Jones Group

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech

Mark Robertson

Office: ES&T 2316
Email: mrobertson10@gatech.edu

What is your favorite vacation spot? British Columbia, Canada
Favorite hobbies? Running; Listening to live music

Educational Background

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), 2019

Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS), 2024

Project

Enhancing stability in supported amines against thermal and oxidative degradation in commercially relevant conditions

Project Description

This project is focused on developing methodologies to facilitate the retention of CO2 adsorption capacity in polyamine-derived sorbents during cycling processes in steam at elevated temperatures.

Publications

  1. M. Robertson, P. Smith, A. Guillen, A. Griffin, Z. Qiang. “Direct synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbons from commodity thermoplastic elastomers” Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 639.
  2. M. Robertson, A. Griffin, A. Guiilen Obando, A. Barbour, R. Davis, Z. Qiang. “Precursor design for efficient synthesis of large-pore, sulfur-doped ordered mesoporous carbon through direct pyrolysis” Mol. Sys. Des. Eng., 2023, 8, 1156-1164.
  3. M. Robertson, A. Barbour, A. Griffin, A. Guillen Obando, P. Smith, Z. Qiang. “Sulfonation-induced crosslinking and nanostructural evolution of thermoplastic elastomer for ordered mesoporous carbon synthesis: A mechanistic study”. ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 2023 1, 2577-2588.
  4. M. Robertson, A. Barbour, A. Griffin, J. Aguinaga, D. Patton, Y. Xiang, Z. Qiang, “Harnessing the power of thermoplastic elastomer-derived ordered mesoporous carbons through functionalization.” J Mater Chem A. 2024, 12, 17229-17242.
  5. P. Smith, A. Guillen, A. Griffin, E. Bounds, M. Robertson, Z. Qiang. “Additive manufacturing of carbon using commodity polypropylene.” Adv. Mater., 2023, 2208029.
  6. P. Smith, J. Hu, A. Griffin, M. Robertson, A. Guillen Obando, E. Bounds, C. B. Dunn, C. Ye, L. Liu, Z. Qiang. “Accurate additive manufacturing of lightweight and elastic carbon using plastic precursors” Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 838.