Selected Awards and Honors: 

2025  College of Arts and Science Scholarly Researcher of the Year
2025  USNC/IUPAC Young Observer
2025  Polymer Processing Society Early Career Award
2024  I&EC Research Class of Influential Researchers  
2024 RCSA Scialog Fellow in Sustainable Materials, Metals, and Minerals
​2023  ​AIChE 35 under 35
2023  ​RCSA Scialog Fellow in Negative Emission Science
2023  Southern Society of Coating Technology (SSCT) Endowed Professorship
2023  ​SAMPE Young Professional of the Year
2023  ​NSF CAREER Award
​2023  ​USM Basic Research Award
​2023  ​SAMPE Emerging Leadership Award
2023  ​ACS PMSE Early Career Investigator
​2022  Forbes 30 under 30 in Science
2022  ​College of Arts and Science Junior Faculty of the Year 
2022  NSF EPSCoR Research Fellow
​2021  ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator  
2019  NASA-MSSGC STEM Enhancement Award
2018  ACS PMSE Future Faculty Scholar
​2017  ACS POLY Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research
2016  APS  DPOLY Poster Prize
​2016  Frank N. Kelley Graduate Student Award
2015  APS Frank J. Padden Jr. Award Finalist
2013  Richard L. Waldman Jr. Scholarship

Journal Recognition/Highlight:
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2025  Polymer Chemistry, Emerging Investigators
2025  Materials Horizon, Emerging Investigators
2025  Soft Matter, Emerging Investigators
2024  Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Emerging Investigators
2024  ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Early Career Forum
2023  Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Next Generation of Polymer Researchers
​2023  MRS Communications, Early Career Materials Researcher 
2023  Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, Emerging Investigators
2023  Journal of Materials Research, Early Career Scholar
2023  Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C, Early Career and Emerging Researchers
2020  Frontiers in Chemistry, Rising Star