Activities

Editorial Boards

Nano Letters (2006-2018)
Polymer (1996-2011)
Macromolecules (2002-2005)
Physical Review Letters, Divisional Associate Editor (1999-2001)
Journal of Microscopy (1998-2001)
Advances in Polymer Science (1997-2002)
Philosophical Magazine (1995-1999)
Chemistry of Materials (1990-1993)
Die Makromolecular Chemie (Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics) (1987-1993)
Journal of Polymer Science (Physics) (1992-2000)
NanoStructured Materials (1989-2000)

Committees and Service

Member, Defense Materials, Manufacturing and Infrastructure Standing Committee, NAS, (2019-)
Member, Army Research Program Review and Analysis Committee, NAS, (2019)
Panel Chair, National Academies Materials Science Review Army Research, Development and Engineering Centers
Committee Member, National Academies AFRL Materials Science Review (2018)
Panel Member, National Academies ARL Materials Science Review (2018)
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Advisory Committee Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2018)
Panel Member, DOE Triennial Review of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2016)
National Science Foundation Frontiers in Polymer Science and Engineering (2016)
National Academy of Engineering, National Materials and Manufacturing Board Study on “Exploring a New Vision for Center-Based, Multidisciplinary Engineering Research.” (2016 – 2017)
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Advisory Committee of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2013-2015)
Advisory Trustee of Southwest Research Institute (2012-2017)
Advisory Board to the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi (2011-2014)
Dept. of MSE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Visiting Committee (2010-2013)
Dept. of MSE, Cornell University, Advisory Board, (2010-2013)
Chair, NRC Committee on “Protection Materials” (2010-2011)
Member of the NRC Board on Army Science and Technology (2003-2009)
Dept. of MSE, University of Delaware, Visiting Committee (2008)
College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron Advancement Council (2007-)
National Research Council, Committee on Nanophotonics Accessibility and Applicability (2006-2007)
University Materials Council Executive Committee (2006-)
GRC on Polymer (West), Vice-Chair (2003), Chair (2005)
Member of the Board on Army Science and Technology (2003-2009)
Consultant to the Army Science Board (2003-2005)
University of Twente, Netherlands, MESA Scientific Advisory Board (2001-2007)
Defense Sciences Research Council (2001-2002)
National Science Foundation, Advisory Member: Macromolecular Science and Engineering Report (1997-1998)
GRC on Polymer Physics, Vice-Chair (1996), Chair (1998)
National Research Council, Panel on Biomolecular Materials (1991-1993)
Program Committee Materials Research Society (1990-2003)
National Materials Advisory Board, Committee on Materials with Submicron-Sized Microstructures (1989)
National Materials Advisory Board Committee on Nanoscale Structures (1987-1989)
NRC/NAE Materials Science and Engineering Study, Panel II Education (1986-1988)
Executive Committee, University Materials Council (1985-1989)
Executive Committee, American Physical Society, Division of High Polymer Physics (1984-1986) and (1993-1996), Vice Chair (1994), Chair Elect (1994), Chair (1995)
Member: First U.S. Polymer Physics and Chemistry Delegation to People’s Republic of China (1979)