{"586290":{"#nid":"586290","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Leadership Post for Payne","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristine Payne, a researcher with the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, has been elected Councilor for the Physical Chemistry division of the American Chemistry\u0026nbsp;Society (ACS).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This is a way for me to contribute or give back to an organization that I\u0026rsquo;ve benefited from,\u0026rdquo; says Payne, an associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECouncilors in the ACS, who act as an advisory body, are elected by either their local section or division. In Payne\u0026rsquo;s case, she was elected through the Physical Chemistry division.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The division organizes symposia at ACS meetings, which I\u0026rsquo;ve been attending since 1999,\u0026rdquo; Payne says. \u0026ldquo;So I appreciate that they need volunteers to keep the organization running. And more generally, I think scientific societies like ACS are important for giving chemistry a voice.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPayne begins her two-year term this month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELINKS:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en.html\u0022\u003EAmerican Chemistry\u0026nbsp;Society\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ww2.chemistry.gatech.edu\/payne\u0022\u003EChristine Payne Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECONTACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher elected as councilor in American Chemistry Society"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPetit Institute researcher elected as councilor in American Chemistry Society\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher elected as councilor in American Chemistry Society"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2017-01-23 13:58:16","changed_gmt":"2017-01-23 13:59:23","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"469041":{"id":"469041","type":"image","title":"Christine Payne","body":null,"created":"1449257160","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:26:00","changed":"1475895218","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:38","alt":"Christine Payne","file":{"fid":"203845","name":"christine_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christine_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christine_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2833652,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/christine_0_0.jpg?itok=eAxbKdhL"}}},"media_ids":["469041"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJerry Grillo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Officer II\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nParker H. Petit Institute for\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBioengineering and Bioscience\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Jerry.grillo@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}