Ryan Bouldin

Ryan M. Bouldin holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with an emphasis in Green Chemistry. He believes strongly that his work reflects more than just mixing chemicals to make new materials. While the goal of creating new materials is to incorporate them into new products, he believes those products should be nourishing to the communities that both create and use them. They must be safe and effective for both workers and consumers. This creates demand up supply chains for materials and processes that are ethical, economically viable, and beneficial for people and the planet. This belief is the philosophy of his work at Bentley.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Masters of Engineering Tufts University
• Bachelors of Science Columbia University
• Bachelors of Science University of the South

Teaching Interests

Chemistry of Sustainable Products, Industrial Ecology, Sustainable Product Development, Science of Sustainability, Plastics

Research Interests

Utilization of natural materials to create value added products through Green Chemistry. Enzymatic Polymerization, Green Polymer Chemistry, Sustainable Product Development

Consulting/Practice Interests

Sustainable Product Development, Green Chemistry, Biobased Materials

Awards and Honors

• 2016, Champion of Toxic Use Reduction Award, Toxics Use Reduction Institute
• 2016, Massachusetts State Senate Official Citation, Massachusetts State Senate
• 2016, Recognition from Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts House of Representatives

Publications

Journal Articles

• Papammagari, L., Agnihotra, S., Manohar, N., Bouldin, R. M., Manohar, S. (2021). Nanostructured Polyanilines using the H2O2/CaCl2 Oxidant System. Macromolecules.
• Wilzcek, E. R., Iliff, S., Harris, R., Bouldin, R. M., Stoner, E. (2020). Evidence of microplastics from benthic jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) in Florida estuaries . Marine Pollution Bulletin.
• Bouldin, R. M., Meldrum, H., Hartigan, D. B., McCormick, J., Coloma Gonzalez, V. (2020). Attitudes and behaviors concerning exposures to toxic chemicals towards a vulnerable population: An environment health and risk-perception survey of Massachusetts childcare providers. Children, Youth, and Environments, (30) 2 147-164.
• Bouldin, R. M., Folchman-Wagner, Z. (2019). Chemistry of Sustainable Products: Filling the business void in green chemistry curricula . Journal of Chemical Education.
• Bouldin, R. M., Xia, Z., Klement, T. J., Kiratitanavit, W., Nagarajan, R. (2017). Bioinspired flame retardant polymers of Tyrosol. Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
• Mohd Aris, Z., Bouldin, R. M., Pelletier, M. G., Gaines, P., Budhlall, B., Nagarajan, R. (2016). Microwave-assisted synthesis and characterization of hydrophilically functionalized polygalacturonic acid. Carbohydrate Polymers, (155) 432-439.
• Bouldin, R. M., Hall, G. J., Oches, E. A., Szymanski, D. W., Ledley, F. D. (2015). Connecting Business and STEM Education Through Undergraduate Research. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, (35) 4 17-24.
• Maltese, A., Danish, J., Bouldin, R. M., Harsh, J., Bryan, B. (2015). What are students doing during lecture? Evidence from new technologies to capture student activity. International Journal of Research & Method in Education/Taylor & Francis.
• Bouldin, R. M., Singh, A., Magaletta, M., Connor, S., Kumar, J., Nagarajan, R. (2014). Biocatalytic Synthesis of Fluorescent Conjugated Indole Oligomers. Bioengineering.
• Bouldin, R. M., Urban, N., Ponrathnam, T., Kokil, A., Kumar, J., Samuelson, L. A., Nagarajan, R. (2014). Biocatalyic synthesis of unusually photoluminescent oligomers and electrically conducting polymers of 4-(3-pyrrolyl)butyric acid. Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
• Ravichandran, S., Nagarajan, S., Kokil, A., Ponrathnam, T., Bouldin, R. M., Bruno, F., Samuelson, L. A., Kumar, J., Nagarajan, R. (2012). Micellar Nanoreactors for Hematin Catalyzed Synthesis of Electrically Conducting Polypyrrole. Langmuir / ACS Publications, (28) 37 13380-13386.
• Bouldin, R. M., Kyriazidis, L., Fidler, A., Ravichandran, S., Kumar, J., Samuelson, L. A., Nagarajan, R. (2011). Oxidoreductase catalyzed polymerization of 3-methylpyrrole. Journal of Macromolecular Science. Part A - Pure and Applied Chemistry / Taylor & Francis, (48) 12 976-982.
• Bouldin, R. M., Ravichandran, S., Kokil, A., Garhwal, R., Nagarajan, S., Kumar, J., Bruno, F., Samuelson, L. A., Nagarajan, R. (2011). Synthesis of polypyrrole with fewer structural defects using enzyme catalysis. Synthetic Metals / Elsevier, (161) 15-16 1611-1617.
• Ravichandran, S., Bouldin, R. M., Kumar, J., Nagarajan, R. (2011). A Renewable Waste Material for the Synthesis of a Novel Non-Halogenated Flame Retardant Polymer. Journal of Cleaner Production / Elsevier, (19) 5 454-458.
• Tewari, A., Kokil, A., Ravichandran, S., Nagarajan, S., Bouldin, R. M., Nagarajan, R., Kumar, J. (2010). Soybean Peroxidase Catalyzed Enzymatic Synthesis of Pyrrole-EDOT Copolymers. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics / Wiley, (211) 14 1610-1617.

Book Chapters

• Bouldin, R. M., Kokil, A., Ravichandran, S., Nagarajan, S., Kumar, J., Bruno, F., Samuelson, L. A., Nagarajan, R. (2010). Enzymatic Synthesis of Electrically Conducting Polymers: A Review In , (Eds.) ACS Symposium Series – Green Polymer Chemistry: Biocatalysis and Biopolymers. 315-341. American Chemical Society