2022 Victor K. LaMer Award
for graduate research in colloid and surface chemistry
$3,000 PRIZE
The Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry of the American Chemical Society invites nominations for the Victor K. LaMer Award for Graduate Research in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. The Award prize is $3,000 and a certificate. The 53rd of these annual awards is to be presented at the 96th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium.
ELIGIBILITY:
The award is for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis accepted by a US or Canadian university during the three year period September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2021. The nomination process is electronic, and previous years’ nominations must be resubmitted.
NOMINATION:
A nomination may be made by the thesis advisor or anyone familiar with the nominee’s work. The following items must be emailed as four separate or a single PDF files to Matthew Helgeson: 1) the nomination letter, 2) the PhD thesis, 3) a supporting letter from an additional person and 4) a curriculum vitae of the nominee. The nomination material must be received by January 15, 2022.
CRITERIA:
1 The judges will consider originality, significance, quality, and other criteria normally accepted in evaluation of scientific work.
2 Special attention will be paid to the contribution of the student as distinct from the contribution of the advisor. The nomination should clearly differentiate the two efforts.
3 The potential and promise of the student as a future investigator will be considered. Therefore, achievement by the student prior to and after completion of the thesis may be discussed. PDFs of papers published after the thesis will be helpful.
Please email PDFs of nomination package to:
Prof. Matthew E. Helgeson
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080
Phone: 805-893-3372
Email: helgeson@ucsb.edu