Dr. Jean-Luc Ayitou is just starting his professorial career at the Illinois Institute of Technology, but he just won the Chem Dept's FIRST National Science Foundation (NSF) Early CAREER Award! #blackhistorymonth . His research blends synthesis, photochem, and photophysics in the fields of Energy, M...

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As an astronaut, M.D., chemical engineer, ACS member, and dancer, Chicago native Dr. Mae Jemison is out of this world! #blackhistorymonth At 16, she graduated CPS' Morgan Park High School and went to Stanford University, earning a BS in Chemical Engineering in 1977 while also pursuing Afro-American...

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P-chem PhD alumnus of The University of Chicago, former Associate Provost of Chicago State University, Dr. Grant Venerable also worked at Argonne National Laboratory' Radiation Chemistry section. As postdoc, he was awarded the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship to study nuclear medicine at UCL...

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?????? Chicago ACS ??'s Dr. Joe Francisco!! "I saw patterns in what others considered noise." With ~500 peer-reviewed papers and decades of service, Dr. F. became global American Chemical Society President and visited Chicago to present the prestigious Willard Gibbs Medal in 2009. Now the the Dean a...

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BANG!! Dr. Henry Cecil McBay (1914-1995), 1945 PhD graduate of The University of Chicago, specialized in the chemistry of explosive materials derived from hydrogen peroxide. His work was deemed sufficiently important that he did not have to serve in the military in WWII. In both 1944 and '45, he rec...

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Next time you see antioxidants used to keep food fresh, give a nod to Lloyd Hall (1894-1971). As a fresh graduate of Northwestern UniversityAND The University of Chicago in pharmaceutical chemistry, Hall was hired over the phone by Western Electric Company. But once they found he was black, they res...

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ALWAYS LOOKING The Chicago ACS is always looking for volunteers! Want to help with community outreach at a library, museum, school, or other setting? Contact the Community Activities Committee: [email protected] Like hosting parties? You'd enjoy setting up the meeting arrangements and menu...

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Celebrating United Nations' Int'l Women in Science Day AND #blackhistorymonth, we recognize Chicago ACS' own Dr. Cherlyn Bradley (1951-2014). Named a prestigious American Chemical Society Fellow in 2012, Dr. Bradley's career combined excellent contributions to analytical chemistry (primarily during ...

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Recipient of The University of Chicago's Alumni Citation Award, Dr. Albert Stewart worked 35 years in the Nuclear Division at Union Carbide, eventually becoming Assistant Director of Research. Early on, he was drafted into the U.S. Navy, but was trained to be an officer, and became Second Lieutenant...

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Dr. Reatha Clark King earned her PhD from The University of Chicago and was the first female African American chemist employed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. At York College / CUNY, she was Assoc. Prof., then Associate Dean. After earneing her MBA from Columbia University in ...

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