People

Summer 2012 Group Meeting at the Pete Dye River Golf Course

 

Prof. Timothy E. Long

  • B. S. 1983 St. Bonaventure University
  • Ph. D. 1987 Virginia Tech

 

Current Group Members

Name Email Phone Office/Lab Research CV
Abdulahad, Asem* aabdula6@vt.edu   Hahn Hall Development of Hyaluronic Acid Based Amphiphilic Micelles for Applications in Drug Delivery and for Non-viral Gene Therapy CV
Allen, Mike mallen85@vt.edu 540-231-2651 ICTAS II Tailoring Charge Density and Hydrogen Bonding of Imidazolium Copolymers for Emerging Applications CV
Buckwater, Dan danbuck@vt.edu 540-231-2651 Hahn Hall Development of New Synthetic Methods for
Polyamide Synthesis 		CV
Carmean, Nick** ncarmean17@gmail.com   ICTAS II Melt Polycondensation of Phosphonium-Containing Polyester Triblock Copolymers for Nonviral Nucleic Acid Delivery CV
Chau, Jessica** jsschau@vt.edu   ICTAS II Incorporating Renewable Resources: Synthesis and Characterization of Isosorbide and Caffeine-Containing Copolymers  
Dennis, Joe jmden88@vt.edu   Hahn Hall Tailoring Molecular Structure and Intermolecular Interactions for Desired Properties via Step Growth Polymerization: The Elusive Semi-crystalline Polysulfone CV
Enokida, Josh** joshe92@vt.edu   Hahn Hall Investigation Into the Structure Property Relationships of Segmented Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Poly(bisoxamide) Copolymers  
Ferguson, Eric** eferg@vt.edu   Hahn Hall Synthesis and Characterization of Urea-Containing Methacrylate  
Gage, Cole** colegage@vt.edu   Hahn Hall Gold and Silver Nanoparticles and Their Effect on Layer-by-layer Deposited and Electropolymerized Conducting Polymers  
Hemp, Sean hemp@vt.edu 540-231-2651 ICTAS II Ammonium versus Phosphonium Cations
for Macromolecular Design and Applications		 CV
Herlihy, John herlihjh@vt.edu 540-231-2651 ICTAS II Controlled Radical Synthesis of Novel Polymers for Biomedical Applications CV
Inglefield, David inglefield@vt.edu 540-231-2651 ICTAS II Surface Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes
for Composite Optimization and Self Assembly		 CV
Jangu, Chainika cjangu@vt.edu 540-231-2651 ICTAS II Designing Imidazolium Based Polymers for
Applications in Gene Delivery and Electroactive Devices		 CV
Margaretta, Evan evanmarg@vt.edu 540-231-6587 Hahn Hall

Ion-containing Block Copolymers for Electroactive Devices

Structure-Morphology-Property Relationships of Novel Poly(oxamide-imide)s

 CV
Nelson, Ashley an53@vt.edu 540-231-2651 ICTAS II Investigating Polymer Structure-Property-Morphology Relationships of Novel High Performance Polyesters

CV
Pole, Sandeep** spole@vt.edu   ICTAS II Effect of Processing Condition on Electrospun Anionic Polyelectrolyte Nanofibers  
Schultz, Alison alie425@vt.edu 540-231-6587 Hahn Hall Strategies in Polymer Modification and Conventional Free Radical Polymerization for Developing New Families of Phosphonium Based Ionic Polymers CV
Zhang, Keren kerenzh@vt.edu 540-231- 6587 Hahn Hall Novel Hydrogen Bonding-Containing Acrylics for Supramolecular Adhesives CV
Zhang, Nancy mnzhang@vt.edu 540-231-2651 ICTAS II Tailoring Polyester Nanostructure Through
Polymer Architecture Design and Electrostatic Interactions		 CV

* Post-doc

** Undergraduate students

 

 

Former Group Members

  • Tianyu Wu (2012)-Bausch & Lomb
  • Mana Tamami (2012)-George Mason University
  • Adam Smith (2012)-University of Mississippi
  • Daisuke Yamamoto (2012)-Toray
  • Renlong Gao (2012)-PPG
  • Steve June (2012)-3M
  • Matthew Green (2011)-University of Delaware
  • Shijing Cheng (2011)-3M

 

Collaborators

  • Bayer
  • Henkel
  • Kimberly Clark
  • Kraton Polymers
  • Solvay
  • Toray
  • U.S. Army Research Laboratory