Jules Stahler

Jules Stahler was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. After a short 5-year sabbatical from higher education spent bending and cutting metal at a machine shop, Jules began his academic journey at Santa Monica College before transferring to UC Berkeley in the Fall of 2023. At Berkeley he is pursuing a B.S. In Chemical Engineering. He joined the Hartwig group in November 2023, where he and his mentor RJ Conk are investigating heterogeneous catalysts and their application in the chemical recycling of polyolefin plastics.