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Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher ⬅️ All Members Ilia Kevlishvili Postdoctoral Researcher Publications Isomer-driven Polymerization, Depolymerization, and Reconstruction The Tension-Activated Carbon–Carbon Bond Nested Non-Covalent Interactions Expand the Functions of Supramolecular Polymer Networks Internal Catalysis in Dynamic Hydrogels with Associative Thioester Cross-Links Angle-Strained Sila-Cycloalkynes A Thermally Stable SO2 Releasing Mechanophore: Facile Activation, Single-Event Spectroscopy, and Molecular Dynamic Simulations Highly Efficient Bromine Capture and Storage Using N-Containing Porous Organic Cages Self-Amplified HF Release and Polymer Deconstruction Cascades Triggered by Mechanical Force Visible Light-Mediated (2+2)-Cycloadditions for the Formation of Macrocyclic Dimers Metal Identity Effects in the Fracture Behavior of Coordinatively Crosslinked Elastomers Polymer Networks with Cubic, Mixed Pd(II) and Pt(II) M6L12 Metal–Organic Cage Junctions: Synthesis and Stress Relaxation Behavior Systematic Investigation of Silicon Substitution on Single Macromolecule Mechanics Tailoring Dynamic Hydrogels by Controlling Associative Exchange Rates Synthesis and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of a Strained trans-Silacycloheptene and Single-Molecule Mechanics of Its Polymer Remolding and Deconstruction of Industrial Thermosets via Carboxylic Acid-Catalyzed Bifunctional Silyl Ether Exchange Endohedrally Functionalized Metal–Organic Cage-Cross-Linked Polymer Gels as Modular Heterogeneous Catalysts Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher ⬅️ All Members Yu Zheng Postdoctoral Researcher Publications Impacts Previous Next Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Alumni Alumni ⬅️ All Members Elvis McFee Alumni Publications Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next University of Michigan

Undergraduate Researcher Undergraduate Researcher ⬅️ All Members Lily Auster Undergraduate Researcher Publications Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next Duke University

Graduate Student Graduate Student ⬅️ All Members Zhuohong Wu Graduate Student Publications Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next University of California San Diego

Graduate Student Graduate Student ⬅️ All Members Rowina Bell Graduate Student Publications Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next University of Washington

Undergraduate Researcher Undergraduate Researcher ⬅️ All Members Chinyere (Connie) Okeke Undergraduate Researcher Publications Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next Washington and Lee University

Learn about our outreach kit program providing hands-on chemistry activities for K-12 students and teachers to increase engagement in STEM. Outreach Activities, Kits, & Resources NSF MONET's Outreach Kit Program Share informal science discovery through engaging activities! NSF MONET's Outr each Kit Program brings the excitement of scientific research to informal learning environments, camps, homeschooling, and adult education. Experience the wonders of polymers, materials science, and more through hands-on activities and interactive resources. READ MORE Engaging, Accessible, & Impactful Engaging Content Our kits connect science to art or sports to increase its relevance in students' lives, identities, & communities. Accessible Format Kits can be adapted to a wide variety of audiences, mediums, and locales. Our editable templates make for easy customization. Impactful Outcomes Feedback and assessment strategies have been integrated into the development of each kit to support our facilitators in evaluating their impact. Three Outreach Kits Available! Each kit contains editable resources, a guided activity, materials for conducting the activity, and a mechanism for assessment and feedback. Outreach Kit Request Form Ready to impact science education in your community? Fill out the request form for a digital copy of NSF MONET Outreach Kits (no cost). Share this information with a colleague and help us broaden participation in STEM education. Together, we can make science education more meaningful, accessible, and engaging for all. Which MONET Outreach Kit are you requesting? Choose an option Please describe the impact this kit would have. First Name Last Name Phone Email Any questions? Send Thank you for completing this form! Learn About Our Impact! Outreach Impacts

Expanding access to laboratory research projects through the NSF MONET Undergraduate Research Experience (URE) program. Broader Impacts Broadening Participation Undergraduate Research Experiences NSF MONET’s Undergraduate Research Experiences (URE) Program shows what happens when undergraduate research is treated not as a short-term summer placement, but as a sustained broader impacts strategy. Across multiple years, the program has grown from a distributed research opportunity into a structured ecosystem of mentorship, scientific communication training, cohort-building, conference access, and long-term career support. Early evaluations showed that students gained deeper understanding of the scientific process, research methods, and their specific research areas, while mentors observed growing independence, technical confidence, and readiness to contribute to collaborative research. The stories behind the program are especially powerful. Students have used MONET URE experiences to clarify their scientific identities, strengthen graduate school plans, and enter new research communities. Alumni outcomes show as of Summer 2025 that 15 of 17 URE alumni, or 88.2%, remain engaged in STEM through undergraduate study, research roles, graduate programs, government leadership, or industry positions. Individual stories make that impact visible: Len shared that the program helped connect them to graduate opportunities, including admission to multiple programs and a decision to attend Indiana University Bloomington. Others have moved into NIH research, graduate study, industry, and MONET-affiliated labs, showing that the URE experience functions as a launchpad rather than a one-time intervention. The program has also become increasingly responsive to student and mentor feedback. Clearer expectations, the URE Program Handbook, monthly meetings, virtual collaboration, and structured communication supports emerged directly from earlier recommendations for stronger onboarding, cross-program interaction, and professional development. In 2025 and 2026, the Science Literacy Program strengthened this model by helping undergraduates turn research projects into conference-ready titles, abstracts, posters, reports, and presentations, reinforcing that writing is part of research training, not separate from it. Conference access has become another defining impact. MONET’s travel awards helped undergraduates present nationally at ACS Spring 2026 and SACNAS NDiSTEM, investing approximately $7,000 to support seven students and expand access to professional opportunities often unavailable to undergraduates. These experiences gave students first-time national presentation opportunities, strengthened résumés, expanded networks, and helped make their research visible to the broader scientific community. Looking ahead, the 2026+ plans preserve the program’s strongest elements while adapting to real constraints: local recruitment where housing is a barrier, centralized virtual professional development, cohort support when numbers allow, travel awards when possible, and future experiments with community college pathways. Together, these efforts show that managing MONET’s URE Program is not simply administrative coordination. It is the work of building infrastructure for opportunity: listening to student feedback, removing barriers, supporting mentors, helping undergraduates communicate their science, and creating pathways from first research experiences into lasting STEM careers. Previous Next

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Alumni Alumni ⬅️ All Members Haley Beech Alumni Publications Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next University of California Santa Barbara

Alumni Alumni ⬅️ All Members Clara Troyano-Valls Alumni Publications Impacts I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title I'm an image title Previous Next Grid United