The PMSE Division is pleased to announce that Daniel Krajovic is the winner of the 2026 Eastman Chemical Student Award in Applied Polymer Science. This award, sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company and administered by the PMSE Division, is given for the best paper presented at the Eastman Chemical Student Award Symposium as part of the PMSE program. The Eastman Chemical Student Award Symposium was held at the Fall 2026 ACS Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.
The other finalists who presented at the Award Symposium were Subeen Kim, Weixin Guan, Carmen Dunn, Meng Jiang, and Benjamin Nelson.
DR. DANIEL KRAJOVIC
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Krajovic received his bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 2020 and completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with Professor Marc Hillmyer at the University of Minnesota in 2025. He is currently a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT working with Professors Zachary Smith and Timothy Swager. Daniel’s research interests address environmental stewardship from multiple angles, including commercially competitive renewable plastics and highly selective gas separation membranes targeting atmospheric remediation and energy-efficient separations. In addition to the Eastman award, Daniel’s work has been recognized with the 2026 CAS Future Leaders Award, the 2025 ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award, and First Place presentation awards at the 2024 Polymer Physics Gordon Research Conference and the 2023 National Graduate Polymer Research Conference.