March 20, 2024
Dr. Susannah Scott's work with plastics and pollution is highlighted in Convergence, a UCSB Engineering Department Magazine.
Last October, an article in SCIENCE by UC Santa Barbara researchers Susannah Scott and Mahdi Abu- Omar described a one-pot, low-temperature catalytic method that upcycles polyethylene into high-value alkylaromatic molecules. Polyethylene represents about a third of all plastics, which have a global value of about $200 billion annually.