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Dr. Jeffrey R. Capadona

Phone office ++1 216 368 1836
Phone lab ++1 216 368 1837
Fax ++1 216 368 4202

E-mail: capadona@fes.case.edu

 

I was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, IL and received my bachelors degree in Chemistry from Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, IN in 2000.  In May 2005 I earned my Ph.D. from the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Institute of Technology under the direction of both Drs. David M. Collard and Andrés J. García (Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience).  My research focused on engineering model biomaterial surfaces to promoted the cell-mediated assembly of their natural extracellular environment.   My current project with Chris Weder and Stuart Rowan (Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering) and with Dustin Tyler and Ron Triolo (Functional Electrical Stimulation Center) is to design smart” biomimetic polymer nanocomposites for cortical implants.

Jeff Capadona's complete CV (.pdf) and a List of Publications and Presentations (.pdf) can be downloaded here.


Dr. Liming Tang

Phone office ++1 216 368 1836
Phone lab ++1 216 368 1837
Fax ++1 216 368 4202

E-mail: liming.tang@case.edu

 

I was born in the north part of China and received my master degree in Polymer from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 1998. Then I worked as assistant engineer in Leminggen Corporation for a couple of years. To further my education, I pursued my Ph.D in Polymer and Organic Chemistry at Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science in January 2006. My research focused on the synthesizing organometallic complexes and investigating their behaviors of polymerization. In February 2006, I began working with Prof. Kevin Smith at University of Edward Island (Canada) on the Synthesis and reactivity of catalytic Cr(II) and Cr(III) complexes for carbon-carbon bond forming reactions for five months. After that, I joined Prof. Asandei’s group at the University of Connecticut for the development of ring-opening and living radical polymerization using transition metal complexes as catalysts and the synthesis of complex polymer architectures. My current project with Prof. Weder is in the area of Self-Assessing Photoluminescent Polymers.

Lining Tang's complete CV (.pdf) with a List of Publications and Presentations (.pdf) can be downloaded here.