2025 Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) Annual Symposium
- 焜昱 王
- 10月25日
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已更新：10月26日
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 keynote talks by Dr. Yong Wang and Dr. H. N. Cheng, presentations by CACS awardees Dr. 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, ACS Publications
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 ACS President-Elect
Moderator: Qiong Yuan, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
11:15 – 11:25 | Dr. Chris Bodurow — Opening Address.
11:25 – 11:35 AM | Award Announcements
Moderator: Qiong Yuan, Chemical Abstracts Service (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. Zach 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: Chi Wang & Qiong Yuan
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.