LON JAY MATHIAS
| Professor of Polymer Science |
(601)266-4871 |
| Department of Polymer Science |
(601)266-5504 |
| University of Southern Mississippi |
[email protected] |
| Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0076 |
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Education
University of Iowa, Dubuque, IA; B.S. (with honors), Chemistry, 1971
University of Michigan, Dearborn,MI, M.S., Chemistry, 1974
University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI, Ph.D., 1976
Professional Experience
- 1989 -present
- Professor, Department of Polymer Science, University of
Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
- 1983 - 1989
- Associate Professor, University of Southern Mississippi
- 1981 - 1983
- Assistant Professor, University of Southern
Mississippi
- 1977 - 1981
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry,
Auburn University
- 1976 - 1977
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow and DHEW
Trainee, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla,
California
Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society and its Divisions of: Polymer Chemistry, Polymeric Materials: Science
and Engineering, Chemical Education, Organic Chemistry; Sigma Xi, Mississippi Academy of Science
Professional Activities
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Funding:
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Over $5 million over last 18 years
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Published:
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Over 200 refereed papers
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Referee for:
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Journal of Polymer Science;
Macromolecules; Makromolecular Chemie; Reactive Polymers;
National Science Foundation; Journal of the American Chemical
Society; Industrial and Engineering Chemistry; Petroleum Research
Fund of the ACS; Member, Editorial Boards of: Journal of Polymer Science,
Chemistry; Macromolecular Syntheses; Polymer Composites
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Miscellaneous:
- Contributing Editor, Polymer News; Faculty Member, 1984
Mississippi Governor's School Recipient; Visiting Professor,
University of Northern Iowa, April 9-11, 1985; 1988 USM
Applied Research Award; Co-organizer, Symposium on Advances in
Polymer Characterization, Honolulu, Hawaii, December, 1989;
Chairman, Mississippi Section, American Chemical Society, 1991;
1994 USM Basic Research Award
Relevant Publications
Mathias, Lon J. "Cyclopolymerization Overview: Recent Developments Leading
to Molecular
Control of Cyclization Efficiency," J. Trends in
Polymer Science, 1996, 4(10), 310.
Cypcar, Christopher C.; Camelio, Phillipe; Lazzeri, Veronique; Mathias,
Lon J., Waegell,
Bernard. "Prediction of the Glass Transition
Temperature of Multicyclic and Bulky
Substituted Acrylate and Methacrylate Polymers
using the Energy, Volume, Mass (EVM)
QSPR Model," Macromolecules, 1996, 29, 8954.
McGowen, John; Mathias, Lon J. "Cationic Cure of Epoxy Resins via
Benzylsulfonium Salts
Covalently Bound to Glass Surfaces,"
Polymer Composites, 1997, 18(3), 332.
Johnson, C. Greg and Mathias, Lon J. "Synthesis and Characterization of
Copolymers of Nylon
11 and Nylon 12," Solid State Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance, 1997, 8, 161-171.
Lewis, Charles; Wiegel, Kurt N.; and Mathias, Lon J. "Poly(ether ether
ketone)s and Poly
(ether sulfones) with Pendent Adamantyl Groups. Macromolecules,
1997, 30, 5970.
Avci, Dugyu; Thigpen, Kevin T.; Mathias, Lon J. "Photopolymerization Studies
of Alkyl and
Aryl Ester Derivatives of Ethyl
-Hydroxymethylacrylates," J. Poly. Sci.; Polym. Chem. Ed.
1996, 34(15), 3191.
Tregre, Greg J.; Mathias, Lon J. "A Diacetylene Polymer via Oxidative
Coupling of
Dipropargylfluorene," J. Polym. Sci.
A: Polym Chem., 1997, 35, 587.
Grubb, Tina L.; Mathias, Lon J. "Benzyl Ether Polymers: Crystallinity and Pendant
Adamantyl
Effects," J. Poly. Sci.; Part A., 1997,
1743.
Pojman, John A.; Elcan, W.; Khan, Aktar M.; Mathias, Lon J. "Binary Frontal
Polymerization:
A New Method to Produce Simultaneous
Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (SINs),"
Journal of Polymer Science: Part A:
Polymer Chemistry, 1997, 35, 227.
Avci, Duygu; Mathias, Lon J "Cyclopolymerization
of Amine-Linked Diacrylate Monomers for
Cyclopolymerization,". J. Polym. Sci.,
Part A: Polymer Chem., 1997, 2111.
Thompson, Robert D.; Michalovic, Mark; Mathias, LonJ. "A New Polymer
with a Lower
Critical Solution Temperature:
Poly("-methoxymethyl acrylic acid)," Polym. Comm., 1997,
39(12), 2693.
Yagci, Havva; Mathias, Lon J. "Synthesis and Characterization
of Aromatic Polyamides and
Polyimides from Trimethyl- and
Di-t-butylhydroquinone Based Ether Linked Diamines."
Polymer, 1998, 39(16), 3779.
Apichatachutapan, Wassana; Mathias, Lon J. "Ring-Opening Metathesis
Polymerization of
Cyclohexenyl Norbornene in Air
and Protic Media using Ruthenium-Based Catalysts,"
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 1998, 67, 183.
Grubb, Tina L.; Ulery, Victoria L.; Smith, Tara J., Tullos, Gordon L.;
Yagci, Havva; Mathias,
Lon J. "Highly Soluble Polyimides
from Sterically Hindered Diamines," J. Polym. Sci.:
Part A. Polym. Chem., in
press.
Avci, Duygu; Mathias, Lon J. "Synthesis and Cyclopolymerization of
Novel Allyl-Acrylate
Quaternary Ammonium Salts,"
Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry,
in press.
Tullos, Gordon L.; Mathias, Lon J. "Soluble Poly(amide-imide)s Prepared
by One-Pot Solution
Condensation," Journal of Polym. Sci.:
Part A. Polym. Chem., in press.
Tullos, Gordon L.; and Mathias, Lon J. "Unexpected Thermal Conversion of
Hydroxy-Containing
Polyimides to Polybenzoxazoles,"
Polym. Comm., in press.
PATENTS
"Vinyl Monomers Capable of Forming Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers
and the Resulting Polymers"
L. J. Mathias and R. E. Hermes
U.S. Patent 4,613,658,
September 23, 1986.
"Poly(1-oxy-3-lactam vinylenes)"
L. J. Mathias and D. R. Moore
U.S. Patent 4,644,050, February 17, 1987.
"New Vinyl Monomers Capable of Forming Side-Chain Liquid Crystalline Polymers and the
Resulting Polymers"
L. J. Mathias and R. E. Hermes
U. S. Patent 4,793,949, December 27, 1988.
"Acrylate Ester Ether Derivatives"
L. J. Mathias and S. H. Kusefoglu
U.S. Patent 4,889,948, December 26, 1989.
"Polymeric Compositions for Optical Devices"
L. J. Mathias and D. A. Culberson
U. S. Patent 4,977,229, December 11, 1990.
"Polymers of Acrylate Ester Ether Derivatives"
L. J. Mathias and S. H. Kusefoglu
U.S. Patent 4,999,410, March 12, 1991.
"In vivo Polymerizable Ophthalmic Compositions"
S.T. Charles; M.E. Hammer, J.C. Lang,
R.Y. Lochhead, and L.J. Mathias
U.S. Patent 5,858,345, January 12, 1999.