Lawrence R. Sita

Professor
University of Maryland
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College Park, MD
USA 20742
Email: lsita@umd.edu

Biographical Sketch: Lawrence Sita obtained his B.S. degree in 1981 from Carnegie Mellon University and studied chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was a student of Satoru Masamune (Ph.D., 1985) and a postdoctoral associate with Richard Schrock (1986). He held faculty and academic positions at Carnegie Mellon University, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago before joining the faculty in 1999 at the University of Maryland, College Park where he is professor of chemistry. His interests include polymer and organometallic chemistry, in particular, the development of new catalysts and processes for polymer and commodity chemical production.

Papers:
Two-State’ Living Coordination Polymerization for the Scalable Production of Precision Polyolefins