John Pojman
Professor - Polymers & Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics
Bachelor's Degree(s): Georgetown University, 1984
PhD: University of Texas at Austin, 1988
PostDoc: Brandeis, 1988-90
Website: http://pojman.com
Research Team Site: Pojman Group Site
Awards & Honors
Basic Research Award, The University of Southern Mississippi, 1998
USM Innovation Award for Basic Research, 2005
Mississippi Section of the American Chemical Society “Chemist of the Year,” 2006
Coates E. Coates Memorial Award, Baton Rouge Sections of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), 2023
Southwest Regional ACS Award, 2023
Chair, "Oscillations and Dynamics Instabilities in Chemical Systems" Gordon Conference, Lewiston, Maine, July 2004.
Khan, A. M. "Free-Radical Frontal Polymerization: Self-Propagating Thermal Reaction
Waves,"J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 1996, 92, 2824-2836.
Former Ph.D. Students & Postodcs
Dr. Anthony Mai, May, 2021, Indorama Ventures
Dr. Samuel Bynum, 2020, EPA
Dr. Kylee Fazende, August 2019, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD)
Dr. Michael Tullier, May 2017, Albemarle Corp.
Dr. Leah Garber, May 2016, Dow Chemical
Dr. Elizabeth Jee, May 2016, BASF
Dr. Arturo Carranza, December 2016, Afton Chemical
Dr. Chris Bounds, August 2012, Mississippi State University, Advanced Composite Institute
Prof. Dionne Fortenberry, Mississippi University for Women
Prof. Lydia L. Lewis, Millsaps College
Prof. Brian McFarland, Associate VP for Academic Affairs and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Morningside University
Dr. Randy Washington, Proctor & Gamble (OH)
Dr. Victor Ilyashenko, IPG Photonics Corp. (MA)
Dr. Yuri Chekanov (Michellin, France)
Dr. Stanislav Solovyov (MA)
Dr. William West, Ciba (AL)