PPSM sponsors a series of seminars covering a broad range of topics of general interest to the polymer community, featuring speakers from both on and off-campus. We invite the polymer community at MIT and elsewhere to participate. For further information, contact Professor Ariel L. Furst at afurst@mit.edu.
NOTE: The Fall 2025 PPSM Seminar series is still under construction, but dates and guest speaker names should start appearing in the space below within the coming weeks.
Fall 2025 Seminars begin at 3:30 PM on WEDNESDAYS in 56-114, except where otherwise indicated. Email ppsm-www@mit.edu with any questions.
Wednesday October 29th
“Discovery and design of emergent behavior in soft materials”
Prof. Erin Teich
Department of Physics
Wellesley College
Wednesday November 5th
“The Potential of Ion Conductive Polymers to Enhance Electrochemical CO2 Conversion”
Prof. Andrew B. Wong
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
National University of Singapore
Wednesday December 10th
“Protein-based separation of rare earth elements”
Prof. Joseph A. Cotruvo
Department of Chemistry
Penn State University