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Official Twitter for Dr. Russell Composto's Lab @MSEatPenn | @PennEngineers | @Penn Nanocomposites | Dynamics | Polymer Physics Posts from group members

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Dr. Weiwei Kong successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Polymer Infiltrated Nanoporous Gold: Kinetics and Optical Properties of Novel Polymer Nanocomposites," on Monday. Dr. Kong has been an invaluable member of our group and is an incoming Editor-in-Chief at Wiley. Congrats!🥳

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

In the latest edition of UPenn's Almanac, Prof. Russell J. Composto reminds us that learning can be both fun and transformative—and that great teaching goes far beyond the classroom! Learn more about the value of experiential learning in education here: https://t.co/CErfPw2u1e

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Last week's Kickoff Symposium for NSF-funded Soft-AE NRT at UPenn had an abundance of interest from the community and support from the Provost's and Dean's offices. We heard engaging talks from guest speakers (Keith Brown, Andrea Liu, Heather Eckenrode-Stiffler, NRT trainees) .

[Soft Matter @softmatter]

Our new collection “Soft Matter Editorial Board Highlights of 2022” features papers selected by the Editorial Board as some of the most exciting articles published in Soft Matter last year.

Free to read until 31st May 2023

Read the collection here: https://t.co/6No7OgAsAN

[ECRs in Polymer Physics Slack @PolymerPhysics]

Excited to share our first ever Self-Development Series on Wednesday Jan 11th at 4PM EST!

We will talk about #careers for #Physics #PhD and best practices for your apps & more.
Join us for the event and to network w/ our community of early career researchers in polymer physics.

[Soft Matter @softmatter]

Nanoparticle dynamics in hydrogel networks with controlled defects led by Katie A. Rose @rosekster, Emanuele Marino, Christopher S. O'Bryan, Christopher B. Murray,Daeyeon Lee and Russell J. Composto @CompostoLab @PennEngineers https://t.co/kaOibX5Dt3

[Emanuele Marino @EMarino_nano]

How are nanoparticle dynamics affected by the presence of a hydrogel of variable pore size? Katie Rose @rosekster @CompostoLab @PennEngineers
answers this question in our joint publication in @softmatter!
https://t.co/ZqQt9UNqe1 Well done Katie! 👏 👏 👏

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

We are very happy to share that Dr. Michael Boyle successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Methods for Investigating Nanoparticle and Ion Transport at Polyelectrolyte Interfaces” on 09.09.22. Congratulations to Mike! 🎉🦙

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

An excellent opportunity for new attendees!

[APS DPOLY @APS_DPOLY]

DPOLY student members who will attend March Meeting in person for the first time in 2023: check out the newly established Chang Ryu travel award which will provide $1000 of support each for two recipients.

Apply by Oct. 28th, and see https://t.co/oDlN0LhUBq for details.

[ACS PMSE Division @acspmse]

Congratulations to the 2023 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry recipient, Karen Winey, University of Pennsylvania. #Awards #Polymer #Chemistry @WineyLab, @MSEatPenn, @PennEngineers @AmerChemSociety https://t.co/0It3Jhh7YN

[Penn Arts & Sciences @PennSAS]

Ready to beat the heat? Through @PennCURF's Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program, Sarah Sterinbach, C'24, has spent the summer with @CompostoLab researching the ways that Philadelphia has used policy to combat urban heat. https://t.co/CiZBzQa9oZ @Penn

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Katie Rose is defending her thesis: "Effect of probe characteristics and hydrogel structure on single nanoparticle dynamics" at the Glandt Forum at 2:30 PM! Congratulations to Katie! 🎉

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

@arthijayaraman @arji_k Congratulations, Arjita! 🎉

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Last Thursday, we celebrated our recent (Shawn Maguire) and soon to be (Mike Boyle and Katie Rose) PhD graduates. 🎉 Congratulations to them and the rest of the @PennEngineers graduates!

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Congratulations Class of 2022!

[Vijay Kumar @vijay_r_kumar]

Big day for the ⁦@PennEngineers⁩ class of 2022

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Congratulations to @Dr_COB (soon to be @ Prof_COB) on his faculty position! All of us in the lab are so excited to see what you do next.

[Chris O'Bryan @SMEL_Mizzou]

The tiger's out the bag now! I'm excited to share that I will be joining the faculty at @mizzouengineer this fall! Can't wait to bring Soft Matter Engineering to the Show Me State!

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Today, Katie Rose is giving a talk on particle tracking work and Aria Zhang, Weiwei Kong, and Mike Boyle are giving poster presentations! Go check them out!

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

The Composto group is in Chicago and ready for APS! We have talks and posters on a variety of topics, from polymer nanocomposites to single particle tracking. Looking forward to engaging with the @APS_DPOLY community throughout the week! #APSMarchMeeting

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Mike Boyle and Dr. Chris O’Bryan (@Dr_COB) are presenting today at #APSMarch!

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

The Composto group is in Chicago and ready for APS! We have talks and posters on a variety of topics, from polymer nanocomposites to single particle tracking. Looking forward to engaging with the @APS_DPOLY community throughout the week! #APSMarchMeeting

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

Dr. Composto’s talk is in the next few minutes in W-184D!

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

The Composto group is in Chicago and ready for APS! We have talks and posters on a variety of topics, from polymer nanocomposites to single particle tracking. Looking forward to engaging with the @APS_DPOLY community throughout the week! #APSMarchMeeting

[Composto Lab @CompostoLab]

The Composto group is in Chicago and ready for APS! We have talks and posters on a variety of topics, from polymer nanocomposites to single particle tracking. Looking forward to engaging with the @APS_DPOLY community throughout the week! #APSMarchMeeting