Elizabeth Murphy

The MRL is delighted to share the information that Elizabeth Murphy (Hawker and Bates groups) has been selected as THE 2025 winner of the Henkel Award in Polymer Science.

The award recognized the combination of polymer synthesis, machine learning, and polymer physics reflected in Elizabeth's work, and the potential impacts of the work. The committee were particularly impressed by Elizabeth's productivity in only 4 years of graduate work.

The award consists of a plaque, a $2,000 honorarium, and travel support to attend the Fall ACS National Meeting where a symposium will be held in honor of Elizabeth for the award.

Elizabeth is the second student from the MRL to win this Award. Max Robb (Hawker group, now Professor at Caltech) won the 2016 Award.

Congratulations Elizabeth !