The Long Research Group
Macromolecular Chemistry and Catalyst Design
ABOUT US
We are an interdisciplinary research group within the University of Tennessee's Department of Chemistry. We use the tools of organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, organometallic design, and polymer science to address fundamental scientific problems with real world impact. Our research is divided into two main thrusts: (1) the design and synthesis of advanced polymeric materials, and (2) the development and evaluation of next-generation polymerization catalysts.
RECENT NEWS
September 2023
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Congrats to Cameron and BJ!! Their latest article on the development of new amphiphilic copolymers for the extraction of integral membrane proteins was accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie.
August 2023
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BL was promoted to the rank of full professor and is now the Mamantov Professor of Chemistry!!!
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BL was re-elected to serve on the UTK faculty senate for another three years.
June 2023
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Congrats to Nick Shawver for successfully defending his masters thesis.
May 2023
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Congrats to the newly minted Dr. Trevor Wilson who successfully defending his dissertation.
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Congrats to the newly minted Dr. Cameron Workman who successfully defending his dissertation.
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Congrats to Maggie for receiving a Eastman Summer 2023 Research Fellowship!!!
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Congrats to Christy who won a departmental awards for teaching excellence!!!
March 2023
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BL's article in collaboration with Prof. Nicole Labbe on biomass interactions with ionic liquids was accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules.
January 2023
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Welcome Rahil and Laura as undergraduate student researchers in the Long Research Group!!!
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Congrats to Nick and Alicia!! Their review article on the development of redox switchable catalysts for ring-opening polymerizations was accepted for publication in Journal of Polymer Science.
December 2022
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Congrats to Nick!! His collaborative article with Prof. Tim Hanusa and his research group on the topic of heteroleptic aluminum allyls as initiators for lactide polymerization was accepted for publication in Organometallics.
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Welcome Rakesh and Godwin as graduate students in the Long Research Group!!!.
November 2022
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Congrats to Jordan and Justin!! Our newest article on the development of photoinduced olefin polymerization (PIOP) was accepted for publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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Congrats to Nick and Alicia!! Our newest perspective on redox switchable ring-opening polymerization catalysts was just accepted in J. Polymer Science.
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Congrats to Nick and our collaborators!! Our newest article on using heteroleptic aluminum species as initiators for lactide polymerization was accepted in Organometallics.
September 2022
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UTK was just ranked #1 in Polymer Science by U.S. News and World Reports. See U.S. News' report here, and see UTK's press release here.
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Congrats to Cameron and our collaborators!! Our newest article on the stability of functionalized polymers SMA copolymers for membrane protein extraction was just accepted in Biomacromolecules.
