Annabelle Watts

Biography

Annabelle joined the Corporate Research Lab at 3M in January 2019. During her time at 3M, she has been involved developing functionalized materials for molecular biology applications. She is passionate about sustainability and is actively engaged with efforts to advance sustainable materials development. Prior to 3M, she received her Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of Minnesota and her B.S. in Chemistry from UC Santa Barbara, where she was actively engaged in undergraduate research. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on the development of sustainable thermoplastic elastomers under the advisement of Marc Hillmyer.