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News — WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2024 — American Chemical Society (ACS) President Mary K. Caroll will issue a statement on the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry after the official announcement is made from Stockholm on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Many past winners of the chemistry prize have been ACS members and authors of research papers published in ACS’ suite of more than 80 peer-reviewed scientific journals.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, plans to announce this year’s winner(s) around 5:45 a.m. ET on Oct. 9. Carroll will be available for Zoom interviews that day from 6:15 to 10 a.m. ET. Journalists interested in talking with Carroll must schedule an interview in advance by contacting the ACS newsroom by 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Scheduling will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Carroll is the Dwane W. Crichton Professor of Chemistry at Union College, in Schenectady, New York. She earned a B.S. in chemistry from Union, a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Indiana University, Bloomington, and performed postdoctoral research at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She co-directs the Union College Aerogel Lab, which investigates applications of aerogels in sustainable buildings, chemical sensing, drag reduction and automotive pollution mitigation. To commercialize aerogel technology developed at Union, she co-founded SunThru LLC. She has been an ACS member since 1986.

In addition to Carroll, ACS will offer additional subject matter experts who can comment on the field that is recognized on Oct. 9.

In preparation for the chemistry Nobel Prize announcement, on Sept. 26 ACS Webinars and Chemical & Engineering News hosted a webinar: “Who Will Win the #ChemNobel?” A panel of guests speculated who could win this year and answered questions about Nobel-worthy science. View .

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