Professor Sydlik received her PhD in organic chemistry from MIT under the direction of Professor Timothy Swager studying novel triptycene and nanocarbon based materials. She continued her training as a postdoctoral fellow with Professor Robert Langer, developing a novel biomimetic block copolymer for cartilage repair. She joined the Chemistry department at Carnegie Mellon full time in the summer of 2015. At Carnegie Mellon, the Sydlik group focuses on the synthesis of novel polymers and materials via the principles of molecular design. Applications of these materials draw upon her diverse background in electronic, mechanical, and biological materials. Ongoing projects can be found here, but Prof. Sydlik hopes that the ongoing research in her group will come to reflect the creativity and passions of her group members within the fields of polymer and materials chemistry.