Hello, everyone! I am Paul Dietze, and I’m here to chat with you about a career in patent law. A little bit about me: I’ve always liked science. When I was a kid, I had a chemistry set, I had a microscope, and I had one of those van de Graaff generators that you crank and make static electricity. I went to Queens College at the City University of New York, and that was a wonderful place. I got my undergraduate degree in chemistry from there. I worked a 40 hour week all through college, in an ice cream store. I never borrowed a dime to go to college. I paid for it as I went. I got a job as an analytical chemist within a year after I graduated college. I remember the job market was not real good when I graduated in 1976. I got a job at a flavor and fragrance company in Manhattan, Fritzsche, Dodge & Olcott. I went to NYU at night for my master’s in chemistry. I liked school much better than I liked the job, so I applied to the Ph.D. program and got accepted. I really enjoyed the teaching part, and I decided I wanted to teach. When I graduated I was offered a teaching position at a small liberal arts college in Indiana, Earlham College. I taught there for two years. I missed doing research, so I did a postdoc in the lab of William P. Jencks at Brandeis University. In 1987, I got a position as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In 1993, I was not offered a tenure position, and I was always interested in law, so I applied for law school. At the same time, I applied for a job at the FDA to be a review chemist in the division of oncologic drug products anticancer drugs. I loved law school. I looked forward each day to getting out of work to go to school. Today, as a special counsel for Haynes and Boone, LLP, I provide counseling to clients in the generic pharmaceutical industry. I get to use my chemistry, and I get to use my law degree. It’s really a perfect blend of everything. If I had to do it all over again, I’d do it exactly the same way. I’m here to answer any questions you have about a career in patent law or how to use your chemistry degree for a nontraditional career. I’ll be online at 11:00am EDT to begin answering your questions! For more on nontraditional careers in chemistry, check out C&EN’s new Career Ladder series in the first issue of every month in C&EN. My Career Ladder profile appears in the inaugural June 6th issue of Career Ladder in C&EN. For a C&EN article on how to get a career in patent law, see: A Patently Satisfying Career updated links 08:35 EDT -acs Thank you for your questions. I have enjoyed chatting with you. –Paul

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Hi Reddit! Since I introduced myself in the ACS AMA last year (http://redd.it/3fqnqo) , I’ll only say that I’m the Director of the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute where we work to catalyze and enable the implementation of green chemistry and engineering throughout the global chemistry enterprise. At the moment we’re getting ready for the 20th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, held in Portland, OR June 14-16 (http://www.gcande.org/) and I hope you can join us for what is shaping up to be a great Conference.. So, feel free to ask me anything about the current and future states of sustainable and green chemistry and engineering. Like last year, feel free to ask me anything about how sustainable and green chemistry is implemented in industry, or how you can apply it in your research, or what challenges you’re encountering in your work as you work to implement it. I will be back at 11 am ET to answer your questions, Ask me Anything!

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Hi Reddit! Kevin is a surface scientist with a Ph.D. in chemistry from Johns Hopkins and an expert beer homebrewer. Craig is a science writer and editor for Chemical & Engineering News with a background in inorganic chemistry who brews kombucha and hard cider. After seeing some fake helium beer videos online, Kevin and Craig got into a discussion about whether it would be possible to do it for real. Their calculations suggested it was feasible, so they gave it a shot. You can read about the results, and get the recipe, at http://cenm.ag/heliumbeer We’ll be back at 12pm ET to answer your questions! Edit - We are here to answer your questions! KW & CB Edit - We are wrapping up. Thanks for all the good questions. We might be back on later to answer more. -KW & CB

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Hi Reddit – We are responsible for open access programs at the American Chemical Society, where our mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people. American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific society and one of the world’s leading sources of authoritative scientific information. In the past 2 years, we’ve expanded our open access outreach, launching several new programs and journals, including: ACS Central Science (pubs.acs.org/centralscience) – the ACS’ first fully open access journal – publishing the most exciting and impactful scientific research that highlights the centrality of chemistry – free to read AND free to publish! ACS Author Rewards (pubs.acs.org/authorrewards) – a stimulus program worth as much as $60M in credits to be used by ACS authors over the next 2 years to help purchase of open access options; ACS AuthorChoice (pubs.acs.org/authorchoice) –ACS provides various licenses to help authors choose the best option for their needs, along with significant discounts for ACS members and authors at institutions that subscribe to ACS’ All Publications package. ACS Editors’ Choice (pubs.acs.org/editorschoice) – A popular program in which ACS journal editors recommend articles that should be made open access, and ACS sponsors one new article into open access every day of the year. ACS Omega (pubs.acs.org/acsomega) – ACS’ second fully open access journal, coming soon, is aimed at publishing technically sound research with a focus on expedited editorial decision making. Darla Henderson, PhD: I am the Assistant Director of Open Access Programs at ACS Publications, and joined ACS in 2008 after a decade with John Wiley & Sons. I have a PhD in chemistry from Duke University. Kevin Davies, PhD: I am the VP of Business Development at ACS Publications and Publisher of C&EN; and also the author of three popular science books, most recently “The $1,000 Genome.” I studied at Oxford and London University, where I took a PhD in molecular genetics. We’ll be back at 1 pm EST (10 am PST, 6 pm UTC) to answer your questions, ask us anything! We’re live and ready to answer your questions (1 pm EST)! /dh Thank you Reddit AMA community - the last hour was fun, and we appreciate your enthusiasm and participation! Signing off for now - DH, KD

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Hi Reddit! We are CANN, a subdivision of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety. Within the last year we have petitioned from initial formation, to committee, to our current subdivision status. We believe that with the exponential growth of the legal cannabis industry, offering a scientific community of professionals, researchers, and academics will improve safety standards and industry practices. A part of the American Chemical Society, we at CANN use our resources to develop workshops, training sessions, symposium and general sessions on cannabis health and safety-related topics at national, regional and other meetings of the American Chemical Society. We aim to support future chemists with training, mentoring programs, research opportunities, and other resources. Today our group is open for discussion to help educate a broader audience. Thank you all for your participation and for the CANN volunteers that fielded questions. We received more than 820 questions and more than 3000 upvotes. We hope that we were able to shed some light on this popular topic and that you will reach out to us again if we can be of any assistance. We would also like to encourage membership and volunteerism as there is always lots to do. Email us at [email protected]. Thanks to Ezra Pryor, Jahan Marcu, Ph.D., Erika Oltermann, Melissa Wilcox, Guillermo Moreno, Christopher Hudalla, PhD and Jeff Raber, PhD for answering questions.

Hi! I’m Melody Bomgardner, Senior Business Editor for C&EN. I write about food and agriculture for the magazine, in addition to other topics like advanced biofuels and other environmentally-friendly technologies. Earlier this year I wrote an extensive cover story about plant-based protein sources [link “plant-based protein sources” to http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i6/Calling-Plants-Fulfill-Proteins-Promise.html] and got the idea to write about hemp. Before I began research for the hemp feature, I didn’t know very much about this crop, but I ended up learning much more than would fit in the story. I look forward to your questions. Hi, I’m Anndrea Hermann, M.Sc, B.GS, P.Ag., and I’m the President of Hemp Technologies, Sales and Business Development Officer of Hemp Production Services, Principle The Ridge International Cannabis Consulting and Founder/Host iHempRadio. I am the lead instructor of Oregon State University’s course on Industrial Hemp, as well as a Health Canada Authorized Hemp THC Sampler and Canadian Hemp Licensee who has advised Health Canada on a wide spectrum of Cannabis projects (from 2001 to the present). I am a current board member of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance, President Emeritus and current board of the National Hemp Industries Association and special committee member for the European Industrial Hemp Association. I have assisted with creating and reviewing hemp regulations in Canada, the European Union, South Africa, Uruguay, Australia, New Zealand, India, Vermont, Virginia, Tennessee, North Dakota, Missouri, Colorado, California, Oregon and Michigan, for example. These regulations govern the hemp industry. While state initiatives have legalized two main types of Cannabis, marijuana for medical or recreational uses has gotten a lot of attention lately while the effort to revive industrial hemp production in the U.S. is much less well known. This ancient crop traveled with the colonists to North America and was a staple of agricultural production in the U.S. up to the 1930s. Since then it has been largely illegal to grow hemp in the U.S., though it was legalized in Canada in 1998. Now, though, the 2014 Farm Bill allows some controlled plantings of hemp in any state that has an agriculture department willing to oversee production for research purposes. Many vegetarians and vegans know the hemp seed – called grain – is rich in essential amino acids and fatty acids. For more about the potential for a hemp resurgence in the U.S., check out: Hemp, No Longer Illegal, Is Poised For A Comeback In The U.S. [http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i46/Hemp-Longer-Illegal-Poised-Comeback.html] Update! I’m pleased to report that analytical chemist and hemp variety expert Jace Callaway will also be joining us today. We’ll be back at 11 am EST (8 am PST, 4 pm UTC) to answer your questions, ask us anything! Hey all - it’s now 12:07 and our official live hour is over. But I invite our experts to continue answering questions as they have time available. Please give a hemp-hearty thank you to Anndrea and Jace!

Hi Reddit! I am a James Bryant Conant Award recipient in Teaching Chemistry and a nationally recognized leader in STEM education. I am certified to teach chemistry, biology, physics, general science, mathematics, college level forensics and general chemistry, but have a passion for food chemistry. I recently presented at the national conference of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on the Chemistry of Cooking: A look at Solution Chemistry. I am usually in Syracuse, New York—I have a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemistry and chemical education from Syracuse University. Right now, I am in Washington, D.C. at the Department of Energy’s Office of Science on a year-long Albert Einstein Fellowship. I love food chemistry and cooking, so I’m excited to be here on the week of Thanksgiving. Ask me anything about kitchen and cooking chemistry tricks for Thanksgiving – especially for desserts, my favorite. Some stuff I love talking about: how to temper an egg for home-made chocolate crème pie, how to prevent your gravy from being too oily or too clumpy, when to use baking soda versus when to baking powder (it expires!), what can you use to substitute for ingredients you realize you’re missing on Thanksgiving morning, how to speed up that turkey defrosting, how to tweak the recipe for a boxed cake mix to make a much better homemade cake just by using some kitchen hacks, the timing of making mashed potatoes, and more. But of course, I’m here for your questions, so ask away. I’ll be back at Noon Tuesday ET (9 am PT, 5 pm UTC) to answer your questions! EDIT: I worked on many questions tonight but there are so many more coming in as I type. I will continue answering questions tomorrow and hopefully you will get responses from me or other redditors.

Hi, I’m Lisa Jarvis, Senior Correspondent for C&EN. I cover the pharmaceutical industry, and routinely write about young biotech companies that have spun out of academic labs. For C&EN’s Ten Start-ups to Watch, I helped generate a long list of start-ups worth considering and, along with Melody and our editor Mike McCoy, pared those down to the 10 “winners.” Now taking suggestions for start-ups with chemistry at their core to consider for next year’s feature. Hi, I’m Melody Bomgardner, Senior Business Editor for C&EN. I primarily cover the so-called cleantech sectors–along with agriculture and food topics–for the magazine. Start-ups are rather common in the cleantech industries and, increasingly, in agriculture. I love talking to entrepreneurs about how they go from discoveries in the lab to creating a sustainable business. The result of our searching and winnowing appeared in the Nov. 2 issue. C&EN profiled 10 start-ups working across a wide range of fields—from agriculture to biotechnology to materials science and beyond. The list includes Padlock Therapeutics, Carbon3D, Liquid Light, and Nohms Technologies. Whether they’re trying to treat a debilitating disease or extend the life of your cell phone battery, these companies are united by a common theme: They all are using groundbreaking chemistry to solve real-world problems. Some have substantial backing from venture firms or corporate partners; others are still working to validate their technology. We arrived at this diverse collection by polling knowledgeable staffers, scouring databases of start-ups, and asking tuned-in sources for recommendations. We’ll be back at 1:00 pm EST(10 am PT, 6 pm UTC) to start answering questions. EDIT: It’s 1pm EST, and we’re live. Melody and I will be here for an hour to answer your question. EDIT: Thanks, all! It’s 2pm EST and Melody and I are signing off. If you haven’t, check out the profiles of the ten companies we think are worth keeping an eye on: http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i43/10-Start-Ups-Watch.html