Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA B.S. Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Polymers are ubiquitous in applications ranging from everyday household items to organic electronic devices and functional biomaterials. Key to the end-use application are the nanoscale structure and the processing pathways required to attain that final structure.

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