The Division of Polymer Physics focuses on the physics of natural and synthetic macromolecular substances.

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Prize & Award Recipients

Polymer Physics Prize, sponsored by General Electric

Matthew Tirrell, University of Chicago

"For his pioneering achievements in the area of polymer dynamics, polymers at surfaces and interfaces, and polymers in confined geometries."

John H. Dillon Medal, sponsored by Elsevier Science Ltd., publisher of Polymer

Rachel Segalman, University of California, Berkeley

"For fundamental and technological contributions to the field of polymer science and engineering, especially in the area of rod-coil block copolymers."

DPOLY/UKPPG Lecturer

Bradley Olsen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Frank J. Padden, Jr. Award

Scott Mullin, University of California, Berkeley