Finding the next 'Carl Sagan of chemistry'

Graduate student Jennifer Novotney won the Chemistry Champions competition at the American Chemical Society's (ACS) national meeting in San Francisco, Aug. 10.

A student in the lab of William Dichtel, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, Novotney was voted the 2014 Chemistry Champion by a live audience and viewers over a live video stream. The competition promotes the training of science communicators, in an effort to find the "Carl Sagan of chemistry."