The RACI Polymer Division is delighted to announce that the 2025 Bruce Guise award has been awarded to Dr Tim Davey of Dulux Australia. The Guise award is awarded to an Australian or New Zealand based scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to industrial research in polymer science over the course of their career….
Celebrating the 2025 Batteard-Jordan Polymer Medal to Prof Martina Stenzel
On Friday 31 October, a large gathering of students and colleagues both past and present gathered at the University of New South Wales to celebrate Scientia Professor Martina Stenzel’s award of the 2025 Batteard-Jordan Polymer Medal, the highest award in the RACI Polymer Division. An afternoon of scientific talks was held at the Colombo Lecture…
2025 Batteard-Jordan Polymer Medal Awarded to Professor Martina Stenzel
The RACI Polymer Division is delighted to announce that the Batteard-Jordan Polymer Medal has been awarded to Scientia Professor Martina Stenzel of UNSW. The Batteard-Jordan Polymer Medal is the highest award of the RACI Polymer Division and is awarded for outstanding achievements and contribution to polymer science in Australia. Only twelve people have received the…
2025 Sangster Award Recipient – A/Prof Kristian Kempe
The RACI Polymer Division is pleased to announce that the 2025 recipient of the David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Award is Associate Professor Kristian Kempe from Monash University. The Sangster Award is the premier award for mid-career researchers offered by the Polymer Division. Kristian is an internationally recognised leader in polymer science and biomaterials….
Dr Cheng Zhang awarded 2025 Polymer Division ECR Lectureship
The RACI Polymer Division is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2025 ECR Lectureship is Dr Cheng Zhang from the University of Queensland. Dr Zhang is a Group Leader and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow (former NHMRC Fellow) at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland (UQ). His research focuses on the development…
Congratulations to Carolin Bapp – 2025 O’Donnell Travel Award Recipient
The RACI Polymer Division is pleased to announce that the recipient of the 2025 Jim O’Donnell International Travel Award is Carolin Bapp from the University of Newcastle. Carolin is a PhD candidate working on enzymatic depolymerisation techniques to advance sustainable materials research. Originally from Germany, she holds a B.Sc. in Biomedical Chemistry from Johannes Gutenberg University…
Inaugural RACI Polymer Division Lectureship recipient – Dr Changkui Fu
The RACI Polymer Division is delighted to announce that the inaugural Division Lectureship recipient is Dr Changkui Fu from the University of Queensland. The Division lectureship was created in 2023 to provide an opportunity for an exceptional early career researcher working in polymer science here in Australia to undertake an national lecture tour to showcase their…
2024 David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Award Recipient – A/Prof Matthew Griffith
The RACI Polymer Division is pleased to announce that the 2024 recipient of the David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology award is Associate Professor Matthew Griffith, University of South Australia. Matthew is an internationally recognised leader in the application of printable organic conductors to electronic devices, with a multitude of high-impact research outputs that have…
2023 Solomon Lecturer – Professor Brigitte Voit
The 2023 Solomon Lecturer is Prof. Dr. Brigitte Voit, who will be touring Australia in late 2023. Brigitte Voit received her PhD in Macromolecular Chemistry 1990 from University Bayreuth, Germany. After postdoctoral work in 1991/1992 at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, USA, she joined Technische Universität München. After habilitation in 1996, she was appointed 1997 full…
Call for Nominations – David Sangster Award
The RACI Polymer Division is currently receiving nominations for the David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award. The deadline for applications is the 24th of June 2022, as the division would like to present the award at the Pacific Polymer Congress (PPC17), to be held in Brisbane from 11-14 December 2022. The Sangster Award…