Bio

            Prof. James Reuther attended Virginia Tech for his undergraduate studies where he received his Bachelors of Science in Chemistry. There, he performed undergraduate research working under Dr. Harry Gibson aiding in the synthesis of new supramolecular poly(pseudorotaxanes). He then continued into the doctoral program at North Carolina State University performing research under Dr. Bruce M. Novak in the fields of synthetic organic, polymer, and organometallic chemistry. His thesis research focused on developing new synthetic techniques for chiral, helical polycarbodiimide homopolymers and block copolymers with defined single-handed helicity as well as characterizing their interesting properties. Upon completion of his Ph.D in 2014, he joined the research group of Eric V. Anslyn at the University of Texas at Austin where he switched research focuses to peptide and supramolecular chemistry. His post-doctoral research focused mainly on incorporating dynamic covalent bonding moieties into peptide oligomers to induce controlled quaternary structure formation in a completely abiotic manner. He started at University of Massachusetts, Lowell in the Fall 2018 as an Assistant Professor of Polymer Chemistry initiating his independent research group focusing on novel syntheses of dynamic nanocomposites and chiral inorganic materials.