Panels Focus on Electrochem Grad Student and Postdoc Career Choices and Professional Development

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Frances Chaves

ECS 249: Z05 Young Researchers in Western North America – A Special Symposium and Workshop

The Z05 Symposium and Workshop takes place on Sunday and Monday, May 24–25, 2026, in Seattle, WA, during the 249th ECS Meeting. The symposium includes three expert panels from academia and industry, offering graduate students and postdocs valuable insights into career paths and professional development in the ever-evolving field of electrochemistry. Nobel laureate M. Stanley Whittingham is featured in the third panel.

The symposium is designed to:

Strengthen the academic and professional network of early-career researchers across Western North America;
Foster meaningful connections among scientists and engineers;
Introduce relevant research grant opportunities;
Provide space for participants to share their work and experiences.

Panelists will be available during coffee breaks to provide feedback and engage in networking discussions. (more…)

Posted in Education, Electrochemistry, Workshops

Tagged 249th ECS Meeting, career advancement, Gao Liu, M. Stanley Whittingham, professional development, Z05—Young Researchers in Western North America

New ECS Battery Division Award Honors Nobel Laureate M. Stanley Whittingham

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Genevieve Goldy

The ECS Honors and Awards Program and the ECS Battery Division proudly announce the creation of the new ECS Battery Division M. Stanley Whittingham Mid-Career Award recognizing mid-career achievement and contributions to the field of electrochemical energy storage.

When the pandemic caused the cancellation of a PRiME 2020 event honoring his winning the Nobel prize, Dr. Whittingham requested that donations to the event be used for an award. The Battery Division Early M. Stanley Whittingham Mid-Career Award is partially funded through these donations. (more…)

Posted in Announcements, Awards

Tagged batteries, battery division, ECS Battery Division, M. Stanley Whittingham, Whittingham

2019 Nobel Chemistry Laureates’ Advice for 2020 Nobel Chemistry Laureates

Posted on October 12, 2020 by ECS Staff

Akira Yoshino

M. Stanley Whittingham

A highlight of The Electrochemical Society’s record-breaking PRiME 2020 digital meeting was the live session honoring M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, long term ECS members and 2019 Nobel Chemistry Laureates. That same day—October 7, 2020—the Royal Swedish Academy of Science announced that Emmanuelle Charpentier (Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany) and Jennifer A. Doudna (University of California, Berkeley, US) received the 2020 Nobel Chemistry Prize “for the development of a method for genome editing.” (more…)

Posted in Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Tagged Akira Yoshino, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A. Doudna, M. Stanley Whittingham, Nobel Chemistry Laureates, Nobel Prize