2024. 08. 19-21
ACS Fall 2024 Denver2024 CME NASA Symposium and Earth & Space Sustainability Summit
Sponsored by POLY
- 108 days
Schedule August 19 -21
Location
Denver
Event times (ET)
8/19
8:50am - 12:00pm
Elevating Advanced Materials
8/19
2:00pm - 5:30pm
NASA Polymers and CME PMSE Awards to Students and Mentors
8/20
8:25am - 12:00pm
CME Nobel Lectures
8/20
2:00pm - 6:00pm
Earth & Space Sustainability
8/21
8:00 am - 11:30 am
Space Chemistry Roundtable
Event fees
POLY-sponsored CME NASA Events--Pre-register at ACS.org.
Abstract
The Polymer Chemistry Division (POLY) is the sponsor of CME NASA Symposium “Elevating Polymer Chemistry to New Heights-Polymers for Future Space Missions” at the Denver ACS Fall Meeting during three days:
8/19 Day 1 AM/PM – Sessions for Advanced Materials, NASA Day and 2024 CME PMSE Student & Mentor Awards. There will be talks by the winning teams from Stanford and TU Eindhoven.
8/20 Day 2 AM – CME Nobel Lectures featuring 2022 Nobel Laureate Carolyn Bertozzi, 2018 Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 9th Director Martin Keller.
8/20 Day 2 PM – Earth & Space Sustainability Summit featuring speakers from Northwestern University, ISS National Laboratory, NASA, Deloitte, Celanese, Northrop Grumman and NREL.
8/21 Day 3 AM – Space Chemistry Roundtable with the participation of experts from Industry, Academia and Government (This session is by invitation only).
The CME NASA STEM Events bring together industry, academia, and government to enlarge the global STEM talent pool. Events will focus on sustainable cutting-edge innovation in the chemical sciences to advance human space travel to the solar system and beyond. Event talks translate research results into new knowledge to improve the lives of people and make their dreams a reality. Three days packed with inspirational research, industry, jobs, and new STEM career paths. Over 4,300 STEM professionals and students have attended past CME NASA Symposiums since 2017.
Honorees 
Carolyn Bertozzi
Stanford University
Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H
Martin Keller
NREL
Director
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, 9:50 am – 12:00 pm, the CME STEM Leadership Awards will be presented to Carolyn Bertozzi, Nobel Laureate in 2022, Professor at Stanford University, and Martin Keller, 9th Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Bertozzi’s lecture is on “Therapeutic targeting of mucin glycoproteins” and Keller’s talk covers “Innovative chemistry for a clean energy future.” Other session lecturers include 2018 Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold presenting “Innovation by evolution: Bringing new chemistry to life” and Nanovaccine Institute Director Balaji Narasimhan covering “Room temperature-stable nanovaccines: A breakthrough in healthcare.”
Session Presiders 
Ksenia Takhistova
CME Co-Chair & General Counsel
Technology and IP Attorney
Michael Meador
National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
Former Director
2020 POLY Chair, ret. NASA Glenn Game Changing Mgr.
George Rodriguez
ACS Fellow
CME STEM Programming
Argeni Director
Shah Karim
CME Treasurer
SafeRock CEO
Steve Barnett
CME Co-Chair
Connell Foley LLP
Environmental Health & Safety Attorney
Day 1 - August 19 AM Session
Elevating Advanced Materials
AM Session Schedule
Time
8:50 am - 12:00 pm
Session
POLY006A
Elevating Advanced Materials
Presider
Ksenia Takhistova, Shah Karim
AM Session Speakers 
Christopher M. Bates
UC Santa Barbara
Associate Professor
Austin Evans
CME Board Member
Assistant Professor
University of Florida
David Ginger
University of Washington
Adjunct Professor
Seth Marder
University of Colorado
Professor
Jihye Park
University of Colorado
Assistant Professor
Stuart Rowan
University of Chicago
Barry L. MacLean Professor for Molecular Engineering
Professor of Chemistry
Day 1 - August 19 PM Session
NASA Research & CME PMSE Student & Mentor Awards
PM Session Schedule
Time
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session
POLY006B
NASA Research and CME PMSE Student & Mentor Awards
Presider
Ksenia Takhistova, George Rodriguez
PM Session Speakers 
Jessica Koehne
NASA Ames Research Center
Scientist
Emilie Siochi
NASA Langley Research Center
Research Materials Engineer
Stephanie Vivod
NASA Glenn Research Center
Chemical Engineer
Aerospace Polymeric Materials
Pamela Cai
University of Chicago
Postdoctoral Fellow
Andrew Spakowitz
Stanford University
Professor
Laura Rijns
Stanford University
Postdoc
Patricia Dankers
Eindhoven University of Technology
Professor
Day 2 - August 20 AM Session
CME Lectures
AM Session Schedule
Time
8:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Session
POLY006C
Bringing together Industry, Academia, Government
Presider
Shah Karim, George Rodriguez
AM Session Speakers 
James Hedrick
Azul 3D
CTO and Founder
Joseph Luther
NREL
Senior Research Fellow
Teresa Barnes
NREL
Principal Scientist
Balaji Narasimhan
Iowa State University
Distinguished Professor
Frances Arnold
Caltech
2018 Nobel Laureate
2019 Honoree for Inspiring Women in Science
Martin Keller
NREL
Director
Carolyn Bertozzi
Stanford University
Baker Family Director of Stanford ChEM-H
Day 2 - August 20 PM Session
Earth & Space Sustainability
PM Session Schedule
Time
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Session
POLY006D
Earth & Space Sustainability
Presider
Ksenia Takhistova, Shah Karim, George Rodriguez
PM Session Speakers 
Chad Mirkin
Northwestern University
Professor
Michael Roberts
International Space Station National Laboratory (CASIS)
Chief Scientific Officer
Mamta Nagaraja
NASA
Associate Chief Scientist
Sharmila Bhattacharya
NASA HQ
Program Scientist
Space Biology
Kristin Fabre
NASA Human Research Program at the Johnson Space Center
Deputy Chief Scientist
Human Research Program
Katrina Knauer
NREL
Researcher IV
Chemical Engineering
Robert Kumpf
Deloitte
Managing Director
Kevin Fogash
Celanese
Sr. Director
Process Technology and Product Stewardship
Jon Arenberg
Northrop Grumman
Chief Mission Architect
Science and Robotic Missions
Deborah Ryan
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Head of Emissions Insight
Day 3 - Space Chemistry Roundtable
Session Schedule
Time
8:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Session
Space Chemistry Roundtable
Presider
George Rodriguez, Shah Karim, Ksenia Takhistova, Steve Barnett
Speakers 
Jana Stoudemire
Axiom Space
Director, In-Space Manufacturing
Chyree Batton
Axiom Space
Commercial Innovation Strategy Lead - Advanced Materials
Ken Savin
Redwire
Chief Scientific Officer
Ferenc Darvas
Thales Nanotechnology
President and Chairman