of a highly soluble alkyl sulfate that provides a breakthrough in mainframe surfactant technology for detergent applications. Varaprath is receiving the award for his contributions in understanding the environmental and biological fate of silicones.

On Sunday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m., John Fenn, 2002 Nobel Laureate in chemistry, will open the meeting and discuss the development of electrospray ionization, a technique that revolutionized the field of mass spectrometry and permitted the analysis of complex molecules such as peptides, proteins and DNA. Mass spectrometry was the technique used to map the human genome.

Other meeting highlights include sessions and poster presentations on cutting edge technology in analytical, bioinorganic, computational, inorganic, organic, physical and polymer chemistry, bioinformatics, nanoscience, surface science, chemical education and history. Presentations include:

Monday, Oct. 20
7 p.m. - Introduction to Forensic Science: chemistry for non-majors
Helen Boylan
Department of Chemistry
Wesminister College
New Wilmington, Penn.
724-946-6293, boylanhm@westminster.edu

Tuesday, Oct. 21
9 a.m. - Atomic level understanding of molecular behavior on surfaces (e.g. semi-conduct/silicon chips, automotive catalytic converters)
John Yates, Jr.
University of Pittsburgh
412-624-8320, jyates@pitt.edu

3 p.m. - A history of polymer science in the Mellon Institute
Gary Patterson
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Penn.
412-268-3324, gp9a@andrew.cm.edu

7 p.m. - In
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Contact: Sharon Worthy
s_worthy@acs.org
202-872-4371
American Chemical Society
17-Oct-2003

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