Wagener Research Group

University of Florida

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 2011

Top Row: Henry Martinez, Nicolas Sauty, Michael Schulz, Taylor Gaines, Bora Inci, Rhett Smith, Donovan Thompson, Dr. Ken Wagener, Sam Popwell, Chip Few

Bottom Row : Christy Popwell, Tammie Olivera, Pascale Atallah, Margaret Wagener, Ashlyn Dennis, Angie Schulz, Rachel Ford

Not Pictured:Dr. Fabio Zuluaga, Dr. Kathryn Williams, Paula Delgado, Brian Aitken, Chet Simocko, Lucas Caire da Silva, Thomas Young

Wagener Group 2012

Some group members competing in the Rugged Maniac, a 5k race and mud run! The final obstacle was jumping over a fire pit!

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.