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.
Nominations and Award Process
PMSE Councilors
Name | Affiliation | Councilors Term | |
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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 | Members At Large Term | |
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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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Social Links

Dhriti Nepal
Air Force Research Laboratory
Technical Programming Committee

YuanQiao Rao
Dow
Technical Programming Committee

Davita Watkins
Ohio State University
Technical Programming Committee
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Award Selection Committees
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Award Committee | Name | Affiliation | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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] |