aPPSM sponsors a series of seminars covering a broad range of topics of general interest to the polymer community, featuring speakers from both on and off-campus. We invite the polymer community at MIT and elsewhere to participate. For further information, contact Professor Alfredo Alexander-Katz at aalexand@mit.edu.

MIT PPSM YouTube Channel

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJXFS-b5uRqxEdba_u78zA/featured

All Fall 2021 PPSM seminars will be presented on Wednesdays.
Seminars to be presented virtually will include ATTENDANCE LINK TBA in the description.

Seminars held in-person will be in MIT Room 56-114, Masks Required/MIT COVID19 safety protocols and event policies in effect on the seminar date will be enforced.

Connect by 3:25 PM–Seminar Begins 3:30 PM / Email ppsm-www@mit.edu with any questions.

To receive Tuesday and Wednesday email announcements of the next upcoming PPSM seminar, please email your request including your email address to:  ppsm-www@mit.edu

		PREVIOUS SEMINARS
		OCTOBER
	27	“Functional biosensors for human and environmental health” Prof. Ariel L. Furst MIT Department of Chemical Engineering SEMINAR VIDEO:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I5cuewY75I
		NOVEMBER
	17	“Engineering protein electrostatic interactions for intracellular phase separation” Prof. Allie Obermeyer Department of Chemical Engineering Columbia University SEMINAR VIDEO*:  https://mit.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=aa228b55-81f2-4d94-bc88-ae26000d5ec1 (MIT ONLY) *The technical problem which caused only a narrow slice of each slide to be visible during Nov. 17th Zoom seminar has been corrected with this video—all slides are fully visible. Thanks to Prof. Obermeyer for her help with this!
	1	“Novel Polymer Membranes for Critical Gas Separations” Prof. Sanat K. Kumar Department of Chemical Engineering Columbia University   SEMINAR VIDEO (MIT ONLY): https://mit.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=1097ddce-b440-425c-ac89-ae18006db0ab
		DECEMBER
	8	“Polymer-Based Lithium Batteries and the Pesko Condition” Prof. Nitash P. Balsara College of Chemistry University of California/Berkeley FORMAT: HYBRID (56-114/ZOOM) VIDEO: Watch this space