Julie Jessop

Office: 330 Swalm
jessop@che.msstate.edu
P 662.325.2480

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1999.
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1995.

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)
• RadTech International North America (RadTech)

• Spectroscopic characterization of polymer reactions
• Hybrid photopolymer resins
• Cationic ring-opening photopolymerizations
• Electron-beam polymerization

• Dillman, B., Schissel, S., Jessop, J.L.P., “Leveraging the activated monomer mechanism to create grafted polymer networks in epoxide-acrylate hybrid photopolymerizations,” Macromol, 2024, 4(1), 104-116. (https://doi.org/10.3390/macromol4010005)
• Jessop, J.L.P., “A Practical Primer: Raman Spectroscopy for Monitoring of Photopolymerization Systems,” Polymers, 2023, 15, 3835. (https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15183835)
• Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Transferable Shadow Cure: A New Approach to Achieving Cationic Photopolymerization in Light-restricted Areas,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2022, 139, e52491. (https://doi.org/10.1002/app.52491)
• Kaalberg, S.M., Schissel, S.M., Soumounthong, M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Elucidation of network structure in cationic photopolymerization of cyclic ether comonomers,” Polymer Chemistry, 2021, 12, 5999 - 6008. (https://doi.org/10.1039/d1py00824b)
• Thiher, N.L.K., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Influence of Monomer Structure and Dose Rate on Kinetic Outcomes in Electron-beam Polymerizations,” Radiation Physics & Chemistry, 189, 2021, 109737. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109737)
• Thiher, N.L.K., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Quantitative Comparison of Photo- and Electron-beam Polymerizations Based on Equivalent Primary Radical Concentration,” Radiation Physics & Chemistry, 172, 2020, 108808. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.108808)
• Thiher, N.L.K., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “The Influence of Monomer Chemistry on Radical Formation and Secondary Reactions During Electron-beam Polymerization,” Journal of Polymer Science, 58(7), 2020, 1011-1021. (https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20190113)
• Thiher, N.L.K., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Quantifying UV/EB Dual Cure for Successful Mitigation of Oxygen Inhibition and Light Attenuation,” Progress in Organic Coatings, 138, 2020, 105378. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2019.105378)
• Schissel, S.M. and Jessop, J.L.P., “Controlling Shadow Cure in Cationic Photopolymerizations Using Physical Cues and Processing Variables,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137(5), 2020, 48290. (https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48290)
• Thiher, N.L.K., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Analysis of Methods to Determine G-values of Monomers Polymerized via Ionizing Radiation,” Radiation Physics & Chemistry, 165, 2019, 108394. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.108394)

• Ginder, F., Chunn, C., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “External Reference Validation for EB-Cured Polymer Conversions Measured via Raman Spectroscopy,” RadTech 2025 UV/EB Technology Conference Proceedings, on-line edition, May 2025.
• Schissel, S.M., Ginder, F., Jessop, J.L.P., “EB-initiated Hybrid Polymerization,” RadTech 2025 UV/EB Technology Conference Proceedings, on-line edition, May 2025.
• Jessop, J.L.P., Schissel, S.M., “Impact of Monomer Structure on Dose Rate Effects in Ionizing Radiation Polymerizations,” 4th International Conference on Ionizing Processes, Notre Dame, IN, August 15, 2024.
• Jessop, J.L.P., “How to be a laser jock: Raman spectroscopy for UV and EB systems,” RadTech 2024 UV/EB Technology Conference Proceedings, on-line edition, May 2024.
• Schissel, S.M., Ginder, F., Jessop, J.L.P., “Comparison of EB- and X-ray-initiated Polymerizations for Extending Radiation Curing Opportunities,” RadTech 2024 UV/EB Technology Conference Proceedings, on-line edition, May 2024.
• Jessop, J.L.P., Schissel, S.M., Thiher, N.L.K., “Investigating the Predictive Capabilities of Radiation Chemical Yields for Advancement of Electron-beam Polymerizations,” 3rd International Conference on Ionizing Processes (virtual), July 14, 2022.
• Jessop, J.L.P., Schissel, S.M., “Connecting the dots in electron-beam polymerizations,” RadTech 2022 UV/EB Technology Conference, Orlando, FL, May 10, 2022.
• Knapp, E., Kaalberg, S., Jessop, J.L.P., “Head-to-head Comparison of Cationic Photoinitiator Effectiveness,” RadTech 2022 UV/EB Technology Conference Proceedings, on-line edition, May 2022.
• Thiher, N.L.K., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Dose Rate Effects in Electron-beam Polymerization: Connecting Monomer Structure and Kinetics,” 2021 RadTech Europe (virtual), October 12, 2021.
• Kaalberg, S.M., Schissel, S.M., Jessop, J.L.P., “Characterizing Reactivity and Network Structure in Photo-initiated Cationic Ring-opening Copolymerizations of Cyclic Ethers,” 2021 RadTech Europe (virtual), October 13, 2021.