Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Fellows | Graduate Students | Undergraduate Students |
Alumni

Principal Investigator

Kenneth R. Carter, Ph.D
Professor
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
A416 Conte Bldg / 120 Governors Drive
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Email: krcarter [at] polysci.umass.edu
Phone: 413-577-1416

 

 

 

Current Team

Graduate Students

Allen Chang  (4th Year PSE Program)
BS, Materials Science and Engineering
University of Maryland University College, 2015
E-mail: allenchang [at] mail.pse.umass.edu
Office: A430 Conte Building
Research Topic: Organo-Electronic Nanocellulose

Soeun Kim (5th Year PSE Program)
BE, (2009) and MS (2011) Polymer -Nano Sci & Tech
Chonbuk National University, 2009 & 2011
E-mail: soeun [at] mail.pse.umass.edu
Office: A423 Conte Building
Research Topic: Anti Chemical Warfare Agent Coatings

Hsin-Jung (Hanna) Yu (2nd Year PSE Program)
BS, Materials Science
Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Prk, 2017
E-mail: hsinjungyu [at] mail.pse.umass.edu
Office: A433 Conte Building
Research Topic: Anti Chemical Warfare Agent Coatings

Jerred Wassgren (2nd Year PSE Program)
BS, Chemical Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, 2017
E-mail: jwassgren [at] mail.pse.umass.edu
Office: A427 Conte Building
Research Topic: Functional Nanocellulose Aerogels

Postdoctoral Fellows

Yinyong Li,Ph.D.
Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering
UMass – Amherst, 2016
B.S.   Polymer Materials and Engineering
Co-Founder, Treaty, LLC. maker of FogKicker Anti-Fog
Zhejiang University, China ,  2010
E-mail: liyinyong[at] gmail.com
Office: A427 Conte Building
Research Topic: Nanocellulose Materials, Nanofabricaton

 

 

Undergraduate Researchers

Jeffrey Lee (Chemical Engineering)
Maria Mountziaris (Chemical Engineering)
Nicola Patel (Group Business Manager)

Carter Group PSE Alumni

Soeun Kim, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2019
Yiliang Zhou, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2018, Apple (China)
Kara Martin, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2018, UES, Inc. (AFRL)
Jared Harris, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2017, Dartmouth College
Jaewon Choi, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2017, Post-Doctoral Researcher – UC Berkeley
Yinyong Li, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2016, Founder. Treaty LLC
Andrew Davis, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2014, Library of Congress
Laura Parker, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2014
Samuel Pendergraph, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Nicholas Hendricks, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012, ETH Zürich
Mikhail Kuchuk, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012
Burcin Erenturk, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2011, Bose Corp
Joseph Peterson, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2011, Superior Tire & Rubber Corp
Janet Maegerlein, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2010
Damla Koylu, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2010, GCP Applied Technologies

Postdoc Alumni

Sachin Bhaladhare, Postdoc (2015 – 2016) Tripura University, India
Jacob John, Postdoc (2010 – 2016) University of Nebraska
Charlotte Mallet, Postdoc (2013 – 2014) Hydro-Québec, Canada
Jin Young Park, Postdoc (2009 – 2012) Kyungpook National University, Korea
Shuxi Dai, Postdoc (2011 – 2012) Henan University, China
John Ell, Postdoc (2008 – 2009), The Dow Chemical Company
Fatma Koyunco, Postdoc (2012 – 2012) University of Cannakale, Turkey
Yinyong Li, Postdoc (2016 – 2017), Treaty LLC
Isaac Moran, Postdoc (2005 – 2009), Draper Labs
Sarav Jhaveri, Postdoc (2005 – 2007) BASF