Polymer Physics Prize
To recognize outstanding accomplishment and excellence of contributions in polymer physics research. The prize consists of $10,000, up to $1,500 in travel reimbursement, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It is presented annually.
Deadline: Wednesday, June 1, 2022Establishment & Support
This prize was established in 1960 with The Dow Chemical Company now serving as chief supporter.
2024 Recipient:
Zhen-Gang Wang
California Institute of Technology
Past Recipients:
- 2023:
Jian Ping Gong - 2022:
Sanat K Kumar - 2021:
Samson A. Jenekhe - 2020:
Kurt Binder - 2019:
Ronald G. Larson - 2018:
Juan J. de Pablo - 2017:
Monica Olvera de la Cruz - 2016:
Anna C. Balazs - 2015:
Mark D. Ediger - 2014:
Karl Freed - 2013:
Stephen Z.D. Cheng - 2012:
Matthew Tirrell - 2011:
Gary Grest
Kurt Kremer - 2010:
Michael Rubinstein - 2009:
Steve Granick - 2008:
Kenneth S. Schweizer - 2007:
Glenn Fredrickson - 2006:
Ludwik Leibler - 2005:
Thomas Paul Russell - 2004:
Timothy Lodge - 2003:
Andrew J. Lovinger - 2002:
Tom Witten - 2001:
Masao Doi - 2000:
Lewis John Fetters - 1999:
Charles C. Han - 1998:
Murugappan Muthukumar - 1997:
Frank Steven Bates - 1996:
Alan Neville Gent - 1995:
Jacob Klein - 1994:
Hyuk Yu - 1993:
Benjamin Chu
- 1992:
Philip A. Pincus - 1991:
Edwin L. Thomas - 1990:
William W. Graessley - 1989:
Eugene Helfand - 1988:
Richard H. Boyd - 1987:
Hiromichi Kawai
Takeji Hashimoto - 1986:
Andre J. Kovacs - 1985:
Edward J. Kramer
Roger P. Kambour - 1984:
Frank E. Karasz
William J. MacKnight - 1983:
Hiroyuki Tadokoro
Motowo Takayanagi - 1982:
Pierre-Gilles deGennes
Sir Samuel Edwards - 1981:
Robert Simha - 1980:
Marshall Fixman - 1979:
E. W. Fischer - 1978:
Henri Benoit - 1977:
Samuel Krimm - 1976:
Richard S. Stein - 1975:
Walter H. Stockmayer - 1974:
Frank A. Bovey - 1973:
Frank J. Padden, Jr.
H. Douglas Keith - 1972:
Anton Peterlin - 1971:
John D. Hoffman
John I. Lauritzen - 1970:
William P. Slichter - 1969:
Charles W. Bunn - 1968:
Arthur V. Tobolsky - 1967:
Edmund A. DiMarzio
Julian H. Gibbs - 1966:
John D. Ferry - 1965:
Peter J. W. Debye - 1964:
Andrew Keller - 1963:
Bruno H. Zimm - 1962:
Paul J. Flory
