🏆 Know a leader in polymer science? Nominate them as a 2026 PMSE Fellow! 🗓️ Deadline: Oct 15 🔗 Details: pmsedivision.org/pmse-fellows/ 📩 [email protected] Let’s recognize excellence across academia, industry & government labs. #PMSE #PolymerScience #PMSEFellows #STEM #ACS

Congrats to all of the new ACS fellows from @acspmse.bsky.social

The PMSE Division is collaborating with ACS Publications on a Special Issue with a focus on the design, synthesis, characterization, mechanics, and advanced applications of ionogels. Submit your manuscript by November 30, 2025. #Ionogels #Polymers axial.acs.org/polymer-scie...

📢 Thursday Morning, August 21, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 💡 Fabrication & processing of polymers, plus applications! #PMSE #PolymerScience #Polymers #MaterialsScience #Engineering #Nanomaterials #RenewableMaterials #StudentResearch

A BIG shout out to our awesome PMSE Best Undergraduate Student Poster judges. They came to #ACSFall2025 not only to discuss science but also to contribute to our community. Thank you! #science #chemistry #polymer #Students #Award @AmerChemSociety

Congratulations to the 2025 Fall PMSE Best Student Poster Award winner, Katrina Schwensen. #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Award @JohnsHopkins

Congratulations to Carolyne Brustolin Braga - University of Campinas (UNICAMP) on winning the 2025 Fall PMSE Best Poster Award. #2025FallACS #Polymer #Award @carolynebbraga @unicampoficial

Congratulations to the 2025 Fall PMSE Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award winner, Prabhleen Kaur. #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Award #students

Congratulations to the winners of the the 2025 ACS Global Outstanding Student and Mentor Award of Polymer Science and Engineering! #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Students #mentor #Awards

Congratulations to the 2025 ACS Fellows from the PMSE Division!#ACSFall2025 #ACSFellow #chemistry #polymer #Award

📢 Wednesday Afternoon, August 20, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 💡 Fabrication & characterization of polymers, early investigator #awards, #student chapter symposium and more! #polymers #PMSE

📢 Wednesday Morning, August 20, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 💡 Polymers in #engineered#living#materials, #renewable#materials, early investigator #awards, #student chapter symposium and more! #polymers #PMSE

📢 Tuesday Afternoon, August 19, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 💡 Polymers in #engineered#living#materials, #renewable#materials, defense applications dynamic polymer networks and more! #polymers #PMSE

🏛️ PFAS Townhall at #ACSFall2025 🗓️ Aug 19 | 🕑 2–4:50 PM 📍 Room 144B, Walter E. Washington Convention Center 🎤 IUPAC PFAS project + policy panel w/ FDA, DC DOEE, Cargill & more 🔗 iupac.org/project/2024... #PMSE #ChemPolicy #PFAS #PolymerScience #Sustainability

📢 Tuesday Morning, August 19, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 💡 Polymers in #regenerative#engineering, bio-conjugate chemistry, future faculty #awards, characterization methods, dynamic polymer networks and more! #polymers #PMSE

📢 Monday Afternoon, August 18, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 💡 Award lectures, applications of polymers in various fields from coatings to biology and defense, with poster sessions highlighting early career and general polymer research. #polymers #PMSE

Meet the future of #polymer #science! 🔬 Future Faculty Symposium [Hall D] Mon 8/18 | 8-11:20 AM & 2-5:20 PM | Room 4 Tue 8/19 | 8-11:00 AM | Room 5 🤩 Early Investigator Symposium [Hall D] Tue 8/19 | 2-5:40 PM | Room 5 Wed 8/20 | 8-11:40 AM & 2-5:40 PM | Room 3 #Awards #ACS #PMSE

📢 Monday Morning, August 18, 2025 | #ACSFall2025 📢 📍 Walter E. Washington Convention Center 💡 From bioengineering, renewable materials, dynamic networks, and polymers for defense. #polymers #PMSE

🎉 PMSE @ #ACS2025 – Join us! 📍 Membership Desk (Hall D, Mon–Wed) ☕ Join PMSE = $5 coffee + STEM prize raffle 🎯 Guess the pompoms = win a chem mug! 🧪 Posters: • Mon 8/18 (Early Career & General) • Wed 8/20 (Grad & Undergrad) 🕛 12–2 PM | Hall D 🌟 SCI-MIX: Mon 8–10 PM | Hall C #PolymerScience #PMSE

♻️ Ready to lead in the circular plastics economy? U of Houston just launched a Plastics Circularity Micro-Credential, a 5-badge program starting Aug 20, 2025, covering recycling systems, AI in sortation, LCA & more. 🔗 uh.edu/energy/eti/p... #PlasticsCircularity #Polymers #Sustainability

🎙️ PMSE Voices | Ep. 4 Katharina Fransen, PhD Candidate (MIT, Olsen Group) From robotic platforms to polymer sustainability, Kat is building the future of materials, one data point at a time! 📺 buff.ly/R1OVsSm #PMSEVoices #WomenInSTEM #ACS

🎓 Happening TODAY! Shear Genius: Advances in Rheology 🕒 3–4:30 PM ET | Free webinar Learn how rheology reveals polymer structure & processing power—plus new insights into vitrimers! 🔗 Register: www.acs.org/acs-webinars... #PMSE #Rheology #PolymerScience #ACSWebinars #Vitrimers #MaterialsScience

🎙️ PMSE Voices | Prof. Melody Morris What happens when #polymers meet #proteins, #automation & big questions about #sustainability? Prof. Morris reimagines how we design experiments & how we think about polymer life cycles. 📺 Interview here: buff.ly/rkw1YXX #PMSEVoices #WomenInSTEM #ACS

🎙️ PMSE Voices – Ep. 2: Chris Bates (@UCSB) From uniting researchers to tackle grand polymer challenges, to advice for early-career scientists, Prof. Bates shares his perspective on where the field is heading! 📺 interview: buff.ly/4cLukyw #PMSEVoices #PMSE #PolymerScience #ACS

🎥 PMSE Voices kicks off with Prof. Zhenan Bao (@Stanford)! She shares recent her group's breakthroughs & her dream collab! Don’t miss her take on the future of polymer science 🧪 📺 interview: buff.ly/4i10f44 #PMSEVoices #PMSE #PolymerScience #WomenInSTEM #ACSFall2025 #ACSSpring2025

📣 Calling all PMSE, RUBB & BMGT grad students! Heading to #ACSFall2025? Apply for the BIP Forum (Aug 18) to network w/ leaders from industry & govt. 🎤 Keynotes: Karen Wooley (TAMU) & Jill Martin (Dow) 🗓️ Apply by Aug 5: [email protected] - Only 20 spots! #PMSE #BIPForum #Award

🚨 Call for Nominations: 2026 PMSE Cooperative Research Award 🚨 Recognizing impactful collaborations between academia, industry, or national labs in polymer science. 🏆 $5,000 prize + travel 🗓 Deadline: Aug 1, 2025 📍 #ACSSpring2026 Apply ➡️ pmsedivision.org/cooperative-... #Polymers #Collab #Awards

Opinion on the decline of American industrial research and development. What do you think? polymerist.substack.com/p/the-declin...

The ACS PMSE Division is collaborating with ACS Publications on a Special Issue with a focus on the design, synthesis, characterization, mechanics, and advanced applications of ionogels. Submit your manuscript by November 30, 2025. #Ionogels #Polymers @ChemSky axial.acs.org/polymer-scie...

Excited to hear from Kris Matyjaszewski as he shares his vision about the crucial role of IP protection in innovation and startups! Stay tuned for insights in just a minute. @acspmse.bsky.social youtu.be/gCSLPvkTSmk

Congratulations to the 2025 class of PMSE Future Faculty Award winners. They will be honored at Fall 2025 ACS National Meeting in Washington DC. #PolymerSKy #Polymer #Award

Congratulations to the 2025 class of PMSE Early Investigators. They will be honored at Fall 2025 ACS National Meeting in Washington DC. #PolymerSKy #Polymer #Award

📢 Tues | #ACSSpring2025 🔬 PMSE Symposia Highlights Tuesday's sessions explore chemical recycling, bio-based materials, polymers for energy storage, sustainable interfaces, polymers for sensing, and biomaterials. The poster session features cutting-edge research from emerging polymer scientists!

Congratulations to Dr. James Hedrick and Dr. Yi Yan Yang on winning the 2025 Cooperative Research Award. #ACSSpring2025 #Award #Polymers #Research

Congratulations to Dan Savin on winning the 2025 PMSE Distinguished Service Award. #ACSSpring2025 #Award #PMSE #Polymer #Services @dasavin.bsky.social

The 2025 Spring ACS National Meeting to start tomorrow, Sunday, March 23, 2025 in San Diego, CA. Can’t wait to meet @acspmse.bsky.social members at #ACSSpring2025. #ChemSky www.acs.org/meetings/acs...

🎉 Congratulations to @ProfGraceGu, winner of the 2025 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award! 🏆 Honored for pioneering AI-driven polymer design & intelligent additive manufacturing. She’ll be recognized at #ACSFall2025 with @acspmse & @JPolymSci 🎉 #PolymerScience

🎉 Congrats to Prof. Jaime Grunlan, 2025 Roy W. Tess Award winner! Honored for his groundbreaking work in coatings, his impact spans 230+ papers, 28,000+ citations, and 17 patents licensed worldwide. 👏 Celebrate with us at #ACSFall2025 in Washington DC! #TessAward #CoatingsScience #PMSE

🎉 Congrats to @elizabethm1239, 2025 Henkel Award winner! Her achievements include: 🏆 NSF Graduate Fellowship 🏆 Edward J. Kramer Prize 🏆 BioPACIFIC MIP Fellowship, supporting high-throughput polymer discovery Soon joining Dow Chemical! 👏 Celebrate at ACS Fall 2025 in Washington DC!

🎉 Congrats to Sierra Yost, winner of the #PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award! She’ll present her research on physical aging in additively manufactured PETG at #ACSSpring2025. 📅 March 23 | ⏰ 3:00 PM | 📍 Marriott Marquis, Pacific Ballroom 15 #PolymerScience

🎉 Congrats to Natalie Mamrol, winner of the #PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award! Her research on biobased furanoate polyesters for sustaining fibers will be featured at #ACSSpring2025! 📅 March 24 |⏰ 8:35 AM |📍 Marriott Marquis, Pacific Ballroom 23 #Sustainability

🎉 Congrats to Meng Jiang, winner of the #PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award! Her research explores dynamic covalent chemistry for recyclable and adaptable electronic materials. Catch her talk at #ACSSpring2025! 📅 March 24 | ⏰ 9:15 AM | 📍 Marriott Marquis, Pacific Ballroom 24

Download the #ACSSpring2025 meeting app here! 📲

Join the ACS Board of Directors Open Meeting as they host 2025 Priestley Medalist Dr. Frances H. Arnold on Sunday, March 23 from 4–5 pm PT at the San Diego Convention Center, Room 6A/B. Attendees are invited to the ACS Connect Happy Hour immediately following the meeting. Details: buff.ly/r462YsU

The deadline for #ACSFall2025 abstract submissions is one week away! Submit your oral and poster presentations by March 31. Click the link to submit your abstract: buff.ly/9yTYcVR

We are looking forward to sharing innovative strategies for tackling global water challenges at the #ACSSpring2025 Putting Chemistry to Work for Clean Water symposium in beautiful San Diego! The symposia kick off tomorrow at 2 PM. We hope to see you there! More information: buff.ly/5WY0LEu

Do you know any early-career researchers making waves in polymer science? Nominate them now! rsc.li/3NH58HJ @acspoly.bsky.social @acspmse.bsky.social @iupacpolymer.bsky.social

PMSE’s Centennial has concluded but there’s no deadline on appreciating history. We’ll feature archive materials here throughout 2025. Here’s PMSE History for Week 1:  A 1942 letter chiding the ACS Divisions for scandalously irresponsible meeting timekeeping! #ChemSky #PolymerSky

Congratulations to Paula T. Hammond of MIT, a winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. #Award #Technology #Innovation #PolymerSky #ChemstrySky #ChemSky @MIT www.forbes.com/sites/michae...