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Teator Lab Wins Chem GSO Basketball Tournament!
Alexis, Jeshua, Kasun, Pranay, and Raju bested the competition at the Chem GSO Basketball Tournament! Congratulations to the team! ...
Alec Wins Cornelius McCollum Scholarship!
Alec received a Cornelius McCollum Scholarship at this year's KU Chemistry Awards and Graduation Recognition Ceremony. This scholarship began in 1966 with the personal donation of Dr. McCollum to create a research scholarship for outstanding graduate students. Congratulations, Alec! ...
Alexis Wins Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship!
Alexis has been awarded a Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship! The Madison and Lila Self Graduate Program provides financial support and professional development opportunities for promising graduate student leaders at The University of Kansas. In addition to supporting her research efforts for the next 4 years, the fellowship provides...
Kasun Wins Robert & Emily Williams Community Service Award!
Kasun received the Robert & Emily Williams Community Service Award at this year's KU Chemistry Awards and Graduation Recognition Ceremony for his outstanding dedication to service at KU. Congratulations, Kasun! ...
The Teator Lab receives funding from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF)!
Professor Teator has been awarded an American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund grant - the group's first external funding! The grant totals $110,000 and will be distributed over a two year period. ...
Aaron Receives Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA) from 3M!
Aaron Teator, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has been selected to receive a prestigious Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA) from 3M Corporation. This award recognizes outstanding young faculty, nominated by 3M researchers, for their early-career achievements in research, experience, and academic leadership. ...
The Teator Lab Is Looking For Students!
The new semester is right around the corner and we’ve got some beautiful, brand-new lab space waiting for us! Graduate and undergraduate students: please contact Aaron (teator@ku.edu) if you’re interested in doing some exciting organic/polymer chemistry research! ...
Coming Soon: The Teator Lab At The University Of Kansas
Absolutely thrilled to announce that I have accepted a position as an assistant professor at the University of Kansas starting this fall! So grateful to all of my mentors, formal and informal, and the many others who have helped me along the way! ...
Our 100th Anniversary Of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint Is Live!
Check out our viewpoint in ACS Macro Letters to read more about the current state of stereocontrolled vinyl polymerization along with our various musings about the future. Wonderful to work through this piece in collaboration with Travis at @trixfortrex, Phil at @Phil_Knutson and Cole at @cole_soryy from the Leibfarth...
Our Deep Dive Into The Mechanism Of Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization Is In Press
Check out our newest paper appearing in J. Am. Chem. Soc. to learn more about our stereoselective cationic polymerization methodology! Spearheaded by Travis Varner, who is on Twitter at @trixfortrex, this paper represents a deep dive with elements of physical organic chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, polymer synthesis, and computational chemistry. A...
Aaron Selected To Receive A Cottrell Fellowship From Research Corporation For Science Advancement (RCSA)
Aaron was selected to receive a Cottrell Fellowship from Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA)! The award includes an “expectation for continued pedagogical training for the postdocs in supportive environments,” which will be fulfilled by acting as the instructor of record for an undergraduate General Chemistry course during the Spring...
Aaron’s Paper Recognized As Part Of C&EN’s Sensational Syntheses Of 2019
Aaron’s paper detailing the preparation of polar, semicrystalline thermoplastics, Catalyst-Controlled Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers, has been highlighted in the Year in Chemistry 2019 issue of Chemical & Engineering News as one of the Sensational Syntheses of 2019. Read the full issue on the Chemical and Engineering News website! ...
Our Paper On Polar Thermoplastics Via Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization Is In Press
Check out our newest paper (previously a preprint on ChemRxiv) appearing in ACS Macro Letters to read about modulating the material properties of isotactic poly(vinyl ether)s using a stereoselective copolymerization strategy. Really enjoyed working with the whole team (complete with postdoc, grad student, undergrad, and high school student!) on this...
Our Latest Preprint Is Live On ChemRxiv
Check out our most recent paper on ChemRxiv to read about tuning the material properties of isotactic poly(vinyl ether)s through copolymerization. Important thermal parameters (Tg & Tm) can be easily modulated through the stereoselective copolymerization of vinyl ether monomers with disparate homopolymer properties using our chiral anion-mediated methodology. Functional comonomers...
Aaron Selected To Receive UNC Postdoctoral Award For Research Excellence
Aaron was selected to receive a Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence (PARE) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The award recognizes “research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars” from all disciplines and will be awarded at the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs PARE Ceremony in November. ...
Aaron Speaking Today At ACS San Diego
If you’re at ACS today stop by the PMSE Future Faculty Symposium in Manchester Grand Hyatt Harbor I at 2:30pm to hear Aaron talk about the catalyst-controlled stereoselective polymerization of vinyl ethers for the preparation of new, polar thermoplastics. ...
Chemical And Engineering News Highlights Aaron’s Paper
Aaron’s recent paper published in Science, Catalyst-Controlled Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers, has been highlighted in the latest issue of Chemical & Engineering News. The full article by Bethany Halford is on the Chemical and Engineering News official website. ...
Aaron’s Paper On Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization Is In Press
Our newly-developed methodology for the stereoselective polymerization of vinyl ethers has appeared online! The manuscript, entitled Catalyst-Controlled Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers, has been published in Science. This work has been featured in a Science perspective and highlighted by Nature. ...