Chris Beasley and Gamry step up to today’s challenges

Chris Beasley is upbeat about the future while recognizing the challenges of the present. He is Marketing Manager in Electrochemistry at Gamry Instruments where he has worked for 10 years. Gamry Instruments designs and builds precision electrochemical instrumentation and accessories. Chris received his BS magna cum laude in Chemistry from Kutztown University in 2000 and completed his PhD in Chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010. 

Gamry is an ECS Institutional Member at the Benefactor Level. Chris serves on the ECS Sponsorship Committee. (more…)

StorageX International Symposium

An Online Series on Energy Storage

Sponsored by Stanford’s StorageX Initiative

Join Stanford StorageX for an interactive symposium series on the latest advances and breakthrough research in energy storage. (more…)

ECS is proud to present Chad D. Vecitis via webinar on August 26, 2020, at 1:00 pm ET.

Removal and Inactivation of Bacterial and Viral Species with an Electrochemical CNT Filter

Presenter: Chad D. Vecitis
CTO and Co-Founder of Nth Cycle
Date: August 26, 2020
Time: 1-2 pm ET (more…)

Jean-Michel Savéant, Emeritus Professor at Université de Paris, France, and former Research Director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), passed away on August 16th, 2020, at the age of 86. He was a giant of electrochemistry, combining a strong personality with extreme rigor and elegance in his work, deep creativity, and a communicative enthusiasm for ceaselessly exploring the frontiers of knowledge and chemical sciences.

Savéant’s scientific career is the story of the founding and development of molecular electrochemistry. He pioneered and developed most aspects of the field, from instrumentation to theoretical aspects and practical applications. (more…)

Volume one of this focus issue is a collection of papers accepted to the International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS) which has been postponed to 2021. The deadline to submit papers for volume one has been extended to September 18, 2020.

Volume one of this focus issue is accepting papers covering topics related to the planned symposia from IMCS, which includes: (more…)

Marca Doeff finds opportunities in tough times

Marca Doeff, Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), is also Deputy Division Director of LBNL Energy Storage and Distributed Resources. During the shut-in, she works at her dining room table with a view of San Francisco Bay. She describes San Francisco without traffic, developing coping skills, and new research funding opportunities. A former chair of the ECS Battery Division, she is now Secretary of the ECS Board.

The pause that refreshes

“I used to commute to my office every day and complained constantly about the terrible Bay Area traffic. Now I only go in once a week to check on things and make sure nothing’s blown up. It’s ironic because there’s no traffic! I work almost exclusively from home and commute from the bedroom to the dining room. Working from home is not all it’s cracked up to be. I miss my routine and contact with my colleagues and post-docs. Although I meet and speak with people regularly through Zoom and other platforms, it’s not the same as face-to-face—but it is better than complete isolation. (more…)

Don’t let a lack of funds limit presenting in PRIME 2020!

Many ECS divisions and sections provide travel grants to qualified biannual meeting presenters. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, these travel grant awards can now defray PRIME 2020 presenters’ registration fees.

View Travel Grant Information and Apply

Application deadline:  August 17, 2020 (more…)

Deadline is August 28, 2020

Don’t miss the last opportunity to promote your organization at PRiME 2020. The event’s move to an on-demand online/digital event offers great new opportunities for exhibitors and sponsors. Most importantly, access to all of the program’s technical presentations will be freely available to the entire global community, ensuring record-breaking participation. The deadline to secure sponsorships and exhibitions is August 28, 2020. (more…)

Ram Manthiram urges the science community to step up

In our series, The ECS Community Adapts and Advances, Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram urges the science community to be proactive in confronting the pandemic and climate change challenges threatening the global community. Ram is Director of the Texas Materials Institute and the Materials Science and Engineering Program at the University of Texas Austin (UTAUS). He holds a co-appointment as the Joe C. Walter Chair in Engineering and Jack S. Josey Professor in Energy Studies. Ram’s research group focuses on the design and development of affordable, efficient, durable materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage—specifically, batteries and fuel cells—to address global energy and environmental challenges. (more…)

Deadline: October 1, 2020

The Carl Wagner Memorial Award was established in 1980 to recognize mid-career achievement, excellence in research areas of interest to the Society, and significant contributions in the teaching or guidance of students or colleagues in education, industry, or government.

The award consists of a silver medal and a corresponding wall plaque; $7,500 (USD); complimentary meeting registration for the award recipient and companion; a dinner held in the recipient’s honor during the designated meeting: and Society Life Membership. The next Wagner Award will be recognized at the 239th ECS Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, in October 2021. There the recipient will deliver a general address on a subject related to the contributions for which the award is being presented. (more…)