SYENSQO Seminar Series
Fall 2025 SYENSQO Seminar Series
Each Fall and Spring semester, the Macromolecules Innovation Institute (MII) hosts a series of seminars from world-renowned leaders in the field of macromolecular science and engineering. The seminars are open to all VT faculty and students, with a special emphasis on engagement with the Macromolecular Science and Engineering (MACR) degree program. Invited speakers represent a hugely diverse range of polymer research backgrounds, and come from industry, academia, and government laboratories. The objective of the seminar series is to share fundamental and applied knowledge between Virginia Tech’s globally recognized polymer research community and world-class experts in relevant fields. The series is made possible by the generous support of Solvay Materials.
All seminars are held in Kelly Hall 310 (September 24, November 5, and November 12 seminars will be held in Steger Hall, Conference Room 145) and start at 11:15 a.m. on the scheduled day! We look forward to another exciting semester of seminars.
Email mii@vt.edu to get the full meeting details, including the location (or Zoom link), if you are a member of the Virginia Tech community interested in attending!
SPEAKER |
SEMINAR TITLE |
DATE |
|---|---|---|
Angela Pitenis University of California |
"Friction of Fragile Interfaces" | September 24, 2025 |
Emanuela Del Gao Georgetown Unviersity |
"The Role of Archetiecture in Rheology, Plasticity, and Toughness of Double Network Gels" | November 5, 2025 |
Qian Chen University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign |
"Electron Videography and Its Automation for Colloidal and Energy Materials" | November 12, 2025 |
| Jessica Lamb University of Minnesota |
"Synthesis and Dipole Effects of Polymers Containing Polar Heterocycles" | November 19, 2025 |
| Liheng Cai University of Virginia |
"Bottlebrush Polymers, Networks, Biomaterials and Tissue Mimics" | December 3, 2025 |