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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
Institutions Represented:
- University of Akron
- University of Toledo
- Brock University
- University of Waterloo
- Youngstown State University
- University of Rochester
- Stony Brook University
- SUNY Binghamton
- Syracuse University
- Boston University
- Queen's University
- University of Connecticut
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
Institutions Represented:
- University at Albany
- Brock University
- Clarkson University
- Cleveland State University
- Concordia University
- University of Connecticut
- Ohio State University
- SUNY Oswego
- Queen's University
- University of Rochester
- SUNY ESF
- University of Strathclyde
- Syracuse University
- University of Toledo
- University of Western Ontario
- Youngstown State University
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
Institutions Represented:
- Buffalo State College
- Cleveland State University
- Central Michigan University
- McMaster University
- University of Connecticut
- University of Miami
- Duquesne University
- Gdansk University of Technology-Poland
- Indiana University-Purdue University
- University of Maryland
- University of Rochester
- Syracuse University
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
Institutions Represented:
- Boston College
- Brock University
- Case Western University
- Clarkson University
- Cleveland State University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Kent State University
- McMaster University
- New York University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Penn State University Chemistry
- Queens University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- University at Albany
- SUNY-ESF
- Syracuse University
- University of Connecticut
- University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
- University of Massachusetts Boston
- University of Rochester
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
- Wayne State University
- York University
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
Institutions Represented:
- Boston College
- Brock University
- Case Western University
- Cleveland State University
- Clarkson University
- SUNY-ESF
- University of Massachusetts-Boston
- McMaster University
- New York University
- Queens University
- University of Rochester
- Syracuse University
- University of Maryland
- University of Toledo
- University of Toronto
- University of Western Ontario
- Wayne State University
- York University
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
Institutions Represented:
- Case Western University
- Cleveland State University
- University of Connecticut
- Clarkson University
- Cornell University
- Drexel University
- Eastern Michigan University
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
- McMaster University
- Miami University-Ohio
- University of Michigan
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of Pittsburgh
- Queens University
- University of Rochester
- SUNY-Oswego
- Syracuse University
- University of Toronto
- University of Western Ontario
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
Institutions Represented:
- Case Western University
- University of Connecticut
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Clarkson University
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
Institutions Represented:
- Brock University
- Brown University
- University of California
- Case Western University
- University of Connecticut
- Cornell University
- Clarkson University
- Duquesne University
- Environmental Protection Agency
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University
- SUNY- Oswego
- University of Pittsburgh
- Syracuse University
- University of Toronto
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
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
Institutions Represented:
- McMaster University
- Syracuse University
- University of Toledo
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1984 (2nd, annual, 32 attended)
Chair: Louis Fadel
Institutions Represented:
- University of Toronto
- University of Rochester
1983 (1st annual, ?? attended)
Chair: Louis Fadel