Jobs, Collaborations, and Women Leaders in the Global Chemistry Enterprise

This book is divided into three sections: (1) Jobs, Careers, and Global Mobility; (2) Innovations from International Collaborations; and (3) Women Leaders of the Global Chemistry Enterprise. Chapter 1 is an overview chapter that summarizes the contents of all the chapters and also provides the background and the framework for the themes delineated in the book.

This book is intended to be useful to a wide range of audiences in the global chemistry enterprise, including scientists and engineers in academia, industry, government, non-profit organizations, and small businesses, as well as undergraduate and graduate students. For people interested in jobs, careers, and international educational and training opportunities, they may want to read Chapters 1-3. Particularly useful are the many resources currently available at ACS (and elsewhere) that are shown in those chapters. International collaboration is becoming an increasingly useful tool for career success. Chapter 5 (by Carroll) gives an overview of ACS products and services that can be used to facilitate international collaboration. Chapters 6-17 give many excellent examples of international collaborations and the positive outcomes resulting from such collaborations. Finally, Chapters 18-33 present the stories of 16 successful women scientists throughout the world who have overcome bias, family demands, and other difficulties to achieve notable success in scientific scholarship and/or professional leadership. These stories should be inspirational to all male and female readers.

H. N. Cheng (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is currently a research chemist at Southern Regional Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in New Orleans, where he works on projects involving improved utilization of commodity agricultural materials, green chemistry, and polymer reactions. He is an ACS Fellow and a POLY Fellow and has authored or co-authored 192 papers, 25 patent publications, co-edited 11 books, and organized or co-organized 25 symposia at national ACS meetings since 2003. He is also the Chair of the ACS International Activities Committee (2013-2015).

Bradley D. Miller (Ph.D., University of Arizona) is the Director of ACS Office of International Activities. He has worked for ACS since 1999, developing programs, products, and services to advance chemical sciences through collaborations in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Miller serves on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and in 2009 was appointed to co-chair the ACS 2011 International Year of Chemistry Staff Working Group. He is also the long-time ACS staff liaison to the ACS International Activities Committee.

Marinda Li Wu (Ph.D., University of Illinois), the 2013 ACS President, has over thirty years of industrial experience spanning Dow Chemical R&D, Dow Plastics Marketing, and entrepreneurial experience with small chemical companies and startups including "Science is Fun!" which she founded to engage young students in science and enhance support for K-12 STEM education. She also serves on the University of Illinois Chemistry Alumni Advisory Board, the International Advisory Board for the 45th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, and the Board of Directors for the Chinese-American Chemical Society. She holds 7 U.S. patents and has published numerous articles in a variety of journals and magazines.