UNM Rainforest Innovations

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

The University of New Mexico

Pending U.S. Patent Applications (UNM-Affiliated)

  • Design of Recyclable 3D-Printable Preceramic Thermosets Using Dynamic Crosslinking
  • Upcycling Plastics Toward 3D-Printable Bioinspired Functional Organic-Inorganic Dynamic Polymer Network with Hierarchical Dynamic Bonds
  • From Greenhouse Gas to Green Building Material: Mineralizing Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Cool Roof Coating
  • Tuning Crosslinking of Hybrid Preceramic Polymers in Vat Photopolymerization Toward Controlled Ceramic Yields
  • Enhancing Carbon Dioxide Storage via Bio-Inspired Mineralization of Microspheres Using Ultrasonication and Bio-additives

Research areas include:

  • Bioinspired, energy-efficient materials design and manufacturing toward better sustainability and healthcare
  • Dynamic bond chemistry in dynamic polymer, preceramic polymers, and organometallic polymer networks
  • Bioinspired mineralization for CO2 storage, utilization and organic-inorganic hybrid materials design
  • Additive manufacturing and sustainable manufacturing
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