PMSE Distinguished Service Award

Started in 1993, the PMSE Distinguished Service Award is given to recognize extensive, sustained contributions and service to the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division.

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Nominations and Award Process

PMSE Councilors

Name	Affiliation	Email	Councilors Term
Dean Webster	North Dakota State University	[Email]	2021-2023
A. Jay Dias	Formely ExxonMobil	[Email]	2022-2024
Julie L. P. Jessop	Mississippi State University	[Email]	2022-2024
Christopher L. Soles	NIST	[Email]	2023-2025
Charles E. Carraher	Florida Atlantic University	[Email]	Alternative 2021-2023
John W. Gilmer	King University	[Email]	Alternative 2021-2023
Michael Jaffe	NJ Innovation Institute	[Email]	Alternative 2022-2024
Michael S. Silverstein	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	[Email]	Alternative 2023-2025

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PMSE Members-At-Large

Name	Affiliation	Email	Members At Large Term
Padma Gopalan	University of Wisconsin	[Email]	2022-2023
Christian Pester	The Pennsylvania State University	[Email]	2022-2023
Rafael Verduzco	Rice University	[Email]	2022-2023
Enrique Gomez	The Pennsylvania State University	[Email]	2023-2024
Hyunki Kim	3M Corporate Research Laboratory	[Email]	2023-2024
Matthew Webber	University of Notre Dame	[Email]	2023-2024

Technical Committee

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Award Selection Committees

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Award Committee	Name	Affiliation	E-mail
ACS Fellowship Selection Co-Chair	Meisha Shofner	Georgia Institute of Technology	[Email]
Distinguished Service Award, Chair	Qinghuang Lin	Lam Research Corporation	[Email]
Cooperative Research Award, Chair	Howard Creel	3M Center	[Email]
Distinguished Service Award	Dean Webster	North Dakota State University	[Email]
Distinguished Service Award	Benny Freeman	University of Texas at Austin	[Email]
Doolittle Award	Alexa S. Kuenstler	University of Colorado Boulder	[Email]
Doolittle Award	Rachel A. Letteri	University of Virginia	[Email]
Doolittle Award	Adrianne M. Rosales	The University of Texas at Austin	[Email]
Doolittle Award	Abhishek Roy	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	[Email]
Eastman Chemical Student Award Chair	Kelly Burke	University of Connecticut	[Email]
Eastman Chemical Student Award	John W. Gilmer	King University	[Email]
Eastman Chemical Student Award	Thomas Hahn	ShurTape	[Email]
Eastman Chemical Student Award	Jason Jenkins	Eastman Chemical Company	[Email]
PMSE Fellowship Selection	Gustavo A. Carri	ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Co.	[Email]
PMSE Fellowship Selection	Vivek Prabhu	NIST	[Email]
PMSE Fellowship Selection	Shu Yang	University of Pennsylvania	[Email]
PMSE Global Graduate Student/Mentor Award Co-Chair	Michael J. A. Hore	Case Western Reserve University	[Email]
PMSE Global Graduate Student/Mentor Award Co-Chair	LaShanda Korley	University of Delaware	[Email]
PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award Chair, ACS Fellowship Selection Co-Chair	Daniel Savin	University of Florida	[Email]
Roy W. Tess Award	Jamil Baghdachi	Eastern Michigan University	[Email]

Liasons to Other Groups

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Liaison To	Name	Affiliation	Email
ACS Multidisciplinary Program Planning	Eva Harth	University of Houston	[Email]
Biotechnology (BTEC Secretariat)	Jamil Baghdachi	Eastern Michigan University	[Email]
International Advisory Committee Co-Chair	Michael S. Silverstein	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	[Email]
International Advisory Committee Co-Chair	Zhihao Shen	Peking University	[Email]
Liaison to the Biomaterials Society	Erin Lavik	University of Maryland, Baltimore County	[Email]
Macromolecular (MACR) Secretariat	Javid Rzayev	University at Buffalo	[Email]
YCC Liaison to PMSE	Bhavya Singhi	Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.	[Email]

Support Committees and Liasons

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Committee	Name	Affiliation	Department	Email
By-Laws	Malancha Gupta	University of Southern California		[Email]
Finance & Investment	Cristina Thomas	3M Company	Corporate R&D	[Email]
Finance & Investment Chair; Symposium Funding	A. Jay Dias	Formely ExxonMobil		[Email]
MACRO (Macromolecular Alliance for Community, Resources, and Outreach)	Bhavya Singhi	Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.		[Email]
MACRO (Macromolecular Alliance for Community, Resources, and Outreach)	Charles E. Carraher	Florida Atlantic University	Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry	[Email]
MACRO (Macromolecular Alliance for Community, Resources, and Outreach) Co-Chair	Philip Costanzo	California Polytechnic & State University	Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry	[Email]
MACRO (Macromolecular Alliance for Community, Resources, and Outreach) Co-Chair	Elizabeth S. Sterner	Lebanon Valley College		[Email]
Membership	Rong Yang	Cornell University		[Email]
Membership Chair	Davita Watkins	Ohio State University		[Email]
PMSE Corner Chair	Bindu Krishnan	The Dow Chemical Company		[Email]
PMSE Corner	Eileen Ernst	PMSE		[Email]
PMSE Corner	Hee Jeung Oh	Pennsylvania State University		[Email]
PMSE Corner	Hyunki Kim	3M Corporate Research Laboratory		[Email]
PMSE Corner	Enrique Gomez	Penn State University		[Email]
PMSE Corner	Abhishek Shete	Dow		[Email]
PMSE Corner	Samanvaya Srivastava	University of California – Los Angeles	Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering	[Email]
PMSE Corner	Huaxing (Daniel) Zhou	Evonik		[Email]
PMSE/POLY Student Chapters	Daniel Savin	University of Florida	Department of Chemistry	[Email]
Volunteer Pipeline	Jason Benkoski	The Johns Hopkins University	Applied Physics Laboratory	[Email]
Volunteer Pipeline	Laura Bradley	University of Massachusetts		[Email]
Volunteer Pipeline	Robert Hickey	Penn State University		[Email]
Webinar Chair	Michael S. Silverstein	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	Department of Materials Science &	[Email]
Webinar	Rachel A. Letteri	University of Virginia	Department of Chemical Engineering	[Email]
Webinar	Dominik Konkolewicz	Miami University	Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry	[Email]
Webmaster	Peter Johnson	SABIC		[Email]
Young Polymer Scientist & Engineer	Luis Campos	Columbia University	Department of Chemistry	[Email]
Young Polymer Scientist & Engineer	Jamie M. Garcia	IBM Almaden Research Center		[Email]
Young Polymer Scientist & Engineer	Melissa A. Grunlan	Texas A & M University	Department of Biomedical Engineering	[Email]
Young Polymer Scientist & Engineer	Emily Pentzer	Texas A&M University		[Email]
Young Polymer Scientist & Engineer	Christian Pester	The Pennsylvania State University	Department of Chemical Engineering	[Email]

Volunteers

Name	Affiliation	Email
Timothy Bunning	Air Force Research Laboratory	[Email]
Adam B. Burns	ExxonMobil Research & Engineering	[Email]
Kevin Cavicchi	University of Akron	[Email]
Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez	University of Texas	[Email]
Honggang Cui	The Johns Hopkins University	[Email]
Cher Davis	NIST	[Email]
Chris Ellison	University of Minnesota	[Email]
Todd Emrick	University of Massachusetts	[Email]
Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli	Georgetown University	[Email]
Jaime C. Grunlan	Texas A & M University	[Email]
Zhiqun Lin	National University of Singapore	[Email]
Kenny Mineart	Bucknell University	[Email]
Anjali Patil	Chanel, Inc.	[Email]
Theodore Provder	Polymer and Coatings Consultants, LLC	[Email]
Chad Snyder	NIST	[Email]
Christopher M. Stafford	NIST	[Email]
Bryan D. Vogt	The Pennsylvania State University	[Email]