Dr. Bryan Boudouris
Vice President for Research and Economic Development at
University of Alabama
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Dr. Boudouris joined The University of Alabama on April 1, 2024, as the Vice President for Research & Economic Development and a Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering. He joined the Capstone after rising through the ranks at Purdue University where he started as an assistant professor before departing as the R. Norris and Eleanor Shreve Professor of Chemical Engineering and the Associate Vice President for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research. During his time as a faculty member at Purdue, he spent two years as a program director at the NSF through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) in the Division of Materials Research (DMR). Since starting his independent career in 2011, he has been the recipient of a number of awards including the AFOSR YIP award, the DARPA YFA, the NSF CAREER Award, the AIChE Owens Corning Early Career Award, the Saville Lectureship at Princeton University, and the John H. Dillon Medal from the APS. His research interests focus on materials science with an emphasis on polymer chemistry and polymer physics.
Dr. Wei You
Professor of Chemistry and
Applied Physical Sciences,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
After five years of work and life in the ‘Windy City”, Prof. Wei You obtained his Ph.D. in 2004 under the guidance of Professor Luping Yu. He then moved west and finished his postdoctoral training at Stanford University in 2006 with Professor Zhenan Bao. In July 2006, Dr. You joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2012 and then Full Professor in 2017.
Together with students and collaborators, he has published over 100 papers in premier journals such as Nature Photonics, JACS, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., Macromolecules, Advanced Materials, among others, and has been an Associate Editor for Polymer Chemistry (RSC) since July 2013. He is also on the advisory board for Macromolecules (ACS) and ACS Applied Energy Materials (ACS).
Dr. Rigoberto C Advincula
Group Leader, Macromolecular Nanomaterials Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Group Leader, Macromolecular Nanomaterials Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Advincula is a Governor's Chair Professor and Group Leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee. His research and group interests are: design, synthesis, and characterization of polymers and nanomaterials capable of controlled-assembly, nanostructuring, and self-organization in ultrathin films and monoliths. This includes functional macromolecules, coordination polymerization, polymer brushes, electropolymerization, and preparation of nanoparticles and hybrid materials. Dr. Advincula has led major projects including a fiber composite project with the DOE, EERE, AMO. He has a number of major awards with the American Chemical Society (ACS) and Fellow Honors; FRSC, FIMMM, NATAS Fellow, PMSE Fellow, Poly Fellow. Most recently he received Fellow status with the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the International Prize of the Society of Polymer Science of Japan (JSPS). He is most passionate in mentoring young minds in to the STEM disciplines
Dr. Daeyeon Lee
Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania
Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania
Daeyeon Lee is the Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his BS in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University and his PhD in Chemical Engineering from MIT. His research explores the interactions of soft materials at interfaces, with the goal of developing innovative processes and structures with applications in healthcare and environmental sustainability. He has been recognized for excellence in research with several awards, including the 2010 Victor K. LaMer Award, an NSF CAREER Award, the 2013 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, the 2013 AIChE NSEF Young Investigator Award, the 2014 Unilever Award for Young Investigators in Colloid and Surface Science, the 2017 Soft Matter Lectureship Award, and the 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience. He has also been acknowledged for his contributions to education with awards such as the Penn CBE Distinguished Teaching Awards and the 2017 S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award, and he held the Evan C. Thompson Endowed Term Chair for Excellence in Teaching from 2020 to 2023. Since 2024, Daeyeon has served as Director of the NSF Artificial Intelligence-Driven RNA BioFoundry (AIRFoundry).
Dr. Chuanbing Tang
Distinguished Professor at
Distinguished Professor at
University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Dr. Tang, Carolina Distinguished Professor and SmartState Endowed Chair in Polymer Nanocomposites at the University of South Carolina (USC), is a leading expert in polymer sustainability, circular materials, and advanced polymer processing. As the Director of the NSF Center for Polymers for a Circular Economy (CCI Phase I), Dr. Tang has made significant contributions to designing sustainable polymers and nanocomposites that enhance recyclability and biodegradability while maintaining high-performance properties. His research spans precision polymer synthesis, bio-based and degradable materials, and functional nanocomposites, with applications in energy, healthcare, and environmentally friendly plastics. Dr. Tang will discuss innovative polymer processing strategies and next-generation sustainable materials, emphasizing the role of circular economy principles in advancing polymer science for clean energy, reduced environmental impact, and resource efficiency.
Dr. Luyi Sun
Professor at
Professor at
University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
Dr. Luyi Sun is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and a member of the Polymer Program at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of nanostructured materials for various applications. Dr. Sun has published >300 peer-reviewed journal articles. He is the inventor or co-inventor of 28 U.S. patents and more than 50 related foreign patents. He is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the National Academy of Inventors
Dr. Kenan Song
Associate Professor at
Associate Professor at
University of Georgia
University of Georgia
Dr. Song is currently holding an Associate Professor position in the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Georgia. Before joining UGA in 2023, he was a tenured Associate Professor at Arizona State University (2017-2022) and a postdoc affiliated with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT (2015-2017). Dr. Song obtained his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University (Boston, MA) in 2014 and his B.S. in Engineering Mechanics in 2010. Dr. Song’s research interest includes the processing-structure-property relationships, especially the manufacturing, characterization, simulation, and application of polymer-based nanoparticle-filled composites, aiming for high performance in structural and functional utilization. In addition, Kenan Song has been the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award (2022), ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award (2022), SAMPE North America Young Professionals Emerging Leadership Award (YPELA) (2022), DHS New Investigator Award (NIA) and a few others.
Dr. Camden A. Chatham
Team Lead at Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL)
Dr. Camden A. Chatham currently leads the polymer additive manufacturing (AM) research and development team at Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in Aiken, SC. Dr. Chatham helped to launch and grow SRNL’s polymer AM research presence supporting their NNSA and DOE Environmental Management missions since he joined as a postdoc in 2020. His expertise applies the first principles of polymer physics and chemistry to the context of specific applied manufacturing stimuli in pursuit of “science-based manufacturing” enabling data-driven design and creating manufacturing solutions to solve national needs. Before SRNL, Dr. Chatham earned his PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering through Virginia Tech’s interdisciplinary Macromolecules Innovation Institute and his BS in Polymer/Fiber Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Chatham’s research at both SRNL and VT has centered on new material development and the material science underpinning quality assurance programs, across the AM-modalities of Laser Based Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB), Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), and Vat Photopolymerization (VPP).
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