Dr. Tianbo Liu, A. Schulman Professor in the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, has been named interim director of the school, effective July 1.
“I am honored to have the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering community's trust to take this important position,” says Liu. “As interim director, my focus is to increase student enrollment, assist the search committee for identifying a permanent director and work with our faculty, the College of Engineering and Polymer Science and UA administrators to implement the new Bachelor of Science program. We need to keep the school’s status as an internationally leading center for polymer-related research.”