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Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D.

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Bottlebrush polymers and bioengineering! 🦡 Incoming Assistant Prof, UW-Madison BME • January 2026 🥼 Postdoc, CU Boulder • Anseth Lab • 🎓PhD, UMN • Reineke/Bates • 📚BS, Hope College • http://monicaohnsorg.com Hobbies: ☕️ 🖼️ 👩‍🎨⛷️🏕️🏔️🪴🍁🥾

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Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · Nov 10

Calling all polymer scientists! Let’s re-find each other as people continue to migrate over!

Please tag people in the comments and share! I’ll continue updating as we find more people. #polymers

go.bsky.app/AgjxzFa

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whitney loo @whitneysloo.bsky.social · Jun 16

first Loo Lab paper is out now in @pubs.acs.org! here we show how polymer blends can tune Li ion solvation site and enhance ion transport

read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · Jun 12

I love this book! I am convinced that this book should be a new reading assignment in high school language arts classes! So many good themes and perspectives on vocation.

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks so much, Sam! You and your team have been such a great resource!! 🔬

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you so much, Stanna!!! I’m excited to see where you end up in the future! 😊

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Absolutely! I would love to chat. I will be on campus starting in January.

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you!!! 😊

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks, Victoria!! 😊

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you, Cole!! Feeling very grateful and excited to start this next step!

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

So excited to get to campus!! On Wisconsin! 🦡

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thanks, Taimoor!!

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you!!

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Absolutely! Excited to keep using bottlebrush polymers in the future!

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you so much!

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 20

Louis and I are beyond excited to be moving back close to family and friends in Wisconsin and Minnesota come January! This is a dream position, and I am so grateful for the opportunity!

Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 20

Finally thank you to my parents, partner, and whole family for their unwavering support while I have pursued this goal! Now on to new goals of great science, mentoring, and teaching the next generation of scientists when we need them most!

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Nate Richbourg @nrichbourg.bsky.social · May 19

I am incredibly excited to share that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the CBE Department at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering this fall! Ready for some Florida sunshine 😁

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Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 20

🌟 I would not be here without the help of mentors like Kristi Anseth, Theresa Reineke, Frank Bates, and Beth Anderson! Thank you to everyone who helped answer questions along the way - specifically Michael Blatchley, Brian Aguado, Adrianne Rosales, Guilhem De Hoe, Teresa Rapp, and Natalie Boehnke!

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Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 20

I am THRILLED to officially announce that I have accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison starting January 2026! My lab will use expertise in polymer science, biomaterials, and ECM engineering study osteochondral disease! 🦡 🔬🧪🧫 🦴

Me holding a scarf that says biomedical engineering while wearing a UW-Madison branded winter hat and quarter zip

Me popping a bottle of champagne while wearing UW-Madison quarter-zip standing on a balcony in front of the Flatirons

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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · May 16

This is incredible. This is the kind of stuff that's why we do science.

Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · May 16

Gene-editing therapy made in just 6 months helps baby with life-threatening disease | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Gene-editing therapy made in just 6 months helps baby with life-threatening disease

Custom CRISPR paves the way for treating genetic disorders in tailormade ways

www.science.org

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · May 16

This is so demoralizing. We are losing critical ECR funding from all sources..and in doing so, losing the future of science. Who will stand up for these vulnerable communities?!

Ya'el Courtney, PhD @scienceyael.bsky.social · May 16

As a former @hhmi.org Gilliam fellow, I’m deeply disappointed to see HHMI cancel the Hanna Gray this year and pause all competitions.

@leslievosshall.bsky.social, Erin O’Shea — this was a moment to lead with vision, not retreat.

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Monica Ohnsorg, Ph.D. @monicaohnsorg.bsky.social · May 9

It’s graduation season! 🎓I am incredibly proud of Kayla Mash, double major in Biochem and Applied Math with a minor in Biomedical Engineering who has conducted research with me the past 3 years!

Today she graduates with honors and was awarded Outstanding Biochemistry Student Award at graduation!

Kayla receiving the Outstanding Biochemistry Award on a graduation stage

Kayla and I standing in front of her Honors thesis defense title slide

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · May 2

The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.

Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.

If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.

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Dr. Froggy Banjo @froggybanjo.bsky.social · May 2

Tell me how tariffs are good?

Letter from Millipore Sigma explaining why they are going to have to add a tarrif surcharge to orders.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Apr 22

180 higher education leaders from US colleges & universities released a joint statement condemning Trump’s efforts to control universities.

The government’s “political interference” and “overreach” is “now endangering higher education in America,”

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

More Than 180 Academic Leaders Condemn Trump’s ‘Overreach’

The statement came a day after Harvard University sued the administration over its decision to freeze billions of dollars in federal funding, following the schoo’s refusal to submit to a list of deman...

www.nytimes.com

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Bri Barbu @bribarbu.bsky.social · Apr 18

The NSF cut the number of graduate research fellowships awarded this year by about half, further eroding US grad students' opportunities to secure career-boosting $$$ for 🧪⚛️🔬
Words by me + Data analysis by @leighkboerner.bsky.social now online @cenmag.bsky.social
cen.acs.org/policy/resea...

NSF halves graduate fellowship awards

Students from all fields lose out on tens of millions of dollars in career-boosting funds this year

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