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Meeting of the Princeton ACS Section
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Daniel Lee
Lead Scientist, R&D, International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.
“Flavor Emulsion Fabricated with Lysolecithin for Clear Beverages”
Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University
Mixer 6:30 pm; Lecture 7:00 pm
Abstract: Flavor extracts of essential oils are frequently used to create optically clear or transparent ready-to-drink beverages, however, they often lack balanced flavor profiles and mouthfeel which provide the rich-tasting experience consumers are looking for. A shelf-stable flavor emulsion comprising patented lysolecithin as part of the emulsifier system was designed to deliver full flavorings without compromising the visual clarity of a liquid beverage. The phospholipid composition of the lysolecithin was determined by 31P-NMR analysis, which was compared with select commercial lecithin products to better understand differences in their functionality. Performance assessment was carried out by sensory evaluation of the beverage as well as characterizations of the emulsion at zero time and in storage.
Biography: Daniel Lee is a Lead Scientist at International Flavors and Fragrances in Research & Development (IFF R&D), specializing in innovative flavor delivery systems for over 25 years. During his tenure at IFF, he led multiple projects that resulted in commercialized technologies for food and beverage applications. He was one of the pioneers who developed a controlled-release scent technology for the successful commercial application to numerous consumer products. Daniel possesses a broad working knowledge of ingredient functionality to design specialized delivery system matrices for optimal performance. He is a co-inventor on 13 U.S. and international patents. Daniel earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Food Science & Technology from Texas A&M University and University of Minnesota, respectively. Prior to his employment at IFF R&D, he worked in Friskies R&D, Nestle, to develop novel reaction flavors that landed significant commercial sales.
Registration: There is no fee to attend the meeting but registration is requested. Go to https://www.princeton-acs.org/events/september13-meeting-xgw3p .
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Earth Day Event on Sustainability Wins ACS ChemLuminary Award
-Barbara Ameer
The PACS Earth Day Eve event, an online-live hybrid outreach event in 2022, recently won national recognition at the American Chemical Society’s 25th Annual ChemLuminary Awards ceremony for an outstanding initiative that helps promote the Society’s position statement on sustainability. The selection of the Princeton Local Section was announced at the ACS Fall 2023 Meeting in San Francisco. “Outstanding Promotion of the Society’s Sustainability Position Statements” is a recently established award jointly-administered by the Committee on Chemistry & Public Affairs and the Committee on Environmental Improvement (CCPE-CEI).
Earth Day Eve featured a keynote address by Maurie J. Cohen, PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology professor and author of Sustainability (Polity Press, 2020) and other publications on climate change. A group of pre-selected individuals who had considered these issues presented their thoughts and findings from their use of the policy simulator, En-ROADS (Climate Interactive, MIT Management), a freely available online application giving individuals the chance to design scenarios to control and limit anthropogenic impacts on the environment, specifically global warming and climate change.
The event successfully engaged and informed participants. They encompassed students and educators, and individuals with current or past affiliations with local government, public policy organizations, industry, as well as Sustainable Princeton, a non-partisan not-for-profit organization. The PACS event was incorporated into an Earth Day week program at a Princeton high school, PRISMS, coordinated by chemistry and environmental science teacher Randy Weintraub, MS, PhD, along with Barbara Ameer, PharmD, MBA, Alternate Councilor of PACS.
At the poster session preceding the awards ceremony, Mukund Chorghade, PhD, Member-at-Large of PACS, shared the organization’s activities with finalists across award categories. Finalists represented ACS local sections, technical divisions, international chapters, and regional meetings. It was great to contribute to a program important to our community and worthy of recognition with a ChemLuminary Award!
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PACS Fall Organic Chemistry Symposium
The 45th annual Princeton ACS Fall Organic Chemistry Symposium will be held on October 12th, 2023 at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. Mark your calendars for a great day of science and discussion. Speakers include Vy Dong (UC-Irvine), Tim Cernak (University of Michigan.), Daniel Nomura (UC-Berkley), and Scott Denmark (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.) For updates, check our website at http://www.pacsfocs.org/wordpress/.
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Opportunities to Serve the Princeton Section
As the final months of the year approach, PACS will be busy in a number of areas in which member contributions can make a difference. We will be hosting the 2023 National Chemistry Week Poem Contest from September to October and need volunteers to help with organizing, and to serve as judges. Contact NCW Coordinator Louise Lawter at louise.lawter@gmail.com for more information or to volunteer. We will be holding elections for 2024 PACS Officers in October. If you wish to be a candidate for any position (Chair-elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Member-at-Large, Councilor, Alternate Councilor) contact Chair Noah Bissonnette at nbb@princeton.edu or Past-Chair, Lisa Veliath at lisavel9999@gmail.com.
If you might want to help with our newsletter ‘AliQuotes’, PACS Membership Committee, Chemistry Outreach, Monthly Meetings, or have a specific idea in mind, contact Noah Bissonnette, Lisa Veliath or Louise Lawter. We want to hear from you!
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Governance Issues and Actions from fall 2023 ACS Council and Board of Directors meetings
The following summary on key actions of the ACS Council meeting, held on August 16, and the Board of Directors meetings, held on August 11-13, 2023.
Actions of the Council
Election Results: Elected Committees of Council
· By electronic ballot, the Council elected Martha G. Hollomon, Elizabeth M. Howson, Jeanette M. Van Emon, and Lydia E. M. Hines for a three-year term (2024-2026) on the Council Policy Committee (CPC). James C. Carver was elected for a one-year term from 2024-2025 to fill the unexpired term of Will E. Lynch, who was elected to the ACS Board of Directors.
· By electronic ballot, the Council elected Anna G. Cavinato, Andrea B. Twiss-Brooks, Thomas R. Gilbert, Jeanne R. Berk, and W. Matthew Reichert for a three-year term (2024-2026) on the Committee on Committees (ConC).
· By electronic ballot, the Council elected Linette M. Watkins, Arlene A. Garrison, Zaida C. Morales Martinez, Amber F. Charlebois, and Jetty L. Duffy-Matzner for a three-year term (2024-2026) on the Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E). Kevin J. Edgar was elected for a one-year term from 2024-2025 to fill Silvia Ronco’s vacancy.
Highlights from Reports and Key Actions
· Chief Executive Officer Albert Horvath honored the memory of our newly-appointed Editor-in- Chief of C&EN, Mohammed Yahia, who passed away on the way to the San Francisco meeting. Our thoughts go out to his wife Ola and their two young children.
· Horvath also shared ACS’s efforts to engage more members while recruiting and retaining talented staff as we continue to adapt to the post-pandemic workplace. He shared an update on the ACS Strategic Initiatives and the Society’s continued strong financial performance.
· On the recommendation of the Council Policy Committee, Council approved the Petition to Amend the Council Executive Function. This amendment codifies the current practice in the Standing Rules, removing the oral reporting requirement for non-elected Society Committees. CPC welcomes oral reports from all Society Committees including those without action before Council.
· CPC voted to discontinue the Councilor Travel Expense Program, effective December 31, 2023, and replace it with the Councilor Attendance Incentive Allotment, effective January 1, 2024. This new approach will provide a single payment of $2,000 per Councilor, per meeting, directly to Local Sections and Divisions that opt in to the program.
· CPC also voted to move oversight for the Non-Councilor Reimbursement Program to the Committee on Committees with the recommendation that it be renamed the “Volunteer Committee Reimbursement Program.”
· On the recommendation of the Committee on Committees, and with the concurrence of the Council Policy Committee, Council approved the Petition to Amend the Duties of the Committee on International Activities (IAC), providing the committee with the same authority permitted to its unit counterparts to assist International Chemical Sciences Chapters with issues arising from officer turnover and other administrative difficulties.
· On the recommendation of the Committee on Nominations and Elections, and with the concurrence of the Council Policy Committee, Council approved the Petition to Add International Representation to the Board of Directors, decreasing the total number of Directors-at-Large from six to five and creating an International District Director. Following approval by the Board of Directors, the amendment to the ACS Constitution will require the support of two-thirds (2/3) majority of voting members.
· On the recommendation of the Committee on International Activities, Council approved the creation of the Singapore International Chemical Sciences Chapter.
· The Committee on Constitution and Bylaws (C&B) reported the certification of bylaws for six Local Sections in 2023: Cornell, East Tennessee, Idaho, Puerto Rico, Tennessee-Virginia Highlands, and Wooster.
Council Special Discussion
ACS President Judith Giordan introduced and led a special discussion on "ACS Council: Equitable Governance for the Future.” She sought Councilor input on ideas to improve representation, broadly defined, on Council and across ACS governance.
Three specific prompts were posed to Councilors for their input and suggestions:
- Ideally, for ACS Council to equitably represent all members we would...
- The key areas where we need to ensure greater equity and inclusion in Council are...
- I wish ACS Council would/could... ...to engender greater equity and inclusion.
Councilors provided their ideas and thoughts, and relevant Society units will receive this input within the next several weeks. Please share further input with secretary@acs.org.
Resolutions
The Council passed several resolutions:
- In memory of deceased Past President Ned D. Heindel
- In memory of deceased Past President Paul H.L. Walter
- In memory of deceased Councilors
- In appreciation of the California and Silicon Valley Sections, host Sections for the fall 2023 ACS meeting, the Divisional program chairs, symposium organizers, and ACS staff for the planning and execution of the meeting
- In appreciation of the outgoing Chair of Council, Judith C. Giordan
The fall 2023 meeting was held from August 13-17. As of August 16, there were 15,019 registrations (13,363 in-person and 1,656 online).
Actions of the Board of Directors - Executive Session
The ACS Board of Directors met in Executive Session on August 11-12, 2023, in San Francisco, California, considered several key strategic issues, and responded with numerous actions. They opened the session with a reflection on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect (DEIR).
Chief Executive Officer’s Report
Chief Executive Officer Albert Horvath reported on issues relating to ACS strategic activities; enterprise risk management (ERM); environmental, social, and governance (ESG); an Orlando 2028 meeting update; and ACS’s web presence.
Board Committees and Working Groups
The Board of Directors received and discussed reports from the Governing Board for Publishing, the Board Committee on Professional and Member Relations, the Society Committee on Publications, the Committee on Budget & Finance, the Committee on Committees, the Board Working Group on Structure and Representation, and the Council Policy Committee Future Council Representation Task Force. Some of these committees requested and obtained Board action on one or more items, as follows:
· Upon recommendation of the Society Committee on Publications, the Board voted to approve the reappointment of six ACS journal editors. The reappointments will be announced once the individuals have been notified and appropriate arrangements for their continued service have been made.
· Upon recommendation of the Editor Search Committees, the Board voted to approve the appointment of three ACS Journal editors. The appointments will also be announced once the individuals have been notified and appropriate arrangements for their continued service have been made.
· Upon recommendation of the Committee on Professional and Member Relations, the Board approved the ACS Prism Award to recognize a public figure or prominent leader in their field who has a background in chemistry but is working in a different field or is not a practicing chemist.
· Upon recommendation of the Committee on Professional and Member Relations, the Board approved an ACS nominee for the 2024 Perkin Medal, an award given annually by the Society of Chemical Industry to a scientist residing in the United States for an "innovation in applied chemistry resulting in outstanding commercial development."
· The Board Working Group on Structure and Representation provided an update on their efforts to add an International District Director to the Board of Directors in the form of the Petition to Add International Representation on the Board of Directors. The Board unanimously supported the petition, which would amend the ACS Constitution and Standing Rules.
Other Society Business
There were two additional discussions; one focused on raising items of strategic concern from members of the Board, and the second was dedicated to sharing feedback so Board members can hear from ACS members, elevating their voices to all Board members.
Finally, the Board adopted a resolution in memory of ACS Past President Ned D. Heindel.
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Other Local Events
CHEMICAL CONULTANTS NETWORK MEETING
The Origin of Homochirality
Roman Bielski, Ph.D.
(A Partner in Chemventive and Biosynthon)
Date & Time: SEPTEMBER 13, 2023, 6:30 PM
Registration is free. Click here to register
Location: Online via Zoom (Sponsored by AccuroTherapeutics)
Abstract: Molecules containing a carbon atom bonded to 4 different substituents exist as two stereoisomers. They are called enantiomers and such carbon atoms are chiral. When a chemist performs a reaction forming chiral compounds the resulting product is always a 50/50 mixture of both stereoisomers (enantiomers). However, almost all chiral compounds in Nature are composed of one enantiomer. All enzymes are built of L-amino acids and there is only D-ribose in nucleic acids.
There are no satisfactory answers to how the first pure enantiomers were formed. The problem is usually called the “origin of homochirality”. This talk will discuss possible answers to, arguably, the most difficult, unsolved problem of chemistry and biology.
Biography: Dr. Roman Bielski holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry (with O. Achmatowicz) and was a post-doc with Sir Derek Barton. He taught chemistry in Poland, Britain (Imperial College) and US (Cornell). He co-founded several small companies (Attochrom, Petramec, Cheminnolab, Biosynthon). Presently, he is a partner in Chemventive and Biosynthon and Adjunct Professor at Wilkes University. He is a member of the Chemical Consultants Network (chair 2015-2016).
He co-authored over 50 publications, co-edited three books (Wiley and Springer) and holds 20 patents, with several pending applications. He (with M. Tencer) developed a method to resolve racemates without using chiral compounds (absolute enantioselective separation). The concept offers an answer to the origin of homochirality problem and why ribose is a sugar component of nucleic acids.
Registration: Registration is free. Go to https://chemconsultants.org/event-5379194