Research Interests

My research focuses on:

• Pursuing more efficient synthetic methods and achieving higher level perfection in the design of polymer architectures via novel polymerization methods;
• Study of polymeric materials with well-defined structures for highly efficient recognition/detection, adsorption, and selective conduction, etc. Those include
  • Ion exchange membranes for energy conversion and storage devices;
  • Porous carbon for electrode materials in Na ion batteries;
  • Electrochemical sensors;
  • Detection and removal of PFAS from the environment, etc.
• Developing educational tools for polymer science education.

Sponsored Projects

• 07/2022 – 06/2025 Improving inductive reasoning in polymer science education through open virtual experiment simulator education tools (OVESET), NSF IUSE, NSF-2142043.
• 06/2021 – 05/2024 Modular Reactors for the Capture and Electro-conversion of $\ce{CO2}$ in Various Industrial Processes to Value-Added Chemicals, DOE EERE, DE-EE0009421.
• 09/2020 – 08/2022 High-Efficiency Electrochemical Conversion of $\ce{CO2}$ to Ethylene, DOE NETL, DE-FE0031919.
• 06/2017 – 06/2020 Controlled Polymer Synthesis Towards the Precision of Biomacromolecules, Board of Regents of the State of Louisiana Research Competitiveness Subprogram, LEQSF(2017-20)-RD-A-23.