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Luc Wetherbee
Biography
I was born in Manhattan and lived in Ithaca, NY before studying chemistry at Cornell University, where I did research on metal-organic framework synthesis with Prof. Phill Milner. After graduating in 2021, I stayed in Ithaca and spent two years doing organic synthesis and product development at Ecolectro, a startup focused on alkaline exchange membranes for green hydrogen generation. I am now in the NIPU subgroup at the Lamb group studying the properties of POxa copolymers made using ROMP. Outside of work, I enjoy playing Dungeons and Dragons, going to pub trivia, and going to metal concerts in the Twin Cities.
Awards/Fellowships
Kenneth E. & Marion S. Owens Endowed Fellowship in Chemistry (2026)
First Year Departmental Fellowship (2023)
Royal Society of Chemistry Certificate of Excellence (2020)
Robert W. Work Fellowship for Undergraduate Research (2019)
Publications in the Lamb Group
Wong, A. R.; Barroso, J.†; Wetherbee, L. G.†; Vlaisavljevich, B.; Lamb, J. R.* “Dipole Characteristics of Polymers with Main-Chain Polar Rings: Impact of Dipole Strength and Orientation on Reactivity and Material Properties.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 28350–28358. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c09178
Publications Outside the Group
2. Faith E. Chen, Tristan A. Pitt, Diane J. Okong’o, Luc G. Wetherbee, José J. Fuentes-Rivera, and Phillip J. Milner, Chemistry of Materials, 2022, 34, 3383-3394
1. Sebastian J. Beckers, Luc G. Wetherbee, Jochen Fischer, and Frederik R. Wurm, Biopolymers, 2020, 111, 23413.
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