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. 

The Petroleum Research Fund is charged with supporting “advanced scientific education and fundamental research in the petroleum field,” including any area of pure science that may lead to further research directly impacting petroleum. In particular, the Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grants program aims to promote the careers of young faculty by supporting research of high scientific caliber, and to enhance the career opportunities of their undergraduate/ graduate students, and postdoctoral associates through the research experience. These grants are intended to be start-up funding for scientists and engineers in the United States who are within the first three years of their first academic appointments.

The PRF grant will support the Teator Lab's work related to the rapid diversification of polyacrylamide materials. To learn more about ongoing research in the Teator Lab, visit the group website at teatorlab.ku.edu!