Program

MEETING APPS

Room Schedule

Program PDF (as of 9-25-2024)

MWRMFinalProg_current.pdf

Event Programming

Plenary Lecture

"Chemical Heartstrings"

Prof. Raychelle Burks, Ph.D.

American University

After working in a crime lab, Dr. Burks returned to academia, teaching, and forensic science research. Her research team is focused on the development of field portable colorimetric and luminescent sensor arrays for the detection of analytes of mainly forensic interest such as explosives, chemical weapons, controlled substances, and latent prints. She writes a science-meets-true crime column called “Trace Analysis” for Chemistry World. Beyond forensics, Dr. Burks collaborates with colleagues in a variety of fields on projects where low cost and reliable rapid screening methods are needed. An in-demand science communicator, Dr. Burks regularly appears on TV, in podcasts, at large genre cons such as DragonCon and GeekGirlCon, and other venues to converse on chemistry, forensic science, and STEM meets pop culture. She is the 2020 recipient of American Chemical Society's Grady-Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public. She is a member of several local, national, and international committees, task forces, and projects focused on social justice and STEM. In 2021, Dr. Burks was listed as one of the “6 women who are changing chemistry as we know it” by BBC Science Focus Magazine.


See Dr. Burks in the Harper Center Auditorium on Sunday at 5:30 PM, October 13th!

Organized Special Symposia

Bioanalysis

Biomaterials & Interfacial Processes

Biomolecular Structure and Function

Challenges in Chemical Measurements

Chemical and Biosensors for Diagnostic and Environmental Applications

Insights from Computation

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improve Therapeutic Outcomes

Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry

Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery

Organic Chemistry Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions

Soil, Water, Environment, and Chemistry

Synthesis and Applications of Functional Polymeric Materials

Undergraduate-Driven Colloid and Surface Chemistry Research

General Sessions

Analytical

Biological

Chemical Education

Inorganic 

Organic 

Physical 

MIDWEST Award 

HOnoree 

Prof. Alexei Demchenko, Ph.D.

St. Louis University

"From Stereocontrolled Glycosylation to Automated Chemical Synthesis"

The ACS Midwest Award was established in 1944 by the St. Louis Section ACS to recognize a scientist who, while a resident of the Midwest, has made a meritorious contribution to the advancement of pure or applied chemistry or chemical education. The Award is conferred annually at the Midwest Regional Meeting of the ACS. 

For more information on Prof. Demchenko's achievements, visit Awards. 

The Award Symposium will be on Monday afternoon, October 14, with a Reception & Awards Banquet to follow in the evening.

Non-Technical Program 

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