Who We Are
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
Call for Nominations: PMSE Future Faculty Honorees and PMSE Young Investigator Awards
Nominate early-career emerging leaders for the 2022 PMSE Young Investigator Awards. Scientists in industry, academia, or national labs are awarded yearly by PMSE for awardees who make significant contributions within polymeric material science and engineering. Nominees should be within 7 years of starting their independent careers. Awardees will be asked to give a presentation at the Fall 2022 National ACS …
2021 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Awards–ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student & Mentor Awards in Polymer Science and Engineering
2021 Award Winner The ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) and the Chemical Marketing & Economics Topical Group of the American Chemical Society (CME), are proud to announce the winners of the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Polymer Science and Engineering and the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award in Polymer Science and Engineering. The …
2021 PMSE Young Investigator Awardees
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, …
2021 Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award to Dr. Chunying Chen
Bioconjugate Chemistry and the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering are proud to announce that Dr. Chunying Chen is the winner of the 2021 Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award. This award recognizes the contributions of an individual who has made a major impact working at the interface between the biological and human-made worlds. Dr. Chunying Chen will join a …
2021 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science & Engineering: Dr. Austin M. Evans
Austin M. Evans received his Ph.D. in Chemistry as a NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Northwestern University with Prof. William R. Dichtel in 2020. During his graduate studies, he developed an innovative colloidal synthesis approach to 2D covalent organic framework polymers, which enabled detailed studies of their nucleation, growth, and error correction modes toward large, defect-free macromolecular sheets with tailored …
2021 ACS Awards in Polymer Science
Professor Craig Hawker is the recipient of the 2021 American Chemical Society Katheryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success. The award recognizes "outstanding entrepreneurs who have created a commercially viable business within the chemical enterprise. Starting with a good idea, sustained by passion, fueled by persistence and hard work, the award recipient created something where nothing existed before. The awardee is recognized …
Message from Lisa Baugh on the PMSE Programming for the 261st ACS National Meeting
Welcome, attendees, to the 261st ACS National Meeting! PMSE was hoping to greet visitors in Texas (my home state) this Spring. San Antonio is beautiful this time of year, and the food alone is worth the trip. But we are happy to have your participation in our second virtual National Meeting. Its format has been enhanced significantly from Fall 2020 …
2021 PMSE Distinguished Service Award to Melissa Grunlan
Melissa Grunlan is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Holder of the Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professorship in Engineering, TAMU Presidential Impact Fellow, and TAMU Chancellor EDGES Fellow. She holds courtesy appointments in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Department of Chemistry. Prof. Grunlan obtained a B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. …
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News and Updates
Call for Nominations: PMSE Future Faculty Honorees and PMSE Young Investigator Awards
Nominate early-career emerging leaders for the 2022 PMSE Young Investigator Awards. Scientists in industry, academia, or national labs are awarded yearly by PMSE for awardees who make significant contributions within polymeric material science and engineering. Nominees should be within 7 years of starting their independent careers. Awardees will be asked to give a presentation at the Fall 2022 National ACS …
2021 PMSE CME Student & Mentor Awards–ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student & Mentor Awards in Polymer Science and Engineering
2021 Award Winner The ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) and the Chemical Marketing & Economics Topical Group of the American Chemical Society (CME), are proud to announce the winners of the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Polymer Science and Engineering and the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award in Polymer Science and Engineering. The …
2021 PMSE Young Investigator Awardees
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, …
2021 Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award to Dr. Chunying Chen
Bioconjugate Chemistry and the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering are proud to announce that Dr. Chunying Chen is the winner of the 2021 Bioconjugate Chemistry Lectureship Award. This award recognizes the contributions of an individual who has made a major impact working at the interface between the biological and human-made worlds. Dr. Chunying Chen will join a …
2021 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science & Engineering: Dr. Austin M. Evans
Austin M. Evans received his Ph.D. in Chemistry as a NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Northwestern University with Prof. William R. Dichtel in 2020. During his graduate studies, he developed an innovative colloidal synthesis approach to 2D covalent organic framework polymers, which enabled detailed studies of their nucleation, growth, and error correction modes toward large, defect-free macromolecular sheets with tailored …
2021 ACS Awards in Polymer Science
Professor Craig Hawker is the recipient of the 2021 American Chemical Society Katheryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success. The award recognizes "outstanding entrepreneurs who have created a commercially viable business within the chemical enterprise. Starting with a good idea, sustained by passion, fueled by persistence and hard work, the award recipient created something where nothing existed before. The awardee is recognized …
Message from Lisa Baugh on the PMSE Programming for the 261st ACS National Meeting
Welcome, attendees, to the 261st ACS National Meeting! PMSE was hoping to greet visitors in Texas (my home state) this Spring. San Antonio is beautiful this time of year, and the food alone is worth the trip. But we are happy to have your participation in our second virtual National Meeting. Its format has been enhanced significantly from Fall 2020 …
2021 PMSE Distinguished Service Award to Melissa Grunlan
Melissa Grunlan is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Holder of the Charles H. and Bettye Barclay Professorship in Engineering, TAMU Presidential Impact Fellow, and TAMU Chancellor EDGES Fellow. She holds courtesy appointments in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and the Department of Chemistry. Prof. Grunlan obtained a B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. …