The Matson Lab develops small molecules and materials for biology, medicine, and sustainability using tools from organic, polymer, and supramolecular chemistry.
Blacksburg, VA
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The Matson Lab had a great time at the @VirginiaTechMII Technical Conference & Review. We presented our posters, enjoyed engaging talks, and connected with fellow researchers. Grateful for the opportunity to learn, share, and grow together!
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Congrats to Matson lab PhD candidate Isaac Addo on winning the Best Poster Award at the 2026 MII Technical Conference & Review at Virginia Tech! @VirginiaTechMII 🎉
Isaac presented his recently published work in @angew_chem.
Give it a read : doi.org/10.1002/anie.7449383
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Congrats to PhD #19, Dr. @aqsteele95 a.k.a. THE POS QUEEN of the Matson Lab! It was an absolute delight to have you on our Poly-Olefin Sulfones team all these years. We shall miss you and wish you all the very best for the future!🥳
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Congratulations to our very talented undergrad Alex Ward for winning the 2026 James E. McGrath Scholarship for excellence in polymer chemistry! Way to go!!🥳🥳
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Extremely proud of @UditaC23 @BTousian @ishsarkar for presenting their research posters and sharing their hard work at the Virginia Drug Discovery Consortium 2026. Congratulations !🥳
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We are a bit delayed in making the post but super proud and excited to share that our very own @aqsteele95 had received the Graduate Student Doctoral Assistantship award for Spring 2026! Congratulations Anna!!🥳🥳
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Our undergrad Zach did a great job at the Undergraduates poster session in the HHS atrium last Friday! We are super proud of his achievements and hard work !!
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Matson lab students @BTousian @UditaC23 & @ishsarkar presented their work at the annual poster session of @drugdisc_vt last Friday afternoon. Cheers🥳
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Cheers to the newest PhD candidate of the Matson Lab ! Congratulations to @aritra__konar on passing his candidacy exams today afternoon! We look forward to his exciting works on oil demulsifying polymers with RAFT polymerization in the coming years!
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One photo. So many chapters. 📸
The last lab memory for some, the first of many for others.
Matson lab group picture, Spring 2026.
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Congrats to PhD #18, Dr. Clark Vu a.k.a. THE NIGHT OWL of the Matson Lab! It was an absolute delight to have you on our Bottlebrush team all these years. To the one stop BUDDY for everyone in the lab, we shall miss you and wish you all the very best for the future!🥳🥳
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We're excited to show off our newest member of the POS crew, Zoe co-advised by @jbmatson and @SEE_adrian_figg ! To learn more about Zoe's background and to check out some recent publications from our group head over to our website! matsonlab.com
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Happy Holidays from the Matson crew! We had a lovely time last Saturday! Thanks @jbmatson for hosting a great party! ☃️
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Our undergrad Spencer did a great job at the Undergraduates poster session in the HHS atrium last Friday! We are super proud of his achievements and hard work !!
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We are delighted to welcome Spencer Kearns over the summer as a part of VT's REU program. Spencer is senior at VT majoring in BS Chem. We look forward to experience some exciting research in polysaccharides from him soon!
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We are excited to welcome @lisanne_2711 from @PolBesenius group at @uni_mainz to work with us over the summer! She will be working on delivery of reactive sulfur species via macromolecular systems in the next few months!
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Our undergrads Thomas, Deckland and Alex did a great job at the Undergraduates poster session in the HHS atrium today! We are super proud of their achievements and hard work !!
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Congratulations to our second PhD candidate of the season! @UditaC23 passed her candidacy exam yesterday! We look forward to some exciting work from her on reactive sulfur species in near future!🥳🥳
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Congratulations to Matson Lab PhD candidate Isaac Addo for winning the Best Poster award at the @VirginiaTechMII Technical Conference & Review last week! We are super proud of you Isaac!
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Cheers to the first PhD candidate of the Matson Lab for this season! Congratulations to Isaac on passing his candidacy exams yesterday! We look forward to his exciting works on POS polymers in the coming years!
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Congratulations to our Lab Mom Dr. @SarahNSwilley for defending her cotutelle PhD from Maastricht University @MERLN_UM under the co-supervision of @TheDrBaker.
Cheers to the first ever "doctor-squared" of the Matson Lab.
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Matson Lab had a blast at the Holiday party this Saturday! We exchanged and stole gifts at the White Elephant game, had delicious food and made the most of the evening!! Happy Holidays!!
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We're overjoyed to welcome Bushra & @AritraKonar2 to the Matson crew! Check out their backgrounds and what the group's been up to at matsonlab.com/the-matson-gro…
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Matson Lab has a brand new PhD candidate! 🥳Congratulations to Michael on passing his candidacy exam this morning! We look forward to seeing some exciting research on peptides and polysaccharides from him in future.
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Happy Halloween folks👻🎃! Matson Lab had fun decorating doors to keep up the Halloween spirit! Pass by our lab to have a look at it and find out the secret behind our decorations!😉
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Congrats to PhD #17, Dr. @SarahNSwilley a.k.a. our LAB MOM! We are overjoyed to have you with us over the past years as an awesome chemist and being a one-stop solution to all the problems in the Matson Lab! All the best for your future endeavors and we shall miss you!!
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Hurray! Congratulations to @aqsteele95 for bagging the Best Presentation Award in the Environment, Safety & Health 2024 Annual Research Review! Matson Lab is proud of you Anna!
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When it is too hot and sunny outside, the Matson crew loves to pose for an indoor group picture!!
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We are delighted to welcome Lexi Evans from Murray State University and Dani Fellner from Bridgewater College over the Summer as a part of VT's REU program. Get ready to see experience some exciting research in peptides and polysaccharides from them soon!
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It was great to host Francis Morgan from the @TheDrBaker group within @MERLN_UM today for an invited talk focusing on dynamic covalent networks!
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Congrats to PhD #16, Dr. Abby Chinn! It was really a delight for us to have you over the years working on polysaccharides and we wish you all the best in future!!
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Hello People!!
We are proud to show off our recent PhD candidates!Congratulations to Daniela and Clark on passing their candidacy exams! Hurray!!
Buckle up to see some exciting accomplishments in ROMP and bottlebrush polymers in near future!!
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We're so excited to share our SEC-MALS tutorial review published in @PolymChem! Along with @SchulzLabVT, a fellow lab group @VTChemDept and @VirginiaTechMII, we hope this review helps all polymer researchers gain confidence in using this technique🧪 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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We're excited to welcome @UditaChoudhury2, Kat, and Isaac! Check out their backgrounds and what the group's been up to @ matsonlab.com/the-matson-gro…
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Look out, world! We have a new PhD candidate on our hands! Congrats to Ishani on passing her candidacy exam yesterday 🥳 we’re excited to see what you accomplish in the new few years!
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Happy holidays from the Matson crew! Someone in this picture is excited about their wine glasses so they “no longer have to drink out of solo cups” at 28
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🎃 Happy Halloween from the Ma(rio)tson group! Thanks to @VirginiaTechMII for hosting such a fun event! 🕷️🕸️
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We had a great time hanging out with Kipps Elementary last week kicking off the start of fall chemistry style!
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Congrats to PhD #15, Dr. Zhao Li! We’ve loved having you on team peptide over the years, and we wish you all the best in San Diego!
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Our outreach crew is back at it with @VT_Science, @VTChemDept and the @santoslabVT for college of science's annual summer camps! Check out science.vt.edu/get-involved/… for more info and mark your calendar to sign up next year!
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We want to welcome Saipranavi to our lab this summer as part of VT’s REU program - she’s visiting all the way from @NSUFlorida!
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We have @PolBesenius and @TheDrBaker out here pulling the weight for this mini symposium, can’t believe @jbmatson is in Sweden instead
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