Ambassador program

Amman, Scott and Mahi

APTEC Ambassadors are chosen for exceptional abilities to communicate to general and scientific audiences. Their message will convey a sense of the top-flight research they do, how they serve the community, or contributions they make to education. 

2025
Mahi Ahmad and Amman Nadeem of Tulane University 
Mahi and Amman took leading roles in organizing the 2025 edition of APTEC's Gulf Coast Polymer Conference, taking care not to let these duties interfere with their research responsibilities in Prof. Scott Grayson's laboratory. Mahi and Amman will each receive a cash award to be used any way they wish, but ideally to augment their professional careers while fostering superior polymer technology. 
      

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2024
​Amy Coronado of The University of Southern Mississippi
Amy is pursuing her PhD and Masters in Polymer Science and Engineering, with a focus on plastics sustainability, co-advised by Drs. Derek Patton and Zhe Qiang. She and a creative group of graduate students, including Saroj Upreti, Windfield Swetman, and Dr. Nick Enos, organized the 2024 Gulf Coast Polymer Conference at USM with the help of Professors Zhe Qiang and Olivia McNair. ​Amy will receive an unrestricted cash award and is encouraged to use it in any way that furthers her career in polymer science and technology. 

Amy Coronado