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Jul 31, 2026
Arslan has left our lab and will start a position as Assistant Professor (tenure track) at NUST in Islamabad, Pakistan in August! Congratulations and all the best of luck to you!
Arslan has left our lab and will start a position as Assistant Professor (tenure track) at NUST in Islamabad, Pakistan in August! Congratulations and all the best of luck to you!
Jul 28, 2026
Anwar successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations Anwar! Good job.
Anwar successfully defended his thesis! Congratulations Anwar! Good job.
Jul 10, 2026
Your collaborative paper with the Boyer group (UNSW, Sydney Australia) about PE degradation and PE C-H functionalization was published today in ACS Macroletters. Congratulations to all and thank you that we could participate in this work!
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Your collaborative paper with the Boyer group (UNSW, Sydney Australia) about PE degradation and PE C-H functionalization was published today in ACS Macroletters. Congratulations to all and thank you that we could participate in this work!
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Jul 07, 2026
Anwar’s paper about PE-bottlebrushes synthesis has been published in Advanced Functional Materials. Many thanks to Carlos Lopez-Barron (Exxon Mobil) collaborating with us on this work! Congrats to all!
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Anwar’s paper about PE-bottlebrushes synthesis has been published in Advanced Functional Materials. Many thanks to Carlos Lopez-Barron (Exxon Mobil) collaborating with us on this work! Congrats to all!
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Jun 04, 2026
Eva attended the induction ceremony of the 2025 Class of Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors in LA at the Dolby Center. I thank all my students and coworkers working with me to make it happen 🙂
Eva attended the induction ceremony of the 2025 Class of Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors in LA at the Dolby Center. I thank all my students and coworkers working with me to make it happen 🙂
May 15, 2026
Stephen Sarkar has left our lab and has joined the Zofchak Laboratory at Rice University in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as Postdoctoral Fellow! Congratulations and we wish you all the best!
Stephen Sarkar has left our lab and has joined the Zofchak Laboratory at Rice University in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as Postdoctoral Fellow! Congratulations and we wish you all the best!
May 15, 2026
Arslan and Stephen at the commencement. They are hooded now! Congratulation to the graduates!
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Arslan and Stephen at the commencement. They are hooded now! Congratulation to the graduates!
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May 08, 2026
Muhammad Arslan received the Jay K. Kochi Graduate Research Award! Congratulations Arslan!
Muhammad Arslan received the Jay K. Kochi Graduate Research Award! Congratulations Arslan!
May 08, 2026
Stephen Sarkar received the 2026 James Bushman Award. Congratulations Stephen and many thanks to the Bushman family!!
Stephen Sarkar received the 2026 James Bushman Award. Congratulations Stephen and many thanks to the Bushman family!!
May 03, 2026
Polymer Block Electrolyte work with the Karim group (UH Eng) was posted in ChemRxiv prior to the peer review process. We wanted to share the great data!
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Polymer Block Electrolyte work with the Karim group (UH Eng) was posted in ChemRxiv prior to the peer review process. We wanted to share the great data!
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Apr 12, 2026
Our work on polar PE block copolymers in collaboration with the Maty group was published in the European Polymer Journal. Congrats to all!
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Our work on polar PE block copolymers in collaboration with the Maty group was published in the European Polymer Journal. Congrats to all!
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Mar 03, 2026
Arslan won the #RSCCAT First Place at the 2026 RSC Poster Conference. Congratulations Arslan !!
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Arslan won the #RSCCAT First Place at the 2026 RSC Poster Conference. Congratulations Arslan !!
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Jan 18, 2026
Stephen’s flow chemistry paper about PE-polyester blocks has been published in JACS Au (Open Access) for the Special Issue ‘Continuous Flow Chemistry’. Congratulations, Stephen, it is a really nice paper. The New Year started well 🙂
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Stephen’s flow chemistry paper about PE-polyester blocks has been published in JACS Au (Open Access) for the Special Issue ‘Continuous Flow Chemistry’. Congratulations, Stephen, it is a really nice paper. The New Year started well 🙂
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Dec 11, 2025
Eva was named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 🙂 We will celebrate 🙂
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Eva was named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 🙂 We will celebrate 🙂
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Nov 07, 2025
Dinelka passed also her ORP with high scores as well. Congratulations Dinelka, this is great news 🙂
Dinelka passed also her ORP with high scores as well. Congratulations Dinelka, this is great news 🙂
Nov 07, 2025
Sandeep passed his ORP exam with high scores. Congratulations Sandeep, it is well deserved 🙂
Sandeep passed his ORP exam with high scores. Congratulations Sandeep, it is well deserved 🙂
Oct 28, 2025
Arslan’s and YuSheng’s paper with the Poli group was published in JACS about Nickel complexes for polar polyolefin block copolymer synthesis. Congrats to all, this is great news!!
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Arslan’s and YuSheng’s paper with the Poli group was published in JACS about Nickel complexes for polar polyolefin block copolymer synthesis. Congrats to all, this is great news!!
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Jun 17, 2025
Dinelka got awarded the John Lomonte Endowment Teaching Award ( 24-25). Congratulations, well done !!
Dinelka got awarded the John Lomonte Endowment Teaching Award ( 24-25). Congratulations, well done !!
Jun 16, 2025
Anwar got awarded the John Lomonte Endowment Teaching Award (24-25). Congratulations, well done!!
Anwar got awarded the John Lomonte Endowment Teaching Award (24-25). Congratulations, well done!!
Jun 15, 2025
Arslan gave a talk at the Canadian Society of Chemistry (CSC 2025) conference in Ottawa about his work. Well done!!
Arslan gave a talk at the Canadian Society of Chemistry (CSC 2025) conference in Ottawa about his work. Well done!!
