Speakers Directory

Diversify your symposium or workshop! The ACS Committee on Minority Affairs Speakers Directory contains names, contact information, and expertise of chemists who are willing to give talks on a variety of topics. Click on the speaker’s name to see details about their expertise and background. See links at the bottom of this page to nominate yourself, request changes, or someone else to join this directory.


Photo of Dr. Seth Y. Ablordeppey
Florida A&M University
Categories: Medicinal Chemistry
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Photo of Dr. Luke Achenie
Virginia Tech
Categories: Chemical Engineering, Computational
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Photo of Dr. Dawood Afzal
Truman State University
Categories: East Indian, Organic, Organometallic
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Photo of Dr. Shanadeen Crystal Begay
Northeastern University
Categories: Chemical Biology, Diversity & Inclusion, Physical, Women
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Photo of Barbara Belmont
CSU Dominguez Hills
Categories: Analytical, Chemical Education, Diversity & Inclusion, LGBTQ+, Women
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Photo of Néstor M. Carballeira
University of Puerto Rico
Categories: Lipid Chemistry, Natural Products, Total Synthesis
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Categories: Native American, Oilfield Cement
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Photo of Prof. Thomas H. Epps III
University of Delaware
Categories: African American, Chemical Engineering, Polymer Chemistry
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Cape Cod Community College; Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health sciences
Categories: African American, Career Services, Medicinal Chemistry
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Texas A&M University Kingsville
Categories: Polymer Chemistry
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St Louis Community College
Categories: Organic
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Photo of Dr. Ann Carol Kimble-Hill
Indiana University School of Medicine
Categories: African American, Chemical Biology, Diversity & Inclusion, Minorities, Physical, Women
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Photo of Dr Steven A Lopez
Northeastern University
Categories: Computational, Organic, Physical
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Photo of Dr. Mary Jo Ondrechen
Northeastern University
Categories: Chemical Biology, Computational, Diversity & Inclusion, Native American, Physical
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Categories: 3D Printing, Additive manufacturing, Materials for electronics, MEMS, Thin-films
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Categories: Chemical Education
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Categories: Diversity & Inclusion, Minorities, Physical, Women
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To join the CMA Speakers Directory, please follow this link to the join request form.
To make a change to your CMA Speakers Directory entry, follow this link to the change request form

Know somebody that should be on this list? Send them a link to this page and invite them to join! For privacy sake, we don’t add speakers to the directory unless they personally opt in.

Looking for additional diverse people for recruiting, speaking, review panels, and more? Try Diversify Chemistry, a project by Ann McNeil to bring visibility to those from underrepresented groups in the academic chemistry community.