Attendees, please find the Zoom (technical sessions) and SpatialChat (Networking session) links for joining the event in the e-mail from the American Physical Society and the Organizers sent on Aug 10, 2021.

If you can't access the link please contact: 

We look forward to seeing you all on Aug 11-12!

What is Virtual Polymer Physics Symposium (VPPS)?

The Virtual Polymer Physics Symposium aims to bring together graduate students and postdocs studying polymer physics. The symposium will include a Mentorship Panel, Dispersity and Diversity Discussion Hour, oral presentations from attendees, and informal networking sessions split over the course of two days. Registration is free.

*The Technical sessions and Networking Sessions will be conducted via Zoom and  SpatialChat, respectively. All the timings are based on Pacific Daylight-Time Zone (PDT = - 7:00 GMT)

Day 1 Wednesday, August 11th, 2021, 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM PDT

7:30 – 8:00 AM: Networking session in SpatialChat

8:00 – 8:10 AM: Kick-off and Introduction

Technical Session 1 (9:40 AM - 11:00 AM PDT): 

Dynamics and Interfacial Phenomena of Polymers

 (Discussion leader: Kaiwen Hsiao, Stanford University)

10:00 AM: Matthew Grasinger, Air Force Research Lab

10:20 AM: Carina Martinez, University of Illinois Chicago

10:40 AM: Jiale Shi, University of Notre Dame

Technical Session 2 (11:20 AM - 12:40 PM PDT): 

Polymer Architecture and their Phase Behavior 

(Discussion leader: Abhishek Shete, Dow Chemical Company)

11:20 AM: Orland Bateman, California Institute of Technology

11:40 AM: Jonathan Coote, University of Tennessee

12:00 PM: Divya Iyer, University of California, Los Angeles

12:20 PM: Philip Pickett, National Institute of Standards and Technology

12:40 – 3:00 PM: Networking session in SpatialChat

Day 2 Thursday, August 12th, 2021, 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM PDT

9:00 – 9:40 AM: Networking session in SpatialChat

Technical Session 3 (9:40 AM - 11:00 AM PDT): 

Physics of Biopolymers and Bioinspired Materials

 (Discussion leader: Shaoting Lin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

9:40 AM: Aoon Rizvi, University of California, Irvine

10:00 AM: Artem Rumyantsev, University of Chicago

10:20 AM: Kathryn Wilcox, Case Western Reserve University

10:40 AM: Indresh Yadav, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Technical Session 4 (11:20 AM - 12:40 PM PDT): 

Self-Assembly and Supramolecular Interactions 

(Discussion leader: Michael Lueckheide, National Institute of Standards and Technology)

11:20 AM: Ana Brás, University of Cologne

11:40 AM: Rachel Zhuojun Huang, Stanford University

12:00 PM: Anastasia Nicole Neuman, University of Pennsylvania

12:20 PM: Monmee Phukan, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

12:40 - 2:30 PM: Networking session in SpatialChat

Thursday, August 12, 2:30 PM The Virtual Polymer Physics Symposium 2021 End

Karthika Suresh