Dominik Konkolewicz receives the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2022 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship Award
The international lectureship recognizes early career researchers worldwide who have made significant contributions to the field of polymer chemistry.
Dominik Konkolewicz receives the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2022 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship Award
Dominik Konkolewicz, professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Miami University, received the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2022 Polymer Chemistry Lectureship Award.
The international lectureship recognizes early career researchers worldwide who have made significant contributions to the field of polymer chemistry.
"Dominik has made a significant impact in the area of polymer chemistry globally," Gary Lorigan, chair and professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, said. "And he is one of only two researchers from a U.S. institution to have received this prestigious Lectureship Award.”
Konkolewicz researches responsive or “smart” polymer materials and materials that contain both synthetic and biological components. He was awarded an NSF Career grant for research on self-healing polymers in 2018.
He has published more than 130 research articles in polymer chemistry and polymer science, with a particular focus on developing fundamental science to facilitate the design of functional materials.
He was named a 2018 Young Investigator by the American Chemical Society-Polymer, Materials Science, and Engineering section, and he received the 2018 Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator Award.
He and his research team have multiple research collaborations with colleagues in the departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. He was named a Miami University Junior Faculty Scholar in 2018.
Konkolewicz received his doctorate from the University of Sydney, Australia in 2011 and was a Senior Research Chemist at Carnegie Mellon University from 2011-2014. He joined Miami in 2014.
