Mark D. Foster
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Mark D. Foster is the Thomas A. Knowles Professor of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, and associate dean of programs, policy and engagement at the University of Akron.[1] His area of research is polymer surfaces and interfaces.
Foster completed his undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis in 1981.[2] He completed his doctorate, also in Chemical Engineering at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 1987. He then took a postdoctoral Staff Scientist position at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. He held a senior postdocotoral position under Frank S. Bates at the University of Minnesota during 1989–1990.