The SERMACS 2026 scientific program starts with our opening ceremony on Wednesday evening and concludes Sunday morning.

More information will be announced on this website in the coming weeks and months. You may contact either of the Program co-Chairs with inquiries in the meantime.
Nathan DeYonker, UofM (ndyonker@memphis.edu) and Will Eckenhoff, Rhodes (eckenhoffw@rhodes.edu)

Program

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026

SERMACS Opening Ceremony

Plenary Speaker
Dr. Anang Shelat, St. Jude

Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026

ACS Southern Chemist Award winners plenary triple header!!!

2019 ACS Southern Chemist Awardee Henry Fritz Schaefer III

2020 ACS Southern Chemist Awardee Sue Richardson

2021 ACS Southern Chemist Awardee Donna Chen

Friday, Nov. 6, 2026

Super Plenary - Presidential panel + meet and greet: "Change in ACS, bridging past to present to future"

2006 ACS President Ann Nalley
2008 ACS President Bruce Bursten
2024 ACS President Dorothy Phillips
2025 ACS President Rigoberto Hernandez

ACS Local Section Memphis