Water-Soluble Polymers and Controlled Polymer Synthesis

Dr. Andrew B. Lowe BSc (Hons) DPhil CSci CChem MRSC

Associate Professor of Polymer Science


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Welcome to the Lowe Research Group (LRG). We are actively engaged in the application of chain growth polymerization methodologies, specifically controlled radical and metathesis methodologies, for the synthesis of new stimuli responsive water-soluble (co)polymers


To contact Dr. Lowe regarding undergraduate/graduate studies, and opportunities in his research group, in the Department of Polymer Science at USM, email him at andrew@ablowe.com



Latest News and Events

Congratulations to Dr. David Rankin for successfully defending his PhD thesis on February 1st 2008!


Congratulations to Dr. Ran Wang for successfully defending her PhD thesis on November 29th 2007!


2008 peer-reviewed publications

David A. Rankin and Andrew B. Lowe* ‘New Well-Defined Polymeric Betaines: First Report Detailing the Synthesis and ROMP of Salt-Responsive Sulfopropylbetaine- and Carboxyethylbetaine-exo-7-oxanorbornene MonomersMacromolecules 2008, 41, 614-622.














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Contact details

School of Polymers and High Performance Materials

Department of Polymer Science, PSRC 213

118 College Drive #10076

The University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS 39406


Email: andrew@ablowe.com

Tel: US-601-266-6049