PMSE is pleased to announce 14 awardees to the 2021 Young Investigator Symposium. The goal of this annual symposium is to highlight and provide a forum for up to 15 early-career emerging leaders who have made significant contributions in their respective fields within polymer materials science and engineering. The 2021 symposium will be held at the Spring 2022 ACS Meeting, planned to be held on March 20-24, 2022 in San Diego, CA.
PMSE is currently planning a virtual social hour and presentations from September 7 to September 9, 2021. Three afternoon sessions will be held for both Future Faculty and Young Investigator awardees to highlight their accomplishments and research directions in the future. Please join us in congratulating the 2021 Young Investigator Symposium awardees.
Please see the PDF Summary or register for the social hour and presentations at https://forms.gle/Q9oGPLAsrSfmPxdM8
| Awardee Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Allie Obermeyer | Columbia University |
| Lauren Zarzar | Pennsylvania State University |
| Chenfeng Ke | Dartmouth College |
| Matthew B. Baker | Maastricht University, The Netherlands |
| Elizabeth J. Brisbois | University of Georgia |
| Samanvaya Srivastava | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Mao Chen | Fudan University, China |
| Sidi A. Bencherif | Northeastern University |
| Leila Deravi | Northeastern University |
| Kun (Kelvin) Fu | Universtiy of Delaware |
| Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli | Georgetown University |
| Pengfei Cao | Oak Ridge National Lab |
| Jia Niu | Boston College |
| Haritz Sardon | University of Basque Country Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV-EHU), Spain |