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The Polymer Division of the American Chemical Society is proud to announce the recipient of the 2007 Carl S. Marvel Creative Polymer Chemistry award, Dr. Anne Mayes.

Mayes' research seeks to harness general molecular assembly principles perfected by nature to create new nanostructured polymeric materials for technological use. Her research program blends theoretical and experimental elements, concentrating on key materials challenges in the areas of energy and water resources, nanotechnology and medicine. She is both a highly creative theorist and an ingenious experimentalist. Her research has addressed a diverse array of topics, including the development of electrolytes for lithium rechargeable batteries, cell-signaling biomaterials, fouling-resistant membranes for water purification, block copolymer films for nanolithography, weak polyelectrolyte multilayer assemblies and a new class of pressure-processed plastics. In each of these areas she has made important breakthroughs.

Biography: Anne M. Mayes is author or coauthor of over 100 publications which have 2900 citations and co-inventor on 12 U.S. patents issued or pending. She has served as a member of the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee from 1999-2003 (a direct appointment by the Secretary of Energy), the Materials Research Society Board of Directors 1999-2002, Treasurer of the Neutron Scattering Society of America 1999-2002, 2003 Program Chair for the Division of Polymer Physics (DPOLY) of the American Physical Society, and is currently the Chair Elect of DPOLY. For outstanding service contributions she received the MRS Woody Award (2002) and the NSSA Exceptional Service Award (2004). Her research contributions have been recognized through the NSF Young Investigator Award (1993), the MRS Outstanding Young Investigator (1998), the APS Dillon Medal for Polymer Physics (1999), and election as a Fellow of the APS (2004). She was appointed MacVicar Faculty Fellow in 2001 for her outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching at MIT.

The Carl S. Marvel Award is sponsored by the Rohm and Haas Company and the Polymer Division of the American Chemical Society for the purpose of recognizing and encouraging accomplishments and/or innovation of unusual merit in the field of basic or applied polymer science by younger scientists. Dr. Mayes will present the award address at a symposium organized in her honor at the upcoming national meeting in Chicago.