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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

Institutions Represented:

• University at Albany

• Binghamton University

• Boston University

• Brock University

• Clarkson University

• University of Connecticut

• Cornell University

• Lehigh University

• University of Michigan

• Université de Montréal

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Rochester Institute of Technology

• University of Rochester

• Syracuse University

• The University of Toledo

• Tufts University

• University of Vermont

• University of Waterloo

• Western Michigan University

• The University of Western Ontario

• West Virginia University

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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

Institutions Represented:

• Binghamton University

• Carnegie Mellon University

• Clarkson University

• University of Connecticut

• Cornell University

• Dartmouth College

• UMass Dartmouth

• SUNY ESF

• The George Washington University

• Lehigh University

• University of Michigan

• University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• University of New Hampshire

• New York University

• The Ohio State University

• University of Pittsburgh

• University of Rochester

• Syracuse University

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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

Institutions Represented:

• University at Buffalo only

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2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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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

Institutions Represented:

• McMaster University

• University of Toronto

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2008 (26th annual)

Chairpersons:  

Keynote Speaker: Professor Scott Meiere, Praxair

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

Keynote Speaker: Professor Brian Fahie, Eli Lilly

Institutions Represented:

• University of Aalborg-Denmark

• Brock University

• Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA)-Spain 

• McMaster University

• University of Pittsburgh

• Syracuse University

• University of Toronto

• University of Waterloo

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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

Institutions Represented:

• McMaster University

• University of Toronto

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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

Institutions Represented:

• McMaster University

• Syracuse University

• Brock University

• Purdue University

• University of Chicago

• SUNY Fredonia

• SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

• University of Rochester

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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

Institutions Represented:

• McMaster University

• Syracuse University

• University of Rochester

• University of Waterloo

• Cornell University

• University of Durham

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute

• Buffalo State College

• The University of Western Ontario

• Bu-Ali Sina 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

Institutions Represented:

• Brock University

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Toronto

• York University

• McMaster 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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Arizona

• McMaster University

• Purdue University

• The University of Western Ontario

• York University

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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. 

Institutions Represented:

• Binghamton University

• McMaster University

• Syracuse University

• York University

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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

Institutions Represented:

• Brock University

• Duquense University

• McMaster University

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute

• York University

• SUNY-Binghamton

 *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

Institutions Represented:

• Brock University

• Buffalo State University

• McMaster University

• Pennsylvania State University

• University of Rochester

• Tufts University

• York 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

Institutions Represented:

• McMaster University

• Clarkson University

• York University

• University of Vermont

• Wayne State University

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• University of Toronto

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• University of Toledo

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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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Michigan

• University of Toronto

• McGill University

• Northeastern University

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine

• Penn State University

• Eastern Michigan University

• Clarkson University

• Syracuse University

• Ohio State University

• University of Western Ontario

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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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Pittsburgh

• Brown University

• Brandeis University

• McMaster University

• Clark University

• University of Western Ontario

• Clarkson University

• University of Windsor

• University of Connecticut

• SUNY Stony Brook

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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)

Institutions Represented:

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• University of Toronto

• SUNY at Binghamton

• Carnegie Mellon University

• McMaster University

• University of Pittsburgh

• University of Western Ontario

• Case Western Reserve University

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1992 (10th annual, ?? attended)

Chair: Greg Agosto

Keynote Speaker: Dr. ???

Keynote Speaker: Dr. ???

Institutions Represented:

• Alfred University

• Boston College

• Brown University

• Buffalo State College

• Indian University of Pennsylvania

• Kent State University

• McGill University

• Ohio State University

• SUNY of Binghamton

• University of Minnesota

• University of New Hampshire

• University of Toronto, Erindale College

• University of Toronto

• University of Western Ontario

• University of Windsor

• Western Kentucky University

• York University

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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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Toronto

• University of New Hampshire

• York University

• University of Waterloo

• Ohio State University

• University of Windsor

• Dartmouth College

• Clarkson University

• Adelphia University

• University of Rochester

• Columbia University

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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

Institutions Represented:

• Buffalo State College

• Clark University

• Erindale College - University of Toronto

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• McMaster University

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute

• SUNY at Buffalo

• Tufts University

• University of Guelph

• University of New Hampshire

• University of Toronto

• University of Waterloo

• University of Western Ontario

• Yale University

• York University

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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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Pittsburgh

• University of Toronto

• University of New Hampshire

• University of Waterloo

• University of Western Ontario

• University of Guelph

• McMaster University

• University of Delaware

• University of Rochester

• Bharathidason University

• Roswell Park Memorial Institute

• SUNY of Binghamton

• Case Western Reserve 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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Waterloo

• University of Guelph

• McMaster University

• Syracuse University

• Roswell Park Medical Institute

• Carnegie Mellon University

• University of Western Ontario

• University of Rochester

• Case Western Reserve University

• University of Toronto

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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

Institutions Represented:

• University of Toronto

• University of Guelph

• University of Rochester

• McMaster University

• Clarkson University

• Rensselear Polytechnic Institute

• Case Western Reserve University

• Yale University

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1986 (4th annual, 65 attended)

Chairpersons: Sally Ann Smesko & John Manka

Institutions Represented:

• University of Toronto

• Erindale College

• University of Rochester

• University of Guelph

• McMaster University

• SUNY Binghamton

• Ohio State University

• Case Western Reserve University

• Bowling Green University

• Cornell University

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1985 (3rd annual, 57 attended)

Chairpersons: Tom Zawodsinski & Tony Lanzalaco

Institutions Represented:

• Case Western Reserve University

• University of Rochester

• University of Toronto

• University of Guelph

• McMaster University

• Cornell University

• York University

• Syracuse University

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1984 (2nd, annual, 32 attended)

Chair: Louis Fadel

Institutions Represented:

• University of Toronto

• University of Rochester

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1983 (1st annual, ?? attended)

Chair: Louis Fadel