Dr. Rajani Srinivasan is the present chair elect for ACS DFW local section 2022. She is endowed Munson research professor and associate professor of Chemistry in the department of Chemistry, Geosciences and Physics, College of Science and Technology at Tarleton State University, a part of Texas A&M University System, located at Stephenville TX. Her research group comprised of undergraduate and master's student focusses on developing novel non- toxic, ecofriendly plant derived polymers and their application as delivery system for chemotherapeutic and diabetic drugs and as flocculants for removal of emerging contaminants including microplastics from various sources of water. As a Chemist, she wants to increase the green chemistry awareness .