DAVID SANGSTER AWARDEE

David Sangster Awardee

In 1992 the Polymer Division created a new award, the Australian Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award, to recognize the achievement of Australian polymer scientists while their careers are still developing. This was renamed the David Sangster Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award at the 29th Australasian Polymer Symposium in Hobart in February 2007 in honour of David Sangster, an elder statesman of the Australasian polymer science community who has made exemplary contributions to the field of polymer radiation chemistry and emulsion polymerisation and has nurtured many generations of research students at the University of Sydney and many other universities.

This year, we are proud to announce A/Prof Kristian Kempe as the recipient of the 2025 David Sangster Award.


A/Prof Kristian Kempe
Monash University

The Wonderful Functional World of Poly(Cyclic Imino Ether)s: Exploiting their Chemical Versatility for (Bio)Materials Design 

Since 2025 Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, and MIPS, Monash University
Since 2024 Deputy Head of Department (Deputy Theme Leader) Drug Delivery Disposition and Dynamics, MIPS, Monash University
2020 – 2024 ARC Future Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering, and MIPS, Monash University
2019 – 2025 Senior Lecturer, Materials Science and Engineering, and MIPS, Monash University, Australia









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