"ACS on Campus" held successfully

On June 6, 2019, the "ACS on Campus" jointly organized by the School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology (SPST) and the American Chemical Society (ACS) was successfully held at Tianjin University. Eiichi Nakamura, Associate editor ofJournal of the American Chemical Society, Ke Ding, Associate editor ofJournal of Medicinal Chemistry, and Professor Jay Siegel, Dean of SPST, Tianjin University attended the event. More than 200 students from 12 universities at home and abroad were present at the event, including students from the National University of Singapore and the Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The event was chaired by Dr. Zheng Chunxiao, Director of Strategic and Scientific Development of ACS China. Professor Eiichi Nakamura and Professor Ke Ding each delivered an academic report in the fields of chemistry and medicine respectively and shared their research achievements and insights into their research careers. The two editors talked about how to become better authors, reviewers and correspondents.

Prof. Jay Siegel, Dean of SPST, introduced the development of the ACS Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (abbreviated as Jingjinji) Chapter and the Student Chapter. Since its establishment in December 2016, the Jingjinji Chapter has hosted conferences and activities like "Chemistry Festival", "Nobel Prize Campus Tour", "ACS Jingjinji Exchange", and “Meet the American Chemical Society" and built a good reputation among teachers, students and the general public. It has won the Global Contribution Award from the ACS twice successively. Subsequently Mr. Jinhai Kuang, the Account Consultant of Chemical Abstract Service introduced how to use SciFinder tools to carry out research work. Ms. Sissi Zhang, Senior Human Resources Manager from Bono Technologies, shared career development experience with students.

As one of the key outreach projects of the American Chemical Society, the ACS on Campus has been launched in hundreds of universities around the world since 2010, aiming at helping students, postdoctoral students and teachers develop their careers.

By SPST

Editors: Eva Yin & Doris Harrington