– photos by M.Z. Hoffman
Scenes from New Haven
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- The New Haven Green
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- Yale University
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- Classic New England
Awards
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- Doris Lewis (Suffolk University), flanked by Marinda Wu (ACS President) at left and Julie Smist (NERACS Chair), receiving the 2013 E. Ann Nalley Northeast Region Award for Volunteer Service to the ACS.
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- Sharon Palmer (Amherst Regional High School), flanked by Marinda Wu (ACS President) at left and Julie Smist (NERACS Chair), receiving the 2013 Division of Chemical Education Northeast Region Award for Excellence in High School Teaching.
Personalities
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- Mukund Chorghade (Thinq Pharma) with his wife, Veena, and son Rajeev (Carnegie Mellon University).
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- Michelle Stevenson (ACS), staff liaison to NERM, with Jefferson Chin (Bristol-Myers Squibb), General Chair of NERM.
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- Donna Nelson (University of Oklahoma), scientific advisor to Breaking Bad, with a mystery man in a hazmat suit.
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- Donna Nelson (University of Oklahoma) at left with Ruth Tanner (University of Massachusetts Lowell), NESACS Immediate Past Chair.
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- (l-r) Sandy Hoffman, Marinda Wu (ACS President), Doris Lewis (Suffolk University), Kathleen Schulz (ACS Director-at-Large), Julie Smist (NERACS Chair), Dorothy Phillips (NESACS Councilor).
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- Dorothy Phillips (NESACS Councilor) with her husband, James (Waters Corp.).
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- Mike Strem (Strem Chemicals) at left with Jens Breffke (Pennsylvania State University).
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- (l-r) Morton Hoffman (Boston University), Elisabeth Kapatsina (German Chemical Society), Mike Strem (Strem Chemicals).
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- Mike Strem (Strem Chemicals) at left with Alfred Flint (University of Rostock) at the Strem Chemicals exhibitor booth.
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- Ken White (NERM General Co-Chair) at left receiving a plaque of recognition from Tom Gilbert (ACS District I Director).
NESACS Symposium: International Chemistry Connections
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- Alfred Flint (University of Rostock), “Problems of Teaching Chemistry at High Schools in Germany.”
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- Marinda Wu (ACS President), “Partners for Progress and Prosperity.”
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- Elisabeth Kapatsina (German Chemical Society), “Chemistry in Germany: Educational and Research Opportunities.”
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- Heidi Teng (Sigma-Aldrich Fine Chemicals Hitech), “Northeastern Section of the Younger Chemist Committee: Connecting Chemists Domestically and Abroad.”
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- Anna Hofmann (University of W?rzburg), “The Connection Between School Education, Academia, and Industry.”
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- Mike Strem (Strem Chemicals), “Growing a Small Chemical Business Internationally.”
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- Jens Breffke (Pennsylvania State University), “Personal Impact and How to Measure It.”
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- Morton Hoffman (Boston University), “International Chemistry Reflections.”
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- Marinda Wu chatting with members of the German delegation after the symposium: (l-r) Jens Breffke, Wilma Neumann, Torsten John, Susanne Leubner, Tanja Scholz, Martin Lichtenthaler, Andreas Seitz, Elisabeth Kapatsina. In background: Mike Neumann, Christian Weinberger.
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- Members of the German delegation and NESACS German Exchange Steering Committee with Marinda Wu (ACS President), at center, after the symposium: (l-r) Denise Schütz, Wilma Neumann, Torsten John, Jackie O’Neil, Mike Strem, Ruth Tanner, Jens Breffke, Heidi Teng, Norton Hoffman, Anna Hofmann, Peter Sponholz, Martin Lichtenthaler, Mike Neumann, Christian Weinberger, Susanne Leubner, Stefan Zajonc, Tanja Scholz, Andreas Seitz, Elisabeth Kapatsina, Alfred Flint.
Presentations by members of the German delegation
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- Mike Neumann (University of Potsdam), “Highly structured and high surface beta-SiC from plant material.”
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- Jens Breffke (Pennsylvania State University), “Excited State Dynamics and Deactivation in Naphthalene Malononitriles.”
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- Peter Sponholz (University of Rostock), “Hydrogen Production and Storage for a Sustainable Energy Economy.”
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- Martin Lichtenthaler (University of Freiburg), “Applied Gallium(I) Chemistry: Synthesis of Highly Reactive Polyisobutylene.”
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- Christian Weinberger (University of Paderborn), “Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Materials from Novel Molten Precursors Containing Nitrogen.”
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- Wilma Neumann (University of Leipzig), “COX Inhibitors with Caraboranes as Pharmacophore.”
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- Torsten John (University of Leipzig), “Specific Immobilization of Biomolecules on Surfaces for Intelligent Materials.”
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- Denise Schütz (University of Frankfurt), “Conformational Flexibility of Toc34 Homodimer Studied by PELDOR.”
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- Anna Hofmann (University of Würzburg), “Synthesis and Evaluation of Mannose Derivatives as Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin LacB Antagonists.”
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- Mike Neumann and Wilma Neumann discuss Anna Hofmann’s poster with her.
Gemütlichkeit
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- (l-r) Tanja Scholz, Susanne Leubner, Sandy Hoffman
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- (l-r) Susanne Leubner, Heidi Teng, Tanja Scholz
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- (l-r) Martin Lichtenthaler, Jackie O’Neil, Stefan Zajonc
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- (l-r) Seated: Anna Hofmann, Jackie O’Neil, Wilma Neumann; standing: Peter Sponholz, Andreas Seitz
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- Members of the German delegation and the NESACS Steering Committee with friends at the NERM dinner. (l-r) Seated: Rajeev Chorghade, Jackie O’Neil, Martin Lichtenthaler, Elisabeth Kapatsina, Andreas Seitz, Keeve Gurkin; standing: Peter Sponholz, Alfred Flint, Tanja Scholz, Jens Breffke, Susanne Leubner, Stefan Zajonc, Anna Hofmann, Denise Schütz, Heidi Teng, Mike Neumann, Christian Weinberger, Wilma Neumann, Torsten John.
Red Sox Fever
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- Members of the German Exchange delegation at the Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM 2013) proudly wearing their Red Sox caps: (seated, l-r) Anna Hofmann (University of Würzburg), Marinda Wu (ACS President), Elisabeth Kapatsina (German Chemical Society), Peter Sponholz (University of Rostock); (standing, l-r) Tanja Scholz (RWTH Aachen University), Denise Schütz (University of Frankfurt), Martin Lichtenthaler (University of Freiburg), Mike Neumann (University of Potsdam), Andreas Seitz (University of Regensburg), Stefan Zajonc (Karlruhe University of Education), Wilma Neumann (University of Leipzig), Christian Weinberger (University of Paderborn), Alfred Flint (University of Rostock), Susanne Leubner (Technical University Dresden), Torsten John (University of Leipzig).
