Resume

• 2006

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  WynnVision

  LLC

  Virginia Commonwealth University-School of Engineering

  J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

  Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Department of Neurology)

  Zynnovation

  LLC

  Polymer Exploration Group

  LLC

  Insmed Incorporated

  Philip Morris USA

  Assisted in experiments such as perfusion of jaundiced Gunn rat specimens and removing organs for analysis. Also assisted in the compilation of NIH grant renewals

  and cleaned and maintained laboratory.

  Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Department of Neurology)

  Zynnovation

  LLC

  Ashland

  VA

  Develop plant hydration mats from recycled diapers and conduct moisture study on trees equipped with hydration mats.

  Research Scientist

  Performed experiments concerned with the synthesis of polyurethane based polymer surface modifiers (PSMs). These PSMs where used to create “smart materials” that selectively kill bacterial via non-leaching contact kill mechanism.

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  Process Engineer (Summer Practicum)

  Created Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) using Visio and wrote a sequence of operations for the tobacco conditioning and blending areas of the manufacturing facility.

  Philip Morris USA

  Polymer Exploration Group

  LLC

  Richmond

  Virginia Area

  Ice Release Coatings Project\n-Develop smart materials with ice-release properties via fictionalized hybrid coatings or the modification of OEM polymeric materials. \n-Create design of experiment (DOE) to determine optimal composition for ice release devices\n-Create and perform analytical methods for determining ice-release force. \n-Conduct statistical analysis ice release force data. \n-Maintain

  repair

  and calibrate equipment. \n-Supervise and advise technicians and engineers. \n\n\nAntimicrobial Materials Project\n-Develop smart materials antimicrobial properties via fictionalized hybrid coatings or the modification of OEM polymeric materials. \n-Create design of experiment (DOE) to determine optimally performing compositions. \n-Conduct ATSM and ATCC standardized test for antimicrobial activity. \n-Prepare bacterial cultures.\n-Communicate and coordinate with team members regarding material synthesis and testing strategies.

  Senior Research Scientist

  Teach CHM 111 and 112 (College Chemistry I and II) lecture course as well as the CHM 111 and CHM 112 lab.

  Adjunct Professor of Chemistry

  Richmond

  Virginia Area

  J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

  Catalogued manufacturing data for the drug substances recombinant human insulin-like growth factor I (rhIGF-I) and recombinant human insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (rhIGF-BP3).

  Insmed Incorporated

  WynnVision

  LLC

  Richmond

  Virginia

  Develop smart materials antimicrobial properties via fictionalized hybrid coatings or the modification of OEM polymeric materials. \n-Communicate and coordinate with team members regarding material synthesis and testing strategies.\n-Conduct ATSM and ATCC standardized test for antimicrobial activity. \n-Prepare bacterial cultures.

  Chief Research Scientist

  Chemical Characterization of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Devices. Duties consisted of characterizing polymer coatings on SAW devices by testing its affinity for certain vapors (Methanol

  Hexane

  and Toluene).

  Virginia Commonwealth University-School of Engineering

  PhD

  PhD Dissertation: Polyurethane-based Polymer Surface Modifiers with Alkyl Ammonium Co-Polyoxetane Soft Blocks: Reaction Engineering

  Surface Morphology and Antimicrobial Behavior.

  Chemical and Life Science Engineering with concentration in Polymer and Surface Science

• 2002

  M.S

  Masters Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Methylene bis (p-cyclohexyl isocyanate)-poly (tetramethylene oxide) Based Polyurethane Elastomers.

  Chemical and Life Science Engineering with concentration in Polymer and Surface Science

• 1998

  B.S.

  Studied Chemical Engineering

  Life Science and Polymer Science and Engineering.

  Chemical Engineering

  Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity

  Virginia Commonwealth University

• Differential Scanning Calorimetry

  Polyurethane

  Organic Chemistry

  UV/Vis

  Nanomaterials

  Surface Chemistry

  Polymers

  NMR

  GPC

  Characterization

  Polymer Chemistry

  Materials Science

  Scanning Electron Microscopy

  Experimentation

  Chemistry

  AFM

  Atomic Force Microscopy

  TGA

  Spectroscopy

  Surface

  Quantifying Surface-Accessible Quaternary Charge for Surface Modified Coatings via Streaming Potential Measurements.

  Fernado Luna-Vera

  Julio Alvarez

  Asima ChakravortyPin

  Quantifying Surface-Accessible Quaternary Charge for Surface Modified Coatings via Streaming Potential Measurements.

  Kenneth Wynne

  Dennis Ohman

  Lynn Wood

  Biocidal activity of hydantoin-containing polyurethane polymeric surface modifiers.

  Polyurethanes with alkyl ammonium co-polyoxetanes soft blocks: Effects of time

  thermal processing and soft block molecular weight on surface morphology.

  Dennis Ohman

  Lynn Wood

  Antimicrobial polymer surface modifiers or learning about soft surface science from microbiology.

  Polyurethane-based polymer surface modifiers with alkyl ammonium co-polyoxetane soft segments: Reaction engineering

  surface morphology

  and antimicrobial behavior.

  Novel polyurethane surface morphologies via fluorous copolyoxetane modifiers.

  Influence of Soft Segment Molecular Weight on the Phase Separation of Polyurethane Based Polymer Surface Modifiers with Polyoxetane Soft Segments.

  Kennard

  Brunson

  PhD