Jobs, Collaborations, and Women Leaders in the Global Chemistry Enterprise

Edited by H.N. Cheng, Marinda Li Wu, and Bradley D. Miller

American Chemical Society

ACS Symposium Series

Primary editor offers a unique perspective of the book's subject matter, as a global female chemist and past president of the ACS
Speaks to all levels of the global chemistry enterprise, and is meant for scientists and engineers in academic, industry, government, NGO's, and small businesses

Jobs, Collaborations, and Women Leaders in the Global Chemistry Enterprise

Edited by H.N. Cheng, Marinda Li Wu, and Bradley D. Miller

American Chemical Society

Description

This book is divided into three sections: (1) Jobs, Careers, and Global Mobility; (2) Innovations from International Collaborations; and (3) Women Leaders of the Global Chemistry Enterprise. Chapter 1 is an overview chapter that summarizes the contents of all the chapters and also provides the background and the framework for the themes delineated in the book.

This book is intended to be useful to a wide range of audiences in the global chemistry enterprise, including scientists and engineers in academia, industry, government, non-profit organizations, and small businesses, as well as undergraduate and graduate students. For people interested in jobs, careers, and international educational and training opportunities, they may want to read Chapters 1-3. Particularly useful are the many resources currently available at ACS (and elsewhere) that are shown in those chapters. International collaboration is becoming an increasingly useful tool for career success. Chapter 5 (by Carroll) gives an overview of ACS products and services that can be used to facilitate international collaboration. Chapters 6-17 give many excellent examples of international collaborations and the positive outcomes resulting from such collaborations. Finally, Chapters 18-33 present the stories of 16 successful women scientists throughout the world who have overcome bias, family demands, and other difficulties to achieve notable success in scientific scholarship and/or professional leadership. These stories should be inspirational to all male and female readers.

Jobs, Collaborations, and Women Leaders in the Global Chemistry Enterprise

Edited by H.N. Cheng, Marinda Li Wu, and Bradley D. Miller

American Chemical Society

ACS Symposium Series

Foreword
Preface

1. Jobs, Collaborations, and Women Leaders of the Global Chemistry Enterprise: An Overview

Jobs, Careers, and Global Mobility

2. Supply and Demand of Chemists in the United States
3. Mothers Who Are Chemists in American Academe: Resources To Support Academic Parents in Chemistry
4. How Does ACS Promote International Experience and Global Mobility?

Innovations from International Collaborations

5. ACS International Activities: Mechanisms To Advance Member-Serving Global Engagement
6. International Year of Chemistry: Our Celebration
7. International Collaborations - Pittcon/ACS International Visiting Scientists Program
8. The Malta Conferences: Fostering International Scientific Collaborations Toward Peace in the Middle East
9. Pacific Polymer Federation: A Model for International Cooperation
10. Perspectives from the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ)
11. Towards A Sustainable Partnership Between ACS & FACS: What's Next?
12. International Research Funding in the Chemical Sciences: Latest Developments
13. International Collaborations in R&D: An Indian Perspective
14. Building Global Capabilities and Delivering Continual Innovation at 3M
15. Ingenuity in the Global Market: How To Leverage Open Innovation To Achieve Results for Your Organization
16. Seed, Foster, Believe, Dream and Act. Capacity Building in Kenya by Novartis Global Discovery Chemistry, Seeding Labs, the International Activities Committee, and the Computers in Chemistry Division of the ACS between 2010-2014
17. Science for Haiti: International Collaborations To Advance Haitian Science and Science Education Capacity and Innovation

Women Leaders of the Global Chemistry Enterprise

18. A Retrospective View of My 70 Years in Chemistry
19. Ten Lessons from a Lifetime of Science
20. From Building Roads To Building Peace: A Woman Chemist's Odyssey
21. The Magnificent Journey
22. Partners for Progress and Prosperity: A Personal and Professional Journey
23. Two Decades of Research on Natural Products Chemistry from Brazilian Biodiversity: Inspirations and Motivations
24. Portrait of a Professional Life: Work, Challenges, and Satisfaction, All Achieved in Small Steps
25. Academic and Personal Evolution through Thirty-Eight Years: Two Parallel Tracks?
26. Peace and Satisfaction at the End of a Lot of Work, Obstacles, Efforts, and Challenges
27. Chance and Destiny on the Road To Becoming the First Woman Professor of Chemical Engineering in Romania
28. My Experience Being a Woman and a Professor of Chemistry in Morocco
29. Experiences of a Female Chemist in South Africa
30. Glimpse of My Scientific Path: The Quest Continues
31. Challenges and Opportunities in Indian Science: My Experiences
32. Participation of Women Scientists and Engineers in Japan
33. Achieving Work-Family Harmony: My Experiences as a Chemist and a Housewife

Jobs, Collaborations, and Women Leaders in the Global Chemistry Enterprise

Edited by H.N. Cheng, Marinda Li Wu, and Bradley D. Miller

American Chemical Society

ACS Symposium Series

Author Information

H. N. Cheng (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is currently a research chemist at Southern Regional Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in New Orleans, where he works on projects involving improved utilization of commodity agricultural materials, green chemistry, and polymer reactions. He is an ACS Fellow and a POLY Fellow and has authored or co-authored 192 papers, 25 patent publications, co-edited 11 books, and organized or co-organized 25 symposia at national ACS meetings since 2003. He is also the Chair of the ACS International Activities Committee (2013-2015).

Bradley D. Miller (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is the Director of ACS Office of International Activities. He has worked for ACS since 1999, developing programs, products, and services to advance chemical sciences through collaborations in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Miller serves on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and in 2009 was appointed to co-chair the ACS 2011 International Year of Chemistry Staff Working Group. He is also the long-time ACS staff liaison to the ACS International Activities Committee.

Marinda Li Wu (Ph.D., University of Illinois), the 2013 ACS President, has over thirty years of industrial experience spanning Dow Chemical R&D, Dow Plastics Marketing, and entrepreneurial experience with small chemical companies and startups including "Science is Fun!" which she founded to engage young students in science and enhance support for K-12 STEM education. She also serves on the University of Illinois Chemistry Alumni Advisory Board, the International Advisory Board for the 45th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, and the Board of Directors for the Chinese-American Chemical Society. She holds 7 U.S. patents and has published numerous articles in a variety of journals and magazines.

Contributors:

Tiffany Hoerter, Jakoah Brgoch, William Richard (Rick) Ewing, Katherine Glasgow, Lynne Greenblatt, Laura Kosbar, Beatriz Rios-Mckee, Kimberly A. Woznack, William F. Carroll, Bryan R. Henry, Richard S. Danchik, Morton Z. Hoffman, Zafra M. Lerman, William H. Daly, Adriano D. Andricopulo, T. S. Andy Hor, Markus Behnke, Sanjeev Katti, Ajit Sapre, Peter Koelsch, Eloise Young, Lewis Whitehead, Evans Ogwagwa Changamu, Nina Dudnik, Patrick McCarren, Rajiv Chopra, Rem R. Fazio, David Qualter, Vinod Patel, Ryan Haas, Khampoua Naovarangsy, Bhaveshkumar Gami, Christopher Harwell, Jeffry D. Madura, Heather Burks, Solomon Derese, Michelle Lynn Hall, Ralph Greenberg, Sean Ohlinger, Juliette Pradon, Bryan R. Henry, Linda Wang, Lucy Kiruri, Colleen Dionne, Brigitta Tadmor, Jorge L. Colón, Darleane Christian Hoffman, Madeleine Jacobs, Zafra Margolin Lerman, Ann Nalley, Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, Lydia R. Galagovsky, Barbara Loeb, Noemí Elisabeth Walsöe de Reca, Gheorghita Jinescu, Mama El Rhazi, Bice S. Martincigh, Samira Ibrahim Islam, M. Lakshmi Kantam, Kazue Kurihara, Supawan Tantayanon