LaShanda Korley
Distinguished Professor of Engineering University of Delaware
- Newark DE
Prof. Korley's research is focused on the plastics value chain, from synthetic design and manufacturing processes to life cycle management.
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UD Professor LaShanda Korley set to begin work as a U.S. Science Envoy
Delaware Public Media online
2023-01-06
University of Delaware professor LaShanda Korley was recently appointed a U.S. Science Envoy, one of seven who will travel the globe to drive research in several sectors.
UD's LaShanda Korley appointed U.S. Science Envoy | UDaily
University of Delaware
2022-12-06
LaShanda Korley, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been appointed a U.S. Science Envoy for 2023. The announcement was made by the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday, Dec. 6.
Thomas H. Epps III and LaShanda Korley have teamed up to envision a more sustainable plastics industry
C&EN online
2021-02-22
“Our approach here is to start thinking about how we can take materials and depolymerize them,” Korley says. Then, she explains, advanced catalytic methods can string the individual monomer units into materials of higher quality than can be made with conventional mechanical recycling. The approach could also provide a versatile way to recycle an increasingly chemically complex plastic waste stream. Epps is director and Korley is associate director of the Center for Research in Soft Matter and Polymers, a sprawling effort that, among other things, is developing technologies to convert organic waste into sustainable plastics.
Accomplishments
AIChE MAC William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering
2022
APS Fellow
2022
ACS PMSE Fellow
2022
AIChE MAC Gerry Lessells Award
2021
Fellow of AIChE, ACS, ASC Poly, and RSC
as of 2023
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
PhD
Chemical Engineering/Polymer Science and Technology
2005
Georgia Institute of Technology
BS
Chemical Engineering
1999
Clark Atlanta University
BS
Chemistry and Engineering
1998
Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
- American Physical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- The Philippine Polymer Society
- American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Languages
- English
