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Pamela G. Hollie Professor of Chemistry, Kenyon College

Yutan D. Y. L. Getzler has always liked working with his hands and taking things apart so he can put them back together. Since arriving at Kenyon in 2004, his scholarship has focused on sustainability in materials science. In collaboration with Kenyon undergraduates, he developed one of the first catalysts to make a new topology of poly(lactic acid), a biodegradable plastic derived from annually renewable feedstocks. Another project seeks to understand the design of bespoke degradable polymers for specialty applications. Recent work has built a theoretical framework for an ideal circular polymer economy. His work has been extramurally funded and publications at Kenyon include manuscripts in Macromolecules and Nature Reviews Materials.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Chemistry, Kenyon College

Education

  • 2004 
    Cornell University, PhD, Chemistry

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    Bespoke Polymer Degradation via Topology and Sidechain Variation
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    National Science Foundation
  • 2005
    Well-Defined Initiators for the Synthesis of Cyclic Poly(Lactic Acid)
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund