Lars Nilsson Lund University Sweden Roberto Simonutti University of Milan-Bicocca Italy Albena Lederer Stellenbosch University, South Africa & Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany Timothy P. Lodge University of Minnesota USA Chrys Wesdemiotis University of Akron USA Wayne F. Reed Tulane University USA Kenneth Kearns Dow Chemical USA Gary Bowlin The University of Memphis USA Tomoko Fujiwara The University of Memphis USA Firouzeh Sabri The University of Memphis USA Stephan Moyses SABIC USA