symposia for 2015 still exist. The guidelines for proposals can be found at http://acsdic.org/wordpress/symposia/. Symposia approved by the DIC executive committee will be financially supported at the level of $2000 for each half-day session scheduled on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday; $2500 will be given to each half-day session scheduled on Wednesday and Thursday; up to maximum limit of $8000.! In the last few months I have worked to put together a list of new DIC officers for 2014. A large and diverse slate of candidates were put up for election and I’d like to thank John Protasiewicz for his work in overseeing the recent on-line elections. The listing of new DIC Executive Committee officers is given above. I look forward to working with the new Chair-elect (either Cort Pierpont or James Boncella) in 2014, as well as the full group of officers of DIC.

Finally, I’d like to congratulate the 2014 ACS National Award winners from the Inorganic Division and the ACS Fellow Award that Kenneth Karlin and I nominated. Of the 6 candidates hat DIC sponsored 4 were successful and we congratulate John Protasiewicz (current DIC Secretary), Kenneth Raymond (DIC Chair 1996), Galen Stucky (DIC Chair 1986), and Tobin Marks (DIC Chair 1997) for becoming 2013 ACS Fellows. In addition, additional award winners include T. Don Tilley, Guy Bertrand, Kenneth Caulton, Larry Sneddon, Sara Skrabalak, and not the least, Steve Lippard that received the Priestly Medal. I look forward to the upcoming 2014 ACS National Meeting in Dallas (March 16-20) where these individuals will present their award lectures. It will be great to celebrate their accomplishments with the entire Division of Inorganic Chemistry at the plenary award presentations and at their respective award symposia.

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Message from DIC Secretary, John Protasiewicz

I am pleased to announce that our new website is up and running. I hope you will find it easier to navigate, especially if you are using portable devices. A lot of the credit goes to our new webmaster Erika Tompkins. The section on “Meetings of Interest”, however, needs suggestions from you. Our DIC election is currently being held, and I must give credit to Charles Tompkins for doing a great job programming the election site (as he has done in the past).

If you wish to contact me please shoot me an email at protasiewicz@case.edu. If you would like to check in on DIC activities and be updated by Facebook please check out (or even "Like") our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACS-Division-of-Inorganic-Chemistry/193412197343213.

Members and nonmembers may find information and news from the Division of Inorganic Chemistry at the DIC website www.ascdic.org. Members are encouraged to maintain current e-mail addresses in their ACS profiles. These profiles are used to generate the regularly updated email lists that the Secretary receives from the ACS. Members may view and edit their ACS profiles by logging in at www.chemistry.org. Current division and subdivision memberships may also be confirmed in the member’s profile at this site. The DIC email list is confidential, and is used only to convey DIC news, announce DIC elections, and to inform members of upcoming meetings, and award and funding opportunities. This email list will never be provided to third parties, such as commercial advertisers. DIC members may belong to one or more DIC subdivisions (at no additional cost).

Message from Treasurer, Seth Cohen

The Division of Inorganic Chemistry is financially sound, with a balance as of August 31, 2013 of ~$236,000.  However, this amount is down from the same time in 2012 (~$274,000) and 2011 (~$338,000).  Therefore, expenses have exceed income by ~$50,000 for the last 2 years.  The Division has been comfortable spending its substantial reserves, which have been used primarily for abundant sponsorship of ACS symposia, meetings relevant to the Division, and student awards.  The

Division now plans on developing a concrete year-by-year budget that is matched to annual income.  In addition, the Division is developing ideas for the most appropriate amount for the reserves to be held at and the use of any remaining reserves.  Decisions on these matters will be forthcoming over the course of the next year.

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Message from Programs Chairs, Nora Radu & Steve Koch

The 2013 Indianapolis ACS meeting had more than 800 presentations in the Inorganic Division. We wish to thank the program assistants who help arranged the contributed sessions: Debbie Crans (coordination chemistry), Ana de Bettencourt Dias (lanthanide and actinides), Ryan Richards (nanoscience),

Claus Lugmair (chemistry of materials), Silvia Ronco (inorganic spectroscopy) and Brett Lucht (electrochemistry). For the Dallas meeting we have created continuing contributed oral and poster sessions on Solid-State Inorganic Chemistry at the suggestion of Viktor Poltavets. If you wish to volunteer to be a session chair for a future ACS meeting, please email Nora, Steve or one of the program assistants. The best time for an email message is right after the abstract submission deadline.

We would like to thank the following members who have served as session chairs:

Alexander Spokoyny, Joseph Scanlon, Jennifer Hollingsworth, Delia Milliron, Sarah Preston, Mikhail Barybin, Daniel Mindiola, Gregory Hillhouse, Burjor Captain,Oleg Ozerov,Remi Beaulac, Nathan Neale, Scott Daly, Xuan Zhao, Jeffery Byers, Jennifer Scott, Justin Walensky, Suzanne Bart, Marilyn Mackiewicz, Jorge Colon, Jason Clyburne, James Hoefelmeyer, William Tolman, Tasneem Siddiquee, Stanislav Groysman, Bart Bartlett, Xiaoguang Hao, Bart Bartlett, Stephen Koch, Martin Donakowski, Matthew Shores , Cora Lind, David Harris, Stephen Hill, Rodolphe Clerac, Richard Eisenberg, Donald Darensbourg, Mark Green, Raymond Schaak, Joshua Goldberger, Kristin Bowman-James, Joshua Figueroa, Jon Zubieta, Thomas Rauchfuss, Debbie Crans, Marcetta Darensbourg, John Wiley, Susan Kauzlarich, Donald Linn, Daniel Rabinovich, Kirill Kovnir, Christos Lampropoulos, Claudio Verani, Gellert Mezei, William Connick, Jacqueline Veauthier, Craig McLauchlan, Marie Parkes, Jakoah Brgoch, Carol Bessel, Robin Macaluso, Peter Khalifah, Viktor Poltavets, Daniel Weix, Folami Ladipo, Jeffrey Zaleski, James Camara, John Caradonna, Elizabeth Papish, Kenneth Karlin, LeGrande Slaughter.

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Message from Programs Chairs, Nora Radu & Steve Koch (continued)

Spring ACS Meeting in Dallas will be held March 16-20, 2014. More than a 1000 abstracts have been submitted to the Inorganic Division. There are seven special symposiums and six award symposium in honor of division members who won ACS national awards.

Nanomaterials for Energy Capture, Conversion and Storage – Organizers: Nathan R. Neale (Nathan.neale@nrel.gov) and Daniel R. Gamelin (gamelan@chem.washington.edu)

A Celebration of Crystallography in Solid State and Materials Chemistry: Complex Problems and New Solutions in Inorganic Small Molecule Crystallography – Organizers: Jennifer Aitken (aitkenj@duq.edu) Julia Chan ( Julia.chan@utdallas.edu) and Susan E. Latturner ( latturne@chem.fsu.edu)

Inorganic Supramolecular Chemistry - Organizers: Christer Aakeroy (aakeroy@k-state.edu) Stephane Baudron, (sbaudron@chimie.u-strasbg.fr)

Metal-Based Probes for Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Organizers: Valérie C. Pierre (pierre@umn.edu), Matthew J. Allen (mallen@chem.wayne.edu) and Peter Caravan (caravan@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu)

Molecular Inorganic Chemistry at the Frontiers of Energy Research – Organizer: Felix N. Castellano, (fncastel@ncsu.edu)

Undergraduate Research at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry – Organizers: Chip Nataro, (nataroc@lafayette.edu) and Sheila Smith (sheilars@umd.umich.edu)

Creative Inorganic Synthesis in the Pursuit of Unusual Molecules and Notable Reactivity – Organizers: John Protasiewicz (protasiewicz@case.edu) and Darrin Richeson (darrin@science.uottawa.ca)

Symposium in Honor of Stephen J. Lippard, 2014 Priestley Medalist. Organizers: Kenneth Karlin (kkarlin1@jhu.edu) and Christopher Cummins (ccummins@mit.edu)

ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Kenneth Caulton. Organizers: Daniel Mindiola (mindiola@sas.upenn.edu), Oleg Ozerov (ozerov@chem.tamu.edu), Ziling Xue (xue@utk.edu)

F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry. Symposium in Honor of Larry G. Sneddon. Organizer: Patrick Walsh (pwalsh@sas.upenn.edu)

ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Guy Bertrand. Organizers: Didier Bourissou,%(dbouriss@chimie.ups-tlse.fr) and Francois Gabbai (gabbai@mail.chem.tamu.edu)

ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of T. Don Tilley. Organizers: Rory Waterman (rory.waterman@uvm.edu), John Walzer (j.f.walzer@exxonmobil.com)

ACS Awards: Symposium in Honor of Guy Bertrand and T. Don Tilley. Organizers: Didier Bourissou, Francois Gabbai, John Walzer and Rory Waterman

ACS Award in Pure Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Sara Skrabalak. Organizer: Amar Flood (aflood@indiana.edu)

For the past few ACS meetings, we have been making available the schedule with the list of talks and posters on the DIC website: http://acsdic.org/wordpress/inor-program/. The list should be available by the end of Decembers for the Dallas ACS meeting, which should help members make travel plans. We are not able to make changes in this schedule. This schedule will be later updated to include the Convention Center rooms. The list is in the compact format which used to be published in C&E News. The abstracts for all the Inorganic Division talks are also put online when they become available.

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Message from Programs Chairs, Nora Radu & Steve Koch (continued)

The SciMix Poster sessions

The SciMix is the special Convention wide poster session which is held on Monday evenings at 8-10PM. It is in addition to the Inorganic Division poster sessions which are on Sunday and Tuesday for the spring meeting and Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday for the fall meeting. Posters presented at the SciMix are also presented at one of the Inorganic Division Poster sessions. In my opinion, the only reason for not indicating that you want your poster to be considered for the SciMix is if you are not going to be at the meeting on Monday evening. But you can’t be chosen for the SciMix if you don’t check the SciMix box during the abstract submission. We are able to choose a number of posters for the SciMix that is equal to 10% of the total number of abstracts (oral + posters). This means that approximately 20% of the posters can be chosen for presentation at the SciMix. Take advantage of the chance to present your poster twice by checking the SciMix box when you are submitting your poster abstracts.

Fall ACS National Meeting, 2014: San Francisco, CA, August 10-14 Attendance will be significantly higher than at the usual fall meeting. In addition to the large number of special

symposium, there will be symposiums honoring the winners of the Exxon-Mobil award in Solid-State Chemistry and the ACS award in Nanoscience and the Young Investigators Symposium. There will be sessions on Thursday.

“Silicon-Based Inorganic Nanomaterials in Medicine” Organizers: Michael J. Sailor, Univ. California San Diego, msailor@ucsd.edu Jeffery L. Coffer, Texas Christian Univ., j.coffer@tcu.edu

“The Chemistry of Inorganic Nanocrystals and Clusters: Structural Characterization and Mechanisms of Growth” Organizers: Jonathan Owen, Columbia Univ., jso2115@columbia.edu Haitao Li, Univ. of Pittsburgh, hliu@pitt.edu

“The Inorganic Chemistry of Neurobiology, Immunology and Bioenergy: New Faces” Organizers: Christopher J. Chang, Univ. of California, Berkeley, chrischang@berkeley.edu Jason Shearer, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, shearer@unr.edu

“Metal Ion Interactions with Nitric Oxide and Reactive Nitrogen Species in Chemistry and Biology” Organizers: Eunsuk Kim, Brown Univ., eunsuk_kim@brown.edu Pierre Moënne-Loccoz, Oregon Health & Science Univ., ploccoz@ebs.ogi.edu

“Electronic Structure Contributions to Physical Properties and Reactivity in Transition Metal Chemistry” Organizers: John F. Berry, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, berry@chem.wisc.edu Edward I. Solomon, Stanford Univ., edward.solomon@stanford.edu

“Hydrogen Peroxide and Dioxygen in Transition Metal Mediated C-H Functionalization Chemistry” Organizers: Andrei N. Vedernikov, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, avederni@umd.edu Shannon S. Stahl, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, stahl@chem.wisc.edu

“Organometallic Chemistry: The New Frontiers” Organizers: Theodor Agapie, California Institute of Technology, agapie@caltech.edu Parisa Mehrkhodavandi, Univ. British Columbia., mehr@chem.ubc.ca Ged Parkin, Columbia University, parkin@columbia.edu Mark Thompson, Univ. Southern California, mthompso@usc.edu

“High-Energy Organometallic Complexes: Reactivity Driving New Synthesis and Catalysis” Organizers: Christopher Cummins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ccummins@mit.edu Milton Smith III, Michigan State Univ., smithmil@msu.edu Rory Waterman, Univ. of Vermont, rory.waterman@uvm.edu

“Inorganic Chemistry Lectureship Award Symposium” Organizer: William Tolman wtolman@umn.edu

“Organometallics Symposium” Organizer: John Gladysz gladysz@chem.tamu.edu

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Message from Membership Chair, Zi-Ling (Ben) Xue

Please promptly renew your annual ACS and DIC memberships. I encourage you to help recruit DIC members, especially undergraduate and graduate students. All first-time ACS members are offered free DIC membership for one year. Benefits for DIC members include access to meeting abstracts, eligibility for Division awards, participation in DIC elections, and opportunities to join five DIC subdivisions at no additional cost. Details are at the DIC website: http://www.acsdic.org. One may either apply DIC membership by writing to service@acs.org or apply

online. Details are at websites: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content or http://www.acsdic.org/join.htm

Joining any of subdivisions (Bioinorganic, Coordination, Nanoscience, Organometallic, Solid State and Materials) is free for DIC members. DIC members may join more than one subdivision for free. To join subdivisions, contact service@acs.org or adjust your subdivision membership status during the annual renewals.

ACS hosted a Graduate & Postdoctoral Scholars reception at the Fall ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis in September. Many graduate students and postdoctoral associates came to the DIC desk. I was very pleased to meet them. Several people decided to join DIC at the reception. I would like welcome them to the division.

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Message from Membership Chair, Zi-Ling (Ben) Xue (continued)

Thematic Programming at ACS National Meetings

Themes for the next few ACS National Meetings are listed below. If you plan to organize DIC symposia at the Fall 2014 meeting and afterwards, you may consider these themes in your planning.

Future Thematic Programming at ACS National Meetings

MEETINGS AND SYMPOSIA

Meetings Themes Organizers

Spring 2014Dallas

Chemistry and Materials for Energy

Michelle V. BuchananOak Ridge National Laboratorybuchananmv@ornl.gov865-574-1144 (phone)

Nitash P. BalsaraUniversity of California, Berkeleynbalsara@berkeley.edu510-642-8973 (phone)

Fall 2014San Francisco

Chemistry and Global Stewardship Robin D. RogersUniversity of Alabamardrogers@bama.ua.edu205-348-4323 (phone)

Spring 2015Denver

Chemistry of Natural Resources

Fall 2015Boston

Innovation from Discovery to Application

Spring 2016San Diego

Computers in Chemistry

Fall 2016Philadelphia

Chemistry of the People, by the People and for the People

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News from the Solid State Subdivision-Ram Seshadri

At the recent Fall 2013 ACS in Indianapolis, Solid State Chemists had the pleasure of participating in a number of interesting symposia, amongst which was the very well-attended one on “Synthesis of Solid State Materials: Beyond "Heat-and-Beat", organized by John Wiley (University of New Orleans) and Viktor Poltavets (Michigan State). The symposium started Tuesday morning, and brought to the fore, a crucial but potentially underappreciated domain of research in solids. A Tuesday afternoon hiatus in the symposium accommodated the ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellow Award Symposium. This well-attended session was chaired by Mark Green (Kent, UK) and

attendees had the chance to hear awardee Tyrel McQueen (Johns Hopkins), followed by an eclectic mix of mostly young invited speakers from Finland, Japan, the UK, and the US. The deadline for nominations for the 2014 ExxonMobil Award is January 15th. Details regarding nominations can be found on the ACS DIC website.

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News from the Coordination Chemistry Subdivision-! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Kristin Bowman-James

Greetings to DIC Members and Coordination Chemists

During its first year our new subdivision got off to a rousing start, especially at the Indy ACS meeting in August! In honor of the 100th anniversary of the Nobel prize to the grandfather of coordination chemistry, a three day (five session) symposium was held entitled Alfred Werner: Coordination Chemistry a Century after the Nobel Prize. Twenty-nine speakers provided highlights of past and current coordination chemistry. Some of the talks highlighted historical developments, while others provided the latest developments not only in the traditional sense of coordination chemistry, but also in areas that

have evolved from the simple concepts of dual valences over the last 100 years. It was a tremendous event and I want to thank my co-organizers Rich Eisenberg and Steve Koch for all their help and support as well as the presenters for making the event such a success! My co-organizers and I also want to send hearty thanks and our great appreciation for those providing funding for the symposium. We were very fortunate to receive generous contributions from Steve Koch from the Michelle Millar Memorial Fund, Mike Strem from Strem Chemicals Inc., Inorganic Chemistry (ACS), Springer, Taylor & Francis, and last but definitely not least from the Division of Inorganic Chemistry. Thanks also go to all who attended the symposium. The room was full with standing room only for most of the talks!In closing, I would just like to remind those of you who have not yet joined the subdivision, now is the time! ACS dues requests will be arriving soon, and this year we hope to have many new members. Remember, joining is free of charge and you get the benefit of voting on subdivision issues such as elections! In closing I want to wish my successor, Jonas Peters, a successful year as Chair of the subdivision and the readers a happy and productive year to come.

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News from the Bioinorganic Subdivision-Claudia Turro

The Inorganic Division is hosting both organized and contributed programming in the areas of interest to members of the Bioinorganic subdivision at the upcoming national meetings in Dallas, (March 16 – 20, 2014) and San Francisco (August 10 – 14, 2014). The Dallas meeting will feature symposia on "Metal-Based Probes for Magnetic Resonance Imaging" organized by Matthew Allen, Peter Caravan and Valerie Pierre, "Symposium in Honor of Stephen J. Lippard, 2013 Priestley Medalist" organized by Christopher Cummins and Kenneth Karlin, and "Inorganic Supramolecular Chemistry" organized by Christer Aakeröy and Stéphane Baudron. Symposia of interest at the San Francisco meeting include

"Silicon-Based Inorganic Nanomaterials in Medicine" organized by Michael Sailor and Jeffrey Coffer, "The Inorganic Chemistry of Neurobiology and Immunology" organized by Chirstopher Chang and Jason Shearer, and "Metal Ion Interactions with Nitric Oxide and Reactive Nitrogen Species in Chemsitry and Biology" organized by Eunsuk Kim and Pierre Moënne-Loccoz. In addition to these symposia, the Inorganic Division will hold technical oral and poster sessions on "Bioinorganic Chemistry: DNA, RNA and Inorganic Drugs" and "Bioinorganic Chemistry: Proteins and Enzymes and Model Systems" at both the Dallas and San Francisco meetings. Members of the Bioinorganic subdivision are encouraged to submit proposals for symposia for future ACS meetings.

The Inorganic Division has also provided sponsorship for several upcoming national and international conferences that are related to various areas within Bioinorganic Chemistry. These included the Metals in Biology Gordon Research Conference chaired by Joan Broderick in Ventura, CA (Jan. 31 – Feb. 2, 2014), the Metals in Medicine Gordon Research Conference chaired by Alan Packard and Michael Hannon in Andover, NH (June 22 – 27, 2014), and the Inter-American Photochemical Society organized by Niels Damrauer and Linda Shimizu in Sarasota, FL (Jan. 2 – 5, 2014).

News from the Nanoscience Subdivision-Raymond E. Schaak

Peidong Yang, Professor of Chemistry and S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, is the winner of the 2013 Inorganic Nanoscience Award. A symposium in his honor was held at the Fall 2013 ACS National Meeting in Indianapolis. Yang presented the opening talk, followed by invited speakers Thomas Mallouk (Penn State), Joshua Goldberger (Ohio State), Chad Mirkin (Northwestern), Christopher Murray (University of Pennsylvania), and Mercouri Kanatzidis (Northwestern). The Inorganic Nanoscience Award, which is accompanied by a plaque and a check for $3,000, is sponsored by the University of South Carolina NanoCenter.

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ACS DIC OFFICERS

ChairKenneth,D.,Karlin,(13)Department,of,ChemistryJohns,Hopkins,UniversityRemsen,Hall/3400,North,Charles,St.Baltimore,,MD,21218L2685Ph:,410L516L8027Email:,karlin@jhu.edu

Chair&ElectDebbie,Crans,(13)Department,of,ChemistryColorado,State,University1301,Center,AveFort,Collins,,CO,80513Ph.,970L491L7635Email:,Debbie.Crans@ColoState.edu

SecretaryJohn,D.,Protasiewicz,(11,,12,,13)Department,of,Chemistry,Case,Western,Reserve,University10900,Euclid,Ave,Cleveland,,OH,44106Ph:,216L368L5060Email:,protasiewicz@case.edu

Secretary.ElectJohn,D.,Protasiewicz,(14,,15,,16)

TreasurerSeth,Cohen,(12,,13,,14)Department,of,Chemistry,and,BiochemistryUniversity,of,California,,San,Diego9500,Gilman,DriveLa,Jolla,,CA,92093L0358Ph:,858L822L5596Email:,scohen@ucsd.edu

Treasurer.ElectNA

Members-At-Large

Christopher,Cummins,(11,,12,,13)Department,of,ChemistryRoom,6L435,Mass.,Inst.,of,Technology77,Massachusetts,Ave.Cambridge,,MA,02139L4307Ph:,617L253L5332Email:,ccummins@mit.edu

Julie A. Kovacs (12, 13, 14)Department of ChemistryUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA 98915Ph:,206L543L0713Email:,kovacs@chem.washington.edu

Arnold Rheingold (13, 14, 15)Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry9500 Gilman RoadUniversity of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, CA 92093Ph: 858-822-3870Email: arheingold@ucsd.edu

Past.ChairJeffrey,Long,(13)211,Lewis,HallDepartment,of,ChemistryUniversity,of,CaliforniaBerkeley,,CA,,94720L1460Ph:,510L642L0860Email:,jrlong@berkeley.edu

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ACS DIC OFFICERS

Subdivisions

Chair Chair-ElectBioinorganic&Subdivision Claudia,Turro,(13)

Dept,of,ChemistryOhio,State,UniversityColumbus,,OH,,43120L1340Phone:,614L292L6708Email:,turro@chemistry.ohioLstate.edu

David,Goldberg,(13)Department,of,ChemistryJohns,Hopkins,University3400,North,Charles,St.Baltimore,,MD,21218L2685Ph:,410L516L6658Email:,dpg@jhu.edu

Organometallic&Subdivision Greg,Hillhouse,(13)Department,of,ChemistryUniversity,of,ChicagoChicago,,IL,,60637Phone:,773L702L7057Email:,gLhillhouse@uchicago.edu

Jaqueline,Kiplinger,(13)Los,Alamos,National,LaboratoryMail,Stop,JL514Los,Alamos,,NM,87544Phone:,505L665L9553Email:,Kiplinger@lanl.gov

Solid&State&Subdivision Mark,Green,(13)NIST,Center,for,Neutron,ResearchNational,Institute,of,Standards,and,Technology100,Bureau,DriveGaithersburg,,MD,20899Phone:,301L975L4297Email:,mark.green@nist.gov

Ram,Seshadri,(13)Materials,Research,LaboratoryUniversity,of,CaliforniaSanta,Barbara,CA,93106L5121Phone:,805L689L0750Email:,seshadri@mrl.ucsb.edu

Nanoscience&Subdivision Raymond,Schaak,(13)Department,of,Chemistry532,Chemistry,BuildingPenn,State,UniversityUniversity,Park,,PA,16802Phone:,814L865L8600Email:,,schaak@chem.psu.edu

Frank,Osterloh,(13)Department,of,ChemistryUniversity,of,California1,Shields,AveDavis,,CA,95616Phone:,530,754,6242Email:,fosterloh@ucdavis.edu,

Coordination&Subdivision Kristin,BowmanLJames,(13)Department,of,Chemistry1251,Wescoe,Hall,DriveLawrence,,KS,66045Phone:,785L864L3669Fax:,785L864L5396Email:,kbjames@ku.edu

Jonas,Peters,(13)Department,of,ChemistryCalifornia,Institute,of,Technology1200,E.,California,Blvd.Mail,Code,101L20Pasadena,,CA,91125Phone:,626L395L4036Email:,jpeters@caltech.edu

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ACS DIC OFFICERS

Councilors

Silvia Ronco (11, 12, 13)Program OfficerResearch Corporation for Science AdvancementTucson, AZ 85712Ph: 520-571-1111e-mail: sronco@rescorp.org

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias (11, 12, 13) Department,of,ChemistryUniversity,of,Nevada,,RenoReno,,NV,89557L0216Ph:,775L682L8421ELmail:,abd@unr.edu

James McCusker (12, 13, 14) Department,of,ChemistryMichigan,State,UniversityLansing,,MI,Ph:,517L355L9715,x106ELmail:,jkm@chemistry.msu.edu

William Tolman (13, 14, 15)Department of ChemistryUniversity of Minnesota207 Pleasant St. SEMinneapolis, MN 55455Ph: 612-624-1880E-mail: wtolman@umn.edu

Alternate Councilors

James M. Boncella (11, 12, 13)Los Alamos National Laboratory P.O. Box1663Mail Stop J514Ph: 505-665-0795E-mail: boncella@lanl.gov

Lisa,F.,Szczepura,(11,,12,,13)Department,of,ChemistryIllinois,State,UniversityCampus,Box,4160Normal,,IL,61790L4160Ph:,309L438L2359ELmail:,lfszcze@ilstu.edu

George,K.,H.,Shimizu,(12,,13,,14)Department,of,ChemistryUniversityof,CalgaryCalgary,,CA,Ph:,403L220L5347ELmail:,gshimizu@ucalgary.ca

Kara Bren (13, 14, 15)Department of ChemistryUniversity of RochesterRochester NY 14627-0216Ph: 585-275-4335Email: bren@chem.rochester.edu, , ,

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ACS DIC OFFICERS

, , , , Awards&Committee&Co.Chairs

Stephanie,Brock

Department,of,Chemistry

Wayne,State,University

5101,Cass,Avenue

Detroit,,MI,,48202

Ph:,313L577L3102

,Email:,sbrock@chem.wayne.edu

Timothy,WarrenDepartment,of,ChemistryGeorgetown,UniversityBox,571227Washington,,DC,20057L1227Ph:,202L687L6362Email:,thw@georgetown.edu

, , , , Program&Chairs

(Fall&Meetings)

Nora,S.,RaduDuPont OLED DisplaysExperimental StationP.O. Box 328Wilmington, DE 19880Ph: 302-695-3363E-mail: Nora.S.Radu@dupont.com

(Spring&Meetings)

Steve KochChemistry DepartmentSUNY Stony BrookStony Brook, NY 11794-3400Ph: 631-632-7944Email: stephen.koch@stonybrook.edu

Membership&Committee&ChairZiLLing,(Ben),Xue

Department,of,Chemistry

416,Buehler,Hall

University,of,Tennessee

Knoxville,,TN,,37996

Ph:,,865L974L3443

Email:,,xue@utk.edu

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ABOUT THE ACS DIC

The Division of Inorganic Chemistry represents a diverse body of scientists who come together to understand and promote the richness of the chemistry of the elements. Molecular biologists, materials scientists, and many types of chemists are members of this division. Due to the diversity of interests among our members, four subdivisions are available for membership in addition to the general membership in the Division.

The Division has several responsibilities: the development and coordination of programming of interest to our members at national meetings; continuing improvement in the education of current and future chemists in the beauty of inorganic chemistry and the value of chemistry in general; representation of our members' interests to the ACS through the election of Councilors and other positions; and maintaining the fiscal health of the Division to support all other activities. The Division usually has one of the largest technical programs at the national meetings.

The goals of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry:1. To advance the science of Inorganic Chemistry.2. To provide an organization within which close contact among chemists interested in Inorganic Chemistry can

be maintained.3. To arrange programs dealing with Inorganic Chemistry for the National Meetings of the ACS.4. To organize and conduct symposia on special topics in Inorganic Chemistry at times and places designated by

the Executive Committee of the DIC.5. To promote the teaching of Inorganic Chemistry at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Selected areas of chemistry in which the Division's activities are focused:

Organometallic Chemistry. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of main group, transition metal, and rare earth organometallic compounds, and the applications of such compounds in organic synthesis, inorganic synthesis, and catalysis.Bioinorganic Chemistry. Includes all aspects of the chemistry of the metallic elements and small inorganic molecules in biological systems.Solid-State and Materials Chemistry. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and physical and chemical properties of solids that contain metallic and/or main group elements.Coordination Chemistry. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and physical and chemical properties of classical coordination compounds.Nanoscience. Includes the synthesis, characterization, and physical and chemical properties of nanostructured materials (inorganic nanocrystals, inorganic-organic hybrid materials etc.).

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