January 2021 Kentucky Lake Section Meeting
Dye Molecule-Based Porous Organic Polymers
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
7:00 pm
Join Virtually via Zoom
(Meeting ID TBA)
Speaker: Dr. Grace Eder, Murray State University
Speaker Bio: Dr. Grace Eder (she/her) is a synthetic organic and materials chemist interested in using chemistry to help find new strategies to tackle big problems. Dr. Eder received her B.S. in chemistry from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. She then went on to pursue a Ph.D. at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH under the mentorship of Dr. Psaras McGrier. During her Ph.D., Dr. Eder found that she quite enjoyed teaching, and completed a teaching post-doc at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. At Macalester College Dr. Eder also mentored undergraduate researchers, which helped her decide to pursue both teaching and research. She is currently an assistant professor at Murray State University in Murray, KY where she is starting her research program on 1, 2, and 3D polymer materials for sustainability applications.