introducing the american chemical society hungary chapter presenters: prof. andrás guttman prof....

INTRODUCING THE American Chemical Society

Hungary Chapter

Presenters: Prof. András GuttmanProf. Attila E. Pavláth

Prof. Tamás KissProf. Ferenc DarvasDr. György Dormán

Ildikó KovácsLászló Lengyel

Introduction

András GuttmanPresident

About the Chapter

• 65 members• Established in 2003 by Attila Pavlath’s

encouragement, past president of ACS

Overview – I.

• Attila Pavlath: International ACS chapters; first days of the Hungarian chapter; the original goals and his member recruitment efforts; Milestones in Chemistry initiative and exhibition series

• Tamás Kiss: programs of the Chapter, Building of connections with societies; International Year of Chemistry program; presence at conferences

• Ferenc Darvas: connections with ACS and with famous Hungarian scientists in the US; ACS-HU sponsored symposia dubbed as FROST

Overview – II.

• András Guttman: current programs of the Chapter; ACS-HU Csaba Horvath Memorial Lectureship; plans for the following years

• György Dormán: tradition of chemical sciences in Hungary

• Ildikó Kovács and László Lengyel: contribution of young members and how the Chapter supports young chemists

Mission Statement

• Mission: – promote the dissemination of chemistry and

related fields to facilitate interfacing between the public and academia/industry

– provide forums to address challenges in chemistry and related fields

– utilize the experience and networks of the chapter members coming from industry, academia, and regulatory bodies

Vision Statement

• Vision:– ACS-HC is a premier non-profit scientific society

facilitating the interaction among industry and academic professionals in chemistry and related fields

HOW THE CHAPTER WAS BORN!

Attila E. Pavlath ACS PRESIDENT, 2001(Attila@pavlath.org)

Statue of Albert

von Szent-Györgyi

Milestones in Chemistry around Hungary

TECHNOLOGY MILESTONES FROM THE CHEMIST’S VIEW

This Exhibition is a processed version of the gallery `Technological Milestones’,

prepared by members of the American Chemical Society under the

chairmanship of professor Attila Pavlath.

The Exhibition was made in 2007

at the Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Hungary

By

Nora Rideg, undergraduate student,

Supervised by

Veronika Nemeth, assistant professor

The Exhibition was sponsored by the

Hungarian Chemical Society (MKE)

and by the

American Chemical Society

Easily Portable 32-poster Display

• Amharic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Danish,Estonian, Finnish, French. German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian. Polish, Portuguese, Punjab, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

italic ones indicate almost finished status

Starting Activities

Tamás KissFirst President of ACS-HU

First Years

• Finding a place to the Chapter among other communities

• Make it legitim and public• Introductory Section in the Annual

Conference of the Hungarian Chemists

Chemical Landmark Project

• 1993-1995• Translation to Hungarian, make it visually

more professional for pupils• Collaboration with University of Szeged and

the Hungarian Chemical Society → poster exhibition

1st National Conference on Chemistry

• Poster award from IUPAC at the 1st National Conference on Chemistry in 2011 -> Attila Pavlath’s talk

International Activities

Ferenc DarvasPast Chairman of the ACS Hungary

Chapter (2005 – 2010)

Goals

• fostering the relationships between the ACS and the Hungarian scientific community

• turning the attention towards innovation and new emerging areas of chemistry

Dr. E. Ann Nalley

President of ACS

Dr. Tamara Nameroff

Prof. Jay SiegelProf. Richard R. Schrock

Dr. Yvonne C. Martin

Invited lecturers

Prof. Barry Karger

Hungarian and International Symposia

• The Day of Chemistry – 2005• FROST (Frontiers in Organic Chemistry) Short

Course series in Budapest– Enabling Chemistry Technologies – 2007– Progress in Flow Chemistry - 2009

2007 2009

Csaba Horváth Memorial Lectureship

Prof. Barry Karger with András Guttman

Lecture:

New Approaches to Protein Structure Analysis for the Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Next lectureship presentation: 2012

Lectures and Yearly Dinners

Computer Assisted Molecular Design: Lead

Hopping with Confidence

Dr. Yvonne C. Martin

Strategic Objectives

- Bring the right topics to the table – utilizing our unique knowledge of all fields in chemistry.

- Propagate forums to meet needs/challenges in chemistry and related fields.

- Nurturing scientists, teachers, students, user/technicians and technology.- Providing opportunities for interaction between industry, students,

regulatory, etc.- Conduct efficient, professional, fiscally responsible operations.- Develop communications strategies to enable exchange and

dissemination of information via our website.- Establish a culture that supports the professional growth of our members.

Financials

György DormánTreasurer of the Chapter

Hungarian born Nobel Laureates related to

ChemistryGeorge C. de Hevesy,(Stockholm) Nobel Laureate, 1943

Pioneer of radiotracers

George A. Olah(Univ. Southern California)Nobel Laureate, 1994

Discovery and application of carbocations

Albert von Szent-Györgyi (Univ. Szeged, Nobel Laureate, in Physiology or Medicine, 1937)(later at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA)

Discovery and isolation of Vitamine C

Other famous Hungarian chemists having achievements in the USA

Prof. Csaba Horváth (Yale)(1930 – 2004)

Inventor of high performance liquid chromatography, 1965

Gabor A. Somorjai (UC Berkeley)(1935–)

„Father” of Surface chemistry

Young Scientists

Ildikó Kovács László Lengyel

Hungary and Young Scientists – I.

Young Scientist Poster Award

on FROST2 2009

Hungary and Young Scientists – II.

Lifelong Learning

Hungary

Summary• Cultivate the good relationship between chemists in the US and

Hungary,• Help make ACS more known and to organize ACS courses, workshops,

conferences in Hungary,• Make the Society more recognized and popular among Hungarian

chemists worldwide,• Make the activity of ACS more known among Hungarian chemists and

that of the Hungarian partner organization among Hungarian chemists living in the US,

• Represent the scientific interests of Hungarian chemists living temporarily in the US,

• Spread/distribute/translate ACS publications in Hungary.