Professional Experience: Graduate Research Assistant at Howard University, Smith Lab Education: PhD Student at Howard University Volunteer Activities: One of my favorite volunteer activities was helping CSW host the local section booth at the National ACS meeting, held in Washington, D.C., this August. It was a great opportunity to connect […]
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Chemistry Olympiad High Honors and Honors Although none of our students were selected for the international team, we did have an exciting update on test scoring over the summer! We are proud to announce that six of our seventeen students made the honor roll list for the US National Chemistry […]
On Monday night, August 18, CSW’s eight 8 Project SEED students presented their posters at the ACS 2025 Fall Conference. Over 70 posters were shared in the Project SEED session, representing the largest number in ACS history at a national meeting! Before the ceremony, students had spent the day connecting […]
This year, CSW was nominated for three ChemLuminary awards. Winners were announced during ACS Fall 2025 Meeting, on August 17, 2025. We are very happy to announce that CSW was selected as the winner for Outstanding Local Section Career Program Award! This award is selected by the Committee on Economic […]
Meet Carissa Hunter, Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at George Mason University and avid world traveler. Carissa is helping to reactivate the Chemical Society of Washington’s local section YCC (LSYCC). Read more…
The annual election of Officers, Councilors, and Managers-At-Large of the Chemical Society of Washington will be held in October/November 2025 in accordance with the Bylaws and Standing Rules of the Section. All eligible CSW Members are invited and encouraged to submit nominations for the open positions. Self-nomination is acceptable. Elected […]
Professional Experience: Education: PhD Candidate in Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University Volunteer Activities: I volunteer in a few different groups for chemistry-related activities, including mentoring, project seed, and CSW. I love all my positions, but I especially like working with CSW to create events as the YCC co-chair […]
Greetings CSW Members, It is with great reverence that I take over the helm of this wonderful and storied organization. Since joining the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) in 2011, and the CSW Board in 2015, this organization has become a very important part of my scientific world. I have […]