Principle Investigator
Dr. Sergei I. Nazarenko
B.Sc., 1982, Chemical Physics,
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia;
Ph.D., 1988, Physics and Mathematics (Polymer Physics)
Russian Academy of Sciences
1988-1990, Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
USSR Academy of Sciences, N.N. Semenov's Institute of Chemical Physics
1990-1997, Research Associate/Senior Research Associate,
Case Western Reserve University
1997-2003, Assistant Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering,
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
2004-present, Assistant Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering,
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Graduate Students
Karina J. Reynolds, Ph.D. Candidate
Studies new flame retardant systems based on organic metal salts in epoxy-amine networks and polyurethanes.
Synthesizes coordination cross linked thiol-ene networks to study self healing of metal-ligands.
Involved in undergraduate research as a mentor.
Received B.S. in Chemistry from California Polytechnic State University.
Jacob Schekman, Ph.D. Candidate
Studies the structure-property relationships of thiol-ene networks and mixed matrix membranes, investigating the effects of processing variations on thermomechanical and permeability properties.
Received B. S. in Chemistry from San Jose State University.
Samantha P. Daymon, Graduate Researcher
Studies the structure-property relationships of dendritic and hyper branched polymers.
Experienced in dielectric spectroscopy and molecular dynamic simulations.
Received B.S. in Chemistry from Murray State University.
Moustafa Zagho, Graduate Researcher
Investigating the assembly of advanced mixed matrix membranes for CO2 gas separation applications.
Received M.S. in Chemistry from Alexandria University.