Tayler Hebner

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

FRNY 2043A
Purdue University
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805 (fax)
Joined Purdue in August 2024
Education
2023 Postdoctoral Scholar University of Oregon, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
2022, PhD University of Colorado, Boulder Chemical Engineering
2019, BS University of Minnesota Duluth Chemical Engineering

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Awards and Honors

  • 2024 – International Liquid Crystal Society Glenn H. Brown Prize
  • 2023 – Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact Training and Teaching Award
  • 2023 – University of Oregon Clarks Honors College Scholar – Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholarship and Mentorship Program
  • 2022 – CU Boulder ChBE American Institute of Chemists Graduate Student Award
  • 2022 – American Chemical Society Eastman Chemical Award Finalist
  • 2022 – American Physical Society Padden Award Finalist
  • 2017 – University of Minnesota Duluth Undergraduate Bulldog Leadership Award
  • 2017 – University of Minnesota Duluth Arrowhead Service Award
  • 2017 – University of Minnesota Duluth Athletic Academic Scholar – Women’s Track and Field
  • 2017 – UMD Swenson College of Science and Engineering Outstanding Outreach Achievement Award

    • Selected Publications

    1. Hebner, T.S., Kirkpatrick, B.E., Fairbanks, B.D., Bowman, C.N., Anseth, K.S., Benoit, D.S.W. Radical-Mediated Degradation of Thiol-Maleimide Hydrogels, Advanced Science, 2024, 2402191
    2. Hebner, T.S., Korner, K., Bhattacharya, K., Bowman, C.N., White, T.J. Leaping Liquid Crystal Elastomers. Science Advances, 2022, 9 (3), eade1320
    3. Hebner, T.S., Podgórski, M., Mavila, S., White, T.J., Bowman, C.N. Shape Permanence in Diarylethene-Functionalized Liquid-Crystal Elastomers Facilitated by Thiol-Anhydride Dynamic Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 2022, e202116522.
    4. Hebner, T. S., Fowler, H.E., Herbert, K.M., Skillin, N.P., Bowman, C. N., White, T. J. Polymer network structure, properties, and formation in liquid crystalline elastomers prepared via thiol-acrylate chain transfer reactions., Macromolecules 2021, 54 (23), 11074-11082
    5. Hebner, T. S., Bowman, C. N., White, T. J. Influence of Orientational Genesis on the Actuation of Monodomain Liquid Crystalline Elastomers. Macromolecules 2021, 54 (9), 4023–4029.