David J. Lohse

Lohse earned two B.S. degrees from Michigan State University in 1974: one in Physics and another in Computer Science. He then went on to earn a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Illinois in 1978. Following his graduate studies, he worked as a postdoc for two years at the National Bureau of Standards under an NSF-NRC Fellowship.{{cite web |title=2005 PMSE Fellow Ceremony |url=https://pmsedivision.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PMSE_Fellows_2005.pdf |website=pmsedivision.org |publisher=American Chemical Society |access-date=3 June 2023}}

Lohse joined Exxon Mobil Corporation in 1980, starting in the Long Range Polymer Research Group. In 1987, he joined the Corporate Strategic Research Labs of ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co where he worked with Edward Kresge and Sudhin Datta.{{cite journal |last1=Lohse |first1=D. J. |last2=Datta |first2=S. |last3=Kresge |first3=E. N. |title=Graft copolymer compatibilizers for blends of polypropylene and ethylene-propylene copolymers. |journal=Macromolecules |date=1991 |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=561–566 |doi=10.1021/ma00002a034}} He retired in 2011.{{citation needed|date= December 2023}}

Lohse's research focused on the thermodynamics of mixing polymer blends, neutron scattering from

polymers, the use of block and graft copolymers to enhance blend compatibility, the control of rheology

by molecular architecture, nanocomposites, and improvement of polymer products. With Sudhin Datta, he published the textbook Polymeric Compatibilizers.{{cite book |last1=Datta |first1=Sudhin |last2=Lohse |first2=David J. |title=Polymeric Compatibilizers: Uses and Benefits in Polymer Blends |date=1 January 1996 |publisher=Hanser Pub Inc |isbn=978-1569901946 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Polymeric-Compatibilizers-Benefits-Polymer-Blends/dp/1569901945 |access-date=26 December 2023}} His most cited works concern the connection between polymer molecular weight, density, chain dimensions and melt viscoelastic properties,{{cite journal |last1=Fetters |first1=L. J. |last2=Lohse |first2=D. J. |last3=Richter |first3=D. |last4=Witten |first4=T. A. |last5=Zirkel |first5=A. |title=Connection between polymer molecular weight, density, chain dimensions, and melt viscoelastic properties |journal=Macromolecules |date=1994 |volume=27 |issue=17 |pages=4639–4647 |doi=10.1021/ma00095a001}} and packing length in linear polymer melts.{{cite journal |last1=Fetters |first1=L. J. |last2=Lohse |first2=D. J. |last3=Milner |first3=S. T. |last4=Graessley |first4=W. W. |title=Packing length influence in linear polymer melts on the entanglement, critical, and reptation molecular weights. |journal=Macromolecules |date=1999 |volume=32 |issue=20 |pages=6847–6851 |doi=10.1021/ma990620o}}

• 2000 Fellow of the American Physical Society{{cite web |title=APS Fellow Archive |url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=L |website=aps.org |publisher=American Physical Society |access-date=26 December 2023}}
• 2005 PMSE Fellow {{citation needed|date= December 2023}}
• 2010 ACS Fellow{{cite web |title=2010 Class of ACS Fellows in the Polymer Chemistry Division |url=http://old.polyacs.org/747.html |website=polyacs.org |publisher=American Chemical Society |access-date=3 June 2023}}
• 2017 - Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award from Rubber Division of the ACS{{cite news |title=Rubber Division names award winners |url=https://www.rubbernews.com/article/20161011/NEWS/161019994/rubber-division-names-award-winners |access-date=3 June 2023 |work=Rubber and Plastics News |publisher=Crain |date=11 October 2016}}

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