We work on constructing monomers from renewable resources, such as plant oils, sugars, cellulose, lignin, or carbon dioxide, which will enable the replacement of petrochemical feedstocks to produce new polymeric materials. Our unique expertise in synthetic polymer chemistry, controlled polymerization, engineering physical properties, and material characterization coupled with application testing strengthens our research in this area. We have several strands to our research, such as 1) synthesis of new monomers from renewable feedstock, 2) more resourceful routes to produce polymeric materials, capable of substituting petrochemicals, and 3) understanding the opportunities for these polymers.