Dr. Jeremiah Johnson

Biography

Professor Jeremiah Johnson's laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focuses on innovative, macromolecular solutions that interface chemistry with medicine, biology, and materials science. The research emphasizes materials synthesis in a manner analogous to natural-products synthesis, with careful consideration of the target structures and their functional applications. The lab employs traditional organic and organometallic synthesis, synthetic polymer chemistry, photochemistry, and surface science to develop new methodologies for the construction and modification of complex material libraries. Examples of key research areas include the creation of novel branched-arm star polymer architectures for in vivo drug delivery, hybrid synthetic-natural hydrogels that examine the correlation between network microstructure and cellular response, and new types of semiconducting organometallic polymers for applications in sensing, catalysis, and energy conversion. Johnson's research aims to yield fundamental knowledge about structure-function relationships in materials and to create new materials-based technologies that can outperform existing alternatives.

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