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CHALLENGES FOR THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

NATIONAL SECURITY & HOMELAND DEFENSE

COMMITTEE ON CHALLENGES FOR THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY


BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY


DIVISION ON EARTH AND LIFE STUDIES


NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES


THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS
Washington, D.C.

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    THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

    Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine

    The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

    The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. It is autonomous in its administration and in the selection of its members, sharing with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. Wm. A. Wulf is president of the National Academy of Engineering.

    The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, upon its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine.

    The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. Wm. A. Wulf are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council.

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    ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKSHOP ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND HOMELAND DEFENSE

    JOHN L. ANDERSON, Carnegie Mellon University, Co-Chair

    JOHN I. BRAUMAN, Stanford University, Co-Chair

    JACQUELINE K. BARTON, California Institute of Technology, Steering Committee Liaison

    MARVIN H. CARUTHERS, University of Colorado

    LIANG-SHIH FAN, Ohio State University

    LARRY E. OVERMAN, University of California, Irvine

    MICHAEL J. SAILOR, University of California, San Diego

    JEFFREY J. SIIROLA, Eastman Chemical Company, Steering Committee and BCST Liaison

    Staff

    JENNIFER J. JACKIW, Program Officer

    CHRISTOPHER K. MURPHY, Program Officer

    SYBIL A. PAIGE, Administrative Associate

    DOUGLAS J. RABER, Senior Scholar

    DAVID C. RASMUSSEN, Program Assistant

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    COMMITTEE ON CHALLENGES FOR THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

    RONALD BRESLOW, Columbia University, Co-Chair

    MATTHEW V. TIRRELL, University of California, Santa Barbara, Co-Chair

    JACQUELINE K. BARTON, California Institute of Technology

    MARK A. BARTEAU, University of Delaware

    CAROLYN R. BERTOZZI, University of California, Berkeley

    ROBERT A. BROWN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    ALICE P. GAST, 1 Stanford University

    IGNACIO E. GROSSMANN, Carnegie Mellon University

    JAMES M. MEYER, 2 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

    ROYCE W. MURRAY, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    PAUL J. REIDER, Amgen, Inc.

    WILLIAM R. ROUSH, University of Michigan

    MICHAEL L. SHULER, Cornell University

    JEFFREY J. SIIROLA, Eastman Chemical Company

    GEORGE M. WHITESIDES, Harvard University

    PETER G. WOLYNES, University of California, San Diego

    RICHARD N. ZARE, Stanford University

    Staff

    JENNIFER J. JACKIW, Program Officer

    CHRISTOPHER K. MURPHY, Program Officer

    SYBIL A. PAIGE, Administrative Associate

    DOUGLAS J. RABER, Senior Scholar

    DAVID C. RASMUSSEN, Project Assistant

1Committee member until July 2001; subsequently the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST) liaison to the committee in her role as co-chair of the BCST.

2Meyer's committee membership ended March 2002, following his retirement from DuPont.

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    BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

    ALICE P. GAST, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Co-Chair

    WILLIAM KLEMPERER, Harvard University, Co-Chair

    ARTHUR I. BIENENSTOCK, Stanford University

    A. WELFORD CASTLEMAN, JR., The Pennsylvania State University

    ANDREA W. CHOW, Caliper Technologies Corp.

    THOMAS M. CONNELLY, JR., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

    JEAN DE GRAEVE, Institut de Pathologie, Liège, Belgium

    JOSEPH M. DESIMONE, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University

    CATHERINE FENSELAU, University of Maryland

    JON FRANKLIN, University of Maryland

    MARY L. GOOD, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

    RICHARD M. GROSS, Dow Chemical Company

    NANCY B. JACKSON, Sandia National Laboratories

    SANGTAE KIM, Eli Lilly and Company

    WILLIAM KLEMPERER, Harvard University

    THOMAS J. MEYER, Los Alamos National Laboratory

    PAUL J. REIDER, Amgen, Inc.

    ARNOLD F. STANCELL, Georgia Institute of Technology

    ROBERT M. SUSSMAN, Latham & Watkins

    JOHN C. TULLY, Yale University

    CHI-HUEY WONG, Scripps Research Institute

    Staff

    JENNIFER J. JACKIW, Program Officer

    CHRISTOPHER K. MURPHY, Program Officer

    SYBIL A. PAIGE, Administrative Associate

    DOUGLAS J. RABER, Senior Scholar

    DAVID C. RASMUSSEN, Program Assistant

    DOROTHY ZOLANDZ, Director

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Preface

Initially, the Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century project was designed to be a series of five workshops encompassing the main technological areas to which the chemical sciences contribute. After the events of September 11, 2001, it was recognized that chemists and chemical engineers have always contributed significantly to our nation's defense capabilities and that now they will play an increasingly important part in homeland security. Thus, the National Security and Homeland Defense Workshop was arranged on an emergency basis. It is hoped that the presentations and discussions at the workshop found in this report will help chemical scientists understand how their research can be applied to national security problems and will guide them in new directions to ultimately enhance the safety of U.S. civilians and military personnel.

In some cases, modified or improved existing technologies were identified as likely contributors to national security solutions, and in others, completely new technologies were called for. However, the workshop was not designed to provide specific recommended solutions to national security and homeland defense problems (see Appendix A for the Statement of Task). The workshop report is just that—a report of the proceedings of and discussions at the workshop that focused on research in chemistry and chemical engineering clearly related to national security. Topics in other areas of the chemical sciences are addressed in the other reports in the “Challenges” series including Beyond the Molecular Frontier: Challenges for Chemists and Chemical Engineers as well as in Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism.

Following the workshop, the organizing committee met to reach preliminary consensus on the workshop findings and to create an outline for its report. The

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report was fully developed through iterations among the committee members. In addition to summaries of the speaker presentations ( Appendix D), the committee has attempted to capture participants' input from both the plenary and breakout sessions in the report chapters. Illustrative comments from presentations and subsequent discussions are highlighted in boxes interspersed throughout the chapters.

This study was conducted under the auspices of the NRC's Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology with assistance provided by its staff. The committee acknowledges this support.

John L. Anderson and John I. Brauman
Co-Chairs
Organizing Committee for the Workshop on
National Security and Homeland Defense

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Peter K. Dorhout, Colorado State University

Catherine C. Fenselau, University of Maryland

Nancy B. Jackson, Sandia National Laboratories

C. Bradley Moore, Ohio State University

George Parshall, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company (retired)

K. John Pournoor, 3M

Steven J. Sibener, University of Chicago

George M. Whitesides, Harvard University

Charles Zukoski, University of Illinois

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making

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certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
1    INTRODUCTION 6
    Basic Science, 9
    Systems and Analysis, 9
    Manufacturing, 10
2    GRAND CHALLENGES 12
    Threat Reduction, 12
    Preparation, 12
    Situational Awareness, 15
    Threat Neutralization and Remediation, 16
3    SPECIFIC CHALLENGES 18
    Threat Reduction, 18
    Preparation, 21
        Medical Countermeasures, 21
        Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research, 21
    Situational Awareness, 23
    Threat Neutralization and Remediation, 25
4    RESEARCH DIRECTIONS 26
    Threat Reduction, 26
    Preparation, 27
    Situational Awareness, 31
    Threat Neutralization and Remediation, 40
5    FINDINGS 42
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APPENDIXES
    A    Statement of Task 47
    B    Biographies of Organizing Committee Members 48
    C    Workshop Agenda 51
    D    Workshop Presentations 55
        The Current Thought on Bioterrorism: The Threat, Preparedness, and Response
David R. Franz, Southern Research Institute
55
        What Can the Industrial Chemical Community Contribute to the Nation's Security?
Scott D. Cunningham, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company
60
        Thoughts and Questions on Countering the Terrorist Threat
Richard L. Garwin, Council on Foreign Relations, New York
63
        Vulnerability of Public Water Supplies
Rolf I. Deininger, The University of Michigan
65
        Microfluidics: Development, Applications, and Future Challenges
Andrea W. Chow, Caliper Technologies Corporation
68
        After September 11: An Expanded Agenda for Science and Scientists
Ralph J. Cicerone, University of California, Irvine
72
        A Skeptical Analysis of Chemical and Biological Weapons Detection Schemes
Donald H. Stedman, University of Denver
81
        Overview of Real-Time Single Particle Mass Spectrometry Methods
Kimberly A. Prather, University of California, San Diego
84
        New Approaches to Decontamination at DOE
Mark D. Tucker, Sandia National Laboratories
87
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        Biosynthetic Engineering of Polyketide Natural Products
C. Richard Hutchinson, Kosan Biosciences
93
        Challenges in Rapid Scale-up of Synthetic Pharmaceutical Processes
Mauricio Futran, Bristol-Myers Squibb
96
    E    Results of Breakout Session 99
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