Kajol Tonk received Best Oral Presentation at GPCS Symposium Kajol Tonk, a scientist at Ames National Laboratory and member of the iCOUP Early Careers Committee, received the Best Oral Presentation award at the GPCS Symposium.
Coates and Hillmyer awarded the 2026 Balzan Prize Geoffrey W. Coates, an iCOUP senior investigator from Cornell University, and Marc A. Hillmyer, from the University of Minnesota, were awarded the 2026 Balzan Prize for Biodegradable Polymers from Renewable Sources.
Erik Luijten named new Northwestern provost Erik Luijten became Northwestern’s provost on July 1, 2026.
New protocol could help advance plastic upcycling technologies How do scientists and engineers know how well a plastic upcycling technology works?
Nature Protocols features iCOUP plastic upcycling method Featured Nature Protocols paper advances efforts to turn plastic waste into valuable materials
iCOUP Deputy Director to present in upcoming Periodic Table Talk Max Delferro, the deputy director of iCOUP, will be presenting in an upcoming Periodic Table Talk, sponsored by ACSDIC.
DOE Office of Science announces renewed funding for plastics upcycling research The Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) has been awarded funding to continue their work transforming discarded plastics into feedstocks for new materials and chemicals.
Building a World With Sustainable Plastics Massimiliano Delferro, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics and scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, has spent his career bringing research on plastics recycling to the forefront of scientific discussions. Since 2008, he has focused on how to effectively and economically recycle plastics – but also how to turn them into more valuable materials like synthetic oils and waxes
Chemistry for the greater good Daniel Howell, Iowa State University graduate, worked with Wenyu Huang on iCOUP research during his time at Iowa State. His story was featured by Iowa State news.
Could cars one day run on plastic waste? Ames National Lab researchers aim to find out Ames National Laboratory scientists have developed a one-step process that uses a catalyst to break down the polymers that make up plastic and convert them into diesel.
