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Michael Rubinstein

Michael Rubinstein

Aleksandar S. Vesic Distinguished Professor
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
michael.rubinstein@duke.edu
Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708
3377 CIEMAS Building, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry

National American Chemical Society · March 2025 For leadership in theoretical modeling of polymeric liquids and networks, including charged polymers, association, and entanglement effects, and applications to biopolymers, such as mucins. More about this award

Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize

International Royal Society of Chemistry · 2024 For demonstrating the potential and impact of embedded mechanochemical reactivity on the mechanical limits of cross-linked polymer networks. More about this award

Fellow

National Society of Rheology · 2024 More about this award

Fellow

National American Chemical Society · 2023 For leadership in theoretical modeling of polymeric liquids and networks, including association and entanglement effects. More about this award

Nelson W. Taylor Award

University Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University · 2022 For outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of materials science. More about this award

Fellow

International Royal Society of Chemistry · 2019

Soft Matter and Biological Physical Chemistry Award

International Royal Society of Chemistry · 2019 More about this award

Bingham Medal

National Society of Rheology · 2018 More about this award

Polymer Physics Prize

National American Physical Society · 2010

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Published June 22, 2023
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Published May 14, 2020
Duke Celebrates 70 Years of Discovery and Research at the National Science Foundation
Published April 14, 2020
Duke Awards 29 University Distinguished Professorships
Published May 7, 2019
Duke Scientists Receive Royal Society of Chemistry Awards