DR. COLEEN PUGH
Chair and Professor of Polymer Science
Polymer Synthesis and Molecular Architecture
Research Interests:
Coleen Pugh’s research interests include the synthesis and structural
characterization
of
hyperbranched
polyacrylates,
including
hyperbranched glycopolymers; synthesis of functionalized PLAs and
PLGAs;
development of all-organic amphiphilic nanoparticles;
development of new low-temperature curing reactions; development of
composites with fillers and matrices from renewable resources; and the
synthesis and use of liquid crystalline materials with areneperfluoroarene - stacking interactions.
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Department of
Polymer Science
University of Akron, OH
330-972-6614
[email protected]
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Biography: Coleen Pugh is a synthetic
organic polymer chemist. She served as
an Associate Editor for Macromolecules
from 1999 till March 31, 2011. She also
established an NSF-REU Site for Polymer
Science and Polymer Engineering in
2004, and directed it through 2009. Prior
to joining UAkron in 1998, she spent
almost five years as an Assistant
Professor of Chemistry at The University
of Michigan. Her undergraduate degrees
are in Chemistry and Textile Science
(Univ. of California, Davis); her graduate
degrees are in Macromolecular Science
from Case Western Reserve University;
and her postdoctoral research was in
Organometallic and Polymer Chemistry at
MIT.
Awards /Accomplishments:
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Fellow, American Association of the
Advancement of Science
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NSF Special Creative Invention
Award
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NSF Young Investigator
Industrial Sector Focus:
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Functionalized polymers
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High performance polymers
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Hyperbranched polymers
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Novel Curing Chemistries at Controlled Temperatures
Unique Laboratory Facilities:
Fully equipped synthetic chemistry lab, including inert atmosphere
drybox, Schlenk lines, high vacuum line, GPC, GPC with light
scattering detector, DSC, polarized optical microscope and hot stage.
Recent Publications/Patents:
1.
Bahl, K.; Swanson, N.; Pugh, C.; Jana, S.C., Polybutadiene-gPolypentafluorostyrene as a Coupling Agent for Lignin-filled
Rubber Particles", Polymer 2014, 55, 6754-6763.
2.
Pugh, C.; Baker, J. S.; Storms, W. K., "Synthesis of a
Polymerizable Benzocyclobutene that Undergoes Ring-Opening
Isomerization at Reduced Temperature", SynLett 2014, 25, 147152.
3.
Pugh, C.; Watt, P.; Mehta, B., Synthesis of Crosslinked
Soybean Polymer Using Bismaleimides as Crosslinkers",
Uakron 1072, USPTO 61/ Patent Application filed September 5,
2014.
4.
Pugh, C., Garcia, G., Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polyacrylates
by Emulsion Polymerization of Inimers, UAkron 870, US Patent
Application 13/646,215 filed on October 5, 2012.
5.
Pugh, C., Banerjee, A., Storms, W., Wright, C., Functional
Biodegradable Polyesters, UAkron 810, US Patent Application
61/368413, filed on July 28, 2011.
6.
Pugh, C., Singh, A., Synthesis of Inimers and Hyperbranched
Polymers, WO2008045299-A1; US Patent 8,524,942 issued
September 3, 2013.
7.
Pugh, C., Singh, A., Samuel, R., *Bernal, Ramos K.M.,
Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polyacrylates by a Chloroinimer
Approach, Macromolecules 2010, 43, 5222-5232.
8.
Pugh, C., Raveendra, B., Singh, A., Samuel, R., Garcia, G.,
Design and Regioselective Synthesis of (2-Bromo-2alkoxycarbonyl)ethyl Acrylates as Inimers for Hyperbranched
(Co)Polyacrylates, SynLett 2010, 1947-1950.