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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations to Julia Borowski, our palladium peer, who recently received The POLY General Topics Award for her outstanding presentation at the ACS National Meeting! Read about her presentation here: myemail.constantcontact.com/2025-POLY-Ge...

2025 POLY General Topics Award

Email from Division of Polymer Chemistry Outstanding Presentations POLY General Topics Award Outstanding Presentations The POLY Outstanding General Topics Presentation Award was established to rec

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · 6d

I scream, you scream, for Coates group ice cream! 🍦

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · 7d

Check out our latest work in @jacs.acspublications.org 🎉 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Main-Chain Ketone Installation in Polyethylene Chains: A Metal-Free Strategy toward Photodegradable Plastics

Polyethylene with in-chain isolated ketones is an attractive target for achieving photodegradability while maintaining polyolefin material properties. This work reports a method to functionalize post-...

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · 21d

We had some visitors in lab today! 🐈‍⬛

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · 27d

Happy birthday Kelly! 🥳🎂🎈The Coates Crew MVP 🏆 We are so grateful for everything you do!

thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎉 Congratulations to Geoff on receiving the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry, sponsored by Procter & Gamble! 🧪👏 This honor recognizes groundbreaking contributions to advancing polymer science and inspiring innovation in the field.
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ACS announces 2026 national award winners

The winners are being acknowledged for their outstanding achievements in chemistry across various fields in the discipline

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our ama-zinc visiting student Yolanda Rusconi is flying back to Italy this weekend 💔 You were such a joy to have in the lab, we will miss you TONS! 🇮🇹☀️🏖️

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jul 29

It’s a bittersweet day because we have to say goodbye to our olefin-tastic Dr. Moritz Kränzlein 💔 good luck Moritz, we will miss you! 🦝🍬

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jul 26

The crew found our inner zen today at group yoga 🧘‍♀️ Namaste!

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jul 23

Check out this compu-tastic work spearheaded by Bai-Hao Ren and Xiao-Bing Lu now in ‪‪@jacs.acspublications.org ‬! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Efficient Kinetic-Resolution Copolymerization of Epoxides and CO2 Achieved via Computation-Guided Catalyst Design

The enantioselective resolution copolymerization of racemic terminal epoxides and CO2 is a powerful strategy for preparing isotactic polycarbonates. However, no catalytic system to date has enabled bo...

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jul 20

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Severson, who defended her PhD on Friday! We will miss this PHA-nomenal chemist 🎓 Go Sarah go!

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations to Dr. Jackie Lopez Lopez, who just passed her B exam! What would the Coates Group be without our polyethylene expert? 🐢🥒 we will miss you Jackie! ❤️

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jun 20

Lexi Fresh joined the “PhD candidate” gang today! Congratulations Lexi 🥳 👠🍾 and congratulations to all of our second years!

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congratulations to Pengfei Zhang, who became a PhD candidate today! He also became a champagne-opening master 🍾🥂 We are so proud of you Pengfei!

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy ANNEiversary to the Coates’ group MVP 🏆 Dr. Anne LaPointe joined the Coates group 15 years ago today! We love you Anne ❤️🐈🐈‍⬛

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jun 11

Join us in celebrating Alex Macbeth, who successfully defended her thesis today! Our resident conductivity queen👑📣. Congratulations Dr. Macbeth, we will miss you!

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thecoatescrew.bsky.social @thecoatescrew.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Candidate Ethan Flanagan! This king of polynorbornene successfully passed his A exam yesterday. Go Ethan!

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