Past Members - Matyjaszewski Polymer Group - Carnegie Mellon University

Former Students with Ph. D. Degree (35)

Hwan-Kyu Kim    

"Synthesis of Polysilanes by Sonochemical Reductive Coupling"

Came to CMU 09.01.1986, Ph. D. November 1990,

Currently professor at Korea University, Korea

 

Chi-Hwa Lin

"Cationic Polymerization of Alkenes Initiated by Activated Covalent Species",

 Came to CMU 01.01. 1986, Ph. D. April 1991,

Currently advisor to Minister of Science and Economy, Taiwan

 

Karen Ruehl

"Synthesis and Characterization of Oligosilanes and Polysilanes "

Came to CMU 09.01.1987, Ph. D. January 1992,

Currently at Calgon

 

Jeff Hrkach

 "Synthesis of Graft Copolymers with a Polysilane Backbone and Organic Side Chains"

Came to CMU 09.01.1987, Ph. D. March 1993,

Currently Co-president of Advanced Inhalation Research

 

Bob Montague

"Polyphosphazenes by Catalyzed Polymerization of Phosphoranimines "

Came to CMU 09.01.1988, Ph. D. May 1993,

Currently at PPG              

 

Mike White

"The Synthesis and Characterization of Polyphosphazene Copolymers"

Came to CMU 09.01.1989, Ph. D. August 1994,

Currently at Cabot

 

Eric Fossum

"Ring Opening Polymerization of Strained Cyclotetrasilanes"

Came to CMU 01.01.1991, Ph. D. May 1995,

Currently associate professor at Wright State University

 

Scott Gaynor

"Hyperbranched (Co)polymers by Radical Polymerization"

Came to CMU 09.01. 1993, Ph. D.  April 1997,

Currently at Dow Chemicals

 

Dorota Greszta

"Gradient Copolymers"

Came to CMU 09.01.1992, Ph. D. June 1997,

Currently at Bayer

 

Peter Miller

" Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and the Synthesis of Well-Defined Inorganic / Organic Hybrid Polymeric Materials"

Came to CMU 09.01.1994, Ph. D. June 1999,

 Currently at Eastman

 

Jianhui Xia

"Design of New Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization"

Came to CMU 06.01.1995, Ph. D. August 1999,

Currently at 3M

 

Kathryn Beers

"Graft Copolymers and Hydrogels by Controlled Radical Polymerization"

Came to CMU 09.01. 1994, Ph. D. August 2000,

Currently at NIST

 

Jian Qiu

"Emulsion Polymerization by ATRP"

Came to CMU 09.01, 1995, Ph. D. November 2000,

Currently at Pall Corp.

 

Hyun-Jong Paik

"Transformation for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Model Reactions"

Came to CMU 09.01.1995, Ph. D. January 2001,

Professor at Pusan University

 

Kelly Davis

"ABC Triblock Copolymers by Controlled Radical Polymerization"

Came to CMU 09.01, 1995, Ph. D. January 2001,

Currently at Kimberly Clark

 

Jeff Pyun

"Synthesis of Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Using Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization"

Came to CMU 07.15. 1997, Ph.D. July 2002,

Currently Assistant Professor at University of Arizona

 

Tomislav Pintauer

"Structure of Catalysts for ATRP "

Came to CMU 05.1998, Ph. D December 2002,

Currently Assistant Professor at Duquesne University

 

Nicolay Tsarevsky

"Aqueous ATRP"

Came to CMU 01.2000, Ph. D. May 2005,

Currently Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University, Dallas

 

Chuanbing Tang

“Block copolymers and nanostructured carbons”

Came to CMU 09.2001, Ph. D. May 2006,

Currently Assistant Professor at University of South Carolina

 

Hyung-il Lee

“Molecular Brushes”

Came to CMU 07.2002, Ph.D. May 2007,

Currently Assistant Professor at Ulsan University

 

Wojtek Jakubowski

“New ATRP Initiating Systems”

Came to CMU 09.2002, Ph.D. May 2007,

Currently at ATRP Solutions

 

Jinyu Huang

“Biorelated hybrid materials by ATRP”

Came to CMU 09.2002, Ph.D. May 2007,

Currently at Ciba Vision

 

Wei Wu

“Well-defined Block Copolymers with Crystalline Segments”

Came to CMU 09.2002, Ph.D. January 2008,

Currently at Intel

 

Daniel Siegwart

“Biomedical Polymers by ATRP”

Came to CMU 06.2003,  Ph.D. May 2008,

Currently at MIT

 

Wade Braunecker

“Crossing from Coordination to Controlled Radical Polymerization”

Came to CMU 06.2003,  Ph.D. May 2008,

Currently at U Colorado

 

Ke Min

“ATRP in water in Heterogeneous Systems”

Came to CMU 06.2003,  Ph.D. May 2008,

Currently at Dionex Corp.

 

Wei Tang

“Mechanism and Kinetics for Model and Macromolecular ATRP systems”

Came to CMU 06.2003,  Ph.D. May 2008,

Currently at Exxon

 

Haifeng Gao

“Use of Divinyl Monomers for Stars and Networks in ATRP”

Came to CMU 03.2004, Ph.D. December 2008,

Currently at UC Berkeley

 

Sidi Bencherif

“Polymers for Tissue Engineering”

Came to CMU 01.2005, Ph. D. April 2009,

Currently at Harvard

 

Lynne McCullough

“Templating Effects in Controlled Radical Polymerization”

Came to CMU 06.2004,  Ph. D. August 2009,

Currently at E-Ink

 

Renaud Nicolay

“Enhancing Control of Macromolecular Architecture by Synergistic Combination of ATRP, NMP and RAFT”

Came to CMU 01.2005, Ph.D. December 2009,

Currently Assistant Professor at ESPCI ParisTech

 

Patricia Golas

“Rational Design of Polymeric Dispersants for Nanoparticles and Substrates for  Chemistry Using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”

Came to CMU 01.2005, Ph.D. April 2010,

Currently at Johnson & Johnson

 

Hongchen Dong

“From New Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Initiating Systems to Functional Nanomaterials and Surfaces”

Came to CMU 08.2005, Ph.D. April 2010,

Currently at GE

 

Laura Mueller

“Expanding the Scope of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Low Catalyst Concentrations”

Came to CMU 08.2005, Ph.D. April 2010,

Currently at ATRP Solutions

 

Jeong Ae Yoon

“Responsive Gels”

Came to CMU 08.2006,  Ph.D. January 2011,

Currently at LG Chemicals

 


List of Former Postdoctoral Fellows (90)

Dr. Y. L. Chen

"Functionalization of Polysilanes"

Came to CMU 10.01.1986, left 9.30.1987

Sponsored from set-up funds

currently President of Chrom Expert Co.

 

Dr. B. Karandikar

"Immobilization of pH-Sensitive Indicators on the Surface of Optical Fibers"

Came to CMU 07.01.1987, left 06.30.1988

Project cosponsored by University of Pittsburgh and Dialysis Clinic Inc.

currently at STC

 

Dr. Y. Gupta

"Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclosilanes"

Came to CMU 04.01.1987, left 09.01.1990

Project funded by ONR

currently at the US Patent Office

 

Dr. B. S. Rao

"Surface Modification of Optical Fibers"

Came to CMU 02.01.1989, left 02.01.1990

Project sponsored by Dialysis Clinic Inc.

currently at Indian National Laboratories

 

Dr. C.-Y. Hu

"Polysilanes with Side Functional Groups"

Came to CMU 02.01.1989, left 02.01.1990

Project sponsored by NSF

currently at Academia Sinica

 

Dr. M. Cypryk

"Functional Polysilanes and Ring-Opening Polymerization "

Came to CMU 03.01.1990, left 09.01.1991

Project sponsored by ONR

currently at Polish Academy of Sciences

 

Dr. J. Chrusciel

"Polysilanes by Catalysis with Transition Metals"

Came to CMU 05.01. 1991, left 12.01.1992

Project sponsored by NSF

currently Associate Professor at Lodz Polytechnic, Poland

 

Dr. C.H. Lin

"Cationic Polymerization in the Presence of Chiral Additives"

Started as a Postdoc 05.01.1991, left 12.01.1993

Project sponsored by PRF

currently advisor to Minister of Science and Economy, Taiwan

 

Dr. Coleen Pugh                

"Exchange Reactions in the Cationic Polymerization"

Came to CMU 01.01. 1992, left 12.01. 1992

Project sponsored by NSF

currently Professor at University of Akron

 

Dr. Jim Maxka

"Polysilanes with Nonlinear Topologies"

Came to CMU 09.01. 1992, left 09.01.93

Project sponsored by ONR

currently Professor at Northern Arizona University

 

Dr. Daniela Mardare

"Living Radical Polymerization"

Came to CMU 02.01.1993, left 02.01.1995

Project sponsored by DuPont

currently at Cabot Microelectronics

 

Dr. Ryszard Szymanski 

"Monte Carlo Simulation of Cationic Polymerization"

Came to CMU 09.01. 1993, left 12.01.1993

Project sponsored by NSF

currently at Polish Academy of Sciences

 

Dr. Kenkichi Sakamoto

"Cyclosilanes and Electron Acceptors"

Came to CMU 10.01. 1993, left 4.01.1994

Project sponsored by ONR

currently Professor at Tohoku University, Japan

 

Dr. Mircea Teodorescu

"Functionalization of Radical Polymers"

Came to CMU 10.01. 1993, left 10.01. 1994

Also "Polymerization of Acrylamides by ATRP"

Came to CMU 02.01.1998, left 01.30.2000

currently Professor at Polytechnic Institute, Bucarest, Romania

 

Dr. Takeo Shigemoto

"Radical Polymerization with Nitroxy Radicals"

Came to CMU 10.01. 1993, left 10.15. 1995

currently employed by JSR

 

Dr. Jin-Shan Wang

"Radical Polymerization via Degenerative Transfer and ATRP"

Came to CMU 09.01. 1994, left 08.15. 1995

currently employed by Kodak

 

Dr. Simion Coca

"Preparation of Telechelics by Cationic and Radical Reactions"

Came to CMU 11.01. 1994, left 08.01. 1997

currently employed by PPG

 

Dr. Timothy Patten

"Organometallics for Polyphosphazenes and for Controlled Radical Polymerization"

Came to CMU 5.01. 1995, left 07.01.1996

currently Professor at University of California at Davis

 

Dr. Yoshiki Nakagawa

"Hybrids of Inorganic and Organic Polymers by ATRP"

Came to CMU 6.15. 1995, left 05.01.1997

Currently employed by Kaneka

 

Dr. Seong Mu Jo

"New Acrylonitrile Containing Copolymers"

Came to CMU 09.01.1995, left 02.01. 1997

currently employed by KIST

 

Dr. Mingli Wei

"Iron Based Catalysts for ATRP"

Came to CMU 06.01 1996, left 12.01.1997

currently employed by Nalco

 

Dr. Atsushi Kajiwara

"EPR Studies of ATRP",

Came to CMU 10.15. 1996, left 09.01. 1997

 

Also came as visiting prof. 08.04 2004 and left 01.10.2005

currently Professor at Nara University, Japan

 

Dr. Jen-Lung Wang

"Controlled Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates"

Came to CMU 11.10. 1996, left 12.01.1997

currently employed by Rohmax

 

Dr. Andreas Muehlebach

"Amphiphilic Block Copolymers"

Came to CMU 11.15. 1997, left 03.01.1998

currently employed by Ciba

 

Dr. Christina Jasieczek

"Application of MALDI to Characterization of Polymers Prepared by ATRP"

Came to CMU 10.15. 1996, left 02.01. 1998

currently employed by PPG

 

Dr. Brian Woodworth

"New Metal Catalysts for ATRP"

Came to CMU 4.1.1997, left 05.1. 1998

currently employed by Plextronics

 

Dr. Metin Acar

"Combination of Various Polymers with ATRP"

Came to CMU 11.03. 1997, left 06.01.1998

currently professor at Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey

 

Dr. Guido Kickelbick

"Combination of Various Inorganic Polymers with ATRP"

Came to CMU 07.25. 1997, left 08.01.1998

currently Professor at University of Vienna

 

Dr. Mathias Destarac

"Functional Linear and Branched Polymers"

Came to CMU 11.15. 1997, left 10.01.1998

currently at University of Toulouse

 

Dr. Veerle Coessens

"Functionalization of End Groups in Polymers Prepared by ATRP"

Came to CMU 02.1.1997, left 02.01.1999

currently employed by Ciba Novartis

 

Dr. Xuan Zhang

 

"Water Soluble Polymers by ATRP"

Came to CMU 06.25.1997, left 04.01.1999

currently employed by Cabot

 

Dr. Anne Shim

               

"Amphiphilic Polymers by ATRP"

Came to CMU 01.01.1999, left 07.01.1999

currently employed by Dow Corning

 

Dr. Devon Shipp

 

"Block Copolymers with (Meth)acrylates"

Came to CMU 10.27.1997, left 08.01.1999

currently Professor at Clarkson University

 

Dr. Stephanie Jousset

"Emulsion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate"

Came to CMU 09.01.1999, left, 02.28. 2000

currently employed by Elf Aquitaine

 

Dr. Scott Gaynor

"(Co)polymers with Novel Topologies"

Came to CMU 06.01. 1997, left 05.01.2000

currently employed by Dow Chemicals

 

Dr. Bernd Goebelt

"Ligands for ATRP"

Came to CMU 05.01.1999, left 06.30.2000

Currently employed by BYK

 

Dr. Jianhui Xia                  

"Synthesis of New Generation of Photoresists"

Came to CMU 09.15.1999, left 06.07.2000

Currently employed by 3M

 

Dr. Hosei Shinoda

"Polymerization of Macromonomers"

Came to CMU 04.01.1999, left 04.01. 2001

Currently employed by Mitsui Co.

 

Dr. Alex Kavros

“Segmented copolymers by CRP”

Came to CMU 01.20.01, left 06.01.01

Currently at Leicester University

 

Dr. Jian Qiu

“Polymerization in Dispersed Media”

Came to CMU 01.01.01, left 07.01.01

Currently employed by Pall Corporation

 

Dr. Hans Boerner

"Densely Grafted Polymers by CRP"

Came to CMU 05.12.2000, left 09.10.2001

Currently at Max Planck Institute in Berlin

 

Dr. Sung-Chul Hong

"Immobilized Catalysts for ATRP"

Came to CMU 25.01.2000, left 12.01.2001

Currently Professor at Seong University, Seoul Korea

 

Dr. Gennady Ananchenko

“Model Studies for ATRP”

Came to CMU 04.01.01, left 12.30.2001

Currently Scentific Leader at Apotex Inc., Toronto, Canada

 

Dr. Sang Beom Lee

“ Hybrids between Natural and Synthetic Polymers”

Came to CMU 04.01.02, left 09.01.2002

Currently Chief Researcher Bioenabled Nanoproducts

NanoDynamics Life Sciences Inc

 

Dr. Shuhui Qin

“Densely Grafted Polymeric Brushes”

Came to CMU 08.20.01, left 09.01.2002

Currently at Henkel

 

Dr. Im Sik Chung

“Block Copolymerization by CRP from Step-Growth Polymers”

Came to CMU 04.15.02, left 04.01.2003

Currently at KAIST

 

Dr. Tianqi Liu

“Grafting Well Defined Polymers from Carbon Black”

Came to CMU 2.21.02, left 03.01.2003

Currently at Cabot

 

Dr. Mihaela Iovu

“Degenerative Transfer Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate”

Came to CMU 2.01.02, left 07.01.2003

Currently at University of Texas, Dallas

 

Dr. Dorota Neugebauer

“Amphiphilic Block and Graft Copolymers”

Came to CMU 08.01.01, left 08.01.2003

Currently at PAS Zabrze

 

Dr. Tomislav Pintauer

“Copolymerization of acrylates and olefins”

Came to CMU 01.01.2003, left 08.01.2003

Currently at Assistant Professor at Duquesne University

 

Dr. Jean-Francois Lutz   

“Controlling microstructures by CRP”

Came to CMU 02.01.01, left 09.15.2003

Currently at Fraunhofer Institute, Berlin , Germany

Dr. Mei Li

“ATRP by Continuous Process and by Emulsion”

Came to CMU 04.01.02, left 11.01.03

Currently at Dow Agrosciences

 

Dr. Yang Kyoo Han

“Well-defined polymers with mesogenic segments by ATRP”

Came to CMU 04.01.2003, left 12.31.2003

Professor at Hanyang University

Dr. Yoshihisa Inoue

“New Catalysts for ATRP”

Came to CMU 10.08.2001, left 12.01.2003

Currently at Mitsui

 

Dr. Ajaya Nanda

“Functional Polymers by ATRP and Model Reactions”

Came to CMU 11.01.01, left 12.29.2003

Currently at University of Southern Mississippi

 

Dr. Yujiro Itami                

“New Ligands for ATRP”

Came to CMU 07.20. 2003, left 07.20.2004

Currently at FujiFilm, NL

 

Dr. Nazeem Jahed

“Functional Polymers by ATRP and Template Systems”

Came to CMU 04.01.02, left 10.01.2004

Currently at Western Cape University

 

Dr. Traian Sarbu

"Smart particles for DNAPL and functional polymers"

Came to CMU 05.01.2000, left 11.01.2004

Currently at CMU

 

Dr. Brent Sumerlin

“Block Copolymers and Molecular brushes by RAFT and ATRP”

Came to CMU 05.01.2003, left 07.01.2005

Currently Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University

 

Dr. Atsushi Nagai

“Novel Polymers for Drag Reduction”

Came to CMU April 1, 2005, left July 1, 2005

Currently Assistant Professor at Kyoto University

 

Dr. Michal Kruk

“New Mesoporous Structures via CRP Amphiphiles”

Came to CMU 09.01.2003. left 08.20.2005

Currently Assistant Professor at CUNY, Staten Island

 

Dr. Jeongbing Ok

“Novel inflammable hybrid materials”

 Came to CMU 10.01.2004, left 09.30.2005.

 Currently at LG Cable

 

Dr. Bruno Dufour

“Electronic Materials by ATRP”

Came to CMU 11.01.2002, left 10.20.2005

Currently at Hutchinson (Total), France

 

Dr. Hiromu Kaneyoshi

“Polyolefins and  ATRP”

Came to CMU 12.15.03, left 01.30.2006

Currently at Mitsui

 

Dr. Sherri Lovelace-Cameron 

“Well-defined Poly(ferrocenyl (meth)acrylates)”

Came to CMU 05.23, 2005, left 05.01.2006

Currently at Youngstown State University

 

Dr. Joanna Pietrasik        

“Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Brushes from Surfaces”

Came to CMU 07.20.2004, left 09.20. 2006

Currently at Lodz Polytechnic

 

Dr. Shigeki Ohno

“Polymacromonomers”

Came to CMU 10.01.2004. left 09.30.2006

Currently at Kaneka

 

Dr. Jung Kwon Oh

“Inverse miniemulsion”

Came to CMU 02.20. 2005, left 02.15. 2007

Currently at Concordia University

 

Dr. Kenya Tanaka

“Copolymerization of Polar and Non-Polar Monomers”

Came to CMU 07.15.2006, Left July 15, 2007

Currently at Asahi

 

Dr. Shin-ichi Yamamoto

“Thermoresponsive polymers”

Came to CMU 08.01.2006, left September 30, 2007

Currently Professor at  Japanese Defense Academy

 

Dr. Wojciech Jakubowski

“”Green” ATRP processes”

Came to CMU 07.01.2007, left September 30, 2007

Currently at  ATRP Solutions

 

Dr. Nicolay Tsarevsky

"Well-defined polymers for biomedical applications"

Came to CMU June 1, 2005, left October 15, 2007

Currently Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University

 

Dr. Yuichi Yamamura

“Hybrid Polyolefins and  new Ligands for ATRP”

Came to CMU 01.01.2006, Left 12.30.2007

Currently at  Mitsui

 

Dr. Fabio di Lena

“MS Studies of ATRP kinetics and ATRP polymers”

Came to CMU 10.01.2007, left 09.25. 2008

Currently at ICES, Singapore

 

Dr. Sebastien Viale

“Amphiphilic Block Copolymers”

Came July 15, 2008, left 09.30.2008

Currently at CIP, Mexico

 

Dr. Jaroslav Mosnacek

“Inhibition of autopolymerization of acrylic acid”

Came to CMU 10.01.2007, left 09.30, 2008

Currently at Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

 

Dr. Andrew Bohaty

“Biodegradable stars and nanogels”

Came to CMU 01.01.2008, Left 12.20.2008

Currently at US Patent Office

 

Dr. Tomasz Halamus       

“Grafting from and onto surfaces”

Came to CMU 10.01.2008, left 12.30.2008

Currently at Lodz Polytechnic

 

Dr. Florian Seeliger

“Kinetics and Thermodynamics of ATRP”

Came to CMU May 1, 2008, left May 30, 2009

Currently at Vinnolit

 

Dr. Wim Van Camp

“Branched polymers by ATRP”

Came to CMU October 1, 2008, left April 30, 2009

Currently at Ghent University

 

Dr. Sidi Bencherif

“Polymers for Injectable Hydrogels”

Came to CMU 06.01.2009, Left 08.01.2009

Currently at Harvard

 

Dr. Andrzej Plichta

“Effect of polydispersity on polymer morphology”

Came to CMU 10.01.2007, left July 1, 2009

Currently at Warsaw Polytechnic

 

Dr. Chih-Feng Huang

“New hybrid and photoresponsive systems by ATRP”

Came to CMU 12.01.2007, left July 30, 2009

Currently at Kanagawa University

 

Dr. Joanna Pietrasik

“High molecular weight hybrids by ATRP”

Came to CMU 06.21.2009, left August 30, 2009

Currently at Lodz Polytechnic

 

Dr. Hyun Jong Paik

“ Polymers for biomedical applications”

Came to CMU February 1, 2009, left February 1, 2010

Currently at Pusan University

 

Dr. Jun Kamada

“Hybrid Polyolefins and  new Ligands for ATRP”

Came to CMU 01.01.2008, left 06.30.2010

Currently at Mitsui

 

Dr. Yungwan Kwak

“ATRP kinetics”

Came to CMU 09.01.2006, left August 30, 2010

Currently at Silberline

 

Dr. Weipu Zhu

“Combining ATRP with Anionic Polymerization”

Came to CMU December 1, 2009, Left December 1, 2010

Currently Professor Zhejiang University, China

 

Dr. Matthew Tonge

“Mechanistic Studies of ATRP”

Came to CMU February 15, 2010, Left February 14, 2011

Currently in Australia

 

Dr. Dingcai Wu

”Nanostructured carbons”

Came to CMU April 1, 2010, left April 5, 2011

Currently Professor at San Yat San University in Guangzhou, China

 

Dr. Dagmar D'Hooge Currently Assistant Professor at Ghent University, Belgum