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100 Years of PMSE at ACS Spring 2024 is Complete!

Congratulations to the following poster winners
Graduate Student Best Poster - Kaylee E. Barr, Collette Gordon, Nehemie Guillomaitre, Husain Mithaiwala, Nath-Eddy Moody, Molly Warndorf
Undergraduate Student Best Poster - Simeon Newman, Anthony Radka
Early Career Researcher Poster Winner - Raquel Feliciano Crespo, University of Puerto Rico

And also to the winners of the New Member Contest: Francis Klincewicz, Amy Pollock, Ethan Rose. You can also join online from the link above.

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WELCOME TO PMSE

PMSE is a Division of the American Chemical Society, whose goal is to bring together a worldwide community of scientistsand engineers interested in the innovative solutions that can be provided by polymeric materials and make millions of products around the world function everyday.

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Latest PMSE Award Announcements

Roy W. Tess Award: Dr. Wenjun Wu, Arkema

Journal of Polymer Science Award: Prof. Dr. Athina Anastaski, ETH Zurich

Henkel Award: Shu Wang, Duke University

PMSE Fellows
Prof. Jamie Grunlan, Texas A&M University
Prof. Enrique D. Gomez The Pennsylvania State University
Professor Joseph B. Schlenoff, Florida State University


The Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division helps connect scientists seeking to leverage the unique design, functionality, engineering, and properties of macromolecules in challenging applications.

The Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division helps connect scientists seeking to leverage the unique design, functionality, engineering, and properties of macromolecules in challenging applications.

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

If you have content or updates you would like to share with the PMSE community, please contact Bindu Krishnan and Samanvaya Srivastava at pmsecorner@pmsedivision.org with news to share.

  • Poster Award Winners from Centennial Poster Sessions
    A distinguished group of Judges from industry, academia, and government laboratories had the task of determining the winners of the PMSE Centennial Best Poster Competition at the Spring ACS Meeting in New Orleans.  Congratulations to our winners, who were also recognized at the POLY/PMSE Awards Reception. CENTENNIAL POSTER SESSION GRADUATE STUDENT BEST POSTER WINNERS KAYLEE E. BARRUniversity of Minnesota Bottlebrush polymer… Read More »Poster Award Winners from Centennial Poster Sessions
  • 2024 Global Student and Mentor Award Announced
    The purpose of the ACS Global Outstanding Graduate Student and Mentor Award is to disseminate globally the latest knowledge of polymer research and to recognize at the ACS National Meeting not just two winning students, one from the USA and one from anywhere in the world, but also their mentors. Sponsored by Chemical Marketing & Economics, Inc. (CME), the awards,… Read More »2024 Global Student and Mentor Award Announced
  • Bioconjugate Chemistry Young Investigator Award
    The Bioconjugate Chemistry Young Investigator Award, established in 2023*, recognizes an outstanding young researcher who has made a major impact at the interface of synthetic and biological systems. Bioconjugate Chemistry is a peer reviewed journal published by the American Chemical Society.  Since 2018, the award has been cosponsored by Bioconjugate Chemistry and PMSE.  This year’s recipient is Professor Abhishek Chaterjee from Boston College Professor Chatterjee was born in India in 1979. He received… Read More »Bioconjugate Chemistry Young Investigator Award
  • Spring 2024 PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award Winners
    he PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award is given to provide partial travel support to women and/or under-represented (African American, Hispanic, or Native American) graduate students to attend and present their research at ACS national meetings in the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering. PMSE is proud to announce the winners of this award for the Spring 2024 ACS Meeting… Read More »Spring 2024 PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award Winners
  • Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award to Prof. Dr. Athina Anastaski
    Athina AnastasakiETH Zurich Since its inception in 2012, the Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award recognizes polymer scientists under the age of 40 and celebrates their significant research innovations and achievements in the field.  Winners are recognized at a symposium in association with PMSE at the ACS Fall meeting. The editors of the Journal of Polymer Science and the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division… Read More »Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award to Prof. Dr. Athina Anastaski
  • 2024 Henkel Award to Dr. Shu Wang
    Shu WangAdvised by: Prof. Stephen L. Craig and Prof. Michael Rubinstein, Duke University The Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering is given to recognize a graduate student or recent graduate who has completed an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in polymeric research. PMSE is proud to introduce the 2024 winner, Dr. Shu Wang, who obtained his doctoral… Read More »2024 Henkel Award to Dr. Shu Wang
  • 2024 Roy W. Tess Award to Dr. Wenjun Wu
    PMSE is pleased to announce the 2024 Roy Tess Award to Dr. Wenjun Wu of Arkema Coating Resins. Dr. Wenjun Wu received her B.S. degree (1986) and M.S. degree (1990) in Chemistry from Peking University, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California in 1995.  Upon completing her post-doctoral research at Henkel Corporation Research, she joined Union Carbide in… Read More »2024 Roy W. Tess Award to Dr. Wenjun Wu
  • PMSE Fellows for 2024
    The American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) has selected a new class of PMSE Fellows for 2024.  The following distinguished PMSE members have been chosen: PMSE will honor at the next ACS Meeting during the joint PMSE/POLY Awards Reception. PMSE is pleased to welcome this distinguished group of polymer scientists and engineers to the ranks… Read More »PMSE Fellows for 2024