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Dr. Luis Echegoyen, the 2019 ACS President-Elect, is the Robert A. Welch Chair Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas at El Paso since August 2010. He was the Director of the Chemistry Division at the National Science Foundation from 2006 to 2010, where he established new funding programs and research centers.  He served as Chair and Professor of Chemistry at Clemson University and has published 385 research articles and 47 book chapters. His current h index is 70. He was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003 and has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1996 Florida ACS Award, the 1997 University of Miami Provost Award for Excellence in Research, the 2007 Herty Medal Award from the ACS Georgia Section, the 2007 Clemson University Presidential Award for Excellence in Research, and the 2007 University of Puerto Rico Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 2011, he was selected as an ACS Fellow and was the first recipient of the ACS Award for Recognizing Underrepresented Minorities in Chemistry for Excellence in Research & Development. Since 2010 Dr. Echegoyen also has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry.