Aaron J. Teator
- Assistant Professor
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1567 Irving Hill Road
Lawrence, KS 66045
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Selected Publications —
Wekasinghe, K.; Castillo, S. A.; Bemis, J. R.; Teator, A. J.* Keteniminium-Mediated Post-Polymerization Modification: Unlocking Emergent Properties in Polyacrylamides. J. Am. Chem. Soc.2025, 147, 21302-21307. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c04964
Zhu, H.; Jackson, T. A.; Teator, A. J.; Subramaniam, B.* Oxidative Functionalization of Solvent-Pretreated Polyethylene by Ozone. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.2025, 13, 4988-4996. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c09279
Wekasinghe, K., Teator, A.J.* Porphyrins pave the way to precision polymers. Nat. Synth.2023, 2, 811–812. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-023-00338-y
Varner, T. P.; Teator, A. J.; Reddi, Y.; Jacky, P. E.; Cramer, C. J.; Leibfarth, F. A. Mechanistic Insight into the Stereoselective Cationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 17175. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c08254
Teator, A. J.; Varner, T. P.; Jacky, P. E.; Sheyko, K. A.; Leibfarth, F. A. Polar Thermoplastics with Tunable Physical Properties Enabled by the Stereoselective Copolymerization of Vinyl Ethers. ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8, 1559. DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00802
Teator, A. J. and Leibfarth, F. A. Catalyst-Controlled Stereoselective Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers. Science 2019, 363, 1439. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw1703
Awards & Honors —
Sutton Family Research Impact Award
2025
NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award
2025
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2022
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) Cottrell Fellowship
2020
ACS Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Future Faculty Scholar
2019
UNC Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence
2019