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Alumni...Where are you now? Any news? Let me know! PhD GRADUATES
Jenny E. Raynor BS, Bridgewater State University, MA Surface initiated polymerization for bioengineering Doctoral Thesis, Fall 2008: Surface modification of titanium substrates with polymer brushes to control cell adhesion for bioapplications
David Noga BS, Middle Tennessee State University Doctoral Thesis, Summer 2007: Synthesis of Functional Lactide Copolymers for use in Biomedical Applications
Shannon Watt Currently an NSF Discovery Corp Post-doctoral Fellow, U. of Michigan BS-MS, Carnegie Mellon University, PA Doctoral Thesis, Fall 2007: Synthesis and Characterization of Regioregular, Amphiphilic Semifluoroalkyl-Substituted Polythiophenes and Cofacial Bis(oligothienyl)naphthalenes
Kurt Knoblock BS, Louisiana State University Stacked oligoarenes as models for charge transport in conjugated polymers Doctoral Thesis, Fall 2006: Stacked Conjugated Oligomers as Molecular Models to Examine Interchain Interactions in Conjugated Materials
Jeffrey R. Capadona, PhD 2005 BS, St. Joseph's College, PA Doctoral Thesis, Spring 2005: Surface-directed assembly of fibrillar extracellular matrices
Ling Li, PhD 2004 Hired by Milliken; currently at Rohm and Haas BS, Peking University Doctoral Thesis, Summer 2004: Novel conducting polymeric materials: 1. Fluoroalkylated polythiophenes 2. Stacked oligothiophenes as models for the interchain charge transfer in conducting polymers
Susanna Moore, PhD 2004 Post-doc at the National Institutes of Health; currently at the U.S. Patent Office BS, Armstrong Atlantic Recipient of NIH-NIDA Doctoral Fellowship Doctoral Thesis, Summer 2004: "Synthesis and Pharmacology of Potential Site-Directed Therapeutic Agents for Cocaine Abuse"
Marian Vargas, PhD 2004 Currently employed by CibaVision BS, University of Central Florida Doctoral Thesis, Spring 2004: "Design of New Polyester Architectures through Copolymerization, Crosslinking, and Diels-Alder Grafting"
Hongming Ma, PhD 2004 Currently employed by Dow Chemical MS, Textiles, Georgia Tech Doctoral Thesis, Spring 2004: "Structure-Property Relationships in Copolyester Fibers and Composite Fibers"
Genara S. Andrade, PhD 2003 Currently employed by DuPont BS, Chatham College Recipient of UNCF-Merck Science Initiative, GEM Fellowship Doctoral Thesis, Spring 2003: "New Comonomers and PET-based Copolymers for Functional High Barrier Applications"
Michael Hibbs, PhD 2003 Currently employed by Sandia National Laboratory BS, University of New Orleans Recipient of Georgia Tech Presidential Fellowship Doctoral Thesis, Spring 2003: ""
Sahar Javanmard, PhD 2002 Post-doc at the National Institutes of Health; currently at the U.S. Patent Office BS, Georgia Institute of Technology Recipient of NIH-NIDA Doctoral Fellowship, ONR-MDI Studentship Doctoral Thesis, Fall 2002: "Substituted Bicicylcooctanes as Dopamine Reuptake Inhibitors"
Robert M. Kriegel, PhD 2001 Hired by Halliburton, currently employed by Coca Cola BS, Augusta College Doctoral Thesis, Spring 2001: "Anthracene Containing Polyesters: Homopolymers, Copolymers and Chain Extension via Diels-Alder Reactions"
Xiaoyong M. Hong, PhD 2000 BS, Peking University Hired by Lucent Technologies/Bell Laboratories, currently employed by Milliken Doctoral Thesis, Summer 2000: "Self-Organizing Conjugated Polymers"
Daniel M. Connor, PhD 1999 Currently employed by Milliken BS, Georgia Institute of Technology Recipient of ONR-MDI Studentship Doctoral Thesis, Summer 1999: "Design and Synthesis of Comonomers to Enhance the Optical, Physical and Thermal Properties of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)"
Jeffrey Jones, PhD 1998 Currently employed by Milliken Co-advised with C.L. Liotta BS, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Doctoral Thesis, Spring 1998: "Modification of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) through Thermal and Photochemical Crosslinking"
Seiji Inaoka, PhD 1998 Hired by Agilent Technologies (Hewlett-Packard Research Division), currently with Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt-Baker MS, Keoi University, Japan Doctoral Thesis, Spring, 1998: "A Study of Electronically Conductive Polymers: Substituted Dithieno[3,4-b:3',4'-d]thiophenes and Substrate Modification with Monomer Adsorbates"
J. Cameron Tyson, PhD 1997 Currently employed by Georgia Tech BS, Georgia Institute of Technology Doctoral Thesis, Fall, 1997: "I. Monolayer and Host-Guest Chemistry of Azocalix[n]arenes. II. Perfluoroalkylsubstituted Polythiophenes"
Curtis N. Sayre, PhD 1996 Hired by Perrimans, a division of Exxon; moved to Chlorox, Inc. Currently employed by Kimberly Clark BS, Carnegie Melon University Doctoral Thesis, Summer 1996: "Self-Assembled Monolayers and their Effect on Conductive Polymer Deposition"
MS GRADUATES
Stan Brownell, PhD 2003 Currently with Baeyer Paints BS, Millsapps College Recipient of Georgia Tech Presidential Fellowship Masters thesis, Spring 2003: "Synthesis and Pharmacology of 2-Substituted-6-(N,N-dimethylamino)-5-Phenylbicyclo[2.2.2]octanes as Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors: 2-Phenyl and 2-Benzyl Analogs as Potential Cocaine Abuse Treatment Agents"
Suzanne Coons, MS 2000 Recipient of NIH-NIDA Minority Doctoral Fellowship. Continued and completed PhD BS, Armstrong Atlantic) Masters thesis, Fall 2000: "Development of Site-Specific Agents for the Treatment of Cocaine Abuse"
Byunghun Lee (MS, UC-San Francisco), MS 2000 Non-Thesis Master of Science, Summer 2000
Liang Zhang, PhD 1999 Completed PhD with Professor K.L. Seley; currently at the National Institutes of Health BS, Peking University Masters thesis, Fall 1999: "Synthesis and Pharmacology of Site-Specific Cocaine Abuse Agents: 2-(Aminomethyl)-3-phenylbicyclo[2.2.2] and[2.2.1]-alkane Dopaminee Uptake Inhibitors"
Jennifer S. Middlecoff, MS 1998 BS, Millsapps College Masters Thesis, Spring 1998: "Alkyl Substituted Polythiophenes"
Marian Vargas, MS 1997 Continued and completed PhD BS, University of Central Florida Masters thesis, Fall 1997: "Photocrosslinking of Polyesters with Phenylene Bisacrylate Units"
Robert M. Kriegel, PhD 2001 Continued and completed PhD BS, Augusta College Masters Thesis, Fall 1996: "Polyesters with Pendant Hydroxyl Groups and Barrier Plastics"
Southeary Chau, MS 1995 BS, Emory University Masters Thesis, Fall 1995: "An Investigation of the Effect of Benzene Substitution Pattern on the Formation of Discotic Phases"
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Glenn Brizius PhD, University of South Carolina Polyphilic PPE derivatives, stacked oligoarenes as models for conjugated polymers
Bing Wang PhD, Aachen University, Germany Polyphilic "Janus" polythiophenes
Fouad Salhi, 2000-2002 Currently employed by ICI, Cleveland, UK PhD, Grenoble, France Stacked conjugated polymers
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Whitney Kormoner (Biology)
Samina Karim (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
J.D. Ochocki NSF-REU participant, summer 2002
Anjli Kumar (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Catherine Silvestri (Chemistry and Biochemistry) GT CoS Undergraduate Research Award recipient
Ibironke Apata (Emory University), 2002 NSF-REU participant, summer 2002
Wendy Rich (GT-Textiles), 2001 NSF-REU participant, summer 2001
Christopher Metz, 2001 NSF-REU participant, summer 2001
Jeremy Holtzclaw (University of Indianapolis), 2000 NSF-REU participant, summer 2000
Katherine Saliba (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1998
NSF-SURF participant, summer 2000
Luke Roberson (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1999 Completed PhD at Georgia Tech with Laren Tolbert
Adolphus Jones (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1997-99 Hoechst (Trevira) Co-op assignment Completed PhD at the University of Florida with John Reynolds
Matt Reger (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1999 NSF-REU participant, summer 1999
Scott Allen (Virginia Commonwealth University), summer 1998 NSF-REU participant, summer 1998. BS (VCU), 1999. Obtained PhD from Cornell U.
Martin Cherrier (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1997-98 NSF-REU participant, summer 1997.
Jess Murphy (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), summer 1996 NSF-REU participant, summer 1996. BS 1997, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
Daniel Connor (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1994-95 BS 1995. PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology
Judith Kim (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1994-95
Amanda Shapiro (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1994-95
Scott McKee (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1994-95
David Rogers (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1994-5
Katrina Ford (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1994-5
Kelly Casey (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1994-95
Ginger E. Barr (Textiles/Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1993-95 (including summer 1994) ACS-POLYED Summer Scholarship, 1994.
Thomas A. Wynn (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1993-94 PhD, Colorado State University, Postdoctoral; University of Illinois.
Manijeh J. Sadri (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1992-93 Hoechst-Celanese Summer Fellowship, 1993. MS, Institute for Paper Science and Technology, 1996
D. Allen Annis (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1992-93 PhD, Harvard University, 1998.
Vicky Camp (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1991-92
Patrick A. Toy (Union College, TN), summer 1992 NSF-REU participant.
Myra Dawson (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 1991-92
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