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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 Bioconjugate Chemistry Young Investigator Award nominations are open until December 8th.

To submit a nomination, please go to online submission form.

Nominations for Heroes of Chemistry are now open!

Innovation paired with commercial success is worth recognizing. Nominations for the 2024 Heroes of Chemistry Award (link) are now being accepted. This award is one of ACS’s highest honors for industry, recognizing companies which have developed successfully commercialized products. The deadline to submit a nomination is February 1.

Full details are at the links above. Any private or publicly owned for-profit company may nominate a team of chemists or allied scientists who played a vital role in the research and development of a commercial product that has had an impact on the welfare and progress of humanity.

PMSE is celebrating 100 years!

Come look at some of what we are planning for the 2024 spring ACS National Meeting. Click the logo to find out more.

Congratulations to PMSE members in the new class of ACS Fellows!

PMSE is proud to introduce our members who have been selected as the new class of ACS Fellows for 2023. This honor recognizes outstanding achievements in, and contributions to, the science and the profession of chemistry, and equally exemplary service to the American Chemical Society.

  • Jaime C. Grunlan, Texas A&M University
  • LaShanda Korley, University of Delaware
  • Theresa M. Reineke, University of Minnesota
  • Christopher M. Stafford, NIST

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

Connecting Our Community

Join PMSE and become a member of a supportive professional network of active and diverse members

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.

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