Thomas Epps, III (0000-0002-2513-0966)

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Thomas is the Allan & Myra Ferguson Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware (UD) with a joint appointment in Materials Science & Engineering. He is Director of the Center for Research in Soft matter & Polymers (CRiSP), Director of the NSF MRSEC at UD called CHARM (Center for Hybrid, Active, and Responsive Materials) and Deputy Director of the DOE EFRC at UD called CPI (Center for Plastics Innovation). His research interests include nanostructured assemblies for targeted drug delivery and gene therapy, polymeric materials for bio-separation and ion-conduction membranes, nanostructured soft materials from biobased and plastics waste feedstocks, and polymer films for nanotemplating. He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2018, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2021, Polymers Division of the American Chemical Society in 2021, American Chemical Society in 2021, and the National Academy of Inventors in 2022, and Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society in 2023. Thomas is also co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Lignolix, Inc. – a start-up focused on valorization of biomass waste. He has received several honors and awards including: the William W. Grimes Award (AIChE, 2021), Percy L. Julian Award (NOBCChE, 2020); John H. Dillon Medal (APS, 2016); Owens-Corning Early Career Award (AIChE, 2015), among others. Thomas is a member of the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee and a member of advisory boards/committees in the private and financial sector.

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Lignolix, Inc: Wilmington, DE, US

2019-01-01 to present | Chief Science Officer

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Thomas Epps, III

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Lignolix, Inc: Wilmington, DE, US

University of Delaware: Newark, DE, US

NIST: Gaithersburg, MD, US

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University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN, US

Works (50 of 153)

Toward Sustainable Materials: From Lignocellulosic Biomass to High-Performance Polymers

Increased hydrophilicity of lignin-derivable vs. bisphenol-based polysulfones for potential water filtration applications

Lignin-derivable, thermoplastic, non-isocyanate polyurethanes with increased hydrogen-bonding content and toughness vs. petroleum-derived analogues

Cross-Linked Polyolefins: Opportunities for Fostering Circularity Throughout the Materials Lifecycle

Analyses of circular solutions for advanced plastics waste recycling

Tracking Chain Populations and Branching Structure during Polyethylene Deconstruction Processes

Catalytic Deconstruction of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer and Polyethylene Mixtures via Hydroconversion: Challenges and Solutions

Toward Circular Recycling of Polyurethanes: Depolymerization and Recovery of Isocyanates

Which Lipid Nanoparticle (LNP) Designs Work? A Simple Kinetic Model Linking LNP Chemical Structure to In Vivo Delivery Performance

Size and Structure Effects of Carbon-Supported Ruthenium Nanoparticles on Waste Polypropylene Hydrogenolysis Activity, Selectivity, and Product Microstructure

Solid-State, Single-Ion Conducting, Polymer Blend Electrolytes with Enhanced Li+ Conduction, Electrochemical Stability, and Limiting Current Density

Electrophoretic Deposition as a Versatile Low-Cost Tool to Construct a Synthetic Polymeric Solid-Electrolyte Interphase on Silicon Anodes: A Model System Investigation

Increase in the effective viscosity of polyethylene under extreme nanoconfinement

Circularity in polymers: addressing performance and sustainability challenges using dynamic covalent chemistries

Lignin-derivable alternatives to petroleum-derived non-isocyanate polyurethane thermosets with enhanced toughness

Unlocking Circularity Through the Chemical Recycling and Upcycling of Lignin-Derivable Polymethacrylates

Thermogravimetric Analysis as a High-Throughput Lignocellulosic Biomass Characterization Method

Role of Intra-Domain Heterogeneity on Ion and Polymer Dynamics in Block Polymer Electrolytes: An Approach for Spatially Resolving Dynamics and Ion Transport

Role of Intradomain Heterogeneity on Ion and Polymer Dynamics in Block Polymer Electrolytes: Investigating Interfacial Mobility and Ion-Specific Dynamics and Transport

Ionic-Liquid-Mediated Deconstruction of Polymers for Advanced Recycling and Upcycling

Engineering Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities for Lignocellulosic Biorefineries: Leveraging Biobased Polymer Production

Monitoring the Solution Persistence of Porous Coordination Cages with Diffusion NMR Spectroscopy and Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy

Vat 3D Printing of Bioderivable Photoresins – Toward Sustainable and Robust Thermoplastic Parts

Antioxidant-induced transformations of a metal-acid hydrocracking catalyst in the deconstruction of polyethylene waste

A kinetic modeling platform for predicting the efficacy of siRNA formulations in vitro and in vivo

Oxidative Functionalization of Long-Chain Liquid Alkanes by Pulsed Plasma Discharges at Atmospheric Pressure

A Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Model of a Yellow Poplar Forest Residue Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Biorefinery

Innovations Toward the Valorization of Plastics Waste

A kinetic modeling platform for predicting the efficacy of siRNA formulations in vitro and in vivo

Sustainability of Synthetic Plastics: Considerations in Materials Life-Cycle Management

Ambient-pressure lignin valorization to high-performance polymers by intensified reductive catalytic deconstruction

Inline Rolling Shear Alignment: Deposition and Long-Range Order of Block Polymer Templates in a Fast, Single-Step Process

Estrogenic activity of lignin-derivable alternatives to bisphenol A assessed via molecular docking simulations

Recent developments towards performance-enhancing lignin-based polymers

Single pot catalyst strategy to branched products via adhesive isomerization and hydrocracking of polyethylene over platinum tungstated zirconia

Nanostructured Block Polymer Electrolytes: Tailoring Self-Assembly to Unlock the Potential in Lithium-Ion Batteries

Kinetic Modeling to Accelerate the Development of Nucleic Acid Formulations

From Lab to Fab: Enabling Enhanced Control of Block Polymer Thin-Film Nanostructures

Quantifying the Effects of Monomer Segment Distributions on Ion Transport in Tapered Block Polymer Electrolytes

Entrepreneurship in Polymer Chemistry

Toward polymer upcycling—adding value and tackling circularity

Metal–organic framework polymer composite enhancement via acyl chloride modification

Fibre-based composites from the integration of metal–organic frameworks and polymers

Redox Flow Battery Membranes: Improving Battery Performance by Leveraging Structure–Property Relationships

Bent‐But‐Not‐Broken: Reactive Metal‐Organic Framework Composites from Elastomeric Phase‐Inverted Polymers

Aromatics from Lignocellulosic Biomass: A Platform for High-Performance Thermosets

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Polymers from Lignocellulosic Biomass. Current Challenges and Future Opportunities

Dual‐functional, aromatic, epoxy‐methacrylate monomers from bio‐based feedstocks and their respective epoxy‐functional thermoplastics

Block Copolymer Vitrimers

Charging toward improved lithium-ion polymer electrolytes: exploiting synergistic experimental and computational approaches to facilitate materials design

Peer review (62 reviews for 12 publications/grants)