Polymers 2025

Plenary speakers

KRIS MATYJASZEWSKI

Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Functional Materials by Macromolecular Engineering Using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization

NICK TSAREVSKY

Southern Methodist University, USA

Functional Branched Polymers: Synthetic Methodologies and Applications

RICHARD HOOGENBOOM

Ghent University, Belgium

Poly(2-oxazoline)s: From fundamental research to applications

RUI L. REIS

University of Minho, Portugal

Novel Cell/Polymeric Biomaterials Interactions Platforms for the Elaboration of Innovative High-throughput Systems and
Complex 3D In Vitro Disease Models

YOSHIHITO OSADA

RIKEN, Japan

Emergence in Hydrogels

Keynote speakers

ALBENA LEDERER

Leibniz-Institute for Polymer Research (IPF), Germany

Advancement of separation approaches for complex architectures – from single chain nanoparticles to multichain assemblies

NICOLAS SANSÓN

Sorbonne University, France

Supramolecular Microgels and Hydrogels: From Design to
Stimuli-Responsive Behavior and Applications

IVAYLO DIMITROV

Institute of Polymers – BAS, Bulgaria

Functional polycarbonate-based polymer architectures for biomedical applications

AKIRA KAKUGO

Kyoto University, Japan

Mechanical Deformation of Microtubules as Rails for Transport and Its Impact on Cargo Dynamics

IVA PASHKULEVA

University of Minho, Portugal

Supramolecular polymers from carbohydrate amphiphiles: stereochemical effects

KENSUKE OSADA

National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Chiba, Japan 

Polymer nanoarchitectures for cancer gene therapy