The Matson Lab develops small molecules and materials for biology, medicine, and sustainability using tools from organic, polymer, and supramolecular chemistry.
Blacksburg, VA
Joined November 2017
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar John Matson (@MatsonLab_VT) and colleagues at @virginia_tech "are developing extra-sticky adhesives that can be broken down into their original components once they are no longer needed."
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A student-led research project at Virginia Tech led to an unexpected discovery: a new material that could make some of the world’s strongest adhesives.
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We're Hiring! Check out this listing for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry
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The @JoshWorchPhD and @jbmatson labs are making exciting advances in sustainable adhesives and designing "extra-sticky adhesives that degrade on command".
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Fall ACS 2026 Day 2! Right away this morning is John Matson speaking on "Self-assembly of switch peptides."
Time: 8:05 - 8:25 AM
Place: W193b (McCormick Place Convention Center)
#vtchem #ACS #ACSFall2026
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Also speaking today at #ACSFall2026 is John Matson!
Time: 5:35 - 6:00 PM
Talk: "Self-assembled peptide nanomaterials for cell internalization and signaling gas delivery"
Room: W187b (McCormick Place Convention Center)
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Research in the @MatsonLab_VT and the @JoshWorchPhD lab has led to an unexpected breakthrough: a new adhesive that outperforms commercial products and offers promising recyclability advantages.
See the publication and story: shorturl.at/CXh1E
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Soon after Greg Liu, John Matson (@MatsonLab_VT) will speak in room 321B of the convention center at 1:40pm! His talk will be on "Peptide-based materials for the intracellular delivery of the hydrogen sulfide (H2S)."
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🚨 #vtchemtbt spotlight!
In 2017, @MatsonLab_VT developed a plastic that is:
Biodegradable ✅
Photodegradable ✅
Strong as rubber (1600 MPa!) 💪
Heat-resistant (273 °C) 🔥
Built using ROMP + ROP magic 🧪
Full paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
#PolymerScience #Plastics
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This @GlycoMip paper was a long time coming, but we're thrilled that it's out! Modeling from Parisa in @VT_ChE was critical to explaining the unusual nanostructures we observed.
Starting off 2025 with a brand new paper in Carbohydrate Polymers in collaboration with Deshmukh Group from VT Chem Eng.! Shoutout to Abby and all other co-authors on this achievement!
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Congrats to @MatsonLab_VT member @SarahNSwilley on winning the Dr. Thomas C. Ward Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry! 🙌Also thanks to the donors of the Ward Fellowship fund in @VTChemDept for your generosity! #proudPI
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Before he died far too soon last summer, Jeff Byers group and mine were working on degradable thermoplastic elastomers. Many people helped get this across the finish line, with first author Jiangwei (Eric) Liu carrying the load. I am proud of how this turned out. Miss you, Jeff!
Using Redox-Switchable Polymerization Catalysis to Synthesize a Chemically Recyclable Thermoplastic Elastomer (Jeffery A. Byers and co-workers) @ByersLabBC @jbmatson @MatsonLab_VT #openaccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Congratulations to POLY's newly elected officers!
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We had a great beamtime trip to @ORNL to run SANS at the #HFIR facility on bottlebrush block copolymer samples. We even got some sleep this time! Thanks @usisraelbsf and @NSF for funding this work in collaboration with @RbittonL, Rana Ashkar @VTPhysics, and @janmikel at #CNMS.
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What's that you say? VT is hiring 2 more people in addition to the post I made the other day? YES! We are hiring two in the broad area of Energy Sciences! Come contribute to an awesome group of colleagues! shorturl.at/kmsH3
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Virginia Tech is hiring! We are searching for an assistant professor in organic chemistry with expertise in synthetic methodology, medicinal chemistry, and/or catalysis.
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This year, experience the benefits of the National Graduate Research Polymer Conference (NGRPC) right from your home -- from workshops and advisory panels, to networking events, career fair and so much more!
It's all here. Abstracts due 05/31 ngrpc2021.com #ngrpc2021
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SOCIAL MEDIA SWEEPSTAKES!!: Retweet this post with #ngrpc2020 for a chance to win a $25 gift card when you attend the conference. Don't forget to submit your abstracts by January 31!! @POLY_ACS @VirginiaTechMII
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