People

Principal Investigator

Principal investigator Dr. John Pojman

Dr. John A. Pojman

William and Patricia Senn, Jr, Distinguished Professor, Macromolecular Science (2008-present)

Chair, Department of Chemistry (2019-present)

President and CEO, Pojman Polymer Products, LLC (2012-present)

B.S., Chemistry (Classics Minor), Georgetown University (1984).

Ph.D., Chemical Physics, University of Texas at Austin (1988).

PostDoc, Brandeis University (1988-1990).

Graduate Students

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Fahima Shaon

Chemist - BASF, Geismar, LA (2015-2018)

M.S. University of Dhaka (2015)

B.S. University of Dhaka (2013)

Interests: Development and characterization of adhesives using urea-urease clock reactions.

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Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud

Quality Control Officer - ACI Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2016-2021)

M.S. Jahangirnagar University (2014)

B.S. Jahangirnagar University (2013)

Interests: Study of charge transfer complexes for frontal polymerization.

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Alexandra Aucoin

B.S. Nicholls State University (2019)

Interests: Synthesis of bubble-free radical initiators for frontal polymerization.

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Dominic Adrewie

M.S. The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (2022)

B.S. Kwame Nkrumah'​ University of Science and Technology (2019)

Interests: Frontal polymerization of thiol-acrylate gels and processable composites.

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Brittney Thompson

          B.A. Talladega College (2023)

          Interests: The dependence of front velocity on initial temperature

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Ashley A. Williams

         B.S. University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2023)

         Interests: Creating a stiffness gradient in thiol-acrylate hydrogels to mimic human tissue environments

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Khandakar Rakibul Hasan

          M.S. Jahangirnagar University (2019)

          B.S. Jahangirnagar University (2018)

          Interests: TBD

           

 

Undergraduate Students

Michael D. Goss

Jacob Russel

Graduate Student Alumni

Dr. Maria Martinez (2024)

Dr. Brecklyn Groce (2023) Post-doc, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Dr. Daniel Gary (2022) Scientist, Axalta 

Dr. Anowar Khan (2022) Device Yield Engineer, Intel

Dr. Anthony Mai (2021) Research Engineer, The Lycra Company

Dr. Samuel Bynum (2019) Post-doc, US Naval Research Lab