Facts about the North Jersey American Chemical Society

The North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society with 7000 members is the largest local ACS section in the Nation. Our members live or work in all the counties of New Jersey, north of the Raritan River, with the exclusion of parts of Bergen County and all of Hudson County. Our members work in industry, teach in colleges and universities, teach high school work in government or are retired. The major industry in New Jersey is the pharmaceutical industry, but we also work in the electronics, communications and biotechnology industry as well as hospital and government labs.
Our current Chair is Dr. Stephen Waller; he highlights more information about NJACS on the web page http://www.njacs.org/about_njacs.html.
Since we are such a large organization we are divided into topical groups and committee. Our topical groups are: Chromatography, Drug Metabolism, Lab Robotics, Mass Spectrometry, NMR Spectroscopy, Organic, Regulatory and Quality Group and Small Chemical Business. So you can see there is something for everyone. Most of these groups meet monthly in different locations in the North Jersey area. In addition we have committees; Metro Women Chemists, Minority Affairs, Senior Chemists, Younger Chemists, Education, Teacher Affiliates, and Careers. These committees tend to run programs for their members. Membership in topical groups and committee is free to all ACS members. Members of the general public can attend the topical group meetings without being an ACS member but it is encouraged. The committees welcome new members in their groups. More information about our topical groups and committees can be found at http://www.njacs.org/index.html
Our Careers in Transition Group meets once a month to help members get a new job or get a promotion in their present job. This is a very important group for those who might be laid off from a job or are currently thinking about changing jobs.
The Teacher Affiliate Group is very active. Teachers meet once a month in different locations during the school year at a Chem Tag or Chem Central meetings. This is an informal after school meeting where teachers enjoy refreshments and share activities. Younger teachers are able to get their questions answered about some aspect of their teaching by experienced teachers. The experienced teachers also run workshops to teach younger teachers or alternative route teachers cutting edge techniques for the classroom. They also have a list serve called chementhusiasts to help teachers on a daily bases. More information about our teachers groups can be found at: http://www.njacs.org/teacher.html
Please check the NJACS website regularly for updates and information about the section. We are a very active section and we could use volunteers. If you would like to volunteer contact us on the web.http://www.njacs.org/volunteers.html
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