Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College
Teaching Areas
Polymers
Materials Science and Engineering
Transport Phenomena
Experimental Design and Statistics
Research Interests
Stimuli-responsive polymers
Self-healing polymers
Polymer design and synthesis
Rheology and materials characterization
Selected Honors
NSF CAREER Award
American Chemical Society PRF Undergraduate New Investigator Award
American Chemical Society Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award
NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Selected Publications
Curia, S., Dautle, S., Satterfield, B., Yorke, K., Cranley, C.E., Dobson, B.E. La Scala, J.J., Soh, L, Gordon, M.B., Stanzione, J.F., III., “Betulin-based thermoplastics and thermosets through sustainable and industrially viable approaches: new insights for the valorization of an underutilized resource,” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2019).
Young, R.E., Graf, J., Miserocchi, I., Van Horn, R.M., Gordon, M.B., Anderson, C.R., Sefcik, L.S., “Optimizing the alignment of thermoresponsive poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) electrospun nanofibers for tissue engineering applications: A factorial design of experiments approach,” PLOS ONE (2019).
Gordon, M.B., Wang S., Knappe, G. A., Wagner N. J., Epps T. H., III., Kloxin, C.J., “Force-induced cleavage of a labile bond for mechanochemical crosslinking,” Polymer Chemistry (2017).
Gordon, M.B., Kloxin, C.J., Wagner N.J., “Aging and nonlinear rheology of thermoreversible colloidal gels,” Journal of Rheology (2017).
Gordon, M.B., French, J.M., Wagner, N.J., Kloxin, C.J., “Dynamic bonds in covalently crosslinked polymer networks for photo-activated strengthening and healing,” Advanced Materials (2015).
