The Catal­y­sis Club of Chica­go is solic­it­ing nom­i­na­tions for the Her­man Pines Award for out­stand­ing research in the field of catal­y­sis. Her­man Pines was an out­stand­ing research sci­en­tist, and his work rev­o­lu­tion­ized the gen­er­al under­stand­ing of organ­ic chem­istry, par­tic­u­lar­ly the chem­istry of hydro­car­bons inter­act­ing with strong acids. The Award in his hon­or is co-spon­sored by UOP, where Her­man Pines began his indus­tri­al career in 1930 and amassed 145 US patents, and by the Catal­y­sis Club of Chica­go of which Her­man Pines was a found­ing member.

The Award will be pre­sent­ed at the 2013 Catal­y­sis Club of Chica­go Spring Sym­po­sium and con­sists of a plaque, a cash award of $1,000 and reim­burse­ment for trav­el and lodg­ing as a ple­nary speak­er at the Spring Symposium.

The nom­i­nee must meet the fol­low­ing criteria:

• Great achieve­ments of catal­y­sis research in the past five years
• For year 2013, the award will be giv­en to Aca­d­e­m­ic / Nation­al Lab researcher
• Active mem­ber in catal­y­sis community
• A res­i­dent of North America

Dead­line for nom­i­na­tion is Feb­ru­ary 28, 2013. Nom­i­na­tion should describe the spe­cif­ic work for which the nom­i­nee should be rec­og­nized. Com­plete cur­ricu­lum vitae with let­ters of sup­port for the nom­i­nee must be includ­ed in the nom­i­na­tion, togeth­er with the descrip­tion of work.

Let­ters of nom­i­na­tion and sup­port­ing doc­u­men­ta­tion must be sent by Feb­ru­ary 28, 2013 as a sin­gle PDF doc­u­ment to:
 
Rafael Alcala
Pres­i­dent – Catal­y­sis Club of Chica­go (2012–2013)
BP
150 West War­renville Rd, Naperville, IL-60563
rafael.alcala@bp.com