RWTH is now inviting excellent and experienced early career researchers to apply for 6 Junior Principal Investigator (JPI) fellowships. Support will be provided for a period of four years, with an optional fifth year. The program is designed to attract and support stellar researchers with international experience. Applications from women as well as others whose […]

I guess every working life has some milestones. My first one was in 1975 when I graduated in electronics engineering. After a good year of military service I found myself a job at the medical department in Leiden in a lively group doing advanced cancer research. Then, in 1982 I started pursuing my physics education […]

The DFG-funded collaborative research center (CRC 985) “Functional microgels and microgel systems” just received funding for an additional 4 years. This includes funds for visiting scholars and provides opportunities for exchange of graduate and undergraduate students. Please contact me in case you want to visit or send a student or other types of collaborations.The CRC’ […]

The 51st Annual Short Course at Lehigh University and the 43rd Annual Short Course in Davos, Switzerland on Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology have been postponed until 2021. Further details can be found on the Conference & Courses page here. The titles of each course are a link to the respective webpages of each course.

The IPCG 2021 Conference scheduled for this June has been postponed to June 2022. Please click the link below to read the letter from the organizing committee. Organizing Committee Letter

“Emulsion Polymerization Processes” Course The annual Course on Emulsion Polymerization Processes is scheduled to take place as planned in September 2020. If circumstances allow traveling and meetings, the course will be held as usual in San Sebastián on September 7-11, 2020. If this is not possible, the course will be given on-line over 4 weeks […]

51st Annual Short Course Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA June 1-5, 2020 **UPDATE – this short course has been cancelled and will happen in June 2021.** A one week Short Course held at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA Dr. Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Course Director Professor, Department of Chemical & […]

43rd Annual Short Course Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology  Davos, Switzerland August 17-21, 2020 A one week Short Course held in the Davos resort area of Switzerland. Dr. Mohamed S. El-Aasser, Course Director Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Lehigh University Dr. F. Joseph Schork Professor Emeritus, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia […]

Two postdoctoral research positions are available in Dr. James Gilchrist’s laboratory at Lehigh University. Contact Professor James Gilchrist with a cover letter, curriculum vita, and contact information for three references via email at gilchrist@lehigh.edu. Click here for the posting

Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes of the Department of Molecular and Macromolecular Chemistry, CNRS-UM-ENSCM has been named Distinguished Member of the Chemical Society of France for the year 2018. The title of “Distinguished Member” is awarded to a researcher, an industrialist or a teacher, a member of the SCF aged 45 and over, who has demonstrated excellence in […]