Graham, originally from Fayetteville, NC, received his B.S. in chemistry in 2011 from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Upon graduation, Graham enrolled in the Master of Science program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and studied porphyrin chromophores under the direction of Dr. Michael Walter. After graduating in 2013, Graham enrolled in the chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville with a concentration in polymer chemistry. Graham’s dissertation entailed studying structure-property relationships of purine-based polymers and chromophores under the guidance of Dr. Mike Kilbey. Graham received his Ph.D. in 2017 and began his position as Postdoctoral Research Associate at Georgia Tech studying conjugated polymers for electrochromism under the mentorship of Dr. John Reynolds. Graham joined the faculty of Kennesaw State University as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2020 before starting his position in the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at Southern Miss in January 2024.