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. The award is for their pioneering and collaborative development of sustainable polymers, combining molecular design and catalysis to transform renewable feedstocks and recovered carbon dioxide into high-performance, degradable and recyclable materials, and for advancing these discoveries from fundamental science to industrial materials and technologies.
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Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics