【兴大报告 Xing Da Lecture 535】

发布时间：2017-11-07　　　来源:北大化学


题  目

FUNCTIONAL POLYMER MATERIALS DESIGNED FOR ADVANCED APPLICATIONS AND SUSTAINABILITY


报告人

Prof. Karen L. Wooley

Departments of Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering,Texas A&M University

 

时　间

2017年11月10日，下午2:00


地　点

化学楼A204/206

 

主请人：吕  华








With advances in the translation of nanoscience to nanotechnology comes a need to consider sustainable sourcing of the building blocks used to create the nanotechnological devices at the same time that the functional performance application is defined. This presentation will highlight contributions that polymer chemistry can make toward nanotechnology that is capable of impacting global needs, such as water-food-energy-health, and the grand challenges that must be solved in the coming decade. The focus will include an integration of current approaches to construct nanoscopic systems from natural products with the design of hybrid nanoscopic systems that are capable of pollutant sequestration and magnetic recovery toward environmental remediation, or for drug delivery with selective therapeutic outcomes, among other applications.








★ Professor Karen L. Wooley ★

B.S., Chemistry, Oregon State University, 1988
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1993
1421 Chemistry | (979) 845-4077
wooley@chem.tamu.edu


W.T. Doherty-Welch Professor Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

Professor of Chemical Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, TAMU Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions

TIPS ETF Research Superiority Researcher


 

Karen L. Wooley is the W. T. Doherty-Welch Chair in Chemistry and a University Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University, where she holds appointments in the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering. She also serves as Director of the Laboratory for Synthetic-Biologic Interactions. Research interests include the synthesis and characterization of degradable polymers derived from natural products, unique macromolecular architectures and complex polymer assemblies, and the design and development of well-defined nanostructured materials. The development of novel synthetic strategies, fundamental study of physicochemical and mechanical properties, and investigation of the functional performance of her materials in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, as non-toxic anti-biofouling or anti-icing coatings for the marine environment, as materials for microelectronics device applications, and as pollutant remediation systems are particular foci of her research activities. Her academic training included undergraduate study at Oregon State University (B.S., 1988) and graduate study under the direction of Professor Jean M. J. Fréchet at Cornell University (Ph.D., 1993). She began an academic career as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, was promoted in 1999 to Full Professor with tenure, was installed as a James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences in 2006, and in 2009, Karen relocated to Texas A&M University. Recent awards include the American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry (2014), Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize (2014), Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014), Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society (2014), Oesper Award (2015), and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015). Karen currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Chemical Society, among many other advisory roles within the broader scientific community.


Awards

  • Distinguished Research Achievement Award, Texas A&M University Association of Former Students, 2016

  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences Fellow, 2015 – present

  • Texas A&M University Distinguished Professor, 2011-present

  • Oesper Award, University of Cincinnati Department of Chemistry, 2015

  • Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society, 2014-present

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014-present

  • Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize 2014

  • Texas A&M Award, 2014

  • Associate Editor, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2014-present

  • American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry, 2014

  • American Chemical Society, Polymer Chemistry Division, Herman F. Mark Scholar Award, 2009

  • Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in Organic Chemistry, 2002