Attendees at the 34th Triennial Convention, hosted by Aurum Iodide Chapter, Chicago, IL, June 2023
Dr. Angela K. Wilson,
Michigan State University
2023 Honorary Member
Iota Sigma PI, the National Organization for Women in Chemistry, has selected Dr. Angela K. Wilson, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the department of chemistry of Michigan State University to receive the 2023 National Honorary Member Award. National Honorary Member is the highest award that Iota Sigma Pi bestows triennially on outstanding women chemists for their significant achievements in chemistry.
Dr. Wilson is John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University (MSU), an Associate Dean for strategic initiatives in the MSU College of Natural Science and the Director of the MSU Center for Quantum Computing, Science, and Engineering.
She is also 2022 President of the American Chemical Society (ACS), a member of ACS board of directors, 2016-2018 Director of the Division of Chemistry at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and a recipient of numerous national and international honors that include International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Distinguished Woman in Chemistry and ACS’s Wilfred T. Doherty Award. The award will be presented to Dr. Wilson at the Iota Sigma Pi 2023 Triennial Convention in suburban Chicago in June 2023.
Dr. Annmarie Grover Carlton,
University of California Irvine
2023 Violet Diller Award
Iota Sigma PI, the National Organization for Women in Chemistry, has selected Dr. Annmarie Grover Carlton of University of California Irvine as the recipient of the 2023 Violet Diller Award for Professional Excellence. The Violet Diller award is a triennial professional award and serves to recognize outstanding contributions to chemistry and allied fields by a woman.
Dr. Carlton is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California Irvine. She has earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Rutgers University. After working at the EPA as a Research Scientist, she joined Rutgers University and then University of California Irvine. She also served as a Revelle Fellow to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the White House where she advised policy makers on climate change and air pollution issues.
The award will be presented to Dr. Carlton at the Iota Sigma Pi 2023 Triennial Convention in suburban Chicago.