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 2008

Top Row: Henry Martinez, Brian Aitken, Sam Popwell, Ken Wagener, Bora Inci, Chet Simocko, James Leonard.

Bottom Row: Lucy Chen, Christy Popwell, Pascale Atallah, Diane Turek, Margaret Wagener, Paula Delgado, Emily Rash .
Not Pictured: Fabio Zuluaga, Adam Garland, Kate Opper, Yuying Wei, Kathryn Williams

 

 

   

Wagener Summer Diving Competition 2009

Back to Front/Left to Right : Bora Inci, Chet Simocko, Laurent Mialon, Robert Haschick, Brian Aitken, Yuying Wei, Dr. Ken Wagener, Paula Delgado, Pascale Atallah, Diane Turek, Kate Opper.

Not Pictured: Sam Popwell, Dr. James Leonard, Dr. Kathryn Williams, Dr. Fabio Zuluaga

 

 

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.