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The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) integrates sustainability issues that focus on the science and technology of polymeric materials into research, education, and public outreach initiatives.
CSP News
Researchers discover catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers
A team of researchers supported by the CSP and lead by Investigator Paul Dauenhauer have invented a groundbreaking new catalyst... read more →
January 9, 2023
Reineke Named Editor In Chief for ACS Bioconjugate Chem.
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has appointed CSP Investigator Theresa Reineke as editor in chief of... read more →
December 16, 2022
Fosu receives 2023 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award
CSP graduate student Sam Fosu receives 2023 Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award from the University of South Dakota Graduate School. The... read more →
December 15, 2022
CSP Makes the Cover of MSPBJ
The CSP is featured on The Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (MSPBJ) December issue - State's New Crop: Bioplastics.... read more →
December 13, 2022
Hydrogel Experiments Make a Splash in Belgium
In December of 2021, a group of researchers lead by CSP Investigator Jane Wissinger published a new curricula for middle... read more →
December 9, 2022
Marc Hillmyer interviewed on FOX 9
NSF Center for Sustainable Polymer's Director Marc Hillmyer featured on FOX 9 news discussing the CSP’s transformative research to move... read more →
November 22, 2022
Dauenhauer to present at the Zero Hunger Summit
CSP Investiagator Paul Dauenhauer will be presenting at the “Zero Hunger Summit,” organized by the American Chemical Society from December 5-8... read more →
November 21, 2022
Professor Jessica Lamb awarded thrice for catalysis research
CSP Investigator Jessica Lamb has been recognized three times so far in 2022 for her catalysis research and impact as... read more →
November 18, 2022
CSP research published in Nature Chemistry
Graduate student and lead author Rachel Rapagnani discusses published work in Nature Chemistry: Tunable and recyclable polyesters from CO2 and butadiene.... read more →
November 14, 2022
Why do sustainable polymers matter?
Sustainable polymers aim to address the environmental challenges that are inherently associated with traditional (petroleum-based) plastics, while maintaining the outstanding properties these materials bring to our everyday lives.
Sustainable Polymers 101
Big Question: Can we make plastics sustainable?
video source: University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment and NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers
video source: University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment and NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers
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