In this installment of Stories from the Field, we hear from Lisa Houston, director of applications engineering at PAC, LP. This series gives voice to women working in chemistry and related sciences. They share their successes, challenges, and stories about the people and events that have shaped their careers, and their lives.
In this installment of Stories from the Field we hear from Maria Maccecchini, president and founder of QR Pharma. This series gives voice to women working in chemistry and related sciences. They share their successes, challenges, and stories about the people and events that have shaped their careers, and their lives.
This is part two of Distillations three-part series A Day in the Life, which examines the chemistry of morning, noon, and night. In this episode, biochemist Joe Rucker explains some of the chemicals commonly found in our food (xanthum gum?). Then reporter Gretchen Cuda Kroen reveals why fructose and other sweeteners (even the supposedly healthy ones)…
I interviewed Zafra Lerman at the 244th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society as part of CHF’s Stories from the Field project. Zafra is the president and founder of Methods Integrating Music, Science, Art and Dance. She’s also president of the Malta Conferences Foundation, which uses science as a bridge to peace in the Middle East.
In this installment of Stories from the Field we hear from Sarah Widder, a research engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). This series gives voice to women working in chemistry and related sciences. They share their successes, their challenges, and stories about the people and events that have shaped…
This is first installment of Distillations‘ new three-part series A Day in the Life: Morning, Noon, and Night. At the top of each show, biochemist Joe Rucker breaks down the chemistry of some of the products we use every day. In the Morning show, Joe explains sodium lauryl sulfate – a chemical that shows up in…
I recently interviewed Marye Anne Fox for Stories from the Field, a project of the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Ms. Fox was the first female chief executive of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina and was the seventh chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. In 2010, she received the National Medal of Science from President Obama.
I interviewed Juana Acrivos for Stories from the Field – a collection of stories from women working in chemistry and related science about their successes, their challenges, and the people and events that have influenced their careers and their lives. Ms. Acrivos is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at San Jose State University. She earned her D.Sc.…
For this episode of Distillations we dive into CHF’s vast oral history archive. Producer Amy Kraft digs through hours of interviews with Dupont’s Roy Plunkett and Malcolm Renfrew to bring us the history of  Teflon, the now ubiquitous super material. Then, an interview with the always charming Bob Kenworthy, who met Plunkett, and later worked as a…
In this installment of Stories from the Field we hear from Carolyn Ribes, a business analytical leader for the Dow Chemical Company.