American Chemical Society Directory of Graduate Research

Vol. 4 Iss. 1
The Chemical Educator
© 1999 Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.

ISSN 1430-4171
http://journals.springer-ny.com/chedr
S 1430-4171(99)01280-7

American Chemical Society Directory of Graduate Research by The ACS Committee on Professional Training; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1997. xv + 1708 pp. 21.4 x 28.3 cm. $65.00 HB ISBN 0-8412-3544-9.

The latest edition of this standard reference work, published biennially since 1953, contains a wealth of data on 692 academic departments or divisions (compared to 685 in the 1995 edition) in universities and colleges in the United States and Canada that offer graduate degrees in twelve chemistry-related fields: chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, pharmaceutical/medicinal chemistry, clinical chemistry, polymer science, toxicology, marine science, forensic science, materials science, and environmental science (the last two fields are new with this edition). A frequently consulted source of up-to-date information on U.S. and Canadian academic research and researchers, the DGR is continually relied upon by undergraduates and their faculty advisors in selecting a graduate school suited to their particular interests and talents. It is also a sine qua non for libraries, academic institutions and their chemistry and chemistry-related departments, chemically oriented businesses, and researchers needing to know who is carrying out research critical to their own.

In each of the twelve sections arranged according to field, the institutions are listed alphabetically. For each department, information on the degrees offered, fields of specialization, chairperson's name, telephone and fax numbers, and web sites are followed by an alphabetical list of faculty members. For each researcher, the following information is provided: year of birth, academic rank, degrees received, major postdoctoral appointments, field of research, specific subjects of current research interest, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, titles and complete reference citations in reverse chronological order of articles published during 1995 and 1996 (91,515 citations compared to 80,081 in the last edition), and the names of those completing master's and doctoral degrees under the faculty member's supervision during the period, along with the thesis titles. Information is also given on interdisciplinary programs when departments listed in the directory are engaged in joint administration of graduate programs with other departments or colleges of the university.

Special statistical summaries appear in the introductory section for all the departments. These provide information on the number of doctor's and master's degrees granted in 1994 - 1995 and 1995 - 1996, and as of September 1996 the number of first-year and total graduate enrollments, the number of postdoctoral appointments, and the number of full-time and part-time faculty members. A 24-page faculty index of 12,030 names (compared to 11,922 names in the last edition) makes the directory user-friendly. The American Chemical Society maintains DGRweb (http://pubs.acs.org/dgrweb), a searchable Internet database of faculty and institutions listed in the DGR.