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Highlights of  CACS Banquet/Keynote at the ACS 2023 Fall National Meeting

Aug 14, 2023, San Francisco, CA

GLCACS Annual Summer Picnic 

August 26, 2023 (Saturday), 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Dam No.1 Woods 01- Shelter 

541 E Dundee Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090

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Announcing . . . 

CACS Banquet/Keynote at the 

ACS 2023 Fall National Meeting

Monday, Aug 14, 2023, 6-9pm, San Francisco, CA

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For Program Details, Click Here

Congratulations to 2023 CACS Award Winners!

(Award Ceremony at CACS SF Banquet on August 14, 2023)

Click Here to View Recipient's Bio

announcing GLCACS 25th annual conference

April 29, 2023, Saturday 9:30- 17:00, Abbott Park, IL

Links for Program Details and Registration

ACS ENFL Div. Invites You to a Virtual Talk on April 28th, 2023

Featuring Prof. Stan S. Wong, SUNY, on "Multi-functional Nanoscale Systems for Electrocatalysis" and

Prof. Virender K. Sharma, Texas A&M, on "Elucidating Ferrate as Advanced Material in Water Sustainable Goals"

For Talk Descriptions and Zoom Info, Click Here.

Call for Nominations to 2023 CACS Awards:

Outstanding Achievement Award

Extraordinary Service Award

Rising Star Award

Deadline: Friday, June 2nd, 2023 For details, please click here.

Video Recording of this panel discussion is available for viewing. 

Click the link here and enter passcode E96w+^i& to view. 

Congratulations to Dr. Marinda Li Wu, CACS Board Chair 

For being honored as one of 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering by IUPAC!

Read Congratulations letter from CACS 2023 President Prof. Jingbo Louise Liu

Visit IUPAC website for the complete list of 12 awardees and the awards program

Event Highlights ....

Inaugural Program of CACS Northern California Chapter 

  Stanford University,  January 18,  2023 

Chemistry Superstars: Prof. Zhenan Bao of Stanford 

& Prof. Peidong Yang of UC Berkeley

Click here for Program Flyer       Click here for Summary       Click here for Video Recording

Interested in the Research Coordination Networks (RCN) program at NSF? 

Strongly recommend you check out the details in the slides for great opportunities for research, training, and educational activities with RCN! Feel free to contact Diane directly (Slide #7). 

Click here for the slide deck Click here to visit RCN website

CACS Banquet & Keynote Speech by Prof. Lenore L. Dai

Monday, Nov. 14th, 2022, at AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ

Please click here for event details and registration info

CACS Phoenix Banquet Photos (11/14/2022)

Thanks to Great Lakes Chapter for a wonderful 

and memorable picnic on August 21, 2022! 

Video link to 2022 CACS Award Ceremony 

& Prof. Song's keynote speech on August 25, 2022, 

is now available for viewing!

Announcing .......

CACS Virtual Award Ceremony & Keynote Speech by Prof. Chunshan Song on Thur., August 25  &  GLCACS Summer Picnic on Sun., August 21, 2022

Congratulations to the Winners 

of 2022 CACS Awards!

(Click here to view winner's list)

To register for this free online event, please click here.

To view and download the program flyer for links, please click here.

To join CACS, please click here.


Coming to the ACS National Meeting in Chicago?


You are welcome to the 

Annual Summer Picnic 

hosted by the 

Great Lakes Chapter of CACS!


(Click here to view and download flyer)


Recording of CACS Spring Virtual Event with Prof. Gang Chen

Click here to view the video on YouTube 


Follow the links here for more resources and info:

1. “Toolkit for researchers to garner institutional support on research security issues” by Asian American Scholar Forum

2. Asian Pacific American Justice (APA Justice) Homepage

3. “Resources to support diversity, equity, inclusion and respect efforts” by American Chemical Society’s Office of DEIR

To view and download the flyer, please click here.

To join CACS, please click here.

Benefits of Joining CACS

Fellowship & community

Professional & career development

Job & research opportunities

Outstanding Achievement Award

Extraordinary Service Award

Rising Star Award

Collective voice for impact & advocacy 

(see Solidarity for Asian Scientists) 


Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) is a non-political and non-profit professional organization. The purpose of CACS is to encourage the advancement of chemistry and chemical engineering sciences and technologies in all branches, to improve the qualification and occupational opportunities of its members, to facilitate professional contacts, and to promote interactions with other scientific communities. CACS is the only Chinese professional organization that is officially recognized by ACS and AIChE.

CACS fulfills its purposes through 4-time-a-year activities in conjunction with ACS and AIChE annual meetings, and through wide ranged activities that are organized by the local chapters. If you are interested in becoming a member or would like to know more about CACS and its local chapters, please Click here: Local Chapters 

HIGHLIGHTS

Video Link to Prof. Zhenan Bao's talk   on "Skin-Inspired Organic Electronics"    on April 20th, 2021

Call for CACS 2021 Awards Nominations by June 1st, 2021

(Click here for details)

Letter on "Solidarity for Asian Scientists" from Dr. Marinda Li Wu, Chair for the CACS Board of Directors   on April 14, 2021

(Click to read the letter) 

Announcing 2021 CACS Spring Virtual Event at ACS National Virtual Meeting on April 20th, 2021

(Click for Announcement and Flyer)

Join CalACS for a Virtual Networking Session for students and professionals

on Tuesday, February 9th, 5-6pm PST

(Click here  for registration info)

Fall AIChE Virtual Event Recording is Here Featuring Shaoyi Jiang, Ph.D.

Robert S. Langer ’70 Family and Friends Professor

Meinig School of Bio-medical Engineering at Cornell

(Click here to watch)

Announcing 2020 CACS Fall Virtual Event

at 2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting

on November 16, 2020

(Click for Announcement, Event Flyer and

Online Registration)

Fall Virtual Event Recording is Now Available

Featuring Dr. H. N. Cheng

2020 ACS President-Elect

(Click here to watch)

Announcing 2020 CACS Fall Virtual Event

at ACS National Virtual Meeting

on August 19, 2020

(Click for Announcement and Flyer)

2020 CACS Spring Banquet Is Cancelled

at ACS National Meeting 

on March 23, 2020, in Philadelphia, PA USA 

(Click here for announcement)

CACS Banquet Photos

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2019 CACS Fall Meeting and Banquet 

ACS Fall National Meeting Monday, 

August 26, 2019, in San Diego, CA, USA 

(To read more details click here)

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