Conference Description
The 2019 Polymers Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will assemble an international community of scholars from industry, academia, and government to highlight the most recent innovations in polymer chemistry and to discuss how these methods will generate materials used in a wide variety of applications. Synthetic and naturally occurring polymers will be discussed in the oral and poster presentations. Conference topics will focus on new methods for polymer synthesis and innovations in medicine, sustainability, energy, electronics and advanced manufacturing. Significantly, the GRC will provide a number of mechanisms for professional networking through discussion sessions and daily poster sessions. This conference will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), which will enable junior scientists to network and meet current leaders from academia, government, and industry. The most outstanding lectures from the GRS will be highlighted and included in the GRC speaking lineup. Combined, the Polymers GRS and GRC constitute an exciting, influential and important collection of presentations in the field of polymer science.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by February 9, 2019. Please check back for updates.
Macromolecular Nanomaterials
Discussion Leaders
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Wesley Sattler (The Dow Chemical Company, USA)
Speakers
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Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University, USA)
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Arthi Jayaraman (University of Delaware, USA)
Next-Generation Biomaterials
Discussion Leaders
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Dominik Konkolewicz (Miami University, USA)
Speakers
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Bradley Olsen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
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Tanja Weil (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
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Matthew Gibson (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
Light-Driven Polymerization and Functionalization
Discussion Leaders
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Athina Anastasaki (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Christopher Barner-Kowollik (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
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Christopher Bowman (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
Self-Assembly for Structured Materials
Discussion Leaders
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Jennifer Laaser (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Speakers
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Daniel Savin (University of Florida, USA)
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Ryan Hayward (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
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Chinedum Osuji (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Frontiers of Polymer Synthesis
Discussion Leaders
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Julia Kalow (Northwestern University, USA)
Speakers
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Eva Harth (University of Houston, USA)
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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Polymer Composites for Sensing and Responsive Soft Materials
Discussion Leaders
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Will Gutekunst (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Speakers
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LaShanda Korley (University of Delaware, USA)
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Shiyong Liu (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
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Emily Pentzer (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
Optoelectronic Polymers
Discussion Leaders
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Darryl Boyd (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA)
Speakers
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Dwight Seferos (University of Toronto, Canada)
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Brett Helms (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
Responsible Chemistry for Sustainability
Discussion Leaders
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Frank Leibfarth (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Speakers
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Karen Wooley (Texas A&M University, USA)
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Jeannette Garcia (IBM, USA)
Keynote Session: Functional Polymers for Smarter Materials
Discussion Leaders
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Philip Costanzo (California Polytechnic State University, USA)
Speakers
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Frank Bates (University of Minnesota, USA)
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Matthew Becker (University of Akron, USA)
Power Hour
Organizers:
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Emily Pentzer (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
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Rebekka Klausen (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
