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.

Bottom Row: Christie Popwell, Kate Opper, Dana Gaioa, Paula Delgado, Yuying Wei.
Not Pictured: Giovanni Rojas
   
                        										

Wagener Summer 2008

Top Row: Sam Popwell, Randall McClain, Brian Aitken, Fabio Fuluaga, James Leonard, Tahnie Danastor.

Bottom Row: Giovanni Rojas, Ken Wagener, Paula Delgado, Kate Opper, Yuying Wei, Katja Nilles, Bora Inci.

 

 

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
UF Chemistry Department Web Site | University of Florida Web Site

Web site mantained by Brian Aitken and Ken Wagener.