Haibo Li | Postdoctoral Fellow

Dec 2006-Present	University of Akron
Aug 2001-Aug 2006	Ph D North Carolina State University
Sept 1995-Jul 1998	M S Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Science, China
Sept 1991-Jul 1995	B S Hebei University, China

New Nanostructured Soft Materials for Biomedical and Commodity Applications: This project, sponsored by Nortech (Northeast Ohio’s leading technology based economic development organization) will scale-up the synthesis of novel nanostructured rubbers based on new structures (dendritic) of polyisobutylene. The new polymers will be precursors for nanocomposites with carbon and silica nanoparticles. Several new applications with high growth potential will be evaluated.

I am also working on new processes to produce polyisoprene based on natural rubber biosynthesis. Our research group proposed a new mechanism titled Natural Living Carbocationic Polymerization; I will be searching for a synthetic analogoue.