Dr. Richard Spontak holds a Changjiang Chair in the Institute of Emergent Elastomers at the South China University of Technology after retiring as Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at NC State University.

He has published ~320 peer-reviewed journal papers and delivered ~450 invited lectures worldwide. He is an elected Fellow of several societies including the American Chemical Society and Royal Society of Chemistry. Examples of his professional accolades include the NC State Alexander Q. Holladay Medal for Excellence, the Acta Materialia Hollomon Award for Materials and Society and the Ernst Ruska Prize.

Plenary Talk Title:
"Decoding Structure-Property Relationships in Selectively Plasticized Poly(urethane-urea)s as Protective Coatings"