For President-Elect: Rigoberto Hernandez
By Rigoberto Hernandez
Georgia Section. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Academic record: Princeton University, BSE, 1989; University of California, Berkeley, PhD, 1993.
Honors: Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences, ACS, 2018; Herty Medal, ACS, 2017; ACS Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, 2014; Outstanding Service Award, ACS Georgia Section, 2012; ACS Fellow, 2010; Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science (PAESMEM), Finalist, 2024; Humboldt Return Fellow, 2022; Cottrell IMPACT Award, Research Corporation, 2020; Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow, 2020; Transformational Research and Excellence in Education Award, Research Corporation, 2016; Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, 2015-16; Diversity Award, Council of Chemical Research, 2015; Diversity Champion Award, Georgia Tech, 2013; APS Fellow, 2011; Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellow, Georgia Tech, 2011-13; Humboldt Research Fellow, 2006-08; American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2005; Goizueta Foundation Junior Professor, Georgia Tech, 2002-06; Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 2000; Sigma Xi Southeast Regional Young Investigator, 2002, 2000; Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar, 1999; Blanchard Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Georgia Tech, 1999-01; National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 1997; Feinberg Postdoctoral Fellow, 1994; AT&T CRFP Fellow, 1989-93; NSF Graduate Fellow, 1989-92; and Sigma Xi, Member, 1994.
Professional positions (for the past 10 years): Johns Hopkins University, Gompf Family Professor, 2016-present, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2020-present, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, 2020-present; Open Chemistry Collaborative in Diversity Equity (OXIDE), Director, 2011; Georgia Institute of Technology, Adjunct Professor, 2016-18, Professor, 2009-16, Associate Professor, 2002-09, Center for Computational Molecular Sciences and Technology, Co-Director, 2000-16.
Service in ACS national offices: Society Committee on Publications, 2022-24; Committee on Budget & Finance, Member, 2016-21; National Awards Advisory Board, Chair, 2018-21; Board of Directors, Director, District IV, 2014-19: Councilor ex officio, 2014-19; Committee on Professional and Member Relations, Member, 2017-19, 2014; Committee on Grants and Awards, Member, 2014-16; Committee on Science, Member, 2013; Committee on Committees, Member, 2009-12; Committee on Divisional Activities, Member, 2004-08; Joint DAC/LSAC Subcommittee, Co-Chair, 2005-07; Board Committee on “Minorities in Academe Implementation Team,” 2003-04; Hildebrandt Award Canvassing Committee, 2002-04.
Service in ACS offices: Georgia Section: Bylaw Councilor, 2012, Alternate Councilor, 2012-13, Councilor, 2003-11, Past-Chair, 2000; Chair, 1999, Chair-Elect, 1998; Herty Award Committee, Chair, 2006-16; 75th Herty Medal Celebration Chair, 2009; Herty Medal Undergraduate Research Symposium, Founding Chair, 2006-10. Division of Computers in Chemistry: Alternate Councilor, 2013.
Member: Member of ACS since 1992. American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Physical Society; Biophysical Society; Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. ACS Divisions: Computers in Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Chemical Education, Inorganic Chemistry and Professional Relations.
Related activities: Accounts of Chemical Research, Executive Advisory Board (EAB), 2023-present; Chemical Reviews, EAB, 2022-present; Journal of Physical Chemistry, EAB, 2019-present; Academic Leadership Training Workshop, Co-Founder, Chair, 2016-present; Minority PhD Advisory Committee, Sloan Foundation, 2013-present; NSF Chemistry Division Director Search Nominating Committee, 2023; Committee on Opportunities in Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020-23, Chair, 2022-23; Scialog Review Committee, Chemical Machinery of the Cell, Research Corporation, 2018-21; Science and Software Advisory Board, Molecular Sciences Software Institute, 2017-19, Chair, 2019, Vice-Chair, 2018; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, Review Committee, AAAS, 2015-16; Executive Board, Georgia Tech Faculty, 2013-16; National Institute of Health, Macromolecular Structure and Function B Study Section, 2009-13; Research Corporation Cottrell Scholars Advisory Committee, Member, 2011-17, Chair, 2016-17; National Academies Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, 2007-10; Board of Directors, Telluride Science Research Center, 2007-09; External Review Committee for Morehouse College Chemistry Department, 2007; Steering Committee for NSF Workshop on complexity and emergent phenomenon, 2007; Steering Committee for NSF Workshop on excellence empowered by a diverse workforce, 2007; National Academies Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging, 2005-06; published over 175 peer-reviewed articles.
