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Awards & Distinctions

Awards & Distinctions, News
September 23, 2016September 23, 2016

Pranav receives FACSS poster award at SciX 2016

Congratulations to Pranav for receiving the FACSS student poster award at the SciX 2016 conference! Pranav won first […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 7, 2016September 7, 2016

Congrats to Mammad for his Cover Art in Polymer Chemistry!

Congratulations to group member Mammad for having his most recent paper, “Sustainable glucose-based block copolymers exhibit […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Outreach
September 7, 2016September 7, 2016

Jeff featured in University of Minnesota Foundation Legacy Energy & U photoshoot

Group member Jeff is featured on the University of Minnesota Foundation Legacy website for his involvement in the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
January 17, 2014January 17, 2014

Yaoying selected for ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium

Yaoying has been selected for the 2014 ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. Yaoying […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Presentations
November 26, 2014November 26, 2014

Jeff places third in AIChE honorary session “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research”

Jeff recently placed third in the “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research” honorary session at the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Presentations
November 18, 2014November 18, 2014

Yogesh, Haley, and Dr. Reineke attend 13th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium

Yogesh, Haley, and Dr. Reineke attended the 13th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium, focusing on Genomic […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 7, 2016September 7, 2016

Pranav receives CASSS Travel Award

Congratulations to Pranav for being selected to receive a CASSS Travel Award to attend the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 7, 2016October 30, 2016

Monica receives a Department of Chemistry Fellowship

Congratulations to Monica Ohnsorg for receiving a Department of Chemistry Fellowship for first-year graduate students!

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

Professor Reineke receives 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award

Professor Theresa Reineke has received the prestigious 2017 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry Award […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 16, 2016September 16, 2016

Pranav awarded an IEM Walter Barnes Lang Fellowship

Congratulations to Pranav for receiving a Walter Barnes Lang Fellowship from the Institute for Engineering in […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 30, 2016August 28, 2016

Dr. Reineke selected for the 2016 Sara Evans Faculty Woman Scholar / Leader Award

Congratulations to Dr. Reineke for being selected for the 2016 Sara Evans Faculty Woman Scholar / […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 28, 2016August 28, 2016

Yogesh awarded Center for Genome Engineering Travel Grant

Congratulations to group member Yogesh, who was recently awarded a 2016 Center for Genome Engineering Travel Grant for […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 28, 2016August 10, 2016

Jeff awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Conference Presentation Grant

Congratulations to group member Jeff, who was recently awarded a 2016 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Conference Presentation Grant for attending […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 6, 2016July 6, 2016

Yaming and Derek elected as 2016-2017 UMN POLY PMSE Student Chapter officers

Congratulations to group members Yaming and Derek on becoming officers for the University of Minnesota Student […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 7, 2016May 7, 2016

Congrats to Nam on graduating!

Congrats to undergraduate Reineke lab member Nam on graduating! Nam has been working with Leon under the Center […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

Dr. James Gallagher defends PhD Thesis

Congrats to Dr. James Gallagher, who successfully defended his thesis titled “Renewable Polymer Materials from Bicyclic […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
April 28, 2016May 11, 2016

James, Dr. Hillymer, Dr. Reineke win TechConnect National Innovation award

Congratulations to group member James (co-advised between Profs. Marc Hillymer and Theresa Reineke), whose recent […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
April 25, 2016April 28, 2016

Mammad awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Congrats to group member Mammad for being awarded a 2016-2017 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship! More information […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
April 4, 2016April 4, 2016

Dr. Reineke inducted into AIMBE 2016 College of Fellows

Announced formally in January here, today Dr. Reineke was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
April 1, 2016April 5, 2016

Derek receives Honorable Mention in the 2016 NSF GRFP

Congratulations to group member Derek for receiving an Honorable Mention in the 2016 NSF Graduate […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 16, 2016March 16, 2016

Congratulations to Dr. Reineke for receiving the Taylor Award for Distinguished Research

Dr. Reineke has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 George W. Taylor Award […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 15, 2016March 15, 2016

Haley recognized as Featured Research Assistant by Center for Genome Engineering

Reineke group member Haley Phillips has been recognized as the Center for Genome Engineering’s Featured Research Assistant. […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 11, 2016March 11, 2016

ACS highlights Dr. Reineke’s research on stimuli-responsive polymers for biological detection & delivery

Dr. Reineke’s recent viewpoint has been featured by the Feb. 2016 ACS Polymer Science Podcast. […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 8, 2016March 8, 2016

Congratulations to Seamus for being awarded a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship!

Congrats to group member Seamus for being granted a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship this summer! The Science Undergraduate Laboratory […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
February 13, 2016February 13, 2016

Dr. Reineke’s recent Viewpoint featured as ACS Select Virtual Issue

Dr. Reineke’s most recent ACS Macro Letters Viewpoint article has been featured as a ACS Macro […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
February 12, 2016February 12, 2016

Congrats to Zhe for passing her Written & Oral Exam!

Congrats to group member Zhe for passing her written and oral exam in Chemistry!

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Awards & Distinctions, News
January 21, 2016January 21, 2016

Dr. Reineke elected to be Inducted into Elite Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
January 5, 2016January 5, 2016

Dr. Reineke & lab members featured in UMN Chemistry Dec. Newsletter

Dr. Reineke and group members Haley, Jeff, Anatolii, and Craig are highlighted in the most recent […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
December 28, 2015December 28, 2015

Jeff featured in December AIChE ChEnected Graduate Research Spotlight

Congrats to group member Jeff Ting for being featured in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
December 22, 2015February 23, 2016

Recent ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering paper by Zach, Haley, Mallory, Yaoying, & Nilesh selected as ACS Editors’ Choice award

Congratulations to Zach, Haley, Mallory, Yaoying, Nilesh (as well as our collaborators Jason and Dr. […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
December 8, 2015December 11, 2015

Congrats to Yaming for being awarded a Louise T. Dosdall Fellowship!

Congratulations to Yaming for being awarded one of three 2016-2017 Louise T. Dosdall Fellowship! This award is […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Outreach, Presentations
November 13, 2015November 13, 2015

Dr. Reineke and group members participate in COACh workshop

Dr. Reineke and Dr. Haynes (Department of Chemistry) organized, ran, and participated in a COACh […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
November 11, 2015November 19, 2015

Jeff awarded first annual AIChE Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing (PD2M) Student Award, COGS Travel Grant

Congratulations to group member Jeff Ting for being the the recipient of the first annual AIChE Pharmaceutical Discovery, […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
November 8, 2015November 8, 2015

Dr. Reineke elected to UMN CSE Consultative Committee

Dr. Reineke was recently elected to the UMN CSE Consultative Committee to serve as the Department […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 28, 2015September 28, 2015

Minnesota ACS Graduate Student Symposium featured in newest edition of ACS Central Science

The University of Minnesota Fall 2015 Graduate Student Symposium event is featured as the opening editorial […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 23, 2015September 23, 2015

New Minnesota student chapter of ACS POLY/PMSE established; Leon, Jeff, and Dr. Reineke serve as founding officers

From the Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science websites: A […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 11, 2015September 14, 2015

Recent ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering paper by Jeff, Tushar, & Seamus selected as ACS Editors’ Choice award

Congratulations to Jeff, Tushar, and Seamus for having their paper “Deconstructing HPMCAS: Excipient Design to Tailor Polymer–Drug […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 9, 2015September 10, 2015

Anatolii receives Excellence Fellowship in Chemistry

Anatolii has been chosen as a recipient of the 2015-2016 Excellence Fellowship in Chemistry. Anatolii was […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

Congrats to Leon, Jeff, and Victoria for hosting a successful ACS Graduate Student Symposium!

Congratulations to group members Leon, Jeff, and Victoria for hosting a successful ACS Graduate Student Symposium […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 29, 2015July 29, 2015

Congrats to Nilesh on accepting a position at Covidien!

Congratulations to Nilesh on accepting a position at Covidien! Nilesh was an integral member of the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

Grad student team (ft. Victoria, Jeff, and Leon) organizes symposium for ACS National Meeting

Reineke group members Victoria, Jeff, and Leon have been part of a team that won […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
June 23, 2015June 23, 2015

Dr. Reineke serves ACS POLY Division as Publicity co-chair

From the Department of Chemistry website: Dr. Reineke has been appointed to the leadership team […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
June 1, 2015June 1, 2015

Jeff awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Congrats to Jeff for being awarded a 2015-2016 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship! From the Department of […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 25, 2015May 25, 2015

Dr. Dustin Sprouse defends PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Dustin Sprouse, who on Friday, successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: “Investigating […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 22, 2015May 22, 2015

Dr. Reineke has top read & cited article in Bioconjugate Chemistry over the last 4 years

From the Department of Chemistry website: Dr. Reineke has the top read and cited article, Theranostics: […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 12, 2015May 12, 2015

@RealScientists highlights Minnesota original research to scientists, writers, communicators, artists, and clinicians

This week, Prof. Cramer is curating the @RealScientists Twitter account to highlight the amazing work in the University […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 1, 2015May 2, 2015

Commencement season! Congratulations to Dustin for graduating

Congrats to Dustin for graduating at the Commencement Ceremony today! Dustin is one of the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
April 3, 2015April 3, 2015

Nam wins a Heisig/Gleysteen Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Nam Nguyen for being awarded a Heisig/Gleysteen Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship! This distinction is a […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
April 1, 2015April 1, 2015

Congrats to Catie for receiving a 2015 Goldwater Scholarship

Congratulations to Catherine Meis for being awarded a 2015 Goldwater Scholarship! Catie was a summer […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 23, 2015May 17, 2015

Jeff awarded a Sigma Xi Revitalizing Science Scholarship and receives a Rising Star Award

Congrats to Jeff for winning a Sigma Xi Revitalizing Science Scholarship! The Revitalizing Science Scholarship […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 11, 2015February 12, 2016

Congrats to Anatolii and Leon for passing their Oral Exam!

Congratulations to Anatolii and Leon for passing their oral exam in Chemistry!

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Awards & Distinctions, News
February 24, 2015March 18, 2015

James’s manuscript “Isosorbide-based Polymethacrylates” selected as ACS Editors’ Choice award and highlighted in Office for Technology Commercialization

Congratulations to James for having his in-press paper “Isosorbide-based Polymethacrylates” featured as an ACS Editors’ […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
February 23, 2015February 23, 2015

Haley awarded Mary Haga Travel Award from Xi Chapter of Graduate Women in Science

Congrats to Haley for winning a Mary Haga Travel Award from Xi Chapter of Graduate […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
February 15, 2015February 15, 2015

Congrats to Zach for accepting a teaching position with Dr. Wissinger

Dr. Zach Tolstyka has accepted a teaching position with Dr. Jane E Wissinger at the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
February 15, 2015February 15, 2015

Congratulations and good luck to Swapnil and Bharat in the US Army

Swapnil and Bharat have enlisted in the US Army and are off to Basic Combat […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
February 15, 2015February 16, 2015

Dustin accepts R&D position at Aveda Corporation

Congrats to Dustin for accepting a job at the Aveda Corporation! Dustin will be doing […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
January 15, 2015January 15, 2015

MRSEC receives $17.8 million; Dr. Reineke leads Hierarchical Multifunctional Macromolecular Materials Interdisciplinary Research Group

From the Department of Chemistry website: Funding continues for one of the university’s oldest and […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Presentations
November 26, 2014November 26, 2014

Jeff places third in AIChE honorary session “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research”

Jeff recently placed third in the “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research” honorary session at the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
November 25, 2014November 26, 2014

Congrats to Anatolii and Leon for passing their Written Exam!

Congratulations to Anatolii and Leon for passing their written exam in Chemistry!

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Presentations
November 18, 2014November 24, 2014

Yogesh, Haley, and Dr. Reineke attend 13th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium

Yogesh, Haley, and Dr. Reineke attended the 13th Annual Gene Therapy Symposium, focusing on Genomic […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Presentations
September 29, 2014September 29, 2014

Dr. Reineke and Jeff invited to share research at President Kaler’s residence

Last Thursday, Dr. Reineke and Jeff were invited to speak at an event hosted by […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 17, 2014September 17, 2014

Nilesh and Pranav present at Center for Genome Engineering

Group members Nilesh and Pranav are presenting their microfluidics work at the Center for Genome […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 3, 2014September 17, 2014

Victoria named as recipient of the Robert L. Ferm Outstanding TA Award

Victoria is a recipient of the 2013-2014 Robert L. Ferm Outstanding TA Award. This teaching […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
September 3, 2014September 17, 2014

Anatoli awarded honorable mention for teaching polymer chemistry lab

Anatoli was a recent recipient of an Honorable Mention Teaching Award by the University of […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
August 1, 2014August 26, 2014

CSP receives $20 million grant to pioneer next generation plastics

The Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) at the University of Minnesota has been awarded a […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 25, 2014July 25, 2014

Reineke lab awarded Safest Lab by Joint Safety Team

The Reineke, Penn, Hackel, and Zhang labs were awarded the Spring 2014 Safest Lab Award […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 24, 2014July 24, 2014

Dr. Yaoying Wu defends PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Yaoying Wu, who on Wednesday, successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled: “Design […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 19, 2014September 17, 2014

Mammad receives Wayland E. Noland Fellowship in Chemistry

Mammad Nasiri has been chosen as a recipient of the 2014-2015 Excellence Fellowship -Wayland E. […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 1, 2014July 1, 2014

Dr. Lian Xue defends PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Dr. Lian Xue, who on Monday, successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled: “ […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
June 12, 2014June 12, 2014

Congrats to Seyoung for passing her Oral Exam!

Congratulations to Seyoung for passing her PhD candidacy oral exam in Chemical Engineering!

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Awards & Distinctions, News
June 11, 2014June 11, 2014

Nilesh featured on Center for Genome Engineering homepage

Nilesh has been featured on the Center for Genome Engineering as a Featured Research Associate, […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
June 10, 2014June 13, 2014

Graduate Students Win Bid To Plan ACS Symposium

A committee of eight graduate students from the University of Minnesota has been selected to […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
June 5, 2014June 5, 2014

Congrats Will on accepting a research scientist position!

Congratulations to Dr. William Shearouse on accepting a research scientist position at Procter & Gamble. […]

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Awards & Distinctions
June 3, 2014June 3, 2014

Dept. of Chemistry research video receives Communicators Forum Maroon Award

From the UMN Chemistry website: The Department of Chemistry has received a Maroon Award from […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 13, 2014June 3, 2014

Jeff selected for 2014 AICHE Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research session

Jeff has been selected to contribute an oral presentation for the Materials Engineering and Science […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 13, 2014June 3, 2014

Congrats to Seyoung for passing her Written Exam!

Congratulations to Seyoung for passing her Dossier written exam in Chemical Engineering!

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Awards & Distinctions, News
April 7, 2014June 3, 2014

Jeff’s SEM photograph selected as finalist in Photo Show/Contest for the Graduate Revels at Northrop

Jeff’s SEM photograph (“Drug Solubilization with Engineered Polymer Design,” shown below) has been selected as […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 14, 2014June 3, 2014

Yaoying received CGE Travel Award for ACS Meeting

Yaoying has been awarded a Center for Genome Engineering (CGE) Travel Award, a grant from […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 7, 2014June 3, 2014

Reineke Group wins JST’s Safe Lab Award

The Reineke group has been awarded a Safe Lab Award by the Joint Safety Team […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
March 4, 2014June 3, 2014

Congrats to Victoria and Jie for passing their Oral Exam!

Congratulations to Victoria and Jie for passing their oral exam in Chemistry!

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Awards & Distinctions, News
January 17, 2014June 3, 2014

Yaoying selected for ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium

Yaoying has been selected for the 2014 ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium. Yaoying […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
January 15, 2014June 3, 2014

Professor Reineke featured in St. Paul Pioneer Press

The ever-popular Energy and U show has been picked up by several media outlets, including […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
December 6, 2013June 3, 2014

Dept. of Chemistry video features Prof. Reineke & Reineke group

From the UMN Chemistry website: A new Youtube video highlights some of our scientists and […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
December 5, 2013June 5, 2014

Congrats Tushar on accepting an research scientist position

Congratulations to Dr. Tushar Navale on accepting a position at Momentive Performance Materials. We wish […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Presentations
December 3, 2013June 3, 2014

Jeff competes as a finalist in sustainability innovative student challenge

Jeff is one of eight finalists for the Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award (SISCA) […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
December 3, 2013June 3, 2014

Congrats to Victoria and Jie for passing their Written Exam!

Congratulations to Victoria and Jie for passing their written exam!

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 11, 2013June 3, 2014

Congrats Kevin on accepting an Assistant Professor position!

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Anderson on accepting an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Oakwood University. […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
July 1, 2013June 3, 2014

Congrats to Mammad on passing his prelim!

Congratulations to Mammad on passing his preliminary oral exam!

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Awards & Distinctions, News, Presentations
June 21, 2013June 3, 2014

Professor Reineke presents at Carbohydrates Gordon Research Conference

Professor Reineke was invited to present some of the exciting ongoing projects in the Reineke […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 31, 2013November 4, 2015

Jeff receives CEMS Outstanding TA Award

The Chemical Engineering and Materials Science department is pleased to announce the winners of the […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 12, 2013June 4, 2014

Congrats to Haley, Dustin, Will, She, James, and Jeff on passing their prelims!

Congratulations to group members Haley, Dustin, Will, She, James, and Jeff on passing their preliminary […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
May 12, 2013June 4, 2014

Jeff receives MSA-COGS Graduate Student Teaching Award

Jeff Ting received the first annual Minnesota Student Association – Council of Graduate Students (MSA-COGS) […]

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Awards & Distinctions, News
January 23, 2013June 4, 2014

Congrats Mallory on accepting an Assistant Professor position!

Congratulations to Dr. Mallory Cortez on accepting an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Nicholls State […]

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