had a great time presenting some of our work on designing block copolymers for lithographic applications. thanks for the invitation (and photo) @konanebay! #AIChEAnnual American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

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Please participate and share our survey on #mentalhealth literacy for faculty in #STEM (with Prof. Sarah Schäfer at TU Braunschweig). The survey is available for faculty in the US (bit.ly/4fyt4J9) and Germany (bit.ly/4fhccqH). Materials Science at UD UD Engineering

grateful to ACSPRF for the support of our new research direction in compatibilizers for multicomponent plastics recycling: cen.acs.org/acs-news/Fall-…

Join our Team! For our DOE program in plastics circularity and recycling, I'm recruiting a postdoc with experience in organic and polymer chemistry Berkeley Lab Apply here: jobs.lbl.gov/jobs/organic-a…

Undergraduate Summer Internship applications are open! Selected participants will spend 10 weeks conducting research on a #RenewableEnergy project in chemistry, chemical engineering, or biological engineering. #internship #intern #summerintern #hiring buff.ly/4fLaqh9

Polymers can be difficult to break down for reuse because they’re so large and sometimes complex. UW-Madison CBE’s whitney loo is looking at new ways to design and reuse polymers for a sustainable future. engineering.wisc.edu/news/ask-an-ex…

I decided to check out a new platform (🦋), so you can find me there under the same handle. not sure how long I'll stick around the bird site. there's just something about watching a sinking ship... #chemsky #chemtwitter

well, that’s a wrap on #APSSummit25! four oral presentations and one poster presentation from the Loo Lab. I couldn’t not be prouder of my students 🥰 thanks for the shirts APS DPOLY!

Share your work on polymer structural characterization at AIChE! Submit an abstract by April 7th. Please share widely! aiche.confex.com/aiche/2025/pre… #polymers #softmatter #AFM #SAXS #WAXS #TEM #XAS #SANS #NMR #AICHE Camille Bishop Dr. Gabriel R. Burks, PhD AIChE Materials Engineering and Sciences Division American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Danielle J. Mai

🏗️ (Ground)breaking news! Today, lead donors Jeffrey and Marvin Levy, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Governor Tony Evers and dignitaries from across the UW–Madison campus and the state broke ground on the Phillip A. Levy Engineering Center. #EngineeringTheFuture engineering.wisc.edu/news/breaking-…

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced. scim.ag/3F9BeuO

For 75 years, U.S. National Science Foundation has fueled scientific research that drives innovation, strengthens the economy, and expands our understanding of the universe. Proposed budget cuts put their work at risk. Urge Congress to support critical NSF funding: go.aps.org/3RP9EWF #NSF75 Photo

for anyone who wants a glimpse into what researchers have been dealing with this year so far: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

first Loo Lab paper is out now! here we show how polymer blends can tune Li ion solvation site and enhance ion transport read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

check out this interview with one of our amazing undergrad researchers, Aidiel! Aidiel will graduate from UW-Madison College of Engineering in August and start his PhD in ChemE at University of Minnesota this fall. We are so proud of Aidiel in the Loo Lab! engineering.wisc.edu/blog/curiosity…

.UW-Madison CBE Professors Manos Mavrikakis and David Lynn will lead Research Forward projects supported by WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation) related to hydrogen energy and PFAS detection. engineering.wisc.edu/blog/cbe-facul…

Another paper out! science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Postdoc Clement took on a big challenge - to synthesize monodisperse liquid crystalline oligomers. These molecules also crystallize, with curvature that (surprising to us!) depends on length. We dug in to try to figure out 'why'!

Two days, two manuscripts online! Happy to share this work pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10… led by former postdoc Shawn. We continue to explore the 'polymer of squares' with Chirik Group, now examining property changes due to hydrogenation and isomerization of the backbone!

In my line of work we call it lab meeting