Randall Smith
Randall received his B.A.  in chemistry from Franklin & Marshall College in 1990, and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry under Dr. Tarek Sammakia at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1994. He studied as an NIH postdoctoral fellow at Pennsylvania State University from 1994 through 1996 under Dr. Ken Feldman. Randall’s industrial experience began [...]

Bill Szabo    Chair-Elect
Bill received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Lehigh University, worked for two years as a discovery chemist at a J&J subsidiary near Philadelphia, and earned his Ph.D. in heterocyclic and medicinal chemistry from the University of Florida.  He held a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in natural product synthesis at Wesleyan University under the direction [...]

Dr. Hui Cai
Dr. Hui Cai is Vice President of Business Development at WUXI AppTec, one of the world’s most reputable providers of comprehensive and integrated pharmaceutical R&D services with 4200 employees, and FDA/EXMA inspected facilities in US and China. She brought to WX with a broad portfolio of expertise in strategic planning, business development, and [...]

William K. Tolley
Bill is a research scientist at Seacoast Science, Inc., in Carlsbad. He is responsible for the design of analytical instruments employing Seacoast’s novel chemiselective sensors. He is experienced in inorganic polymers, supercritical fluid chemistry, and electrochemistry.  He currently serves on the Executive Board as Secretary and served one term as Member-at-Large. He has [...]

Dr. David M. Wallace
 
Dr. Wallace is an experienced medicinal chemist with over 17 years experience in pharmaceutical industry.  He currently consults for early and clinical stage biotech companies, providing synthetic and medicinal chemistry expertise in the area of small molecule drug discovery. Current and past companies include Mpex Pharmaceuticals, Allylix and Mirable. Dr. Wallace is [...]

Tom is currently a Councilor in the San Diego Section and has served for 6 years in that capacity. Previously, he was Chair in 1999 and was an Alternate Councilor (2000-3).

Barbara Sawrey Councilor
Barbara Sawrey is the Associate Vice Chancellor of Undergraduate Education and a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.  She received her B.S. in chemistry from Baldwin-Wallace College, and then worked as an industrial chemist for a number of years.  She earned her Master’s degree from San Diego State University and [...]

Renate Valois retired from the University of San Diego, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry after 37 years in August 2007. She has been editor for The San Diego Chemist for 12 years.

Ken Poggensburg  Councilor
Ken Poggenburg was Section Chair in 2002, a position he also held in 1991, when the San Diego Section celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary.   He was elected Alternate Councilor in 2004, and a Councilor in 2008. He is currently a member of the ACS Committee for Public Relations and Communications. Locally, Ken is Chair [...]

Stephen Gwaltney, PhD
Stephen began his work in synthetic organic chemistry as an undergraduate at Indiana University under the direction of Ted Widlanski.  After graduation, Stephen began working in the labs of Ken Shea at the University of California, Irvine and obtained his PhD in 1996.  His dissertation focused on the development of methodology for the [...]