Dr. Karen L. Wooley awarded the Pauling and Nichols Medals
Wooley receives the 2026 Pauling Medal Award and the 2027 William H. Nichols Medal, honors administered by sections of the American Chemical Society.
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Functional, Degradable Polymer Materials
The Wooley Research Group designs, synthesizes, and characterizes unique polymers, with emphasis on synthetic methodologies that prepare complex nanostructured materials.
Our research identifies nanoscopic natural products, including viral capsids, lipoproteins, and natural surface structures, as inspiration for synthetic materials that capture their structural and functional elements. The group develops degradable polymers derived from natural products, unique macromolecular architectures, complex polymer assemblies, and well-defined nanostructured materials.
Karen L. Wooley holds the W. T. Doherty-Welch Chair in Chemistry and is a University Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University, with joint appointments in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering.
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Gavin Moore appears on ITV News in the UK
Graduate student Gavin Moore appeared on ITV News Tyne Tees while sampling the Newcastle nurdle spill with Dr. Geoff Abbott of Newcastle University.
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Logan Edler presents REU summer research
Logan presented his work using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to identify and classify microplastics in tissues.
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Mussel-inspired materials for sustainable batteries
The American Peptide Society highlighted the group’s redox-active, degradable polypeptides made from natural feedstocks.
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