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On 30 September, the US JSPS Fellows Alumni Association held an executive committee meeting at the JSPS Washington Office. It was attended by the representatives of the association's five districts, who were:
- Northeast region: Dr. Jan Zeserson (Cornell University)
- Southeast region: Dr. Wael Zatar (Marshall University)
- Midwest region: Dr. Blanca Chattin- Kacouris
- Southwest region: Dr. Arup Neogi (University of North Texas)
- West region: Dr. Hedong Niu (California Department of Transportation)
 These new officers elected Dr. Neogi as the chair and Dr. Zatar as the vicechair. Dr. Neogi has been deeply involved in JSPS's program: He did a postdoctoral fellowship in Japan on the research theme "Semiconductor Optical Materials with Nano Structure." This year, he organized a symposium on Nanoscale Materials for Optelectronics and Biotechnology sponsored by the Washington Office. This summer, he revisited Japan as a fellow under a JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan. Dr. Zatar had been the alumni association's first vice-chair. Giving expression to that experience, he is expected to make great contributions to advancing the association's program in the next period. In planning future activities, the members decided to draft guidelines for preparing Science Symposia. It was reported that the association's first newsletter had been compiled. A decision was made to distribute it by email to the members and to post it on the alumni association's homepage of the Washington Office's website for wider dissemination.
Alumni association's homepage:
http://www.jspsusa.org/Alumni_association/alumni.htm
- JSPS Washington Office
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