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The Macromolecular Studies Group at Louisiana State University invites your application to the Craft for Macromolecular Creativity - IGERT.  What is CMC-IGERT?  It is an Integrative Graduate Education Research Training Program sponsored by the National Science Foundation.  Each of the 100 IGERT programs sponsored by NSF is designed re-invigorate graduate education in a special area.  Our area is polymers and biopolymers.  The overall goal is to produce more versatile scientists in the field of Polymer and Biopolymer Technology by providing options for students to gain a wider variety of skills and the ability to cope with continuous change. In developing this pathway, we have taken care to maintain excellence in research training, control time to degree, and develop effective programs to help students to relate their research and education to potential employers in academics, industry and government.  The program is also well-suited for scientists with entrepreneurial aspirations. 

We believe the CMC-IGERT program will produce graduates uniquely qualified to carry out inter-disciplinary research and development in Macromolecular Technology by providing them with knowledge that crosses more than one discipline and an effective model of how to manage multi-disciplinary collaborations in a high-tech setting.  The Craft for Macromolecular Creativity program at LSU provides:

  • Outstanding research opportunities in biological or synthetic macromolecular science, engineering, and education.
  • Highly innovative education, research, and training. 
  • Craft-oriented education – do it to understand it.  You will become an expert from top to bottom in polymer and biopolymer science and/or engineering.
  • Exceptional opportunities to exercise creativity and pursue individual interests while learning to work with others. 
  • Travel opportunities, including potentially national and international sites, to perform special experiments, attend conferences, and make life-long contacts in the polymer/biopolymer community. 
  • Science and engineering in service to the community.  Discover your own potential by learning to help others.
  • Professors who are in the lab to help you get started. 
  • Interaction with off-campus participants from other universities and industry.
  • Team-based, interdisciplinary research in new, challenging directions.
  • Unmatched equipment – come see for yourself!
  • Stipends that are among the most generous in the country. 

Participating departments include Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Education, Physics, and Textiles.

The LSU Macromolecular Studies Group unites 21 faculty members in six departments.  The group studies the science and technology of large molecules and is funded by several agencies in addition to NSF-IGERT to support interdisciplinary graduate training.  For more information, please call at 225/578-5729, fax at 225/578-3458, or email at paul.russo@chem.lsu.edu.  You may also write to the address below.

Thank you,
Paul Russo, Director
Craft for Macromolecular Creativity Program
232 Choppin Hall l Louisiana State University l Baton Rouge, LA  70803