Jimmy Lawrence

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering (M.F. Gautreaux/Albemarle Foundation)

jimmylawrence@lsu.edu (Google Scholar, LinkedIn)

Education

Postdoc, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara (Prof. Craig J. Hawker)

PhD, Polymer Sci. & Engineering, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst (Prof. Todd Emrick)

Research Engineer, Research Scientist, Schlumberger

MS, Chemical Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Takeo Yamaguchi)

BS, Chemical Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Profs. S. Kraines & H. Komiyama)

Parikshit Guragain

Postdoctoral Researcher

Joined Fall 2024

pguragain@lsu.edu (Google Scholar, LinkedIn)

Education

PhD, Dept. of chemistry & biochemistry, Kent State University (Prof, Dr. Robert J. Twieg)

M.S., Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Michael R. Dearman

Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering

Joined Fall 2020

mdearm5@lsu.edu (Google Scholar, LinkedIn)

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University

My research focuses on developing synthetic strategies to precisely tune the glass transition temperatures of bottlebrush polymers and their assembled structures for advanced thermal control.

Titilayo Deborah Oluwole

Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering 

Joined Fall 2022

toluwo2@lsu.edu (Google Scholar, LinkedIn)

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria.

My research focuses on employing bottlebrush polymers as functional additives and surface modifiers to engineer material properties, interfacial behavior, and structural organization.

Alejandro Ramirez Castellanos

Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering 

Joined Spring 2024

arami53@lsu.edu (Google Scholar, LinkedIn)

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), Mexico.

My research focuses on the design and functionalization of nanomaterials using precision polymer ligands to control interfacial interactions, stability, and self-assembly behavior.

Hariharan Jayakumar

Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering 

Joined Spring 2025

hjayak1@lsu.edu (Google Scholar, LinkedIn)

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering , Anna University Chennai, India