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"Chemistry will be central to the discoveries that Laure Kayser’s
research group will advance on plastics and other polymeric materials
through this NSF CAREER award,” said Joel Rosenthal,
professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
“Rather than simply tweaking or studying materials that already exist,
the Kayser lab is adept at leveraging synthetic chemistry to discreetly
control the composition, and by extension, the properties of new
polymers for various applications, including bioelectronics. I’m
incredibly excited to see how her group's work will continue to develop
over the next several years."
Joshua Zide,
professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, added, “Professor Kayser is a fantastic contributor to the
Materials Science and Engineering Department, and we are lucky to have
her. Her research translates the chemistry to myriad important
applications, and the perspective she brings is a huge benefit to the
whole department.”
While Kayser is excited about the potential of her research to
potentially impact a wide range of applications and fields, she is also
looking forward to the “great fundamental science” that this CAREER
award will enable her group to do.
“It's a relatively hot area that is going to continue growing, so
it's a good place for us to be leading the pack,” she said. “I’m hoping
that by learning more about the fundamentals of these materials, it
might inspire others to explore different molecular designs and how they
can be translated into devices. Overall, I think we’re going to make
lots of really cool discoveries.”