Professor Accepts Leadership in the American Chemical Society
Robert Gawley
Distinguished Professor Robert Gawley, department of chemistry and biochemistry, has been appointed to the position of program chair-elect for the organic division of the American Chemical Society.
As chair-elect, he will be responsible for organizing the organic division poster session at the next four national meetings.
In 2013, he will advance to chair, where he will be responsible for organizing the entire organic division program. For all four years, he will serve on the executive committee of the organic division of the American Chemical Society.
Gawley is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts in the chemistry of chiral organolithium compounds, and he regularly speaks at national and international conferences on his work in this area. He is also known for his work with marine toxins, including brevetoxin and saxitoxin.
With more than 161,000 members, the American Chemical Society is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. A nonprofit organization, chartered by Congress, the society is at the forefront of the evolving worldwide chemical enterprise and the premier professional home for chemists, chemical engineers and related professions around the globe. For more information, see www.acs.org.
Contacts
Jennifer Sims, editor
Chemistry and biochemistry
575-5198,
jssims@uark.edu
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