B.S. University of North Dakota, 2012
M.S. Cornell University, 2014
Ph.D. Cornell University, 2017
Post Doctorate Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Polymer Chemistry
Energy & Catalysis
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic & Organometallic
Research in the Professor Lamb's group lies at the interface of organic, organometallic, catalysis, and polymer chemistry. Students will learn to apply catalysis and physical organic chemistry to problems in polymer chemistry. This could involve developing new methods, exploring their mechanisms, characterization of new materials, or eventually exploring applications.Our work is inspired by small molecule catalysis, photocatalysis, and switchable catalysis and how those have been/could be applied to polymer synthesis. Lamb has co-authored 14 papers and 1 provisional patent.
She has an extensive background in teaching, mentoring, and outreach, including outreach through Expanding Your Horizons and the 4-H Career Explorations as part of the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers.
2022 Finalist for the Hanwha Total-IUPAC Young Polymer Scientist Award
2022 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2021-2022 American Chemical Society Division of Professional Relations (PROF) Leadership Development Award
2018-2020 National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow
2016 Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholars Award
2013-2017 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
2013 Bayer Teaching Excellence Award
Jessica R. Lamb
University of Minnesota
Department of Chemistry
C-6 139 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0431