Argonne scientist named VP of American
Crystallographic Association
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ARGONNE, Ill. (Feb. 21, 2008) –Senior Physicist Robert Von Dreele of the U.S.
Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has been voted vice
president of the American
Crystallographic Association.
“I was pleased and surprised the association asked me to become a candidate,” Von
Dreele said. “It is the premiere organization for crystallographers in the
United States.”
Von Dreele will serve as vice president for 2008, be appointed president in
2009 and be immediate past-president for 2010. He has been a member of the
organization since the early 1970s.
Von Dreele studies powder diffraction crystallography at the Advanced
Photon Source. He examines samples with very large numbers of very small crystals
with X-rays to ascertain information about the arrangement of the atoms within
them.
His work is funded by Office of Science/Basic
Energy Sciences at the U.S.
Department of Energy. He is also a member of the National Committee on Crystallography,
which represents the interests of the professional community to the U.S. National
Academy of Sciences.
Some of his duties as vice president will include taking part in the discussion
of the governing council and taking the place of the president when he is unavailable.
The American Crystallographic Association, Inc. is a non-profit, scientific
organization with more than 2,200 members.
According to the ACA Web site, the objective of the organization is to promote
interactions among scientists who study the structure of matter at atomic (or
near atomic) resolution. These interactions will advance experimental and computational
aspects of crystallography and diffraction. They will also promote the study
of the arrangements of atoms and molecules in matter and the nature of the
forces that both control and result from them.
Argonne National Laboratory seeks solutions to pressing national problems in science and technology.
The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne conducts leading-edge basic
and applied scientific research in virtually every scientific discipline. Argonne
researchers work closely with researchers from hundreds of companies, universities,
and federal, state and municipal agencies to help them solve their specific
problems, advance America 's scientific leadership and prepare the nation for
a better future. With employees from more than 60 nations, Argonne is managed
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Argonne, LLC for
the U.S.
Department of Energy's Office
of Science.
For more information, please
contact Brock Cooper (630/252-5565 or media@anl.gov)
at Argonne.
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