Periodic TableTalks: An Oasis of Science within a Conference Desert

Abstract

Metrics & MoreArticle Recommendations B ecause many of our in-person conferences continued to be canceled over the past couple of years, our thirst for hearing the "latest and greatest" research remained unquenched. For researchers across the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry (DIC), the Periodic TableTalks became an oasis. Now in its second season, this monthly seminar series pairs talks by a junior investigator with an established researcher to showcase cuttingedge research across the six DIC subdivisions: Bioinorganic, Coordination, Solid-State, Organometallic, Nanoscience, and Sustainable Energy and Environment. The webinars are open to all, not just DIC members, and the community has responded enthusiastically to this opportunity. Registration numbers exceeded 300 and a substantial fraction of the participants were always in attendance. The 2021−2022 Periodic TableTalks series has just wrapped up, so like last year, the DIC is pleased to team up with Inorganic Chemistry to highlight in a Virtual Issue the work of researchers who participated.