Special Symposia

Symposium

Organizers

Advancement in Electrocatalytic Materials for Energy and Fuel Productions Jun Li (KSU) and Bin Liu (KSU)
Recent Progress in Electrochemical Sensing, Energy Storage, and Synthesis Jun Li (KSU) and Takashi Ito (KSU)
Advances in Catalysis and Methods for Organic Synthesis Socrates Munoz (KSU) and Jon Tunge (KU)
Synthesis and Applications of Functional Polymeric Materials Patricia Calvo (KSU) and Aaron Teater (KU)
Advances in Molecular Probes for Therapeutics Ping Li (KSU) and Brian Geisbrecht (KSU)
Machine Learning for Computational Chemistry Bin Liu (KSU) and Saswata Dasgupta (KSU)
Super-Resolved Spectroscopy: Physical Phenomena in Space and Time Dan Higgins (KSU) and Chris Elles (KU)
Chemistry under Nanoconfinement Takashi Ito (KSU), Tendai Gadzikwa (KSU), and Saswata Dasgupta (KSU)
Theory, Modeling and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems Paul Smith (KSU) and Jeff Comer (KSU)
Midwest Awards Symposium TBA (Nominations due March 31, 2026)
Undergraduate Research Ryan Rafferty (KSU)

In addition to these symposia, the conference will also highlight additional oral and poster sessions in areas including:

Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, Biochemical, Physical, Theoretical, etc.

Nomination information for the ACS Midwest Award is available here: Nomination Information (Note: Nominations are due by March 31, 2026)