NEWS
April
- Welcome Afia Abida Sultana who joins our team from Jahangirnagar University.
- Congratulations to Ashley Williams who passed her general exam and is now a PhD candidate!
March
- Congratulations to Alex Aucoin on her successful defense of her thesis. Geaux Dr. Aucoin!
- Dr. Pojman and members of the Pojman team, including Ashley,Dominic, and Hasan and Ashley attended the 2026 Louisiana Academy of Science conference held at Centenary college in Shreveport Louisiana.
- Congratulations to Brittney on passing her Masters defense. Well done!
February
- Dr. Pojman and Hasan attended the 2026 waterborne conference held in New Orleans.
December
- Congratulations to Mahmud on being awarded the Dow Chemical Macromolecular Award for his outstanding research.
- Congratulations to Ashley on being named the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Assistant for general Chemistry. Well deserved!
Novmber
- Congratulations to Dominic on passing his data defense.
- Dr. Pojman and members of the Pojman group, including Alex, Mahmud, Hasan and Ashley attended the Gulf Coast Polymer conference held at Tulane University.
May
- Congratulations to Mahmud on his work on A Novel Approach to Cure-on-Demand Coatings Using Ammonia to Catalyze Thiol-Acrylate and Thiol-Epoxy Reactions.
- Congratulation to our latest PhD. graduate, Fahima Shaon. Well done!
- Congratulation to Dr. John A. Pojman on being named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) together with Dr. Les Butler.
April
- Congratulations to Alex on passing his data defense. Well done!
March
- Congratulations to Mahmud on passing his data defense. Well done!
January
- Check out our recent publication on the Frontal Polymerization of Phytic Acid Containing Hexaacrylate, Triacrylate, and Fillers.
- Publication Alert!: Thiol-Acrylate Gel Systems For Frontal Polymerization.
October
- Congratulations to Dominic Adrewie who passed his general exam and is now a PhD candidate!
June
- Check out our new publication on Gas-free initiation for free-radical frontal polymerization through charge transfer complexes.
May
- Welcome Brittney Thompson who joins our Team from Talladega College.
- Welcome Ashley A. Williams who joins our team from University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
- Congrats to Dr. Maria Martinez who graduated with her PhD!
January
- Publication Alert! : On the use of modeling antagonistic enzymes to aid in temporal programming of pH and PVA–borate gelation.
- Our recent publication is focused on Free-Standing 3D Printing of Epoxy-Vinyl Ether Structures Using Radical-Induced Cationic Frontal Polymerization.
December
- Congratulations to Brecklyn Groce, who graduated with his PhD, and undergraduates Douglas Ngo, Jack Grace, and Monica Rocha for graduating from LSU! Best wishes to you all!
- Check out our recent paper on thermally initiated cationic frontal polymerization.
October
May
- Congratulations to Joseph Cantrell and Kaitlyn Hall (who also defended her Honors Thesis) for graduating from LSU! And congratulations to Sarah Li who graduated from Baton Rouge High School! Best of luck to you all!
- Congratulations to Dr. John A. Pojman, the recipient of the 2023 Charles E. Coates memorial award.
- Welcome Jacob Russell, an undergraduate, who joins our team.
April
- Take a look at our recent paper on fillers in cationic frontal polymerization in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
March
- Congrats to Alex, who passed her general exam and is now a PhD candidate!
February
- Check out our recent review article on frontal polymerization in ACS Chemical Reviews with collaborators from UIUC and Italy!
January
- Welcome to Dominic Adrewie who joins our team from University of Texas at Rio Grande!
October
- Congratulations to Maria who passed her general exam and is now a PhD candidate!
May
- This Spring semester we welcomed Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud and Alex Aucoin to the team!
- Congratulations to Daniel for accepting a position at Axalta, Anowar for accepting a position at Intel, and Emma Lane for graduating with her B.S. in Chemistry with an Art History minor! We wish you all the best!
- Fahima passed her general exam and is now a PhD candidate! Great work!
March
- Check out a featured story about our patented use of watermelon seeds as a source of urease enzymes!
- Anowar successfully defended his thesis. Great job!
February
- Congratulations to Daniel, Douglas and Amber for their work on Charge transfer complexes as dual thermal/photo initiators for free-radical frontal polymerization in the Journal of Polymer Science!
- Congratulations to Daniel for defending his thesis!
January
- Congratulations to high schooler Sarah Li for publishing on Anisotropic frontal polymerization in a model resin–copper composite in Chaos!
November
- Brecklyn has passed his general exam and is officially a Ph.D. candidate. Congratulations!
October
- Undergraduate senior Emma was featured in the LSU Chemistry newsletter.
July
- Congratulations to Fahima and Daniel for their accepted publication on Frontal Polymerization with Conductive Metal Strips in Chaos!
June
- Congratulations to Anowar for his accepted publication on the Development of a Flow-free Gradient Generator in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
- Congratulations to Brecklyn, Daniel and Joseph for their accepted publication on Kinetic Effects of Vinyl Ethers in Radical-Induced Cationic Frontal Polymerization in the Journal of Polymer Science!
- Congratulations to Anthony for accepting a Research Engineer position at the Lycra Company! All the best for your future!
May
- Congratulations to Anthony for defending his thesis!
- Congratulations to Imogen for graduating with her B.S. in Chemistry!
January
- Welcome Maria who joins the team from the University of Central Florida!