About SCALACS

The Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society is comprised of approximately 2700 chemists, chemical engineers, and chemical technicians. Of members who have indicated their workplace, a little under 1/2 are involved in academia – as students or educators, with most of the balance employed in industry.

The Southern California Section* of the American Chemical Society publishes a magazine nearly every month throughout the academic year, entitled SCALACS. Read your SCALACS Magazine to find out what local section activities are scheduled for the upcoming month. Section activities such as special topic dinner meetings, awards banquets, career workshops, etc., are held throughout the year. Plan on coming to an event that interests you – to network with other chemists, or to learn something new about a particular topic. SCALACS Magazine is also a good place to find vendors of supplies and services. The publication of SCALACS Magazine is supported solely by its advertisers, so please give them your business. Follow this link for a PDF copy of our advertising rates and contract. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in to view it.

*As of January 2003, SCALACS Magazine is a joint publication of the Southern California, Orange County, and San Gorgonio Sections of the American Chemical Society, reaching nearly 5000 chemists. Members from all three sections are welcome to attend any of the announced events, regardless of which local section they belong to.

Besides being the title of our magazine, “SCALACS” (pronounced skay’-lax) is an acronym which stands for Southern California ACS. This acronym refers to the Southern California Local Section of the American Chemical Society.

If you are a member of the American Chemical Society and receive your C&E News where you live or work in Los Angeles County, you are probably also a member of the Southern California Section.The Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society comprises most of Los Angeles County, bordered by the geography of the LA Basin as follows:

  • East border: the Covina Hills. If you are near Mt. SAC, The Claremont Colleges, or Cal Poly Pomona, you probably belong to the San Gorgonio Section.
  • North border: the Southern California Section extends into the Antelope Valley area, and includes Palmdale and Lancaster. There is some overlap here with the Mojave Section.
  • Northwest boder: Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park are part of the Southern California Section, as well as the Simi Valley area of Ventura County. Other parts of Ventura County all the way north well past San Luis Obispo are part of the Los Padres Section.If you live outside our boundaries, but want to be included as a member of the Southern California Section, you may make it so by contacting the national ACS headquarters in writing.
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