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Kailong Jin

Assistant Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Jin is an assistant professor in chemical engineering at Arizona State University. He is a polymer expert affiliated with the Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing.

Recent stories

Photo of Kailong Jin holding up a petri dish

Fulton Schools Assistant Professor Kailong Jin has received the 2025 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award to uncover the fundamental properties of novel polymer composites.

Nick Rolston with undergraduate student Daniel Abreau in lab

ASU’s Nick Rolston looks to revolutionize sustainable harvesting of critical materials in mining and from the ocean through a pair of research grants.

Kailong Jin

Kailong Jin receives NSF CAREER Award to explore the phenomena behind polymer crystallization.

Tim Long

An ASU research team is developing a lab course to train future leaders in sustainable materials and manufacturing, fostering a circular plastics economy.

Additional stories

An illustration inspired by the structure of covalent organic frameworks that Arizona State University researchers Kailong Jin and Jerry Lin are working to develop into membranes.

Improving industrial efficiency with new gas separation method

ASU researchers Kailong Jin and Jerry Lin received an NSF grant to develop covalent organic framework membranes to improve the sustainability of gas separation.
Graduate researchers Boer Liu and Clarissa Westover work with Professor Timothy Long in the ASU Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing.

Garbage into gold: Circular economy research makes plastic more sustainable

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from ASU, Virginia Tech, adidas and two national laboratories is developing a circular economy for polyurethane foams.