My project focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of model thermoplastics, with systematic variation of polymer sequence, chemistry, and architectures to generate libraries of quantitative structure-property-performance relationships (validated by multiple measurement methods).Applications: polyolefin standard reference material testing and development, improved polymer separation methodsThe project aims to develop methodologies to quantitatively identify and characterize molar mass, branching content, and chemical composition of degraded of plastics from recovered ocean debris and real-world and laboratory experiments.Applications: evaluating new degradation/recycling catalysts, informing the strategic design of laboratory degradationResearch Interests:polymer synthesis polymer degradation and recyclingsize-exclusion chromatography (ambient and high temperature)next-generation standards development and next-generation protein sequencingquantitative structure-property-performance relationshipsProfessional Background Summary: I am a polymer chemist with strong background in polymer synthesis and characterization methods. Currently, I lead the Macromolecular Architectures project, which focuses on synthetic approaches to next-generation reference materials and families of systematically varied polymer architectures and functionalities to better understand structure-property-performance relationships. Additionally, I have direct experience with post-polymerization modification, surface functionalization, and surface adsorption monitoring. I am always interested in collaborative projects involving communication with scientists and other professionals across disciplines.
Listed skills include Polymers, Spectroscopy, Polymer Characterization, Surface Chemistry, and 21 others.