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ACS on Campus Visits the University of Malaya and Petronas Scientific Lectures

Mandy Sum
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The American Chemical Society’s premier outreach program, ACS on Campus, headed to the University of Malaya on October 3, 2019, for the launch of ACS University of Malaya’s International Student Chapter. ACS on Campus also paid a visit to the scientific lectures at Petronas Research on October 4, 2019. It was an honor to have […]

The American Chemical Society’s premier outreach program, ACS on Campus, headed to the University of Malaya on October 3, 2019, for the launch of ACS University of Malaya’s International Student Chapter. ACS on Campus also paid a visit to the scientific lectures at Petronas Research on October 4, 2019.

It was an honor to have Professor Noorsaadah Abd Rahman, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation at the University of Malaya, officially open the event with her welcome speech. Also in attendance was Professor Sharifuddin Md Zain, Head of the Department Chemistry, who hosted and brought the program to the University of Malaya.

Professor Habibah Wahab, the first Malaysian ACS Associate Editor for the Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling, shared her experiences in a session called “Peer Review: Why, How to, and What Not to Do.” She also shared her academic journey during the career panel talk and served as one of the student poster judges too.

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The sessions were interactive as the speakers had many questions from the students. Overall, the organizing committee was very enthusiastic about the event. A lot of promotion within the campus, outside the campus, social media was done by the ACS Malaysia Chapter and UM International Student Chapter. We looped the involvement of CAS to recruit Young Scientist in UM. This was definitely made possible with the involvement of a huge committee. A big thanks for everyone who supported and participated in ACS on Campus University of Malaya!

The next day we continued the Petronas scientific lectures, hosted by the Petronas Resource Centre. Both Professor Xu Minghou and Dr. Vannajan Lee delivered their lectures to an audience of specialized researchers from Petronas Research.

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