Start Here: The Chemistry Behind What Comes Next
Why the chemical industry matters, what holds it back, and how we can build something better.
Writing / The Polymerist
The world beyond the lab.
A promising material is a beginning. I write about the people, processes, economics, and decisions that determine what happens next.
A useful place to begin
The Lean Lab.
A practical guide for scientists exploring whether their research could become a viable product or company. Start with the commercial questions while there is still time to change the experiment.
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Recent writing.
A World Beyond Crude
Alternative Feedstocks and the Return of Chemurgy by Adrian DiMarco
In Search of: A Unicorn
Why it can be so difficult to find talent
The Purpose of The Polymerist
An editorial thesis six years later
The Lean Lab
How to test whether your chemistry can become a company before you raise money.
Chemistry in The Time of Change
Life goes on
An Ace Up Your Sleeve
Why it's a good idea to have one and how to get it.
The Churn
Circling writing a book
The Chemical Industry Needs Energy Too
Biomanufacturing to save the day?
The Furan Revolution
will not be televised, but it will happen in France
Searching For Spice
The next industrial revolution will depend on unlocking new resources or making the ones we have now more useful.
The Decline of Industrial American Science
Maybe less decline and more of a course change?