The Faculty and Their Research
Faculty members with research programs in the area of polymer science, chemistry and
biochemistry, physics, and biological sciences will be available as advisors to
undergraduate participants for the ten week summer program include:
GORDON CANNON
RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF A CARBOXYSOMAL SHELL PROTEIN FOR
STRUCTURAL AND E-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES.
MOHAMED O. ELASRI
MOLLECULAR MECHANISMS OF VIRULENCE IN PATHOGENIC BACTERIA.
SABINE HEINHORST
PROJECT 1. CHARACTERIZATION OF DNA/PROTEIN INTERACTIONS. PROJECT 2. EFFECT OF
INTRACELLULAR AND ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI ON SPECIFICITY AND STRENGTH OF
PROTEIN/DNA INTERACTIONS. PROJECT 3. DNA BIOSYNTHESIS. PROJECT 4. DNA DAMAGE
REPAIR.
CHARLES E. HOYLE
PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMER SYSTEMS; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS OF POLYMERS,
PHOTOPOLYMERICATION OF THIN-FILMS BASED ON MONOFUNCTIONAL AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL
MALEIMIDES AND ELECTRON DONOR COMONOMERS, PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOPOLYMERICATION
OF LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS AND MONOMERS.
CHARLES McCORMICK
SYNTHETIC AND BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED POLYMERS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL, ENERGY, AND
ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS.
SARAH E. MORGAN
POLYMER BLENDS, COMPOSITES, POLYMER PROCESSING, FILMS AND TRIBOLOGY OF POLYMER
SURFACES.
SERGEI NAZARENKO
FUNDAMENTAL ROLE OF POLYMER STRUCTURE AND SUPERSTRUCTURE ON SORPTION AND
DIFFUSION OF SMALL MOLECULES IN POLYMERS AND POLYMER-BASED COMPOSITE
MATERIALS; DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED, INCLUDING "SMART", MATERIALS FOR HIGH BARRIER
PACKAGING, COATING, GAS/VAPOR SEPARATION, DRUG DELIVERY.
RAS B. PANDEY
COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDIES OF MATERIALS, POLYMERIC FILMS AND COATINGS.
JOHN A. POJMAN
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS IN POLYMERIC SYSTEMS, TRANSIENT INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN MISCIBLE
FLUIDS, MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH, AND FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION.
ROBSON F. STOREY
CHAIN POLYMERIZATIONS (LIVING, CATIONIC, RING-OPENING); POLYMERIZATION KINETICS AND
REACTION MONITORING; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BLOCK, GRAFT, AND STAR-BRANCHED POLYMERS.
SHELBY F. THAMES
ORGANIC COATINGS: WATERBORNE, HIGH-SOLIDS, POWDER, AND SOLVENT-BASED SYSTEMS. PARTICULAR
INTERESTS IN POLYMER SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS, ORGANOSILANES, HIGH
PERFORMANCE POLYMERS, EMULSION POLYMERIZATION, AND IN THE UTILITY OF AGRICULTURAL
MATERIALS AS INDUSTRIAL RAW MATERIALS FOR THE POLYMER INDUSTRY.
MAREK W. URBAN
POLYMER FILMS FORMATION, SYNTHESIS, AND ANALYSIS OF POLYMERS FOR COATINGS APPLICATIONS
RANGING FROM BIOMATERIALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS AND THERMOPLASTIC
ADHESION TO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY COATINGS FOR NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS.
