Student-run page for the Calabrese group at the University of Minnesota. Rheology, polymer, & soft matter enthusiasts since 2019.

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Joined August 2019
We're #umnproud of the six CSE faculty members who are among 12 recipients of the 2024 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, an award given to early-career faculty who have the potential to make big impacts in their fields. Learn more z.umn.edu/McKnightLandGrantP…
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Ben's new paper on the properties of microbeads produced from cellulose and lignin is out now in Cellulose - congratulations! link.springer.com/article/10… #sustainable #biomass #processing
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Congratulations to Dr. Patrick McCauley on defending his thesis! As one of Prof. Calabrese's 1st class of students, Patrick has been a mentor to many of us, and we can't wait to see what he'll do next as he heads to Delaware to join @cfromen as a postdoc.
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Congratulations to our senior undergrads Jerry and Michelle who are both graduating this week! Jerry will be starting a new job at Ecolab and Michelle will be starting her ChemE Ph.D. at Stanford. We're very proud of both of them and we will miss them very much!
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Congrats to our newest Ph.D. candidate Deepti for passing her qualifying exams this week!
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Congrats to Ben on receiving the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF), which gives the University's most accomplished Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to devote full-time effort to finalize their research and write a dissertation during the fellowship year!
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When #UMN chemical engineering and materials science senior Michelle Quan graduates in May, she’ll have a legacy to look back on, from nanoparticle synthesis research to DEI advocacy. Check out our Q&A with her below ⬇️ #UMNProud cse.umn.edu/college/news/cse…
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Congrats to the 2023 PMSE Early Career Investigator Award recipients. #Polymer #researchers #RisingStars @AmerChemSociety
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Patrick's new paper on the transient behavior of high elasticity wormlike micelles is out now in @JoRheology! Congratulations! sor.scitation.org/doi/10.112… #selfassembly #particletracking #rheology
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For our SPSE Seminar Series, we are excited to host Dr. Michelle Calabrese @CalabreseLab from the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota!
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Congratulations to Prof. Calabrese for winning the UKPPG/DPOLY Polymer Lecture Exchange! She will represent @APS_DPOLY by giving an invited lecture at the 2024 UK Polymer Physics Group Physical Aspects of Polymer Science Meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland. engage.aps.org/dpoly/honors/…
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A big moment for our group - our first Ph.D graduate, Dr. Kathleen Lauser, defended her thesis on Friday! Kathleen has been a leader and role model to us, pushing the boundaries of rheology, and we are incredibly proud and excited to see what she accomplishes next. Congrats!
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Thank you for hosting me for seminar series @UMNews Dept Chemical Eng and Mat Science @CalabreseLab. Great department visit and enjoyed students and learning about 100 years of its history! Plus snow storm! @APEPuci @CBEUCI1
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CalabreseLab retweeted
Michelle Calabrese @CalabreseLab, from @UMNCSE @UMNews @UMNresearch will be speaking at the Polymer Fundamentals and Properties symposium at PPC17. Read more: ppc17.com.au/invited-speaker… #Brisbane #polymer #technologist #polymerference #pacificpolymerfederation #PPC17 #conference
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