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2023 (40th annual, 77 presentations, > 150 attendees) 

Committee: Karoline García-Pedraza, Sarah Forney, Karla Ríos, Jaclyn Raymond, Daoyang Zhang, Lahiruni Halwatura, John Michael Aguilar, Jonathan Navarro, Dulan Edirisinghe, Sonali Garg, Damalka Balasuriya, Zuleydian Roche Rivera, Medini Rajapakse, Isra Alam, Kris Hoyt

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Haufler, SCIEX

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jared L. Anderson, Iowa State University and Ames National Laboratory

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo, The University of Toledo

Program: GSS 2023

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2022 (39th annual, 69 presentations, > 140 attendees) 

Committee: Arianna Rothfuss, Sarah Forney, Karoline Garcia, Logan Running, Zoe Marr, Zacheriah Gernold

Keynote Speaker: Professor Prashant V. Kamat, University of Notre Dame

Keynote Speaker: Professor Jeanne E. Pemberton, University of Arizona

Keynote Speaker: Professor Daniel J. Weix, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Program: GSS 2022

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2021 *Virtual* (38th annual, 17 presentations, > 50 attendees) 

Committee: Kevin Zemaitis, Arianna Rothfuss, Logan Running

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lucinda R. Hittle, Merck Research Laboratories

Keynote Speaker: Professor Kathryn E. Knowles, University of Rochester

Program: GSS 2021

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2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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2019 (37th annual, 82 presentations, > 140 attendees) 

Committee: Emily Sekera, Kevin Zemaitis, Kostantinos Plaka, Anthony Cannella, Zackary Gregg, Kayla Mascaro, Vince Pastore, Laura Parisi, Yutong Zhang

Keynote Speaker: Professor Julia Laskin, Purdue University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Andy Borovik, University at California-Irvine

Keynote Speaker: Dr. George L. Grobe III, Bausch and Lomb

Program: GSS 2019

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2018 (36th annual, 90 presentations, > 140 attendees) 

Committee: Anthony Cannella, Eryn Matich, Cory Hauke, Vince Pastore, Cressa Ria Palencia Fulong, Emily Sekera, Anjula Kosswattaarachchi, Kevin Zemaitis

Keynote Speaker: Professor Malika Jeffries-EL, Boston University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Heather Desaire, Kansas University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Felix (Phil) Castellano, North Carolina State University

Program: GSS 2018

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2017 (35th annual, 50 presentations, > 160 attendees) 

Committee: Elizabeth Mullin, Tracey Lewandowski, Cory Hauke, Konstantinos Plakas, Eryn Matich, Hsuan Wu, Anthony Cannella, Zainab Khoder, Corey Damon

Keynote Speaker: Joseph T. Hupp

Keynote Speaker: Martin Burke

Keynote Speaker: Geoffrey Hutchison

Program: GSS 2017

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2016 (34th annual, 97 presentations, >160 attendees)

Committee: Elizabeth Mullin, Tracey Lewandowski, Sidney Coombs, Kyle Banecker, Joel Destino, Caitlyn Gatley, Cory Hauke, Jerod Hurst, Amanda Oldacre, Konstantinos Plakas, Sanghamitra Sengupta, Hsuan Wu

Keynote Speaker: Geoff Coates

Keynote Speaker: Ryan Richards

Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Jockusch

Program: GSS 2016

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2015 (33rd annual, 83 presentations, >165 attendees)

Chairpersons: Sidney Coombs, Joel Destino, Elizabeth Mullin & Kate Pelcher (TAMU)

Keynote Speaker: Professor Daniel Nocera, Harvard University (with encore presentation)

Keynote Speaker: Professor Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Keynote Speaker: Professor Minkui Luo, Cornell University- Sloan Kettering Memorial Research Center

Program: GSS 2015

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2014 (32nd annual, 102 presentations, >150 attendees)

Chairpersons: Joel Destino, Greg Horrocks, Stephen Jacob (U. of Rochester), Elizabeth Mullin & Kate Pelcher

Keynote Speaker: Professor Stephanie Brock, Wayne State University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Chao-Jun Li, McGill University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Meyerhoff, University of Michigan

Program: GSS 2014

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2013 (31st annual, 51 presentations, >90 attendees)

Chairpersons: Joel Destino, Randi Deuro, Greg Horrocks & Kate Pelcher

Keynote Speaker: Professor Raymond Schaak, Pennsylvania State University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Kieron Burke, University of California-Irvine

Keynote Speaker:Professor Brent Sumerlin, University of Florida

Program: GSS 2013

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2012 (30th annual, 82 presentations, >120 attendees)

Chairpersons: Kenneth Kort, Alexandra Orchard & Brian Schultz

Keynote Speaker: Professor Song Jin, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Keynote Speaker: Professor Lisa McElwee-White, University of Florida

Keynote Speaker: Professor Corey R. J. Stephenson, Boston University

Program: GSS 2012

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2011 (29th annual)

Chairpersons: Barb Casavant, Shuklendu Karyakarte, Kenneth Kort & Jennifer Marshall

Keynote Speaker: Professor Susan Kauzlarich, University of California-Davis

Keynote Speaker: Professor Tobias Ritter, Harvard University

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2010 (28th annual, 51 presentations)

Chairpersons: Kathleen Coughlin, Jennifer Marshall, Monissa Paderes & Fatima Sequeira

Keynote Speaker: Professor M. Christina White, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Keynote Speaker: Professor Prashant V. Kamat, University of Notre Dame

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2009 (27th annual, 45 presentations)

Chairpersons: Stephanie Bennett, Brandon Calitree & Mark Rudolph

Keynote Speaker: Professor Jon Njardarson, Cornell University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Galen Stucky, University of California-Santa Barbara

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2008 (26th annual)

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Keynote Speaker: Professor Scott Meiere, Praxair

Keynote Speaker: Professor Robert T. Kennedy, University of Michigan

Keynote Speaker: Professor Brian Fahie, Eli Lilly

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 2007 (25th annual, 52 presentations)

Chairpersons: Christine Klein, Seamus O'Connor & Jose G. Rivera

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dimitra N. Stratis-Cullum, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Keynote Speaker: Professor Richmond Sarpong, University of California-Berkeley

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2006 (24th annual, 76 presentations)

Chairpersons: Jonathan Brekan & Dan Clark

Keynote Speaker: Professor R. Graham Cooks, Purdue University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Sergey A. Kozmin, University of Chicago

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2005 (23rd annual, 78 presentations)

Chairpersons: Danielle McMaster, Carrie Buckley, Sarah Burns & Jennifer Appawu

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Radislav Potyrailo, GE Global Research Center

Keynote Speaker: Professor John L. Wood, Yale University

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2004 (22nd annual, 67 presentations)    

Chairpersons: Jessica France, Ruslan Pryadun, Elizabeth Tehan & Abbas M. Walji

Keynote Speaker: Professor Melissa A. Hines, Cornell University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Justin Du Bois, Stanford University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Jochen Autschbach, University at Buffalo

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2003 (21st annual, 65 presentations)

Chairpersons: Carl Adams, Paul Bigwarfe & Ellen Shughart

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Charles Ross III, Merck Research Laboratories

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Allison A. Campbell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories

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2002 (20th annual, 52 presentations)

Chairpersons: Douglas Smith, Daniel Higbee & Wendy Gardinier

Keynote Speaker: Professor Mark Lautens, University of Toronto

Keynote Speaker: Professor Scott McLuckey, Purdue University

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2001 (19th annual, 70 presentations)

Chairpersons: Derrick W. Lucey, Thomas P. White & Anthony R. Dolan

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Al Sattelberger, Los Alamos National Laboratories

Keynote Speaker: Dr. William Simonsick, Dupont

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2000 (18th annual, 64 presentations)

Chairpersons: Sheila Daniel & Todd Maloney

Keynote Speaker: Professor Fred E. Lytle, Purdue University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Michael P. Doyle, University of Arizona

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1999 (17th annual, 75 presentations)

Chairpersons: Adam M. Hawkridge & Christopher D. Kim

Keynote Speaker: Professor Brian Hoffmann, Northwestern University

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Terrence Vargo, Integument Technologies, Inc. 

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1998* (16th annual, 76 presentations, 152 attended)

Chairpersons: Maureen Kane & Steve Panaro

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Herbert A. Hauptman, Woodward-Hauptman Medical Research Institute

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Robert Opila, Lucent Technologies

Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Burke, Rohm and Haas

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 *Held in conjunction with the UNY-VAC Symposium on Polymer Surfaces

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1997 (15th annual, 67 presentations)

Chairpersons: Rapfeal Alicea-Maldonado & Kimberly Reynolds

Keynote Speaker: Professor Arthur B. Ellis, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Keynote Speaker: Professor Fred W. MacLafferty, Cornell University

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1996 (14th annual, 86 attended)

Chairpersons: Lara Chappell & Chistine Ingersoll

Keynote Speaker: Professor Barbara Sawray, University of California, San Diego

Keynote Speaker: Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon

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1995 (13th annual, 78 attended)

Chair: Emily Niemeyer

Keynote Speaker: Professor Gary M. Hieftje, Indiana University

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Susan E. Kegley, University of California, Berkeley

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1994 (12th annual, 78 attended)

Chair: David Voss

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Donald J. White, Proctor and Gamble Company

Keynote Speaker: Professor George M. Bodner, Purdue University

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1993 (11th annual, 69 attended)

Chair: Fred Safarowic

Keynote Speaker: Dr. George W. Parshall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Stephen Wrighton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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1992 (10th annual, ?? attended)

Chair: Greg Agosto

Keynote Speaker: Dr. ???

Keynote Speaker: Dr. ???

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1991 (9th annual, 77 attended)

Chair: JoAnn Zagrobelny

Keynote Speaker: Professor M. Bonner Denton, University of Arizona

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephen V. Kaye, Oak Ridge National Lab

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1990 (8th annual, 94 attended)

Chairpersons: Cindy Burkhardt & Kevin Litwiler

Keynote Speaker: Professor Marjorie H. Gardner, University of California-Berkeley

Keynote Speaker: Professor Henry Blount, University of Delaware

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1989 (8th annual, 88 attended)

Chair: Linda Kelash

Keynote Speaker: Professor Frank Westheimer, Harvard University

Keynote Speaker: Professor Arthur Diaz, San Jose State University

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1988 (7th annual, 73 attended)

Chairpersons: Marie LoRe, Linda Kelash & John Manka

Keynote Speaker: Dr. F. H. Ebetino, Proctor & Gamble

Keynote Speaker: Professor Jerry March, Adelphi University

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1987 (5th annual, 68 attended)

Chairpersons: John Manka, Mary Marmion, Marie LoRe & Sally Ann Smesko

Keynote Speaker: Professor George H. Morrison, Cornell University

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1986 (4th annual, 65 attended)

Chairpersons: Sally Ann Smesko & John Manka

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1985 (3rd annual, 57 attended)

Chairpersons: Tom Zawodsinski & Tony Lanzalaco

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1984 (2nd, annual, 32 attended)

Chair: Louis Fadel

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1983 (1st annual, ?? attended)

Chair: Louis Fadel