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NOBCChE President Judson Haynes (from left), climate scientist Warren Washington of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and NOBCChE Executive Board Chair Bobby L. Wilson pose for a picture after Washington received the 2013 Percy L. Julian Award, NOBCChE’s top honor. The award is named after the first African American to lead a research group at a major corporation. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
University of South Florida Ph.D. student Edikan Archibong celebrates her receipt of the Winifred Burks-Houck Graduate Leadership Award alongside NOBCChE Board Member-at-Large Ella Davis (from left), “African American Women Chemists” author Jeannette Brown, Colgate-Palmolive’s Sharon Kennedy, and Spelman University’s Bernice Green. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Keiron Durant, an undergraduate senior at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, presents his research on “The Modeling & Optimization of the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Butyric Acid to Butanol.” Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Students from the NOBCChE student chapter at Louisiana State University pose for a picture. Pictured in the front, from left, are Alecia McCall, Jessica Simpson, Nyote Calixte, Paul Magut, Tyrslai Williams, ChaMarra Saner, Caitlan Ayala, and Azzy Francis. Pictured in the back, from left, are Indika Galpothdeniya, Godwin Nwosu, Pamlea Brady, Moses Ihachi, LaRico Treadwell, Chyree Batton, and Elizabeth Okoth. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Purdue University’s John Wilker presents his research at a symposium on bioengineering and tissue engineering. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Audley Burke (center) and Paula Christopher (right), both of the American Chemical Society’s Department of Diversity Programs, talk to University of South Carolina grad student Khaleh Thomas as she visits the ACS booth during the career and academic fair at the NOBCChE meeting. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Chevron chemical engineer Ola Shadiya (left) reviews the résumé of Manuela A. A. Ayee, a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois, Chicago, during a one-on-one session. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Kimara Nzamubona, a senior chemistry undergraduate at Colby College in Maine, takes a break from handing out his résumé on the floor of the career and academic fair. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
NOBCChE Executive Board Chair Bobby L. Wilson (from left); Jacobs; Purdue University chemistry professor Joseph Francisco; University of California, Davis, professor emeritus of chemistry William M. Jackson; NOBCChE President Judson Haynes; NOBCChE Vice President Talitha Hampton-Mayo; and ACS Board Chair William F. Carroll Jr. pose for a picture after a presentation of the 2012 Percy L. Julian Medal, NOBCChE’s top honor, to Francisco at the opening reception. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Jeff Huber/C&ENDeBorah Myles, a senior undergraduate environmental biology student at Chicago State University involved in organic chemistry research, presents her research on “The Encapsulation of Tetracycline Using ß-Cyclodextrin” during the NOBCChE research poster session. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Attendees sit down for the NOBCChE meeting’s opening luncheon. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
American Chemical Society Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Madeleine Jacobs talks with meeting attendees during the opening luncheon. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
Indika Galpothdeniya from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, stands next to a sign for next year’s NOBCChE meeting, which will be in nearby New Orleans. Credit: Jeff Huber/C&EN
