American Crystallographic Association
The American Crystallographic Association, Inc. (ACA) is a non-profit, scientific organization for scientists who study the structure of matter via crystallographic methodologies. Since its founding in 1949 it has amassed over 2000 members worldwide.
Abbreviation | ACA |
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Motto | Structure Matters |
Formation | 1949 |
Legal status | Scientific Organisation |
Purpose | Promote interactions among scientists who study the structure of matter at atomic resolution |
Headquarters | Buffalo, NY |
Membership | 2,200 in > 60 countries |
President | Brian H. Toby |
Vice-President | David Rose |
Website | http://www.amercrystalassn.org/ |
The association meets annually in July and has several interest groups dealing with specific aspects of crystallography, including fiber diffraction, neutron scattering and powder diffraction.
A quarterly magazine, called ACA RefleXions, is published in addition to a scholarly journal. Structural Dynamics is a peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal co-published by ACA and AIP Publishing. It highlights research articles on structural determination and dynamics of systems, enabled by the emerging new instruments (e.g. XFELs, high harmonic generation, ultra-short electron sources, etc.) and new experimental and theoretical methodologies. The journal is accepting short communications, topical reviews, and research papers in the following topics: Experimental Methodologies, Theory and Modeling, Surfaces and Interfaces, Materials, Liquids and Solutions, and Biological Systems.
The association presents several awards[1]
Past presidents
Past presidents of the association include:[2]
- Paul Peter Ewald (1952)
- William Lipscomb (1955)
- Elizabeth A. Wood (1957)
- Robert E. Rundle (1958)
- Henri A. Levy (1965)
- Jerome Karle (1972)
- Philip Coppens (1978)
- Jenny Glusker (1979)
- David Sayre (1983)
- William L. Duax (1986)
- Helen M. Berman (1988)
- Thomas Koetzle (2011)
- George N. Phillips, Jr. (2012)
- Cheryl Stevens (2013)
- Martha Teeter (2014)
- Christopher Cahill (2015)
- Thomas Terwilliger (2016)
- Amy Sarjeant (2017)
- Lisa Keefe (2018)
- Joseph D. Ferrara (2019)
See also
References
- "Awards Presented by the American Crystallographic Association". American Crystallographic Association. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2017-10-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)