Future Meetings:
2027 Spring ACS Meeting
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: September 28, 2026
New Orleans, LA
March 21 – 25, 2027
Lead Program Chair: Michael Petr (DOW Chemical Co.) mpetr@dow.com
CLICK HERE for organizer instructions
Planned Symposia:
Addressing Societal Needs through Community-Informed Design of Responsible Chemical Systems
Advances in Branched Polymers: From Precision Synthesis and Characterization to Emerging Applications
Advances in Renewable Materials: Functional Macromolecular Architectures from Sustainable Feedstocks
AI/ML in Chemistry and Polymers: Data, Circularity, and Agentic Systems
Carl S. Marvel Award for Creative Polymer Chemistry in Honor of Frank Leibfarth
Excellence in Polymer Graduate Research
General Topics
Incorporating Polymer Science in the Classroom
Industrial Innovations in Polymer Science
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment: Methods, Modeling, Fate, and Toxicity Studies for an Emerging Contaminant
Modern Organic Methods in Polymer Chemistry
Molecularly Engineered Polymers: Tailored Architectures for Delivery, Therapy, and Imaging
Physics of Polymers and Charged Macromolecules: A Symposium in Honor of Professor M. Muthukumar (on his 75th birthday)
Plastics Recycling and Upcycling
Polymers in the Spotlight: Photochemical Tools from Molecular Mechanisms to Manufacturing
POLY-PMSE Student Chapter Organized Symposium
Precise Polymers for Targeted Microstructures: Synthesis, Structure, and Application
Synthetic and Natural Polymer Biomaterials
Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science
Women Transforming Polymer Science and Engineering: Leadership, Innovation, and Impact (Invited)
POLY Programming Leads:
Fall 2026: Julia Kalow (Northwestern University) jkalow@northwestern.edu
Spring 2027: Michael Petr (DOW Chemical Co.) mpetr@dow.com
Fall 2027: Graham Collier (University of Southern Mississippi) graham.collier@usm.edu
Spring 2028: Alice Savage (Army Research Laboratory) alice.m.savage2.civ@army.mil