Research Guides: Chemistry & Biochemistry: Professional Societies

The Importance of Professional Societies

Networking with one's fellow scientists and engineers is extremely important for personal and professional development. And even in the world of Web social networks, professional societies are the most important means of doing so. Professional societies sponsor the conferences you will wish to attend or at which you will present papers. They publish journals which you will read, submit papers to, or serve as a reviewer or editor. They set professional and educational standards. They provide job and career services for their members.

United States

This section is for societies and associations headquartered in the United States. In most cases, their membership is international is scope.

American Chemical Society (http://www.acs.org/)
- Local Sections - the regional sections of ACS
  - California Los Padres (includes Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties)
- Technical Divisions - subject specialties within ACS; they organize most programs at national meetings
  - Agricultural & Food Chemistry
  - Agrochemicals
  - Analytical Chemistry
  - Biochemical Technology
  - Biological Chemistry
  - Business Development & Management
  - Carbohydrate Chemistry
  - Catalysis Science and Technology (probationary)
  - Cellulose and Renewable Materials
  - Chemical Education
  - Chemical Health & Safety
  - Chemical Information
  - Chemical Technicians (division dissolved as of Aug. 21, 2009)
  - Chemical Toxicology
  - Chemistry & the Law
  - Colloid & Surface Chemistry
  - Computers in Chemistry
  - Environmental Chemistry
  - Fluorine Chemistry
  - Fuel Chemistry
  - Geochemistry
  - History of Chemistry
  - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
  - Inorganic Chemistry
  - Medicinal Chemistry
  - Nuclear Chemistry & Technology
  - Organic Chemistry
  - Petroleum Chemistry
  - Physical Chemistry
  - Polymer Chemistry
  - Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering
  - Professional Relations
  - Rubber
  - Small Chemical Businesses
- Secretariats (Interest groups that cross traditional division boundaries)
  - Biotechnology
  - Materials Chemistry
  - Macromolecular
  - Catalysis Secretariat
- Other Member Groups
  - ACS Network - members-only
  - ACS Student Chapters
  - Senior Chemists Committee
  - Women Chemists Committee (WCC)
  - Younger Chemists Committee (YCC )
- Other Key Links
Alpha Chi Sigma professional chemistry fraternity (http://www.alphachisigma.org/)
American Association of Cereal Chemists (http://www.aaccnet.org/)
American Association for Clinical Chemistry (http://www.aasc.org/)
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (http://www.aapspharmaceutica.com/)
American Carbon Society (http://www.americancarbonsociety.org/)
American Crystallographic Assocation (http://aca.hwi.buffalo.edu//)
American Institute of Chemists (http://www.theaic.org/)
American Oil Chemists Society (http://www.aocs.org/) -- chemistry of fats and oils
American Peptide Society (http://www.americanpeptidesociety.org/index.asp?)
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (http://www.asbmb.org/)
- ASBMB Careers
- ASBMB Meetings
- ASBMB Publications
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (http://www.asms.org/)
AOAC International (Association of Official Analytical Chemists) (http://www.aoac.org/)
Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers (http://www.chemconsult.org/)
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Chinese-American Chemical Society (http://www.cacshq.org/)
Committee for the Advancement of Women in Chemistry (COACh) (http://coach.uoregon.edu/)
The Electrochemical Society (http://www.electrochem.org/)
Gamma Sigma Epsilon chemistry honor society (http://www.gammasigmaepsilon.org/)
Geochemical Society (http://www.geochemsoc.org/)
Iota Sigma Pi honor society for women in chemistry (http://www.iotasigmapi.info/)
Iranian Chemists' Association of the American Chemical Society (http://www.ica-acs.org/index.htm)
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) (http://www.nobcche.org/)
New England Association of Chemistry Teachers (http://www.neact.org/)
Organic Reactions Catalysis Society (http://www.orcs.org/)
Phi Lambda Upsilon chemistry honorary fraternity (http://philambdaupsilon.org/)
Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (http://www.sbichem.org/)
Society of Cosmetic Chemists (http://www.scconline.org/)
Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (http://www.setac.org/)

Other Nations and International

Note: This list includes only societies which currently have a website; generally, if the national language uses the Latin alphabet, the name is given in the local language; if it uses a non-Latin alphabet, the name is given in English translation.

International