James Reuther is an Assistant Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Lowell since August 2018. Previously, James served as a Post-Doctoral Researcher under Dr. Eric Anslyn at The University of Texas at Austin from October 2014 to August 2018. Prior to that, James was a Visiting Researcher at the University of Texas at Dallas from August 2012 to September 2014, where the move of the laboratory was necessary to complete graduate studies. James completed a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Polymer Chemistry at North Carolina State University from 2010 to 2014, following a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry from Virginia Tech earned from 2006 to 2010.