Austin M. Evans
Assistant Professor
Research Focus
I am a synthetic polymer chemist interested in crystalline, porous macromolecules. I am particularly interested in how these designs can give rise to thermal, electronic, and ionic transport in macromolecular materials. By designing the materials that host these phenomena, we necessarily invent the synthetic tools needed to access them.
Education and Training
2016–2020: Ph.D. Chemistry, Northwestern University
2012–2016: B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Tulsa
Selected Awards
Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, University of Florida (2025)
Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator (2023)
Schmidt Science Fellow (2021)
American Chemical Society, Henkel Award (2021)
MOF2020 Early Career Awardee (2020)
Selected Activities
Board Member, National Chemical Marketing and Economics Faculty Advisor
Faculty Advisor, National Science Scholars
Conference Organizer, National Graduate Polymer Research
Organizer, Telluride Science Workshop on Framework Materials
Organizer, Early Career Symposium MOF2022
Selected Publications
Marquez J.D.; Stewart K.A.; Stevens K.C.; Ryder B.J.; Le T.H.; Wei N.B; Choi W.J.; Sumerlin B.S.*; Evans A.M.* Hyperentangled Macromolecules with Engineerable Network-like Behavior J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 32, 29223–29231
Roy, R.; Hasan, A.M.M.; Becerra, Z.; Treaster K.A.; Angerhofer, A.; Evans, A.M.* Hopping-type Charge Transport in Controllably p-doped Polaronic Two-Dimensional Polymers Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, 30, e202500767.
Hasan, A.M.M; Roy, R.; Shebab, M.K.; Davis, A.N.; Kirlikovali, K.O.; Pankow, R.M.; Farha, O.K.; Evans, A.M.* Rapid Cathodic Coloration in Solution-Processable Electrochromic Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 19, 16331–16339.