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The Polymer Science, Materials, and Engineering (PMSE) Division of the American Chemical Society brings together a worldwide community of scientists and engineers interested in polymeric materials that make millions of products around the world function everyday.

ACS Spring 2025 Meeting & Expo (link)
March 23-27
News and Updates
If you have content or updates you would like to share with the PMSE community, please contact Bindu Krishnan and Samanvaya Srivastava at pmsecorner@pmsedivision.org with news to share.
- 2025 Awardees for the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor AwardThe purpose of the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award is to disseminate globally the latest knowledge of polymer research and to recognize at the ACS National Meeting not just two winning students, one from the USA and one from anywhere in the world, but also their mentors. Sponsored by Chemical Marketing & Economics, Inc. (CME), the awards,… Read More »2025 Awardees for the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award
- Chair Message from Cristina ThomasDear Fellow Members of the PMSE Division, It is an honor and privilege to serve as the 2025 PMSE Division Chair, working alongside five other dedicated PMSE officers to fulfill PMSE’s mission: fostering a global community of scientists and engineers advancing polymeric materials through science and engineering. This year marks the beginning of the next century for PMSE, building on… Read More »Chair Message from Cristina Thomas
- 2025 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award to Prof. Grace GuSince its inception in 2012, the Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award recognizes polymer scientists under the age of 40 and celebrates their significant research innovations and achievements in the field. Winners are recognized at a symposium in association with PMSE at the ACS Fall meeting. The editors of the Journal of Polymer Science and the Polymeric Materials: Science and… Read More »2025 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award to Prof. Grace Gu
- PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award for the 2025 Spring ACS Meeting AnnoucedThe PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award is given to provide partial travel support to women and/or under-represented (African American, Hispanic, or Native American) graduate students to attend and present their research at ACS national meetings in the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering. PMSE is proud to announce the winners of this award for the Spring 2025 ACS Meeting… Read More »PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award for the 2025 Spring ACS Meeting Annouced
- 2025 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering to Elizabeth MurphyElizabeth Murphy, 2025 Henkel Award WinnerUniversity of California, Santa Barbara The Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering is given to recognize a graduate student or recent graduate who has completed an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in polymeric research. PMSE is proud to introduce this year’s winner, Elizabeth Murphy. Elizabeth Murphy will receive her Ph.D. in Chemistry… Read More »2025 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering to Elizabeth Murphy
- 2025 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings to Professor Jamie GrunlanPROFESSOR JAIME GRUNLANTexas A&M University Professor Jaime Grunlan is the Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, where he has worked for 21 years. He holds joint appointments in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemistry. His research focuses on thermal and transport properties of polymer nanocomposites, primarily in the… Read More »2025 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings to Professor Jamie Grunlan
- PMSE Chair Announces an Exciting New Forum for Industry, Government, and Non-academic organizations – Updated 3/25Please read below for an announcement from Dr. Cristina Thomas, the 2025 PMSE Chair. Attachments: I would like to share an exciting new forum, Breakthrough in Polymers (BIP), that PMSE is convening this summer at the Washington, DC ACS Fall Meeting. The forum will take place on Monday, August 18, 2025, and will include meals and refreshments. The Breakthrough in… Read More »PMSE Chair Announces an Exciting New Forum for Industry, Government, and Non-academic organizations – Updated 3/25
- 2025 PMSE Fellows Announced: Richard Hoogenboom, Arthi Jayaraman, and Abhishek RoyThe American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) has selected a new class of PMSE Fellows for 2025. The following distinguished PMSE members have been chosen: Professor Richard HoogenboomGhent University For outstanding contributions to the development of advanced polymer (bio)materials based on molecular engineering of the polymer building blocks. Professor Richard Hoogenboom joined Ghent University in… Read More »2025 PMSE Fellows Announced: Richard Hoogenboom, Arthi Jayaraman, and Abhishek Roy
Who We Are
The Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division helps connect scientists seeking to leverage the unique design, functionality, engineering, and properties of macromolecules in challenging applications.
The Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, a division of the American Chemical Society, was founded in 1924 as an association of scientists with an interest in understanding how to improve and understand paints and other polymeric coatings. The complex interactions and optimization between the polymeric material, solvents, substrates, and end use required a collaborative effort to understand fundamental property interactions. PMSE build and maintain relationships, arrange polymeric programs at professional meetings, and promotes the teaching of macromolecular chemistry at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Advancing Polymer Research

Focused on scientific discovery and research across macromolecular disciplines and their interaction with other scientific and engineering fields
Developing New Members

Developmental symposium and awards help promote new researchers and expose new ideas to the broader community
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