Jordan Brito’s research with collaborators at University of Maryland was recently accepted to ACS Applied Bio Materials and selected as an ACS Editors’ Choice!

The paper was selected for this honor because of its potential for broad public interest. As part of the ACS Editors’ Choice program, it will be freely accessible for six months.

The article, titled “Cationic Fluoropolyphosphazenes: Synthesis and Assembly with Heparin as a Pathway to Hemocompatible Nanocoatings”, is now available to read online.

Well done, Jordan & collaborators!

PhD student Kartik Kumar Rajagopalan was invited by ACS to be a General Session presider in a hybrid session at the upcoming ACS Spring Meeting. The session will take place both virtually and in San Diego, CA on Wednesday, March 23, 2022.

Congratulations, Kartik!

The Texas A&M University Materials Science & Engineering news page recently featured graduate students Xiuzhu Zhu and Kartik Kumar Rajagopalan. The article discusses their recent Best Poster Award at the 2021 ACS Spring National Meeting. 

Read more here: “Students win Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering’s best poster award“

The Texas A&M University Materials Science & Engineering news page recently featured Ph.D. student Jordan Brito. The article details her recent acceptance to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. 

Read more here: “Materials science and engineering graduate students awarded National Science Foundation fellowships”

Graduate students Xiuzhu Zhu and Kartik Kumar Rajagopalan won a Best Poster Award at the 2021 ACS Spring National Meeting!

The poster, titled “Temperature-responsive, tunable poly(vinyl alcohol)-borax salogels for shape stabilization of an inorganic phase change material”, was one of three distinguished posters in the PMSE division.

Congratulations, Xiuzhu and Kartik!

Jordan Brito was selected to receive a 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). Congratulations, Jordan!

PhD candidate Raman Hlushko’s poster presentation won 3rd place at the recent APTEC Symposium! He presented his poster, titled “Synthesis and Temperature Response of Star Polymers: Role of Molecular Architecture and a Small Molecule Competitor”, at the APTEC 8th Annual Research Symposium on Nov. 6, 2020.

Congratulations, Raman!

PhD student Jordan Brito was selected for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Scholars Program at Texas A&M University! This program will support her professional development and attendance at the annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.