ACS Macro Letters 10th Anniversary webinar series

ACS Macro Letters 10th Anniversary

Webinar series:

Polymer Chemistry/Synthesis

Now available On-Demand

ACS Macro Letters 10th Anniversary Webinar Series:

Polymer Chemistry/Synthesis

Thank you for joining us in the 10th Anniversary celebrations of. A number of speakers were invited with a variety of expertise focusing on different topics within polymer science.

Held on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, join us for the second installment of the series. Craig Hawker (University of California, Santa Barbara), Charlotte Williams (Oxford University), and Xi Zhang (Jilin University and Tsinghua University) will be speaking on Polymer Chemistry/Synthesis. Afterwards, there will be a Q&A session with Editor-in-Chief, Stuart J. Rowan, and Associate Editors, Brent Sumerlin, Chris Weder, Theresa Reineke, and Guosong Chen.

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Simpler, Faster and Better – Pushing the Limits of Polymer Synthesis

Presented by:

Craig Hawker

University of California, Santa Barbara

Professor Craig J. Hawker is Clarke Professor and holds the Alan and Ruth Heeger Chair of Interdisciplinary Science at UCSB where he directs the California Nanosystems Institute and the Dow Materials Institute. He came to UCSB in 2004 after eleven years as a Research Staff Member at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. Professor Hawker’s work has led to over 600 peer-reviewed papers and 75 patents with Professor Hawker helping to establish a range of start-up companies including Relypsa, Intermolecular, Olaplex, and Tricida. For his pioneering studies, Professor Hawker’s recent honors include the 2021 Kathryn C. Hach Award for Entrepreneurial Success from the American Chemical Society, the 2017 Charles Overberger International Prize, the 2013 American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry and the 2012 Centenary Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Hawker has been honored with election to the Royal Society as well as being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, American Association for the Advancement of Science and in 2018 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Exploiting Switchable Catalysis to Deliver Block Polyester and -carbonate Thermoplastic Elastomers and Pressure Sensitive Adhesives

Presented by:

Charlotte Williams

Oxford University

Charlotte Williams is Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University and is an EPSRC Established Career Fellow in Manufacturing. She is also a co-director of the Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing CDT at Oxford and is on the UK Catalysis Hub Management Group.

Charlotte's research interests are in sustainable polymer chemistry and catalysis. She is the head of a multi-disciplinary research team investigating how to improve the sustainability of polymers and fuels; this work involves close collaboration with a range of businesses, professional societies and NGOs. She is the founder and CSO of econic technologies, which sells catalysts that allow carbon dioxide to be transformed into polymers.

Charlotte serves on the scientific advisory boards of the the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, the Research Complex at Harwell, the Cardiff Catalysis Institute and on the High Polymer Research council. She brings to the SAT experience and expertise in chemicals, materials and fuels manufacturing sectors, as well as in technology translation from academic laboratories to industry.

Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry: Exemplified by Recyclable Cross-linked Supramolecular Polymers

Presented by:

Xi Zhang

Jilin University and Tsinghua University

Xi Zhang received Ph.D degrees in Polymer Chemistry and Physics at Jilin University under the supervision of Prof. Jiacong Shen and Prof. Helmut Ringsdorf (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz). He joined the Department of Chemistry at Jilin University as a lecturer in 1992 and was then promoted to be a professor in 1994. He moved to Tsinghua University in 2003. Currently, he serves as the President of Jilin University; Director of Polymer Division, Chinese Chemical Society; Executive Editor-in-Chief of CCS Chemistry; Senior Advisory Board Member of ACS Macro Letters. He was elected as a Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007), RSC Fellow (2008), and ACS Fellow (2016). His main scientific interests are in the interdisciplinary areas of supramolecular chemistry and polymer chemistry, including supramolecular polymers, supramolecular chemotherapy, supramolecular free radicals, supra-amphiphiles.