Rigoberto Advincula
Oak Ridge National Laboratory | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Rigoberto Advincula is a Governor’s Chair Professor of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and University of Tennessee, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Advincula is also a Group Leader at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), ORNL. He is a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Polymer Science and Engineering Division (ACS), Polymer Chemistry Division (ACS), and of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He received the distinguished Herman Mark Scholar Award in 2013. In 2018, he was elected National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Philippines. In 2022, Advincula received the Lifetime Distinguished Accomplishment Award from the University of the Philippines. He was appointed to the World Economic Forum, Advanced Materials Council. He is Editor-in-Chief of MRS Communications and was formerly Editor of Reactive and Functional Polymers. He has held several visiting professor positions, including Waseda University in Japan and the Max Planck Institute for Polymers Research in Germany. His group researches polymer materials, nanocomposites, colloidal science, 3D printing, hybrid materials, and ultrathin films for applications from smart coatings to biomedical devices. Advincula is passionate in mentoring students and helping other countries in their STEM programs.