Haley is a 2025 J&J Access-Ability Lime Scholar!
Congratulations to Haley, who has been awarded a 2025 Johnson & Johnson Access-Ability Lime Scholarship! We are so proud of your accomplishments!
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Let’s link up! Making chemistry outreach accessible
Marnie (former MRSEC RET), Jolly, Haley, Christina, Ian, and Ashley’s paper is published in J. Chem. Ed.! We reported our experiences over two summers developing an accessible polymer workshop for adults […]
Photoswitch = dynamic bond!
Emmanuel, Shoki, and Jonathan show that Donor–Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts are also dynamic bonds! They are easy to make and incorporate into polymer networks for light-controlled viscoelasticity. Check it out in […]
Mara and Ethan are our lab stars!
Based on the group’s anonymous nominations and comments, Mara was selected for the Lab Citizen Award. Members commented on how willing Mara is to help and support junior members of […]
Can isotopic substitution affect network mechanics?
Yes! Using D2O instead of H2O sped up stress relaxation in associative hydrogels based on dithoalkylidene dynamic bonds. Find out how in our newest Macromolecules paper, a collaboration with the […]
Callie wins a teaching award!
Congratulations to Callie, who received the PLU Allen S. Hussey Award for Excellence in 200-Level Teaching!
Goodbye, Eric!
Our research associate Dr. Eric Abenojar departs for a position at AkzoNobel in Michigan. We’ll miss you, Eric!
Welcome summer researchers!
Tomas Castillo (NU ’28) and Len Needham (Baldwin Wallace University ’26) join the lab for summer research! Learn more about them here. José will continue research over the summer, while […]
Jolly is awarded a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
Jolly was selected for a 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! We are grateful to the NSF for supporting her graduate training and research.
Congratulations Nina!
Our fearless undergrad Nina graduates from the Chemistry BA/MS program with honors! Next, she’ll be working in an industry lab in the Chicagoland area.