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Chair: Yi Du, duyidoit@gmail.com
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2026 Lehigh Valley ACS WCC Event
Beyond the Lab: Painting Your Career in Science
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm on November 5th, 2026
Location: Painting with a twist, 3650 Nazareth Pike Unit 4, Bethlehem, PA 18020
For whom: Women chemists at all career stages
How to participate: Free! Registration required: link
Hosts: Dr. Yi Du, Cedar Crest College and Dr. Jade Wang, ExxonMobil
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LVACS Women Chemists Do Chocolate!
Our local ACS women chemists learned about chocolate chemistry from cocoa meister Jeanne Berk and made some pretty fantastic molded treats at Christmas City Chocolates, LV, in Bethlehem Township March 13th! [no sign of friggatriskaidekaphobia here!] Many thanks to WCC chair Yi Du for hosting us.
We are pleased to introduce Indu Kheterpal as the new Chair of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Women Chemists Committee (WCC) for 2026. Indu Kheterpal currently serves as the Head of Global Quality at Albemarle Corporation. She is widely recognized for her strong leadership skills and her commitment to advancing the mission of the ACS through various roles. Read more about Indu.
The WCC introduced members to the art of mosaic making at Smartivities studio in a holiday event at the Promenade Shops in Lower Saucon Township December 17th, 2025.
Great Event for the LVACS Women Chemists Committee April 30th 2025 at Painting with a Twist in Bethlehem! Thanks to Yi Du, LVACS WCC Chair, career panelists Dan Wu from Dow and Sara Yacob from ExxonMobil and our painting muse, Jean, for putting us all in the picture!
Chair: Steven Boyer, sboyer11@esu.edu
Mini-ChemLuminary Award Spring 2025
East Stroudsburg University Student Affiliate Chemistry Club
East Stroudsburg University STEM Club
Photo: Evan Simmons, Lukas Bradley and James Heath with Dr. Steven Boyer, advisor
Five undergraduate students from Lehigh Valley ACS Colleges received the $150 George Ruger LVACS Travel Scholarship Award to attend the 2025 Spring ACS Meeting
LVACS Communities Contacts
Yi Du, Chair, Women Chemists Committee, duyidoit@gmail.com
Steve Boyer, Chair, Younger Chemists Committee, sboyer11@esu.edu
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