McCarthy Research Group

See Current Members of the McCarthy Research Group

• Ilke Anac, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2006, Gebze Institute of Technology
• Kelyn Arora, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1999, Procter & Gamble Company
• Timothy Bee, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1993, Ashland Inc (retired)
• Robert Bening, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1990, Kraton Polymers
• James Bonafini, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1985, James A Bonafini Consultants, Inc & Acuity Polymers, Inc.
• Xue Cai, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012
• Chuntao Cao, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2002, 3M Company
• Terrence Caskey, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2003, Illumina, Inc
• Ebru Cataltarla, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, , Literal Consulting an Engineering
• Wei Chen, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1997, Mt Holyoke College
• Dalton Cheng, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2010, Dunn Edwards
• Catherine Coleman, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1991, NASA Astronaut Program (retired)
• Yan Cong, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2022, Rogers Corporations
• Christine Costello, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1987, Exxon Research & Engineering Co. (Retired)
• Elisa Cross, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1990, 3M
• Anthony Dias, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1987, ExxonMobil Chemical Company
• Scott Eastman, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2009, Henkel Aerospace
• Daniel Flagg, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2017, Vartega
• Robert Fleming, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1995, Zymergen
• Nicole Franchina, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1993
• Heather Hayes, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1999, Milliken & Company
• Margarita Herrera-Alonso, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2005, Colorado State University
• Voravee Hoven, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1997, Chulalongkorn University
• Meng Hsieh, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1999, Atotech
• Dhamodharan Iyengar, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1992, Indian Institute of Technology
• Xinqiao Jia, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2002, University of Delaware
• Anthony Karandinos, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1997, Megaplast S.A
• Eric Kendall, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1994, Portacool, LLC
• Bokyung Kim, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2010, Hyundai Motor Company
• Gene Kim, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2000, JX Nippon ANCI, Inc.
• Taehyung Kim, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2007, University of La Verne
• Brant Kolb, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1993, 3M Company
• Mikhail Kozlov, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2004, EMD Millipore Sigma Corporation
• Jayaraman Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2007, PepsiCo
• Joseph Krumpfer, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012, Wiley-VCH
• Edward Kung, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1999, SABIC Innovative Plastics
• Richard Larson, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2000, New England Wire Technologies
• Juha-Matti Levasalmi, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1996, SABIC Innovatice Plastics
• Zhixiang Lu, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2006, Henkel Loctite Corporation
• Katharine Nelson, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2003, Allakos Inc
• Richard Norton, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1989, Markem-Imaje
• Penelope Patton, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1988
• Molly Shoichet, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1992, University of Toronto
• Christopher Stafford, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2002, Materials Science & Engineering Division, National Institute
• Jan Stouffer, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1988, BrightFocus Foundation
• Zhaohui Su, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1997, Chang Chun Institute of Applied Chemistry
• David Waldman, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1990, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
• Yan Wang, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2015, L'Oreal
• James Watkins, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 1997, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Kevin Wier, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2006, Dow Corning Corporation
• Joonsung Yoon, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2010, AXEL Plastics, Inc.
• Jeffrey Youngblood, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2001, Purdue University
• Minchao Zhang, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2017, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd, Hong Kong
• Peiwen Zheng, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012, DuPont
• Didem Öner-Deliormanli, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2001, The Dow Chemical Company

• Pei Bian, Postdoc (2009 - 2018)
• Alex Fadeev, Postdoc (2014 - 2015)
• Jianxin Feng, Postdoc (2006 - 2015), Shamrock Technologies Inc.
• Shota Fujii, Postdoc (2015 - 2015), University of Kitakyushu
• Lichao Gao, Postdoc (2008 - 2008), P&G
• Atsushi Hozumi, Postdoc ( - 2015)
• Yasuhiko Iwasaki, Postdoc ( - 2015)
• Takahisa Kato, Postdoc ( - 2015)
• Bokyung Kim, Postdoc (2011 - gone), Hyundai Motor Company
• Jung Ah Lee, Postdoc (2003 - 2015), SABIC
• Kang Wook Lee, Postdoc ( - 2015), IBM TJ Watson Research Center
• Maria Lerum, Postdoc ( - 2015)
• Sung In Moon, Postdoc ( - 2015)
• Ingo Neuner, Postdoc (1997 - 1998), Herzog IP Patentanwalts GmbH
• Padma Rajogpalan, Postdoc ( - 2015), Virginia Tech
• Sung Hung Ryu, Postdoc (2015 - 2015)
• Li Wang, Postdoc (2015 - 2016)
• Liming Wang, Postdoc (2011 - 2016)

Macromolecules 2022, 55, 5803 (with Y. Cong, Z. Li, P. Bian) "Isomeric Silicones: Reactive Phenylsilsesquioxane-Based MT Resins and Comments Concerning the Structure of the Phenylsilsesquioxane Homopolymer"   

ACS Macro Lett. 2022, 11, 1245. (with P. Bian) "Hemisilicone Elastomers That Are Recyclable to the Monomer"

Macromol. Rapid Comm. 2021 DOI: 10.1002/marc.202000682 (with P. Bian, Y. Wang) "Rediscovering Silicones: The Anomalous Water Permeability of "Hydrophobic" PDMS Suggests Nanostructure and Applications in Water Purification and Anti-Icing"          

Langmuir 2020, 36, 10110 (with Y. Saito, L. Wang, P. Zheng, P. Bian) "A Different Silica Surface: Radical Oxidation of Poly(methylsilsesquioxane) Thin Films and Particles (Tospearl)"     

Langmuir 2020, 36, 4289 (with T. Shimosaka )"Sessile Liquid Features as Molds for Silicone Elastomers"

Langmuir 2019, 35, 13396 (with D. H. Flagg) "Carbon Nanotubes Readily Disperse in Linear Silicones and Improve the Thermal Stability of Dimethylsilicone Elastomers"   

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 411126 (with T. Dong) "Superhydrophobic/Low Hysteresis Patterning Chemistry for Water Drop Manipulation"

Langmuir 2017, 33, 8129 (with D. H. Flagg) "Rapid and Clean Covalent Attachment of Methylsiloxane Polymers and Oligomers to Silica using B(C6F5)3 Catalysis"

Macromolecules 2016, 49, 8581 (with D. H. Flagg) "Rediscovering Silicones: MQ Copolymers"

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 244 (with L. Wang) "Covalently Attached Liquids: Instant Omniphobic Surfaces with Unprecedented Repellency"

Langmuir 2016, 32, 765 (with S. Fujii) "Sulfone-Containing Methacrylate Homopolymers: Wetting and Thermal Properties"

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2015, 112, 2664 (with L. Wang) "Capillary Bridge - Derived Particles with Negative Gaussian Curvature"

Langmuir 2014, 30, 2419 (with Y. Wang) "Dip-Coating Deposition on Chemically Patterned Surfaces: A Mechanistic Analysis and Comparison with Topographically Patterned Surfaces"

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2024 (with P. Zheng) "A Surprise from 1954: Siloxane Equilibration Is a Simple, Robust, and Obvious Polymer Self-Healing Mechanism