Spring 2023 Seminar Series

PPSM 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 Ariel L. Furst at afurst@mit.edu.

MIT PPSM YouTube Channel (select seminar videos from Fall 2020-Spring 2022)

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

MIT COVID-19 safety protocols and event policies in effect on the seminar date will be enforced.

Seminar Begins 3:30 PM / Email ppsm-www@mit.edu with any questions. All remaining Spring 2023 seminars will be held in 56-114. NOTE: Spring 2023 PPSM Seminars will not be live-streamed, or otherwise available in virtual format. NOTE: The Friday February 10th Special Seminar will ALSO BE IN 56-114, traditional PPSM start time: 3:30 PM. All other PPSM seminars will be on Wednesdays.

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

		MARCH
	15	POSTPONED PLEASE WATCH FOR NEW SEMINAR DATE “Dynamics and Emergent Complexity in Functional Nanocrystals and Nanocrystal Superstructures” POSTPONED PLEASE WATCH FOR NEW SEMINAR DATE Prof. Xingchen Ye Department of Chemistry Indiana University
	22	“Investigating Aldehydes and Ketones as Monomers for Sustainable Polymers” Prof. Barney Grubbs Department of Chemistry Stony Brook University
		APRIL
	19	Prof. William Tarpeh Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University TOPIC: TBA
	26	MIT POLYMER DAY Poster Contest • Seminars • Networking • Alumni/ae Panel
		MAY
	3	Prof. Jovan Kamcev Department of Chemical Engineering University of Michigan TOPIC: TBA
	10	Prof. Maxwell J. Robb Department of Chemistry California Institute of Technology TOPIC: TBA
		PREVIOUS SPRING 2023 SEMINARS
		FEBRUARY
	8	“Bioinspired Fibers for Medical and Sensing Applications” Prof. Crystal Chu Department of Chemistry Lehigh University [Rescheduled from October 26th, 2022]
	FRI 10	PPSM SPECIAL SEMINAR “Synthesis and Self-Assembly for Linear and Non-Linear Copolymers and Terpolymers for Nanotechnology Applications” Prof. Apostolos Avgeropoulos Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Ioannina
	15	“New Applications for In Situ Polymer Self-Assembly: Sustainable Water Treatment and Chiral Nanomaterials” Prof. James F. Reuther Department of Chemistry University of Mass./Lowell
	22	“Developing a Mechanistic Picture of the Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic Nanomaterials” Prof. Matthew R. Jones Department of Chemistry Rice University
		MARCH
	1	“New concepts for understanding copolymerization” Prof. Nathaniel Lynd Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas/Austin

Spring 2023 Seminar Series

MIT PPSM YouTube Channel (select seminar videos from Fall 2020-Spring 2022)

MIT COVID-19 safety protocols and event policies in effect on the seminar date will be enforced.

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

MARCH

15

POSTPONED PLEASE WATCH FOR NEW SEMINAR DATE

“Dynamics and Emergent Complexity in Functional Nanocrystals and Nanocrystal Superstructures”

POSTPONED PLEASE WATCH FOR NEW SEMINAR DATE

Prof. Xingchen Ye Department of Chemistry Indiana University

22

“Investigating Aldehydes and Ketones as Monomers for Sustainable Polymers”

Prof. Barney Grubbs

Department of Chemistry Stony Brook University

APRIL

19

Prof. William Tarpeh Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University

TOPIC: TBA

26

MIT POLYMER DAY

MAY

3

Prof. Jovan Kamcev Department of Chemical Engineering University of Michigan

TOPIC: TBA

10

Prof. Maxwell J. Robb Department of Chemistry California Institute of Technology

TOPIC: TBA

PREVIOUS SPRING 2023 SEMINARS

FEBRUARY

8

“Bioinspired Fibers for Medical and Sensing Applications”

Prof. Crystal Chu Department of Chemistry Lehigh University

FRI 10

PPSM SPECIAL SEMINAR

“Synthesis and Self-Assembly for Linear and Non-Linear Copolymers and Terpolymers for Nanotechnology Applications”

Prof. Apostolos Avgeropoulos Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Ioannina

15

“New Applications for In Situ Polymer Self-Assembly: Sustainable Water Treatment and Chiral Nanomaterials”

Prof. James F. Reuther Department of Chemistry University of Mass./Lowell

22

“Developing a Mechanistic Picture of the Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic Nanomaterials”

Prof. Matthew R. Jones Department of Chemistry Rice University

MARCH

1

“New concepts for understanding copolymerization”

Prof. Nathaniel Lynd

Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas/Austin

Prof. Xingchen Ye
Department of Chemistry
Indiana University

Department of Chemistry
Stony Brook University

Prof. William Tarpeh
Department of Chemical Engineering
Stanford University

Prof. Jovan Kamcev
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan

Prof. Maxwell J. Robb
Department of Chemistry
California Institute of Technology

Prof. Crystal Chu
Department of Chemistry
Lehigh University

“Synthesis and Self-Assembly
for Linear and Non-Linear
Copolymers and Terpolymers
for Nanotechnology Applications”

Prof. Apostolos Avgeropoulos
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Ioannina

Prof. James F. Reuther
Department of Chemistry
University of Mass./Lowell

“Developing a Mechanistic Picture of the
Synthesis and Assembly of Inorganic Nanomaterials”

Prof. Matthew R. Jones
Department of Chemistry
Rice University

Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Texas/Austin