Zachariah A.Page
About
The ZAP Research Group employs materials chemistry to bring new capabilities to interdisciplinary pursuits including 3D printing, tissue engineering, organic electronics, and impact damping. Using the tools of molecular engineering, organic (polymer) synthesis, and materials characterization, the group is actively working to harness efficient visible and near infrared chemical reactivity, bioinspired hydrogels, stretchable semiconductors, and tough elastomers. We are particularly excited by light as a stimulus to control when and where reactions occur, and as such, photochemistry is a pervasive motif in the group.
Educational Qualifications
Postdoc, Materials Research Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara (2015-2018)
Ph.D., Polymer Science Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2015)
B.S. Chemistry, Juniata College (2010)
Select Awards & Honors
- Herman F. Mark Young Scholar, Polymer Division of American Chemical Society (2024)
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2023)
- Teaching Excellence Award – College of Natural Sciences, UT Austin (2022)
- DoD Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (ECASE) (2022)
- Young Investigator Award – American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (2022)
- International Advisory Board member for Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (2021)
- NSF CAREER (2021)
- ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Doctoral New Investigator Grant (2019)
- DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE SCGF) (2010-2013)