YOUNJIN MIN, Ph.D

YOUNJIN MIN, Ph.D.

Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92507 Cell: (805) 636-2299 │Office: (951) 827-2408 │Email: [email protected] Research Website: https://yminlab.engr.ucr.edu/

EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 1996-2000 B.S. degree: Environmental Sci. & Engr., Ewha Womans University, South Korea. 2001-2003 M.S. degree: Chemical & Biomolecular Engr., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea with Professor Jung-Ki Park. 2004-2009 Ph.D. degree: Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), CA with Professors Jacob N. Israelachvili and Joseph A. Zasadzinski. 2010-2012 Postdoctoral Associate: Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA with Professor Paula Hammond.

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2019-present Associate Professor: Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside (UCR), Riverside, CA. 2018-present Editorial Board: Coatings, MDPI AG. http://www.mdpi.com/journal/coatings/editors 2016-present Editorial Board: Colloids and Interfaces, MDPI AG. http://www.mdpi.com/journal/colloids/editors 2013-2019 Assistant Professor: Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron (UA), Akron, OH. 2010-2012 Postdoctoral Associate: Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA. 2004-2009 Research Assistant: Surface and Interfacial Forces Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. 2003-2004 Researcher: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Biomedical Center, South Korea.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: 2018 Acta Biomaterialia Reviewer Award 2017 KIChE President Young Investigator Award 2016 PPS Early Career Award 2015 ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award 2009 The Schlinger Scholarship for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Research 2007 Chair’s fellowship, Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies 2007 Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of California, Santa Barbara 2004-2005 Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) Scholarship 2000 Outstanding Graduating Student (Magma Cum Laude), Ewha Womans University, Korea 1999-2000 Honor Scholarships in Dean’s list, Ewha Womans University, Korea

RESEARCH INTERESTS: • Colloidal Interactions and Stability • Complex Fluids • Rheology and Nanorheology

• Polymers • Biomembranes • Bioinspired Materials • Biomechanics • Biophysics • Adhesion • Friction and Tribology • Nano-Bio Interactions • Neuroscience

FUNDING: *Single-PI Grant, #Multi-PI Grant with PI’s Share: $1,506,329 (Total funded amount: $ 1,608,203) • * Surface-Force Apparatus Studies of Mineral Pressure Dissolution, UC LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY, PI: Y. Min, 10/10/2019 - 09/30/2020, Total Award Amount: $51,047. • * Mechanobiology of Asymmetric Myelin Membranes at Multiple Length Scales, NSF-CMMI, PI: Y. Min, 08/15/2018 – 07/31/2021, Total Award Amount: $254,893. • * Influence of Nanoconfinement and Elevated Temperatures on Geocolloid-Facilitated Transport of Energy-related Contaminants, DOE, PI: Y. Min, 07/01/2018 – 06/30/2021, Total Award Amount: $447,456. • * Quantitative Measurement and Analysis of Friction (Lubrication) and Adhesion of nonwoven based Materials with Biomimetic Polymer Surfaces in presence of liquids and semisolid, P&G, PI: Y. Min, 07/01/2018 – 04/30/2019, Total Award Amount: $124,709. • # Tribological Investigation of Complex Fluids, P&G, PI/Co-PI: Y. Min, PI/Co-PI: A. Dhinojwala, 07/01/2018 – 05/31/2019, Total Award Amount: $115,000 (Y. Min’s share: $57,500). • * Interfacial Properties of Nanoconfined Ionic Liquid, NSF-CBET, PI: Y. Min, 06/01/2015 – 05/31/2020, Total Award Amount: $237,566. • * Interfacial Phenomena of Versatile Janus Particles at Fluid-Adjoining Interfaces and their Potential Applications in Petroleum Industry, ACS-PRF (DNI), PI: Y. Min, 07/01/2015 – 08/31/2020, Total Award Amount: $110,000. • * Friction of Films and Nonwoven Fibers with Tooling Surfaces under High Speeds, P&G, PI: Y. Min, 07/01/2016 – 06/30/2017, Total Award Amount: $89,522. • * Friction of Nonwoven Fibers and Fabrics with Themselves and Tooling Surfaces, P&G, PI: Y. Min, 06/15/2015 – 06/15/2016, Total Award Amount: $70,506. • * Fabrication and Evaluation of Microneedle (MN) Devices for the Transcutaneous Delivery of Inactivated Polio Virus (IPV), Vaxess, PI: Y. Min, 09/15/2015 – 12/31/2015, Total Award Amount: $38,283. • # STTR Phase I: Digital eWriter for the Classroom, NSF; PI: K. Cavicchi, Co-PI: Y. Min, 07/01/2013 – 06/30/2014, Total Award Amount: $69,221 (Y. Min’s share: $24,847).

PUBLICATIONS: 1. Sung, S.; Min, S.; Cho, K.Y.; Lee, S.; Min, Y.; Park, J.K.; “Effect of polyethylene glycol on gene delivery of polyethylenimine”, Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 26(4), 492-500, 2003, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1248/bpb.26.492 (Impact Factor: 1.828). 2. Kim, S.; Nam, Y.S.; Min, Y.; Kim, J.H.; Kim, K.; Cho, K.W.; Noh, I.; Kwon, I.C.; “Release profile of a model protein drug depending on the stability of microspheres based on polyelectrolyte complex”, Key Engineering Materials, vols. 342-343, 505-508, 2007, doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.342- 343.505 (Impact Factor: 0.19). 3. Min, Y.; Cho, K.Y.; Sung, S.; Lee, S.; Park, J.K.; “Effect of Composition and Synthetic Route on the Microstructure of Biodegradable Diblock Copolymer, Poly(ε-Caprolactone-co-L-lactide)-b- Poly(ethylene glycol)”, Macromolecular Research, 16, 231-237, 2007, doi: 10.1007/BF03218858 (Impact Factor: 1.597).

4. Akbulut, M.; Alig, A.; Min, Y.; Belman, N.; Reynolds, M.; Golan, Y.: Israelachvili, J.: “Forces between Surfaces across Nanoparticle Solutions: Role of Size, Shape, and Concentration”, Langmuir, 23 (7), 3961-3969, 2007, doi: 10.1021/la062613g (Impact Factor: 4.457). 5. Min, Y.; Akbulut, M.; Belman, N.; Golan, Y.; Zasadzinski, J.; Israelachvili, J.; “Normal and shear forces generated during the ordering (directed assembly) of confined straight and curved nanowires”, Nano Letters, 8 (1), 246 -252, 2008: doi: 10.1021/nl072553e6 (Impact Factor: 13.592). 6. Min, Y.; Akbulut, M.; Golan, Y.; Israelachvili, J.; “Frictional properties of surfactant-coated rod-shaped nanoparticles in dry and humid dodecane”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112 (46), 14395-14401, 2008, doi: 10.1021/jp802535j (Impact Factor: 3.302). 7. Min, Y.; Akbulut, M.; Kristiansen, K.; Golan, Y.; Israelachvili, J.; “Role of interparticle and external forces on the assembly and properties of nanoparticle materials”, Nature Materials, 7, 527-538, 2008, doi:10.1038/nmat2206 (Impact Factor: 36.503). “Selected to be included in a collection of review articles, provisionally entitled − Nanoscience: the best of NATURE publications” 8. Min, Y.; Kristiansen, K.; Boggs, J.M.; Husted, C.; Zasadzinski, J.; Israelachvili, J.; “Interaction forces and adhesion of supported myelin lipid bilayers modulated by myelin basic protein”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Biophysics), 106(9), 3154-3159, 2009, doi: 10.1073/pnas.08131101069 (Impact Factor: 9.674). 9. Anderson, T.; Min, Y.; Weirich, K.; Zeng, H.; Fygenson, D.; Israelachvili, J.; “Formation of supported bilayers on silica substrates”, Langmuir, 25 (12), 6997-7005, 2009, doi: 10.1021/la900181c (Impact Factor: 4.457). 10. Min, Y.; Akbulut, M.; Prud’homme, R.: Israelachvili, J.: “Measurements of forces across room temperature ionic liquids between mica surfaces”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113 (37), 16445- 16449, 2009, doi: 10.1021/jp904629b (Impact Factor: 4.772). 11. Israelachvili, J.; Min, Y. #; Akbulut, M.; Alig, A.; Carver, G.; Greene, W.; Kristiansen, K.; Meyer, E.; Pesika, N.; Rosenberg, K.; Zeng, H.; “Recent advances in the Surface Forces Apparatus (SFA) technique”, Reports on Progress in Physics, 73, 036601, 1-16, 2010, (# Corresponding author) doi:10.1088/0034-4885/73/3/036601 (Impact Factor: 15.633). 12. Min, Y.; Pesika, N.; Zasadzinski, J.; Israelachvili, J.; “Studies of bilayers and vesicle adsorption to solid substrates: Development of a miniaturized streaming potential apparatus”, Langmuir, 26(11), 8684-8689, 2010, doi: 10.1021/la904842v (Impact Factor: 4.457). 13. Lowrey, D.D.; Tasaka, K.; Kindt, J.H.; Banquy, X.; Belman, N.; Min, Y.; Pesika, N.S.; Mordukhovich, G.; Israelachvili, J.; “High speed friction measurements using a modified surface forces apparatus”, Tribology Letters, 42, 117-127, 2011, doi: 10.1007/s11249-011-9746-1 (Impact Factor: 1.739). 14. Banquy, X.; Lowrey, D.D.; Belman, N.; Min, Y.; Mordukhovich, G.; Israelachvili, J.; “Measurement and characterization of “resonance friction” at high sliding speeds in a model automotive wet clutch”, Tribology Letters, 43, 185-195, 2011, doi:10.1007/s11249-011-9793-7 (Impact Factor: 1.739). 15. Min, Y.; Alig, T.F.; Lee, D.W.; Boggs, J.M.; Israelachvili, J.; Zasadzinski, J.; “Critical and Off-Critical Mixing-Demixing Transitions in Model Extracellular and Cytoplasmic Myelin Lipid Monolayers”, Biophysical Journal, 100(6), 1490-1498, 2011, doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.02.009 (Impact Factor: 3.972). 16. Lee, D.W.*; Min, Y.*; Dhar, P.; Ramachandran, A.; Israelachvili, J.; Zasadzinski, J.; “Relating Domain Size Distribution to Line Tension and Dipole Density in Model Cytoplasmic Myelin Monolayers”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (Biophysics), 108(23), 9425-9430, 2011, (*Equal contribution and co-1st author) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1106368108 (Impact Factor: 9.674).

17. Schmidt, D.; Min, Y.; Hammond, P.; “Mechanomutable and Reversibly Swellable Multilayer Thin Films Controlled by Electrochemically Induced pH Gradients”, Soft Matter, 7, 6637-6647, 2011, doi: 10.1039/C1SM05489A (Impact Factor: 4.029). 18. Min, Y.; Hammond, P.; “Catechol-Modified Polyions in Layer-by-Layer Assembly to Enhance Stability and Sustain Release of Biomolecules: A Bioinspired Approach”, Chemistry of Materials, 23 (24), 5349-5357, 2011, doi: 10.1021/cm201801n (Impact Factor: 8.354). 19. Dhar, P.; Eck, E.; Israelachvili, J.; Lee, D.W.; Min, Y.; Ramachandran, A.; Waring, A.; Zasadzinski, J.; “Lipid-Protein Interactions Alter Line Tensions and Domain Size Distributions in Lung Surfactant Monolayers”, Biophysical Journal, 102, 56-65, 2012, doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.11.4007 (Impact Factor: 3.972). 20. Demuth, P.C.; Min, Y.; Huang, B.; Kramer, J.A.; Miller, A.D.; Barouch, D.H.; Hammond, P.; Irvine, D.; “Polymer multilayer tattooing for enhanced DNA vaccination”, Nature Materials, 12, 367-376, 2013, doi:10.1038/nmat3550 (Impact Factor: 36.503). 21. Demuth, P.C. *; Min, Y. *; Irvine, D.; Hammond, P.; “Implantable Silk Composite Microneedles for Programmable Vaccine Release Kinetics and Enhanced Immunogenicity in Transcutaneous Immunization”, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 3(1), 47-58, 2014, (*Equal contribution and co-1st author) doi: 10.1002/adhm.201300139 (Impact Factor: 5.797). 22. Oh, J.K.; Perez, K.; Kohli, N.; Kara, V.; Li, J.; Min, Y.; Castillo, A.; Taylor, M.; Jayaraman, A.; Zevallos, L. C.; Akbulut, M. “Hydrophobically-Modified Silica Aerogels: Novel Food-Contact Surfaces with Robust Bacterial Anti-Adhesion Properties, Food Control, 52, 132-141, 2015, doi: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.12.029 (Impact Factor: 3.388). 23. Lee, D.W.; Banquy, X.; Kristiansen, K.; Min, Y.; Ramachandran, A.; Israelachvili, J.; “Adsorption mechanism of myelin basic protein on model substrates and its bridging interaction between the two surfaces”, Langmuir, 31 (10), 3159-3166, 2015, doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00145 (Impact Factor: 4.457). 24. Oh, J.K.; Liu, X.; Min, Y.; Cisneros-Zevallos, L.; Akbulut, M.; “Bacterially Anti-Adhesive, Optically Transparent Surfaces Inspired from Rice Leaves”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7 (34), 19274–19281, 2015, doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b05198 (Impact Factor: 7.145). 25. Oh, J.K.; Kohli, N.; Zhang, Y.; Min, Y.; Jayaraman, A.; Cisneros-Zevallos, L.; Akbulut, M.; “Nanoporous aerogel as a bacteria repelling hygienic material for healthcare environment”, Nanotechnology, 27, 085705 (10pp), 2016, doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/8/085705 (Impact Factor: 3.821). 26. Chen, I-C.; Zhang, M.; Min, Y.; Akbulut, M.; “Deposition Kinetics of Graphene Oxide on Charged Self-Assembled Monolayers”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, 8333-8342, 2016, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b00884 (Impact Factor: 4.772). 27. Oh, J.K.; Rapisand, W.; Zhang, M.; Yegin, Y.; Min, Y.; Castillo, A.; Cisneros-Zevallos, L.; Akbulut, M.; “Surface modification of food processing and handling gloves for enhanced food safety and hygiene”, Journal of Food Engineering, 187, 82-91, 2016, doi: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.04.018 (Impact Factor: 3.90). 28. Min, Y.#; “Phase dynamics and domain interactions in biological membranes”, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 15, 76-83, 2017, (# Corresponding author) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2016.11.001 (Impact Factor: 3.81). 29. Yegin, C.; Lu, W.; Kheireddin, B.; Zhang, M.; Li, P.; Min, Y.; Sue, H.-J.; Sari, M. M.; Akbulut, M.; “The Effect of Nanoparticle Functionalization on Lubrication Performance of Nanofluids Dispersing

Silica Nanoparticles in an Ionic Liquid”, Journal of Tribology, 139(4), 041802-1-8, 2017, doi: 10.1115/1.4035342 (Impact Factor: 1.521). 30. Hao, L.; Yegin, C.; Talari, J. V.; Oh, J. K.; Zhang, M.; Sari, M. M.; Zhang, L.; Min, Y.; Akbulut, M.; Jiang, B.; “Thermo-responsive gels based on supramolecular assembly of an amidoamine and citric acid”, Soft Matter, 14(3), 432-439, 2018, doi: 10.1039/c7sm01592e (Impact Factor: 3.889). 31. Zhang, Y.; Zuo, Y.; Wen, S.; Hu, Y.; Min, Y.#; “Distinctive Stress-Stiffening Responses of Silk Fibroin Protein Polymers under Nanoscale Gap Geometries: Effect of Shear on Silk Fibroin-based Materials”, Biomacromolecules, 19(4), 1223-1233, 2018, (# Corresponding author) doi: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00070 (Impact Factor: 5.246). 32. Oh, J.K.; Yegin, Y.; Yang, F.; Zhang, M.; Yegin, Li, J.; Huang, S.; Verkhoturov, S.V.; Schweikert, E.A.; Perez-Lewis, K.; Scholar, E.A.; Taylor, M.; Castillo, A.; Cisneros-Zevallos, L.; Min, Y.#; Akbulut, M; “New insights into dynamics and kinetics of initial stages of bacterial adhesion onto surfaces with varying hydrophobicity and zeta potential”, Scientific Report, 8(1), 17247, 2018, (# Corresponding author) doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35343-1 (Impact Factor: 4.847). 33. Wen, S.; Hu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Zuo, Y.; Min, Y.#; “Dual-Functional Electrospun Core-Shell Fiber Mats with Precisely Controlled Release of Anti-Bacterial Vancomycin and Anti-Inflammatory Flurbiprofen”, (# Corresponding author) Submitted to Materials Science and Engineering: C on August 26th 2018 (Under Review, Impact Factor: 4.164). 34. Zuo, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Huang, R.; Min, Y.#; “Effect of Nanoconfinement on the Glass Transition Temperature of Ionic Liquids”, Published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics on November 14th 2018 (# Corresponding author) doi: 10.1039/C8CP06479B (Impact Factor: 3.906).

PATENTS: 1. Min, Y.; Cho, K.Y.; Park, J.K.; “Biodegradable block copolymer based on polyether and random copolymers of lactide and caprolactone and their application”, 10-2002-0000202, January 2001, Korea. 2. Demuth, P.C.; Min, Y.; Irvine, D.; Hammond, P.; “Multilayer compositions, coated devices, and use thereof”, Filed in 2013 (U.S.S.N.: 61/713,457; Choate Reference Number: 0492611-1135), WO/2014/059269, September 2015, Published in April/4 2017, USA.

INVITED LECTURES: 1. Invited Speaker, “Interfacial Dynamics of Nanoconfined Molecules and Macromolecules”, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, March 1, 2019. 2. Invited Speaker, “Molecular Dynamics of Nanoconfined Materials”, Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, February 1, 2019. 3. Invited Speaker, “Interfacial Dynamics of Nanoconfined Molecules and Macromolecules”, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, January 24, 2019. 4. Invited Speaker, “Insight into the Molecular Structuring of a Confined Ionic Liquid”, AIChE at the Emerging Junior Investigator Open Innovation Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, October 28-November 2, 2018. 5. Invited Speaker, “Interfacial Dynamics of Nanoconfined Molecules and Macromolecules”, Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, December 1, 2017. 6. Invited Speaker, “Interfacial Dynamics of Nanoconfined Molecules and Macromolecules”, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, November 7, 2017. 7. Invited Speaker, “Interfacial Dynamics of Ionic Liquids under Nanoconfinement (Award Talk)”, AIChE, Minneapolis, MN, October 29-November 3, 2017.

8. Invited Speaker, “Structures, Dynamics, and Interactions of Confined Ionic Liquids at Multiple Length Scales”, US-Korea Conference, Washington D.C., VA, August 9-12, 2017. 9. Invited Speaker, “Dynamics and Interfacial Phenomena of Soft Matter”, Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH, March 30, 2017. 10. Invited Speaker, “Intermolecular Interactions and Their Implications in Engineering Approaches”, Laird, Cleveland, OH, December 12, 2017 11. Invited Speaker, “Dynamics and mechanism of self-assembly and formation of functional silk-based structures from silk fibroin protein polymers”, KIChE-US Chapter Forum, AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, November 8-13, 2015. 12. Invited Speaker, “Direct Investigation of Adhesion, Domains, Miscibility and Equilibrium in Asymmetric Myelin Membranes”, US-Korea Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 6-9, 2014. 13. Invited Speaker, “Surface Interactions of Soft Interfacial Materials and Their Implications in Engineering Applications”, AFRL-Akron Research Exchange Meeting, Akron, OH, August 26, 2014. 14. Invited Speaker, “Functional Polymeric Thin Films Involving Polyelectrolytes”, CPSPE Sponsor's Day Akron, OH, October 03, 2013. 15. Invited Speaker, “Intermolecular interactions and thermodynamic behaviors in myelin membranes and proteins”, Kent State University, Kent, OH, October 04, 2013.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES: • Polymers and Advanced Materials Lecture Series (PAM: Organizer) – Fall 2013, Spring 2014. • Bioadhesion and Biofouling – Workshop Lecturer in the 12th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference 2016. • Interfacial Phenomena in Soft Matter (Sole Instructor) – Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2019. • Biomaterials and Biosurfaces (Sole Instructor) – Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018. • Polymer Engineering Laboratory (Team Teaching) – Spring 2018, Spring 2019. • Polymer Chemistry and Thermodynamics (Sole Instructor) – Fall 2018. • Applied Fluid Mechanics (Sole Instructor) – Fall 2019.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: • Executive Committee Member (Director of Young Generation Affairs) in Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers – United States Chapter. • Director/Student Chapter Advisor in Akron Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE). • Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association. • Korean American Biomedical Engineering Society. • American Institute of Chemical Engineers. • Materials Research Society. • American Chemical Society. • Biophysical Society. • Biomedical Engineering Society.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES: • Manuscript reviewer: Materials Today; Advanced Functional Materials; ACS Nano; Chemical Communications; Soft Matter; Langmuir; Chemical Physics; Chemistry of Materials; J. of Materials Chemistry; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science; RSC Advances; J. of Physical Chemistry B; Polymers; Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology; International Polymer Processing; Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering; CrystEngComm; Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science;

Progress in Organic Coatings; Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics; Coatings; Colloids and Interfaces; Acta Biomaterialia; and ACS Applied Polymer Materials. • Session Chair and Co-Chair: 1. Fundamentals of Interfacial Phenomena; Interfacial Phenomena in Ionic Liquids; Colloidal Assembly and Device Fabrication; Colloidal Dispersions; Self-Assembly in Solution in AICHE annual Meetings 2014-2018, 2. Material Technologies for Sustainability in the 30th Polymer Processing Society (PPS) International Conference in Cleveland, June 2014, 3. Friction, Adhesion and Surface Forces in the 89th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium in Carnegie Mellon University, June 2015, 4. Interfacial Phenomena; Soft Matter in the 12th National Graduate Research Conference, at the University of Akron, June 2016, 5. Wetting, Adhesion and Surface Forces in the 90th ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium in Harvard University, June 2016, 6. Particles at Interfaces: Particles in multiphasic systems; Wetting and Adhesion: Application II in the 91st ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium at the City College of New York, July 2017, 7. Interdisciplinary CHM/CHE Session: Advanced Nanomaterial Manufacturing Technologies for Energy and Organic Electronics in the UKC 2017, Washington D.C., August 2017. 8. Colloidal and Surface Forces in the 93rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium at the Georgia Institute of Technology, June 2019. 9. Tribute to Jacob Israelachvili I and II, Fundamentals of Interfacial Phenomena I and II, Emerging Junior Investigator Open Innovation Forum, AICHE Annual Meeting, Orlando, 2019. • Judge: The Fifth Annual St. Vincent-St. Mary Science Fair (Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering); The Akron Polymer Symposium; The Ada Lovelace Day Poster competition. • Organizer: 1. The U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad for the Akron local section of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018. 2. The 30th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society, Cleveland, June 2014. 3. The 12th National Graduate Research Polymer Conference, University of Akron, June 2016. • Proposal Reviewer: DOE; NSF-CBET; NSF-CMMI; ACS-PRF; Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal.