For President-Elect: Laura Sremaniak
By Laura Sremaniak
North Carolina Section. North Carolina State University, North Carolina.
Academic record: University of South Carolina, BS, 1991; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, PhD, 1996.
Honors: ACS Fellow, 2021; Marcus Hobbes Award, North Carolina Section, 2012; NC State University Equity for Women Award, 2018, UNC System Bridges Leadership Program, 2016, NC State Provost Faculty Fellow, 2020-2021.
Professional positions (for the past 10 years): North Carolina State University, Teaching Professor, 2014-present; Associate Department Head, 2022-present.
Service in ACS national offices: Committee on Membership Affairs, 2018-present, Chair, 2022-24; Board of Trustees for Member Insurance, 2022-24; Women Chemists Committee 2007-17, Chair, 2017; Task force on the Future of Meetings, 2019-20.
Service in ACS offices: North Carolina Section: Councilor, 2008-present, Alternate Councilor, 2004. Chair, Women Chemists Subcommittee 2012-16, Co-chair Education Subcommittee, 2014-present. Chair, Project SEED Subcommittee, 2013-16. Southeastern Regional Meeting: Meeting Organizer, 2012, 2023.
Member: Member of ACS since 1991. ACS Divisions: Physical Chemistry; Professional Relations. American Association of Chemistry Teachers; Alpha Chi Sigma; Sigma Xi.
Related activities: NC State Chapter Advisor, Alpha Chi Sigma; NSF Panel ADVANCE IT, 2014; Symposium organizer: WCC “The Nons-Non-tenure Track Faculty in a Changing Academic Landscape,” 2017; “Issues Facing Non-tenure Track Faculty,” 2010; COACh workshop organizer, “The Art of Negotiations” and “Career Launch and Acceleration for Graduate Students,” 2012, 2016, 2018, and 2023; IPG Grant Award for “Safety First: what you need to know to run safe laboratory experiments with students,” 2017; Project SEED grantee from Golden Corral Charitable Fund, 2015; NC State Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development Seed Grant, 2014.
