MSED ViRTUAL Seminar
Tuesday, May 24, 2022, 3:00 PM (ET)
Plastics, Packaging and the Circular Economy: the Industry Perspective
  • John Avolio
    NOVA Chemicals
  • Anna Rajkovic
    NOVA Chemicals
  • Sally Lawrence
    NOVA Chemicals’
Friday, Apr 8, 2022, 1:30 PM (ET)
Green Monomers and Polymers for Green Energy
Mario Leclerc
  • Mario Leclerc
    Université Laval
Friday, Mar 18, 2022, 1:30 PM (ET)
The journey towards greener polymers and catalysts using earth abundant elements, carbon dioxide and renewable feedstocks
Fran Kerton
  • Francesca Kerton
    Memorial University of Newfoundland
Friday, Feb 18, 2022, 1:00 PM (ET)
Highly Efficient Reactions for Post-Polymerization Modification of Conjugated Polymer Backbones
Alex Adronov
  • Alex Adronov
    McMaster University
Friday, Jan 21, 2022, 1:00 PM (ET)
New Frontiers in Biodegradable and Bioderived Polymers: Controlled ring opening polymerization with indium catalysts to form functionalized biodegradable materials
Parisa Mehrkhodavandi
  • Parisa Mehrkhodavandi
    University of British Columbia
Wednesday, Dec 15, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
From mechanism to materials in photocontrolled polymer networks
Julia Kalow
  • Julia Kalow
    Northwestern University
Wednesday, Nov 17, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
Putting Boron into Polymers: Applications in Catalysis and as Supramolecular Materials
Frieder_Jakle
  • Frieder Jäkle
    Rutgers University Newark
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
High temperature organic semiconductors and electronics
Jianguo Mei
  • Jianguo Mei
    Purdue University
Wednesday, Apr 28, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
MSED – April 28, 2021
Chantal Paquette and Arthur Hendsbee
  • Chantal Paquet
    National Research Council Canada
  • Arthur Hendsbee
    Brilliant Matters

Paquet: “Chemistries and printing approaches for 3D smart objects

Hendsbee: “Organic Photovoltaics for Indoor Light Harvesting

Wednesday, Mar 31, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
MSED Seminar: March 31, 2021
MSED March 31 Speakers
  • Jean-Francois Morin
    Université Laval
  • Xiaoyu Li
    Beijing Institute of Technology

Morin:Synthesis and Properties of New Conjugated Polymers based on Vat Dyes for Organic Electronics

Li: Tailored Supramolecular Polymerization of Liquid Crystalline Block Copolymers

Thursday, Feb 25, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
MSED Seminar: Feb 25, 2021
  • Elsa Reichmanis
    Lehigh University
  • Arman Moini Jazani
    Concordia University

Reichmanis: “Conjugated Polymers: From Chemistry and Processing to Applications”

Moini Jazani: “Development and Disassembly of Dual Location Acid-Degradable Intracellular Drug Delivery Block Copolymer Nanoassemblies”

Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
MSED Seminar: Jan 27, 2021
Rachel oReily and Liam MacFarlane
  • Rachel K. O'Reilly
    University of Birmingham
  • Liam MacFarlane
    University of Victoria

K. O’Reilly: “Designing polymeric nanostructures”

MacFarlane: “Tailored fiber-like micelles for optoelectronics”

Wednesday, Dec 9, 2020, 1:30 PM (ET)
Precise synthesis of pi-conjugated polymers and the yin and yang of polymer morphology
  • Christine Luscombe
    University of Washington
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020, 1:30 AM (ET)
Functional polymers for biomedical applications
  • Elizabeth R. Gillies
    Western University
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020, 1:30 PM (ET)
ATRP: More active than dormant
  • Krzysztof (Kris) Matyjaszewski
    Carnegie Mellon University

Presented jointly with Western’s Centre for Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Research

Wednesday, Sep 16, 2020, 1:30 PM (ET)
Conjugated polymers: From simple to complex architectures​
  • Dwight S. Seferos
    University of Toronto