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News 5/7/26
Congratulations to Dr. Eric Rachita for successfully defending his thesis!
News 5/6/26
Congratulations to Dr. Deepti Kannan for successfully defending her thesis!
News 3/31/26
Congratulations to Dr. Joshua Goetze for successfully defending his thesis!
News 1/31/26
Congratulations to Chris for receiving the 2025 POLY Fellow Award by the Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc. (POLY), a division of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
News 11/10/25
We are excited to have first year graduate students join the Ellison group: Ray (co-advised with Frank Bates working on compatibilizers), Kat (co-advised with Marc Hillmyer working on degradable polymers/PLA) and Zoe (co-advised with Allen Lee working on biopolymers). Welcome Ray, Kat and Zoe!
News 11/1/25
Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Coote for accepting an Assistant Professor position in Sustainable Packaging at Virginia Tech!
News 9/30/25
Congratulations to Deepti for making the cover of ACS Applied Polymer Materials for her work on silica-modified release coatings!
News 8/20/25
Congratulations to our undergraduate, Ethan Rubin for winning a UROP scholarship!
News 8/15/25
Congratulations to Eric Rachita for winning the prestigious Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship!
News 8/10/25
Good luck to Dr. Anubhav Sarmah has he begins his faculty position at Virginia Tech as an Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering!
News 8/1/25
Good luck to Dr. Peter Kelly as he begins his next post-doc at Cornell University!
News 5/13/25
Congratulations to Dr. Ness for successfully defending her thesis, and good luck to her as she begins her post-doc!
News 4/20/25
Congratulations to Nusrat for passing her qualifying exam!
News 4/3/25
Congratulations to graduate student Eric Rachita for winning the "National Graduate Research Polymer Conference 2025 Most Outstanding Poster" award!
News 3/4/25
We welcome Gyeong Hwan Choi to the group as a visiting scholar from Pusan National University!
News 12/6/24
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Larson for successfully defending his thesis, and good luck to him in his new position as a post-doctoral associate with Prof. Bates and Prof. Hackel.
News 11/12/24
Welcome to our new first year graduate student Yukti Bharde! Yukti is co-advised with Prof. Frank Bates and will be working on melt blown fibers.
News 7/31/24
Good luck to Dr. Arit Das and Dr. Michaela Pfau-Cloud at their new positions!
News 7/11/24
Congratulations to Dr. Gabriela Diaz for successfully defending her thesis!
News 6/28/24
Good luck to Dr. Shuang Liang who is moving to China!
News 6/10/24
Good luck to Dr. Taylor Larison with his new job at P&G!
News 6/1/24
Welcome to our summer undergraduate researchers Heriberto, Gracie, and Ethan!
News 5/14/24
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Hausladen for successfully defending his thesis!
News 5/12/24
Congratulations to Adarsh and good luck with the move!
News 5/1/24
Congratulations to second year graduate student Geetha on passing her qualifying exam!
News 3/28/24
Congratulations to Dr. Erin Maines for successfully defending her thesis!
News 3/20/24
Welcome to our new post-docs Dr. Jinsol Yook (co-advised with Prof. Hillmyer) and Dr. Daun Jeong (co-advised with Prof. Bates). We are excited to have you in our group!
News 2/1/24
Good luck to Dr. Sruthi Lalitha who is moving to Germany!
News 12/12/23
Good luck to Dr. Sovan Lal Banerjee!
News 11/22/23
Good luck to Dr. Yuhai Xiang with his new job at Tokyo Electron!
News 13/22/23
Welcome to our new first year graduate students Ayaka Moriyama and Nusrat Jahan! We are excited to have you in the group.
News 09/25/23
Welcome to our new post-docs Dr. Peter Kelly, Dr. Taylor Larison, Dr. Jonathan Coote and Dr. Anubhav Sarmah
News 09/10/23
Congratulations to Dr. Szu-Ming Yang for successfully defending his thesis!
News 08/20/23
Congratulations to Dr. Aristotle Zervoudakis for successfully defending his thesis!
News 07/20/23
Congratulations to Dr. Mayuri Porwal for successfully defending her thesis!
News 06/28/23
Congratulations to Emily for winning the Chemistry Department Graduate Student Research Symposium (GSRS) travel award!
News 05/05/23
Congratulations to our second-year graduate students Josh, Eric, and Deepti for passing their qualifying exam!
News 20/02/23
Welcome to our new post-doc Dr. Arit Das!
News 15/12/22
Congratulations to Dr. Saurabh for defending his thesis!
News 11/10/22
Welcome to our new first-year graduate students: Geethaanjali and Adarsh!
News 06/06/22
Welcome to our new post-doc Dr. Yuhai Xiang!
News 03/03/22
Congratulations and best of luck to postdoctoral researcher Boran for his senior scientist position at H.B. Fuller!
News 03/02/22
Welcome to our new post-doc Dr. Sruthi Lalitha!
News 07/01/22
Congratulations to Dr. Xiayu Peng for successfully defending her thesis!
News 12/23/21
Welcome to our new undergraduate researchers: Abi and Huang!
News 12/21/21
Congratulations to Dr. Maggie Lau, who successfully defended her thesis!
Dissertation: "Thermoset Films and Nonwovens via Thiol-ene Photopolymerization"
News 11/10/2021
Welcome to our new first-year graduate students: Josh, Kate, Deepti, and Eric!
News 10/27/2021
Congratulations to Mayuri, Matt, Xiayu, and Szu-Ming for winning the 2020-2021 CEMS Outstanding TA award!
News 09/10/2021
Welcome to our new postdoctoral researcher, Liyang!
News 09/08/2021
Congratulations to Emily for winning the 2020-2021 Robert L. Ferm Outstanding TA award!
News 07/14/2021
Congratulations to Emily for winning the POLY/PMSE 3-minute research pitch competition!
News 12/14/2020
Congratulations to Chris for receiving the 2020 TechConnect Innovation Award!
News 11/16/2020
Welcome to our new first-year graduate students: Emily and Matt!
News 11/02/2020
Welcome to our new postdoctoral researcher Jinwoo!
News 06/27/2020
Congratulations and best of luck to postdoctoral researcher Kailong for his faculty position at Arizona State University!
News 05/28/2020
Farewell to our postdoctoral researcher Gagik! We wish him best of luck for future endeavors.
News 03/20/2020
Submitted by porwa001 on April 8, 2020 - 10:28am
Welcome to our new postdoctoral researcher William!
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News 11/16/2019
Submitted by porwa001 on November 16, 2019 - 7:48pm
Welcome to our new first-year graduate students: Yuheng and Gabriela!
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Saturday, November 16, 2019 - 7:45pm
News 06/04/2019
Submitted by pan00003 on June 4, 2019 - 10:53am
Congratulations for the success of IPRIME, Chris!
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019 - 10:45am
News 03/11/2019
Submitted by pan00003 on March 12, 2019 - 12:54pm
Welcome to our new post-doc researcher, Boran!
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 12:45pm
News 01/08/2019
Submitted by pan00003 on January 8, 2019 - 2:49pm
Welcome to our new post-doc researcher, Gagik!
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Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 2:45pm
News 12/01/2018
Submitted by pan00003 on December 3, 2018 - 11:33am
Welcome to our new first-year graduate students: Matthew, Erin, Saurabh, Mayuri and AJ!
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Monday, December 3, 2018 - 11:30am
News 06/06/2018
Submitted by pan00003 on June 6, 2018 - 9:11am
Welcome to our new undergraduate researcher from Murray State University, Abigail Bratton!
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Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 9:15am
News 05/23/2018
Submitted by pan00003 on May 23, 2018 - 3:29pm
Congratulations to Han Xiao on winning the election for the VICE PRESIDENT for POLY PMSE for the 2018-2019 academic year!
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Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - 3:30pm
News 04/03/2018
Submitted by pan00003 on April 3, 2018 - 10:07am
Congratulations! Maggie has just been awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - 10:00am
News 03/01/2018
Submitted by pan00003 on March 7, 2018 - 11:53am
Welcome to our new visiting scientist, Dr. KiRyong Ha!
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018 - 11:45am
News 11/13/17
Submitted by haxxx167 on November 17, 2017 - 12:44pm
Welcome to our new first-year graduate students, Maggie Lau, Sanshui Pan, Xiayu Peng and Cody Beam
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Friday, November 17, 2017 - 12:45pm
News 11/01/17
Submitted by haxxx167 on November 15, 2017 - 10:09am
Welcome to our new visiting scientist Dr. Keiichiro Nomura!
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - 10:15am
News 08/30/17
Submitted by haxxx167 on August 30, 2017 - 2:13pm
Welcome to our new post-doc associate Dr. Hee Joong Kim!
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017 - 2:15pm
News 06/30/17
Submitted by haxxx167 on July 5, 2017 - 12:42pm
Welcome to our new post-doc associate Dr. Kailong Jin!
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 - 12:45pm
News 02/28/17
Submitted by haxxx167 on February 28, 2017 - 8:37am
Welcome to our new post-doc associate Dr. Hanim Kim!
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017 - 8:30am
News 01/03/17
Submitted by haxxx167 on January 3, 2017 - 8:15am
Congratulations to Reika Katsumata for being selected as a winner of RSC Soft Matter Award at IPC2016.
RSC Soft Matter Award is sponsored by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), and has been given to a presenter has done outstanding results, excellent presentation and enthusiasm in research presented at IPC2016. The award winner has been announced on IPC2016 Website (http://main.spsj.or.jp/ipc2016/).
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Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 8:15am
News 11/30/16
Submitted by haxxx167 on December 6, 2016 - 3:02pm
Welcome to our new graduate students, Aditya Banerji, Charles McCutcheon and Szu-Ming Yang!
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016 - 3:00pm
News 11/17/16
Submitted by haxxx167 on December 6, 2016 - 3:00pm
Congratualations to Dr. Gregory Blachut, who sucessfully defended his thesis!
Dissertation: Design of Silicon-containing Block Copolymer Materials for Applications in Lithography
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Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 3:00pm
News 10/03/16
Submitted by haxxx167 on October 4, 2016 - 8:13am
Congratualations to Dr. Reika Katsumata, who sucessfully defended her thesis!
Dissertation: Effect of Interfaces on Thermophysical Properties and Block Copolymer Self-Assembly in Polymer Thin Films
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016 - 8:15am
News 09/28/16
Submitted by haxxx167 on September 28, 2016 - 4:51pm
Congratualations to Dr. Sunshine Zhou, who sucessfully defended her thesis!
Dissertation: Engineering Block Copolymers for Advanced Lithography
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016 - 4:45pm
News 09/01/16
Submitted by Anonymous on September 7, 2016 - 10:16am
Welcome to our new post-doc associates, Dr. Heonjoo Ha and Dr. Sung-Soo Kim!
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Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 10:15am
News 08/30/16
Submitted by Anonymous on September 7, 2016 - 10:10am
Congratualations to Dr. Yunping Fei, who sucessfully defended her thesis!
Dissertation: Functional Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016 - 10:15am
News 08/26/16
Submitted by Anonymous on September 7, 2016 - 10:02am
Ellison joins CEMS as the Piercy Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science.
He previously spent eight years on the faculty in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University. Following a position as a Senior Scientist at Rohm and Haas Company (now Dow Chemical), he was a postdoctoral fellow from 2006–2008 at the University of Minnesota. His research interests in polymer and materials science include the structure and dynamics of nanoconfined materials, self-assembly in thin films for lithography applications, nanomaterials for membranes and electrochemical devices, and light-activated chemistries for thin film patterning and fiber manufacturing.
More details at the department website new (https://www.cems.umn.edu/news/cems-welcomes-new-faculty-1)
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Friday, August 26, 2016 - 10:00am
Congratulations to Dr. Sunshine Zhou, who successfully defended her thesis!
Dissertation: Engineering Block Copolymers for Advanced Lithography