Leonardo Simon

Materials & Processing; Polymers

Dr. Simon is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is also co-leads the ‘BioCar’ initiative, a multi-university collaboration that aims to strengthen Ontario automotive and agriculture/forestry sectors.
 

Research Expertise

  • Correlation of syntheses-structure-properties of polymers
  • Development and evaluation of novel bioproducts for automotive applications
  • Development of composite materials and leading-edge technologies in nanomaterials
  • Development of polymer nanocomposites
  • Fuel cell materials
  • Mathematical modeling of polymerization mechanisms

Department Profile

Institute for Polymer Research


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