{"id":644,"date":"2026-03-30T07:49:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/?p=644"},"modified":"2026-03-30T07:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:51:39","slug":"reunion-with-former-group-members-in-atlanta-spring-acs-meeting-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/2026\/03\/30\/reunion-with-former-group-members-in-atlanta-spring-acs-meeting-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Reunion with Former Group Members in Atlanta Spring ACS Meeting 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoyed catching up over dinner with former PhD student, Professor Rhett Smith (Clemson University) and his students (&#8220;my academic grandchildren&#8221;) as well as my former postdoctoral associate, Professor Robert Gilliard (MIT) while at the 2026 Spring National ACS meeting in Atlanta.\u00a0 Robert was also an undergraduate researcher with Rhett Smith at Clemson.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-646 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/03\/30074342\/Rhett-Group-Robert-JP-Atlanta-scaled-e1774871086484-900x675.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/03\/30074342\/Rhett-Group-Robert-JP-Atlanta-scaled-e1774871086484-900x675.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/03\/30074342\/Rhett-Group-Robert-JP-Atlanta-scaled-e1774871086484-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/03\/30074342\/Rhett-Group-Robert-JP-Atlanta-scaled-e1774871086484-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/03\/30074342\/Rhett-Group-Robert-JP-Atlanta-scaled-e1774871086484-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/03\/30074342\/Rhett-Group-Robert-JP-Atlanta-scaled-e1774871086484-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2026\/03\/30074342\/Rhett-Group-Robert-JP-Atlanta-scaled-e1774871086484-800x600.jpeg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center\">Prof Rhett Smith on my right (blue shirt), and Prof Robert Gilliard (on Rhett&#8217;s right side, white shirt).<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoyed catching up over dinner with former PhD student, Professor Rhett Smith (Clemson University) and his students (&#8220;my academic grandchildren&#8221;) as well as my former postdoctoral associate, Professor Robert Gilliard (MIT) while at the 2026 Spring National ACS meeting in Atlanta.\u00a0 Robert was also an undergraduate researcher with Rhett Smith at Clemson.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Rhett Smith on my right (blue shirt), and Prof Robert Gilliard (on Rhett&#8217;s right side, white shirt).<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/2026\/03\/30\/reunion-with-former-group-members-in-atlanta-spring-acs-meeting-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading&#8230; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reunion with Former Group Members in Atlanta Spring ACS Meeting 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}