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Research Chemist
Professional Summary
Over nine years of intense and diversified academic experience as an Assistant Professor engaging in research which lead to 15 publications and three patent applications. Raised and administered $2M in external funding. Taught three different graduate and nine undergraduate courses. Supervised and lead over 25 different personnel in various programs and projects. Strong team-work and problem-solving skills with a desire and demonstrated ability to generate results quickly.
Key Strengths
- Proposal Writing
- GC and GC-MS
- HPLC and HPLC-MS
- MALDI-TOF MS
- DSC and TGA
- Mentoring Junior Scientists
- Chemical Synthesis
- Polymer Synthesis
- Column Chromatography
- NMR and 2D-NMR
- IR and UV-Vis Spectroscopy
- Communication Skills
Professional Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemistry 2000-2002; The University of Texas at Austin
- Ph. D., Organic Chemistry, 2000; The University of Michigan
Thesis: The Monomer and Polymer Chemistry of 2-Vinyl-4,5-Dicyanoimidazole
- B. Sc., Chemistry, 1995; The University of Minnesota
Work Experience
The University of Texas at San Antonio
June 2002-May 2009
Assistant Professor/Lecturer
- A solid knowledge in principles and methods of organic chemistry and polymer chemistry including advanced organic synthesis, organic compound analysis, heterocyclic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and polymer synthesis.
- Raised $2M in external funding from NIH, NSF and TX state agencies.
- Administered $2M in external funding, including managing project, budget and reporting
- Extremely proficient with structural determination using NMR, 2D-NMR, IR, UV-Vis, and Mass Spectral (GC-MS, LC-MS, MALDI-TOF) techniques
- Highly experienced with analytical techniques including HPLC, Prep-HPLC, GC, GPC, Automated Chromatography, Distillation, Crystallization and related purification methods.
- Very competent in maintenance of HPLC, LC-MS, GPC, GC, GC-MS, Prep-HPLC and Automated Chromatography.
- Directed, coordinated, and advised personnel in test procedures for analyzing components and physical properties of materials.
- Prepared test solutions and compounds for laboratory personnel to conduct tests.
- Designed and conducted experiments for demonstration and development of new routes to desired chemicals.
- Extremely well-versed and proficient in large-scale synthesis.
- Prepared details of formal reports and other written documentation. Wrote technical papers and prepared standards and specifications for processes, products, or tests.
- Trained personnel in the proper application of the techniques used in manufacturing processes.
- Engaged in research which led to 15 publications and 3 patent applications.
- Supervised 4 postdoctoral researchers; 7 graduate researchers; 14 undergraduate researchers.
- Taught 3 different graduate courses; 9 different undergraduate courses.
- Served on 11 different service committees - chairing 3 of those committees.
- Familiar with Microsoft Office, ChemDraw, IsisDraw, Scifinder and possess a working knowledge of the use of structure-based or other computer-aided design tools.
Selected Publications
- Mani, G.; Johnson, D. M.; Marton, D.; Feldman, M. D.; Patel, D.; Ayon, A. A.; Agrawal, C. M. Drug Delivery from Gold and Titanium Surfaces Using Self-Assembled Monolayers. Biomaterials 2008, 29(24), 4561-4573.
- Mani, G.; Johnson, D. M.; Marton, D.; Dougherty, V. L.; Feldman, M. D.; Patel, D.; Ayon, A. A.; Agrawal, C. M. Stability of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Titanium and Gold, Langmuir, 2008, 24, 6774-6784.
- Mahapatro, A.; Johnson, D. M.; Patel, D. N.; Feldman, M. D.; Ayon, A. A.; Agrawal, C. M. Drug delivery from therapeutic self-assembled monolayers (T-SAMs) on 316L stainless steel. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2008, 8(4), 281-289.
- Johnson, D. M., Wang, J., W.; Ponomarenko, V. Characterizing Pseudodendrimers. I. Graph Representations of Pseudodendrimers Formed by Enhancements to Propagation of Linear Units, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 2007, 16(8), 727-731.
- Ayon, A. A., Cantu, M.; Chava, K.; Agrawal, C. M.; Feldman, M. D.; Johnson, D.; Patel, D.; Marton, D.; Shi, E. Drug loading of nanoporous TiO2 films Biomedical Materials, 2006, 1, L11-L15.
- Mahapatro, A.; Johnson, D. M.; Patel, D. N.; Feldman, M. D.; Ayon, A. A.; Agrawal, C. M. The Use of Alkanethiol Self-assembled Monolayers (SAMs) on 316L Stainless Steel for Coronary Artery Stent Nanomedicine Applications: An Oxidative and In Vitro Stability Study, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 2006, 2, 182-190.
- Mahapatro, A.; Johnson, D. M.; Patel, D. N.; Feldman, M. D.; Ayon, A. A.; Agrawal, C. M. Surface Modification of Functional Self-Assembled Monolayers on 316L Stainless Steel via Lipase Catalysis, Langmuir, 2006, 22(3), 901-905.
- Gruber, J. B.; Sardar, D. K.; Johnson, D. M.; Yow, R. M.; Coeckelenbergh, C. H.; Nijjar, A. S. Ligand-field splitting of the energy levels of Nd3+(4f 3) in 2-hydroxethyl methacrylate polymer (HEMA) Polymer International, 2006, 55(9), 1007-1012.
- Johnson, D. M.; Reybuck, S. E.; Lawton, R. G.; Rasmussen, P. G., The Condensation of DAMN with Conjugated Aldehydes and Polymerizations of the Corresponding Imines, Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 3615-3621.
Professional Memberships
- American Chemical Society
Other Accreditations
- Chemical Engineering for Chemists, Dec 2008, American Chemical Society Short Course
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