Research Areas  
  • Acyclic Diene Metathesis Polymerizations
  • Monomer structure/reactivity relationships
  • Catalyst structure/reactivity relationships
  • Modeling polymer crystallization behavior
  • Synthesis of new biopolymers, copolymers, and elastomeric thermosets.

 
Contact us!

The Wagener Research Group
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7200
(352) 392-4666 (Prof. Ken Wagener)
(352) 392-2000 (Any group member)
(352) 392-9741 (Fax)

wagener@chem.ufl.edu

 

      
                        										

Wagener Christmas 2007

Top Row: Sam Popwell, Henry Martinez, Brian Aitken, Emily Rasch, Bora Inci, Mrs. Wagener, Prof. Wagener, Kevin Wei, James Leonard.

Wagener and Miller Beach Extravaganza 2007

Top Row: Emily Rasch, Erik Berda, Kevin Jin, Prof. Steve, Lynn, Emerson, and Thea Miller, Prof. Ken Wagener, Henry Martinez.

Bottom Row: Christie Popwell, Kate Opper, Dana Gaioa, Paula Delgado, Yuying Wei. Bottom Row: James Leonard, Dana Gioia, Yuying and Abbie Wei, Mrs. Wagener, Paula Delgado
Not Pictured: Giovanni Rojas Not Pictured: Sam Popwell and Kate Opper

 

 

Watch ADMET in action using Schrock's catalyst (18 MB)and Grubbs' Catalyst (6 MB).

The movies are in AVI format; they can be viewed using Windows Media Player or Quicktime.

Other links of interest:

The George and Josephine Butler Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Web Site

Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering
UF Chemistry Department Web Site | University of Florida Web Site

Web site mantained by Kate Opper and Ken Wagener.