Science Popularization

  • Panelist, “Who will win the #ChemNobel?; Predicting the 2021 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry,” ACS Webinars, September 30, 2021. (Recording available at C&EN’s website.)
  • Science Straight Up Pod Cast & Panelist at TSRC Public Lecture, Telluride, CO, July 8, 2021.
  • Race Matters, 30-minute episode interviewed by Merleyn Bell, KGOU, appeared Fall 2016
  • Phi Beta Kappa Public Lectures at 9 colleges and universities (2015-2016).
  • TSRC Public lecture, “Advancing science through diversity,” in Telluride, CO (2013).
  • Pinhead Scholar in the Schools, Telluride, CO (2012).
  • TSRC Public lecture, “Tipping Points: Avoiding collapse in economic, molecular and social networks,” in Telluride, CO (2009).
  • Quoted in The 2007 American Chemical Society Annual Report (2008).
  • Featured in The 2006 American Chemical Society Annual Report (2007).
  • Filmed and featured in a 2006 Video prepared by the Department of Local Sections ofthe American Chemical Society encouraging members to become volunteers (2006).
  • Featured on the p.96 article in the February 13, 2006 issue of C&EN on “How Some Chemists Got Involved in Politics,” and pictured next to Congressman Lewis in hisWashington DC office (2006).
  • Appeared on WTOC11 in Savannah, Georgia emphasizing the use of Internet2 to facilitate computational sciences (2005).
  • SERMACS Symposium on Federal Science, Education and Technology (FedSET) Policy, organizer (2003)
  • Delivered the Keynote Address on “Reach for the stars, but settle for the moon” atthe Induction Convocation of the Georgia Tech Chapter of the National Society ofCollegiate Scholars (2002).
  • TSRC Public lecture, “Nature’s symmetries: on the parallels between glassesand proteins,” in Telluride, CO (2000).
  • Filmed and featured in a video promoting the Freshman Experience at Georgia Tech(2000).

Invited Workshops, Panels & Boards

  • Editorial Advisory Board, Accounts of Chemical Research (2023 – present)
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Reviews (2022 – present)
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Physical Chemistry (2019 – present)
  • External Advisory Board, NSF Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand (IMOD) (2024 – present)
  • External Advisory Board, The ARISE Alliance (2024 – present)
  • Sloan MPHD Advisory Committee, Sloan Foundation, inaugural member (2013-present)
  • External Review Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Miami; (2024)
  • NSF/CHE Division Director Search Nomination Committee, member (2023)
  • Committee on Opportunities in Science (COOS), AAAS; member (2020-present), chair (2022-2023)
  • External Review Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah; Chair(2022)
  • DOE Virtual Workshop, “At the Tipping Point: A Future of Fused Chemical and DataScience,” Council on Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Sponsored bythe Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division. member (2020)
  • National Awards Advisory Board, ACS, Chair (2018-2021)
  • Science and Software Advisory Board (SSAB), Molecular Sciences Software Institute(MolSSI), member (2017-2020), Vice-Chair (2018), Chair (2019-2020)
  • Scialog Review Committee, Chemical Machinery of the Cell, Research Corporation(RCSA), member (2018-2021)
  • Board of Directors, American Chemical Society (2014-2019)
  • STEM Education Review Committee, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), member (2015-2016)
  • Scialog: Molecules Come to Life, Research Corporation (RCSA), Senior Scientist and Discussion Leader (2015, 2016, 2017)
  • International Advisory Board, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs): Computa- tional Molecular Science, member (2009-2020)
  • Cottrell Scholars Advisory Committee (CSAC), Research Corporation (RCSA), Chair (2016-2017) and inaugural member (2011-2013,2014-2016,2017)
  • NSF Workshop on Mid-scale Chemical Instrumentation—Workshop to develop con- sensus around needs/opportunities for chemical instrumentation in the $4M – $120M range, Invited Participant (2016-2017).
  • DOE Committee of Visitors, Division of Chemical Sciences, Geosciences and Bio- sciences, member (2014)
  • National Academies Panel on Materials Science and Engineering, [Review of NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL)], member (2010)
  • Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST), National Academies, member (2007-2010)
  • DOE BES/ASCR Workshop on “Discovery in Basic Energy Sciences: The role of computing at the extreme scale”, invited participant (2009)
  • National Academies Panel on Armor and Armaments, Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board, [Review of ARL], member (2005-2011)
  • Board of Directors, Telluride Science Research Center, member (2007-2009)
  • Cottrell Scholar 2008 Conference Program Committee, member (Fall 2007)
  • Steering Committee, NSF Workshop on Complexity and Emergent Phenomenon inChemistry, member (2007)
  • External Review Committee, Morehouse College, Department of Chemistry, member(2007)
  • National Academies BCST Committee on revealing chemistry through advancedchemical imaging, member (2005-06) “Visualizing Chemistry, The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging,” (National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 2006), http://fermat.nap.edu/catalog/11663.html.
  • NSF MPS Theory Workshop, Invited participant (Oct. 2004)
  • NSF Workshop on “Undergraduate Research Centers,” participant (2003)

Workshops and Symposium

  • Symposium on “Chemical Impacts of Latine Cottrell Scholars,” ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Co-Chair (2023)
  • Telluride Summer Research Workshop on the Chemistry and Dynamics in Complex Environments, co-organizer (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)
  • Bridges to Germany, Dresden, GERMANY, Facilitator (2023)
  • OneChemistry Symposium, Baltimore, MD, Founder and Co-Chair (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • #LatinXChemComp, #LatinXChem, judge (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • Symposia and Conference Organization Symposium on “Reimagining Diversity & Equity in honor of Robert Lichter,” ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Co-Chair (2020) postponed; Atlanta, GA, Co- Chair (2021)
  • Virtual Academic Leadership Training (ALT) Workshop, Washington, DC, Co-Chair (2021)
  • Academic Leadership Training (ALT) Workshop, Washington, DC, Co-Founder and Chair (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Telluride Summer Research Workshop on the Chemistry and Dynamics in Complex Environments, co-organizer (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
  • OneChemistry Symposium, Baltimore, MD, Founder and Co-Chair (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
  • All-Hands Meeting, Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, Baltimore, MD, Co-Chair (2018)
  • Bridges to Germany, Mainz, GERMANY, Facilitator (2017)
  • Symposium on Social and Chemical Science of Diversity Equity, Committee on Minority Affairs, ACS Fall National Meeting, Philadelphia, MA, Co-Chair (2016)
  • Symposium on Multiscale Chemistry, Computers in Chemistry Theme, ACS Spring National Meeting, San Diego, CA, Co-Chair (2016)
  • NSF-sponsored Workshop (cCWCS) on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry forfaculty at small colleges (Summers: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014)
  • Symposium Chair, Using Molecular Scale Computing to Solve Real-World Problems, Engineering Research Symposium, Society of Hispanic and Professional Engineers(SHPE) Conference, Indianapolis, IN (2013)
  • Co-Chair, Cottrell Scholars Conference, Tucson, AZ (2012)
  • Telluride Summer Theory Course (TSTC): lecturer (2009) and organizer (2011)
  • ACS PHYS Division Symposium on Multiscale nanomaterials, polymer, and biomole-cular dynamics, co-organizer (Spring 2010)
  • 75th Herty Medal Symposium, Atlanta, GA, chair (2009)
  • ACS PHYS Division Symposium on Emergence of Function in Molecular Assemblies,co-organizer (Fall 2007)
  • Annual Herty Medal Banquet, Atlanta, GA, chair (2006-present)
  • Herty Medal Undergraduate Research Symposium (HMURS), Atlanta, GA, founderand co-chair (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
  • SERMACS Symposium on Nonequilibrium Statistical Methods for Complex Materials,Atlanta, GA, organizer (2003)
  • Southeastern Theoretical Chemistry Association Meeting (SETCA), Atlanta, GA, co-organizer (2002)
  • Nation’s Symposium on Frontiers in Biomolecular Simulations, Atlanta, GA, co-organizer (2001)

Review Panels & Reviewing

  • DOE BES Review Panel, member (Feb. 2024)
  • Goldwater Scholarships Review Panel, member (Feb. 2024)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Panel, member (Sept. 2023)
  • Editor-in-Chief Search Committee, ACS Publications, member (2023)
  • Goldwater Scholarships Review Panel, member (Feb. 2023)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Dec. 2022)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Panel, member (Sept. 2022)
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Panel, member (May 2022)
  • Goldwater Scholarships Review Panel, member (Feb. 2022)
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Panel, member (Jan. 2022)
  • Jankunas Award Selection committee, Division of Chemical Physics, APS (Dec. 2021) 
  • NIH ZRG1 F04B-H Study Section, ad hoc member (Dec. 2021)
  • NSF HRD Panel, member (Nov. 2021)
  • NIH ZRG1 F04B-H Study Section, ad hoc member (July 2021)
  • RCSA Program Selection Committee, member (June 2021)
  • Goldwater Scholarships Review Panel, member (Feb. 2021)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Nov. 2020)
  • DOE CCS Center Review Panel, member (Nov. 2020)
  • DOE BES Panel, member (2016)
  • NIH ZRG1 BCMB-S Study Section (Dec. 2014)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Mar. 2014)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Feb. 2013)
  • NIH MSFB Study Section (charter membership: 2009-2013)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Feb. 2012)
  • Proposal Review Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratories (2010-2015)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (October 2011)
  • NSF EPSCoR Panel, member (September 2011)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Jun. 2011)
  • DOE BES Panel, member (Spring 2011)
  • ACS National Award Selection Committee (2010-2012)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Jun. 2010)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (April 2009)
  • NIH MSFB Study Section, ad hoc member (Oct. 2008)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (June 2008)
  • NSF EHR/HRD LSAMP Site Visit Team, member (2008)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Mar. 2008)
  • NIH MSFB Study Section, ad hoc member (Feb. 2008)
  • NSF CBET Panel, member (Oct. 2007)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Oct. 2006)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Sept. 2006)
  • NSF Education Panel, member (Nov. 2005)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Jun. 2004)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (Mar. 2004)
  • NSF Education Panel, member (2002)
  • NSF Chemistry Panel, member (2000)