Conferences & Publications
Sarah Tegen, PhD
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Polymers, Materials Science, and Physical Chemistry
American Chemical Society
1155 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 872-4095
Email: s_tegen@acs.org
SARAH TEGEN earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from MIT, and a PhD in molecular and cell biology from the University of California-Berkeley. After graduate school, she joined Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences as a recruiting editor. In 2005, Tegen moved to the American Chemical Society as managing editor of ACS Chemical Biology, which was awarded the 2007 PSP prize for innovation in journal publishing. She was promoted to Senior Acquisitions Editor in 2007 and has led the launches of ACS Nano and the social networking site ACS Nanotation. Tegen oversees a portfolio physical chemistry and materials sciences journals and websites. She has a longstanding interest in the use of new technologies to promote scientific discourse and understanding. Outside of work, Tegen uses her experimental skills in the kitchen and enjoys scuba diving and traveling.