Timothy M. Swager is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the director of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation. His research is at the interface of chemistry and materials science, with specific interests in carbon nanomaterials, polymers, and liquid crystals. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Swager also has pioneering contributions to the areas of liquid crystals demonstrating how novel molecular shapes can be used to introduce intermolecular correlations in structures and alignment.[5] In the area of high strength materials, by creating interlocking structures with enhanced ductility and strength.[6] In carbon nanomaterials he has developed methods for functionalizing and/or dispersing graphenes and carbon nanotubes.[7] Also he has designed novel radical materials in collaboration with Robert G. Griffin (MIT) for dynamic nuclear polarization to enhance the signal to noise ratio in NMR experiments. A number of these enhancement agents are commercially available from DyNuPol Corp Swager has published more than 450 peer reviewed manuscripts and has more than 80 issued patents.