Member-at-Large: Tim Wilson

Tim Wilson is a chemical technician employed at the Eastman Kodak Company in the Ion Analysis Laboratory of the Foundation Science and Technology Center, supporting research and development of imaging chemicals. He currently serves on the executive board of the Technician Affiliate Group (TAG). In addition, he serves as co-chair of the Education Outreach Committee of the TAG along with Deb Janes, in presenting a chemical education outreach program, Adventures in Chemistry and Physics (ACAP) to students throughout the year. Tim and Deb Janes have contributed their efforts to National Chemistry Week, ACS High School Chemistry Awards Night, Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Science Saturdays Program and Science and Technology Week, E³ Science fair, and Kodak’s National Engineering Week programs. They have presented workshops to junior and senior high students at Science Exploration Days, science educators at Science Educators’Conferences, and the STANYS Science Educators Conference. In 2001, they presented a workshop at the 221^st National ACS Meeting in San Diego, California. Tim was also a member of the NERM 2004 organizing committee and was also the co-chair of the Secondary School Teacher and Student Event during NERM 2004. In 2005, Tim and Deb coordinated local National Chemistry Week activities. In 2006, they coordinated Chemists Celebrate Earth Day activities. They are planning Chemagination for 2007. In addition to developing TAG and ACS flyers, Tim recently developed a power point presentation highlighting the local sections activities at the request of the American Chemical Societies Department of Local Section and Community Activities. Tim is also the local sections representative on the Rochester Council for Scientific Societies.