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CHEMICAL engineer Nancy Jackson has been elected to serve as the next president of the Amercian Chemical Society (ACS).

Jackson’s presidential succession will run from 2010 to 2012, during which time she will serve on the ACS board of directors. She previously served on the board of directors from 2004–6.

Jackson obtained a BS in chemistry at George Washington University in 1979 and an MS in chemical engineering at the University of Texas, Austin in 1986. She completed a PhD in chemical engineering at Austin in 1990. In 1999 she joined the University of New Mexico’s chemical and nuclear engineering department, where she is currently  an associate research professor..

She manages several projects at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), including the International Chemical Threat Reduction Department, its laboratory-managed research and development programme, and the chemical and energy unit’s catalysis programme, as well as being a member of SNL’s government relations team.

Jackson has been a member of ACS since 1980 and has served on many boards throughout her membership, starting in 1985 as chair of the Younger Chemist Committee. She sits on the International Affairs Committee and is SNL’s alternative representative. Jackson has also sat on Chemical & Engineering News’ editorial advisory board, the Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Review Steering Committee, and the Committee on Science.