Chemists’ work supervision

Minskoff and Von Halle worked hard to "understand" Braus. Under any supervision but that of Buetefisch and Schneider, he would have been a leading chemist. In the 1930 s, his light had been hidden under their bushel then he had spent the two years before Pearl Harbor in Japan, building a nitrogen plant for the... 

Ms. Debra Y. Harton, Assistant Chemist, assisted in the laboratory work. Overall supervision of the project was the responsibility of Dr. William J. Barrett, Director, Applied Sciences Research, and Dr. Herbert C. Miller, Head, Analytical and Physical Chemistry Division. Other personnel of Southern Research Institute provided valuable advice. These include Ms. Ruby H. James, Head, Environmental Analytical Chemistry Section Dr. Thomas P. Johnston, Head, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Division and Dr. Edward B. Dismukes, Senior Research Adviser. This work was conducted under contract with NIOSH (210-78-0012) ... 

Marjam Behar, National Institutes of Health I joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, in December 1962 to work with a group of physicians who were doing studies of cerebral blood flow, and they needed a chemist to do their metabolic studies. I didn t have a tenure-track position. As a matter of fact I was not in the faculty track, but as we advanced in the studies (I was there for 17 years), they made me director of the Core Facility for Analytical Chemistry. I had 12 technicians that I supervised and taught. I also taught residents, faculty members, and medical students who needed to learn bioanalytical techniques to pursue their research. 

Not all companies were effusive in their praise of women chemists. William Rintoul of Nobel Explosives Company in Ayrshire reported to Conway Only routine work was entrusted to women. Our experience agrees with the generally accepted view that, in the main, women are unsuitable for the control and carrying out of research work unless under strict [male] supervision. 40... 

Incidentally, at least one research administrator is currently worrying about a shortage of qualified supervisory personnel for literature-chemistry programs. His concern centers around his theory that too many literature chemists become overly involved with details, an attitude necessary for high-quality individual work but not particularly conducive to developing a broad point of view and the ability to supervise others (and himself be supervised). 

Alfred Werner was born in 1866 and died from arteriosclerosis in 1919, He started as an organic chemist and finished his chemical career in 1915 as one of the foremost inorganic chemists,. He won the Nobel Prize in 1913, During a period of two and a half decades he published 174 papers and supervised the work covered by 200 doctoral dissertations, Werner was the founder of coordination chemistry. He rejected the then prevailing concept formulated by Kekule) that the valence of an element is invariable and introduced instead the notion of principal and auxiliary valence. He also formulated the concept of coordination number, Werner used both the inductive and the deductive methods of reasoning. Most of his predictions on geometrical and optical isomerism were verified by experiment. 

Synthetic chemistry of any kind is not a trivial activity, and it should be pursued only by those who can recognize and avoid the inherent safety risks that exist. Thus, most of the procedures given in this volume should be undertaken only by individuals who are already competent synthetic chemists or who are working directly under the close supervision of someone who is. Potential hazards are identified throughout this volume, and these warnings should be taken seriously. 

So refined is a production process that supervised operators who are not chemists or even scientists can carry it out. Their workplace may be so far from the development laboratories that frequent oversight by the researchers is impossible. Process chemists therefore compose clear, comprehensive instructions covering each reaction, work-up, and purification. 

Flavor Chemist A flavor chemist, or flavorist, must know how chemicals react and change in different conditions. A degree in chemistry is an asset, but is not required. Most flavorists work for companies that supply flavors to the food and beverage industries. A certified flavorist trains for five years in a flavor laboratory, passes an oral examination, and then works under supervision for another two years. For more information on chemistry careers, visit glencoe.com. 

This book in its condensed presentation of these fundamentals is written for chemical engineers and chemists either working in research, development, production or engineering departments as well as to those working for supervising authorities. At the same time it can be used as a textbook in graduate courses at university. 

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