Professor at University of Connecticut at Storrs
Dept. of Chemistry and Polymer Program
Inducted - Founding member UCONN Chapter of National Association of Inventors, 2017.
Member, Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering.
Co Founder of Ommio Health Inc. and PolyC Polymers and Composites.
Education
BS Mary Washington College (University of Mary Washington)
PhD University of Florida (w/ John Reynolds)
PostDoc California Institute of Technology (w/ Robert H. Grubbs and Nathan Lewis)
Research Focus
- Cannabinoid based drug discovery
- Cannabinoid based drug delivery
- Polymer synthesis
- Dyes and optical brighteners
- Dielectric capacitors
- Electrochromic
- Nano-lithography
Goals: To commercialize as much of my science as I can - and have fun doing it. Help me save the world and terraform Mars with cannabinoids!!
Awards
- Marquis Who's Who - over 60 Patents, 2024
- Editor - Journal of Functional Biomaterials MDPI, 2022
- Polymer program director - UCONN, 2008 to 2011
- Editor - Journal of Materials Science, 2008
- Featured Alumni – U. Florida, 2007
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award (CHE), 2004
- ACS POLYED Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry Award, 1993
- American Institute of Chemists Award (Virginia), 1993
Have held and currently hold contracts with: Kraft Foods, Philip Morris USA, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Samsung, Sekisui Chemical, Triton Systems, ITP Gmbh, Teleflex Medical, Victoria's Secret, MC10, NSF, NIH, ACS-PRF, Army, Navy