Danielle J. Mai
@daniellejmai.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering | Stanford University | biopolymer design | polymer physics | single-molecule dynamics | views own | she/her | mailab.stanford.edu
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Danielle J. Mai
@daniellejmai.bsky.social
· Jun 11
Excited to share our latest work in collaboration with @dcongreve.bsky.social—Light-Responsive Star Polymers for Reprocessable Network Formation and Deconstruction—now published in Macromolecules! @pubs.acs.org @acs.org
Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Excited to share our latest work in collaboration with @dcongreve.bsky.social—Light-Responsive Star Polymers for Reprocessable Network Formation and Deconstruction—now published in Macromolecules! @pubs.acs.org @acs.org
Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
June 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Excited to share our latest work in collaboration with @dcongreve.bsky.social—Light-Responsive Star Polymers for Reprocessable Network Formation and Deconstruction—now published in Macromolecules! @pubs.acs.org @acs.org
Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Read it here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
PhD student Michelle Quan's review article on “Biomolecular Actuators for Soft Robots” was selected for the cover of Chemical Reviews! Michelle highlights the history and new frontiers for biomolecules as tools to actuate movement in soft robots. #MyACSCover @acs.org @pubs.acs.org
May 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
PhD student Michelle Quan's review article on “Biomolecular Actuators for Soft Robots” was selected for the cover of Chemical Reviews! Michelle highlights the history and new frontiers for biomolecules as tools to actuate movement in soft robots. #MyACSCover @acs.org @pubs.acs.org
Last month, Dr. Michael Burroughs won a Best Poster Award from the ACS PMSE Division @acspmse.bsky.social!! Mike’s poster featured his recent work on the hybrid synthesis of bottlebrush DNA polymers for direct visualization at fluid–solid interfaces. Congratulations, Mike!
April 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Last month, Dr. Michael Burroughs won a Best Poster Award from the ACS PMSE Division @acspmse.bsky.social!! Mike’s poster featured his recent work on the hybrid synthesis of bottlebrush DNA polymers for direct visualization at fluid–solid interfaces. Congratulations, Mike!
On to the next meeting! Mike Burroughs and I will share some new results at the @acs.org Spring Meeting in San Diego 🌴 Stop by to learn more! @acspmse.bsky.social @acspoly.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
On to the next meeting! Mike Burroughs and I will share some new results at the @acs.org Spring Meeting in San Diego 🌴 Stop by to learn more! @acspmse.bsky.social @acspoly.bsky.social
Eleanor and I are excited to travel to the American Physical Society @apsphysics.bsky.social Global Summit in Anaheim! Stop by next week to learn about our newest discoveries in polymer physics!
March 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Eleanor and I are excited to travel to the American Physical Society @apsphysics.bsky.social Global Summit in Anaheim! Stop by next week to learn about our newest discoveries in polymer physics!
Congratulations Dr. Marina Chang, the 1st PhD student from the Mai Lab to defend her dissertation!! In her defense, Marina shared her work on "Leveraging Sequence Repetition to Engineer Calcium-Responsive Protein Polymers". We are excited to celebrate Marina's contributions & accomplishments!!
February 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Congratulations Dr. Marina Chang, the 1st PhD student from the Mai Lab to defend her dissertation!! In her defense, Marina shared her work on "Leveraging Sequence Repetition to Engineer Calcium-Responsive Protein Polymers". We are excited to celebrate Marina's contributions & accomplishments!!
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In Memory of Andy Acrivos: University of Minnesota Alumnus and Titan of Chemical Engineering
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In Memory of Andy Acrivos: CEMS Alum and Titan of Chemical Engineering
Andreas (Andy) Acrivos passed away on February 17, 2025. Born in Greece in 1928, Prof. Acrivos arrived at Minnesota in 1950 following undergraduate studies at Syracuse University, becoming the second...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
In Memory of Andy Acrivos: University of Minnesota Alumnus and Titan of Chemical Engineering
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I’ve added quite a few new polymer scientists to this starter pack over the last couple days! Check them out! #chemsky #polymersky
Also, always appreciate the help in finding people! Comment/DM to be added and continue to share :)
go.bsky.app/AgjxzFa
Also, always appreciate the help in finding people! Comment/DM to be added and continue to share :)
go.bsky.app/AgjxzFa
November 15, 2024 at 5:25 PM
I’ve added quite a few new polymer scientists to this starter pack over the last couple days! Check them out! #chemsky #polymersky
Also, always appreciate the help in finding people! Comment/DM to be added and continue to share :)
go.bsky.app/AgjxzFa
Also, always appreciate the help in finding people! Comment/DM to be added and continue to share :)
go.bsky.app/AgjxzFa
1st post in a new space seems like a good spot to feature the 1st project by the lab's 1st PhD student! We set out to engineer calcium-responsive proteins as muscle-mimetic materials and discovered some surprises along the way. Congrats to Marina, Winnie, Gatha, and Kenny!
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...
Sequence-defined structural transitions by calcium-responsive proteins
Biopolymer sequences dictate their functions, and protein-based polymers are a promising platform to establish sequence–function relationships for novel biopolymers. To efficiently explore vast sequen...
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November 24, 2024 at 3:04 AM
1st post in a new space seems like a good spot to feature the 1st project by the lab's 1st PhD student! We set out to engineer calcium-responsive proteins as muscle-mimetic materials and discovered some surprises along the way. Congrats to Marina, Winnie, Gatha, and Kenny!
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...
doi.org/10.1039/D4PY...