AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY division of polymer ... 21 - 24, 2015 (Monday-Thursday) Hilton Sonoma Wine...

September 21 - 24, 2015 (Monday-Thursday) Hilton Sonoma Wine Country Santa Rosa, California USA

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

division of polymer chemistry, inc.

PROF. RUFINA ALAMO FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Chemical Engineering Department 2525 Pottsdamer St. Tallahassee, FL 32312 USA Phone: 850-410-6376 Fax: Email: Alamo@fsu.edu

DR. HAMID ALMEGREN KACST, SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI ARABIA Phone: Fax: Email: almegren@kacst.edu.sa

MR. HUSAM ALSALMI SABIC PO Box 42503 Riyadh, 11551 SAUDI ARABIA Phone: +966114999589 Fax: Email: SALMIH@SABIC.com

DR. DINESH ALUTHGE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Department of Chemistry MC 127-72 1200 E. California Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91125 USA Phone: 626-395-6576 Fax: 626-585-0147 Email: daluthge@caltech.edu

DR. PAL ARJUNAN Houston, TX 77060 USA Phone: Fax: Email: arjunan.pal@gmail.com

DR. GREGORY ARZOUMANIDIS OAKWOOD CONSULTING 7S. 610 Carriage Way Naperville, IL 60540 USA Phone: 630-234-2226 Fax: Email: arzoumandis@gmail.com

DR. SEBSTIAN BABIK EVONIK INDUSTRIES AG

GERMANY Phone: Fax: Email: sebastian.babik@evonik.com

PROF. ERIC BAER CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 2100 Adelbert Rd Cleveland, OH 44106-2625 USA Phone: 216-368-4203 Fax: Email: exb6@case.edu

PROF. DON BAIRD VIRGINIA TECH Dept of Chemical Engineering 259 Goodwin Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061-0211 USA Phone: 540-231-5998 Fax: Email: dbaird@vt.edu

PROF. JOHN BERCAW CALTECH 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125-0001 USA Phone: 626-395-6577 Fax: Email: bercaw@caltech.edu

PROF. DAVID BERGBREITER TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Department of Chemistry PO Box 30012 College Station, TX 77843-3012 USA Phone: 979-845-3437 Fax: Email: bergbreiter@tamu.edu

DR. RAFFAELE BERNARDO LANXESS ELASTOMERS B.V. Urmonderbaan 24 Geleen, Limburg 6167 RD THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31 62099625 Fax: Email: Raffaele.bernardo@lanxess.com

MS. LESLIE BOCKMAN BRASKEM 550 Technology Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3111 USA Phone: Fax: Email: leslie.bockman@braskem.com

PROF. CHRISTOPHE BOISSON CNRS UNIVERSITE DE LYON Lab Chimie Catalyse Polymeres ESCPE Lyon - Laboratoire C2P2 43 Bd du 11 novembre 1918 BP 2077 Villeurbanne, 69616 FRANCE Phone: +33472431780 Fax: +33472431768 Email: Christophe.BOISSON@univ-lyon1.fr

DR. PAT BRANT EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL CO. 5200 Bayway Dr Baytown, TX 77520-2101 USA Phone: 281-834-2380 Fax: Email: pat.brant@exxonmobil.com

DR. JEFFREY L. BRINEN EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL 5959 Las Colinas Blvd Irving, TX 75039 USA Phone: Fax: Email: jeffrey.l.brinen@exxonmobil.com

DR. ROBERT BRUELL FRAUNHOFER-INSTITUTE LBF Schlossgartenstrasse 6 Darmstadt, 64289 GERMANY Phone: +4961517058853 Fax: +4961517058601 Email: robert.bruell@lbf.fraunhofer.de

DR. JO ANN CANICH EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL COMPANY 5200 Bayway Drive Baytown, TX 77520 USA Phone: 281-834-2668 Fax: Email: jm.canich@exxonmobil.com

DR. JOEL CARR BRASKEM AMERICAS 550 Technology Dr. Pittsburg, PA 15219-3111 USA Phone: Fax: Email: joel.carr@braskem.com

PROF. ADRIANA CURI AIUB CASAGRANDE INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY-UFRGS AV. Bento Goncalves, 9500 PO Box 15003 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul 90640-080 BRAZIL Phone: +55.51.3308-9625 Fax: +55.51.3308-7304 Email: adriana.casagrande@ufrgs.br

PROF. OSVALDO DE LAZARO CASAGRANDE, JR. INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY-UFRGS AV. Bento Goncalves, 9500 PO Box 15003 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul 90640-080 BRAZIL Phone: +55.51.3308-9629 Fax: +55.51.3308-7304 Email: osvaldo.casagrande@ufrgs.br

MR. FERNANDO CEVALLOS-CANDAU ALBEMARLE 451 Florida St. Baton Rouge, LA 70801 USA Phone: 225-388-8011 Fax: 225-388-7686 Email: fernando.cevalloscandau@albemarle.com

MR. C. J. CHEN FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION 201 Formosa Drive Point Comfort, TX 77978 USA Phone: 361-482-9084 Fax: 361-987-7487 Email: cjchen@ftpc.fpcusa.com

PROF. T. C. (MIKE) CHUNG THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 307 Forest Resources Laboratory 116 Deike Building University Park, PA 16802 USA Phone: 814-863-1394

PROF. GEOFF COATES CORNELL UNIVERSITY, BAKER LAB Dept. of Chemistry Ithaca, NY 14853-1301 USA Phone: 607-255-5447 Fax: Email: gc39@cornell.edu

PROF. CHRISTOPHE COPERET ETH ZÜRICH Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5 Zürich, 8093 SWITZERLAND Phone: +41-44-633 93 94 Fax: +41-44-633 13 25 Email: ccoperet@inorg.chem.ethz.ch

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DR. DONNA CROWTHER EXXON MOBIL CHEMICAL 5200 Bayway Dr. Baytown, TX 77521 USA Phone: Fax: Email: donna.j.crowther@exxonmobil.com

MS. TEA DATASHVILI BRASKEM 550 Technology Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3111 USA Phone: Fax: Email: tea.datashvili@braskem.com

DR. BRYAN DAWSON BRASKEM 550 Technology Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3111 USA Phone: Fax: Email: bryan.dawson@braskem.com

DR. GERT DE CREMER DSM AHEAD Urmonderbaan 22 Geleen, 6167-RD THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31 6 303 05 903 Fax: Email: gert.cremer-de@dsm.com

DR. PAUL DESLAURIERS CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO. 141 CPL Bartlesville Research & Technology Cente Bartlesville, OK 74003-6670 USA Phone: 918-977-7989 Fax: 918-977-7613 Email: deslapj@cpchem.com

DR. STEVE DIEFENBACH ALBEMARLE CORP. PO Box 341 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0341 USA Phone: 225-359-2247 Fax: 225-359-2705 Email: steve.diefenbach@albemarle.com

DR. MIRIAN DIOP EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL 5200 Bayway Drive Baytown, TX 77520 USA Phone: 281-834-1137 Fax: Email: jeanette.m.diop@exxonmobil.com

DR. JONAS ALVES FERNANDES BRASKEM AMERICA 550 Technology Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219 USA Phone: 412-742-7633 Fax: Email: jonas.fernandes@braskem.com

DR. RUTH FIGUEROA DOW CHEMICAL CO. 1776 Building-E6-C Midland, MI 48642 USA Phone: 989-638-6708 Fax: 989-638-6225 Email: RFiguero@dow.com

MR. NIC FRIEDERICHS SABIC P.O. Box 319 Geleen, 6160 AH THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31 464 76 3118 Fax: Email: nicolaas.friederichs@sabic.com

MR. TETSUROU FUKUDA JAPAN POLYCHEM CORPORATION RESEARCH &

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MR. HIDEO FUNABASHI EVONIK JAPAN CO., LTD Shinpuku Monolith 12F 2-3-1 Nishi-Shinpuku Tokyo, 163-0938 JAPAN Phone: +81-3-5323-7360 Fax: +81-3-5323-8789 Email: hideo.funabashi@evonik.com

DR. YANSHAN GAO NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Department of Chemistry 2145 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208 USA Phone: 847-809-1656 Fax: Email: yanshan@northwestern.edu

DR. PRIYA GARG SABIC T&I Urmonderbaan 22 Geleen, Limburg 6160 AH THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31615040103 Fax: +31(0)102644859 Email: priya.garg@sabic.com

DR. ANDREW HOWARD-JONES INNOSPEC Innospec Manufacturing Park Oil Sites Road Ellesmere Port, Cheshire CH65 4EY UNITED KINGDOM Phone: +44 (0) 7920 563642 Fax: Email: Andrew.howard-jones@innospecinc.com

DR. JUNICHI IMUTA INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY COOPERATION CENTER Tokyo, JAPAN Phone: 09088492092 Fax: Email: junichi.imuta@gmail.com

DR. SRIVATSAN IYER BRASKEM EU-GERMANY An der Welle 3 60322 Frankfurt am Main GERMANY Phone: +49 69 427 299 201 Fax: +49 151 613 103 19 Email: srivatsan.iyer@braskem.com

PROF. JOSEF JANCAR BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY CEITEC, Technicka 10 Brno, 61600 CZECH REPUBLIC Phone: 420-603847486 Fax: 420-541149361 Email: jancar@fch.vutbr.cz

DR. DUSAN JEREMIC BOREALIS POLYOLEFINE GMBH St. Peter-Strasse 25 Linz, 4040 AUSTRIA Phone: +43 6648366481 Fax: Email: Dusan.Jeremic@borealisgroup.com

PROF. RICHARD JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Department of Chemistry 5735 S Ellis Ave Chicago, IL 60637-1403 USA Phone: 773-702-0805 Fax: Email: rfjordan@uchicago.edu

DR. JAN KALFUS EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL 5200 Bayway Dr. Houston, TX 77520 USA Phone: 832-916-8052 Fax: 281-834-2371 Email: jan.kalfus@exxonmobil.com

DR. VASILEIOS KANELLOPOULOS BOREALIS PO Box 330 Porvoo, FINLAND Phone: Fax: Email: Vasileios.Kanellopoulos@borealisgroup.co

DR. G.S. KAPUR INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD R&D Centre, Sector-13 Faridabad 121 007 Haryana, INDIA Phone: 0129-2222204 Fax: 0129-2292009 Email: kapurgs@INDIANOIL.IN

DR. SUKHDEEP KAUR INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD R&D Centre, Sector-13 Faridabad, Haryana 121 007 INDIA

DR. CHRISTOPHER KAY UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Department of Chemistry Scott Group Coventry, CV4 7AL UNITED KINGDOM Phone: Fax: Email: C.J.Kay@warwick.ac.uk

DR. TOSSAPOL KHAMNAEN SCG CHEMICALS CO., LTD 1 Siam Cement Rd. Bangsue Bangkok, 10800 THAILAND Phone: +66 91 542 5665 Fax: Email: tossapok@scg.co.th

DR. IMAM KHASIM SABIC PO Box 42503 Riyadh, 11551 Phone: +966114999584 Fax: Email: Hadimaniik@SABIC.com

DR. R.E. (RICK) KING III BASF CORPORATION 500 White Plains Rd. Tarrytown, NY 10591 USA Phone: 914-785-2960 Fax: 914-785-2779 Email: rick.king@basf.com

DR. JERZY KLOSIN THE DOW COMPANY 1776 Building Midland, MI 48674-0001 USA Phone: 989-636-7435 Fax: Email: jklosin@dow.com

DR. TERRY KRAFFT BOULDER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY USA Phone: Fax: Email: tekrafft@bouldersci.com

DR. RAJ KRISHNASWAMY BRASKEM AMERICAS 550 Technology Dr Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3111 USA Phone: 412-208-2103 Fax: Email: Raj.Krishnaswamy@braskem.com

DR. MATTHIAS KRUCK SABIC PO BOX 319 Urmonderbaan 22 Geleen, 6160 AH THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +314672229722 Fax: Email: Matthias.kruck@sabic.com

DR. SHANEESH VADAKE KULANGARA SABIC EUROPE Kasteel Keverbergstarat 29 Roermond, 6043HZ THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31652691612 Fax: Email: Shaneesh.vadake.kulangara@sabic.com

PROF. CLARK LANDIS UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 1101 University Ave Madison, WI 53706-1322 USA Phone: 608-262-0362 Fax: Email: landis@chem.wisc.edu

DR. CHUN-L LEE FORMOSA PLASTICS 201 Formosa Drive PO Box 700 Point Comfort, TX 77979 USA Phone: 979-739-8479 Fax: Email: chunilee@ftpc.fpcusa.com

DR. DEAN LEE THE DOW CHEMICAL Bldg. 1897 G41 Midland, MI 48640 USA Phone: 989-638-3063 Fax: 989-638-6999 Email: dlee3@dow.com

MS. LESIA LINKOUS POLY BUSINESS OFFICE 103 Surge Bldg. Virgnia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA Phone: 540-231-3029 Fax: 540-231-2588 Email: lesiar@vt.edu

PROF. BRIAN LONG UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 320 Buehler Hall The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996 USA Phone: 865-974-5664 Fax: Email: Long@utk.edu

DR. MICHAEL LYNCH LYONDELLBASELL 11530 North Lake Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45249 USA Phone: 513-530-4033 Fax: Email: Michael.Lynch@LYB.com

DR. RITA MAJEWSKI 550 TECHNOLOGY DR. Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3111 USA Phone: Fax: Email: rita.majewski@braskem.com

DR. ALEXEI MARCHENKO TOTAL PO Box 1200 Deer Park, TX 77536 USA Phone: 281-884-7694 Fax: 281-884-7556 Email: alexei.marchenko@total.com

DR. ALBERT MASINO APM RESEARCH & CONSULTING, LLC 8628 S. Oswego Ave. Tulsa, OK 74137 USA Phone: 918-408-4992 Fax: Email: APMASI@AOL.COM

DR. GEORGETA MASSON CHEVRON ORONITE 100 Chevron Way Richmond, CA 94549 USA Phone: 510-242-3996 Fax: 510-242-3724 Email: gmasson@chevron.com

DR. BOB MAUGHON DOW CHEMICAL CO. 2030 Dow Center Midland, MI 48674 USA

PROF. TIMOTHY MCKENNA UNIVERSITE DE LYON C2P2-CNRS ESCPE Lyon, Bat 308F, BP 2077 Villeurbanne, Cedex 69616 FRANCE Phone: +33 4 72 43 17 66 Fax: Email: Timothy.McKenna@univ-lyon1.fr

DR. CRAIG MEVERDEN BRASKEM 550 Technology Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3111 USA Phone: Fax: Email: craig.meverden@braskem.com

DR. BOUYAHYI MILOUD SABIC Polymer SBU/ Technology & Innovation STC Geleen, 6160 AH THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31655457246 Fax: Email: miloud.bouyahyi@sabic.com

MS. BRANDI MITCHELL BRASKEM 550 Technology Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219 USA Phone: 412-208-8157 Fax: Email: brandi.mitchell@braskem.com

DR. DAVID MORITA BOULDER SCIENTIFIC CO. 598 3rd St. Mead, CO 80542 USA Phone: 970-535 6054 Fax: 970-535 4584 Email: DKMorita@bouldersci.com

DR. DONALD L. MORRISON BOULDER SCIENTIFIC CO. P.O. Box 548 598 Third Street Mead, CO 80542 USA Phone: 970-535-6044 Fax: 970-535-4584 Email: DLMorrison@bouldersci.com

MR. FADHEL NAZER SABIC P.O 5101 Riyadh, 11422 SAUDI ARABIA Phone: +966114999546 Fax: Email: nazerjf@SABIC.com

PROF. KOTOHIRO NOMURA TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY 1-1 Minami Osawa Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397 JAPAN Phone: 81-42/677-2547 Fax: Email:

DR. FRITS NOOIJEN PCS - POLYETHYLENE CATALYST SOLUTIONS Oranjestraat 9 5981 CA Panningen THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31 (0) 6 48471 250 Fax: Email: gah.nooijen@gmail.com

DR. VICTOR FIDEL QUIROGA NORAMBUENA LANXESS Elastomers Urmonderbaan 22 Geleen, 6167 RD THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31(0)6 20944815 Fax: Email: victor.quiroga@lanxess.com

MS. DELINDA PHILLIPS POLY BUSINESS OFFICE 103 Surge Bldg. Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA Phone: 540-231-3029 Fax: 540-231-2588 Email: delinda5@vt.edu

DR. JOHN POWER ALBEMARLE CORPORATION P.O. Box 341 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0341 USA Phone: 225-359-2766 Fax: 225-359-2705 Email: john.power@albemarle.com

DR. TOM PULLUKAT KD CORP. #13-43 Songo-Dong Yeonsu-Gu Incheon, 406-840 KOREA Phone: 1-610-8424515 Fax: Email: tom.pullukat@kdcorp.kr

DR. MD. ARIFUR RAHMAN CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 10820 Carnegie Avenue Apt 7 Cleveland, OH 44106 USA Phone: 216-317-0457 Fax: Email: mxr435@case.edu

DR. BODO RICHTER EVONIK RESOURCE EFFICIENCY GMBH, CATALYSTS Rodenbacher Chaussee 4, RE-KA-RD PC: 97-110 Hanau-Wolfgang, 63457 GERMANY Phone: +49-6181/59-8713 Fax: +49-6181/59-78713 Email: bodo.richter@evonik.com

DR. RYAN RONDO BOULDER SCIENTIFIC CO. 598 3rd Street Mead, CO 80542 USA Phone: 970-215-9218

PROF. RICHARD SCHROCK MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Department of Chemistry 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Phone: 617-253-1596 Fax: 617-253-7670 Email: rrs@mit.edu

MR. JOHN SEVERN DSM AHEAD Urmonderbaan 22 Geleen, 6167 RD THE NETHERLANDS Phone: +31615499675 Fax: Email: john.severn@dsm.com

DR. GURMEET SINGH INDIA OIL CORPORATION LTD R&D Cente, Sector-13 Faridabad, Haryana 121 007 INDIA

DR. ED SMITH EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL 5200 Bayway Drive Baytown, TX 77520 USA Phone: 281-834-2551 Fax: Email: ed.f.smith@exxonmobil.com

PROF. JOAO B. P. SOARES UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, CANADA CANADA Phone: Fax: Email: jsoares@ualberta.ca

DR. FABIO SOFRI BRASKEM SA-BRAZIL III Polo Petroquimico Via Oeste, Lote 5 – Passo Raso Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul 95853-000 BRAZIL Phone: Fax: Email: fabio.sofri@braskem.com

DR. TOSHIHIKO SUGANO TOHO TITANIUM CO.,LTD 3-3-5 Chigasaki Chigasaki, Kanagawa 253-8510 JAPAN Phone: +81-80-5896-7546 Fax: +81-467-83-0213 Email: tsugano@toho-titanium.co.jp

MR. KAZUO TAKAOKI SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO., LTD. Petrochemicals Research Laboratory 2-1 Kitasode Sodegaura-city Chiba pref, 299-025 JAPAN Phone: +81-436-61-5204 Fax: +81-436-61-5198 Email: takaoki@sc.sumitomo-chem.co.jp

DR. MATT THORN ALBEMARLE CORP. 13635 Stone Gate Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70816 USA Phone: 225-571-0569 Fax: Email: matt.thorn@albemarle.com

DR. HANS VANBRACKLE EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL Houston, TX USA

DR. DANIEL VANDERLENDE UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES Freeport, TX 77541 USA Phone: 979-236-4413 Fax: Email: vanderlende@dow.com

PROF. KENNETH WAGENER UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA PO Box 117200 Gainsville, FL 32611 USA Phone: 352-392-2012 Fax: 352-392-9741 Email: wagener@chem.ufl.edu

DR. ZHIMING WANG FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATION 201 Formosa Dr. PO Box 700 Port Comfort, TX 77978 USA Phone: 361-987-8344 Fax: 361-987-7487 Email: zwang@ftpc.fpcusa.com

PROF. ROBERT M. WAYMOUTH STANFORD UNIVERSITY Department of Chemistry Stanford, CA 94305 USA Phone: 650-723-4515 Fax: 650-725-0259 Email: waymouth@stanford.edu

DR. LINDA WINSLOW LYONDELLBASELL 11530 Northlake Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45249 USA Phone: 513-530-4044 Fax: Email: linda.winslow@lyb.com

DR. KAZUHIRO YAMAMOTO JAPAN POLYCHEM CORPORATION Research & Development PO-bench, 1 Toho-cho Yokkaichi, Mie 510-0848 JAPAN Phone: +81-59-345-7203 Fax: +81-59-345-7204 Email: Yamamoto.Kazuhiro@mp.japanpe.co.jp

DR. TAEJUN YOO TOTAL CRAY VALLEY 665 Stockton Drive, Suite 100 Exton, PA 19341 USA Phone: 610-363-4829 Fax: 610-363-8489 Email: taejun.yoo@total.com