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2025 Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) Annual Symposium

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The 2025 Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) Annual Symposium unites leaders from academia, industry, and entrepreneurship to exchange insights and celebrate innovation in chemistry and related fields.


This year’s program features opening remarks by Dr. Chris Bodurow, keynote talks by Dr. Yong Wang and Dr. H. N. Cheng, presentations by CACS awardees Dr. Zhiling (Zach) Zheng, Dr. Allen Chan, and Dr. Yuan Cheng, and an engaging Career Development and Entrepreneurship Panel. Emerging researchers will also share their work through lightning presentations, showcasing creativity and excellence among young professionals.


Join us for a stimulating half-day event of science, leadership, and networking—advancing collaboration and innovation across the chemical sciences community.


Yunlong Zhang, Ph.D., 2025 President

Wei Gao, Ph.D., 2025 President-Elect

Qiong Yuan, Ph.D., CACS Board Chair

Xiaozhou (John) Zhang, Ph.D., Chair of Organizing Committee




Theme: Connecting Academia, Industry, and Entrepreneurship in Chemistry and Beyond

Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025

Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM (EST)

Format: Virtual (Zoom)

Host: Chi Wang


Program

11:00 – 11:15 AM | Opening Remarks

Moderator: Chi Wang, CACS

  • 11:00 – 11:15 | Welcome by Dr. Yunlong Zhang (President) and Dr. Qiong Yuan (Board Chair); Introduction to CACS and symposium goals.


11:15 – 11:25 AM | Opening Address by SVP of the Indiana Bioscience Research Institute

Moderator: Qiong Yuan, CAS

  • 11:15 – 11:25 | Dr. Chris Bodurow — Opening Address.

11:25 – 11:35 AM | Award Announcements

Moderator: Qiong Yuan, CAS

  • 11:25 – 11:35 | Recognition of CACS Annual Award Recipients.

11:35 – 12:25 AM | Keynote Presentations

Moderator: Yunlong Zhang, Aramco

  • 11:35 – 12:00 | Dr. Yong Wang (Outstanding Achievement Awardee, The Regents Professor of Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at Washington State University, Acting Director of Institute for Integrated Catalysis (IIC) and a Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest University.) — Catalysis: Transforming Energy, Chemicals, Environment

  • 12:00 – 12:25 | Dr. H. N. Cheng (Outstanding Achievement Awardee, Retired Scientist, USDA Agricultural Research Service) — Innovation with Renewable Polymers: Use of Triglycerides

12:25 AM – 1:10 PM | CACS Annual Symposium Presentations

Moderator: Wei Gao, Merck

  • 12:25 – 12:40 | Dr. Zhiling (Zack) Zheng (Rising Star Awardee, Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis) — Large Language Models for Metal–Organic Framework Research

  • 12:40 – 12:55 | Dr. Allen Chan (Rising Star Awardee, Scientist II, Balazs Nanoanalysis Air Liquide) — Decoding the Options: My Journey Bridging Academia, Industry, and Entrepreneurship

  • 12:55 – 1:10 | Dr. Yuan Cheng (Extraordinary Service Awardee, Associate Director, Regeneron) — Journey with CACS

1:10 – 1:20 PM | Break 


1:20 – 2:00 PM | Career Development, Leadership & Entrepreneurship Panel

Moderator: Dujuan Lu, SGS

Panelists: 

  • Dr. Zach Zheng (Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis), 

  • Dr. Allen Chan (Scientist II, Balazs Nanoanalysis Air Liquide)

  • Dr. Xizhe Zhao (Senior Scientist, Insmed Incorporated)

  • Dr. Yuan Cheng (Associate Director, Regeneron)

  • Dr. Ran He (Founder, THC Lawyers)

2:00 – 2:15 PM | Young Professional Lightning Presentations

Moderator: Kunyu Wang

  • 2:00 – 2:05 | Dr. Kunyu Wang — Chemical Construction of Molecular Truss Lattices with Tunable Topologies

  • 2:05 – 2:10 | Dr. Jong Bin Kim — Multi-Modal Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomer Tubes Having High Mechanochromic Sensitivity

  • 2:10 – 2:15 | Dr. Feng Xie — Metal–Organic Frameworks for Chemical Separations


2:15 – 2:45 PM | Meet Regional CACS Leaders & Networking

Moderator: Dr. Xiaomao Wu (KEF), Dr. Ying Yu (Dow), and Dr. Huping Luo (Chevron)

  • Informal networking and connections with regional CACS leaders

2:45 – 3:00 PM | Closing Remarks

Moderator: Yunlong Zhang & Wei Gao

  • Reflections and announcements for next year’s symposium.



 
 
 

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