Abstract

The American Chemical Society Fall 2022 meeting took place in Chicago from Aug. 21 to 25. As is now the norm, it was a hybrid meeting, but I had the privilege of attending it in person. It was the first scientific meeting I traveled to after 2½ years of hiatus because of the pandemic, and I’m very glad I was able to make it. With attendance almost back to prepandemic levels, it was busy and felt inspiring, lively, and energizing. There are many highlights from the meeting (see page 4), but one session that I particularly enjoyed was a presidential event titled “From the Shadow of the Berlin Wall to the Spotlight of International Politics.” The speaker was quantum chemist Joachim Sauer from the Humboldt University of Berlin. ACS president Angela Wilson invited Sauer to share highlights of his career and details of his research, as well as his experience

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