Marc Hillmyer

Introduction

Marc A. Hillmyer, Ph.D., is the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair and Distinguished University Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. 

The Hillmyer research group's efforts focus on the design, synthesis, characterization, and applications of advanced macromolecular materials. They strive to establish structure-property relationships and to discover and develop technologically important applications of polymers. They use modern polymer synthesis techniques that include various controlled polymerizations and selective polymer modifications, and these synthetic efforts provide the foundation for most projects. 

The Hillmyer research group’s spotlight areas of research include the development of sustainable polymers from renewable resources and hybrid macromolecular structures that combine disparate polymeric elements into a single compound.

Hillmyer also serves as director of the Center for Sustainable Polymers, which aims to establish foundational chemical principles that enable the efficient and economical conversion of natural and abundant molecules into tomorrow’s advanced polymers.