Rebecca Mort

Dr. Rebecca Mort

Position
  • Recent Ph.D. Recipient
  • Former Graduate Research Assistant
Rebecca recently received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. She was co-advised by Dr. Shan Jiang and Dr. Keith Vorst. Her research primarily focused on developing biobased polymers as substitutes for traditional polystyrene and polyurethane foams used in packaging and cushioning applications. She has also done work on biobased adhesives and polymer composites using landfill diverted material from a Waste-to-Energy facility. Prior to coming to ISU, she completed her B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University in 2019. As an undergraduate, she conducted research on block copolymer membranes for ultrafiltration.

Contact

Email
rjmort@iastate.edu
Phone
513-802-2045
Gilman Hall
2415 Osborn Dr
Ames
,
IA
50011
Social Media and Websites

Education

  • B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, 2019
  • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, 2023

Affiliations

List of Publications

MORANKAR, S., MORT, R., CURTZWILER, G., VORST, K., JIANG, S. & CHAWLA, N. 2024. Structural features of biobased composite foams revealed by X-ray tomography. RSC Advances, 14, 19528-19538. (link)

MORT, R., PETERS, E., GRIFFIN, E., CURTZWILER, G., VORST, K. & JIANG, S. 2023. Low-Isocyanate Polyurethane Foams with Improved Stability and Compression Modulus Prepared from Biosourced and Landfill-Diverted Materials. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 5, 9, 7602–7613. (link)

LI, Y., MARANDER, M., MORT, R., LIU, F., YONG, X. & JIANG, S. 2022. Who wins the race near the interface? Stratification of colloids, nano-surfactants, and others. Journal of Applied Physics, 132, 110901. (link)

MORT, R., OLSON, E., THURBER, H., JIANG, S., VORST, K. & CURTZWILER, G. 2022. Waterborne Polyurethane/Acrylic Adhesive Blends from Physaria fendleri Oil for Food Packaging Applications. Sustainability, 14, 8657. (link)

MORT, R., PETERS, E., CURTZWILER, G., JIANG, S. & VORST, K. 2022. Biofillers Improved Compression Modulus of Extruded PLA Foams. Sustainability, 14, 5221. (link)

MORT, R., CECON, V. S., MORT, P., MCINTURFF, K., JIANG, S., VORST, K. & CURTZWILER, G. 2022. Sustainable Composites Using Landfill Bound Materials. Frontiers in Materials, 9, 849995. (link)

MORT, R., VORST, K., CURTZWILER, G. & JIANG, S., 2021. Biobased foams for thermal insulation: material selection, processing, modelling, and performance. RSC Advances, 11, 4375-4394. (link)

GANSEMER-TOPF, A., JIANG, S., REUEL, N., OKUDAN-KREMER, G., LI, Q., MORT, R. & CHEN, D. 2021. Assessing the First Year of GAPS (Graduates for Advancing Professional Skills) Program. 2021 ASEE Midwest Section Conference (virtual). (link) 

OLSON, E., LIU, F., BLISKO, J., LI, Y., TSYRENOVA, A., MORT, R., VORST, K., CURTZWILER, G., YONG, X. & JIANG, S., 2021. Self-assembly in biobased nanocomposites for multifunctionality and improved performance. Nanoscale Adv., 3, 4321-4348. (link)

LI, Y., LIU, F., CHEN, S., TSYRENOVA, A., MILLER, K., OLSON, E., MORT, R., PALM, D., XIANG, C., YONG, X. & JIANG, S., 2020. Self-stratification of amphiphilic Janus particles at coating surfaces. Mater. Horz., 7, 2047-2055. (link)