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Patton Lab retweeted
15 May 2023
Humbled and honoured to receive this award. Deeply grateful for my mentors and colleagues. Thanks to my family and friends for all their support
The SPSE Outstanding Student Research Awards recognize students who exhibit an exceptional ability to conduct and communicate research in the field of polymer science and engineering. Our 2023 awardees are Surabhi Jha (graduate) and Andrew Barbour (undergraduate). Congrats!!
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Huge congratulations to Surabhi Jha for successfully defending her independent research proposal in polymer science & engineering! @SurabhiJ7 is now officially a PhD candidate #WomenInSTEM #PhDcandidate #PolymerScience #Engineering @PattonGroupUSM
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Long overdue group photo Spring 2023
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Postdoc position immediately available in the @PattonGroupUSM and Morgan Groups in the area of #synthesis & #processing of multifunctional/dynamic polymer nanocomposites. @USM_Polymers #postdocjobs #sciencejobs Apply at bit.ly/3F8bJo7

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Congrats Jaylen!
Proud of Jaylen Davis (first year graduate student in the @PattonGroupUSM) and the hard work he put into his submission for the @NSFGRFP. Congrats @davis_amon21 on your recognition with Honorable Mention!! @USM_Polymers @SouthernMiss
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Will Walker's (@atwillskywalker) "Command-destruct thermosets" featured on the front cover of @PolymChem! Thanks to @Ella_Maru for the cover art! @PattonGroupUSM @USM_Polymers rsc.li/36kCeXG.
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Check out @DahliaAmato's work on printing porous materials with photopolymerization in collab with U of Twente's Claas Willem Visser! Thanks to @Harvard's Jennifer Lewis for hosting Dahlia's academic internship as part of the @SouthernMiss @NSF-funded NRT. bit.ly/3h6Or5G

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First @ChemRxiv preprint from the @PattonGroupUSM (kudos to @atwillskywalker). In this work, thiols and light are used to construct and destruct polymer thermosets on command! The photodegradation movie is mesmerizing (solid to liquid in seconds) - check it out!
24 Jul 2020
Command-Destruct Thermosets via Photoinduced Thiol-Catalyzed ß-Scission of Acyclic Benzylidene Acetals by Derek Patton & co-workers doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12…
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Patton Lab retweeted
A synthetic polymer postdoctoral position is available in the @PattonGroupUSM in the School of Polymer Science and Engineering @SouthernMiss. Details and application are available at bit.ly/2R2NvEm. Please RT. @POLY_ACS @acspmse

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Replying to @CassandraMReese
@CassandraMReese spent 2 months with @GraemeMoad & @CSIRO for an Australia-America PhD Internship in 2018 resulting in a collaborative paper! Check it out: "Selective and Rapid Light‐Induced RAFT SUMI in Aqueous Solution" bit.ly/36VNbyz

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Congrats to @AlamedaBenjamin, Travis Palmer (Wiggins Group), and to our two undergraduate coauthors Jonathan Sisemore and @NSF #REU Nicholas Pierini.
Our latest publication describing the synthesis of #degradable poly(β-thioether ester ketal) thermosets via photopolymerization was just published in @PolymChem! rsc.li/2IweLI8 Congrats to @AlamedaBenjamin and coauthors! @PattonGroupUSM
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Brittany Thompson - an outstanding senior undergraduate in the @PattonGroupUSM - placed 2nd in oral presentations for her division at the USM Undergraduate Research Symposium! Congrats Brittany!
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Michael Sandoz, an outstanding @USM_Polymers undergraduate in the @PattonGroupUSM, was awarded a prestigious #Goldwater Scholarship! Congratulations Michael!
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Congrats to Reese Sloan on being awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Well done!! @NSFGRFP @PattonGroupUSM @USM_Polymers @SouthernMissNow
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Happy to report that @CassandraMReese will be joining @LosAlamosNatLab as a postdoctoral researcher! Can’t wait to read about the great science in store! Congrats Cassie! @PattonGroupUSM
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Patton Lab retweeted
The USM POLY-PMSE chapter is hosting an Industry Night event on Wednesday, March 13th! Anyone is welcome to attend!
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Congrats Ben!
Congrats to @AlamedaBenjamin on winning 2nd place overal poster presentation in the chemistry division @theMASciences! Well done Ben (and welcome to Twitter).
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Fun time with the @PattonGroupUSM at the end of year social and ugly Christmas sweater contest @soprobrewco. Great job by our @usmpolypmse student chapter leadership hosting the event!
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Congrats to @DahliaAmato, @DougAmato, Yetunde and coauthors!
The latest product from our collaboration with the Mavrodi group is available in @ACS_ABM "Using Aldehyde Synergism To Direct the Design of Degradable Pro-Antimicrobial Networks" goo.gl/MKJERo.
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