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Get to Know a Member: Kim Woznack
1. What is your work and ACS (if applicable) title?
Professor, Pennsylvania Western University – California
Councilor for the Pittsburgh Local Section, Member of the LSAC (Local Section Activities Committee,) and Chair of LSAC Committee on Grants & Awards
2. How many years have you been in the ACS?
26 years
3. What is the biggest benefit of ACS Membership?
Connecting with other chemists locally and around the world
4. What did you want to be when you were a child?
When I was a child, I wanted to be a surgeon, but I found myself too squeamish!
5. What made you fall in love with Chemistry?
I think I fell in love with chemistry, when I realized that all the objects (and people) I interacted with in everyday life were made up of atoms from the elements on the periodic table.
6. What is your favorite part of your career or job?
My favorite part of my job is helping students learn chemistry when they don’t think they can at first.
7. Which chemist, past or present, would you like to meet and why?
If I could meet any chemist, past or present, I would like to meet Dr. Marie Maynard Daly. Dr. Daly was the first African-American woman to earn her Ph.D. in chemistry in 1947. While she passed away in 2003, I would have enjoyed hearing about her experiences, including struggles and successes as she was a pioneer overcoming societal barriers.
Call for Nominations: Pittsburgh Award and Distinguished Service Award
Nominations for both awards are solicited from the membership of the Pittsburgh Section. Nomination packets and more information about the awards, including information on past
winners, can be found on the Pittsburgh ACS website: https://pittsburghacs.org/awards/
Please send all nominations (or questions about nomination process) to Pittsburgh Section Chair-Elect, Samuel Leung, [email protected].
2024 CERM: Call for Award Nominations
The Pittsburgh ACS Section is hosting the ACS Central Regional Meeting in November in Pittsburgh. We will be awarding a number of awards. Please apply! Applications are due by August 1, 2024. For more information, visit acscerm2024.org.
Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences
The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals and/or institutions who have advanced diversity in the chemical sciences and significantly stimulated or fostered activities that promote inclusiveness within the region.
E. Ann Nalley CERM Region Award for Volunteer Service to the American Chemical Society
The purpose of this award is to recognize the volunteer efforts of individuals who have served the American Chemical Society, contributing significantly to the goals and objectives of the Society through their Regional Activities.
DivCHED High School Teaching Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding teachers of high school chemistry in the Central Region.
Women Chemists Committee: Global Women’s Breakfast
The Pittsburgh WCC is hosting a Global Women’s Breakfast on February 24 at 11 AM at Seton Hill University.
Get to Know a Member: Heather Juzwa
1. What is your work and ACS (if applicable) title?
Senior Field Sales Engineer, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc.
ACS Pittsburgh Section Director
2. How many years have you been in the ACS?
24 years
3. What is the biggest benefit of ACS Membership?
The ACS has been a huge blessing to my life. I’ve met remarkable people, made cherished friends, and gotten to hone skillsets I don’t normally get to use in my career.
4. What did you want to be when you were a child?
I was convinced I’d be a teacher. I used to make lesson plans for the summer and make my little sister go to “basement school” every day. Poor girl!
5. What made you fall in love with Chemistry?
My 10th grade Chemistry Teacher, Mrs. Roscoe, made me fall in love with chemistry. She made Chemistry exciting, and when she did her stoichiometry lesson, magic happened for me!
6. How did you get into your current position?
As a Senior at Pitt, I was a student aide working in the Employment Bureau at Pittcon. At that time, everything was paper, and all the HR representatives were telling me to be in sales as I shuffled resumes and scheduling cards around the bureau. I was adamantly against this because sales reps annoy me. But here I am, almost 25 years later, still a sales rep. The difference with me is that I don’t feel like a sales rep at all. I feel like a problem solver, a customer advocate, and a vessel to promote science anywhere I can!
7. What is your favorite book and why?
I love Simon Sinek’s Start with Why (How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action). I love being inspired by people and studying what inspires others to achieve.
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Central Regional Meeting (CERM) 2024
Central Regional Meeting (CERM) 2024
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