Kalamazoo Section of the
American Chemical Society
Our mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Allegan, Kalamazoo, and Van Buren counties.
KACS is committed to improving people’s lives in our community through the transforming power of chemistry.
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Enjoy a KACS retrospective which should give you/your students/friends/family a smile—Thanks to Steve Secreast, KACS chair 2017!
In 2017, and in anticipation of the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT) our then-KACS Chair, Steve Secreast, spent time on a beautiful spring afternoon at the Kalamazoo Mall talking to passers-by, offering each of them an opportunity to wear a KACS lab coat (purchased with a grant from ACS) and be videotaped holding up a card showing the symbol of each element in the Periodic Table (all 118 named as of November 28, 2016) while announcing its name.
Meet Your Newly-Elected KACS Officers
Nicole Burke, Chair 2025
Nicole Burke’s educational background includes a Bachelors in Chemistry from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Purdue University. She started her career at Kellogg’s where she directed analytical chemistry testing to guide product development.
Needed: CCEW Coordinator!
This is an invitation to our members for someone to offer to be coordinator for the annual CCEW (Chemists Celebrate Earth Week) event hosted by our KACS.
This spring CCEW 2025 will be celebrated from April 20-26; the theme is “Glaciers: Hot Topic, Cool Chemistry!” We value your participation and look forward to your offer to lead the outreach effort of our KACS as our CCEW coordinator!