Welcome to the Orlando Section of the American Chemical Society

Hello Orlando Section! In this bulletin, we would like to bring to your attention a couple important opportunities for members and highlight some accomplishments: You can read more about these fantastic events and see pictures on our website and social media linked below. Best wishes, Dr. Nicole LapeyrouseChair of the Orlando Section of the ACSOn behalf of … Read more

The Fall Meeting of the ACS Council was held in hybrid format on August 16, 2023. As of August 16, there were 13,363 in-person registrants and 1,656 virtual. Actions of the Council Election Results: Elected Committees of Council Highlights from Committee Reports and Key Actions Council Special Discussion ACS President Judith Giordan introduced and led … Read more

The Orlando Section is currently in search of individuals willing to contribute to the Awards Committee. Annually, our section grants awards exceeding a total of $3,000 to honor the outstanding contributions of chemists and chemistry students within our local community. The committee’s commitment involves a brief initial Zoom meeting, followed by asynchronous evaluation of nomination … Read more

In 2023, the Orlando Section awarded $1600 for five students to travel to on the following scientific meetings: the spring and fall ACS National Meetings in Indianapolis and San Francisco and the 99th Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME) conference in Plam Harbor. Angelo Cinque, an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Nicole Lapyrouse’s group at UCF, … Read more

The Orlando Section received the ChemLuminary Award for Outstanding Community Involvement in National Chemistry Week at the ACS Fall 2023 Meeting in San Francisco.

Travel awards from the Orlando Section of the ACS assisted two students in Dr. Denisia Popolan-Vaida’s research group at University of Central Florida to attend the 99th Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME) conference from June 1 – 3, 2023. Arden Floyd and Alec DeCecco received $150 each. Arden Floyd gave a poster presentation on … Read more

The Orlando Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to honor our 50-, 60-, and 70-year ACS members and present the Salutes to Excellence award to our partner, the Orlando Science Center. Additionally, Patrick Walsh and Chris Spence from Covanta will give a short talk on a Sustainable Systems Solution for Solid Waste. Saturday … Read more

Among many other activities for the 2023 Chemists Celebrate Earth Week (CCEW), the Orlando Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) hosted the 2023 CCEW Illustrated Poem Contest for K-12 students in Central Florida. This year, the theme of the contest is “The Curious Chemistry of Amazing Algae”. Thanks to members of counties’ school boards … Read more

Travel awards from the Orlando Section of the ACS assisted two Ph.D. candidates at University of Central Florida to attend the spring 2023 ACS Meeting held in Indianapolis from March 26-30. Lorianne Shultz and Jacob T Bryant received $500 each. Lorianne Shultz gave an oral presentation on her research in Professor Titel Jurca’s laboratory on … Read more

The Spring Meeting of the ACS Council was held in hybrid format on March 29, 2023.  As of March 29, there were 12,623 registrations (10,792 in-person and 1,831 virtual). Actions of the Council Candidates for President-Elect, 2024 Other Council Actions Highlights from Committee Reports and Key Actions Council Special Discussion President Giordan introduced and led … Read more