CSP Investigator Chris Ellison and colleagues Ellison group created polymers to make recycling processes more efficient. Mixed plastics pose a challenge for the recycling industry since they have to be... read more →
CSP Postdoctoral Researcher Jeffrey Paz Buenaflor with the Wissinger Group developed a toolkit that describes how representation and the instructor’s mindset and role matters when trying to improve diversity, equity,... read more →
CSP Investigator Paul Dauenhauer is featured in the University of Minnesota’s Winter 2021 Legacy magazine for his research of renewable resources to make plastic bottles, car tires, soaps, and more.... read more →
CSP researcher Guarav Kumar’s research Dehydra-decyclization of 2-methyltetrahydrofuran to pentadienes on boron-containing zeolites was selected as an Editor’s Choice article in the journal Green Chemistry. 1,3-Pentadiene (piperylene) is an important monomer... read more →
CSP graduate student Derek Batiste recently lead and published research on the efficient polymerization of methyl-ε- caprolactone mixtures to access sustainable aliphatic polyesters in ACS Macromolecules. Get a brief... read more →
The NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers (CSP) recognizes that the field of sustainable polymers is a very active, broad, and diverse area of research. Moreover, there are social, industrial, and... read more →
Research lead by CSP graduate student, Max Klemes and the Dichtel group, was recently highlighted as part of C&E News Magazine’s 2019 Chemistry Research of the Year showcase. Klemes’ publication,... read more →