Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2022
Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, Division of Polymer Physics, 2012
Mettler-Toledo Award, North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS), 2009
Advisory Board of ACS Macro Letters, Polymer, Frontiers in Soft Matter, Polymer Crystallization, Polymers, Crystals, Macromolecules, 2005 - 2008
Engineering Research Awards of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2000 and 2008
Professional Development Award. FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, 2005
Member of the Advisory Council of WIMSE, 2001 - present
NSF Research Creativity Award, 2022
American Chemical Society
ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry
ACS Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering
American Physical Society
APS Division of Polymer Physics
North American Thermal Analysis Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Xiaoshi Zhang, Xiaobing Zuo, Patrick Ortmann, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals I: Melting and Recrystallization of Rapidly Formed Crystallites” Macromolecules 2019, 52, 4934-4948 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00922)
Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Isothermal Step Thickening in a Long-Spaced Aliphatic Polyester” Polymer, 2020, 191, 122282. (doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122282)
H. Janani, R.G. Alamo*, “Effect of melt miscibility, polymorphism, and crystal morphology on tensile deformation of blends of isotactic polypropylene and propylene-1-hexene random copolymers” Polymer Crystallization 2020, 3, e10111. (doi.org/10.1002/pcr2.10111)
Xiaoshi Zhang, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Patrick Ortmann, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals II: Effect of Polymorphism on Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics” Macromolecules 2020, 53, 7899–7913 (dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01443). Front cover of issue #18
Minqiao Ren, Xuejian Chen, Yuan Sang, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Comparative Effects on Recrystallization of Melt-Memory and Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation in Ziegler-Natta and Metallocene Ethylene Copolymers with Bimodal Comonomer Composition Distribution” Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59, 19260−19271 doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c03647
Jun Xu*, Gunter Reiter*, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Concepts of Nucleation in Polymer Crystallization” (Review), Crystals 2021 11(3), 304−322. doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030304
Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystallization of Long-Spaced Precision Polyacetals III: Polymorphism and Crystallization Kinetics of Even Polyacetals Spaced by 6 to 26 Methylenes” Polymers 2021, 13,1560. (doi.org/10.3390/polym13101560)
Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Unlayered-Layered Transition in Recyclable Long-Spaced Precision Polyesters” ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, 3, 5243 – 5256. doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01025
Kyoungmin Kim, Nam Nguyen, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Sage Smith, Rufina G. Alamo, Justin G. Kennemur*, Daniel T. Hallinan Jr.* “Ionic Transport and Thermodynamic Interaction in Precision Polymer Blend Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries” Macrom. Chem. Phys. 2021, 222, 2100269. doi.org/10.1002/macp.202100269
Stephanie F. Marxsen, Daokun Song, Xiaoshi Zhang, Irma Flores, Jorge Fernandez, Jose Ramon Sarasua, Alejandro J. Müller, Rufina G. Alamo*. “Crystallization Rate Minima of Polyethylene Brassylate at Temperatures Transitioning Between Quantized Crystal Thicknesses”. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 3958−3973 doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00308
Jun Xu*, Gunter Reiter*, Rufina G. Alamo*, Editorial on the Special Topic “Polymer Crystallization”, Crystals 2022, 12, 618. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12050618
Gina A. Guillory, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Rufina G. Alamo, and Justin G. Kennemur*. “Precise Isotactic or Atactic Pendant Alcohols on a Polyethylene Backbone at Every Fifth Carbon: Synthesis, Crystallization, and Thermal Properties”. Macromolecules 2022, 55, 6841−6851. doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01090
Minqiao Ren*, Xuanbo Liu, Xuefei Jia, Chunxia Luo, Longgui Zhang, Rufina G. Alamo* “Memory of crystallization in the melt of commercial linear low density polyethylenes processed in an open twin-screw extruder” Thermochimica Acta 2023, 720, 179423 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2022.179423
Stephanie F. Marxsen, Manuel Häuβler, Marcel Eck, Stefan Mecking, Rufina G. Alamo*, “Effect of CH2 Run Length on Crystallization Kinetics of Sustainable Long-Spaced Aliphatic Polyesters” Polymer, 2023, 282, 126181 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2023.126181
Kohji Tashiro*, Gina A. Guillory, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Justin G. Kennemur and Rufina G. Alamo*, “Crystal Structures of Isotactic and Atactic Poly(1-pentamethylene alcohol)” Macromolecules 2023, 56, 5993−6002. doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01060
Hamed Janani, Stephanie F. Marxsen, Marcel Eck, Stefan Mecking, Kohji Tashiro, Rufina G. Alamo*, "Polymorphism and Stretched-Induced Transformations of Sustainable Polyethylene-Like Materials” ACS Macro Letters 2024, 13, 201−206