Symposia and Organizers

Symposia and Organizers

FAME Organizing Committee

2026 FAME Chair

Dr. Michael Mury

Polk County Schools

FL-ACS Past Chair

Dr. Kari B Basso

University of Florida

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FL-ACS Chair

Dr. Ajeet Kaushik

Florida Polytechnic University

FL-ACS Chair-Elect

Dr. Stefanie Habenicht

University of Florida

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FL-ACS Treasurer

Dr. Ashlyn Hale

University of Florida

FL-ACS Councilor

Dr. Carmen Valdez Gauthier

Florida Southern College (Emerita)

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FL-ACS Alternate Councilor

Dr. Stanley Seelig

ACS Senior Chemists Committee

Committee Member

Dr. Melanie Beazley

University of Central Florida

Committee Member

Dr. Ryan Rodgers

FSU MagLab

Committee Member

Zunaira Naeem

University of Florida

Session Chairs

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Physical and Biophysical Chemistry

Dr. Haochuan Mao

Florida State University

Inorganic Chemistry

Gina Pedro

University of Florida

Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Dr. Wen Zhu

Florida State University

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Chemical Education

Melanie Veige

University of Florida

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Computational Chemistry

TBA

TBA

PMSE/POLY and Materials Chemistry

Dr. Rufina Alamo

FAMU-FSU

Organic Chemistry

Melisa Gonzalez

University of Florida

Analytical and
Environmental Chemistry

Dr. Melanie Beazley

University of Central Florida

Additive Manufaturing

Dr. Subramanian Ramakrishnan

FAMU-FSU