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The Puskas Group has moved to the Ohio State University! Professor Puskas will be leading the biomaterial and biopolymer engineering program at the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE). The program will be losely related to Ohio State’s Discovery Themes Initiative (www.discovery.osu.edu) and Sustainable and Resilient Economy (SRE) program (www.discovery.osu/SRE) and plans to make global impact. The group will be part of the Materials Development Working Group of the Sustainable and Resilient Economy Discovery Theme.(Web:
si.osu.edu; Social media: @OhioStSustain).

Focus areas:
  • Natural Rubber Biosynthesis

  • Biomimetic Polymerizations, Natural Living Carbocationic Polymerization, Model Architectures for Natural Rubber

  • Green(er) Biomaterials, Polyisobutylene (PIB)-based Biomaterials, Enzyme-catalyzed Polymer Functionalization, PEG, Solventless (liquid PDMS, PIB), Surface Modification, Probing the Polymer/Bio Interface, Green dendrimers for drug delivery

  • Greener Living/controlled polymerizations, Controlled lniMer-type Polymerizations, CIMP Controlled Garbocationic IM Polymerization, CRIMP Controlled Radical I M Polymerization, Model architectures

  • Integration of Polymer-based Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment with Breast Reconstruction.

News

  1. Natural rubber-related article in The Washington Post

    Nov 2, 2024

    One of the most prestigious journals in the United States, The Washington Post, published an article on domestic natural rubber production. The article points out that initiatives that target natural rubber-producing plants on U.S. soil (such as the TARDISS ERC) received federal funding, which highlights the importance of these projects and helps TARDISS build new partnerships with the members of the industry.

  2. Polymeric Carriers for Delivery Systems in Biomedical Applications – in Memory of Professor Andrzej Dworak

    Oct 12, 2024

    A book titled ‘Polymeric Carriers for Delivery Systems in Biomedical Applications – in Memory of Professor Andrzej Dworak’ has been recently published by MDPI. The book was edited by Professor Marek Kowalczuk, a long-time collaborator of the Puskas group. Professor Judit Puskas is among the coauthors of the book. Congratulations!

  3. Hangzhou International Polymer Forum

    Oct 3, 2024

    This year, the Zhejiang University organized the Hangzhou International Polymer Forum, and Professor Puskas was invited as a Plenary Speaker. Congratulations!