The
Core Laboratories
team, in collaboration with the PSE Division, Human Resources, Academic
Affairs, Research Operations, as well as Marketing and Communications
(MarCom), recently represented KAUST at the 251st American Chemical
Society (ACS)
National Meeting & Exposition
in San Diego, California. Held from March 13 to 17, the bi-annual event
attracts over 11,000 chemists, chemical engineers, academicians,
graduate and undergraduate students and industry professionals.
Representing a diverse group of staff, students and faculty, the
KAUST team set up a booth in the recruiters’ row along the Career Fair
area. Featuring a large background image of the beautiful KAUST Harbor
headed with an invitation to consider opportunities to live, work and
study at KAUST, the booth welcomed a large number of visitors. From
potential students, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists and
more, the KAUST group fielded multiple questions, received many CVs and
information cards and also set up several on-site interviews.
As part of the ACS Meeting’s Career Fair, KAUST Bioscience Core
Laboratory manager Dr. Stine Büechmann-Møeller gave a talk to potential
candidates about the career benefits of joining KAUST and discussed her
own professional journey.
"KAUST is a great place to work in a hybrid setting to sample both
industry and academic worlds,” she told them. Büechmann-Møeller also
spoke about the personal enrichment aspects of embarking on an
international career, especially in an emerging market region dedicated
to diversifying the economy.
The ACS National Meetings also hold award ceremonies to recognize leading achievements in the field of chemistry. This year,
Jean-Luc Bredas, KAUST distinguished professor and director of the University’s
Solar and Photovoltaics Engineering Research Center (SPERC), received a 2016 American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in the Chemistry of Materials.
- By
Meres J. Weche, KAUST News