The 53rd ACS DFW Meeting in Miniature The 53rd ACS DFW Meeting in Miniature took place on May 01 in virtual format. The meeting was organized by the University of Texas at Dallas using the Blackboard Collaborate platform. A total of 108 undergraduate and graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows submitted abstracts ang gave presentations. The meeting had 7 sections that are: Organic, Polymer, Inorganic, Materials, Biochemistry/Biological Chemistry, Physical/ Computational, and Undergraduate. Each section gave 3 prizes (for a total of 21 prizes from 7 sections) sponsored by the ACS DFW local section. First prize winners will receive $250, second prize winners will receive $200, and third prize winners will receive $150. Students were also recognized with 12 special prizes ($150 each) for creativity. The special prizes were sponsored by the University of Texas at Dallas. The winners of the prizes are listed at https://sites.utdallas.edu/acsdfw2021/ schedule/ The winners of prizes for the 2021 Virtual Meeting in Miniature are listed below. Organic Section Melissa Anne Collini (University of North Texas) 1st prize Kara Kassees (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize Moumita Singha Roy (University of Texas at Arlington) 3rd prize Shashini D. Diwakara (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize Polymer Section Erika Lopez Calubaquib (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize John Michael Cue (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize
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Alejandra Durand-Silva (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize Jeri LaNiece Gill (Tarleton State University) Special prize Inorganic Section Kapil Sayala (Southern Methodist University) 1st prize Trent Kyrk (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize Juan Vizuet (University of Texas at Dallas) 3rd prize Kurt Bodenstedt (University of North Texas) Special prize Marie Mortensen (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize Materials Section Jacob Fripp (University of North Texas) 1st prize A K M Nur Alam Siddiki (University of Texas at Dallas) 2nd prize Jennifer England (University of North Texas) 3rd prize Yafen Tian (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize Samia Rifat (University of Texas at Dallas) Special prize Physical/Computational Section Lama Abu-Amara (University of North Texas) 1st prize Leonel Varvelo (Southern Methodist University) 2nd prize Madison Brandi Berger (University of North Texas) 3rd prize Sadisha Manendri Nanayakkara (Southern Methodist University) Special prize Biochemistry/Biological Chemistry Section Fabian Castro Herbert (University of Texas at Dallas) 1st prize
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