Postgraduate Research Fellow, University of Aalborg, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Section of Biotechnology; Master thesis at LEO Pharma A/S, HTS Section, Department Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Ballerup, Denmark; BS, biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, 2003;
Current Affiliation: University of Aarhus Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre, Dept of Molecular Biology.

BS/MS Chemical Engineering and Technology, Technological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1992; PhD Chemistry, Dartmouth College, 1997; Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1999
Previous Research Project: Developing high-throughput capillary and microchip electrophoresis methods for DNA mutation screening with focus on the p53 supressor gene. Bacterial detection technologies.
Current Affiliation: Assistant Department Chair, Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston IL

BE Polymer Chemistry Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, P.R. China; MS Materials Science China Textile University, Shanghai, P. R.China; PhD Polymer Materials Science University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Previous Research Project: Novel polymer structures for electrophoresis.
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

BS Chemistry Honour, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 1989
MS Physical Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenbourg Sweden 1994; PhD Chemistry, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris France, 1998
Previous Research Project: Novel materials and strategies for DNA separations by CE. Current Affiliation: NSEC Scientific Officer & Industrial Liaison, Northwestern University

BS/MS Biotechnology Daegu University, Korea 1998; PhD Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea 2004

Previous Research Project: E-Chip/I-Chip Project & Protein Polymer-based Hydrogels for on-Chip Bioseparation
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

BS Chemical Engineering University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1998
PhD Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin 2004
Previous Research Project: Polymeric nanogel creation and characterization for on-chip DNA purification
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

BS Chemistry, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 1992; MS Synthetic Chemistry, Andhra University, 1995; PhD Synthetic, Organic, and Computational Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2000; Postdoctoral Fellow, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, 2000-2001
Previous Research Project: Biophysical studies of novel peptoids.
Current Affiliation: Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Kansas

BS Chemistry, Nanjing University, China, 1993
MS Chmistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of the Sciences, 1996
PhD Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 2001

Previous Research Project: Polymer matrix design for on-chip biosample purification.

BE Polymer Materials Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, P. R. China 1997; ME Material Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, P. R. China 2000; PhD Chemical Engineering Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY 2005;
Research Project: Chain scission of high molecular weight polymers and DNA in transient extensional flow
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

Chemistry studies, Utrecht University, the Netherlands 1997-2002 (MSc equivalent) PhD BioOrganic Chemistry, Utrecht University, the Netherlands 2002-2006
PostDoc Mircobiology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands 2006-2007

Previous Research Project: Use of peptoids against biofilms in urinary tract infection

BS Applied Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 1990; MS Analytical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 1995; PhD Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1998; Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 2000-2001; Postdoctoral Fellow, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2001-2002
Previous Research Project: Developing fast mutation detection methods by tandem SSCP/HA using microchip electrophoresis.

BS ChE Jordan University, 1996
MS ChE Jordan University, 1999
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2002

Previous Research Project: Design, synthesis and characterization of novel hydrophilic polymers for microchannel electrophoresis of DNA.
Current Affiliation: MedImmune, Gaithersburg, MD

BS ChE University of Toledo, 2002
MS ChE Northwestern University 2006

Previous Research Project: DNA sequencing by ELFSE project, particularly on issues of bioconjugate sample preparation and analyis by capillary and chip electrophoresis, as well as data analysis and modeling

BS Chemistry, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, 1991; PhD Organic Chemistry, Wayne State University, 1999
Previous Research Project: Design and synthesis of novel end-labels for rapid sequencing of DNA by free solution capillary electrophoresis.
Current Affiliation: Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL

BS ChE Iowa State University, 2001
PhD Northwestern University, 2008

Previous Research Project: Synthesis and characterization of biomimetic, polypeptoid-based lung surfactant proteins.
Barron Team: Biomimetic oligomers

BS ChE and Materials Engineering, University of Connecticut, 1996
MS ChE Northwestern University, 1999; PhD ChE Northwestern University, December 2002

Previous Research Project: Thermo-reversible matrices for DNA sequencing by microchannel electrophoresis.
Current Affiliation: The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

BS ChE Purdue University, 2000; MS ChE Northwestern University December 2002; PhD ChE Northwestern University, June 2006; Previous Research Project: Polymer matrix design for on-chip biosample purification. Materials development in µ-TAS devices Link to research publications
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis Current Affiliation: Mathies Lab, UC Berkeley,

BS Rice 2002
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2008

Previous Research Project:
Barron Team: Poly-N-substituted glycines as structured, biostable mimics of cationic, amphipathic antibacterial peptides

BS ChE Northwestern University, 1995
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2008

Previous Research Project: In vitro and in vivo studies of the efficacy, toxicity, and immunogenicity of biomimetic peptoids
Barron Team: Biomimetic oligomers

BS Chemistry Northern Arizona 2002; MS Chemistry Northwestern University 2006

Previous Research Project: Novel nanogels for bioseparations
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis|
Current Affiliation: Evanston Fire Department, Evanston, IL

BS ChE Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998; PhD ChE Northwestern University, December, 2003

Previous Research Project: Novel polymeric materials for genetic analysis by CE.
Current Affiliation: Hercules, Wilmington, DE

BS ChE Notre Dame, 2001, PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2008

Previous Research Project: Chip-based electrophoresis systems for both matrix-based and ELFSE-based DNA sequencing and genotyping
Barron Team: Free-Solution Conjugate Electrophoresis for Microchannel DNA Separations

BS Chemical Engineering Notre Dame, 2004
PhD Chemical Engineering Northwestern University, 2009

Research Project: Polymer matrices for on-chip DNA sequencing
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

BS ChE University of Kentucky, 2000 PhD ChE Northwestern University 2006
Research Project: Detection of cancer-related genetic mutations using SSCP and heteroduplex analysis.
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis
Current Affiliation: University of Arkansas

B.Eng. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2000; PhD ChE Northwestern University 2005
Previous Research Project: Design, synthesis, and characterization of high-performance polymeric matrices for genetic analysis by microchip electrophoresis.
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis
Current Affiliation: NIST, Gaithersburg, MD

BS ChE Princeton University, 2001
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2009

Research Project: Enzymatically cross-linked protein polymers as a novel tissue engineering scaffold.

BS Chemistry Northeastern Illinois, 2003
BS Mathematics Northeastern Illinois 2003, Minor Biology Northeastern University 2003
PhD Chemistry Northwestern University, 2008

Research Project: Spectroscopic (NMR, CD, FTIR, etc.) and computational methods to perform detailed studies of structured peptoid helices and other folded structures
Barron Team: Biomimetic oligomers

BS ChE Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997; MS ChE Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998; PhD ChE Northwestern University 2005
Previous Research Project: Development of techniques for sequencing DNA by Free-Solution Conjugate Electrophoresis.
Barron Team: Free-Solution Conjugate Electrophoresis for Microchannel DNA Separations
Current Affiliation: Sandia National Lab, Livermore, CA

BS ChE Northwestern University, 1999
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2004

Previous Research Project: Poly-N-substituted glycines as structured, biostable mimics of cationic, amphipathic antibacterial peptides.
Current Affiliation: Wyeth, Pearl River, NY

BS ChE UC Berkeley, 2003
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2008

Research Project: Novel, cationic protein polymers as efficient vehicles for non-viral gene delivery
Barron Team: Biomimetic oligomers

BS ChE Lafayette College, 2004
PhD Materials Science Northwestern University, expected 2010

Research Project: Novel polymer matrices for on-chip biosample separation and purification
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

BS ChE Florida Tech, 1996
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2002

Previous Research Project: Synthesis, characterization, and application of non-natural, sequence-specific, biomimetic peptoids.
Current Affiliation: Unilever, Rolling Meadows, IL

BS ChE University of Michigan, 2000
PhD ChE Northwestern University, June 2006

Previous Research Project: Synthesis and characterization of biomimetic, polypeptoid-based lung surfactant proteins. Current Affiliation: Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory Richland, WA

BS ChE University of Tulsa, 1997
PhD ChE Northwestern University, August 2002

Previous Research Project: Free-Solution Conjugate Electrophoresis for Microchannel DNA Separations
Current Affiliation: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

BS ChE Seoul National University, 1991; MS ChE Seoul National University, 1993; PhD ChE Northwestern University, April 2003
Previous Research Project: Design and production of protein polymer drag-tags for application in Free-Solution Conjugate Electrophoresis.
Current Affiliation: Full-time Instructor, College of Engineering, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

BS Engineering Swarthmore College, 1996
PhD ChE Northwestern University, 2002

Previous Research Project: Design, synthesis, and characterization of biomimetic, polypeptoid-based lung surfactant replacements.
Current Affiliation: Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA

Previous Research Project: Peptoid modifications of proteins

Barron Team: Biomimetic oligomers

BS Chemical Engineering New Mexico State University 2001

Previous Research Project: Barron Team: Poly-N-substituted glycines as structured, biostable mimics of cationic, amphipathic antibacterial peptides

BS ChE University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2001; MS ChE & BiomolecularE UIUC, 2003

Previous Research Project: Chip-based Detection of cancer-related genetic mutations using SSCP and heteroduplex analysis.
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

BS, Chemistry, Northwestern University 2007

Previous Research Project: Synthesis and characterization of peptoids as novel antimicrobial agents

BS Genetics UC Davis, 1995

Previous Research Project: Detection of cancer-related genetic mutations using SSCP and heteroduplex analysis.

BS ChE Northwestern University, 2001
PhD ChE Stanford University

Previous Research Project: Mechanical degradation of polymers.
Current Affiliation: The Shaqfeh Group, Stanford University

BS ChE Northwestern University, 2005

Previous Research Project: Design, synthesis, and characterization of high-performance polymeric matrices for genetic analysis by microchip electrophoresis.
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis

BS ChE Northwestern University, expected 2007

BS ChE Northwestern University, expected 2003

Previous Research Project: Use of the Langmuir-Wilhelmy trough for analysis of lung surfactant proteins and lipids.
Barron Team: Biomimetic oligomers

Evanston Township High School Student, Class of 2003

Previous Research Project: Analysis of lung surfactant proteins.

BS ChE Northwestern University, expected 2005

Previous Research Project: Analysis of the pulsating bubble surfactometer for observing the performance of lung surfactant and lipids. Current Affiliation: Mobility Student at the ETH-Zurich

BS Chemistry, University of Chicago, expected 2005

Previous Research Project: Analysis of lung surfactant proteins.
Current Affiliation: University of Chicago

BS ChE Northwestern University, 2002

Previous Research Project: Developing polymer architectures to improve capillary electrophoresis mediated DNA separation.
Current Affiliation: University of Chicago

BS ChE Northwestern University, 2001
Recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellowship
PhD ChE Stanford University, expected

Previous Research Project: Mechanical degradation of polymers.
Current Affiliation: The Shaqfeh Group, Stanford University

BS ChE Northwestern University, 2005

Previous Research Project:
Barron Team: Novel Polymeric Materials for Genetic Analyses by Microchannel Electrophoresis, Biomimetic oligomers