Chemical Consultants Network ZOOM MEETING

NOVEMBER 10, 2021 

CONSULTING AND THE LAW

Wendy F. Bleczinski, Esquire – Princeton University 

 DATE & TIME:  Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 6:30 pm

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Location:  Online via Zoom! (Registration required, see below)

Abstract:  Are you striking out on our own as a consultant for the first time and wondering “where do I start?” or have been working as a consultant for years questioning whether you are doing everything you can to minimize liability and taxes?  Most people I meet in this position have vast expertise in very specialized areas and are sought out as consultants by companies, both large and small, but haven’t had to run a business before.  I will walk you through some of the basics needed to get started as a consultant, including which entity structure may work best for you and, especially if there are other collaborators or employees involved, what considerations and protections need to be put in place to make sure everything runs smoothly and efficiently.  I will also take time to review the current tax laws, how to take advantage of the tax deductions available to you, as well as review some common pitfalls to avoid.

Biography:  Wendy F. Bleczinski, Esquire, is a tax, estate and business attorney in Pennsylvania.  Wendy has worked with individuals and businesses to find innovative tax and business planning solutions for more than 25 years.  She earned her B.S. in Biology at Bucknell University and worked as an environmental scientist at SmithKline Beecham and at the University of Pennsylvania.  While working at Penn, Wendy attended law school at Widener University School of Law where she headed the Health Law Society and served as the Internal Managing Editor of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law.  Wendy has been named a top tax attorney in the region for several years in Main Line Today and SuburbanLife Magazines.

Click here to register to attend the event.  This session is FREE.  

Virtual Meeting of the Princeton ACS Section

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

6:30pm (via GoToMeeting)

“Reduced Carbon Sequestration Technology (ReCaST): A New Approach to Industrially Useful Organics from CO2”

Professor Andrew Bocarsly, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University

Abstract - In recent years, a number of strategies have been put forward to both reduce the emission of CO2 into the environment and utilize what has traditionally been considered “waste” CO2 for the development of new materials, chemical feedstocks, and fuels. To this end, electrochemical reduction of aqueous CO2 to organics appears attractive. However, this chemistry has been severally limited by a lack of efficient electrocatalysts. This deficiency has meant that one often cannot produce the compounds of interest. In cases where a path to the target compound was available, the lack of appropriate catalysts meant that excessive electrode potentials needed to be employed and that water could not be employed as the electrolyte. These two parameters dramatically impact the cost of electrochemical CO2 conversion. 

 To date, the only material reported to be an efficient electrode for CO2 reduction is copper metal. This presentation will focus on work in our labs at Princeton University that has now revealed that binary intermetallic compounds composed of a first row transition metal and a post transition metal such as aluminum or gallium provide a new source of heterogeneous electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO2 to form a variety of C1 and C2+ organic products. 

Biography - Andrew Bocarsly received his BS degree jointly in chemistry and physics from UCLA in 1976, and his Ph.D. in chemistry from M.I.T. in 1980. He has been a member of the Princeton University, Chemistry Department faculty for thirty-nine years and holds affiliations with Princeton’s Materials Institute, Princeton’s Environmental Institute and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. Professor Bocarsly has published over 225 papers and co-authored over a dozen patents. Research in his laboratory is focused on electrochemistry and photoelectrochemistry for the conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels and feedstocks; new materials for electrochemistry and molecular multielectron photoinduced charge transfer processes. 

Professor Bocarsly serves as a consultant to various alternate energy companies. He co-founded Liquid Light Inc., a company formed to commercialize the formation of organic commodity chemicals from CO2. Professor Bocarsly has received an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Sigma Xi (Princeton Section) Science Educator Award, and the American Chemical Society-Exxon Solid State Chemistry award. He has served on the Advisory Board for the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, has edited a volume for Structure and Bonding in the area of fuel cells and batteries, and served as the electrochemistry editor for Methods in Materials Research. He currently sits on the editorial advisory board of Journal of CO2 Utilization, and the international advisory board of the International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization. He is a fellow of the American Scientific Affilation.

Registration - Access to the meeting is free but registration for the event is required.  Prior to the meeting, a link to join the virtual meeting will be sent to all those who register.  For questions contact louise.lawter@gmail.com.

Virtual Princeton ACS Section NCW Activities Event!

Join the Princeton Section of the American Chemical Society (PACS) for this free community event for National Chemistry Week (NCW) and celebrate the importance of chemistry in everyday life! Learn about this year’s theme, Fast or Slow...Chemistry Makes It Go, with exciting virtual hands-on activities for ages 5 and up.

When: Saturday, October 23

When: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Where: Virtual Event. Registration is required. Prior to the event, the link to the virtual event will be sent to all who have registered

Questions about the event, please contact the NCW Coordinator at bhattacharya@princeton.edu. 

We hope to see you there!

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Virtual Meeting of the Princeton ACS Section

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 6:30pm

“qPCR and it’s World of Applications” 

Geoff Jackson, Application Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Abstract - What is qPCR (quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction), and how does it work? What is the chemistry behind this powerful technique? This presentation will discuss the chemistry and biochemistry that makes it work. This seminar reviews associated applications when working with DNA, RNA, and protein analysis. DNA applications include mutation detection, single nucleotide polymorphisms, and high resolution melt. RNA applications reviewed are gene expression and small RNA. The final section of the talk examines protein expression and digital PCR.

Biography - Geoff Jackson is a Regional Field Application Scientist for Thermo Fisher Scientific with over 30 years of experience in molecular biology and pathogen detection.

Prior to this role, Geoff was a lead biologist and program manager at Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for almost 10 years. He is fluent in many scientific and molecular biology techniques that include but are not limited to basic science benchwork; pathogen detection assay development; bioterrorism response and prevention; program management; and emergency management.

Registration: Access to the meeting is free but registration for the event is required.  A link to join the virtual meeting will be sent to all those who register prior to the meeting.  For questions contact louise.lawter@gmail.com