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Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

J. C. Warner University Professor of Natural Sciences and Director, Center for Macromolecular Engineering

Bio

Experience

• 04.2004 - present University Professor,
• 01.2001 - present Adjunct Professor, ,
• 01.2001 - present Director of the CRP Consortium
• 01.2001 - present Adjunct Professor, , Lodz
• 06.1998 - present J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences,
• 01.1998 - present Director of the
• 01.1996 - 12.2000 Director of the
• 07.1994 - 06.1998 Head, Chemistry Department,
• 10.1985 - 06.1998 Professor, Associate and Assistant Professor,
• 04.1984 - 10.1985 Research Associate, CNRS and Invited Professor, , France
• 03.1978 - 04.1984 Research Associate,
• 03.1977 - 03.1978 Post-doctoral Fellow,

Education

• 1985 , Poland, Habilitation
• 1976 (, Thesis Advisor), Ph.D.
• 1972 , B.S./M.S.

Employment

• 2004 - present   University Professor,
• 1998 - present   J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences, 
• 1994 - 1998       Head, Chemistry Department,
• 1985 - 1998       Associate and Full Professor,
• 1984 - 1985       Research Associate, CNRS and Invited Professor, , France
• 1978 - 1984       Research Associate,
• 1977 - 1978       Post-Doctoral Fellow,

Professional Affiliations

• , Center for Macromolecular Engineering, Director
• , Controlled Radical Polymerization Consortium, Director
• , Department of Chemical Engineering, Adjunct Professor
• , Department of Materials Science, Adjunct Professor
• , Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Adjunct Professor
• , McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Affiliate Member Faculty
• , Lodz, Poland, Adjunct Professor
• , Poland, Adjunct Professor
• Visiting Professor at  (1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2005),  (1988), (1991),  (1992),  (1996, 2004),  (1999),  (2000), (2004),  (fellow of Japanese Society of Promotion of Science, 2005), (2009), , Korea (2010, 2011), , Paris (2011)
• Affiliate Member- ,  (2009-present)
• , Advisor
• Editor: "" (1999-2021, IF=31)
• Member of Editorial Boards: “.”, “”, “”,  “”, “”, “”, “”, “”, “”, “”, “.”, “”, “”, “”, “Macromol. Synth.”, “”
• Past member of Editorial Boards: “”, “”; “”, “”

Professional Associations/Society Memberships/Committees

• : President (2013-2015)
•  (ACS): Fellow (2010)
• : Fellow (2002-); Corresponding Member of IUPAC Commission on Polymer Nomenclature
• : Fellow (2010) & Member since 1986; Past Chair of the Polym. Curric. Dev. Award (1987-2001); Member of Program Comm., and Chair, Intern. Committee,
• : Fellow (2001) & Member since 1986

Awards & Honors

• 2024         Honorary Fellow, Polish Chemical Society, Poland

•  2024         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) Rzeszow University of Technology, Poland

• 2023         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) University of Crete, Greece
• 2023         
• 2023         CNRS Fellow (France)
• 2022         
• 2022         Member, Georgian Academy of Sciences
• 2021         Honorary Member, Hungarian Academy of Science
• 2021         Honorary Member of Georgian Chemical Society 

• 2021         

• 2020         

• 2020          (ACS)

• 2020          (ACS New York Sections)

• 2019         

• 2019          (ACS)

• 2019         Member, National Academy of Sciences

• 2019         , Australian Academy of Sciences

• 2018         , University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal ()

• 2017         Foreign Member: Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences

• 2017         , Padova University, Padova, Italy ()

• 2017         , The Netherlands

• 2017          in Chemistry, USA (1, )
  
• 2016          Poznan University, Poznan, Poland ()
  
• 2016         , Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, USA
• 2015          in the Chemical Sciences
• 2015          for Excellence in Polymer Research
• 2015          Technion, Haifa, Israel ()
• 2014          (Japan) Award
• 2014         Fellow, 
• 2014         , ACS Polymer Division
• 2013          (Doctorate Honoris Causa) Universite P. & M. Curie, Sorbonne, Paris, France 
• 2013          (ACS) (MCS news)
• 2013         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) , South Korea
• 2013          (ACS, Alabama Section)
• 2012         Dannie-Heineman Prize, 
• 2012         Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medal, 
• 2012         
• 2012         Foreign Member of 
• 2012         , Pilsudski Institute of America
• 2012         
• 2011          (ACS)
• 2011         
• 2011         
• 2011         Applied Polymer Science Award (ACS) ( and )
• 2011         Carnegie Science Award in Advanced Materials ( and )
• 2010         
• 2010         Gutenberg Award, , Germany
• 2010         , Fellow (ACS)
• 2010         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) , Toulouse, France
• 2009         
• 2008         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) , Greece
• 2007          (ACS)
• 2007         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) 
• 2006         Member of the 
• 2006         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) 
• 2005          (United Kingdom)
• 2005         Foreign Member of 
• 2005         Chair -  , Polymer East
• 2004         Prize of 
• 2004          (ACS)
• 2002          (ACS)
• 2002         Honorary Degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) , Belgium
• 2001         
• 2001          (ACS)
• 1999         Humboldt Award for Senior US Scientists
• 1998         Elf Chair of 
• 1995          (ACS)
• 1989         Award of 
• 1981         Award of 
• 1980         Award of 
• 1974         Award of the Scientific Secretary of 

Expertise

• Macromolecular Engineering, preparation and processing of precisely controlled polymers to reach targeted materials properties. Correlation of macromolecular structure with macroscopic properties
• Synthesis of well defined macromolecules via living and controlled polymerizations. Radical, cationic, and anionic polymerization of alkenes and heterocyclics. Block, graft and gradient copolymers. Control of chain microstructure and topology. Functional polymers and telechelics
• Preparation of well defined polymers and hybrids for optoelectronic, biomedical and special applications.
• Inorganic and organometallic polymers
• Catalysis. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis

Research Impact

• Over 100 postdoctoral fellows and 100 graduate students have been members of the Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë research group.
• 61 international companies from Europe, Japan, South Africa and North America have been members of CRP and ATRP Consortia at Ò»±¾µÀÎÞÂë; 18 licenses signed for ATRP technology. Commercial production of materials by ATRP has been started in Japan, USA and Europe in 2004.
• First paper and review on ATRP have been cited together >13,000 times (ISI Web of Science or >16,000 Google Scholar) and the total citation record >153,000 (ISI or >198,000 Google Scholar) ranked among top 10 scientists in all fields of chemistry world–wide in 2004-2023 (h-index 186 ISI and 212 Google Scholar)
• 25 books, 103 book chapters and 1316 peer-review papers published
• 70 issued US patents, 36 pending US patent applications; 154 original and derived international patents