MACROMEX 2017 :: Los Cabos, B.C.

PICTURE	NAME	INSTITUTION	TALK NAME
	Brent S. Sumerlin	University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA	“Macromolecular metamorphosis for new materials”
	Stefan Zauscher	Duke University, Durham, NC, USA	“Biomolecular synthesis of ssDNA: Reaction kinetics, self-assembly, and applications”
	Marek W. Urban	Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA	“The role of shape memory in self-healing polymers”
	Carmen Scholz	University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA	“Poly(amino acid) copolymers - the impact of molecular architecture on nucleic acid condensation and release”
	Kristi L. Kiick	University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA	“Phase-separating bioconjugates and their applications in regenerative medicine”
	Michael F. Cunningham	Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada	“Carbon dioxide switchable technology in polymer chemistry”
	Denis Rodrigue	Université Laval, Québec, Canada	“Rotational molding of hybrid composites based on linear low density polyethylene with different concentrations of ground tire rubber and maple fibre”
	Takeshi Ogawa	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México	“Diacetylene-containing polymers: Their cross-linking, hydrogenation of diacetylene groups and applications”
	Antonio Martínez-Richa	Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México	“Poly(ester-urethanes) bearing aminoacids moieties: Synthesis, characterization and drug-delivery behavior”
	Manuel de Jesús Aguilar Vega	CICY, Mérida, Yucatán, México	“Gas transport properties of pure and mixed gases on modified copolymers from isatine and aceanthrenequinone”
	Monica Castillo-Ortega	UNISON, Hermosillo, Sonora, México	“Electrospun fibrous membranes containing drugs: relationship between molecular interactions and release rate”
	Roberto Olayo González	UAM-Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, México	“Protein role in the interaction of plasma polymers with biological systems”
	Jaime Grunlan	Texas A&M University, College Station, TX , USA	“Stopping fire and reducing gas permeability using aqueous polyelectrolyte complex-based nanocoatings”
	Rafael Verduzco	Rice University, Houston, TX, USA	“Block Copolymers for Morphology Control and Mechanical Stability in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic”
	Ricardo Vera Graziano	UNAM, Ciudad de México, México	“New findings on polymer electrospun scaffolds for the culture of cells”
	Juan V. Cauich-Rodriguez	CICY, Mérida, Yucatán, México	“Polyurethane blends for small caliber vascular grafts”
	Alberto Ruiz Treviño	Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México, México	“Poly (oxindolarylene)s as Gas Separation Membranes”
	Odilia Pérez Camacho	CIQA, Saltillo, Coahuila, México	“Metallocenes encapsulation in micellar solutions of functionalized acrylic homopolymers”
	Nick V. Tsarevsky	Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA	“Applications of hypervalent Iodine compounds in the synthesis of functional polymers”
	Enrique Saldívar-Guerra	CIQA, Saltillo, Coahuila, México	“Efficient simulation of the full molecular weight distribution in low density polyethylene autoclave reactors”
	José Bonilla-Cruz	CIMAV, Monterrey, México	“Synthesis and characterization of sulfonated block copolymers based on PMMA-PS for proton exchange membrane fuel cells”
	Gabriel Luna Bárcenas	CINVESTAV, Querétaro, México	“Nanocomposites for biomedical & environmental applications”
	Isaac C. Sánchez	University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA	“Energy saturation as an alternative glass transition mechanism”
	Michael Jaffe	New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A.	“New approaches to Improved Polymer Performance”
	Judith Percino	BUAP, Puebla, México	“Fluorescence emission color changes of acrylonitrile derivatives. Synthesis, structure, and optical properties”
	Kenneth B. Wagener	University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA	“New Methodology In Condensation Metathesis Chemistry”
	Michael Hickner	The Pennsylvania State University, PENN, USA	“Toughening Anion Exchange Membranes”
	Steven Holdcroft	Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada	“Hydrocarbon, Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Acidic and Alkaline Electrochemical Devices”
	Christopher K. Ober	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA	“The Baier Curve after 50 years: Progress in antifouling and fouling release coatings”
	Peter Boul	Aramco Research Center, Houston, TX, USA	“Phase change transformations with dynamically addressable polymer gels”
	Kenneth J. Wynne	Virginia Commonwealth University , Virginia, USA	“Nanostructural design, synthesis and characterization of functional polymer surfaces”
	Eduardo Vivaldo Lima	UNAM, Ciudad de México, México	“On the homogeneity of polymer networks synthesized by FRP and RAFT copolymerization of vinyl/divinyl monomers in supercritical carbon dioxide”
	João B.P. Soares	University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	“Interfacial Polymer Engineering: Applications to Polymer Flocculants and Polymeric Solidifiers”