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Kathryn L. Beers (Fed)
Director, Material Measurement Laboratory
Research Interests
The Circular Economy, Circular Polymers, Sustainable Materials, Degradable and Renewable Polymeric Materials, Precision Macromolecular Architecture, Microreactors and Microfluidics, Advances in Polymer Synthesis and Reaction Monitoring, Macromolecular Separations, Integrated and High Throughput Measurements of Polymeric Materials
Awards and Honors
- Alumni Achievement Award, Carnegie Mellon University
- Arthur S. Flemming Award
- Fellow, American Chemical Society
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
- Department of Commerce Science and Technology Policy (ComSci) Fellow
- Department of Commerce Silver Medal
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Visiting Research Fellowship, University of Ulm, Germany
- Mellon College of Science Fellowship
Memberships & Activities
- Committee of Visitors, National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research, 2015, 2019
- Member, American Chemical Society, 1993-present
- Advisory Board, ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI), 2020-2024
- ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY), 2014 Chair
- ACS POLY Councilor, 2019-2024
- Editorial Advisory Board, ACS MacroLetters
- Former Associate Editor, Green Materials
- Executive Committee, Center for Hierarchical Materials Design (CHiMaD), 2014-2019
- Member, Materials Research Society, 2001-present
- Member, Sigma Xi, 2004-present
Publications
Created March 29, 2019, Updated July 21, 2024