Macromolecules Innovation Institute

2011 SURP Students

• Kristina Caldwell, St. Paul's College; St. Paul, MN;  Faculty Sponsor:  R. Gandour (Chemistry) - Mentor: Alice Savage
  "Block Copolymers for Anti-HIV Microbicides"

• Jennifer Carter, St. Paul's College, St. Paul, MN; Faculty Sponsor:  Kevin Edgar (Wood Sci. & Forest Products) - Mentor:  Junia Pereira
  "Enhanced ater Solubility and Bioavailability of HIV Drugs"

• Benjamin Cherniawski, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Faculty Sponsor:  Kevin Edgar (Wood Sci. & Forest Products) - Mentor:  Haoyu Liu
  "Synthesis of Cellulose Esters with Long Sidechains"

• Kerry DeMella, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Faculty Sponsor:  Tim Long (Chemistry) - Mentor Sean Hemp
  "Forming Polyelectrolute Nanoparticles:  Tailoring Size ad Shape for Efficient Gene"

• Emma Edgar, Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, NC; Faculty Sponsor Alan Esker (Chemistry) - Mentor:  Josh Kittle
  "Adsorption of Xyloglucan onto Sulfated Cellulose Nanocrystals Films"

• Anthony Gai, Alfred University, Alfred, NY; Faculty Sponsor:  J. Heremans and V. Soghomonian (Physics) - Mentor:  Martin Rudolph
  "Fabrication and Behavior of Bismuth Hall Effect Bopsensors"

• Gregory Hartmann, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;  Faculty Sponsor:  Abby Whittington (MSE) - Mentor:  Suzanne Barnes
  "Mineralization of Polymer Scaffolds by Calcium Phosphates"

• Christopher Houser, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA;  Faculty Sponsor:  Maren Roman (Wood Sci.  & Forest Products) - Mentor:  Hezhong Wang
  "Enzymatic Surface Deacetylation of Chitin Nanocrystals"

• Lindsay Johnson, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;  Faculty Sponsor:  Judy Riffle (Chemistry) - Mentor:  Nan Hu
  "Poly(ammoniuim Bisphosphonate-g-ethylene oxide) Copolymers for Biomedical Applications"

• Lindsay Matolyak, Indiana University of PA, Indiana, PA; Faculty Sponsor:  Richard Turner (Chemistry/MII) - Mentor Yi Li
  "Alternating Copolymers with Precisely Placed Ionic Groups and Their Antiviral Properties"

• Nathan Mitchell, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA; Faculty Sponsor:  Nammalway Sriranganthan (Biomed Science & Pathobiology) - Mentor Gade Kimsawatde (no abstract)

• Trevor Parker, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Faculty Sponsor:  Rich Gandour (Chemistry) - Mentor:  Dr. Liang Chen
  "Synthesis of Amphiphilic Polyethylene oxide)-lipid Anchors for Assembling Coated Nanoparticles"

• Destinii Smith, Shaw University, Raleigh, NC; Faculty Sponsor:  Maren Roman (Wood Sci & Forest Products) - Mentor:  Shuping Dong
  "Gold-Coated Cellulose Nanocrystals for Potential Bioimaging Applications"

• Andrea Stadther, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL;  Faculty Sponsor: Nammalway Sriranganthan (Biomed Science & Pathobiology) - Mentor:  Samanthan Casterlow
  "In Vitro Release of Rifampicin-Loaded Carboxymethylcellylose Acetate Butrate"

• Irene Turner, St. Paul's College, St. Paul, MN; Faculty Sponsor:  Judy Riffle (Chemistry)
  "Amphiphilic Triblock Copolyethers for Conjugation to Therapeutic Proteins"