THE CARL S. MARVEL CREATIVE POLYMER CHEMISTRY AWARD

2015

The Division was delighted to present the 2015 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award to Professor Todd Emrick from the Polymer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  He is a notably accomplished polymer chemist, and pioneer in nanoparticle functionalization, polar and zwitterionic polymers, and polymers for biology, He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1997 and spent two years at the University of California at Berkeley as a post doctoral fellow. He is a researcher with demonstrated vision and accomplishment over a broad range of fields using polymers. His recent work shows the impact and benefits of novel polar polymers he designed  (such as polymer zwitterions), extending across polymer therapeutics (as injectable drugs), self-healing structures (as delivery vehicles), and electronic materials (in solar cells). To augment the distinct academic importance of his work, in several cases his work carries a viable practical applicability.  This is evident from the number of his issued patents, licensed technology on polymer-drug conjugates for chemotherapy, and thermoplastics that are non-flammable.

The Carl S. Marvel Award is sponsored by Albemarle and POLY was honored to have Jamie Strickler in attendance to present the award.  The award was established in 1980 to recognize and encourage accomplishments and/or innovation of unusual merit in the field of basic or applied polymer science by younger scientists.

A symposium to recognize Dr. Emrick was held at the 2015 Spring ACS National Meeting in Denver, CO.