2009 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award Symposium and Presentation in Honor of Professor Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University

2009 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award Symposium and Presentation to Professor Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University

Friday, Nov 13, 2009

Busch Campus Center

Rutgers University, Piscataway Campus - Piscataway, New Jersey

" At the Intersection of Organic Chemistry, Material Science, and Nanotechnology "

Registration: 11:30 - 12:00

12:00 - 1:00:  Hugh Karraker, Great Grandson of Leo Baekeland

On Baekeland and the 100th Anniversary of Modern Plastics

1:00 - 11:50:  Professor Klaus Mullen, Professor of Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

Self Assembly and Molecular Electronics

2:00 - 12:50:   Professor Julius Rebek, Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

The Inner Space of Molecules

3:00 - 3:35:  Break / Poster Presentations

3:45 - 4:35: Professor Ronald Breslow, S.L. Mitchill Professor of Chemistry & University Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY

The Origins of Homochirality on Earth

4:45 - 5:45:  Reception / Social / Poster Presentation

5:50 - 6:50:  Banquet Dinner

6:50 - 7:00:  Presentation of the Baekeland Award

7:00 - 8:00:  Professor Colin Nuckolls, Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY

Reaction Chemistry Meets Lithography

• Meeting: The meeting will be held at Rutgers University (Piscataway Campus), at the Busch Campus Center.

• Parking arrangements. TBA

• Pre-registration is recommended. Deadline is Friday, Oct. 30, 2009.

• Poster presentations will be accepted on a first come first serve basis due to space limitation. This is a good opportunity to showcase your work and network with other scientist. Please email title of the poster, author's names and a brief abstract by Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 to: Dr. Ambarish Singh (ambarish.singh@bms.com).

• Registration fee: $75 (professionals); $50 (retired / unemployed); $25 (students). Please use the 2nd form below to pay the registration fee. Cash or check, no credit card please. On-site registration allowed but not preferred (cash or check only, no credit card).

Note: An online payment option will probably be offered here in a week or two. Details are being worked out.

• Additional questions: Contact Dr. Michael M. Miller (michael.miller@bms.com), Chair of the Baekeland Award Committee.

For further event details, please see:  http://www.njacs.org/baekeland2009.html