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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY BOSTON NATIONAL MEETING MANIA! C&EN reviews who’s who at chemistry’s TEA PARTY MITCH ANDRÉ GARCIA, C&EN WASHINGTON UP & COMING LINE-UP Reuben Hudson Lobster shell bioplastics builder, Colby College David Nicewicz Organic innovator, UNC 12 Member of C&EN’s Talented 12 (http://talented12. cenmag.org/) Red = Innovation (meeting theme) * 2015 ACS National Award Winner Note: This list is not comprehensive. Paul Coleman Executive director of Merck to share medicinal chemistry lessons 12 Matthew Kanan Renewable energy reaper, Stanford 12 Steve Hitchcock Medicinal marksman, Takeda George Whitesides Surface chemistry sage, Harvard Plenary: Peter Schultz Translational medicine trendsetter, Scripps Linda Griffith Tissue-engineering trailblazer, MIT Joe DeSimone 3-D printing revolutionary, UNC Michelle Chang* Fluorine phenom, UC Berkeley 12 Bradley Olsen Macromolecule melder, MIT Eric Hostetler Head of translational imaging at Merck to share in vivo imaging techniques Microbiome code breaker, Harvard 12 12 Mind mapper, Harvard Medical School Deborah Blum* Author of “The Poisoner’s Handbook” to talk about communicating science Alan Rocke German chemistry historian, Case Western Alan Palkowitz Vice president of drug research at Eli Lilly & Co. to share lessons in biomedical innovations Jacob Hooker Kami Hull Paul Shepson Polar photochemistry explorer, Purdue U Plenary: Paula Hammond Drug delivery designer, MIT Paul Wender* Therapeutic lead chaser, Stanford Eranthie Weerapana Cysteine supreme, Boston College Miguel Garcia- Garibay* Crystal creator, UCLA Kenichiro Itami* Synthesis efficiency expert, Nagoya U Laura Privalle GMO crop analyzer, Bayer CropScience Melanie Sanford Catalyst constructor, U Michigan Plenary: Karen Wooley Macromolecule maker, Texas A&M MORE ONLINE For dates, times, locations for speakers, visit http://cenm.ag/bostonmania. Or find “C&EN Must-See Presenters” on the ACS meeting mobile app, coming soon! Cornell Richard Schrock MIT Cindy Larive Metabolite profiler, UC Riverside Alyson Mitchell California olive processing expert, UC Davis Robert Grubbs Caltech Angela Wilson Computations conqueror, U North Texas Carolyn Bertozzi Bioorthogonal blacksmith, UC Berkeley Swan Boats Enjoy a romantic voyage in the Public Garden. Antonio Echavarren* Gold catalyst guru, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia Nicholas Meanwell Executive director of Bris- tol-Meyers Squibb to tell a tale of antiviral agents WHAT TO DO IN BOSTON: TOURIST SITES Peng Chen Single-molecule seer, Cornell WHAT TO DO IN BOSTON: LOCALS’ PICKS Boston Children’s Museum A museum with climbing structures and a bubble room. Samuel Adams Brewery Sample beers from this storied brewery during the week. New England Aquarium Take the family to snap photos with sea critters. Aeronaut Brewing Cross the Charles to visit this beloved craft beer brewery. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Harvard Square Tour this 100-year-old museum and Historic gathering place since 1630, site of a daring art heist. with many dining and bar options. Mike’s Pastry Eat the best cannoli this side of the Atlantic Ocean. William Dichtel Covalent connector, Cornell Catherine Middlecamp* Author of “Chemistry in Context” to talk plastic recycling, UW Madison Shaul Mukamel* Nonlinear spectroscopy star, UC Irvine Mary Mulcahy Chemical Safety Board investigator to talk about why “compliant” does not mean “safe” Melissa Grunlan Archduchess of antifouling materials, Texas A&M Ben Feringa* Nanocar racer, University of Groningen Roald Hoffmann Green aminator, U Illinois, Urbana- Champaign Chi-Huey Wong Carbohydrate-based cancer vaccinator, Scripps Emily Balskus A. Paul Alivisatos Quantum dot quartermaster, UC Berkeley CEN.ACS.ORG 50 JULY 27, 2015 CEN.ACS.ORG 51 JULY 27, 2015 BOSTON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM MIT SLOAN SOS SHUTTERSTOCK MARCOS CARVALHO/ SHUTTERSTOCK AERONAUT BREWING ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM F11PHOTO/ SHUTTERSTOCK MARAFONA/SHUTTERSTOCK (REST) VISITINGNEWENGLAND.COM NOBEL HARBOR

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