Darrin Pochan is currently Distinguished Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department as well as having appointments in the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. Since joining the MSE department in 1999 after a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and a National Research Council Post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD, he has developed a research program around the construction of new materials and nanostructures via molecular solution assembly mechanisms. Areas of focus are polymer and biomolecular self-assembly, biomaterials, and materials for nanotechnology and sustainable materials. His honors include an NSF Career Award, the DuPont Young Faculty Award, the Dillon medal from the American Physical Society and Fellowship in the American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. Darrin recently served as Chair of MSE at UD from 2014-2022 and as Editor in Chief of Soft Matter from 2017-2022 published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom.