Samuel W. Thomas III Assistant Professor of Chemistry
	Department of Chemistry Pearson Chemistry Laboratory Tufts University  Medford, MA 02155  Office: 617-627-3771 , Fax: 617-627-3443 E-mail:
Organic Chemistry  Interdisciplinary approach to the design, synthesis, and testing of organic materials for a number of applications. Research combines molecular and polymeric synthesis, physical organic chemistry, materials characterization, photophysics, lithography, and electrostatics to achieve goals. Interests include: organic chemistry of electrostatically-responsive materials, optical sensing materials, and multifunctional polymers.