- Collaborators from the University of Konstanz, Germany visit Penn
We hosted our collaborators from the University of Konstanz (Germany) including Prof. Stefan Mecking and three of his graduate students (Katharina Scherer, Katrin Wurst, Viola Burlein). The students gave excellent talks in Penn’s new Vagelos Laboratory for Energy Science and Technology (VLEST). We enjoyed many stimulating scientific discussions about recent results, manuscripts, and future research plans.… Read more: Collaborators from the University of Konstanz, Germany visit Penn - Welcome, Summer Undergrads!
The Winey lab is excited to welcome six undergraduate students to our group this summer. Left to right: Allen Jiang, CBE class of 2026, is being mentored by Maggie Brown, working on characterizing ion-containing multiblock polymers.Alexandra Whittle, CBE class of 2028, is being mentored by Will Drayer, working on simulating anion exchange membrane materials.Anatoli Beyene,… Read more: Welcome, Summer Undergrads! - Prof. Winey and post-doctoral researcher Hoda Shokrollahzadeh Behbahani visited Michigan to give lectures and meet with collaborators.
I’ve returned from a productive and enjoyable trip to Michigan, where I had the opportunity to give four lectures as the 2025 Turner J. Alfrey Visiting Professor. Hoda Shokrollahzadeh Behbahani, a postdoctoral researcher in my group, also gave a fantastic lecture on polymer upcycling. Thank you to my host, Dr. Robert Bubeck, and everyone who… Read more: Prof. Winey and post-doctoral researcher Hoda Shokrollahzadeh Behbahani visited Michigan to give lectures and meet with collaborators. - Prof. Winey is the 2025 Turner J. Alfrey Visiting Professor at MSU St. Andrews
I’m honored to be the 2025 the Turner J. Alfrey Visiting Professor and busy preparing for a set of lectures on Tuesday, June 3 in Midland, MI. The schedule for the one-day symposium is below. In addition to my four lectures, Dr. Hoda Shokrollahzadeh Behbahani, a postdoc in my group, will be traveling with me to give a lecture. You can… Read more: Prof. Winey is the 2025 Turner J. Alfrey Visiting Professor at MSU St. Andrews - Prof. Winey and collaborator Prof. Justin Kennemur were interviewed for an article in C&ENews
Justin Kennemur and I were interviewed for an article in C&ENews about the challenges of replacing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The story highlights the various applications that use PFAS and the many strategies for reducing or eliminating their use. It’s a great read! Amalie Frischknecht https://lnkd.in/eQEy8twP Linkedin Post - Congratulations on an award-winning poster at APS March Meeting, Maggie!
We are just back from a great APS March meeting! Congratulations to Margaret Brown for winning 2nd place in the DPOLY poster session! Here she is receiving the award from Prof. Rafael Verduzco of Rice University. Maggie’s poster elucidated why a new set of polar/nonpolar multiblock copolymers fails to form the double gyroid morphology. We… Read more: Congratulations on an award-winning poster at APS March Meeting, Maggie! - Port5 collaborators from FSU and MSU visit Penn
This week, we hosted some of our Port5 project grad student collaborators for an in-person meeting. Zana Nadia Singleton from Justin Kennemur‘s group at Florida State and S. Amirali Mousavi Shahri from Michael Hickner‘s group at Michigan State joined us to share their work, learn about our experiments, and connect with our team. Thanks for… Read more: Port5 collaborators from FSU and MSU visit Penn
