Christopher Soles Selected as "Hero of Polymer Science" - National Institute of Standards and Technology (.gov)
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Christopher Soles was selected as a "Hero of Polymer Science" by the American Chemical Society Polymer Science, Materials, and Engineering (PMSE) Division and Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY).
Christopher Soles of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory was selected as one of 10 "Heroes of Polymer Science" by the American Chemical Society Polymer Science, Materials, and Engineering (PMSE) Division and Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY). As a “hero,” he was invited to give a plenary poster at the PMSE/POLY Awards Reception at the end of the Fall 2026 ACS National Meeting on August 25, 2026 in Chicago, IL.
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