Serendipitous Discoveries of New Soft Surface Phenomena and Implications for Useful Coating

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Short Bio

• Ph.D. University of Massachusetts; Postdoctoral, U.C. Berkeley
• 1973-2000, Program Officer, Polymer Program, Office of Naval Research
• 1983-1984: Sabbatical as Visiting Scientist in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford; Visiting Scientist, IBM San Jose
• 2000-present, Professor, Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Research interests: Polymer surface science; polymer surface modification; silicones, fluoropolymers, polyurethanes; copolyoxetanes; non-cytotoxic antimicrobials.
• Published over 110 peer reviewed papers, co-edited three books, 16 patents
• NSF - Special Creativity Award, June 2005
• ACS Fellow, Inaugural Class 2009
• 2001 Biennial Marvel Symposium Honoree, Presented by the ACS Southwest Section at the 14th Biennial Carl S. Marvel Symposium
• 2003 Chair, Polymer Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society
• Member, Editorial Advisory Boards: Langmuir, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers

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