Our group focuses on advancing the fundamental understanding of synthetic polymers and nanomaterials by designing their structures with precision. We strive to apply these functional materials to address significant challenges in sensing, environment, healthcare, and energy.

Jan 2020

Our lab has been quite busy in 2019. Jingya Xiao, Dr. Gopi Nath Vemuri, Nduka Ogbonna, and Debaroty Roy have joined the group. We also have Phihan Nguyen, Michael Dearman, Marie Claire DeKeyzer keeping everyone busy and productive (!).



August 2018

Dr. Lawrence attends ACS Fall 2018 to present a collaborative study on the NMR properties of discrete oligomers with fluorinated chain ends. This work was carried out by the members of Hawker Group@UCSB and Whittaker Group@Univ. of Queensland.


Summer 2018

Kickstarting Lawrence Research Group at LSU Chemical Engineering. Baton Rouge and Mike the Tiger, here we come!