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…
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…
Graeme Moad awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (AC)
Dr Graeme Moad has been awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the 2022 Australia Day Honours List. This is the highest honour given in the Order of Australia Honours and Awards. Graeme’s award was for “eminent service to science, particularly polymer design and synthesis and radical polymerization, education through mentoring, and to professional scientific organisations.”…
37th APS: The Science was Burning
37th APS Summary by Dr Nathan Boase (Queensland University of Technology) It was a hot and smoky day on the 10th of November, but despite the fires surrounding the area everyone was excited for the start of the 37th Australasian Polymer Symposium on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Despite the weather, the delegates were greeted…
36th APS: The wrap-up
36th APS: The wrap up by Anna Gemmell (PhD Student, University of Queensland) On Sunday November 20th the 36th Australiasian Polymer Symposium began in Lorne. From our arrival at Melbourne airport we piled into a bus and were transported to gorgeous ocean views as we made our way along the Great Ocean Road. Around 300…
Registrations are now open for the 18th Australasian Polymer Summer School (18APSS)
The 18APSS is being held on February 14-16 2017 at the University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia. The 18APSS is jointly funded by the CRC for Polymers and the RACI Polymer Division and sponsored by PerkinElmer and Agilent Technologies. This event provides an excellent opportunity to gain an overview of important developments in…
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