Dr Dominik Konkolewicz (Dr. K) completed his bachelors studies in Chemistry and Mathematics at the University of Sydney in 2006. He commenced his Doctoral studies in 2007 at the University of Sydney, focusing on the synthesis and characterization of highly branched polymers by a combination of controlled radical polymerization and high yield organic reactions. After graduating with his Ph.D. in 2011, he moved to Carnegie Mellon University, to commence his postdoctoral work as a Visiting Assistant Professor/Senior Research Chemist. His postdoctoral work studied transition metal mediated controlled radical polymerization reactions utilizing photochemical methods, or in aqueous media. In 2014 he joined the Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty at Miami University, where his group develops new materials for applications ranging from new photochemical strategies, materials that can repair themselves, and bioconjugates, and polymeric systems for lipid self assembly and membrane protein analysis. Recurring themes in his research are using physical chemistry principles to guide the development of new organic materials and the use of fundamental mechanistic analysis to guide the design of polymers, and the development of these polymers towards sustainability and biomaterials applications.
Dr Konkolewicz has published over 160 peer reviewed manuscripts, with over 115 from his independent career. He his work has been cited over 11,000 times and has an H index of 56. Dominik is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Dominik has won numerous awards for his research including the:
ACS Macros Letters/Biomacromolecules/Macromolecules Award (2023)
RSC Polymer Chemistry Lectureship (2022)
National Science Foundation CAREER award (2017)
ACS Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Young Investigator (2018)
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator award (2016)
Dominik is commited to community service, including regular outreach since 2017 at local libraries for after school programming. His service has included:
Co-Organizer (with Paula Diaconescu of UCLA) of the 2019 NSF Chemistry Early Career Faculty Workshop
The PMSE Co-Chair of the Macromolecular Alliance for Community, Resources and Outreach (MACRO)2019-2022.
PMSE webinar lead since 2022.
2023-2024 he was the PMSE treasurer.
2025 PMSE Vice Chair.
His service was recognized by the PMSE division with the 2024 PMSE distinguished service award.
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