BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//ZapCalLib 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Masquerading Soft Materials: Anomalous Behavior in Macromolecular D esign LOCATION:Chemistry A101 TZID:America/Denver DTSTART:20240429T160000 UID:2026-05-04-00-50-41@natsci.colostate.edu DTSTAMP:20260504T005041 Description:About the Seminar:\n\nThe Golder Research Team utilizes fundame ntal principles of molecular structure to control synthetic polymer functi on. Many of society’s greatest advancements spanning health\, sanitation \, construction\, electronics\, and transportation have been enabled by th e invention and application of plastics. Simultaneously\, these materials have created significant concerns about global sustainability\, climate im pact\, and environmental pollution. My laboratory aims to discover new mat erials and methods that unveil unexpected phenomena on the macroscopic sca le\; this overarching strategy will produce next-generation designer plast ics and reform how commodity plastics are utilized. In this talk\, the tea m’s efforts towards these common goals will be outlined in the context o f recent work centered on: (1) synthetic transformations fueled by initiat or and methodology development\, and (2) molecular design of new soft mate rials.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nMatt received his BS in Chemist ry from the University of Rochester (NY) in 2010 where he conducted organo metallic catalysis research with Prof. Patrick Holland. He was also DAAD R ISE Scholar at HU Berlin with Prof. Stefan Hecht during his time as an und ergraduate. Following graduation\, he moved back to his home city of Bosto n\, MA where he began graduate school in the lab of Prof. Ramesh Jasti at Boston University. He relocated with the lab to the University of Oregon i n 2014\, where he ultimately earned his PhD in Chemistry in 2015. His work on carbon nanohoop synthesis was recognized by a 2016 IUPAC-Solvay Intern ational Award for Young Chemists. Matt was then an NIH NRSA Postdoctoral F ellow in Prof. Jeremiah Johnson’s laboratory at the Massachusetts Instit ute of Technology where he worked on the synthesis of polymer drug deliver y agents and unimolecular macromolecules. He began his independent career in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington in 2019. Hi s group works at the interface of physical organic chemistry and polymer s cience to explore novel structural motifs to solve broad challenges center ed on sustainability\, biomedicine\, and energy. He is the recipient of a Thieme Chemistry Journal Award\, NSF CAREER Award\, &\; Army Research O ffice Young Investigator Program Award\, and is a 2023 ACS Division of Org anic Chemistry Young Investigator. 4:00 pm END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR