An ACS member since 1986, Mary Carroll is the 2024 ACS President.
Mary is an affiliate member of the American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT) and a member of six ACS technical divisions: Analytical Chemistry (ANYL), Chemical Education (CHED), Colloid & Surface Chemistry (COLL), Inorganic Chemistry (INOR), Polymer Chemistry (POLY), and Small Chemical Businesses (SCHB). She served for 25 years (1998-2022) as a Councilor of the Eastern New York local section.
Previous National ACS Service
Committee on Science (COMSCI): Member, 2021-2022; Committee Associate, 2019-2020.
Leadership Advisory Board (LAB): Member, 2018-2019; Associate, 2014-2017.
Board-Council Policy Committee Task Force on Governance Design: Co-Chair, 2016-2018.
Council Policy Committee (CPC): Vice Chair, 2017 & 2018; elected member, 2013 to 2018; ex officio member (non-voting), 2010 to 2012.
Strategic Planning Committee, 2018
Committee on Planning, 2017.
Society Committee on Education (SOCED): Chair, 2010 to 2012; Member, 2005-2012; Subcommittee B (Higher Education) Chair, 2007 to 2009; Committee Associate, 2001-2004.
ACS Strategic Plan Education Goal Working Group: Chair, 2011.
Graduate Education Advisory Board (GEAB): ex officio member, 2010 to 2012.
Program Review Advisory Group (PRAG): Member, 2010 & 2011.
Women Chemists Committee (WCC): Member, 2004; Chair of WCC Subcommittee on Local and Regional WCC Outreach, 2003-2004; Committee Associate to WCC, 2001-2004..
Publications & Presentations Related to National ACS Service
ACS Council and Its Role in Shaping the Society
Mary K. Carroll, ACS Comment, C&EN, Volume 96, Issue 29 (July 15, 2018).
Moving from Recommendations to Innovations: Increasing the Relevancy and Effectiveness of Chemistry Education
Mary K. Carroll, Invited Commentary, Journal of Chemical Education, 2013, 90, 816-819.
Chemistry and the Pre-medical Curriculum
Mary K. Carroll & Cynthia K. Larive, ACS Comment, C&EN, Volume 89, Issue 42 (Oct. 17, 2011).
Surveying the Two-Year College Chemistry Landscape.
Mary K. Carroll, ACS Comment, C&EN, Volume 89, Issue 24 (June 13, 2011).
Building and Nurturing Networks
Mary K. Carroll, Paper TECH 29, an invited talk in the Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce symposium of the Division of Chemical Technicians, 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006
Eastern New York Local Section Service
Councilor, 1998 to present.
Education Committee, Member 1993 to present; Acting Chair, 2004 to 2007.
Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM) Planning Committees, 1996-1997, 2000-2003, 2018-19.
Alternate Councilor, 1995-1998.
Photo (L to R): NERM 2019 co-chairs Craig Westphal & Lisa Coutts, plenary speaker Joachim Frank, ENY Chair Steve Tysoe, ENY Councilors Mary Carroll & Warren Hull
Service to ACS Student Chapters
Union College Chapter
Advisor: 1994-2009, 2013, 2018
Outstanding Chapter Awards; 1993-1994, 1998-1999, 2003-2004, 2007-08.
Commendable Chapter Awards: 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2008-2009, 2012-13
Honorable Mention: 2018-19
Faculty Mentor Peer Review Conference
Chair, 2007-2009
Reviewer 1997, 2001, 2007-2009
Participant, August 1997
ACS Student Chapter Presentations
undergraduate co-authors indicated with asterisks (*); presenting author underlined
Union College Chemistry Club: Forming bonds with the local community
Laura M. Castellano*, Christopher J. Backlund*, Daniel C. Bailey*, Amanda J. Barrow*, Alexander J. Carrese*, Olga Davydenko*, Sadie G. Gorman*, Emily C. Green*, Fariha Ramay*, Monica L. Tse*, Mary K. Carroll and Laura A. MacManus-Spencer, Paper CHED 1431 in the Division of Chemical Education’s Successful Student Affiliates Chapters poster session at the 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, April 2008.
Fun in a flask (or beaker) at Union College
Eric J. Dimise*, Abigail K. Roberts*, Sarah-Jo Stimpson*, James Miller*, Gordon Carlson*, Shira G. Mandel*, Elizabeth A. Lax*, Rachael Peters*, Jessica P. Grondin*, James R. Bush*, Michael E. Hagerman, and Mary K. Carroll, Paper CHED 1247, presented in the Division of Chemical Education’s Successful Student Affiliates Chapter Activities poster session at the 229th ACS National Meeting, March 2005.
Stellar chemistry at Union College
Amy L. Payeur*, Rakesh Ramakrishnan*, Tim Thomas*, Eric J. Dimise*, Abigail K. Roberts*, Jessica P. Grondin*, Elizabeth A. Lax*, Michael E. Hagerman, and Mary K. Carroll, Paper CHED 1057 in the Division of Chemical Education’s Successful Student Affiliates Chapter Activities poster session in the at the 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 2004.
Are you ready to rock? Another year of fun in professionalism with the Union College Chemistry Club
Desirée L. Plata*, Robert W. Herbst*, Amy L. Payeur*, Rebecca L. Wolfe*, Jamie E. Laubisch*, Jamie M. Iannacone*, Elizabeth A. Lax*, Michael E. Hagerman and Mary K. Carroll, Paper CHED 1077 in the Division of Chemical Education’s Successful Student Affiliates Chapter Activities poster session in the at the 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003.
Union College Chemistry is Hardcore
Andrew J. Leyhane*, Desirée L. Plata*, Ian Saratovsky*, Natasha R. Eckert*, Amy L. Payeur*, Michael E. Hagerman and Mary K. Carroll, Paper CHED 1048, in the Division of Chemical Education’s Successful Student Affiliates Chapter Activities poster session in the at the 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, April 2002
Student Affiliate Activities and Chapter Successes at Union College
L. Carrazzone*, M. K. Carroll, C. McManaman*, A. Ciolino*, G. Lombardo*, Paper CHED 322, poster presentation at Sci-Mix in the Division of Chemical Education at the 216th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 1998