Welcome! Our research group is in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering here at UMass-Amherst. While we have several different focus areas, all of our research concerns the design, synthesis, and utilization of polymers with specially designed surface properties. We have strong interest in materials that have uses in technological areas such as information technology devices, biotechnology and specialty coatings, especially where control of nanoscopic features becomes important. Please use the above links to explore our research in greater detail.

The figure below illustrates how our focus on macromolecular material design, synthesis and characterization feed into our areas of interest such as new polymerization techniques, nanopatterning, surface science and applications.