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Professional Activities Chairman, Western New York Section of the American Chemical Society (WNYACS) (1992). Treasurer, WNYACS Analytical Group/SAS Niagara Frontier Section (1990-present). Secretary, WNYACS Analytical Group/SAS Niagara Frontier Section (1987-9). Chairman, WNYACS Analytical Group (1985-88). Chairman, Niagara Frontier Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (1983-1985). Featured Guest, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, Host: Ira Flatow, National Public Radio. April 16, 1993 "World of Chemistry"; June 9, 1995 "Current Science Stories"; January 31, 1997 "Nerve Regeneration." Program Review Committee, Liberal Arts: Math and Sciences program, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY, November 15, 2004. Dr. Rose Ann Ryntz, Dean, Arts and Sciences. Guest Co-Editor, Festschrift Issue of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry in honor of Professor David M. Hercules, 2002, V373, Fred M. Lytle (Purdue University) and David C. Muddiman (Virginia Commonwealth University and Mayo Clinic), Co-Editors. Featured Guest, Talk of Buffalo, Host: Mark Scott, WBFO FM-88.7 Buffalo, NY. April 18, 2000 "Thirtieth Anniversary of Earth Day: Environmental Issues in Western New York" Award Jury, American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Division, A. F. Findeis Award for Young Scientists, 1996. Professional Organizations Conference Chair, 17th International Symposium on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Toronto Ontario, September 13-18, 2009. International Organizing Committee, Fourth Symposium on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry in China, Beijing, China, October, 2008. International Organizing Committee, 16th International Symposium on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Kanazawa, Japan, October/November, 2007. Session Facilitator, Recruitment Challenges, in The Conference on Master's Education in the Sciences and Mathematics: Its Value, Importance and Growth and Practitioners and Annual Meeting of the Early Adopters of the Professional Science Master's, Hosted by the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Washington, DC, October 2-3, 2003. Session Facilitator, Lessons from Existing PSM Programs, Conference on Minority Engagement in Professional Science Master's Programs, Hosted by The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in Collaboration with Howard University Tomás Rivera Conference Center, University of Texas, El Paso, El Paso, TX, January 9-10, 2004, Organizer, Invited Symposium on Symposium on Advances in Pedagogy and Content for Teaching Chemical Analysis", 2004 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON 2004), Chicago, IL, March 7-10, 2004 Session Organizer, Roundtable on Community Activism, UB Environment and Society Institute Earth Day Symposium, April 19, 2002. Participant, SUNY Town/Gown Meeting, Erie Community College Downtown, November 28, 2001. Learning Sustainability Forum, a major regional conference at UB and Buffalo Convention Center, Organizing Committee, Conference Funding Chair, Session and Roundtable Organizer, Session Chair. October 10-12, 2001. Organizing Committee: Upstate New York Vacuum Society (UNYVAC) 1998 Annual Technical Meeting, to be held with MRIF at SUNY Buffalo, in conjunction with the 16th Graduate Student Symposium, May, 1998. Scientific Review Committee, 1997 and 1999 (10th and 11th) European Conference on Applied Surface and Interface Analysis (ECASIA), held in Goteborg, Sweden and Seville, Spain, respectively. Surfaces in Biomaterials Symposium, Workshop Organizer for Surface Modification Workshop, 10th Annual Symposium on Surfaces in Biomaterials 99, Scottsdale, Arizona, August 31st-September 3, 2000; Session Organizer for Quantitative Surface Analysis and Biosensors, 9th Annual Symposium on Surfaces in Biomaterials 99, Scottsdale, Arizona, September 1-4, 1999; Minneapolis, MN October 1991, October 1992, Cambridge MA, September 1993; Symposium Program Chairman, 1991, Academic Advisory Board, 1992-1995. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) 12, Assistant Program Chairman, Surface Analysis Symposia, Philadelphia, PA September 1985. 1) Analytical Aspects of Surface Spectroscopy; 2) Surface Analysis of Materials. ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Summer Symposium, Assistant Program Chairman, Ultrahigh Vacuum Surface Analysis Symposia, Blacksburg, VA, July 1989. 47th Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference, Pittsburgh Diffraction Society, Assistant Program Chairman, Molecular Structure at Surfaces and Interfaces, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1989 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Session Chairman: 1983 Polymer Analysis; 1984 Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry; 1985 Surface Analysis - General Papers; 1986 Surface Analysis 193rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Denver, CO., Session Chairman, 1987 Symposium on Analytical Chemistry & Surfaces Molecular Thin Films International Symposium on the Metallization of Polymers, Division of Polymer Chemistry, ACS, Montreal, Quebec. Session Chairman, 1989 Session on Surface Analysis Instrumentation. American Vacuum Society 40th National Meeting, Orlando, FL, Session Chairman, Topical Conference on Biomaterials Interfaces,1994 Session on Techniques for Studying Biomaterial Interfaces Editorial Board: Colloids and Surfaces: Part B: Biointerfaces, Spectroscopy Letters Guest Editor: Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena Guest Editor for Special Issue on Surface Science of Biomaterials, 1996, 81(3). Guest Co-Editor, Festschrift Issue of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry in honor of Professor David M. Hercules, 2002, V373, Fred M. Lytle (Purdue University) and David C. Muddiman (Virginia Commonwealth University and Mayo Clinic), Co-Editors. Journal Reviews: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry, Applied Spectroscopy, Macromolecules, Langmuir, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Polymer Sciences and Engineering, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry Edn., Polymer Physics Edn., Letters Edn., Applied Surface Science, Surface and Interface Analysis, various others. Book/Software Reviews: J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1984, 106(14), 4070 and 1986, 108, 7879‑80); Applied Spectroscopy (1988, 42(6), 14a); Analytical Chemistry, (1990, 62(8) 493A); Elsevier Publishers; Verlag Chemie Publishers. Proposal Reviews: National Science Foundation: Analytical and Surface Chemistry, Chemical Instrumentation; Instrumentation for Materials Research, (DMR); Polymers Program (DMR); Solid State Physics (DMR). Department of Energy: Small Business Innovative Research. National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Strategic Grants. NIH (See Below). Academic Respondent at NSF Workshop on Adhesion Science and Technology, Stanford Sierra Camp, S. Lake Tahoe, CA, October 14-16, 1987. Member of NIH DRR Special Study Section on Major Instrumentation, Washington, DC, July 15‑18, 1988, Dr. Paul Strudler, Chairman. Member of NSF Chemistry Division Special SBIR Review Panel, Los Angeles, CA, September 24‑25, 1988, Dr. Henry Blount, Chairman. Member of NSF Chemistry Division Special SBIR Review Panel, Washington, DC, August 25-26, 1990, Dr. Henry Blount, Chairman. Member of NSF Research Facilities Office Phase II Review Panel, Washington, DC, September 16-18, 1990, Dr. Henry Blount, Organizer. Member of NSF Division of Materials Research Presidential Young Investigator Award Review Panel, Washington, DC, December 10-11, 1990, Dr. Norbert Bikales and Dr. David Nelson, Organizers. Member of NSF Experimental Programs for Stimulating Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Review Panel, Washington, DC, July 17-19, 1991, Dr. Richard Anderson, Organizer. Ad-hoc Participant, NSF Chemistry Division Advisory Committee Roundtable on Industry University Cooperation, 84th meeting of the Advisory Committee, October 29-30 1992, Dr. Kenneth Hancock, Chemistry Division Director, Organizer. Member of NSF Division of Undergraduate Education Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Development Review Panel, Washington, DC, July 12-15, 1993, Dr. Susan Hixson and Dr. Stanley Pine, Organizers. Member of the National Visiting Committee, Enhanced Bioscience Education (EBE) Program, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. NSF Funded Program, Annual advisory meetings, Professor Wayne E. Magee, Project Director, 1993-97. Member of NSF Division of Chemistry NSF Postdoctoral Award Review Panel, Washington, DC, February 17-18, 1994, Dr. S. J. Lapporte, Organizer. Member of NSF Division of Chemistry NSF Postdoctoral Award Review Panel, Washington, DC, April 15-16, 1996, Dr. K. Eisenstein, Organizer. Member of Joint Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/ NSF Division of Chemistry Technology for Sustainable Environment: Chemistry and Materials Review Panel, Washington, DC, May 20, 1997, Dr. M. Cavanaugh, Organizer. Member of NSF Experimental Programs for Stimulating Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Review Panel, Washington, DC, August 26-28, 1998, Dr. Richard Anderson, Organizer. Member of the National Visiting Committee, Zettlemoyer Center for Surface Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Reports to the Provost of Lehigh, 1999-2002, Annual Review Meetings, Dr. Richard Herman, Director of the Center. Member of the Site Visit Review for Major Instrument Installations, University of Western Ontario, Surface Science Western, Proposed Acquisition of an Imaging X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, January 10-11th, 2000. Member of NSF ADVANCE - Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers, Review Panel for Leadership Proposals, Washington, DC, July 18, 2001, Dr. Alice Hogan, Organizer. Member of NIH NI Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Technology Development for Biomedical Applications: Phased Innovation award (R21/R33) Special Emphasis Review Panel Bethesda, MD, February 10-11, 2003, Dr. Mohan Viswanathan, Organizer. Member of NSF Workshop on Postdoctoral Appointments, Roles and Opportunities, Session Moderator, Examples from the Community: A Panel Discussion, Arlington, VA, May 11-13, 2003. Dr. Robert Lichter, Professors Geraldine Richmond and Willie Pearson, Jr., Organizers. Member (two meetings) of NIH National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Technology Development for Biomedical Applications: Phased Innovation award (R21/R33) Special Emphasis Review Panel Bethesda, MD, October 15-16, 2003, February 5-6, 2004., Dr. Bo Hong, Organizer. Member, Special Emphasis (Review) Panel, National Institutes of Health, P20 Quantum Center Grants, Bethesda MD, July 16-18, 2006, Dr. Prabha Atreya, Organizer. Member , National Science Foundation, Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities Review Panel, Arlington, VA. October 11-13, 2006. Member, Environmental Program Review Committee, Community Foundation of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. February 22, 2007, January 31, 2008. Member, National Science Foundation Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) Review Panel, Arlington, VA. April 29-May 1, 2007. Member, Special Emphasis (Review) Panel, National Institutes of Health, NI Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, R13, R25 , Dr. Prabha Atreya, Organizer, May 15, 2007, July 12, 2007, November 26, 2007. Chair, Special Emphasis (Review) Panel, National Institutes of Health, NI Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, R13, R25 , Dr. Ruixia Zhou, Organizer, November 25, 2008. Member, Expert Committee on Biomaterials, Canadian Foundation for Innovation Review, New Initiatives Fund and Leading Edge Fund, Dr. Suzanne Duval, Organizer, Toronto, ON, December 4-5, 2008. Member, NSF Experimental Programs for Stimulating Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Review Panel, Arlington, VA, Dr. Henry N. Blount, III and Dr. Maija M. Kukla, Organizers, December 14-17, 2008. Chair, Special Emphasis (Review) Panel, National Institutes of Health, NI Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, R13, R25 , Dr. Ruixia Zhou, Organizer, March 9, 2009.
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