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Working out of Kent Hale Smith building at Case Western Reserve University, the Wnek research group utilizes expertise in polymer science to tackle real-world problems in the area of material science and biomedical engineering. Take a look around, and feel free to reach out with any questions!

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Recent News

01 Aug 2022 - Welcome to our newest students, Taher Hafiz, Joel Linebach, Zihao Yue, and Cassie Tubbs.

15 May 2022 - Congratulations to Yiming Zhang for completing his master’s!

16 Mar 2022 - Congratulations to Dr. Erik Price for accepting a job with Sherwin Williams. The Wnek group wishes you the best in your new endeavor!

15 Nov 2021 - Congratulations to Susan Kozawa et al. for their recent publication in the Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. See it here!

22 Sept 2021 - Congratulations to Maria and Gary Wnek on their recent paper being selected for the cover of the Journal of Biomedical Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials! See it here!

01 Aug 2021 - Welcome to our newest Ph.D. students, James Covello, Hector Gomez-Jimenez, Amy Kurr, and Zachary Baierl.

04 May 2021 - Congratulations to Dr. Paul et al. for their publication in Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, which presents amorphous carbon foams for use as high‐performance supercapacitors. Find out more here!

29 Apr 2021 - Congratulations to Dr. Erik Price for his first-author publication in SPE Polymers that share tannic acid-based super intumescent composites for wood and cardboard protection. Find out more here!

13 Apr 2021 - Congratulations to the Wneks for their publication in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials that presents physically‐cross‐linked poly(vinyl alcohol) cell culture plate coatings. Find out more here!

30 Mar 2021 - Congratulations to Dr. Susan Kozawa et al. for her publication in Gels which presents coaxial electrospinning to create PAA beads and thin threads. Find out more here!

19 Mar 2021 - Congratulations to Dr. Erik Price for successfully defending his dissertation!

10 Nov 2020 - Congratulations to Dr. Susan Kozawa on her first-author publication in Polymer International. It’s a mini-review on polyelectrolytes from a macromolecular science perspective, and their implications in biological functions found here!

13 Aug 2020 - The Army Research Labs formally awards a multi-million dollar grant to CWRU Macro and PolymerPlus LLC, a project led by Dr. Gary Wnek! See the press release here!

01 Aug 2020 - Welcome to our newest master’s student, Yiming Zhang!

01 Aug 2020 - Welcome to our newest Ph.D. student, Andrea Mael!

06 June 2020 - Congratulations to Dr. Anne Walker for her publication in Thrombosis Research on using PAA for hemorrhage control, found here!

20 Apr 2020 - Congratulations to Dr. Susan Kozawa for successfully defending her dissertation!

31 Mar 2020 - Congratulations to Erik Price on his first-author publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces on Intumescent PAA composites, found here.

01 Mar 2020 - Congratulations to Chris Miller on his first-author publication in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical on tactile sensing, found here.

04 Feb 2020 - Congratulations to Claudio Souza on his first-author publication in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science on thermoformable high oxygen barrier film/foams, found here.

28 Nov 2019 - Congratulations to former Ph.D. student Dr. Mohammad Mofidfar on his publication in Micromachines on antimicrobial silver-containing PAA fibers, found here.

23 Oct. 2019 - Congratulations to recently graduated Dr. Michelle Brannum on her publication in Macromolecules on liquid crystal elastomers, found here.

23 Aug 2019 - Congratulations to the recently graduated Dr. Anne Walker on her first-author publication in Soft Matter about unusual PAA gel elasticity, found here.

01 Aug 2019 - Welcome to our two newest Ph.D. students, Daniel Verrico and Nathan McMullen!

09 July 2019 - Congratulations to former Ph.D. student Dr. Daniel Brannum on his publication in ACS Applied Polymer Materials on bio-inspired sol-gel coatings for flame retarding polyurethane foams, found here.

06 June 2019 - Congratulations to former undergraduate Christian Grimme’s publication on Surlyn fibers found in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science, found here.

04 Feb 2019 - Check out Dr. Wnek’s work with Gideon Samid on cybersecurity, published in MRS Communications, found here.

15 Jan 2019 - Congratulations to Michelle Brannum on her publication in Advanced Optical Materials, found here.

10 October 2018 - Congratulations to Susan Kozawa on her first publication, found here!

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