PMSE Officers, Councilors, and Volunteers
The Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Division is a part of the American Chemical Society and governed by the bylaws, which can be found on the ACS website (pdf).
A list of officers, councilor and alternative councilors, members-at-large, and the rest of the Executive Committee Volunteers are listed below. See the list of former chairs and chair messages here.
Officers
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Megan L. Robertson
ChairUniversity of Houston
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Cristina Thomas
Chair-Elect3M Company
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Jennifer L. Schaefer
Vice-ChairUniversity of Notre Dame
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Dominik Konkolewicz
TreasurerMiami University, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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Dhriti Nepal
SecretaryAir Force Research Laboratory
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Daniel Savin
Past-ChairUniversity of Florida
Technical Programming
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Technical Programming Committee
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Technical Programming Committee
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Technical Programming Committee
Administrative Staff
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Councilors and Alternative Councilors, and Members-At-Large
Councilors and alternative councilors are listed with their three year terms.
Name | Affiliation | Councilors Term | |
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Dean Webster | North Dakota State University | [Email] | 2024-2026 |
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 |
Qinghuang Lin | Lintech International | [Email] | Alternative 2024 |
Melissa Grunlan | Texas A&M University | [Email] | Alternative 2024-2026 |
Michael Jaffe | NJ Innovation Institute | [Email] | Alternative 2022-2024 |
Michael S. Silverstein | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | [Email] | Alternative 2023-2025 |
Members-at-large are listed by their years of membership and their primary affiliation.
Name | Affiliation | Members At Large Term | |
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Patricia Calvo | Kansas State University | [Email] | 2024-2026 |
Marcus Cole | Universal Display Corporation | [Email] | 2024-2026 |
Elefheria Roumeli | University of Washington | [Email] | 2024-2026 |
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 |
Award and Fellowship Selection
Award and Fellowship Selection Committees are listed on their respective pages. Volunteers are listed by their PMSE role and their primary affiliation.
Award Committee | Name | Affiliation | |
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ACS Fellowship Selection | Michele Galizia | University of Oklahoma | [Email] |
ACS Fellowship Selection Chair | Wenyi Huang | DuPont | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Xi (Chelsea) Chen | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Martin Conda Sheridan | University of Nebraska Medical Ctr. | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli | Georgetown University | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Ashlin Sathyan | DuPont | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Jennifer L. Schaefer | University of Notre Dame | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Christopher L. Soles | NIST | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Taylor Ware | Texas A&M University | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee | Joerg Werner | Boston University | [Email] |
Awards and Recognitions Committee, Chair | Daniel Savin | University of Florida | [Email] |
Cooperative Research Award | Dean DeLongchamp | NIST | [Email] |
Cooperative Research Award | Bryan D. Vogt | The Pennsylvania State University | [Email] |
Cooperative Research Award, Chair | Howard Creel | 3M Center | [Email] |
Distinguished Service Award | Benny Freeman | University of Texas at Austin | [Email] |
Distinguished Service Award | Melissa A. Grunlan | Texas A & M University | [Email] |
Distinguished Service Award | Dean Webster | North Dakota State University | [Email] |
Distinguished Service Award, Chair | Qinghuang Lin | Lam Research Corporation | [Email] |
Doolittle Award | Alexa Easley | Cornell University | [Email] |
Doolittle Award | Alexa S. Kuenstler | University of Illinois | [Email] |
Doolittle Award | Adrianne M. Rosales | The University of Texas at Austin | [Email] |
Eastman Chemical Student Award, Chair | Kelly Burke | University of Connecticut | [Email] |
Early Investigator & Future Faculty | Emily Pentzer | Texas A&M University | [Email] |
Early Investigator & Future Faculty | Christian Pester | The Pennsylvania State University | [Email] |
Early Investigator & Future Faculty | Christopher L. Soles | NIST | [Email] |
Early Investigator & Future Faculty | Christopher M. Stafford | NIST | [Email] |
Graduate Student Travel Award | Sophia Goodrich | University of Florida | [Email] |
Graduate Student Travel Award, Chair | Kaitlyn Crawford | University of Central Florida | [Email] |
PMSE Fellowship Selection | Gustavo A. Carri | ExxonMobil Chemical Company | [Email] |
PMSE Fellowship Selection | Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez | University of Texas | [Email] |
PMSE Fellowship Selection | Christopher M. Stafford | NIST | [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] |
Roy W. Tess Award, Chair | Jamil Baghdachi | Eastern Michigan University | [Email] |
Other Committees
Award and Fellowship Selection Committees are listed on their respective pages. Volunteers are listed by their PMSE role and their primary affiliation.
Committee | Name | Affiliation | Department | |
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By-Laws | Malancha Gupta | University of Southern California | [Email] | |
Communication | Eileen Ernst | PMSE | [Email] | |
Communication | Enrique Gomez | The Pennsylvania State University | Department of Chemical Engineering | [Email] |
Communication | Hee Jeung Oh | Pennsylvania State University | [Email] | |
Communication – PMSE Corner, Chair | Bindu Krishnan | The Dow Chemical Company | [Email] | |
Communication – PMSE Portal, Chair | Huyunki Kim | 3M Corporate Research Laboratory | [Email] | |
Communications | Qinghuang Lin | Lam Research Corporation | [Email] | |
Communications | Megan L. Robertson | University of Houston | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | [Email] |
Communications | Eleftheria Roumeli | University of Washington | [Email] | |
Communications | Abhishek Shete | Dow | [Email] | |
Communications | Samanvaya Srivastava | University of California – Los Angeles | Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering | [Email] |
Education/Outreach- Database | Lisa S. Baugh | ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering | [Email] | |
Education/Outreach- Database | Meisha Shofner | Georgia Institute of Technology | School of Materials Science & Engineering | [Email] |
Education/Outreach-Student Chapters | Julie L. P. Jessop | Mississippi State University | Department of Chemical Engineering | [Email] |
Education/Outreach-Student Chapters | Jason Linn | University of Minnesota – Twin Cities | [Email] | |
Finance & Investment Chair; Symposium Funding | A. Jay Dias | Formely ExxonMobil | [Email] | |
Finance & Investment; MACRO (Macromolecular Alliance for Community, Resources, and Outreach) | Dominik Konkolewicz | Miami University | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry | [Email] |
International Advisory Committee, Co-Chair | Christian Pester | The Pennsylvania State University | Department of Chemical Engineering | [Email] |
International Advisory Committee, Co-Chair | Zhihao Shen | Peking University | Department of Polymer Science & Engineering | [Email] |
International Advisory Committee, Co-Chair | Michael S. Silverstein | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | Department of Materials Science & | [Email] |
International Advisory Committee, Co-Chair | Matthew Webber | University of Notre Dame | [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 | Nazakat Ali | Punjab Tianjian U of Technology | [Email] | |
Membership | Lucas Beagle | UES, Inc. | [Email] | |
Membership | Yabin Lei | International Flavors and Fragrances | [Email] | |
Membership | Vikas Varshney | Air Force Research Laboratory | [Email] | |
Membership | Rong Yang | Cornell University | [Email] | |
Membership, Chair | Rafael Verduzco | Rice University | [Email] | |
Panels | Christopher L. Soles | NIST | Materials Science & Engineering Division | [Email] |
Panels | Akhilesh Gaharwar | Texas A&M University | [Email] | |
Panels | Jennifer L. Schaefer | University of Notre Dame | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | [Email] |
Panels, Chair | Dhriti Nepal | Air Force Research Laboratory | [Email] | |
PMSE Corner | Huaxing (Daniel) Zhou | Evonik | [Email] | |
PMSE/POLY Student Chapters | Kaitlyn Crawford | University of Central Florida | [Email] | |
PMSE/POLY Student Chapters | Sophia Goodrich | University of Florida | [Email] | |
Regional Meetings | Patricia Calvo | Kansas State University | [Email] | |
Regional Meetings | Reza Foudazi | University of Oklahoma | [Email] | |
Regional Meetings, Chair | Robert Hickey | Penn State University | [Email] | |
Webmaster | Peter Johnson | SABIC | [Email] | |
Historian | Lisa S. Baugh | ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering | [Email] | |
Special Issues | Jihua Chen | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | [Email] | |
Special Issues | Mark Kozlowski | DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory | [Email] | |
Special Issues | Julio Terán | North Carolina State University | [Email] | |
Special Issues, Chair | Qinghuang Lin | Lam Research Corporation | [Email] | |
Volunteer Pipeline | Robert Hickey | Penn State University | [Email] | |
Volunteer Pipeline | Jason Benkoski | The Johns Hopkins University | Applied Physics Laboratory | [Email] |
Volunteer Pipeline | Sergio Granados-Focil | Clark University | Gustaf H. Carlson School of Chemistry | [Email] |
Webinars | Michael S. Silverstein | Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | Department of Materials Science & | [Email] |
Webinars | Steve Bullock | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | [Email] | |
Webinars | Rachel A. Letteri | University of Virginia | Department of Chemical Engineering | [Email] |
Webinars, Chair | Dominik Konkolewicz | Miami University | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry | [Email] |
Liaisons to other committees within ACS and outside of ACS are listed here.
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] |
International Advisory Committee Member | Christian Pester | The Pennsylvania State University | [Email] |
International Advisory Committee Member | Matthew Webber | University of Notre Dame | [Email] |
Liaison to the Biomaterials Society | Vacant | ||
Liaison to the Rubber Division | Richard Spontak | North Carolina State University | [Email] |
Macromolecular (MACR) Secretariat | Javid Rzayev | University at Buffalo | [Email] |
Representative to the Soft Matter Association | Tim Bunning | AFRL | [Email] |
YCC Liaison to PMSE | Bhavya Singhi | Zeus Industrial Products, Inc. | [Email] |
Volunteers
Name | Affiliation | |
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Adam B. Burns | ExxonMobil Research & Engineering | [Email] |
Luis Campos | Columbia University | [Email] |
Kevin Cavicchi | University of Akron | [Email] |
Honggang Cui | The Johns Hopkins University | [Email] |
Cher Davis | NIST | [Email] |
Chris Ellison | University of Minnesota | [Email] |
Todd Emrick | University of Massachusetts | [Email] |
John W. Gilmer | King University | [Email] |
Padma Gopalan | University of Wisconsin | [Email] |
Jaime C. Grunlan | Texas A & M University | [Email] |
Zhiqun Lin | National University of Singapore | [Email] |
David Lohse | Retired | [Email] |
Kenny Mineart | Bucknell University | [Email] |
Anjali Patil | Chanel, Inc. | [Email] |
Vivek Prabhu | NIST | [Email] |
Theodore Provder | Polymer and Coatings Consultants, LLC | [Email] |
Arjun Raghuraman | Dow | [Email] |
Yuanqiao Rao | Dow | [Email] |
Abhishek Roy | National Renewable Energy Laboratory | [Email] |
Chad Snyder | NIST | [Email] |
Shu Yang | University of Pennsylvania | [Email] |