1.0Faculty of Science Profiles/science/profilesphall/science/profiles/author/phall/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ZD9HDORAIb"><a href="/science/profiles/faculty/chris-barrett/">Chris Barrett</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/science/profiles/faculty/chris-barrett/embed/#?secret=ZD9HDORAIb" width="600" height="338" title="“Chris Barrett” — Faculty of Science Profiles" data-secret="ZD9HDORAIb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/science/profiles/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Research Interests Professor Barrett’s research is interdisciplinary, oriented towards the chemistry, physics, and engineering of biomaterials. Prof. Barrett’s research program focuses on developing new ‘green’ and sustainable materials, inspired by or derived from natural polymers such as silk, cellulose, and chitin, for various biomaterials applications. He also has a strong background in light-harvesting and light-responsive […]