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Yoshi Okamoto,
Research Professor of Organic and Polymer Chemistry


General Information

Room: RH 804
Phone: 718-260-3638
Email: yokamoto@poly.edu



Interests

  • Lanthanide metal ion complexes for optoelectronic applications
  • Design, synthesis and characterization of polymer optical fiber materials
  • Synthesis of amorphous perfluoro polymers


Education
  • Purdue University, 1952-1956, PhD in Organic Chemistry (H.C. Brown, 1979 Nobel-Laureate)
  • Purdue University postdoctoral fellow, 1956-1957 (H.C. Brown)
  • M.I.T. Research Associate, 1957-1960 (C.G. Swain)
 
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