Katie E. Copenhaver

Dr. Katie Copenhaver is an R&D Associate Staff member in the Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies Group at Oak Ridge National Lab. She joined ORNL in 2020, and her research interests lie in the use of natural fibers and bio-based polymers in novel applications. She received a B.S. in Polymer and Fiber Engineering in 2014 and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2019, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her doctoral research focused on polymer surface patterning for structured adhesives.