Speaker: Professor W. Pat Arnott, Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno

Monday, March 11, 2013, Social Gathering 5:30 p.m., Dinner 6:00 p.m., Presentation ca 7 p.m.

Dandelion Deli and Cafe, 1170 S Wells #2 (at Wonder St.), $15 members & guests, $10 students. Entree choices: Sherry Chicken or Vegetarian Lasagna. Please RSVP with entree choice to Kent Ervin (ervin@unr.edu)

2012 Section Meetings & Events

• February 27, 2012 Survival and Defense at the Molecular Level, Professor Christopher Jeffrey, Deparment of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno
• March 24, 2012, Chemistry Olympiad local exam, Coral Academy of Science (co-sponsor).
• April 2, 2012, Nature as a Problem Solver: Creative Innovation in Biological Evolution and Human Design, Professor Tom Nickles, Department of Philosophy, University of Nevada, Reno.
• April 21, 2012, Chemistry Olympiad national exam, Davidson Mathematics and Science Center, University of Nevada. Co-sponsored by Sierra Nevada ACS, Department of Chemistry, and Coral Academy of Science.
• May 20, 2012, Awards for Outstanding High School Chemistry Students, DMS 102
• October 9, 2012, The Challenge of Tropospheric Ozone, Dr. Dan Jaffe, University of Washington (joint meeting with the Air and Waste Management Association)
• December 7, 2012, Annual Holicay Reception and Winetasting Event

Section Officers (2012)

• Chair: Brian Frost (frostunr.edu)
• Chair-Elect: Joseph Cline (clineunr.edu)
• Secretary/Treasurer: Kent M. Ervin (ervinunr.edu)
• Councilor: (vacant)
• Alternate Councilor: Mario A. Alpuche (malpucheunr.edu

The Sierra Nevada Distinguished Chemist Award

Awardees:
1993: Professor Dudley R. Hershbach, Harvard University
1995: Professor Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology
1997: Professor W. Carl Lineberger, University of Colorado, Boulder
1999: Professor George M. Whitesides, Harvard University
2001: Professor Richard N. Zare, Stanford University
2003: Professor Graham Fleming, University of California, Berkeley
2005: Professor Jack Norton, Columbia University
2007: Professor Maurice Brookhart, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2009: Professor Kenneth D. Karlin, Johns Hopkins University
2011: Professor Alan Balch, University of California, Davis

Section Archives

Officers and programs from previous years.

American Chemical Society
• University of Nevada, Chemistry Department
• University of Nevada, Chemical & Materials Engineering Department
• University of Nevada, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department
• University of Nevada, Reno