Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute is on the campus of the
University of Southern California
, mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it"
, religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist
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, accreditation = WSCUC
, type = Private research university
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, endowment = $8.1 ...
.
G. K. Surya Prakash serves as the Director and holds the George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair of Chemistry.
The institute conducts research in
polymer science
Polymer science or macromolecular science is a subfield of materials science concerned with polymers, primarily synthetic polymers such as plastics and elastomers. The field of polymer science includes researchers in multiple disciplines includ ...
,
materials chemistry, and
hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons are examples of group 14 hydrides. Hydrocarbons are generally colourless and hydrophobic, and their odors are usually weak or ...
chemistry.
References
External links
Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute
Chemical research institutes
Research institutes in California
Institutes of the University of Southern California
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