Call for Nominations for Victor K. LaMer Award

The ACS Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry is accepting nominations for the Victor K. LaMer Award for Graduate Research in Colloid & Surface Chemistry. The $2,500 prize will be presented at the 83rd Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, which will be held on June 14-19, 2009, at Columbia University.

The award is for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis accepted by a U.S. or Canadian university between Sept. 1, 2005, and Aug. 30, 2008. The nomination may be made by the thesis adviser or anyone familiar with the nominee’s work.

To nominate someone, send a letter of nomination, a copy of the individual’s Ph.D. thesis, a supporting letter, and a biography of the nominee as four separate PDF files to Michael A. Bevan at mabevan@jhu.edu. Nominations from previous years must be resubmitted, and materials must be received by Nov. 30.