Obituary Prof Masayoshi Okubo Masayoshi Okubo passed away on February 20, 2021, in Kobe, Japan, due to lung cancer. He was born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, on Feb 16, 1947. He completed his undergraduate studies in the department of industrial chemistry at Kobe Universit  y, graduating in 1969, and subsequently completed his Masters degree […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Michael Cunningham along with his colleagues Pascale Champagne, Philip Jessop, and Warren Mabee were awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, which recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of […]