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MACROMOLECULAR SPEAKER SERIES
CURRENT
Date/Location | Speaker | Seminar Details |
|---|---|---|
February 8, 2024 | Dr. Frank Leibfarth
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
October 3, 2023 | Dr. Angelika Neitzel
University of Florida (MSE) | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
September 7, 2023 | Dr. Matthew Golder
University of Washington | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
February 16, 2023 | Dr. James Tour
Rice University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
February 14, 2023 | Dr. Quentin Michaudel
Texas A&M University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
January 17, 2023 | Dr. Michael Schulz | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
September 1, 2022 | Dr. Natalie Stingelin
(Georgia Tech) | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
March 28, 2019 | Dr. Tatsuo Kaneko
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
January 24, 2019 | Dr. Brett Fors Cornell University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
September 17, 2018 | Dr. Colleen Scott Mississippi State University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
April 19, 2018 | Dominik Konkoloweicz
Miami University, Ohio | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
March 27, 2018 | Dr. Kamil Godula
UC San Diego | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
January 30, 2018 | Dr. Emily Pentzer Case Western Reserve University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
January 18, 2018 | Dr. Jonathan Pokorski Case Western Reserve University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
October 20, 2017 | Dr. Kurt Olson
Corporate Research Fellow PPG Industries | Visitor to the UF POLY/PMSE chapter |
September 28, 2017 | Dr. Rigoberto Advincula
Case Western Reserve University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
August 17, 2017 | Dr. Kotaro Satoh
Nagoya University | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
February 21, 2017 | Dr. John Matson
Virginia Tech | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
February 16, 2017 | Dr. Tanja Weil
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | Organic Division Graduate Seminar |
January 27, 2017 | Dr. Martin Schwentenwein
Lithoz GmbH | Visitor to the UF POLY/PMSE chapter |
May 20, 2016 | Dr. Jeffery Pyun
University of Arizona | Visitor to the UF POLY/PMSE chapter |
Aug 2015 - Feb 2016 | Dr. Robert Waymouth
Stanford University | "Catalysis: The Enabling Science for Polymer Chemistry" |
September 22, 2015 | Dr. Nicole Zacharia
University of Akron | Modulating Supramolecular Interactions in Polyelectrolyte Multilayers |
October 16, 2014 | Dr. Kevin Cavicchi
University of Akron | Visitor to Chemistry |
July 14-15, 2014 | Dr. Deyue Yan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | "Polymer Chemistry and Physics" |
May 15-16, 2014 | Dr. Emily Pentzer
Case Western Reserve University | Visitor to the UF POLY/PMSE chapter |
March 26-28, 2014 | Dr. Sankaran Thayumanavan
University of Massachusetts Amherst | Preeminence Speaker |
March 12-14, 2014 | Dr. Thomas H Epps, III
University of Delaware | Preeminence Speaker |
February 23-25, 2014 | Dr. Nathan C. Gianneschi
UC San Diego | Preeminence Speaker |
February 19-22, 2014 | Dr. Daniel Savin
University of Southern Mississippi | Preeminence Speaker |
February 13-14, 2014 | Dr. Michael Buchmeiser
University of Stuttgart, Germany | "Contributions of Olefin Metathesis to Material Science" and "CO2- and Metal-Protected N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Truly Latent Catalysts in Polymerization (Organo-) Catalysis" |
November 21, 2013 | Dr. Kathryn Beers
NIST | Visitor to the UF POLY/PMSE chapter |
May 24, 2013 | Dr. Andrew Dove
University of Warwick | "Degradable biomaterials and sustainable polymers" |
May 20-21, 2013 | Dr. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Carnegie Mellon University | "Tempering Radicals Behavior in Controlled Radical Polymerization" and "Hybrid and Nanostructured Materials by Macromolecular Engineering using ATRP" |
April 25, 2013 | Dr. Todd Emrick
University of Massachusetts Amherst | "New Functional Synthetic Polymers and Nanostructured Materials" |
March 15, 2013 | Dr. Michael Fevola
Johnson & Johnson | Visitor to the UF POLY/PMSE chapter |
January 15-16, 2013 | Dr. Timothy Swager
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | "Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatics for use as High Performance Electronic Materials" and "Molecular Electronics for Chemical Sensors" |
June 4, 2012 | Dr. Andrew Dove Warwick University | MacroCenter Lectureship |
April 9, 2012 | Dr. Hans Spiess
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | Magnetic Resonance Studies of Nanostructured Functional Systems |
December 1, 2011 | Dr. Kurt Kremer
Director, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Topological Constraints Matter: Elastomers , Collapsed Polymer Globules, Chromosome Territories" |
July 15, 2011 | Dr. Takashi Ishizone
Tokyo Institute of Technology | "Living anionic polymerization of exo-methylene monomers" |
June 20, 2011 | Dr. Brent Sumerlin
Southern Methodist University | "Stimuli-responsive macromolecules: Polymer-protein conjugates and sugar-responsive micelles" |
March 14-March 15, 2011 | Dr. Dieter Schluter
ETH Switzerland | "Polymers Going Rigid and Thick" and "Polymers Going Laterally Infinite" |
January 20, 2011 | Dr. John Tovar
Johns Hopkins University | "Topological and Supramolecular Considerations for Organic (Bio)Electronics" |
October 5-October 28 2010 | Dr. Karen Wooley
Texas A&M University | "Retrosynthetic Analyses of Increasingly Complex Macromolecular Structures" |
July 12, 2010 | Dr. Kalina Peneva
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Simplicity: A Key Feature of Bio-Hybrid Materials Design" |
July 12, 2010 | Dr. Seth Marder
Georgia Tech | "Development of Chromophores for Third-Order Nonlinear Optics" |
April 1-2, 2010 | Dr. Katharina Landfester
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany | "Functional nanostructured particles obtained by the miniemulsion process" and "From particles to complex nanocapsules for materials science" |
SPEAKER SERIES
1999 - 2009
Date/Location | Speaker | Seminar Details |
|---|---|---|
June 29, 2009 | Dr. Susana Liberman
Braskem | "Morphology of Heterophasic Propylene Copolymers" |
June 14-June 15, 2009 | Dr. Yoshiki Chujo
Kyoto University | "Organic-Inorganic Polymer Nano-Hybrids Based on Sol-Gel Reaction" |
March 30-April 3, 2009 | Dr. Rene Janssen
Eindhoven University of Technology | Polymer Solar Cells: (3 seminars)
"Principles and Challenges"
"New Materials for Polymer Solar Cells"
"Nanoscale Morphology in Polymer Solar Cells and New Device Architectures" |
March 20, 2009 | Dr. John Brauman
Stanford | "Jackson Lecturer: Chemistry: Past, Present, and Future" |
March 17, 2009 | Dr. Jerzy Klosin
Dow Chemical | "Production of Polyolefins via Homogeneous Catalysis" |
January 21-23, 2009 | Dr. Ned Thomas
MIT | "Periodic Polymers via Interference Lithography for Photonics, Phononics and Mechanics" |
November 19, 2008 | Dr. Jeffrey Long
Naval Research Laboratory | "Multifunctional 3D Nanoarchitectures for Energy Storage and Conversion" |
October 31, 2008 | Dr. Gregory Tew
University of Massachusetts-Amherst | "Chemically Rich Macromolecules: Biomimetics to Advanced Materials" |
October 14, 2008 | Dr. Chris Ober
Cornell | "Polymer Brushes as Responsive Materials for the Biology-Material Interface" |
May 5, 2008 | Dr. Richard Turner
Virginia Tech | "Alternating Copolymerization of Substituted Stilbenes to New Precisely Functionalized Polymers and Modified Polysulfones for Enhanced Performance" |
April 14-15, 2008 | Dr. Markus Klapper and Dilyana Markova
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Synthesis of Nanofunctional Materials in Non-Aqueous Emulsions (Klapper)"
"Phosphonic Acid Based Proton Conductors for PEMFC (Markova)" |
March 28, 2008 | Dr. Klaus Poerschke
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Plastic Crystals in Organometallic Chemistry" |
Mar 17 and 18, 2008 | Dr. Anna Kohler
Universitat Bayreuth | "Controlling Exciton Diffusion for white light Emission (Physics)
Interchain Interactions in Organic Semiconductors (Chemistry)" |
Jan. - Feb., 2008 | Dr. Tobin Marks
Northwestern University | "Single-Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysis"
"Tuning Catalyst Nuclearity and Ion-Pairing Effects to Produce New Polymer Microstructures and Architectures"
"How Low Can You Go in the Periodic Table? Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis With f-Elements "
"Introduction to Polymer Electronic Structure and Opto-Electronics"
"Organic Electro-Optics and Photonics"
"Interface Engineering and Consequences for Organic and Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes"
"Interface Engineering and Consequences for Organic Solar Energy Conversion"
"Materials for Complementary Organic Printed Electronics, Semiconductors, and Dielectrics"
"Materials for Unconventional Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Electronics"
"Soft Matter-Hard Matter Interfaces in Opto-Electronics. The Unique Properties of Transparent Conducting Oxides" |
Jan. 2008 | Dr. Jeff Moore
University of Illinois | "Stress-Activated Reactions in Polymeric Materials" |
Jan. 2008 | Dr. Eric Moskala
Eastman Chemical Company | "New Devlopments in Specialty Copolysters at Eastman Chemical Company" |
Jan. 2008 | Dr. Harry Gibson
Virginia Technical Institute | "Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Polymeric Systems" |
Nov. 2007 | Dr. Shiro Kobayashi
Kyoto Institute of Technology | "Enzymatic Polymerization of Technology" |
Oct. 2007 | Dr. Ken Wynne
Virginia Commonwealth University | "Polyoxetane and Poly(co-oxetanes): Unexpected and Unprecedented Surface Science" |
Oct. 2007 | Dr. Klaus Muellen
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Organic and Inorganic Functional Nanoparticles" |
Feb. 2007 | Dr. Karen Winey
University of Pennsylvania | "Uncovering the Morphological Diversity In Acid-Containing and Ion-Containing Polymers" |
Feb. 2007 | Dr. Rufina Alamo
Florida State University | "Crystallization of Poly(propylenes) : The Role of Chain Microstructure" |
Dec. 2006 | Dr. Stephen Craig
Duke University | "Controlling and Probing the Mechanochemistry of Single Molecules, Interfaces, and Polymeric Materials" |
Oct. 2006 | Dr. Jeff Moore
University of Illinois | "Mechanochemical Triggers for Self-Reinforcing Polymers" |
Aug. 2006 | Dr. Masashi Shiotsuki
Kyoto University | "Mechanistic Studies of Platinum-Catalyzed Ethylene Dimerization via Isolable Intermediates" |
Apr. 2006 | Dr. Karen Wooley
Washington University | "Nano-Objects and Nanostructured Materials" |
Apr. 2006 | Dr. Al Tonelli
North Carolina State University | "Nanostructuring Polymers with Cyclodextrins" |
Jan. - Feb., 2006 | Dr. Klaus Mullen
Director, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Dyes and Pigments - The Fascination and Function of Color"
"Conjugated Polyphenylenes as Blue Light Emitters"
"Functional Nanoparticles by Methods of Emulsion Polymerization"
"Supported Catalysts for Polyolefin Synthesis"
"Polyphenylene Dendrimers as Shape-Persistent Functional Nanoparticles"
"Nanographenes - From Benzene to Optoelectronics"
"Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy and Single Molecule Function"
"Carbon Particles - The Chemist's Approach"
"From MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry to Soft Landing for Electronics"
"Biosynthetic Hybrid Structures" |
Feb. 2006 | Dr. Charles McCormick
University of Southern Mississippi | "Synthesis of Precisely Controlled Stimuli-Responsive Block Copolymers via RAFT : Opportunities for Self-Assembly in Aqueous Media" |
Jan. 2006 | Dr. Mark Watson
University of Kentucky | "Organic Electronic Materials Built from Arene/Perfluoroarene Units" |
Apr. 2005 | Dr. Yuki Iseki
Sumitomo Company, Japan | Not available |
Apr. 2005 | Dr. Masayoshi Tabata
Hokkaido University | "Super pi Conjugated Aromatic Polyacetylene as a Novel Nano Colorent Materials Prepared with Rh Complex Catalyst" |
Mar. 2005 | Dr. Ullrich Scherf
Bergische Universitaet ( Germany ) | "Structural Design Towards Tuneable Electronic Properties of semiconducting polymers" |
Feb. 2005 | Dr. Jim Tour
Rice University | "Carbon Nanotube : Functionalization and Composites" |
Jan. 2005 | Dr. Choon Do
Sunchon National University | "Polyrotaxanes Containing Cucurbiturils as Beads" |
Oct. - Nov., 2003 | Dr. Edwin L. "Ned" Thomas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | "Block Copolymers: Amazing Self Assembling Stuff"
"Influence of Chain Architecture on Microdomain Characteristics"
"Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers"
"Semicrystalline Block Copolymers"
"Order and Defects"
"Block Copolymer-Homopolymer Blends"
"Block Copolymer Based Photonic Crystals"
"Block Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites"
"Top-Down meets Bottom-Up"
"Enabling Nanotechnologies with Block Polymers" |
Oct. 2003 | Dr. Gregory Sotzing
University of Connecticut | "Novel Conductive Polymers for Electro-optic Applications and Patterning via Oxidative Solid-State Crosslinking" |
Sept. - Nov., 2002 | Dr. David Tirrell
California Institute of Technology | "Bridging the Gap between Natural and Synthetic Polymers"
"Building Proteins from Non-Natural Amino Acids"
"Site-Specific Insertion of Non-Natural Amino Acids into Proteins"
"Chemical Routes to Proteins and Protein-like Macromolecules"
"Engineering the Viscoelastic Properties of Protein Solutions and Gels"
"Macromolecular Self-Assembly"
"Polymers in Tissue Engineering"
"Artificial Extracellular Matrix Proteins"
"Materials for Array Technologies"
"Synthetic Biology" |
Oct. - Nov., 2000 | Dr. Jean M.J. Frechet
University of California , Berkeley | "Functional polymers: a general introduction"
"Dendrimers: design, synthesis, and properties"
"Living polymerization and the control of macromolecular architecture"
"Towards photosynthesis with macromolecules"
"Hyperbranched polymers"
"Combinatorial chemistry: from materials to polymers"
"Polymers in therapeutics"
"Polymeric imaging materials: the concepts"
"Polymeric imaging materials: the state of the art"
"Polymers in separation and molecular recognition" |
Mar. - Apr., 1999 | Dr. Gerhard Wegner
Director, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | " Solid State Polymerization - General Principles."
"Mechanistic Aspects of Solid State Polymerization"
"Chain Stiffness as Structural Principle: From Onsager's Needle Gas to High Strength Fibers"
"Hairy-Rod Macromolecules"
"Mono- and Multilayered Architectures of Hairy-Rod Macromolecules"
"Devices and Functional Architectures of Hairy-Rod Macromolecules"
"Polymers in the State of Polarization: Electrets"
"Synthesis and Structure of Ionenes: The Solid State Structure of Macromolecular Salts"
"Ion Transport in Polymeric Systems"
"The Origin of Metal-like Conductivity in Polymers"
"Amphiphilic Block Copolymers as Interactive Materials" |
DUPONT POLYMER SEMINAR SERIES
2002 - 2003
Date/Location | Speaker | Seminar Details |
|---|---|---|
Oct. 23, 2002 | Dr. Yves Gnanou
University Bordeaux I | "Macromolecular Engineering Using Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization" |
Oct. 28, 2002 | Dr. Jim McGrath
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University | "Polymeric Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Nanocomposites for Fuel Cells via Direct Polycondensation" |
Dec. 10, 2002 | Dr. Emil J.W. List
Graz University | "On the Origin of Green Emission in Poly-phenylene Based Conjugated Polymers" |
Dec. 19, 2002 | Dr. Michael McGehee
Stanford University | "Using Rare Earth Complexes and Grating Couplers to Obtain Spectrally Sharp and Directional Emission" |
Dec. 20, 2002 | Dr. Stefan Schiller
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Tethered Model Membranes" |
Jan. 13, 2003 | Dr. Frank Bates
University of Minnesota | "Block Copolymers: Designer Soft Materials" |
Jan. 20, 2003 | Dr. Naomi Halas
Rice University | "Plasmonic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications" |
Feb. 10, 2003 | Dr. Tom McCarthy
University of Massachusetts | "A New Look at Wettability: Factors that Lead to Ultrahydrophobic and Ultralyophobic Surfaces" |
Mar. 28, 2003 | Dr. Wolfgang Knoll
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research | "Biofunctional Supramolecular Interfacial Architectures" |
DUPONT POLYMER SEMINAR SERIES
2001 - 2002
Date/Location | Speaker | Seminar Details |
|---|---|---|
Jul. 30, 2001 | Dr. Sergei Sheyko
University of North Carolina | "Exploring Single Molecules Using Scanning Force Microscopy (SFM)" |
Sept. 6, 2001 | Dr. David Curtis
University of Michigan | "Morphology and Electronic Structure of Bithizole-Containing Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers" |
Oct. 21, 2001 | Dr. Dennis Smith
Clemson University | "Cyclopolymerization of Tetraynes and Fluoro-Olefins" |
Nov. 9, 2001 | Dr. Marc Hillmyer
University of Munnesota | "Polyactide Block Copolymers: New Composite Materials and Nanostructure Templates" |
Dec. 18, 2001 | Dr. Joseph DeSimone
University of North Caorlina- CH | "Supercritical CO2 Technology as a Platform for Chemical Synthesis and Processing of Materials" |
Mar. 12, 2002 | Dr. Cassandra L. Fraser
University of Virginia | "Polymeric Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Responsive Properties and Nanoscale Assemblies" |
Apr. 3, 2002
Apr. 5, 2002 | Dr. Pierre Audebert
Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan
Indian Institute of Science | "Electrochemical Probing of Sol-Gel Chemistry"
"New Electroactie and NLO Polymers" |
Apr. 23, 2002 | Dr. Craig Hawker
IBM | "Studies at the Interface of Organic and Polymer Chemistry- Application to Advanced Microelectronic and Storage Devices" |
Apr. 30, 2002 | Dr. Geoff Coates
Cornell University | "Synthetic Polymers from Nature: New Catalysts for the Synthesis of Biodegradable Polymers from Renewable Resources" |
May 8, 2002 | Dr. Robert Waymouth
Stanford University | "Multi-Site Catalysts for the Synthesis of Novel Olefin Copolymers" |
EASTMAN POLYMER SEMINAR SERIES
2000 - 2001
Date/Location | Speaker | Seminar Details |
|---|---|---|
Jul. 21, 2000 | Dr. M. Vert
University of Montpellier | "Enzyme-like Nanosized Catalytic Systems Based on Intelligent Synthetic Polymers |
Aug. 18, 2000 | Dr. Mitsuo Sawamoto
Kyoto University | "Recent Advances in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Radical Living Polymerizations and Precision Polymer Synthesis Therapy" |
Sep. 1, 2000 | Dr. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University | "Mechanistic and Synthetic Aspects of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization" |
Oct. 13, 2000 | Dr. Joseph DeSimone University of North Caroline-CH | "The CO2 Technology Platform: From Polymer Synthesis to Coatings for Microelectronics" |
Nov. 9, 2000 | Dr. Brian Benicewicz Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | "Recent Advances in RAFT Polyermization |
Dec. 12, 2000 | Dr. Dieter Schlueter Freie Universitat Berlin | "Dendronized Polymers: Synthesis and Behavior at Interface" |
Dec. 18, 2000 | Dr. R. K. Ramakrishnan Indian Institute of Science | "Study of Odd-Even Oscillations of Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Efficiencies in Twin NLO Chromophores" |
Jan. 19, 2001 | Dr. Charles Spangler Montana State University | "Design Synthesis and Characterization of New Dendritic Materials for Photonic Applications" |
Feb. 19, 2001 | Dr. James Mark University of Cincinnati | "Overview of Rubber-like Elasticity: Historical Aspects, Status, Projections, etc." |
Mar. 2, 2001 | Dr. Curtis Frank Stanford University | "Interfacial Physics and Chemistry of Perfluoropolyether Hard-Disk Lubricants" |
Mar. 23, 2001 | Dr. Lloyd Robeson Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | "Membrane Separations: Overview of the Technology and Discussions of Key Technical Developments" |
Apr. 13, 2001 | Dr. Richard Stein University of Massachusetts Amherst | "Scattering Studies of the Crystallization of Polyolefins and Their Blends" |
May 15, 2001 | Dr. A. S. Abhiraman Georgia Institute of Technology | "Solid-State Polymerization: Facilitating Mechanism, Kinetics and Morphological Consequences" |
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