From left to right: Michael McGinnis (ACS International Activities Committee Chair), Chris Stafford, Dhriti Nepal, Chris Soles, and Rigoberto Hernandez (2026 ACS President).
Chris Stafford and Chris Soles (NIST Material Measurement Laboratory) and Dhriti Nepal (Air Force Research Laboratory) were selected for the ChemLuminary Award “Outstanding Global Partnership” for building an international bridge between two organizations with a deep history in polymer science and engineering – the Polymer Society of Korea (PSK) and the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division of ACS.