Jacob J Lessard

Research paper #2 from our group just dropped as Open Access in Adv Materials. In this paper, we probe pendant length in frontal polymerization and the resulting material properties. @KA_Stew absolutely crushed this one, check it out! @JacobJLessard1 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

A little teaser (preprint) of next things to come from postdoc work at Utah in @LessardLab. Wish us safe travels as we navigate peer review. doi.org/10.26434/chemr…

Our first paper on controlling molecular weight in Frontal Polymerization is live as Hot Paper in Angew. Chem. Check is out! @KA_Stew @JacobJLessard1 @angew_chem onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

Checkout some Chemical Activation of FROMP from my time at UIUC. Big shout out to Anna Cramblitt for crushing this work! @ACSMacroLett @Mechanophore @BeckmanIllinois pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Check this new paper on decoding copolymers in MALDI pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Happy to share the first published work from my PhD! When I started 3D printing thermosets in my first year, I was immediately frustrated with the process. Resins took ages to prepare AND didn't last long. @JacobJLessard1 and I cooked up this technique to solve the first problem - we didn't expect it to solve both! 1/n

Was great to be part of this cool project lead by @pranavkrn and Nancy Sottos. In this work we use Grubbs' 3rd gen to modify resins for direct ink writing with FROMP. @Mechanophore @BeckmanIllinois @MacroJrnls_ACS pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Check out our paper hot off the press! One of my last (co)1st author papers from postdoc. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Pretty cool to be a part of this work during my postdoc that on its way to space @BeckmanIllinois @Mechanophore darpa.mil/news/2025/nove…

Pretty rad paper depolymerization paper out of @LowDispersity. Check it out! @J_A_C_S @Brent_Sumerlin @KA_Stew @JamesBYoung14 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Our group is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral researcher position in the field of neat polymerization for fiber-reinforced composite applications. Experience with polymer chemistry, resin formulation, and composite manufacturing is required. Please RT.

Check out our recent publication titled: "Reactive extrusion of frontally polymerizing continuous carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites" in Composites Part A, published under a special issue titled: Additive Manufacturing of #Composites. #3Dprinting …w-sciencedirect-com.ornl.idm.oclc.org/science/articl…

FROMPing continuous carbon fiber composites. Check it out! Led by @DrHmeidat. @BeckmanIllinois @Mechanophore sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our latest paper is out in @ACSEnergyLett. Huge thanks to @BeckmanFnd for their support through the Beckman Scholars program at @UtahChemistry and the @WilkesCenter at @UUtah.

New Group Website is up! Still a work in progress but feel free to check it out! chem.utah.edu/directory/Less…

ceps.unh.edu/chemistry/semi… I had a blast seeing everyone and giving a talk at UNH! Thanks for letting me share my science.

Our undergrad Rodrigo wondered if we could replace the bespoke chiral acid used in our recent asymmetric photochemistry with commercial (S)-TRIP. His protocol for enantioselective truxinate synthesis on 2-gram scale just dropped on @OrgSynth: orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep…

We have a new paper out in AnalyticalChemistry (@an_chem)! Detection of Inverse Stable Isotopic Labeling in Untargeted Metabolomic Data. doi.org/10.1021/acs.an… Congrats @TashiLieb and Ethan Murdock.

Super stoked to have been a small part of this super cool paper on FP patterning just published in @Nature. Huge congrats to the team and especially Justine for exceptional work! @Mechanophore @BeckmanIllinois Press Release beckman.illinois.edu/about/news/art… Paper: nature.com/articles/s4158…