6.01 - Introduction: Aspects of Macromolecular Architecture and Discrete Nano-Objects

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Axel H. E. Müller obtained his PhD in 1977 from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, for the work on the kinetics of anionic polymerization with G. V. Schulz. Since 1999, he has been professor and chair of macromolecular chemistry at the University of Bayreuth. In 2004, he received the IUPAC MACRO Distinguished Polymer Scientist Award and since 2011, he has been a Fellow of the Polymer Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. He is senior editor of the journal Polymer. His research interests focus on the design of well-defined polymer structures by controlled/living polymerization techniques and on self-organized nanostructures and hybrids obtained from them. He has coedited five books and published over 400 research papers.

Karen L. Wooley holds the W. T. Doherty-Welch Chair in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Chemical Engineering. She received a BS in chemistry from Oregon State University in 1988 and then studied under the direction of professor Jean M. J. Fréchet at Cornell University, obtaining a PhD in polymer/organic chemistry in 1993. She began an academic career as an assistant professor of chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri; was promoted in 1999 to full professor with tenure; and was installed as a James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences in 2006. In 2009, she relocated to Texas A&M University. Research areas include the synthesis and characterization of degradable polymers, unique macromolecular architectures and complex polymer assemblies, and the design and development of well-defined nanostructured materials, for which she has received several awards, including an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, a Herman F. Mark Scholar Award, and awards from the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Army Research Office. Karen serves as an editor for the Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry. She directs an NHLBI-supported Program of Excellence in Nanotechnology and also serves on the Scientific Advisory Panel for the NIH Nanomedicine Development Centers and on the International Scientific Advisory Board for the Dutch BioMedical Materials Program.

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