Dr. Emily Pentzer, associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, has been elected as one of two alternate councilors for the Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY division) of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Along with Dr. Phil Costanzo, professor in the chemistry and biochemistry department at California Polytechnic State University, Pentzer will serve in place of a councilor not being able to fulfill their duties.
ACS is the world’s largest scientific community with a vision to improve people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry. The POLY division of ACS has members from around the world in academia, industry and government, with the common goal of supporting polymer education and research to meet the global challenges of today and the future.
Pentzer’s research uses organic synthesis to access new materials and assemblies as a route to understand structure-property relationships and access properties not possible with current state-of-the-art systems.