Hello, I’m Ikram

I am a PhD student in the Macromolecular Science and Engineering Program @ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I work with Professor Jinsang Kim in the Smart Functional Polymer Lab.

Latest News

• I participated in CAMPS 2025 conference at the Texas State University, San Marcos. [March 23, 2025]
• I received Nona Hamilton Student Service Award, an annual student award that recognizes outstanding effort and commitment to the Macro program [Nov 25, 2024]
• Nicholas Barresi (UM Chemistry Senior) joined our lab as an undergrad student. Nico will be mentored by me for the asphalt project. [Sep 1, 2024]
• I served as the organizing committee member of the 46th Macro Symposium, Nov 24-25.
• In Summer 2024, I had the opportunity to mentor Abbey Robinson (Sophomore, Chemistry, Cornell University) and Rishi Kulkarni (Troy High School) as part of UM MRSEC REU and REY program.
• I received Rackham Conference Travel grant to attend ACS Spring National Meeting 2024 [Feb 5, 2024]
• I had a lightning talk and poster presentation at the MRSEC Kick-off meeting. [Jan 30, 2024]
• Me and my wife was selected to attend ACS Outreach Summit . The travel was covered by ACS. Thanks to Lily Raines for inviting us. [Oct 2-4]
• I completed designing our lab group website. You can check the website here. [Sep 1 2023]
• I will be working on the MRSEC grant IRG2. The aim of the project is to design new covalent adaptable network for inherently recyclable plastic. Check the news here. [Sep 1, 2023]
• I volunteered for the National Graduate Research Polymer Conference (NGRPC 2023) [June 29- July 1]
• I have received Rackham Predoctoral Research Grant [06/22/2023]
• I passed the Macro comprehensive exam [05/15/2023]
• I completed my tenure under a Macro fellowship and started as a GRA in Kim’s lab. [05/01/2023]
• My work on recycled cardboard container was published online in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. [02/22/2023]