Sumerlin

Prof. Brent Sumerlin and Microbiology Assoc. Prof. Luis Roesch team up to create synthetic mucus out of sheer-labile interaction polymers. Click to read the UF News article (photo courtesy of UF News).

Professor Brent Sumerlin has been awarded the Macro Group UK Medal for Outstanding Achievement, an international honor recognizing sustained and influential contributions to polymer science.

A new study from UF Chemistry introduces the first electrochemically initiated depolymerization of poly(methyl methacrylate), enabling efficient monomer recovery at dramatically lower temperatures. Led by graduate student Graham Gilchrist and coadvised by Profs. Brent Sumerlin and Austin Evans, the work establishes electrochemistry as a powerful new tool for closed-loop recycling of commodity plastics.

The Sumerlin group has devised a novel “subtractive” technique to turn everyday plastics into highly porous, high-surface-area materials. Click to read the UF News article.

The Department of Chemistry congratulates Prof. Sumerlin on these honors, celebrating both the international reach and campus impact of his research program.

ACS Fellows are recognized members of the ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to science, the profession, and the Society. Click to read the CLAS News article.

Brent Sumerlin and team “developed a completely new method that dramatically lowers the energy required to achieve depolymerization.” Click to read the CLAS News article.

The highly competitive DoD Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives (MURI) grant program will fuel materials science research in the Evans and Sumerlin labs. Click to read the CLAS News article.