Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Physics of Sustainable Polymers
Discussion Leader: Whitney Loo (University of Chicago, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Robert Ivancic (National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States)
"Sequence-Defined Compatibilizers for Polymer Upcycling"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Structure-Property Relationships of Polymer Networks and Membranes
Discussion Leaders: Pamela Cai (Stanford University, United States) and Caitlin Sample (University of Minnesota, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Haley Beech (MIT, United States)
"Experiments and Theory to Capture the Physics of the Gelation Process"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Gregory Carden (University of Tennessee Knoxville , United States)
"Unravelling the Mechanism of Viscoelasticity in Polymers with Phase Separated Dynamic Bonds"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Aaliyah Dookhith (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
"Controlling Network Architecture and Mechanical Properties Through Living Polymerizations"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Elisabeth Lloyd (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Biomimetic, Multiscale Hydrogels with Independently Tunable Ordering on both the Nano and Micro Scale"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Jeffrey Self (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, United States)
"Camphene as a mild, bio-derived porogen for compression-molding and 3D printing of porous thermoplastics"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Ion-Containing Polymers: From Energy Storage to Biological Applications
Discussion Leaders: Benjamin Paren (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States) and Beihang Yu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Jason Madinya (University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, United States)
"Modelling Coacervation in Polyelectrolyte – Surfactant Micelle Solutions"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Christopher Balzer (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Explicit Polarization in Coarse-Grained Simulations of Ionomer Melts"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Kathryn Wilcox (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
"Elasticity of Biomacromolecular Single Helices, Triple Helices, and Their Assemblies"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Artem Rumyantsev (Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, United States)
"Monomers Sequences Control the Structure of Polyampholyte Globules and Necklaces"
10:35 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Careers in Polymer Physics Beyond Academia
Discussion Leader: Alexa Kuenstler (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Polymer Physics Beyond Academia
Rodney Priestley (Princeton University, United States)
Jessica Zimberlin Eastman (Cantor Colburn LLP, United States)
Ricardo Ruiz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
Jeffrey Ting (Stealth Startup, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
