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Phi Lambda Upsilon – The aims and purposes of Phi Lambda Upsilon are the promotion of high scholarship and original investigation in all branches of pure and applied chemistry. Phi Lambda Upsilon was founded as an honorary chemical society in March 1899, at the University of Illinois. This was the first honor society dedicated to a single scientific discipline. Over its more than 100 year history, Phi Lambda Upsilon has grown into an organization comprising seventy-three chapters and more than 60,000 members.

Photo from the 38th PLU National Congress August 20, 2022 in Chicago, IL.

 

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    • Maxwell Robb

      The 2023 National Fresenius Award recipient is Professor Maxwell Robb of the California Institute of Technology. Research in the Robb group focuses on polymer mechanochemistry, where mechanical force is used to activate chemical transformations in mechanically sensitive molecules known as mechanophores to produce a wide range of functional responses. The Robb group targets stimuli-responsive polymers to address challenges in a variety of areas including molecular release and stress sensing. https://www.robbgroup.caltech.edu/ 

      Prof. Robb will be honored at the awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in conjunction with the ACS Spring 2024 meeting in New Orleans. For more information, visit www.acs.org/nationalawards.

    • PLU National now has a Slack channel! We are asking all presidents (and any other key officers) to join us there! Please email the editor for a link to join.
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