Meet Dr. Chris Miller, an avid soccer fan currently based in San Francisco and member of the National Younger Chemists Committee. Chris is chair of the YCC’s Governance Interface and Outreach subcommittee and the Division of Professional Relations (PROF) Younger Chemists Subdivision. Chris’s profile is part of “Meet the YCC”, a new series of blog […]

Meet Dr. Tabbetha Bohac, a senior research analyst at Numerof & Associates Inc. and member of the National Younger Chemists Committee. Tabbetha is also involved in her local section, the St. Louis Section. Tabbetha’s profile is part of “Meet the YCC”, a new series of blog posts highlighting YCC members and associates and what they […]

Meet Kayla Kasper, a scientist at Owens Corning in Ohio and member of the National Younger Chemists Committee. Kayla’s profile is the first feature of “Meet the YCC”, a new series of blog posts to highlight YCC members and associates and what they do both in and outside of ACS. Kayla Q. Kasper (she/her/hers) YCC […]

You’re a first-year graduate student and have gathered in a conference room with your colleagues. As everyone has been asked to present their research, you wait for your turn, feeling queasy and wondering why you’re even there, believing there is no way what you have to say can compare with what your colleagues have presented. […]

Many sources would agree that the biotech industry is growing rapidly. Biotech had a record-setting year in terms of funding with $7.3 billion, and raised $9.3 billion across 471 deals in 2017, making it the best year out of the last seven[1]. Another indication is the Nasdaq Index of the industry, which jumped more than […]

General Graduate School Advice When examining potential graduate schools, only consider ones in which there are at least three professors you might like to work with. It is fine to have not settled on an exact research topic, but it is important to have a general idea of what you might like based on previous […]

A few short days into my non-traditional science job, I was sitting in a meeting expecting some continued on-boarding. The goal of the meeting was to continue vetting plans for a new digital tool. A proof-of-concept webpage had already been created and feedback from scientific researchers who tested the site had been returned to the […]

When I was a senior in college the realty of graduation was dawning on me. I knew I wanted to teach at the college/university level, so I would need to go to graduate school. I haphazardly took my GREs and began applying to different schools. I was accepted into a Ph.D. program that was very […]

Finding joy in research is not something that every young scientist experiences in the setting of a chemistry laboratory course or lecture, yet many undergraduates take the next step of their early career by investing the next few years of their life in graduate school.  In 1939, Abraham Flexner expressed the importance of spiritual and […]

“A degree will give you a key, but your network will open the door.” –S.R. What is your biggest asset? Take a moment to think about it. Did you think about your savings account or the house you will one day own? Maybe you thought that you are just starting out and do not really […]