Candidates’ election statements and backgrounds

Three candidates will vie for the office of president-elect of the American Chemical Society for 2025 in this fall’s election. They are: Mukund S. Chorghade , chief scientific officer at Thinq Pharma; Rigoberto Hernandez , professor of chemistry and biomolecular engineering at Johns Hopkins University; and Laura Sremaniak , teaching professor and associate department head in the Department of Chemistry at North Carolina State University. The successful candidate will serve as ACS president in 2026 and as a member of the ACS Board of Directors from 2025–27. District I, District V and the International District will hold elections for director. Successful candidates will serve on the ACS Board of Directors from 2025–27. Candidates for District I director are Matthew Grandbois , vice president of business development at AirJoule, and Katherine L. Lee , executive director and head of scientific planning and operations in the Inflammation and Immunology Research Unit at