Polymer Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry), in the Year 2021 Has Named Three Indian Polymer Chemists, Viz., Prof

Dear Friends,

Polymer Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry), in the Year 2021 has named three Indian Polymer Chemists, viz., Prof. Priyadarsi De (IISER, Kolkata), Prof. Suhrit Ghosh (IACS, Kolkata), and Prof. Manikam Jayakannan (IISER, Pune), as “PIONEERING INVESTIGATORS 2021” in their recent issue of the journal (copy attached) (DOI: 10.1039/d1py90028e).

This is very commendable. They join Dr Bhoje Gowd and Dr Raja Shanmugam who were also so named similarly in the year 2019! (“Pioneering Investigators 2019” by Polymer Chemistry, 2019, 10, 2896-3905 (Royal Society for Chemistry) (https://doi.org/10.1039/C9PY90078K).

All the three Indian Polymer Chemists named this year are product of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

Coincidently, Prof. Priyadarsi De (IISER, Kolkata), Prof. Suhrit Ghosh (IACS, Kolkata), and Prof. Manikam Jayakannan (IISER, Pune) are recipients of Prof. K. Kishore Memorial Award instituted by the Society for Polymer Science, India, in different years! (Please see: http://www.spsi.co.in/files/kawards.php.)

This is both important, commendable and worth sharing.

Very happy to share this information and

Very Happy to be part of the Society for Polymer Science, India.

Best wishes and regards,

C.V. Avadhani (with inputs from Dr. S. Sivaram) Polymer Chemistry

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a b Cite this: DOI: 10.1039/d1py90028e Holger Frey and Emily Pentzer

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This collection gathers the very best work “seismograph” for current topics and Colombani et al.’s study on copolymer from mid-career researchers who have emerging future trends. composition profiles and their ioniza- firmly established themselves in the field This is particularly interesting tion to weak polyelectrolytes (DOI: of polymer chemistry and continuously because in the last decade numerous 10.1039/D0PY01059F). In addition, per- publish creative, innovative work. The new challenges have come into focus in fectly monodisperse block copolymers 2021 Polymer Chemistry pioneering inves- the polymer sciences, which are increas- are studied by Petkau-Milroy, Palmans tigators were individually nominated by ingly shaping our field, as are also et al. with respect to their self-assembly members of the journal Editorial and reflected in this collection. Undoubtedly, in water (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01161D). Advisory Boards, and previous pioneering increasing awareness of limited fossil - “Smart”, responsive polymers. investigators, in recognition of their resources and the plastic waste issue Responsive polymers continue to play an achievements as pioneers of the field. play an increasing role for polymer important role in controlling materials The diversity of the research topics high- scientists. properties. In this context Klinger et al. lighted by these contributions illustrates The large number of excellent articles describe thermo- and oxidation-sensitive the broad impact of polymer chemistry compiled in this collection shine light polymethacrylates based on sulfoxide across science and engineering. on the vast field of polymer science and groups (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01321H). We were overwhelmed by the positive span from catalytic polymer synthesis to - Polymer-based nanoparticles.Self- response we received to our invitation to controlled radical polymerization to assembly of polymers into “unusual” Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. contribute to this collection. We received optoelectronic materials and so on. structures are the focus of several articles. almost 90% immediate acceptance of Here, we highlight a handful of topics in D’Agosto, Lansalot et al. report on a sur- our invitation to publish in this volume, this collection that represent current factant-free emulsion polymerization despite the Covid-19 pandemic leading and future directions: (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01266A). 2D-lenticu- to the shut down of laboratories and - Bio-based monomers and components. lar aggregates are prepared by solution limited access to some resources. Starting compounds based on biorenew- self-assembly of PNIPAM-based amphi- During their mid-career, many able sources are of increasing signifi- philic block copolymers, as presented by researchers choose to redefine the long- cance. This is expressed by the minire- Semsarilar and coworkers (DOI: 10.1039/ term objectives of their research pro- views of Li and Tao on biorenewable D0PY01193B). Quintieri and Gröschel grams, to establish challenging and high- cyclic lysine (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01387K), take a look at “naked micelles” as well- risk topics as well as more extensive as well as Della Monica and Kleij on defined polymer nanoparticles (DOI: research programs covering a whole sub- terpene monomers (DOI: 10.1039/ 10.1039/D0PY01408G). Further, aniso- field of importance. When the pressure D0PY00817F). As this field evolves, the tropic polymer nanoplatelets and the and insecurity of the first career stage has connection between bio-based and “sus- eﬀect of chain defects on such structures waned, one has more freedom to define tainable” materials must be delineated. are studied by Wurm and coworkers research directions and get immersed in - Gradient and sequence-defined poly- (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01352H), and new ventures. In this respect, this collec- mers. Techniques that enable the study Paulusse and coworkers propose reactive tion can also be understood as a kind of and increasing precision control of copo- single-chain polymer nanoparticles as lymers can be exploited to generate per- a versatile platform towards protein fectly sequence-defined structures. This mimicry (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY00922A). aJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. is reflected in the work by Zhu et al. with Conjugated polymer-based nano-objects E-mail: [email protected] bTexas A&M University, College Station, USA. palindromic sequence-defined polymers are reviewed by Choi et al. (DOI: 10.1039/ E-mail: [email protected] (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01088J), and D0PY01389G).

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- Covalent bond exchange, adaptable • Pairing Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coup- • A pyridinium-pended conjugated networks and self-healing. Smulders and ling and catalyst transfer polymerization polyelectrolyte for efficient photo- coauthors turn to molecular exchange Communications: catalytic hydrogen evolution and organic dynamics in polyimine networks (DOI: • A shish-kebab-like supramolecular solar cells 10.1039/D0PY01555E), and Shipp et al. polymer and its light-responsive self- • Solution size variation of linear and demonstrate dynamic covalent exchange assembly into nanofibers dendritic bis-MPA analogs using of anhydride moieties in poly(thioether • Confined supramolecular polymers DOSY-1H NMR anhydrides) (DOI: 10.1039/D0PY01267J). in water with exceptional stability, • Stereoselective polymerization of - Polymer-systems for medical purposes. photoluminescence and chiroptical rac-lactide catalyzed by zwitterionic Polymers play an increasingly important properties calcium complexes role in the interface between synthetic • Mechanism and application of • Effect of backbone and end-group and natural materials. Nguyen and Lai surface-initiated ATRP in the presence of regioisomerism on thermomechanical review the use of stimuli-responsive poly- aZn0 plate properties of vanillin-based polymers for ocular disease treatment (DOI: • Substituent effects in iniferter urethane networks 10.1039/D0PY00919A), and Tian and photopolymerization: can bond homoly- • Clarification of the effects of topo- coauthors report the use of hyper- sis be enhanced by electronics? logical isomers on the mechanical branched polymers for synergistic • Catalyst free removal of trithiocar- strength of comb polyurethane cancer chemotherapy (DOI: 10.1039/ bonate RAFT CTAs from poly(vinylpyri- • Controlled ring-opening polymeriz- D0PY00862A). dine)s using tris(trimethylsilyl)silane ation of N-(3-tert-butoxy-3-oxopropyl) We hope our readers appreciate the and light glycine derived N-carboxyanhydrides excellent contributions from mid-career • Easily readable palindromic towards well-defined peptoid-based researchers from across the world sequence-defined polymers built by polyacids that are compiled in this collection. cascade thiol-maleimide Michael • An AIE-driven fluorescent polysac- The inspiration from reading these couplings charide polymersome as an enzyme- articles may not only come from the • Cationic amphiphilic alternating responsive FRET nanoprobe to study the results reported, but also from the copolymers with tunable morphology real-time delivery aspects in live cells researchers’ perseverance and dedica- • Crosslinked metallo-polyelectrolytes • Expanding the thiol–X toolbox: tion to moving the field of polymer with enhanced flexibility and dimen- photoinitiation and materials appli- chemistry forward during a period of sional stability for anion-exchange cation of the acid-catalyzed thiol–ene great uncertainty. We hope you enjoy membranes (ACT) reaction reading the many excellent contri- Articles: • Organocatalyzed closed-loop chemi- butions in this collection! • Naked micelles: well-defined cal recycling of thermo-compressed Reviews: polymer nanoparticles from photo-clea- films of poly(ethylene furanoate) Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. • Poly(ε-lysine) and its derivatives via vable block copolymer micelles • Temperature-mediated molecular ring-opening polymerization of biore- • Organocatalytic ring-opening ladder self-assembly employing Diels– newable cyclic lysine polymerization of thionolactones: any- Alder cycloaddition • Advancing the stimuli response of thing O can do, S can do better • Thermo- and oxidation-sensitive polymer-based drug delivery systems for • Preparation of well-defined 2D-len- poly(meth)acrylates based on alkyl sulf- ocular disease treatment ticular aggregates by self-assembly of oxides: dual-responsive homopolymers • Bioinspired structural color nano- PNIPAM-b-PVDF amphiphilic diblock from one functional group composites with healable capability copolymers in solution • Guaiazulene revisited: a new • Recent development in halogen- • Amphiphilic random and random material for green-processed bonding-catalyzed living radical block terpolymers with PEG, octadecyl, optoelectronics polymerization and oleyl pendants for controlled crystal- • Gradient and asymmetric copoly- • From terpenes to sustainable and lization and microphase separation mers: the role of the copolymer compo- functional polymers • Hierarchical self-assembly of mik- sition profile in the ionization of weak • Recent advances in the develop- toarm star copolymers with pathway polyelectrolytes ment and applications of nonconven- complexity • Dynamic covalent exchange in poly tional luminescent polymers • The effect of polarity on the mole- (thioether anhydrides) • A comprehensive review of the cular exchange dynamics in imine-based • Investigations into CTA-differen- structures and properties of ionic poly- covalent adaptable networks tiation-involving polymerization of fluor- meric materials • Advanced spectroscopy, ous monomers: exploitation of experi- Perspectives: microscopy, diffraction and thermal ana- mental variances in fine-tuning of mole- • Direct formation of nano-objects lysis of polyamide adhesives and predic- cular weights via in situ self-assembly of conjugated tion of their functional properties with • Poly(vinyl acetate-co-ethylene) par- polymers solid-state NMR spectroscopy ticles prepared by surfactant-free emul-

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sion polymerization in the presence of a Holger Frey, Polymer Chemistry University under the direction of hydrophilic RAFT/MADIX macromolecu- Associate Editor Prof. Yoshio Okamoto. In 2004–2005, lar chain transfer agent he was a Postdoctoral Associate under • Defect engineering of polyethylene- the direction of Prof. Geoffrey like polyphosphoesters: solid-state W. Coates at Cornell University. He NMR characterization and surface joined the Center for Advanced chemistry of anisotropic polymer Medical Engineering and Informatics nanoplatelets at Osaka University as a Specially • Core hyper-cross-linked star polymers Appointed Lecturer in 2006, and was from block polymer micelle precursors promoted to a Specially Appointed • Effects of crystallinity and disper- Associate Professor in 2011, under sity on the self-assembly behavior of the direction of Prof. Mitsuru Akashi. block co-oligomers in water He moved to Nara Institute of • DFT-calculation-assisted prediction Science and Technology in 2015 as of the copolymerization between cyclic an Associate Professor to start his ketene acetals and traditional vinyl laboratory as a PI, and he was pro- monomers moted to Professor in 2019. His • Exploring the difference of bonding interest lies in the creation of novel strength between silver(I) and chalco- Emily Pentzer, Polymer Chemistry functional polymers, based on genides in block copolymer systems Associate Editor monomer synthesis, structural control • Semifluorinated, kinked polyarylenes of polymers and polymer–polymer via direct arylation polycondensation interactions. • Insight into the synthesis of N-methylated polypeptides • Time-dependent covalent network formation in extrudable hydrogels • Functional polyimides based on diamine containing diarylethylene moieties and their photochromic mechanism studies • Pentafluorophenyl-based single- chain polymer nanoparticles as a versatile platform towards protein mimicry Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. • Catechol-functionalized sequence- defined glycomacromolecules as covalent inhibitors of bacterial adhesion • Identifying competitive tin- or metal-free catalyst combinations to tailor polyurethane prepolymer and network Christopher Alabi properties Christopher Alabi received his B.S. • A dual drug-based hyperbranched in Chemistry and B.E. in Chemical polymer with methotrexate and chloram- Engineering from New York University bucil moieties for synergistic cancer and Stevens Institute of Technology in chemotherapy 2004. He obtained a graduate degree at • Kinetics and mechanisms of poly- Caltech with Dr Mark Davis and was condensation reactions between aryl an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with halides and bisphenol A Dr Langer and Dr Anderson from • Impacts of performing electrolysis 2009 to 2013. Chris Alabi joined during organocatalyzed atom transfer Cornell CBE in 2013 and was promoted radical polymerization to Associate Professor with Indefinite • Sequential and alternating RAFT Tenure in 2019. Research in the single unit monomer insertion: model Alabi lab seeks to understand how trimers as the guide for discrete oligo- thesequenceandstructureofa mer synthesis macromolecule affect its properties • Optimization of ring-opening meta- Hiroharu Ajiro with an eye towards engineering sus- thesis polymerization (ROMP) under Hiroharu Ajiro received his PhD tainable materials and biomolecular physiologically relevant conditions degree in 2004 from Nagoya therapeutics.

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diploma degree in chemistry in 2006 Technology (Empa). His research inter- and a PhD in polymer chemistry in 2009 ests focus on controlled polymerizations (Prof. R. Zentel). Afterwards, he worked applied to interfaces, and the fabrication in the laboratories of Maria J. Vicent at and physicochemical characterization of the CIPF and T. Kirchhausen at Boston synthetic biointerfaces. Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. In 2013, he became an independent junior research group leader at the JGU and established polypept(o)ides as functional biomaterials. Since 2020, he has been a full professor in biotherapeu- tic delivery at the LACDR, Leiden Trisha L. Andrew University. Matthias Barz has published Trisha L. Andrew is a Professor of more than 100 research papers, com- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at mentaries, reviews, book chapters and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. patents. For his independent research he She directs the Wearable Electronics Lab, has received numerous awards, includ- a multi-disciplinary research team that ing the prestigious Dozentenpreis (FCI) produces garment-integrated techno- and the Hermann Schnell Scholarship logies using chemical vapor deposition, a (GDCH), and he was named an ACS ﬀ Weifeng Bu process that e ects polymerization and PMSE Young Investigator in 2018. deposition of molecular semiconductors Weifeng Bu received his B.S. and Ph. from the vapor phase onto any desired D. degrees from Jilin University in 1999 surface. Trisha started her career as an and 2004, respectively. In 2005, he went Assistant Professor of Chemistry and to The University of Hong Kong as a research assistant. Then he worked at Electrical Engineering at the University of National Institute for Materials Science Wisconsin-Madison, after receiving her (NIMS) in Japan (2006 and 2007) as a Ph.D. from MIT in 2011. She is a David postdoctoral fellow and at The University and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellow, a of Tokyo as a Japan Society for the National Academy of Sciences Kavli Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellow (2008 Fellow, an Air Force Young Investigator, and 2009). In 2009, he joined the School an ARPA-E Investigator, and a L’Oréal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering USA For Women in Science Fellow, and at Lanzhou University as a full professor.

Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. was named as one of Forbes magazine’s His scientific interests include the self- “ ” 30 Under 30 innovators in energy. assembly and functions of polymer–inorganic composites.

Edmondo M. Benetti Dr Edmondo M. Benetti graduated in chemistry from the University of Padova (Italy), and carried out his PhD at the University of Twente (The Netherlands), working in the Department of Materials Science and Technology of Polymers (2009). He joined the Department of Materials at ETH in 2009 as a PostDoc (ETH fellow) working in the groups of Prof. Nicholas D. Spencer and Prof. Marcus Textor. Since 2014 he has been a senior scientist and group leader, coordi- Matthias Barz nating the activities of the Polymer Dr Matthias Barz studied chemistry at Surfaces Group, which is now active the Johannes Gutenberg-University (JGU) between the Department of Materials at Mao Chen Mainz (Germany) and the Seoul National ETH Zürich and the Swiss Federal Mao Chen obtained his B.S. and University (South Korea), and received a Laboratories for Materials Science and Ph.D. at Wuhan University (2006,

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2011) under the direction of Prof. under the guidance of Jean Frèchet fessor at Le Mans Université (France). Aiwen Lei and Prof. Xumu Zhang. until 2004. He came back to S. Korea His research interests focus on the syn- From 2012, Mao worked as a Postdoc and worked at Cheil Industries, thesis and self-assembly of polymers in at MIT with Prof. Stephen Samsung, for four years. In 2008, he solution. In this field, he aims to control L. Buchwald and Prof. Jeremiah started his independent career as an the exchange dynamics and morphology A. Johnson, successively, and was pro- assistant professor in the Department of supramolecular structures at the moted to research scientist in 2016. of Chemistry, Seoul National nanoscale via a fine control of the Subsequently, Mao started his inde- University. He was promoted to full chemical structure of the polymers at pendent research in the Department professor in 2017. His research inter- the molecular scale. of Macromolecular Science, State Key estismainlyinsynthesis,focusing Laboratory of Molecular Engineering on developing new methods (living, of Polymers at Fudan University. He cascade or diversity-oriented polymer- has received an Overseas Talent izations etc.) to synthesize various Program of China Award, a Thieme macromolecules and understanding Chemistry Journals Award, and a Dow their mechanisms. Recently, his focus Innovation Challenge Award. His has moved to applying these syn- primary research interests include thetic tools in the self-assembly of development of creative polymerization conjugated polymers to prepare methods and cutting-edge techno- various semiconducting nano- logies toward controlled synthesis of structures. Since 2013, he has served polymers, and engineering of high- as an editor of Journal of Polymer performance polymers to solve chal- Science. He is a member of the lenges at the interface of energy, Young Korean Academy of Science the environment and intelligent and Technology. manufacturing.

Priyadarsi De Dr Priyadarsi De is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata), India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. Science, India. After his post-doctoral studies at UMASS Lowell (2002–2006) and Southern Methodist University (2007–2008), he worked at PhaseRx Inc. Seattle for fifteen months before joining IISER Kolkata in November 2009. His research group at IISER Kolkata mostly works on controlled synthesis of bio-inspired macromolecular architectures from naturally occur- ring amino acids and fatty acid based Olivier Colombani renewable resources for various appli- Olivier Colombani received a PhD in cations. Currently, he is an Advisory Tae-Lim Choi polymer chemistry from Université Board member of Polymer Chemistry Tae-Lim Choi was born in Seoul in Pierre et Marie Curie (France) in 2003. (Royal Society of Chemistry, September 1977. He obtained his BS from KAIST He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at 2015–present) and an Associate Editor in 1999, and his PhD from Caltech Universität Bayreuth (Germany, of Journal of Macromolecular Science, under the supervision of Bob Grubbs, 2004–2005) and at the Centre of Nuclear Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry in 2003. Then he moved to UC Energy (CEA, France, 2005–2006). In (Taylor & Francis Group, April 2019– Berkeley as a post-doc researcher 2006, he was appointed assistant pro- present).

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Suhrit Ghosh was born in India in national journals with >7200 citations 1976. He did a PhD with Professor (h-index of 41) and filed >50 patents. He S. Ramakrishnan at IISc Bangalore, has received a Shimadzu-SNIC Industry India, during 2000–2005. Subsequently, Award (2020), a Singapore NRF he worked as a postdoctoral Investigatorship Award 2018 (2018), a Research Associate with Professor Photopolymer Science and Technology S. Thayumanavan at the University of Best Paper Award (2018), and so on. He is Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. He then an Advisory Board member for Polymer worked as a Humboldt Postdoctoral Chemistry. Fellow with Professor F. Würthner at the University of Würzburg, Germany. In 2008, he returned to India and was appointed as an Assistant Professor at IACS, Kolkata, where he is currently a Senior Professor in the School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences. His research interests include structure and function in the supramolecular assembly of π-systems and macromolecules. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of Marianne ‘Marion’ Gaborieau RSC Advances and an Editorial Advisory Marion Gaborieau is a polymer scien- Board member of Macromolecules. tist and spectroscopist. Her PhD work, funded by industry at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP, Mainz, Germany), was devoted to the characterisation of the structure and dynamics of polyacrylics for paints and adhesives by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. She currently holds a senior research lectureship in the School of Scott M. Grayson Science at Western Sydney University, Scott M. Grayson is the Joseph Australia. Her research is devoted to the H. Boyer Professor of Chemistry at

Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. characterisation of complex industrial Tulane University. He has completed a polymeric materials, especially in the number of projects related to polymer solid state. Her projects include adhesives, applications, including a new “click” membranes for water purification, agro- chemistry route to prepare cyclic poly- materials such as starch and cellulose for mers and a new calibration standard for bioplastics or paper coatings, as well as mass spectrometry with bis-MPA dendri- foods. Characterisation methods include mers. He is currently working on a solid-state NMR spectroscopy to shed light linear bis-MPA polymer that is virtually Atsushi Goto on the functional properties of materials. identical to bis-MPA dendrimers, though Atsushi Goto is a professor and a with a purely linear architecture. Provost’s Chair professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He received his PhD (2001) from Kyoto University, Japan, and was appointed as an instructor (2001), an assistant professor (2002), and an associate professor (2010) at Kyoto University. He moved to NTU and was appointed as an associate professor (2015) and a professor (2020). His research interests are polymer chemistry and polymer materials, particularly relating to controlled syn- Matthew Green thesis of polymers. He has published Prof. Matthew Green joined the Suhrit Ghosh >110 peer-reviewed papers in inter- faculty at Arizona State University in

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Chemical Engineering in 2014 after 2016, he received an endowed junior completing a Ph.D. in Chemical professorship in Physical Chemistry at Engineering in 2011 at Virginia Tech the University of Duisburg-Essen, and with Prof. Timothy Long and a in 2017, he started an Emmy Noether postdoc at the University of Delaware research group. In 2020, he was in the Chemical and Biomolecular appointed as a Professor in the Engineering Department with Prof. Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Thomas Epps, III and Prof. Millicent University of Münster, where his Sullivan. His training as a synthetic group is currently located at the polymer chemist and chemical engin- Center for Soft Nanoscience (SoN). He eer positions his research group at has published over 60 papers, several the critical intersection of the disci- reviews and three book chapters. plines of health, the environment, His research interests comprise self- and advanced materials. His labora- assembly of block copolymers, elec- tory is integrating macromolecular tron tomography, multicompartment design with controlled synthesis tech- materials and Janus and topographic niques to produce hierarchical and nanoparticles. multifunctional materials with particular interest in the interplay between electrostatic interactions and microstructure, inter-phase Laura Hartmann interactions, thermomechanical pro- Laura Hartmann finished her PhD perties, and transport. These features under the supervision of Hans Börner canbeusedtotunethematerial and Markus Antonietti at the Max properties for applications ranging Planck Institute of Colloids and from membranes for water purifi- Interfaces in 2007. Thereafter, she cation or CO2 capture to polymeric worked as a Research Fellow at Stanford nanocomposites. University. In 2009 she started her independent Emmy Noether research group within the Department for Biomolecular Systems headed by Peter Seeberger. Since July 2014 she holds the chair for

Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. Macromolecular Chemistry at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. Her research is focused on combining solid phase and polymer synthesis to Fei Huang obtain monodisperse, sequence-defined Fei Huang received his BS degree in polymers. In particular, she is interested Chemistry from Peking University in in glycopolymers and glycomaterials for 2000 and gained his PhD degree in use in biotechnology and biomedicine. Materials Science from South China University of Technology in 2005 under the supervision of Prof. Yong Cao. After postdoctoral work at University of André Gröschel Washington with Prof. Alex K.-Y. Jen, André Gröschel studied chemistry he began his academic career in 2009 at the University of Bayreuth and as a full professor at South China graduated in 2012, working on hier- University of Technology, and he is archical self-assembly of block copoly- now the associate director of the State mers. From 2013 to 2015, he joined Key Laboratory of Luminescent the Department of Applied Physics at Materials and Devices. His main inter- Manickam Jayakannan AaltoUniversityinHelsinki,pursuing ests are in the fields of organic func- Manickam Jayakannan is a professor his postdoc on biomimetic nano- tional materials and devices for opto- at the Department of Chemistry, Indian composites and photonic materials. In electronics. Institute of Science Education and

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Research, Pune (IISER-Pune). He received appointment as an Assistant Professor in Award (2017), and a Graduate Mentoring his Bachelors and Masters degrees in the Department of Chemistry and Award (2017) and Research Excellence chemistry from Madurai Kamaraj Biochemistry at Florida State University Award (2016) from URI. University and his Ph.D. from Indian in Fall of 2014 and was promoted to Institute of Science (Professor S. Associate Professor with tenure in Fall of Ramakrishnan’s group), India. After com- 2020. His recognitions include the NSF pleting his post-doctoral work at CAREER Award, 2018 PMSE Young Eindhoven University of Technology, The Investigator, 2018 Polymer Chemistry Netherlands (Prof. Rene A. J. Janssen’s Emerging Investigator, and the 2017–18 group), he returned to India and had a FSU Undergraduate Teaching Award. short stint as a polymer scientist at JFWTC-GE Global Research in Bangalore. He began his career as a scientist at CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum and then he movedtoIISER-Punetoembarkonthe journey of establishing the new academic institute. Currently he is continuing as a professor in the same institute and he has published close to 100 papers. His group has contributed to the develop- Arjan Kleij ment of L-amino acid based functional Arjan W. Kleij has been an independent polymers, PCL block copolymers and ICIQ group leader and ICREA fellow in polysaccharide nano-carriers as thera- Tarragona (Spain) since 2006 after finish- peutics for cancer and in the treatment of ing two postdoctoral (Madrid & infectious diseases. Amsterdam) and two industrial appointments (Avantium Technologies & Hexion Specialty Chemicals). Among his main interests is the use of renewable feedstocks

such as CO2 and terpenes in the creation of more complex and functional polymers through catalysis engineering, thereby Matt Kiesewetter creating new types of polyesters and poly- Matt Kiesewetter was born in 1982 in carbonates with functional diversity for

Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. Normal, IL. His initial training was in potential use in material development. classic physical organic chemistry with Professor Cheryl D. Stevenson at Illinois State University (ISU). He received his B. S. in chemistry, summa cum laude,from ISU in 2004. He conducted his graduate research in catalysis under the advise- ment of Professor Robert M. Waymouth and Dr James L. Hedrick (IBM) at Stanford University where he was a NSF Justin Kennemur Graduate Research Fellow. After a Ruth Justin G. Kennemur grew up in L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship Virginia and earned a B.S. degree in (NIH) with Prof. Tim Swager at MIT, he chemistry at Radford University. After joined the faculty at the University of working for three years as an analytical Rhode Island (URI) in 2013. Promoted in polymer chemist at Polymer Solutions 2018, he is currently an Associate Incorporated in Blacksburg, VA, he Professor of Chemistry. His current attended graduate school at North research interests are in homogeneous Carolina State University and earned a catalysis, supramolecular interactions, Ph.D. in polymer chemistry under the polymerization chemistry and pollinator guidance of Bruce M. Novak. After a post- conservation. His awards include a doctoral appointment co-advised by Marc CAREER Award from the NSF (2016), an Christopher Kloxin A. Hillmyer and Frank S. Bates at the ACS Polymeric Materials Science and Chris Kloxin received a PhD in University of Minnesota, he began his Engineering (PMSE) Young Investigator Chemical Engineering at North Carolina

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State University and did his post-doctoral sive polymers as new building blocks mental science driven discoveries in work at the University of Colorado, for functional nanomaterials, (amphi- the fields of dynamic and responsive Boulder under the guidance of philic) nanogels for drug delivery polymers, as well as biohybrid Christopher Bowman. In 2014, he joined and catalytic applications, as well materials. the faculty at the University of Delaware as controlling shape and morphology as an Assistant Professor in the in phase-separated block copolymer Departments of Materials Science and nanoparticles. Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020. Major research eﬀorts in his group are the synthesis and characterization of polymer networks and nature-inspired polymeric assemblies.

Jui-Yang Lai Dr Jui-Yang Lai received his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Since 2014, he has Dominik Konkolewicz been a Full Professor at Chang Gung Dominik Konkolewicz earned his University, Taiwan. Dr Lai’sprimary Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, research activities are centered on the advised by Prof. Sébastien Perrier, design and development of functional

Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. focusing on experimental and theore- biomaterials, either from natural or Daniel Klinger tical tools for highly branched poly- synthetic sources, for ophthalmic use, Daniel Klinger is a Junior Professor mers. Subsequently, he did post- particularly in tissue engineering, at Freie Universität Berlin (FUB) where doctoral work at Carnegie Mellon drug delivery, and nanomedicine. His he is developing new synthetic University from 2011 to 2014, advised major research projects involve ocular strategies for functional polymer nano- by Prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, biocompatibility assessment, corneal/ materials. Daniel obtained his PhD at where he studied synthetic and retinal cell construct fabrication, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer mechanistic aspects of ATRP. In topical/intraocular pharmaceutical Research under the guidance of August 2014, he joined Miami dosage formulation, and metallic/ Prof. K. Landfester and then joined the University in Oxford, OH as an carbon-based nanotherapeutics evalu- University of California as a post- Assistant Professor of Organic ation. Dr Lai has published more than doctoral researcher with Prof. C. J. Chemistry. In 2019 he was promoted 100 scientific papers (3000 citations, Hawker. Here, he combined his exist- to Associate Professor. His research h-index = 32) and filed numerous ing experience in the fields of stimuli- group consists of both graduate and patent applications. He actively partici- responsive materials and colloidal undergraduate researchers working in pates in the peer review process for chemistry with surfactant-directed the fields of organic chemistry, scientific publications (over 800 manu- block copolymer self-assembly in nano- polymer chemistry, materials science scripts) and also serves as a member particles. Now, at FU Berlin, his most and biohybrid materials. His team of the Editorial Board for several scho- recent work focuses on stimuli-respon- focuses on mechanism and funda- larly journals.

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Dr Catherine Lefay completed her coordination polymerization. He has PhDinpolymerchemistryin2006 published more than 40 papers in under the supervision of Professor J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Int. Bernadette Charleux at the University Ed., Mater. Horiz., ACS Catalysis, Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris, France). Macromolecules, Chem. – Eur. J., etc., She then joined the group of and has applied for 8 patents. In Professor Christopher Barner-Kowollik 2018, he was granted “the innovation (CAMD, University of New South award of rubber science and techno- Wales, Sydney, Australia) as a postdoc- logy, China”. toral researcher. In 2007, she returned to France and started working as a lecturer at Aix-Marseille University (AMU, Marseilles, France). Her research currently focuses on the synthesis of (bio)degradable polymers, antimicrobial materials and controlled radical polymerization. Muriel Lansalot Muriel Lansalot obtained her PhD from the University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris, France) in 1999. After postdoctoral fellowships at the Aix-Marseille University and at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, she moved to Lyon in 2003 to work in the joint unit between the CNRS and the bioMérieux company, first as a post-doctoral fellow and then as a CNRS researcher. In 2008, she joined the Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Processes group (C2P2, Lyon), where her research interests focus on the synthesis of various kinds of polymer and organic/ inorganic colloids via free radical polymer- Garret Miyake Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. ization and RDRP techniques (including Garret Miyake grew up in Canby, PISA). Her current studies also deal with Oregon and earned his B.S. at Pacific photopolymerization in dispersed media, synthesis of degradable particles and self- University. He performed his Ph.D. healing polymer films. Since 2018 she has Bo Liu studies with Eugene Chen at Colorado served as an Advisory Board member for Bo Liu received his Ph.D. degree State University before conducting Polymer Chemistry. from Changchun Institute of Applied postdoctoral research with Robert Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Grubbs at the California Institute Sciences under the supervision of of Technology. He is currently an Professor Dongmei Cui. His Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry at thesis was “Rare-earth metal com- Colorado State University. The Miyake plexes: synthesis and their catalytic group has research interests in the activity”. In 2010, he joined Prof. Jean- fields of photoredox catalysis, organo- François Carpentier’sgroupasapost- catalyzed atom-transfer radical doctoral researcher supported by the polymerization, and the synthesis of European Frame Program—Marie block copolymers that self-assemble Curie Fellowship, studying alkaline- into photonic crystals. He has been earth metal chemistry. In 2013, he awarded the Sloan Research went back to Changchun Institute of Fellowship, the Cottrell Scholar Applied Chemistry and was appointed Award, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher- as an associate professor. In Scholar Award, and the American December 2019, he was promoted to Chemical Society’s Division of Professor. His current research inter- Polymer Chemistry Mark Young Catherine Lefay ests focus on sequence controlled Scholar Award.

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and more recently with the chemical re- where his research group focuses on the cycling of polymers (catalytic synthesis, characterization, and proces- depolymerization). sing of stimuli-responsive polymers and biomaterials for 3D printing.

Vincent Monteil Kevin Noonan Vincent Monteil obtained his Ph.D. Kevin Noonan is a Canadian-born from the University of Lyon in 2002 chemist who completed his PhD and under the supervision of Roger Spitz and postdoc work at UBC and Cornell. He Christophe Boisson where he worked on Alshakim Nelson joined the Department of Chemistry at catalytic copolymerization of ethylene Alshakim Nelson is an Associate Carnegie Mellon in 2011 where he is and butadiene. He subsequently moved Professor in the Department of currently an Associate Professor. His to the group of Stefan Mecking Chemistry at the University of research interests are broadly centred (University of Freiburg then Constance) Washington. He received his PhD in around the design and synthesis of as a postdoctoral researcher working on organic chemistry from UCLA in 2004 new molecules and polymers. He has catalytic polymerizations in water. In and then was a NIH postdoctoral fellow been exploring diﬀerent methods to 2005, he returned to Lyon as a CNRS at the California Institute of Technology. prepare well-defined conjugated poly- Research Associate in the Laboratory of Dr Nelson joined the IBM Almaden mers, with an emphasis on under-

Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. Chemistry, Catalysis, Polymers and Research Center in 2005 as a Research standing the impact of sequence Processes. He became CNRS Research Staﬀ Member where he focused on the control along the polymer backbone. Director in 2017. His research interests synthesis of nanomaterial building In addition, he is synthesizing new deal with the use of catalysis in polymer blocks that enabled large area nanoma- classes of cationic polymers derived synthesis, the synthesis of polyolefins by nufacturing via self-assembly. In 2015, from heavier main-group elements (e.g. catalytic and/or radical polymerization, Dr Nelson joined the faculty at the UW, phosphorus).

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trolled polymer nanoparticles and grants from the NIH, NSF, and ACS. He silicon-based nanoparticles for hyper- has been awarded several prestigious polarization MRI. awards, including an ACS PRF New Investigator Award and an NIH Pathway to Independence Award. Pokorski currently serves as an IRG lead for the UC San Diego MRSEC.

Jos Paulusse Jos M. J. Paulusse graduated from Eindhoven University of Technology in 2002, after which he obtained his PhDdegreeunderthesupervisionof Prof. Rint P. Sijbesma and Prof. Bert Meijer on the reversible mechano- Jon Pokorski chemistry of coordination polymers Professor Pokorski began his career in 2006. He worked as a postdoctoral by earning his B.S. in biochemistry from Jean-Marie Raquez fellowundertheguidanceofProf. UCLA, while working in private industry Prof. Jean-Marie Raquez, senior Craig J. Hawker at UC Santa Barbara, designing biomedical devices. FRS-FNRS research associate, is the head California. Subsequently, he joined Dr Pokorski received his PhD in chem- of the Laboratory of Polymer and Wageningen University as an istry from Northwestern University, Composite Materials (LPCM) at Assistant Professor in 2009, investi- where he designed peptidomimetics for University of Mons in Belgium (see gating the surface modification of in- use in medical diagnostics and thera- http://smpc2017.blue-horizon.be/ for organic (nano)materials. He contin- peutics. Dr Pokorski then moved to The details) and scientific leader at the Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. ued his career at the University of Scripps Research Institute as a post-doc- applied research center Materia Nova in Twente in 2012 as an Assistant toral fellow, where he engineered viral Belgium. The main research areas range Professor and later as an Associate nanoparticles as drug-delivery systems. from controlled and catalyzed polymeriz- Professor in the Department of Pokorski’s laboratory at UCSD works to ation reactions to the production of high Biomolecular Nanotechnology. He is bridge chemical synthesis, molecular performance nanocomposites/nano- co-founder of SpectriS-dot, which biology, and materials science to make hybrids via reactive processing, e.g. reac- commercializes fluorescent silicon new materials for biomedical appli- tive extrusion, with a special emphasis quantum dots. His research interests cations. The Pokorski lab is particularly on biobased plastics with key properties focus on the development of nano- interested in marrying protein and including shape-memory polymers and materials for applications in thera- polymer science to generate materials self-healing materials. He is author of peutics delivery and targeted imaging, for drug delivery and immunotherapy. about 170 peer-reviewed publications, 11 in particular well-defined, size-con- Pokorski’s research is funded through patents, and 6 book chapters.

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Haritz Sardon received his Ph.D. in national research organization (CNRS) 2011 at the University of Basque as a research scientist based in the Country under the supervision of Prof. European Institute of Membranes Lourdes Irusta and Prof. M. J. (IEM) in Montpellier (France). In Fernandez-Berridi before joining the 2019, she received her habilitation group of Dr James Hedrick at the from the University of Montpellier. IBM-Almaden Research Center, USA, as Her research focuses on using syn- a post-doc. In 2014, Haritz returned to thetic chemistry to tailor molecular Spain with a Ministry grant and joined design and controlled self-assembly the POLYMAT institute as a junior to prepare porous materials for mem- group leader before starting his inde- brane applications. pendent research career as an Associate Professor at the University of Basque Country in 2017. He has published over 100 articles and his group intends to design the plastics of the future by Nicole Sampson implementing scalable and environ- Nicole S. Sampson received her edu- mentally benign plastic recycling cation and training as a chemist and approaches and designing new poly- chemical biologist from Harvey Mudd mers with not only competitive College (BS), the University of California- mechanical properties but also con- Berkeley (PhD), and Harvard University sideration of their end-of-life (postdoctoral fellow). She is currently assessment. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University. She is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society. Her research interests include the design of chemical probes of mammalian fertilization and exploiting metabolic pathways that enable survival of Mycobacterium Myungeun Seo tuberculosis for drug discovery. Her work Myungeun Seo is a polymer with polymers in fertilization led to the Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. chemist interested in controlled development of new methodology for the polymer synthesis, polymer/small mole- synthesis of alternating copolymers by cule self-assembly, and porous poly- ring-opening metathesis polymerization mers for environmental and energy from 1-substituted cyclobutenes and applications. He received his Ph.D. unstrained cycloalkenes. from the Department of Chemistry at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) under the supervision of Prof. Sang Youl Kim (2008). He spent one year as a postdoctoral fellow in the same group and then moved to Prof. Marc A. Mona Semsarilar Hillmyer’s group at the University of Mona Semsarilar earned her Ph.D. Minnesota (2009–2013). He started his from the University of Sydney in own career in 2013 at KAIST, and is 2010 under the supervision of now an associate professor in the Prof. S. Perrier. She then moved to Department of Chemistry. He is one the University of Sheﬃeld (UK) to of the editors of Macromolecular work on polymerization induced self- Research, and also serves assembly (PISA) under the supervi- Macromolecules and Chemical Physics sion of Prof. S. Armes (FRS). In 2015 Reviews as a member of the Editorial Haritz Sardon she was recruited by the French Advisory Boards.

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of Chemistry and Chemical Technology exchange processes to the macroscopic, at the University of Ljubljana. His material level. website URL is: http://www.clarkson. edu/people/devon-shipp.

Devon A. Shipp Prof. Devon A. Shipp completed a B. Sc. (Hons) in chemistry (1993), and then a Ph.D. (1998) at the University of Melbourne (Australia). He then accepted the Bayer Postdoctoral Michael Sommer Research Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon Michael Sommer is Professor for University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Maarten Smulders Polymer Chemistry at Chemnitz with Prof. Kris Matyjaszewski. In 1999, Maarten Smulders received his PhD University of Technology (CUT), where he began his independent research degree from the Eindhoven University of he is currently Managing Director of career at Clarkson University in north- Technology (NL) in 2009, for research the Institute for Chemistry. Michael ern New York State where he is cur- under supervision of Prof. Bert Meijer. studied chemistry at the Universidad de rently a full Professor in the After postdoctoral positions at the Granada, Spain, and the University of Department of Chemistry & University of Cambridge (UK) and Bayreuth, Germany. With a PhD from Biomolecular Science and Director of University of Twente (NL), he started his Bayreuth in Macromolecular Chemistry, Clarkson’s Center for Advanced independent career in 2013 as assistant in 2009 he went to Cambridge, UK, for Materials Processing. His research professor at Wageningen University (NL), a two year postdoctoral stay with Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. group focuses on new polymer chem- where he became associate professor in W. T. S. Huck. In 2012 he returned to istries, particularly radical polymeriz- 2019. His main research interests are in Freiburg, Germany, to work on his habi- ations, shape-memory polymers, self- the development of responsive polymer litation between 2012 and 2016. Since healing polymers, polymer nano- coatings, and in the creation of new 2017 he has been a full professor at composites and degradable polymers (design strategies for) functional CUT. His research interests encompass for bio-related applications. He was a covalent adaptable networks (CANs). In all kinds of conjugated polymers and Fulbright Scholar in Slovenia in 2015, the latter area, he achieves control over materials for energy conversion and hosted by the Slovenian National CAN design by amplifying the control storage, functional membranes and Institute of Chemistry and the Faculty over molecular components and smart materials.

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nals. He has edited one book, and published over 150 papers and 15 patents.

Takaya Terashima Chuanbing Tang Takaya Terashima was born in Japan DrChuanbingTangreceivedhisB. (1978) and received his B.S. (2002), M.S. S. from Nanjing University, and his M. (2004) and Ph.D. degrees (2007) from S. and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon Kyoto University under the direction of University, and did his postdoctoral Professor Mitsuo Sawamoto. He joined research at the University of California Youhua Tao the faculty of the Department of Polymer SantaBarbara.Currentlyheisadis- Prof. Youhua Tao received his Ph.D. Chemistry, Graduate School of tinguished professor at the University in polymer chemistry in 2008 from the Engineering, Kyoto University in 2007 as of South Carolina. His research inter- Changchun Institute of Applied an assistant professor and was promoted ests focus on organic polymer syn- Chemistry, Chinese Academy of to associate professor in 2018. He also thesis, biobased polymers, metallopo- Sciences, under the direction of worked at Eindhoven University of lymers, and polymers for biomedical Professor Xianhong Wang. After postdoc- Technology as a visiting researcher and energy applications. He is a reci- toral stays (2008–2013) with Professor (2009–2010). He received the Inoue pient of the Presidential Early Career Masami Kamigaito (Nagoya University, Research Award for Young Scientists Award for Scientists and Engineers, Japan) and Professor Christopher (2009), the Award for Encouragement of South Carolina Governor’s Young N. Bowman (University of Colorado at Research in Polymer Science (2012) from Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. Scientist Award, and an NSF Career Boulder, USA), he accepted a full pro- SPSJ, the CSJ Special Lecture Award for Award. He is a Fellow of the Royal fessor appointment at the Changchun Young Scientists (2012), the PJ ZEON Society of Chemistry, an ACS POLY Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Award for Outstanding Papers in Fellow, and a Kavli Fellow of the Academy of Sciences. His research Polymer Journal 2016 (2016) and The National Academy of Sciences. He is focuses on sustainable and recyclable Young Scientists’ Prize from The an editor of Polymer and an Advisory polymers, and organocatalytic ring- Commendation for Science and Board member of major polymer jour- opening polymerization. Technology by the Minister of

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Education, Culture, Sports, Science and in 2011, and became a full professor in 2020, he was appointed as a full pro- Technology (2016). His research interests 2014. His scientific interests focus on fessor at UT. are precision polymer synthesis, con- hyperbranched polymers and supramo- trolled self-assembly systems, and func- lecular self-assembly. tional polymer materials.

Frederik Wurm Huaping Xu Frederik R. Wurm is currently leading Huaping Xu received his Bachelors the group “Sustainable Polymer degree in 2001 and his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry” at the Universiteit Twente 2006 from Jilin University, China, under Wei Tian (UT, Enschede, the Netherlands). The the supervision of Prof. Xi Zhang. In Wei Tian completed his PhD in group designs materials with molecular- 2006, he joined Prof. David Polymer Materials at Northwestern defined functions for degradable poly- N. Reinhoudt and Prof. Jurriaan Polytechnical University in 2009 under mers and nanocarriers for agricultural Huskens’s group at University of Twente, the supervision of Professor Xiaodong or biomedical applications and the Netherlands as a post-doc. Since July Fan. He pursued his research work on especially phosphorus-based polymers. 2008, he has worked in the Department Polymer Chemistry as a post-doctoral He received his Ph.D. in 2009 (Johannes of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, researcher at the same university till Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany). China. He was promoted to full pro- 2010. Following academic appointments After a two year stay at École fessor in 2014. In 2014, he received the Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. at Northwestern Polytechnical Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Natural Science Fund for Outstanding University, he joined the Department of (Switzerland) as a Humboldt fellow, he Young Scholars from NSFC. He is an Industrial and Systems Engineering at joined the Max Planck Institute for Associate Editor of ACS Biomaterials The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Polymer Research (Mainz, Germany) and Science & Engineering. His current as a Research Associate. He came back finished his habilitation in macromol- research is focused on selenium/tellur- to Northwestern Polytechnical University ecular chemistry in 2016. In August ium-containing polymers.

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enjoys outdoor activities and spending time with her family and friends.

Jiangtao Xu Dr Jiangtao Xu is an ARC Future Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Donghui Zhang School of Chemical Engineering at Donghui Zhang is a Professor of UNSW Sydney. He is currently leading a Chemistry at the Louisiana State Zhengbiao Zhang research group in the Centre for University (LSU). She obtained a B.S. Zhengbiao Zhang received his BS Advanced Macromolecular Design degree in Chemistry from Peking degree in 2000 and his PhD degree in (CAMD) and Australian Centre for University (1998) and a Ph.D. in 2007 from Soochow University under the Nanomedicine (ACN), with a research Organometallic Chemistry from supervision of Professor Xiulin Zhu. focus on green and precision polymer Dartmouth College (2003), and con- Since 2000, he has worked as an synthesis using state-of-the-art polymer- ducted postdoctoral research on the syn- Assistant Professor (2000), Lecturer ization techniques and organic chem- thesis and characterization of sustain- (2003), Associate Professor (2009) and istry tools. He has more than 100 peer- able polymers at University of Professor (2013, current position) at reviewed publications in high-impact Minnesota. She joined LSU in 2007 after Soochow University. His Postdoctoral journals, over 6000 citations and an a stint as research faculty at New Mexico Fellowship was in the Department of

Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM. H-index of 44. His research areas of State University. Her research interests Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering interest are green chemistry and sus- include polymerization method develop- of the National University of Singapore tainable polymer synthesis, precision ment, synthesis and investigation of the in 2007–2008 (one year) under the super- polymer synthesis, advanced polymer structure–property relationship of bio- vision of Professor E. T. Kang. In materials for nanomedicine and bioen- mimetic and bioderived polymers and 2012–2013, he was appointed as a gineering applications. high precision macromolecules. She Visiting Scholar for one year in Professor

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Stephen Z. D. Cheng’s group, Yongfeng Zhou completed his B.Sc. Jintao Zhu received his Ph.D. degree Department of Polymer Science and and M.Sc. degrees in Chemistry at from Changchun Institute of Applied Engineering, The University of Akron. In Harbin Institute of Technology. In 2005, Chemistry, Chinese Academy of June–August 2015, he worked as a he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Polymer Sciences. He then worked as a postdoc- Visiting Professor with Professor Chemistry and Physics at Shanghai Jiao toral research fellow at the University of Masami Kamigaito in the Graduate Tong University under the supervision of Alberta and the University of School of Engineering, Department of Prof. Deyue Yan. Then, he joined the Massachusetts Amherst. Since 2009, he Applied Chemistry, Nagoya University. same university as an associate professor has been appointed as a professor at the His current research interests include to start his independent research career. School of Chemistry and Chemical the precision synthesis of polymers with In 2010, he was promoted to a full pro- Engineering, HUST. Dr Zhu is serving as well-defined molecular weight, architec- fessor there. His current research inter- an editor of Macromolecular Research. ture, tacticity and sequence; structure/ ests include the controllable synthesis, His current interests involve self- property (function) relationships of pre- self-assembly, computer simulation and assembled polymers and nanoparticles cision polymers; recyclable and bio- cytomimetic application of amphiphilic for responsive nanophotonics, healing mimetic polymers; and design and syn- hyperbranched polymers or alternating materials, memory devices, and immu- thesis of functional polymers. copolymers. notherapy. Dr Zhu is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2020), and a recipient of the China National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2015), and a Chinese Chemical Society Youth Award (2013). Published on 04 March 2021. Downloaded 3/4/2021 1:15:07 PM.

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Polymer Chemistry is proud to present C8PY01539B and DOI: 10.1039/ • Integration of metal-free ring- this second edition themed issue, cele- C9PY00157C), to fundamental under- opening metathesis polymerization and brating the work of mid-career investi- standing of how chemical structure organocatalyzed ring-opening polymer- gators who have established themselves dictates self-assembly and bulk pro- ization through a bifunctional initiator in the field of polymer chemistry. perties (e.g. DOI: 10.1039/C8PY01463A, • A fluorescent pillarene coordination Many of the researchers whose work is DOI: 10.1039/C9PY00162J and DOI: polymer included in this Pioneering Investigators 10.1039/C9PY00250B). We celebrate and Articles issue have previously been recognized praise the continued and ongoing contri- • Cooperative supramolecular poly- as “emerging investigators” in the butions of the authors assembled in this merization of phosphorescent alkynyl- field in a past issue of Polymer volume to the field of polymer chemistry gold(I)-isocyanide complexes Chemistry (http://bit.ly/2011Emerging, and thank them for their contributions • Tuning photosensitized singlet http://bit.ly/2015Emerging, http://bit.ly/ to this special issue. We hope you enjoy oxygen production from microgels syn- 2018Emerging). reading the pioneering contributions of thesized by polymerization in aqueous This special issue includes 4 reviews this Polymer Chemistry special issue! dispersed media and 29 original research manuscripts, Reviews: • Structure and luminescence pro- including authors from 12 diﬀerent • Functional protein materials: perties of supramolecular polymers of countries and 31 diﬀerent institutions. beyond elastomeric and structural amphiphilic aromatic thioether–peptide Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. This special issue of Polymer Chemistry proteins conjugates in water showcases leading research directions in • Polymer brush interfaces for • Topochemical polymerization of relevant current areas of polymer science protein biosensing prepared by surface- hierarchically ordered diacetylene mono- and demonstrates the enabling character initiated controlled radical polymerization mers within the block copolymer of current polymer research at the inter- • Recent advances in colloidal nano- domains face with the biological sciences, surface composite design via heterogeneous • Shape modulation of squaramide- science, photophysics and supramole- polymerization techniques based supramolecular polymer nano- cular chemistry. The creative and innova- • Layer-by-layer assembly nanofilms particles tive research advancements reported to control cell functions • Spatial control of the topography of here highlight the widespread impact of Communications: photo-sensitive block copolymer thin polymer chemistry research: from new • Improved malleability of mini- films polymerization techniques (e.g. DOI: emulsion-based vitrimers through in situ • Self-assembly of oppositely charged 10.1039/C8PY01417E and DOI: 10.1039/ generation of carboxylate surfactants polyelectrolyte block copolymers con- C8PY01556B), to the tailored release • Ring-opening metathesis polymer- taining short thermoresponsive blocks of bioactive small molecules (e.g. DOI: ization-induced self-assembly (ROMPISA) • Ferulic acid-based reactive core– 10.1039/C9PY00354A, DOI: 10.1039/ of a cisplatin analogue for high drug- shell latex by seeded emulsion poly- loaded nanoparticles merization • Self-amplified depolymerization of • Transformation of polyethylene aDepartment of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve oligo(thiourethanes) for the release of into a vitrimer by nitroxide radical coup- University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44106, COS/H2S ling of a bis-dioxaborolane USA. E-mail: [email protected] • Site-specific conjugation of anti- • Selective or living organopolymeri- bInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10–14, D-55128, freeze proteins onto polymer-stabilized zation of a six-five bicyclic lactone to Germany. E-mail: [email protected] nanoparticles produce fully recyclable polyesters

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• Transition metal-free thiol–yne click polymerization toward Z-stereoregular poly(vinylene sulfide)s • The eﬀect of chain architecture on

the phase behavior of A4B4 miktoarm block copolymers • Design and synthesis of a dual imageable theranostic platinum prodrug for eﬃcient cancer therapy • Precision design of vinyl amine and vinyl alcohol-based copolymers via cobalt-mediated radical polymerization • Understanding the ring-opening polymerisation of dioxolanones Pol Besenius was born in Luxembourg in • Metal–organic insertion light Emily Pentzer, Polymer Chemistry 1981 and studied chemistry at the Vienna initiated radical (MILRad) polymer- Associate Editor University of Technology in Austria, and at ization: photo-initiated radical polymer- the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, ization of vinyl polar monomers with Scotland. He received his PhD from the various palladium diimine catalysts same institution in 2008, under the super- • Synthesis and crystallization behav- vision of Prof. Peter Cormack and Prof. ior of regioregular-block-regiorandom Biographies of David C. Sherrington FRS, in collaboration poly(3-hexylthiophene) copolymers contributors with Prof. Sijbren Otto and Prof. Jeremy • Evolution of diverse higher-order K. M. Sanders FRS at the University of membrane structures of block copoly- Cambridge. As a Marie-Curie Fellow, mer vesicles Pol undertook postdoctoral studies at the • Polyampholytic graft copolymers Eindhoven University of Technology with based on polydehydroalanine (PDha) – Dr Anja Palmans and Prof. E. W. “Bert” synthesis, solution behavior and applica- Meijer. In 2011, Pol moved to the tion as dispersants for carbon nanotubes University of Münster to set up an inde- • Hierarchical patterns with sub- pendent research group at the Organic 20 nm pattern fidelity via block copoly- Chemistry Institute, supported by a Liebig mer self-assembly and soft nanotransfer Fellowship. He was also elected as young printing fellow to the North Rhine-Westphalian Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. • Surface modification of self- Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 2015, he assembled isoporous polymer mem- took up a Professorship at the Institute of branes for pressure-dependent high- Organic Chemistry at the University of resolution separation Mainz. His research interests include • Mechanically robust photodegrad- Joona Bang received his B.S. degree in macromolecular chemistry, self-assembly able gelatin hydrogels for 3D cell culture Chemical Engineering from Seoul in water and on surfaces, and responsive and in situ mechanical modification National University in 1999. He received supramolecular materials. his Ph.D. degree from the University of Minnesota in 2004 on block copolymer physics. Then, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 2006, he has been at Korea University as a Professor. His research interests focus on the synthesis and characterization of well-defined functional copolymers having non-linear architectures, such as stars and bottlebrushes, using living free radical polymerization, and surface modification of quantum dots for enhanced stability and improved per- Holger Frey, Polymer Chemistry formance in a variety of light emitting Idriss Blakey graduated from the Associate Editor applications. Queensland University of Technology,

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Australia, in 2001 with a PhD in chem- Professor of Chemistry at the University istry under the supervision of Prof. of Washington in 2010 and was pro- Graeme George. He worked as a research moted to Associate Professor with scientist at an Australian start-up tenure in 2016. In 2018, he moved to company, Polymerat (Now Anteo the University of Wisconsin as Technologies), before taking a postdoc- the Yamamoto Family Professor of toral role at the University of Chemistry, where he also holds aﬃliate Queensland (UQ) in 2003. While at the appointments in the Department of UQ, he has been awarded a Queensland Chemical and Biological Engineering Government Smart State Fellowship, an and Department of Materials Science Australian Research Council Future and Engineering. His research group Fellowship and a UQ Vice Chancellor’s currently focuses on developments Research and Teaching Fellowship. His in the areas of polymer synthesis, research interests include the synthesis mechanochemical transduction, and of polymers and understanding how additive manufacturing (3D printing). Luis M. Campos is an Associate their interfacial and physical properties Professor in the Department of influence performance in applications Chemistry at Columbia University. He such as photolithography, biomedical was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, and imaging and self-assembly. movedattheageof11toLosAngeles, California. He received a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from CSU Dominguez Hills in 2001, and a Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UCLA in 2006 working under the supervision of M. A. Garcia- Garibay and K. N. Houk. At UCLA, he was awarded the NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship, and the Saul & Silvia Winstein Award for his graduate Sylvain Caillol was born in 1974 in Sète, research in solid-state photochemistry. France. He received his M.Sc. degree Switching to materials chemistry, he in Chemistry from the Engineering went to UCSB as a UC President’s Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. School of Chemistry of Montpellier. Postdoctoral Fellow to work under Andrew J. Boydston began studying Then, he received his PhD degree in the supervision of C. J. Hawker at chemistry as an undergraduate at the 2001 from the University of Bordeaux. the Materials Research Laboratory. At University of Oregon under the guidance Subsequently, he joined the company Columbia, his group’s research inter- of Professor Michael M. Haley. His Rhodia. Later, after being promoted to ests lie in polymer chemistry, self- research focused on the synthesis and Department Manager, he headed the assembly, and organic electronic study of dehydrobenzoannulenes. After Polymer Research Department in the materials. To date, he has co-authored completing BS and MS degrees, he Research Center of Aubervilliers. In over 80 articles and 12 patents; and he began doctoral research at the University 2007 he joined the CNRS at the Institute has received various awards, including of Texas at Austin. While being co- Charles Gerhardt of the University of the ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, advised by Professor Christopher Montpellier where he started a new ONR Young Investigator Award, NSF W. Bielawski and Professor C. Grant research topic dedicated to green chem- CAREER Award, 3 M Non-Tenured Willson, Andrew completed his thesis istry and speciality polymers. He is a co- Faculty Award, I-APS Young Faculty research focused on the synthesis and author of more than 150 articles, patents Award, the Journal of Physical Organic applications of annulated bis(imidazo- and book chapters and is a member of Chemistry Award for Early Excellence, lium) chromophores in 2007. He then the Editorial Boards of European Polymer and the Polymers Young Investigator took an NIH postdoctoral position at the Journal and Green Materials.Heis Award. In addition to these research California Institute of Technology under Chairman of the “Oleochemistry, accolades, Luis has been recognized for the mentorship of Professor Robert Molecule and Polymer Science” division hispedagogicalcontributionsbythe H. Grubbs. There, he developed new cat- of the European Federation of Lipids. He Cottrell Scholar Award, Columbia alysts and methods for the synthesis of won the Innovative Techniques for University Presidential Teaching Award, cyclic polymers. He returned to the Environment award in 2010 and the and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher- Pacific Northwest as an Assistant Green Materials Prize in 2018. Scholar Award.

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Macromolecules (CERM). After gradu- in Chem. Soc. Rev., Prog. Polym. Sci., ation, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Adv. group of Prof. Michael K. Georges at the Mater., Chem. Sci., ACS Nano, Nano Lett., University of Toronto and developed con- ACS Macro Lett., Polym. Chem., trolled radical polymerization methods Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, etc. under emulsion conditions. In 2006, he He received the National Award for the returned to Liege as a FNRS Postdoctoral Progress in the Science and Technology Researcher and was promoted to a FNRS in 2016 and the Innovative Research Research Associate in 2010 at the CERM. Article Award for Basic Research in His research interests deal with macro- Polymer Science, Chinese Chemical molecular engineering essentially based Society in 2017. He is a fellow of the on radical chemistry and emulsion Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a polymerization. member of the Biomacromolecules Eugene Y.-X. Chen came to the United Editorial Advisory Board, and a States for graduate studies from China Committee Member of the Division of in 1991 and received his Ph.D. degree Polymer Science, Chinese Chemical from the University of Massachusetts, Society. Amherst, in 1995, under the direction of late Professors James Chien and Marvin Rausch. After a postdoctoral stint at Northwestern University with Professor Tobin Marks, he joined The Dow Chemical Company in late 1997, where he was promoted from Sr. Research Chemist to Project Leader. He moved to Colorado State University in August 2000, where currently he is the John K. Stille Endowed Chair in Chemistry and the Millennial Professor Jianzhong Du received his PhD in of Polymer Science & Sustainability. chemistry in 2004 from the Institute His research interests encompass of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of broadly the areas of polymer science, Sciences. Then, he worked as a green and sustainable chemistry, and research fellow at the University of Nathan C. Gianneschi received his B.Sc Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. catalysis. Sheﬃeld (2004–2008), the University of (Hons) at the University of Adelaide, Cambridge and the University of Australia, in 1999. In 2005 he completed Warwick (2008–2010). He was an his Ph.D at Northwestern University. Alexander von Humboldt fellow in Following a Dow Chemical postdoctoral Germany (2006). He was appointed as an fellowship at The Scripps Research ‘Eastern Scholar’ professor at Tongji Institute, in 2008 he began his inde- University in Shanghai in 2009, and an pendent career at the University of adjunct Professor in Shanghai Tenth California, San Diego, where, until June People’s Hospital in 2015. Currently, he 2017, he was a Teddy Traylor Scholar is Head of Department of Polymeric and a Professor of Chemistry & Materials, Tongji University. His Biochemistry, NanoEngineering and research interests focus on the synthesis Materials Science & Engineering. In July and application of smart and functional 2017, Nathan moved his research group polymers and polymer vesicles. He has to Northwestern University where he is wide research interests in the interdisci- currently a Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Antoine Debuigne is a permanent plinary bridging between polymer Professor of Chemistry, Materials researcher of the National Fund for science, nanomedicine, and materials Science & Engineering, and Biomedical Scientific Research (FNRS) at the science, such as controlled drug delivery, Engineering. The Gianneschi group University of Liege, Belgium. He gene delivery, antibacterial materials, takes an interdisciplinary approach to obtained his Ph.D. from the University theranostic vesicles, the treatment of nanomaterials research with a focus on of Liege in 2004 under the supervision diabetes, etc. Since 2003, he has pub- multifunctional materials with interests of Prof. Robert Jérôme in the Center lished 65 papers as the corresponding that include biomedical applications, for Education and Research on author and 14 papers as the first author programmed interactions with bio-

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molecules and cells, and basic research to deliver talks at diﬀerent forums from into nanoscale materials design, syn- countries like Japan, USA, Italy, France, thesis and characterization. For this Germany, China, and Taiwan. His work, he has been awarded the NIH research interests are in the areas of Director’s New Innovator Award, the polymer self-assembly, nanostructured NIH Director’s Transformative Research materials, polymorphic phase tran- Award and the White House’shighest sitions in semicrystalline polymers, honor for young scientists and engin- polymer/inorganic hybrid nano- eers with a Presidential Early Career composites, polymer–solvent complexes Award for Scientists and Engineers. and biodegradable polymers. Nathan was awarded a Dreyfus Foundation Fellowship, and is a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society E. Bhoje Gowd was born in Kummara of Chemistry, and an Alfred P. Sloan Nagepalli, Anantapur district, Andhra Foundation Fellow. Pradesh. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Tech) in Polymer Science and Technology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pune, Pune (work carried out at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory under the guidance of Dr C. Ramesh). He worked as a post-doctoral fellow in Prof. Kohji Tashiro’s group at the Tijana Z. Grove received her Ph.D. Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, degree from Iowa State University Japan, and as an Alexander von and postdoctoral training from Yale Humboldt Fellow in Prof. Manfred University. She established a nationally Stamm’s group at the Leibniz Institute and internationally recognized research of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany. program at the intersection of chemistry, After a short stay at the Indian materials science, and biotechnology Institute of Science, Bangalore, as a while a faculty member in the Virginia Matthew I. Gibson holds a personal Centenary post-doctoral fellow in Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. Tech Chemistry Department from chair joint between the Department of Prof. S. Ramakrishnan’s group, he 2011 to 2019. Currently, Tijana is the Chemistry and the Medical School at joined the National Institute for principal and founder of Zarkovic the University of Warwick, UK. He Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Grove Consulting, LLC, specializing in obtained his undergraduate degree (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, as nanoscience, analytical, materials, and (2003) and PhD (2007) from the a DST-SERB Ramanujan Fellow. In protein chemistry. University of Durham, UK, working with 2011, he accepted the Senior Scientist Prof. Neil Cameron. After a postdoc at position at CSIR-NIIST. He was awarded EPFL with Prof. Harm-Anton Klok, Matt an IUSSTF research fellowship by Indo- was appointed at Warwick in 2009 and US Science and Technology Forum promoted to Full Professor in 2016. in 2014 (Stony Brook University, Matt holds an ERC starting grant and Stony Brook, NY, USA) and the has won several awards including the Raman Research Fellowship by CSIR, MacroGroup Young researchers medal, Government of India, in 2018 (National the Dextra medal for Carbohydrate Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Science, the PAT young talent prize Taiwan). He was the recipient of the and the 2018 Macromolecules/ Materials Research Society of India Biomacromolecules Young Investigator (MRSI) Medal in 2016 and the Professor Prize. Matt’s research addresses health- Kaushal Kishore Memorial Award of care challenges including pathogen The Society for Polymer Science, India detection/neutralisation and new (SPSI) in 2018. He has authored more technologies for the storage and trans- than 50 publications in peer-reviewed Eva Harth is a Professor of Chemistry at port of biologics using a combination of journals, edited a book and contributed the University of Houston, Texas. She polymer and glyco-science. to 4 book chapters. He has been invited previously held positions as Assistant

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and Associate Professor at Vanderbilt force fields for polymeric molecules in a Van Marumpenning from the Royal University after conducting postdoctoral coarse-grained description. Netherlands Chemistry Society. research at the IBM Almaden Research Center and a PhD from the MPI of Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. Her research group is interested in new polymerization methodologies and novel materials for biomedical applications. The recent discovery of the Metal– organic Light Initiated Radical (MILRad) polymerization is a current focus and she explores the merging of insertion and radical polymerization techniques.

Marleen Kamperman is interested in the Andrea M. Kasko is a Professor in the biologically-inspired synthesis of poly- Department of Bioengineering at UC mers and nanostructured surfaces with Los Angeles. She received her B.S. in controlled adhesive and mechanical pro- Chemistry from the University of perties. She received her PhD in Michigan in 1997, her M.S.E. in Materials Science & Engineering from Macromolecular Science Engineering Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, where she from Case Western Reserve University in worked in the group of Prof. Wiesner on 1999 (working with Professor Virgil the development of ordered mesoporous Percec), and her PhD in Polymer Science high-temperature ceramics using block at the University of Akron in 2004 copolymers. From 2008 to 2010, she was (working with Professor Coleen Pugh). a postdoctoral researcher in the After two years of post-doctoral research June Huh received his B.S. (1990) and M. Functional Surfaces group of Prof. Arzt sponsored by the Howard Hughes S. (1992) degrees in Fiber and Polymer at INM – Leibniz Institute for New Medical Institute working with Professor Science from Seoul National University Materials in Saarbrücken, Germany, Kristi Anseth at the University of and his Ph.D. (1998) in theoretical where she worked on the development Colorado, Boulder, Andrea joined the polymer physics from the University of of bio-inspired responsive adhesive Bioengineering Department at UCLA in Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. Groningen, the Netherlands. He was a systems. She started her group 2006. She currently serves as Vice Chair postdoctoral research fellow at the ‘Bioinspired Functional Polymers’ at of the ACS Division of Polymer University of Pittsburgh and has worked Wageningen University in the Physical Chemistry. In recognition of the creative at Seoul National University, Yonsei Chemistry and Soft Matter department nature of her work, Andrea received the University, and Korea University as a in September 2010. In 2015, she became NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. research professor. Since 2018, he has a member of the Dutch Young Academy. Andrea leads a multi-disciplinary been an Associate Professor of the In 2018 she was appointed Full Professor research program focusing on the syn- Department of Chemical and Biological in Polymer Science at the University of thesis and characterization of novel poly- Engineering at Korea University. June Groningen. In the new research group meric materials for use in biomedical, has a speciality in the theoretical and that she established in Groningen she drug delivery and tissue engineering computational modeling for various soft combines her experience in polymer applications, and biomimetic materials, matter systems, such as polymer amphi- science and material development including glycomimetics, lignin-derived philes, proteins, and nanoparticles. His with her interest in bio-inspiration. materials, antimicrobial peptides, and recent interest focuses on developing In 2018 she was awarded the their conjugates.

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KAIST Endowed Chair Professor. He completed his doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Edward Kramer at UCSB. Then, he worked with Prof. Jean Fréchet at UC Berkeley. His research interests include the development of block copolymer-based functional materials, including shape-tunable particles, col- orimetric sensors, and the design of new electroactive polymers for all-polymer solar cells with high stability. He has guided 22 Ph.D. theses. He was appointed as the Ewon Assistant Roxanne E. Kieltyka received her BSc in Professor at KAIST (2010–2013). Also, he John B. Matson received his under- Materials Chemistry from the University received the KAIST Academic Excellence graduate degree majoring in Chemistry of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) in 2003. Award (2015) and the Shimgye Science and German in 2004 at Washington She then joined the group of Hanadi Award (2017), and he was selected as the University in St Louis, carrying out Sleiman at McGill University (Montreal, 2013 Young Scientist by the World undergraduate research with Professor Canada) to work on the development of Economic Forum (DAVOS Forum). He Karen Wooley. He then moved to novel platinum-based complexes for the currently serves as an editorial advisory CaltechtopursueaPhDintheareaof targeting of G-quadruplexes as an anti- board member of Macromolecules, ACS polymer synthesis with Professor Bob cancer strategy. After receiving her PhD Macro Letters, Chemistry of Materials Grubbs. He graduated in 2009 and in 2009, she became a postdoctoral (ACS), J. Mater. Chem. A (RSC) and BMC moved to Northwestern University, researcher in the group of Bert Meijer at Energy (Springer Nature). where he was an NIH-funded postdoc- the Eindhoven University of Technology toral scholar working on peptide-based (Eindhoven, the Netherlands) in the area biomaterials with Professor Sam Stupp. of supramolecular materials. Since 2013, In 2012 he began his independent Roxanne is an Assistant Professor within career at Virginia Tech in the the Supramolecular and Biomaterials Department of Chemistry, where he was Chemistry group at Leiden University promoted to Associate Professor in (Leiden, the Netherlands). In 2018 she 2018. He has received a number of was named one of the Talented 12 by awards, including the NSF CAREER Chemical and Engineering News Award and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher- Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. (C&EN). Her research focuses on the Scholar Award. His group focuses on development of supramolecular bioma- macromolecular and supramolecular terials, ranging from studying their self- chemistry with applications in biology, assembly to engineering applications in medicine, and sustainability. the healthcare area.

Harm-Anton Klok studied chemical technology at the University of Twente (Enschede, the Netherlands) and received his Ph.D. from the University of Ulm (Germany, M. Möller). After postdoctoral research at the University of Twente (D. N. Reinhoudt) and the University of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign (USA, S. I. Stupp), he joined the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany, K. Müllen). He was appointed to the faculty of EPFL in 2002. Michiya Matsusaki received his Ph.D. Bumjoon J. Kim has been a Professor in His research interests include polymer degree in 2003 under the direction of the Department of Chemical and surface and interface science, polymer Prof. Mitsuru Akashi from Kagoshima Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST nanomedicine and polymer synthesis University. He started his academic since 2008, where he is appointed as the and functionalization. career as a Postdoctoral fellow at Osaka

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University from 2003 to 2005. During the structure, dynamics or physical Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy this period, he was a visiting scientist at properties. of Sciences, in 1999 and 2004, respect- the Prof. Carl A. K. Borrebaeck laboratory ively. He did his postdoctoral research at in 2004 at Lund University. In 2006, he the Hong Kong University of Science & joined the Department of Applied Technology and Zhejiang University Chemistry in the Graduate School of in 2005–2008. He joined Zhejiang Engineering at Osaka University, Japan, University as an Associate Professor in as an Assistant Professor. He was pro- 2008 and moved to South China moted to Associate Professor in 2015. He University of Technology with promotion is a JST-PRESTO researcher (concurrent to Full Professor in 2013. His current position) from 2008 to 2011 and 2015 to research interests include the develop- present. He has received 16 awards. He ment of new polymerizations based has published 130 peer-reviewed papers on triple-bond building blocks and (3500 citations, h-index = 34). He is an constructions of organic/polymeric Editorial Board Member of PLoS ONE functional materials for high-tech and Scientific Reports. His research inter- Renaud Nicolaÿ is Professor at ESPCI applications. ests are functional polymers and bioma- Paris where he is leading the research terials for biomedical and tissue engin- group “Chemistry and Macromolecular eering applications. Design” within the laboratory “Molecular, Macromolecular Chemistry and Materials”. His research focuses on dynamic covalent chemistry and aims at developing new synthetic methodologies, as well as designing responsive formulations, vitrimers and structured materials. In this context, radical polymerization is a tool of choice to prepare functional polymers while controlling their topology. The introduction of dynamic chemical bonds in these systems gives access to materials that Megan L. Robertson received her Ph.D. combine recyclability with superior in Chemical Engineering from the

Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. mechanical, thermal and chemical resis- University of California, Berkeley, and tance, as well as to materials and formu- obtained experience as a Postdoctoral lations whose connectivity and flow pro- Damien Montarnal obtained his PhD Research Associate at the University of perties can be modulated by various from ESPCI ParisTech, France, in 2011, Minnesota and Senior Scientist at Rohm stimuli. where he worked on supramolecular and Haas, before joining the faculty self-healing materials and initiated the of the Department of Chemical and concept of vitrimers under the super- Biomolecular Engineering at the vision of L. Leibler and F. Tournilhac. University of Houston in the Fall of He subsequently moved to UC Santa 2010. Megan’s research interests include Barbara as a postdoctoral researcher advanced polymer synthesis and charac- with Craig Hawker, Edward Kramer and terization methods, nanostructured and Glenn Fredrickson, working on block microstructured polymers, self-assembly copolymer self-assembly. Damien is cur- processes, and thermodynamics of mul- rently a CNRS research scientist in the ticomponent materials. Her group is cur- Laboratory of Chemistry, Catalysis, rently working in five areas of emphasis: Polymers and Processes at the (1) sustainable and biodegradable poly- University of Lyon. His research inter- mers derived from renewable resources, ests encompass all polymer materials in (2) advanced materials for wind energy, which supramolecular interactions or Anjun Qin received his BS and PhD (3) structure and dynamics of block reversible chemistry can modulate degrees from Shanxi University and the copolymer micelles, (4) pH-responsive,

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antifouling polymer brushes, and sustainable polymers, plastics and (5) multicomponent and multiphase materials for the School and for the polymer blends. Henry Royce Institute, the UK’s national materials science centre. Following a PhD in his native Canada from the University of British Columbia and an NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Imperial College London, he began his independent research career at the University of Prince Edward Island before moving to Scotland in 2012 where he was a Chancellor’s Fellow, Reader and Professor of Polymer Chemistry. He Felix H. Schacher studied chemistry at leads the Green Materials Laboratory the Universities of Bayreuth (Germany) on the development of sustainable and Lund (Sweden) and obtained his materials, including new motifs for diploma in 2006. After his PhD under renewable, degradable and chemically the supervision of Axel H. E. Müller in recyclable materials. His work ranges 2009, he joined the group of Ian from fundamental projects rooted in Manners at the University of Bristol as a monomer design to working with indus- Maud Save graduated with a M.Sc from DAAD postdoctoral fellow. In 2010 he trial partners in plastic packaging, the University of Bordeaux where she was appointed as a Junior Professor at medical diagnostics and sustainable was introduced to polymer science in the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena materials. He was the inaugural Editor- the research laboratory of Prof. Michel and became a Full Professor at this insti- in-Chief of the international journal Fontanille. After completing her PhD in tution in 2015. He has been awarded the Green Materials before his current role as ring opening polymerization of cyclic Dr-Hermann-Schnell-Fellowship of the Editor of the European Polymer Journal. esters with Prof. Alain Soum at the GDCh in 2013. His scientific interests He has been recognised with >80 invited University of Bordeaux (2000), she include controlled/living polymerization lectures, the MacroGroup Young worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in techniques, block copolymers, polyelec- Polymer Scientist award (2015), the the group of Steven P. Armes at Sussex trolytes, and polyampholytes – all in the Young Academy of Scotland (2014–2018), University (UK). In 2002 she joined the context of using (directed) self-assembly a Fellowship in the RSC (2018) and two group of Prof. Bernadette Charleux in processes for material design in the Canada Foundation for Innovation Paris at the Université Pierre et Marie fields of membranes, hybrid materials, Leadership Awards (2010, 2012). Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. Curie as a CNRS Junior researcher where and biomedicine. she developed research on controlled radical polymerizations and emulsion polymerizations. She participated in the pioneering research on the PISA (polymerization-induced self-assembly) process implemented in emulsion polymerizations. Then, in 2008, she moved to the IPREM laboratory at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour (France) and was promoted to full Senior Researcher by CNRS in 2015. Her research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of functional polymeric colloids and stimuli-responsive microgels using free or controlled radical polymerization in Michael P. Shaver, FRSC, is a Professor Raja Shunmugam received his bachelor’s dispersed media. She also leads projects of Polymer Science in the School of degree in 1994 and master’sdegree on polymers/emulsifiers from renewable Materials at the University of in 1996 from V. O. C. College, resources. Manchester where he leads initiatives in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,

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Tamil Nadu. He received his Ph.D. from He received his PhD from the University the Indian Institute of Technology of Sydney in 2008 under the supervision Madras under the guidance of Professor of Professor Robert Gilbert in the area of R. Dhamodharan. He then joined emulsion polymerization kinetics and Professor Gregory N. Tew’s laboratory in mechanism. He has held post-doctoral the Polymer Science and Engineering positions at the University of Toronto and Department at the University of the University of Sydney, working in the Massachusetts, Amherst, as a post- areas of polymer nanoparticle doctoral research associate from 2003 to and polymer thin film design. In August 2008. From September 2008 to 2012 he joined the Centre for Advanced 2013, he was an Assistant Professor in the Macromolecular Design (CAMD) at Department of Chemical Sciences at the UNSW as a Vice-Chancellor’sResearch IISER-Kolkata. From January 2014 to Fellow, and was appointed Lecturer at the September 2018, he was an Associate University of Tasmania in 2015. Stuart’s Professor in the Department of Chemical research interests primarily focus on the Ying-Wei Yang received his degrees (BSc Sciences at the IISER-Kolkata. He was the physical chemistry of soft matter, namely in 2000 and PhD in 2005) from Nankai Head of Department from February 2014 polymer nanoparticles, colloids and inter- University, and gained postdoctoral to March 2016. From October 2018 faces, where he utilizes advanced training at Arizona State University (with onwards, he is a full Professor in the polymerization techniques for the design John Chaput), UCLA (with Sir Fraser Department of Chemical Sciences. He of new materials. Stuart has published 49 Stoddart), and UC Irvine (with Zhibin was a recipient of the prestigious journal articles in his career to date and Guan) from 2005 to 2010. He became an Ramanujan Fellowship from the presented his work at over 70 national Associate Professor of Chemistry at Jilin Department of Science and Technology, and international conferences. University in 2011, and was promoted to Government of India. He received a Joint Full Professor in 2014. He has published Runner-Up award in the 6th National over 140 peer-reviewed scientific papers. Award for Technology Innovation under His research centers on organic supra- the Polymeric Materials category, molecular chemistry, multifunctional 20 January 2016, for his arsenic sensing hybrid materials, and stimuli-responsive work. He also received a Joint Winner polymers. He was named one of the Award in the 7th National Award for world’s most Highly Cited Researchers Technology Innovation under the for 2017 by Clarivate Analytics, and one Polymeric Materials category, 1 March of the 2017 Chinese Most Cited 2017, for developing sensors for nerve Published on 03 June 2019. Downloaded 8/26/2019 5:17:26 PM. Researchers by Elsevier. agents. In 2018, again his group received a Joint Runner-Up award in the National Award for Technology Innovation under the Polymeric Materials category for developing new polymers for drug deliv- Ling-Shu Wan received his BS and PhD ery applications. degrees from Nanjing Tech University and Zhejiang University, in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He joined Zhejiang University in 2007 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2015. He visited the University of Chicago in 2012–2013. His current research interests include isoporous separation membranes and polymer surface and interface science.

Stuart C. Thickett is a Senior Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Tasmania.