Congratulations to Dr. Taehoon Lee on being named a 2025 NAMS Young Membrane Scientist recipient! As a postdoc, Taehoon has made significant contributions to the Smith Lab. He will soon start his faculty career at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) in Korea.

Check out our recent publication in collaboration with Swager Group in Journal of Materials Chemistry A: “Enhancing acid-gas separations using free volume manipulation for microporous poly(arylene ether)s” doi.org/10.1039/D4TA07…

Check out our most recent publication in Journal of Membrane Science: “Physical aging of defect-free asymmetric functionalized PIM hollow fiber membranes” doi.org/10.1016/j.mems…

Congratulations to Dr. Pablo Dean, who successfully defended his thesis “Leveraging Competitive Sorption in Microporous Polymer Membranes to Enhance Gas Separation Performance” at the end of April. We cannot wait to see what he accomplishes next!

Congratulations to Dr. Jing Ying Yeo, who successfully defended her thesis “Understanding the Role of Free Volume in Microporous Polymers for Membrane-based Gas Separations” earlier this month! Jing Ying will begin work as a Senior Research Specialist at Dow later this year.

Check out our most recent publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ACS Publications: “MOF Instability and Polymer Infiltration in Amine-Functionalized UiO MOFs/PIM-COOH-Based MMMs for Solvent-Based Separations” pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Perspective in Science Magazine on thin-film composite membranes for organic solvent reverse osmosis doi.org/10.1126/scienc…

Check out our most recent publication in Journal of Membrane Science in collaboration with the Vasenkov Group at Univ. of Florida: “Macroscopic and Microscopic Gas Diffusivity Measurements for PIM-COOH/UiO-66-NH2 Composite Membranes" sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

MIT researchers have developed a new way to separate crude oil components using much less energy than traditional methods. This could revolutionize how fuels and chemicals are made. news.mit.edu/2025/new-appro…

Congratulations to our first-year graduate student, Brandon Tapia, for passing his qualifying exam for the Program in Polymers and Soft Matter (PPSM)!

Congratulations to Smith Lab graduate student Brandon Tapia on being selected for a MathWorks Fellowship! Brandon is leading various computational efforts for the group, and we are proud of this recognition of his work.

Meet the future of #polymer #science! 🔬 Future Faculty Symposium [Hall D] Mon 8/18 | 8-11:20 AM & 2-5:20 PM | Room 4 Tue 8/19 | 8-11:00 AM | Room 5 🤩 Early Investigator Symposium [Hall D] Tue 8/19 | 2-5:40 PM | Room 5 Wed 8/20 | 8-11:40 AM & 2-5:40 PM | Room 3 #Awards #PMSE

Congratulations to Dr. Ben Pedretti for being named a PMSE Future Faculty Scholar! Ben’s work will be featured at the PMSE Future Faculty Symposium at the ACS Fall meeting this week. pmsedivision.org/pmse-future-fa…