Solomon Lecture Series - 25 Oct 2012

25 October 2012, NSW

The 2012 Solomon Lecturer is Professor Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski of Carnegie-Mellon University and an abstract of his lecture can be found here.

Prof. Matyjaszewski received his PhD degree in 1976 at the Polish Academy of Sciences under Prof. S. Penczek. Since 1985 he has been at Carnegie Mellon University where he is currently J. C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences and Director of the Center for Macromolecular Engineering. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research interests include controlled/living radical polymerization, catalysis, environmental chemistry, and advanced materials for optoelectronic and biomedical applications.

Kris is the editor of Progress in Polymer Science and the Central European Journal of Chemistry. He has authored 14 books, 73 book chapters and more than 600 peer-reviewed scientific papers and his publications have been cited over 42,000 times. He is a co-inventor on 36 issued U.S. patented technologies, holds 107 international patents and has 26 active U.S. patent applications. As one of the leading educators in the field of polymer chemistry, Kris has 14 current doctoral students and 5 postdoctoral fellows. He has mentored more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students since joining Carnegie Mellon.

In recognition of his leadership in polymer chemistry Kris has received numerous awards for his work, including the 2011 Wolf Prize, 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. He has been honored by the American Chemical Society with their 2011 Hermann F. Mark Award, 2011 Applied Polymer Science Award, 2007 Hermann F. Mark Senior Scholar Award, 2004 Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science & Engineering, 2002 Polymer Chemistry Award, and the 1995 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award. He also received the 2011 Japanese Society Polymer Science Award and 2005 UK Macro Medal for outstanding achievements in polymer science, 1995 Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientists and a 1989 Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. In 2010, he was elected as Fellow of the American Chemical Society and Fellow of Polymer Chemistry Division, in 2006, he was elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and in 2001, and he was elected an ACS Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Fellow.

Sydney 25th October 2012
5:30 pm Refreshments, 6:00 pm
Lecture Theatre 2, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney
Sydney NSW 2006

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