Professor John A. McLean is the recipient of the 2024 Herty Medal as awarded by the Georgia Section of the American Chemical Society, recognizing outstanding work and service by a chemist in the Southeast. Dean of Graduate Education and Research and Stevenson Professor of Chemistry at Vanderbilt University, Dr. McLean also serves as the Director of the Center for Innovative Technology, which collaborates extensively both nationally and internationally in broadscale omics measurements using advanced mass spectrometry techniques. His research centers on the development and application of new technologies for ultrafast structural measurements, primarily utilizing ion mobility-mass spectrometry strategies in health and medicine. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. McLean is well known for distinguished service in professional societies, academe, government, and industry, and for the promotion of young scientists and advancement of diversity and inclusion in the chemical sciences.

The gold Herty medal will be presented at the 90th Herty Award Celebration in September 2024. Prof. McLean will also be a keynote speaker at the Annual Herty Medalist Undergraduate Research Symposium (HMURS).