Media

Jon was featured at the 2018 TEDxPurdueU - Art of the Ordinary

For a higher-quality video: https://youtu.be/86XPCR4k1Wc

 

Mussel Polymer Inc. was featured in an animated video by Biomimicry Institute

For a higher-quality video: https://youtu.be/wxnK-KQesHI

 

Jon was interviewed by The Native Influence in 2020.

To check out this amazing interview and know more about Jon's career, aspiration and life click the following link: https://thenativeinfluence.com/interview/jonathan-wilker-scientist-engineer-educator-ted-talk-star/?c=1

 

 

Jon was named a PopTech Science Fellow in 2013. Here is a video introduction to the 2013 class of PopTech Science Fellows.

Fore more info and a higher-quality video: http://www.poptech.org/sciencefellows

 

 

Jon's talk at PopTech where he discusses our research.

For a higher-quality video: http://www.poptech.org/popcasts/jonathan_wilker_natures_glue

 

 

During the PopTech meeting, Jon was part of a Q&A panel discussing the origins of creativity. This panel was moderated by Joe Palca from National Public Radio.

For a higher-quality video: http://www.poptech.org/popcasts/joe_palca_with_science_pioneers

 

 

Here is a video of Jon Wilker, (original source) made for part of the "Profiles of Scientists and Engineers" project.  The National Science Foundation is depicting the lives of several scientists and engineers, including an electrical engineer, a biogeoscientist, an exercise physiologist, a computer scientist, a mechanical engineer, a marine biologist, a design engineer, and a biophysicist. For more profiles, go to:

• http://science360.gov/files/
• http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/profiles/

 

 

Here is a demonstration of the application of one of our synthetic polymers in an underwater situation with two aluminum adherends. Polymer is applied with the first syringe while cross-linking agent is applied with the second.

 

 Here is a video of Jon explaining our underwater glue sytem