Our Mission
To communicate effectively with NESACS members and the chemistry community through the NESACS website and our publications such as The Nucleus. To support webstreaming of meetings and symposia. To support the growth of the NESACS membership base via such communications and increase engagement and participation of our members in NESACS activities.
Volunteer Opportunities
Are you interested in writing articles for our NESACS community? Are you curious to learn what it takes to put together The Nucleus? Do you have ideas for potential NESACS advertisers? The BOP seeks volunteers to assist with proofreading of, writing articles for, and connection to potential advertisers for The Nucleus. Please contact the Editor of The Nucleus, Craig Sergeant (editor@nesacs.org).
Are you interested in engaging NESACS members and the broader community through the NESACS website? Do you have basic skills in website interfaces such as WordPress? The NESACS Board of Publications seeks an Assistant Webmaster. Duties of this volunteer opportunity include assisting the NESACS Webmaster with updating information on www.nesacs.org and potentially working on search engine optimization. Please contact NESACS Webmaster Craig Sergeant (webmaster@nesacs.org) to learn more.
Who We Are
Ajay Purohit
Biogen
Brian D’Amico
Northeastern University
Jennifer Maclachlan
PID Analyzers, LLC
Ad Hoc Members
Brittany Rauzan – Associate Editor of The Nucleus
Michael Filosa – Associate Editor of The Nucleus
Current Issue Table of Contents
- MedChem Symposium and Monthly NESACS Meeting
- Speakers include Hong Myung Lee, Ph.D., Guoqiang Wang, Ph.D., Adrian Hobson, Ph.D., Corey Anderson, Ph.D.
- Syposium: Chemical Biology in the HUB
- Speakers include Keriann Backus, Ed Chouchani, and Michelle Arkin
- Syposium: Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
- Speakers include Bradley L. Pentelute and Andrew T. Parsons
- 2023 Education Night
- 10th Anniversary Science Cafe
- The Path to Becoming a Chemist
- By Bocheng Wu
- And More!
Additional BOP Updates
NESACS committee chairs, event organizers, and members, we welcome your submissions of articles for the Nucleus. Please reach out to Craig Sergeant (editor@nesacs.org).
Interested in placing an advertisement in the Nucleus? Ad rates are posted below on this page.
Please reach out to Ajay Purohit (purohian@gmail.com)
Past Editors
2005 – 2020
Michael Filosa, Polaroid Corporation, Waltham, MA; Bambuvault, Lowell, MA
2004
Mark T. Spitler, ChemMotif, Inc., Concord, MA
2004
Mukund Chorghade, THINQ Pharma, Natick, MA
1989 – 2004
Arno H. A. Heyn, Boston University, Boston, MA
1979 – 1989
Adrienne S. Dey, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
1975 – 1979
Michael Berger, Simmons College, MA
1971 – 1975
David M. Howell, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
1970 – 1971
Phyllis A. Brauner, Simmons College, MA
1929 – 1970
Avery A. Ashdown, MIT, Cambridge, MA
1925 – 1929
Walter G. Bullard, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; United Shoe Machinery Co., Beverly, MA
1924 – 1925
Gorham W. Harris, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Past Chairs
(list under construction)
Katherine Lee and David Cunningham
2020-
Katherine Lee, Pfizer
2018 – 2019
Ajay Purohit, Biogen
2014 – 2017
James Phillips
2009
David Cunningham
2006, 2008, 2011- 2013
Mary Mahaney
2005, 2007, 2010
Vivian K. Walworth
2002, 2004
Patrick M. Gordon
2001, 2003
Marietta H. Schwartz
1996, 1998 – 2000
E. Joseph Billo
The Nucleus 2005 –2020
By Michael P. Filosa, Nucleus Editor 2005-2020
Members of the NESACS Board of Publications with Harvey Steiner (Art Related Technology), recipient of the 2011 Arno Heyn Memorial Book Prize: (l-r) Mary Mahaney, Chair; Vivian Walworth, Past-chair; Mr. Steiner; Myron Simon, Associate Editor of the Nucleus; Michael Filosa, Editor of the Nucleus.
Early in my tenure as Nucleus editor I asked at a Board of Publications (BOP) meeting how I would ever get out of the job now that I had it? Vince Gale, Nucleus Ad Manager, quipped, “you either become ill like Arno, or you take a job out of state like Mark Spitler.” the Nucleus job in those days adhered to a tight production schedule for 10 issues per year. The issue had to be ready for the printer two weeks before the month of issue for third class mail to deliver it in time. Timely arrival of the Nucleus was a big issue in those days when third class mail could, unpredictably, sit in the post office for a few weeks before it was delivered. Now we have internet delivery of a pdf so the delivery issues have gone away and the issue can be more of a just-in-time publication.
I blundered into the job as Nucleus Editor. I had been recruited to run for Counselor for the 1998 NESACS Election by NESACS Archivist and colleague at Polaroid, Myke Simon. I was elected an alternate counselor for the term from 1999-2001. I attended Board Meetings but struggled to find a meaningful role in the Section. However, I always enjoyed the presence of Arno Heyn at those Board Meetings when he would pridefully circulate the proof of the upcoming issue of the Nucleus.
Polaroid was going through upheaval in those days so I didn’t run again for Counselor in 2001 and instead focused on work and creating a new printing technology which was the foundation for the formation of ZINK Imaging, which spun out of Polaroid in 2005. At the end of 2004 I was ready to reengage with NESACS so I attended the October Monthly Meeting where I sat with Vivian Walworth. Vivian was a very old friend of Arno Heyn going back to their days together at the University of Michigan. One of her favorite stories was how she introduced Arno to his future wife. Vivian had a long career at Polaroid working directly with Edwin Land starting in 1944 on 3-D battlefield photography (Vectograph). Vivian was an editor par excellence for the The Society of Imaging Science and Technology, a chair of the IS&T, and wrote and edited many seminal works on instant photography. After the death of her husband and retirement from her duties at the IS&T she engaged with NESACS as one of the three members (since expanded to five) of the Board of Publications.
A brief tribute to Mike Filosa, Editor of the Nucleus
Mike Filosa has been the Editor of the Nucleus since January 2005, and some of us have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to hear Mike’s story about how he assumed the mantle of this role from none other than Arno Heyn (NESACS Chair 1968, Henry Hill Award Winner 1986, Nucleus Editor 1989-2004).
As I have come to know Mike through the years, I have been impressed by his stewardship for the history of NESACS and his dedication to our Section and to the ACS as a whole. Perhaps you have attended a NESACS Board Meeting at which Mike gave an update on the latest issue of the Nucleus and passed around the proof so we could get a sneak peek of the contents. Perhaps you have been the recipient of a nudge from Mike, along the lines of, “It would be great if you could write up [name of event]” or “I need the announcement for the monthly meeting.”
As Ajay Purohit, the 2019 Chair of the NESACS Board of Publications (BOP) notes, “I think that what I remember most about Mike is his selfless devotion to NESACS and the work he did to continue Arno Heyn’s legacy in the Nucleus.”
A labor of love:
To put together up to 10 issues per year, amassing the content, and in many cases, writing articles in addition to editing submissions, is a demanding job; you may browse the issues edited by Mike here: https://www.nesacs.org/publications_nucleus.html
Photo taken in 2008 by Philip Tseng on the West Lake Causeway in Hangzhou, China.
Advertisement Rates for The Nucleus
The Nucleus is published up to 9 times per year as a full color pdf. The Nucleus pdf is posted on the NESACS website (Welcome to NESACS – The Nucleus) and a link is distributed by email to a distribution list of approximately (5,000) people.
Advertisements should be submitted to Ajay Purohit, Advertising Manager for The Nucleus (purohian@gmail.com), as high-resolution graphics: 300 dpi or greater in TIF, PDF or JPG format, no later than 1 month prior to the date of the issue, i.e., February 1 for the March issue, etc.
Nucleus Advertisements
Price per advertisement (total price of bundle) in dollars, by number instances of the same advertisement*
| Size | 1X | 3X | 6X | 9X |
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| Full Page | 914 | 795 (2385) | 735 (4410) | 610 (5490) |
| 2/3 Page | 805 | 635 (1905) | 595 (3570) | 510 (4590) |
| 1/2 Page | 560 | 480 (1440) | 435 (2610) | 370 (3330) |
| 1/3 Page | 510 | 435 (1305) | 385 (2310) | 345 (3105) |
| 1/6 Page | 325 | 280 (840) | 225 (1350) | 210 (1890) |
| 1/12 Page | 215 | 175 (525) | 155 (930) | 130 (1170) |
| Business card (1/24 page horizontal) | 70 (630) |
* Non-profit companies receive a 10% discount.
Banner advertisements in e-mails distributing The Nucleus
We have a new opportunity for advertisers, in banner advertisements that are placed at the bottom of the email messages in which The Nucleus is sent to the NESACS distribution list.
The banner advertisements should be 610 x 150 pixels. Advertisements are required to be submitted as high-resolution graphics: 300 dpi or greater as TIF, PDF or JPG files; and are subject to approval by the Board of Publications.
If you are interested, please contact Ajay Purhohit (purohian@gmail.com), Advertising Manager for the Nucleus.
Banner Advertisements in e-mails distributing the Nucleus
Price per advertisement (total price of bundle) in dollars, by number instances of the same advertisement*
| Size | 1X | 3X | 6X | 9X |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6″ x 1″ horizontal banner | 215 | 175 (525) | 155 (930) | 130 (1170) |
* Companies that advertise in The Nucleus receive a 20% discount on banner advertisements. Non-profit companies receive a 10% discount.
