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Upcoming Events

5/8/2025

May 2025 Dinner Meeting

6-9pm

Helioterra Winery 2025 SE 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97214

Event Details

5/8/2025

May 2025 Dinner Meeting

Join us for our final monthly dinner lecture of the 2024-25 academic year, featuring a dinner and talk by Dr. Zachary Wright, Director of Cu...

Event Details

6-9pm

Helioterra Winery 2025 SE 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97214

9/28/2025

Women In Science Elaine Nam Memorial Symposium

TBD

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium

Event Details

9/28/2025

Women In Science Elaine Nam Memorial Symposium

More information to follow. Check out the official website for updates and to register!

TBD

Reed College, Kaul Auditorium

First Thursdays

Portland Section Executive Committee Meetings

~6pm

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8pm

Event Details

First Thursdays

Portland Section Executive Committee Meetings

The first Thursday of the months September - May are when the Executive Committee meets to discuss Section business. The time and location v...

Event Details

~6pm

-

8pm

Once a month

Portland Section Dinner Meetings

~6pm

-

8pm

Event Details

Once a month

Portland Section Dinner Meetings

Once a month in September - May are when the Section hosts a speaker and a dinner meeting. The topic, time, and location vary and will be up...

Event Details

~6pm

-

8pm

Recent Event History

Section April 2025 Dinner Meeting

We had our annual Awards Banquet to celebrate our long-term ACS members and our Section Scholarship Recipients.

Section March 2025 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by Zev Feinstein from Molecular Forces Consulting titled Organic Solvent Nanofiltration—A Superior Method for Solvent Recovery.

Section February 2025 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by Dr. Marilyn Rampersad Mackiewicz, an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Oregon State University titled Transformative Brilliance: The Photostability of Silver Nanoparticles Unveiled!

Section January 2025 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by Dr. Paul Kempler from the University of Oregon tilted Electrifying the Chemical Industry. 

Section December 2024 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by Zev Feinstein from Molecular Forces Consulting.  

Section November 2024 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by Prof. Gonzalo Campillo-Alvarado, Reed College.  

Section October 2024 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by  Anne Hubatch, chief winemaker at Helioterra winery, and got to enjoy the (literal) fruits of her labor! 

Section September 2024 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by Alex Pearse, PhD, titled From Lab to Grid: Scaling Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture via Methane Pyrolysis

Section May 2024 Dinner Meeting

We enjoyed a talk by L.-C. Campeau, PhD, Associate Vice President, Head of Small Molecule Process R&D at Merck, and co-host of "Pharm to Table" Podcast.

Section April 2024 Dinner Meeting

We celebrated our long-term ACS members, our Anderson, Van Santen, and Zeh Scholarship Recipients, and our Northwest Science Expo Special Award recipients.

Section March 2024 Dinner Meeting

Join us for a talk from Lewis and Clark College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Jean-Philippe Gourdine, Ph.D. How sweet is it? Do commensal bladder microbes consume urinary glycans?

Section February 2023 Dinner Meeting

Join us for a talk from Reed College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Shivani Ahuja, Ph.D. titled Understanding the role of metal ion homeostasis in nutrient acquisition, survival and virulence of pathogenic bacteria. Check out her Reed bio here.

Event History

Want to know what kind of speakers we've had in the past? Click the link below to see a spreadsheet of speakers going back to 2005!

Portland ACS Speaker List

Photos From Past Events

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