The Ninth Sino-US Chemistry Professors Conference:Frontiers and Challenges in the Rapid Development of Chemistry
The Ninth Sino-US Chemistry Professors Conference was successfully held in Chengdu,China from July 12th to July 14th,2013.This conference was co-organized by College of Chemistry of Sichuan University and the Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA) in USA,chaired by Professors Xiaoqi Yu and Xiaoming Feng at Sichuan University,and co-chaired by Professors Zucai Suo,Zhen Huang,and Lin Pu from CAPA.Over 500 professors,chemists,and students from China,USA,and other countries (or areas) participated in this international conference.Among the participants,Professor Dr.Sidney Hacht,Associate Editor of Journal of American Chemical Society gave a keynote speech on "Multifunctional Radical Quenchers as Mitochondrial Therapeutic Agents".After the Keynote speech,three parallel sessions,including "Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery","Organic Chemistry",and "Supramolecular Chemistry and Material Science",were held simultaneously and over 130 speakers presented their most recent research results.In the dinner banquet,Professor Zucai Suo representing CAPA presented the 2013 CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Awards and the CAPA Distinguished Faculty Awards.The success of this conference continuously promotes the goals of "stimulating exchange and collaboration among researchers in the fields of chemistry,chemical biology,and material sciences,bridging the international research communities,and establishing this conference as one of the premier international forums in chemistry".