Molecular and microscopic aspects of polymer viscoelasticity. Application of optical, NMR and x-ray techniques to observe order and dynamics in polymers, including associative polymers, block copolymers, liquid-crystalline polymers, semicrystalline polymers and polymer gels
Awards and Honors Bingham Medalist, 2017 Bird, Lightfoot, Stewart Lectureship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017 Covestro Lectures, University of Akron, 2015 RA Mashelkar Lecture, National Chemical Laboratories, India, 2013 Hougen Symposium on Frontiers of Liquid Crystals, University of Wisconsin, 2009 Chemical Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Utah, 2008 Whitby Lectures, University of Akron, 2008 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007 Stein-Bayer Seminar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2006 Thiele Lecture, University of Notre Dame, 2001 Fellow, American Physical Society, 2000 Newcomb Lecture, Tulane University, 1999 Colburn Lecture, University of Delaware, 1998 Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society, Division of High Polymer Physics, 1996 Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1990
Memberships American Institute of Chemical Engineers American Chemical Society American Physical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Materials Research Society Society of Rheology
