Professor Nathaniel Lynd

The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers is hosting Nathaniel Lynd, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin for a seminar from 11:00 – 12:00 P.M. in Smith 231 on Thursday, August 24, 2023. 

The Lynd Group at UT Austin carries out fundamental and applied research in polymer science guided by the principles of simplicity, sustainability, and relevance to key technological challenges in chemical engineering for the 21st century in energy, environment, security, and materials for healthcare. Synthesis is the primary tool that the group uses to answer fundamental questions, and bring to bear in applied research projects. However, modeling efforts may be used to facilitate materials design, and to provide context for the interpretation of data. Particularly, the Lynd Group is engaged in research efforts that create and utilize new functional and reactive polyether materials and block polymers. Newer work is built on a foundation of novel techniques for advanced copolymer structure determination and detailed mechanistic understanding which facilitate the compositional control of structure-property-processing relationships.