Calvo Lab

Calvo Research Group at Kansas State | Polymer Synthesis | Polymer Applications

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Congratulations @DeanAfsar 🎊

[K-State Chemistry @KStateChemistry]

Congratulations to 5th year Chemistry PhD candidate Dean Afsar of the @CalvoLab_KSU for being selected to receive sponsorship from the @KSUGradSchool to represent K-State at the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop in Washington D.C.

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

I’m excited to share the first solo publication from my research group where we explore how branching influences the thermoresponsive behavior (LCST) of hyperbranched PNIPAM–PDMA block copolymers:
https://t.co/z3fRnFUkiS

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

New group pictures 🤩😊❤️

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Very proud of Prabhleen for her hard work and amazing poster 🤩
Congratulations 🎈🎊 🎉

[ACS PMSE Division @acspmse]

Congratulations to the PMSE Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award winner, Prabhleen Kaur. #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Award @KStateChemistry

[ACS PMSE Division @acspmse]

Congratulations to the PMSE Best Undergraduate Student Poster Award winner, Prabhleen Kaur. #ACSFall2025 #Polymer #Award @KStateChemistry

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Congrats Prabhleen!

[K-State Cancer Research @KStateCancerRes]

Congratulations to Prabhleen Kaur, chemistry major, for being named a 2025 Kansas Water Institute Undergraduate Fellow!

Read more at https://t.co/Bagb7nrEFi

#kstate #kstateresearch #kstatecancerresearch #kansas #kansasstateuniversity #kansasstate #thecurestartswithus #kstatecra

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Had a great week at the polymers GRC where 2nd year grad student Graham presented his work on polymers for internal radiation therapy (supported by @KStateCancerRes ). So much great science, especially from all the amazing graduate students! The future is bright 🤩

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Very excited to collaborate on this project and grateful for the fellowship support from BioPACIFIC MIP! Automated synthesis is really pushing the boundaries and opening completely new possibilities 🤩

[BioPACIFIC MIP @BioPACIFICMIP]

CAPS Fellowships Spotlight!
Collab from @KState & @Penn_State is exploring hydrogel-forming copolymers using RAFT photoiniferter polymerization🧪
✅ @Chemspeed automation for fast triblock synthesis
✅ Microrheology to assess viscoelasticity
✅ Hands-on student training

[K-State Cancer Research @KStateCancerRes]

Congrats to Riley Blitt, a JCRC Cancer Research Awardee, who graduated this semester. His JCRC mentor was Dr. Calvo in @kstatechemistry. Riley will be heading to the University of Nebraska to pursue a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.
#kstate #thecurestartswithus #kstatecra

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Congratulations to our students who received awards last night at the @KStateCancerRes banquet! Prabhleen, Veronica and Riley received undergraduate research awards and Graham received a summer research fellowship and travel award 🎊😊

[ACS POLY Division @POLY_ACS]

Join POLY at #ACSFall2025 to celebrate @elizabethm1239 receiving the 2025 Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Excellence in Polymer Science & Engineering! Congrats Dr. Murphy! You can view her statement at: https://t.co/f3qrGKj3Ir

[K-State Chemistry @KStateChemistry]

Our first departmental seminar speaker this semester is Prof. Adrian Figg from @VTChemDept

Join us this Thursday at 1:05 pm in King 004.

Bio: https://t.co/joIy1C7Ree

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Very proud of our undergraduate researchers who were awarded scholarships for Spring 25. Maya, Brett, Alyssa and Ishi received scholarships from @KStateArtSci and Veronica and Riley from @KStateCancerRes. We are grateful for the support! https://t.co/LqpUrvVibA

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Nominations for the Henkel Award are due today!

[ACS POLY Division @POLY_ACS]

The deadline for the @Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science & Engineering is TODAY!
Award information: https://t.co/f3qrGKjBxZ
#POLYaward #POLYstudentaward #Henkelaward

[ACS POLY Division @POLY_ACS]

Call for nominations: @Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science & Engineering
Deadline for submission is next Friday!
https://t.co/f3qrGKjBxZ
#POLYstudentaward

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Congratulations Veronica and Riley for being selected for a Johnson Cancer Research Center undergraduate research award! 🎉👏

https://t.co/5hHu23I6ey

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

New group picture from our holiday party! Missing a few undergrads but gained a “mini” group member 🤩

[ACS POLY Division @POLY_ACS]

Call for @Henkel award nominations: The deadline is January 24, 2025!
Complete award information: https://t.co/f3qrGKj3Ir
#POLYPMSEstudentaward #Henkelstudentaward

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

We would like to welcome 3 new first-year PhD students to the Calvo Group: Ayesha, Dilanka, and Digambar. This brings us up to 5 graduate students and 7 undergrads! It's very exciting to see the group grow! 😃

[Calvo Lab @CalvoLab_KSU]

Grateful to be awarded an @acsprf new directions grant for synthesizing complex precision polymer architectures by ADMET polymerization 😃 https://t.co/IrD0ar3MrG