Brent Sumerlin

Brent Sumerlin, Ph.D., is the George Bergen Butler Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida. He earned his Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering from University of Southern Mississippi in 2003. He is a winner of several awards, including the 2016 Hanwha-Total IUPAC Young Scientist Award, the 2015 American Chemical Society Biomacromolecules/Macromolecules Young Investigator Award, and the 2014 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award. His research interests include materials composed of well-defined polymers with selected functionality, composition, and molecular architecture.