Texas A&M chemistry chair to present ninth Stoffer lecture

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On October 16, 2024

Dr. Karen Wooley, W.T. Doherty-Welch chair in chemistry at Texas A&M University, will deliver the ninth annual Stoffer Lecture at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, in the Monsanto Lecture Hall, Room G3 Schrenk Hall on the S&T campus. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be available to view online after the event.

This year’s lecture is titled “Grand challenges in polymer science and soft matter: Wooley’s emphasis on strategies to afford natural product-based polymer materials with consideration of the end game.”

Wooley has joint appointments in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering, in addition to her role as chemistry chair. She is a co-founder and president of Sugar Plastics LLC, and chief technology officer of Teysha Technologies Ltd.

Wooley’s research interests include the synthesis and characterization of degradable polymers derived from natural products, unique macromolecular architectures, complex polymer assemblies, and well-defined nanostructured materials. She has designed synthetic strategies for the construction of hydrolytically degradable polymers, with a goal of reducing reliance on petrochemicals and creating new materials that will have benign or even beneficial effects as they degrade.

The Stoffer lecture series was established by Dr. James O. Stoffer, Missouri S&T Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of chemistry. It gives the campus and Rolla communities an opportunity to learn from scholars and innovators in the field of polymer chemistry and related areas.

About Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to the Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu

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