about dr. jason locklin

JASON LOCKLIN, PhD

Jason Locklin is a Distinguished Faculty Scholar in the University of Georgia College of Engineering, and, founder and Director of the UGA New Materials Institute, which was established in 2016 to focus research and teaching missions on green engineering principles and circular materials management. Dr. Locklin also serves as Site Director, overseeing UGA’s collaborations, for the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2), a National Science Foundation Industry—University Collaborative Research Center. He is the current chair of the Department of Chemistry in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, to which he is jointly appointed. Dr. Locklin obtained his BS from Millsaps College in 1999; his MS in Chemistry from University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2002; and his PhD from the University of Houston in 2004. He was selected in 2005 as a Director of Central Intelligence Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, in the Department of Chemical Engineering. In 2007, he joined UGA. Dr. Locklin’s accolades include the Central Intelligence Agency Young Investigator Award (2007); the NSF Early Career Development Award (2010); and the Atlanta Magazine Groundbreaker Award (2011). He was named Chemist of the Year for Research in 2010 by the Northeast Georgia ACS. In 2025, he was among eight UGA faculty members, including four from the UGA New Materials Institute, to be selected for induction into the National Academy of Inventors' Senior Members. Dr. Locklin is passionate about teaching and enjoys working with his students. He is committed to producing bright, well-rounded graduates by exposing his students to multi-disciplinary research. Visit our Locklin Lab Alumni Page to see the types of jobs obtained by people who have been professionally mentored by Jason Locklin.