Research Focus
Polymer Recycling
Bulk Reactive Manufacturing
New Polymerization Mechanisms
“Recycling Polymers through Dynamic Exchange”
“Streamlining the Polymerize, Purify, & Process”
Video from: Advanced Materials 2026, 38, e19676.
"Enhancing to the Foundation for Polymers"
Selected Publications
A curated list of recent and significant research outputs from the Lessard Lab at the University of Utah.
Molecular Weight Control in Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Stewart, K. A.; Ivannikava, D. A.; Massouh, C. M.; Lessard, J. J.* Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202510071.
(Editor’s Choice “Hot Paper”)
Engineering Free Volume within Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization via Pendant Plasticization
Stewart, K. A.; Lombardi, F. J.; Cao, S. D.; Massouh, C. M.; Lessard, J. J.* Advanced Materials 2026, 38, e19676.
Regulating Radical Flux in Frontal Polymerization
Ivannikava, D. A.; McMullin, A. N.; Stewart, K. A.; Lessard, J. J.* ACS Macro Letters 2026, In Press DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.6c00114
(Invited special issue “ACS Macro Letters 15th Anniversary”)
A Neat Spin in Frontal Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Ivannikava, D. A.; Stewart, K. A.; Adams, M. J.; Lessard, J. J.* RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2026, In Press DOI: 10.1039/D6TC01012A
(Invited Emerging Investigator Series)
Standardizing Depolymerization: Strategies and Performance Metrics
Calvino, C.;* Alzate-Sánchez, D. M.;* Lessard, J. J.* ACS Precision Chemistry 2025, 3, 644–661.
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Email: Jacob.lessard@utah.edu