266th ACS National Meeting
San Francisco, California
Harnessing the Power of Data
PMSE is proud to host 21 symposia comprised of more than 700 oral and poster presentations. Our PMSE Membership Desk with be up and running, and we would love for you to come by and say hello! We will be located at the Marriott Marquis in the south registration area. Below is an overview of our technical program and PMSE functions.
PMSE/POLY PLENARY LECTURE & AWARDS RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16 – 5:30 – 8 PM
MARRIOTT MARQUIS
SALON 8/9
DR. H. N. CHENG
Retired, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Polymer Science and Sustainability: A Nexus of Opportunities
PMSE AWARDS
ACS Global Outstanding Student Award – Alexa Easley, Timur Ashirov
ACS Global Outstanding Mentor Award – Jodie Lutkenhaus, Ali Coskun
Best Poster Awards – Winners chosen at the PMSE Poster Session
Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship and Award – Jean-Christophe Leroux
Eastman Chemical Student Award Finalists – William Archer, Ciera Cipriani, Vidhika Damani, Divya Iyer, Takuto Toriumi, Xiaoqian Wang
Graduate Student Travel Award – Atalaya Wilborn, Hannah Dedmon, Elizabeth Murphy
Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award – Emily Pentzer
PMSE Early Stage Investigators
PMSE Future Faculty Scholars
Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings – Peter Zarras
ACS AWARD SYMPOSIA IN PMSE
ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry – Karen I. Winey
E.V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry – Qinghuang Lin
PMSE SYMPOSIA
- ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Karen I. Winey
- Advances in Bioconjugate Materials for Biomedical Applications
- Advances in Glycomaterials for Biomimicry and Biomedicine
- Applications of Machine Learning in Polymers: Molecular Structure, Properties, Formulation, and Processing
- Automated and Autonomous Experimentation of Polymers and Soft Materials
- Bioconjugate Chemistry Lecture and Award: Symposium in Honor of Jean-Christophe Leroux
- Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science
- E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry: Symposium in Honor of Qinghuang Lin
- Data-Driven Materials Discoveries and Innovations in Polymer Science and Engineering (USA-China Joint Symposium)
- General Papers/New Concepts in Polymeric Materials
- Hybrid Functional Materials of Polymers for Inorganic Nanoparticles
- Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award: Symposium in Honor of Emily Pentzer
- PMSE Early Stage Investigator Symposium
- PMSE Future Faculty Symposium
- PMSE/POLY Poster Session
- PMSE/POLY Student Chapter Symposium
- Polymeric Materials: From Synthesis to Application — USA-Israel Joint Symposium
- Recent Advances in Radical Ring-Opening Polymerization
- Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings: Symposium in Honor of Peter Zarras
- Sustainable Engineering and Nanofabrication of Polymers
- Synthesis, Properties, and Application of Sustainable Polymers
OTHER EVENTS AND MEMBERSHIP PROMOTIONS
SCI-MIX – Monday, August 14, 8 – 10 PM, Moscone Center, South Building, Hall F, and virtually through the ACS meeting platform.
BEST POSTER CONTEST – Posters will be judged during the PMSE/POLY Poster Session, and the winners will receive a monetary prize and a ribbon. The in-person poster session will be at the Moscone Center, South Building, Hall F, 7 – 9 PM on Tuesday, August 15 The virtual poster session will be on Wednesday, August 16, from 12 – 2 PM and accessible through the ACS Meeting Platform.
NEW MEMBER CONTEST – When you become a PMSE member during the meeting, you will receive a $5.00 Starbucks gift card and your name will be entered to win one of three STEM prizes.
GUESS THE CORKS IN THE CYLINDER – Guess the correct number of corks in the cylinder to win a beaker wine glass. Three winners will be chosen.
MEMBERSHIP DESK – Come visit us at the PMSE Membership Desk located at the Marriott Marquis, South Registration Area from 8 AM – 6 PM, Monday through Wednesday, and from 8 AM – 12 PM on Thursday to network, chat, enter our contests, and get some PMSE swag!
Special Thanks to Our PMSE Programming Team
We thank the Programming Committee (Dhriti Nepal, Yuanqiao Rao, and Davita Watkins) and our administrative assistant, Eileen Ernst, for all of their efforts in organizing the Fall 2023 meeting.