Please join Yale Chemistry for an organic chemistry Silliman Seminar with Erin E. Stache, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University.
Title: TBD
The Stache Lab seeks to reimagine the life cycle of polymeric materials. Their research focuses on the following 3 areas:
1. Sustainable Polymer Chemistry Via Photothermal Conversion-
We are developing synthetic strategies to degrade, upcycle, and chemically recycle commercial polymers. Our primary approach employs a light-to-heat conversion strategy (photothermal conversion), to produce intense thermal gradients capable of depolymerizing commercial plastics.
2. Development of Novel Polymerization Techniques and Degradable Polymers-
Commodity plastics are frequently produced without degradation in mind. We aim to develop polymers with degradable moieties readily incorporated and push the frontiers of polymerization methods to access these polymers more readily and efficiently.
3. Organic Synthesis Via Photothermal Conversion-
We are exploring photothermal conversion as a general strategy for organic synthesis. Photon-mediated chemical processes offer a pathway to create complex, biologically significant compounds, a critical pursuit within the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industry.
For more information on Professor Stache’s research: https://stache.princeton.edu/research/
Faculty Host: Prof. Nilay Hazari
Seminar can be viewed online here: Panopto
This seminar is generously sponsored by the Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Fund.