Congratulations to Xi (Ryan) Hao, who defended his PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech in September 2025 and just started a position as an industrial engineer at Uniquetex!
Congratulations to Kiersten O'Connell who will be participating in a co-op with Abbvie this spring/summer!
Congratulations to Mingjun Zhou and Nick Holmlund on the publication of their new paper on forming complex coacervates using brushy nanoparticles!
"Complex Coacervates of Linear Polymers and Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles," M. Zhou, N. Homlund, S.L. Perry, M. Santore, Macromolecules, (2026) (ASAP). [PDF]
Welcome to Allison Barrett, a first year undergraduate in Chemical Engineering who is joining us to study the effect of complex coacervation on enzyme activity!
