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Curriculum Vita

4A. ACADEMIC HISTORY

Name: Jason Locklin

Present Rank: Professor, University of Georgia

Assignment: 0.48-EFT Research, 0.25-EFT Instruction, 0.03 Administration

Tenure Status: Tenured

Administrative Title: Director, New Materials Institute; Director Integrated Bioscience and

Nanotechnology Cleanroom

Graduate Faculty Status: Appointed to Graduate Faculty in January 2007

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 2004

M.S. in Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2002

B.S. in Chemistry, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, 1999

Positions Held

July 2018-present: Professor, Department of Chemistry and College of Engineering, University of

Georgia, Athens, GA (promotion approved, November 2017, starts with fiscal year of university)

July 2012-June 2018: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and College of Engineering,

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

January 2007-June 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Faculty of Engineering,

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

September 2011-present: Director Integrated Bioscience and Nanotechnology Cleanroom

September 2016-present: Director of the New Materials Institute

December 2004-December 2006: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering,

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, (Research Advisor: Zhenan Bao)

August 2002-December 2004: Graduate Research Associate, University of Houston, Houston, TX

(Research Advisor: Rigoberto Advincula)

January 2000-August 2002: Graduate Research Associate, University of Alabama Birmingham,

Birmingham, AL (Research Advisor: Rigoberto Advincula)

Post-Graduate Awards

National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award (2010-2015)

Intelligence Community Young Investigator Award (2007-2009)

NE Georgia Section ACS Chemist of the Year for Research (2010)

Atlanta Magazine: Groundbreaker Award for Germ Free Textiles (2011)

4B. RESIDENT INSTRUCTION

4B.1. Courses Taught at the University of Georgia

ENGG 4615/6615, CHEM 4615/6615/8390: Soft Materials, Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,

2013, 2015, Spring 2016

The first course involving polymer science and engineering offered at UGA. It covers general

aspects of chemistry, physical properties, structure and dynamics, and applications of soft

materials (including polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, gels and biomaterials).

The course is separated on the graduate and undergraduate level due to the amount of assignments

and depth of questions on the exams.

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CHEM 8390: Special Topics in Organic Chemistry: Principles of Polymerization, Spring 2008,

Summer 2015

This course is geared towards graduate students with interest in synthetic organic chemistry and

polymer science.

FRES 1020: Freshman Seminar: Confessions of a Technoholic: The Science and Technology

behind Next-Generation Consumer Electronics, Fall 2009

This course was developed as a Freshman Seminar to get students interested in science and

engineering.

BCHE 3145: Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Fall 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

This course is part of the BioChemical Engineering curriculum. The course is centered at advanced

thermodynamic processes that involve equilibria in biological and chemical processes.

CHEM 2212 Organic Chemistry II, Spring 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

This is one of the larger classes in the University, with a combined enrollment of ~600-650

students each spring semester.

CHEM 2312H/2412 Honors Organic Chemistry II, Spring 2010, 2014, 2015

This course is the second in the Honors series for Organic Chemistry.

FYOS 1001: Making Surfaces Smart: Using Polymers and Nanotechnology to Generate

Responsive and Adaptive Materials, Fall 2013


engineering

FYOS 1001: Plastics: What are they and why will they be around forever?, Fall 2015


engineering

4B.2. Supervision of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Research

Postdoctoral Research Associates (2)

Satyabrata Samanta, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2007-2010. (Currently employed at Danimer Scientific)

Evan White, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2015-present (Currently Research Associate with Locklin and Dr.

Bran Ritchie, DVM at UGA)

Major Professor to PhD. Students (24)

Graduate: Degree Program, Year Received (Current Position)

Nicholas Marshall 2007-2010 PhD, Chemistry, December 2010 (Assistant Professor,

Berea College)

Sara Orski 2007-2011 PhD, Chemistry, July 2011 (NIST Polymers Division,

Gaithersburg, MD)

Kristen Fries 2007-2011 PhD, Chemistry, July 2011, (Plymouth Rock Charter

School, High School Teacher)

Vikram Dhende 2008-2011 PhD, Family and Consumer Sciences, July 2011, (Voight

Fibers, South Carolina)

Gareth Sheppard 2008-2012 PhD, Chemistry, December 2012 (Eastman Chemical,

Tennessee)

Kyle Sontag 2008-2012 PhD, Chemistry, December 2012 (Donaldson, Minnesota)

Eric Huddleston 2011-2013 PhD, Chemistry, August 2013 (Assistant Professor,

University of North Georgia)

Rachelle Arnold

Alex Orlov

2009-2014

2012-2014

PhD, Chemistry, August 2014 (PPG, Indiana)

Left the program for personal reasons

Jenna Bilbrey

2009-2014

PhD, Chemistry, May 2014 (Associate Development

Editor, Wiley)

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Joe Grubbs 2010-2014 PhD, Chemistry, December 2014 (Danimer Scientific)

Evan White

Jeremy Yatvin

Anandi Roy

Jing Gao

Current Group

Josh Valencia

Karson Brooks

Qiaohong Liu

Li Chen

Grant Crane

Yutian Ke

Jessica Horn

Jessica Bramhall

Priya Singha

2010-2014

2011-2016

2011-2016

2011-2016

2012-present

2013-present

2014-present

2014-present

2015-present

2015-present

2016-present

2016-present

2015-present

PhD, Chemistry, December 2014 (Research Associate,

UGA)

PhD, Chemistry, May 2016 (Kodak, Columbus, GA)

PhD, Chemistry, July 2016 (Intel, Portland, OR)

PhD, Chemistry, October 2016 (Georgia Pacific

Chemicals, Atlanta, GA)

MS Candidate, Chemistry (co-advised with V. Popik)

PhD Candidate, Chemistry






PhD Candidate, Engineering

PhD Candidate, Engineering (co-advised with Hitesh

Handa)

Major Professor to Masters Students (2)

Graduate: Degree Program, Year Received (Current Position)

Abul Giasuddin

Deborah Lehman

2008-2011

2013-2015

MS, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, July 2011,

(PhD Candidate, BE Department, Utah State)

MS, Chemistry, November 2015, (Graduate student,

College of Education, UGA)

4B.3. Supervision of Undergraduate Research

Students from within the University (16)

Bethany Wigington 2007-2008 BS, May 2008 (Graduate Student, University of

California, Santa Barbara

Kenneth Yamamoto 2007-2009 BS, May 2009 (Research Scientist, US Army Corps of

Engineers, Hanover, NH)

David Asman 2008 BS, May 2009 (Owner, Athens Bagel Co.)

Patrick Graham 2008 BS, August 2009

Kendra Bryant 2008

Michelle Skilag 2008 BS, May 2008

Jeff Photakis 2008-2009

Neil Linder 2008-2009

Paul Oyler 2009 BS, May 2009

Matthew Nguyen 2009 BS, May 2009 (Pharmacy School, Mercer Univ.)

Kyle Harris 2009

Chris Parsons 2010 BS, Chemistry Major

Danny Walden 2011-2013 BS, Biochemistry Major (Medical School)

Ashton Moradi 2011-2012 BS, Biochemistry Major (Pharmacy School, Mercer)

Nathan Usselman

Jeff Ash

Haeyoung Yoon

Paul Cray

Drew Martin

Camilio Sarmiento

Alex Cox

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

2014-2015

2014-2015

2014-2015

BS, Chemistry Major (PhD student, UC Berkley)

BS, Chemistry Major

BS, Chemistry Major (Pharmacy School, Mercer)

BS, BCHE Major (Vet School, NCSU)

BS, Bio. Enginering (PhD student, Boston Univ.)

BS, Chemistry Major (PhD student, Cornell Univ.)

BS, Chemistry Major

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Parker Rushworth

Ester Li

Caria Evans

Calvin Jung

Nettie Brown

Anita Nsubuga

2013-2015

2015-present

2015-present

2015-present

2016

2015-2016

BS, Chemistry Major (Medical School)

BS, Chemistry Major

BS, Chemistry Major

BS, Chemistry Major

BS, BCHE Major

BS, Biochemistry Major

Undergraduate students from outside the University (5)

Cassandra Skaggs 2008 Chemistry, Albany State University, Summer

Undergraduate Research Experience at UGA

Keresten Goodman

Leslie Johnson

Alyssa Huntington

Ishmael Rogers

2008

2013

2014

2015

Chemistry, Albany State University, Summer

Undergraduate Research Experience at UGA

Chemistry, North Carolina State, Summer Undergraduate

Research Experience at UGA

Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, REU Student

Clark Atlanta University, REU Student

High School Students (6)

Crystal Chukwah, Hunter Pearlman, Hailey Clark, Bailey Martin, and Allie Hamlin (UGA Young

Dawgs Program)

Anne Saunders (Classic City Performance Learning Center High School, Athens, GA)

4B.4. Instructional Funding Received for Supporting Student Research Summer Undergraduate Research Program: 2007-2009: Summer Intern fellowships for Kenneth

Yamamoto ($5000), Bethany Wigington ($5000), Kendra Bryant ($5000), Cassandra Skaggs ($5000),

and Keresten Goodman ($5000). Each stipend includes $500 for materials and supplies for the PI’s

laboratory. CURO Summer Fellowship (2010-2015): Nathan Usselman, Calvin Jung, Drew Martin,

Caria Evans

4C. SCHOLARLY AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

4C.1. Publications

Summary: 93 peer reviewed publications, total citations: 5,287, H-index: 39.

Authorship order is assigned with the P.I. as the last author in Chemistry and Polymer Science.

(±Indicates graduate students for whom Dr. Locklin served as major professor. Indicates undergraduate

students for whom Dr. Locklin served as major professor. *Indicates the corresponding author. Journal

Impact Factors reported by ISI Journal Citation Reports)

Books Edited and Co-Edited (1)

1. “Organic Field-Effect Transistors,” Z. Bao and J. Locklin, Editors, CRC Press, 1st Edition (2007)

Chapters in Books (2)

1. “Electro-optical Applications of Conjugated Polymer Thin Films.” N. Marshall, ± S.K. Sontag, ±

and J. Locklin*, Wiley, VCH, in Functional Polymer Films, Volume 2: Characterization and

Applications (2011)

2. “Formation of Photo-Responsive Surfaces by Surface-Initiated Ring Opening Metathesis

Polymerization and Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Reversible Optodes for Metal Ion

Sensors.” S. Samanta,± K. Fries,± S. Orski± and J. Locklin*, Smart Coatings III, Chapter 6, p 73-

85. ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1050 (2010).

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (93)

93. Pant, J.; Gao, J. ±; Goudie, M. J.; Hopkins, S. P.; Locklin, J.*; Handa, H.*"A Multi-Defense

Strategy: Enhancing Bactericidal Activity of a Medical Grade Polymer with a Nitric Oxide Donor

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and Surface-Immobilized Quaternary Ammonium Compound" Acta Biomaterialia, 2017, In

Press. DOI 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.05.061. Journal Impact Factor: 6.025

92. Chen, L. ±; Leman, D±; Williams, C. R.; Brooks, K±.; Krause, D. C.; Locklin, J.* "A Versatile

Methodology for Glycosurfaces: Direct Ligation of Nonderivatized Reducing Saccharides to

Poly(pentafluorophenyl acrylate) Grafted Surfaces via Hydrazide Conjugation" Langmuir, 2017,

Just Accepted. DOI 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00779. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

91. Bilbrey, J.±; Bootsma, A.; Bartlett, M.; Locklin, J.; Wheeler, S.; Allen, W.D.* "Ring-Walking of

Zerovalent Nickel on Aryl Halides” J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2017, 13, 1706-1711just accepted.

Journal Impact Factor: 5.301

90. Brooks, K.±; Razavi, M. J.; White, E.±; Wang, X.; Locklin, J.* "The formation and evolution of

creased morphologies using reactive diffusion in ultra-thin polymer brush platforms" Advanced

Materials Interfaces, 2017, Early View. DOI 10.1002/admi.201700084. Journal Impact

Factor: 3.365

89. Gao, J.±; White, E.±; Liu, Q.±; Locklin, J.* "Evidence for the Phospholipid Sponge Effect as the

Biocidal Mechanism in Surface-Bound Polyquaternary Ammonium Coatings with Variable

Cross-Linking Density" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 7745-7751. Journal

Impact Factor: 7.145

88. Singha, P.±; Locklin, J.*; Handa, H.* “A Review of Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Coatings

for Urinary Catheters” Acta Biomaterialia, 2017, 50, 20-40. Journal Impact Factor: 6.025

87. Roy, A.±; Bougher, T. L.; Geng, R.; Ke, Y.±; Locklin, J.*; Cola, B.* "Thermal Conductance of

Poly(3-methylthiophene) Brushes" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 25578-

25585. Journal Impact Factor: 7.145

86. Yatvin, J.±; Brooks, K.±; Locklin, J.* "SuFEx Click: New Materials from SOxF and Silyl Ethers"

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, 7, 16348-16354. Journal Impact Factor: 5.771

85. Gao, J.±; Martin, A.; Yatvin, J.±; White, E.±; Locklin, J.* "Permanently Grafted Icephobic

Nanocomposites with High Abrasion Resistance." Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4,

11719-11728. Journal Impact Factor: 8.262

84. Brooks, K.±; Yatvin, J.±; McNitt, C. D.; Reese, R. A.; Jung, C.; Popik, V. V.; Locklin, J.*

"Multifunctional Surface Manipulation Using Orthogonal Click Chemistry." Langmuir, 2016, 32

(26), 6600-6605. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

83. Gao, J.±; Huddleston, N. E.±; White, E. M.±; Pant, J.; Handa, H.; Locklin, J.* "Surface Grafted

Antimicrobial Polymer Networks with High Abrasion Resistance." ACS Biomaterials Science &

Engineering, 2016, 2 (7), 1169-1179. Journal Impact Factor: n.a., new journal published by

ACS

82. Tokarev, A.; Yatvin, J.±; Trotsenko, O.; Locklin, J; Minko, S.* "Nanostructured Soft Matter with

Magnetic Nanoparticles." Adv Funct. Mater., 2016, 26, 3761-3782. Journal Impact Factor:

11.382

81. Roy, A.±; Geng, R.; Zhao, W.; Subedi, R. C.; Li, X.; Locklin, J.*; Nguyen, T. D.* "Engineering of

Spin Injection and Spin Transport in Organic Spin Valves Using π-Conjugated Polymer Brushes."

Adv Funct. Mater., 2016, 26, 3999-4006. Journal Impact Factor: 11.382

80. Brooks, K.±; Razavi, M. J.; Wang, X.; Locklin J.* "Nanoscale Surface Creasing Induced by Post-

Polymerization Modification." ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 10961-10969. Journal Impact Factor:

13.334

79. Yatvin, J.±; Brooks, K.±; Locklin, J.* "SuFEx on the Surface: A Flexible Platform for

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706117303525

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00779

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/admi.201700084/full

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Postpolymerization Modification of Polymer Brushes" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 13370-


78. Grubbs III, J.B.±; Arnold R.M.±; Roy, A.±; Brooks, K.±; Bilbrey, J.A.±; Gao, J.±; Locklin, J.*

"Degradable Polycaprolactone and Polylactide Homopolymer and Block Copolymer Brushes

Prepared by Surface Initiated Polymerization With Triazabicyclodecane and Zirconium

Catalysts." Langmuir, 2015, 31, 10183-10189. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

77. Zhu, T.; Cheng, R.; Sheppard, G. R.±; Locklin, J.; Mao, L.* "Magnetic-Field-Assisted Fabrication

and Manipulation of Nonspherical Polymer Particles in Ferrofluidic-Based Droplet

Microfluidics." Langmuir, 2015, 31, 8531-8534. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

76. Huddleston, E.N.±; Roy, A.±; Bilbrey, J.A.±; Zhao, Y.; Locklin, J.* "Functionalization of Reactive

End Groups in Surface-Initiated Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation." Macromol.

Symp., 2015, 351, 27-36. Journal Impact Factor: not available

75. Yatvin, J.±; Sherman, S.A.; Filocamo, S.F.; Locklin, J.* "Direct functionalization of Kevlar with

copolymers containing sulfonyl nitrenes." Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 3090-3097. Journal Impact

Factor: 5.520

74. Arnold, R.M.±; Patton, D.L.; Popik, V.V.; Locklin, J.* "A Dynamic Duo: Pairing Click Chemistry

and Postpolymerization Modification to Design Complex Surfaces" Acc. Chem. Res., 2014, 47,


73. Roy, A.±; Gao, J.±; Bilbrey, J.A.±; Huddleston, N.E.±; Locklin, J.* "Rapid electrochemical

reduction of Ni(II) generatesreactive monolayers for conjugated polymer brushes in one step"

Langmuir, 2014, 30, 10465-10470. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

72. Yatvin, J.±; Gao, J.±; Locklin, J.* "Durable defense: robust and varied attachment of non-leaching

poly“-onium” bactericidal coatings to reactive and inert surfaces" Chem. Commun., 2014, 50,


71. Sontag, K.S.±; Bilbrey, J.A.±; Huddleston, N.E.±; Sheppard, G.R.±; Allen, W.D.; Locklin, J.* "π-

Complexation in Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions" J. Org. Chem., 2014, 79, 1836-


70. Fries, K.H.±; Sheppard, G.R.±; Bilbrey, J.A.±; Locklin, J.* "Tuning chelating groups and

comonomers in spiropyran-containing copolymer thin films for color-specific metal ion binding"

Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 2094-2102. Journal Impact Factor: 5.520

69. Arnold, R.M.±; McNitt, C.D.; Popik, V.V.; Locklin, J.* "Direct grafting of

poly(pentafluorophenyl acrylate) onto oxides: versatile substrates for reactive microcapillary

printing and self-sorting modification" Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 5307-5309. Journal Impact

Factor: 6.567

68. White, E.M.±; Seppala, J.E.; Rushworth, P.M.; Ritchie, B.W.; Sharma, S.; Locklin, J.*

"Switching the Adhesive State of Catecholic Hydrogels using Phototitration" Macromolecules,

2013, 46, 8882-8887. Journal Impact Factor: 5.554

67. Bilbrey, J.A.±; Kazez, A.H.; Locklin, J.±; Allen, W.D.* "Exact Ligand Solid Angles" J. Chem.

Theory Comput., 2013, 9, 5734-5744. Journal Impact Factor: 5.301

66. Arumugam, S.; Orski, S.V.±; Mbua, N.E.; McNitt, C.; Boons, G.-J.; Locklin, J.; Popik, V.V.*

"Photo-click chemistry strategies for spatiotemporal control of metal-free ligation, labeling, and

surface derivatization" Pure Appl. Chem., 2013, 85, 1499-1513. Journal Impact Factor: 2.492

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65. White, E.M.±; Yatvin, J.±; Grubbs III, J.B.±; Bilbrey, J.A.±, Locklin, J.* "Advances in smart

materials: Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films" J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys., 2013, 51,


64. Zhou, J.; Samanta, S.±; Guo, C.; Locklin, J.; Xu, B.* "Measurements of Contact Specific Low-

bias Negative Differential Resistance of Single Metalorganic Molecular Junctions" Nanoscale,


63. Arnold, R.M.±; Locklin, J.* "Self-sorting Click Reactions that Generate Spatially Controlled

Chemical Functionality on Surfaces" Langmuir, 2013, 29, 5920-5926. Journal Impact Factor:

3.993

62. Bilbrey, J.A.±; Kazez, A.H.; Locklin, J.; Allen, W.D.* "Exact ligand cone angles" J. Comp.

Chem., 2013, 34, 1189-1197. Journal Impact Factor: 3.648

61. Orski, S.±; Sheppard, G.±; Arumugam, S.; Arnold, R.±; Popik, V.; Locklin, J.* "Rate

Determination of Azide Click Reactions onto Alkyne Polymer Brush Scaffolds: A Comparison of

Conventional and Catalyst-free Cycloadditions for Tunable Surface Modification," Langmuir.


60. Yang, L.; Sontag, S.K.±; LaJoie, T.W.; Li, W.; Huddleston, N.E.±; Locklin, J.*; You, W.*

"Surface-Initiated Poly(3-methylthiophene) as a Hole-Transport Layer for Polymer Solar Cells

with High Performance," ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2012, 4, 5069-5073. Journal Impact

Factor: 7.145

59. Huddleston, N.E.±; Sontag, S.K.±; Bilbrey, J.A.±; Sheppard, G.±; Locklin, J.* "Palladium-

Mediated Surface-Initiated Kumada Catalyst Polycondensation: A Facile Route Towards

Oriented Conjugated Polymers," Macromol. Rapid Comm., 2012, 33, 2115-2120. Journal


58. Bilbrey, J.A.±; Sontag, S.K.±; Huddleston, N.E.±; Allen, W.D.; Locklin, J.* "On the Role of

Disproportionation Energy in Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation," ACS Macro. Lett.,


57. Arnold, R.±; Sheppard, G.±; Locklin,J.* "Comparative Aminolysis Kinetics of Different Active

Ester Polymer Brush Platforms in Postpolymerization Modification with Primary and Aromatic

Amines," Macromolecules, 2012, 45, 5444-5450. Journal Impact Factor: 5.554

56. Arnold, R.±; Huddelston, N.E.±; Locklin, J.* "Utilizing Click Chemistry to Design Functional

Interfaces through Post-Polymerization Modification," J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 19357-19365.


55. Kastner, J.*; Miller. J.; Geller, D.; Locklin, J.; Keith, L.; Johnson, T. "Catalytic esterification of

fatty acids using solid acid catalysts generated from biochar and activated carbon," Catalysis

Today, 2012, 190, 122-132. Journal Impact Factor: 4.312

54. Arumugam, A.; Orski, S.±; Locklin, J.*; Popik, V.* "Photoreactive Polymer Brushes for High

Density Surface Patterned Derivatization Using Diels-Alder Photo-click Reaction," J. Am. Chem.

Soc., 2012, 134, 179-182. Journal Impact Factor: 13.038

53. Marshall, N.±; Locklin, J.* "Reductive electrografting of benzene (p-bisdiazonium

hexafluorophosphate): a simple and effective protocol for creating diazonium-functionalized thin

films," Langmuir, 2011, 27, 13367-13373. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

52. Fries, K.±; Driskell, J.; Sheppard, G.±; Locklin, J.* "Fabrication of Spiropyran-containing Thin

Film Sensors used for the Simultaneous Identification of Multiple Metal Ions," Langmuir, 2011,

19, 12253-12260. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

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51. Sontag, S.K.±; Sheppard, G.±; Usselman, N.; Marshall, N.±; Locklin, J.* "Surface-Confined

Nickel Mediated Cross-Coupling Reactions: Characterization of the Initiator Environment in

Kumada Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation," Langmuir, 2011, 27, 12033-12041. Journal


50. Dhende, V.±; Samanta, S.±; Jones, D.M.; Hardin, I.R.; Locklin, J.* "One-Step Synthesis of

Permanent, Nonleaching, Ultrathin Antimicrobial Coatings for Textiles and Plastics," ACS

Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2011, 3, 2830-2837. Journal Impact Factor: 7.145

49. Sheppard, G.±; Oseki, T.; Baba, A.; Patton, D.; Kaneko, F.; Mao, L.; Locklin, J.* "Thiolene-based

microfluidic flow cells for surface plasmon resonance imaging," Biomicrofluidics, 2011, 2,


48. Orski, S.±; Fries, K.±; Sontag, S.K.±; Locklin, J.* "Templating nanostructures using polymer

brushes," J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 14135-14149. Journal Impact Factor: 6.626

47. Marshall, N±; Sontag, S.K.±; Locklin, J.* "Surface-initiated polymerization of conjugated

polymers," Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 5681-5689. Journal Impact Factor: 6.567

46. Hensarling, R.M.; Rahane, S.B.; LeBlanc, A.P.; Sparks, B.J.; White, E.M.±; Locklin, J.; Patton,

D.L.* "Thiol-isocyanate "click" reactions: rapid development of functional polymeric surfaces,"

Polymer Chemistry 2011, 2, 88-90. Journal Impact Factor: 5.520

45. Orski, S.V.±; Poloukhtine, A.A.; Arumugam, S.; Mao, L.; Popik, V.V.*; Locklin, J.* "High

Density Orthogonal Surface Immobilization via Photoactivated Copper-Free Click Chemistry," J.

Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11024-11026. Journal Impact Factor: 13.038

44. Fries, K.H.±; Driskell, J.D.; Samanta, S.±; Locklin, J.* "Spectroscopic Analysis of Metal Ion

Binding in Spiropyran Containing Copolymer Thin Films," Anal. Chem., 2010, 82, 3306-3314.


43. Marshall, N.±; Sontag, S. K.±; Locklin, J.* "Substituted poly(p-phenylene) Thin Films via Surface-

Initiated Kumada-type Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation," Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 2137-


42. Orski, S.V.±; Fries, K.H.±; Sheppard, G.R.±; Locklin, J.* "High Density Scaffolding of Functional

Polymer Brushes: Surface Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Active Esters,"

Langmuir, 2010, 26, 2136-2143. Journal Impact Factor: 3.993

41. Ito, Y.; Virkar, A.A.; Mannsfeld, S.C.B.; Oh, J.H.; Toney, M.; Locklin, J.; Bao, Z.* “Crystalline

Ultra Smooth Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanesilanes for Organic Field Effect

Transistors,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 9396-9404. Journal Impact Factor: 13.038

40. Sontag, S.K.±; Marshall, N.±; Locklin, J.* “Formation of Conjugated Polymer Brushes by Surface-

Initiated Catalyst-Transfer Polycondensation,” Chem. Commun., 2009, 3354-3356. Journal


39. Fries, K.±; Samanta, S.±; Orski, S.±; Locklin, J.* "Reversible Colorimetric Ion Sensors Based on

Surface-Initiated Polymerization of Photochromic Polymers," Chem. Commun., 2008, 6288-6290.


38. Samanta, S.±; Locklin, J.* "Formation of Photochromic Spiropyran Polymer Brushes via Surface-

Initiated, Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Reversible Photocontrol of Wetting Behavior

and Solvent Dependent Morphology Changes," Langmuir, 2008, 24, 9558-9565. Journal Impact

Factor: 3.993

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37. Virkar, A.; Ling, M.-M.; Locklin, J.*; Bao, Z.* “Oligothiophene based organic semiconductors

with cross-linkable benzophenone moieties”, Synthetic Metals, 2008, 158, 958-963. Journal


36. Haley, J.; Li, X.; Marshall, N.±; Locklin, J.; Geng, Y.* “DNA Packaging via Combinative Self-

Assembly,” Mol. BioSyst., 2008, 4, 515-517. Journal Impact Factor: 3.183

35. Sung, A.; Ling, M. M.; Tang, M. L.; Bao, Z.*; Locklin, J.* “Correlating Molecular Structure to

Field-Effect Mobility: The Investigation of Side-Chain Functionality in Phenylene-Thiophene

Oligomers and Their Application in Field Effect Transistors”, Chem. Mater., 2007, 19, 2342-


Publications Prior to University of Georgia

34. Roberts, M.E.; Mannsfeld, S.C.B.; Queraltó, N.; Reese, C.; Locklin, J.; Knoll, W.; Bao, Z.

"Water-stable organic transistors and their application in chemical and biological sensors," Proc.

Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2008, 105, 12134-12139.

33. Becerril, H.A.; Roberts, M.E.; Liu, Z.; Locklin, J.; Bao, Z. “High-Performance Organic Thin Film

Transistors through Solution Sheared Deposition of Small Molecule Organic Semiconductors,”

Adv. Mater., 2008, 20, 2588-2594.

32. Jiang, G.; Baba, A.; Ikarashi, H.; Xu, R.; Locklin, J.; Kashif, K. R.; Shinbo, K.; Kato, K.; Kaneko,

F.; Advincula, R. “Signal Enhancement and Tuning of Surface Plasmon Resonance in Au

Nanoparticle/Polyelectrolyte Ultrathin Films,” J. Phys. Chem. C., 2007, 111, 18687-18694

31. Shin, T. J.; Yang, H.; Ling, M.; Locklin, J.; Yang, L.; Lee, B.; Roberts, M. E.; Mallik, A. B.; Bao,

Z. “Tunable Thin-Film Crystalline Structures and Field-Effect Mobility of Oligofluorene–

Thiophene Derivatives,” Chem. Mater. 2007, 19, 5882-5889.

30. Liu, S.; Briseno, A.L.; Mannsfeld, SCB.; You, W.; Locklin, J.; Lee, H.W.; Xia, Y.; Bao, Z.

“Selective crystallization of organic semiconductors on patterned templates of carbon nanotubes,”

Adv. Funct. Mater., 2007, 17, 2891-2896.

29. Liu, S.; Wang, W.M.; Mannsfeld, S.C.B.; Locklin, J.; Erk, P.; Gomez, M.; Richter, F. Bao, Z.

“Solution-assisted assembly of organic semiconducting single crystals on surfaces with patterned

wettability,” Langmuir, 2007, 23, 7428-7432.

28. Fujiwara, T.; Locklin, J.; Bao, Z. “Solution-deposited liquid crystalline semiconductors on a

photo-alignment layer for organic thin film transistors,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 2007, 90, 232108.

27. Mannsfeld, S.C.B.; Locklin, J.; Reese, C.; Roberts, M.; Lovinger, A.J.; Bao, Z. "Probing the

Anisotropic Field Effect Mobility of Solution-Deposited Dihexyl-α-Quarterthiophene Single

Crystals," Adv. Funct. Mater., 2007, 17, 1617-1622.

26. Ling, M.-M.; Erk, P.; Gomez, M.; Koenemann, M.; Locklin, J.; Bao, Z. "Air-stable n-channel

Organic Semiconductors Base on Perylene Diimide Derivatives without Strong Electron

Withdrawing Groups," Adv. Mater., 2007, 19, 1123-1127.

25. Tang, M. L.; Roberts, M. E.; Locklin, J. J.; Ling, M. M.; Meng, H.; Bao, Z. “Structure Property

Relationships: Asymmetric Oligofluorene-Thiophene Molecules for Organic TFTs”, Chem.

Mater., 2006, 18, 6250-6257.

24. Liu, S.; Tok, J.B.H.; Locklin, J.; Bao, Z. "Assembly and Alignment of Metallic Nanorods on

Surfaces with Patterned Wettability", Small, 2006, 2, 1448-1453.

23. Locklin, J.; Ling, M.-M.; Sung, A.; Roberts, M.E.; Bao, Z. "High Performance Organic

Semiconductors Based on Fluorene-phenylene Oligomers with High Ionization Potentials", Adv.

Mater. 2006, 18, 2989-2992.

22. Locklin, J.; Bao, Z. "Effect of Morphology on Organic Thin Film Transistor Sensors" Anal.

Bioanal. Chem. 2006, 384(2), 336-42.

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21. Baba, A.; Locklin, J.; Xu, R.; Advincula, R. “Nanopatterning and Nanocharge Writing in Layer-

by-Layer Quinquethiophene/Phthalocyanine Ultrathin Films" J. Phys. Chem. B., 2006, 110(1);

42-45.

20. Locklin, J.; Roberts, M.E.; Mannsfeld, S.C.B.; Bao, Z. “Optimizing the Thin Film Morphology of

Organic Field-Effect Transistors: The Influence of Molecular Structure and Vacuum Deposition

Parameters on Device Performance.” Journal of Macromolecular Science: Polymer Reviews,

2006, 46, 79.

19. Millan, M.; Locklin, J.; Fulghum, T.; Baba, A.; Advincula, R. “Polymer Thin Film

Photodegradation and Photochemical Crosslinking: FT-IR Imaging, Evanescent Waveguide

Spectroscopy, and QCM Investigations” Polymer, 2005, 46(15), 5556-5568.

18. Locklin, J.; Li, D.; Mannsfeld, S.C.B.; Borken, E.-J.; Meng, H.; Advincula, R.; Bao, Z. “Organic

Thin Film Transistors Based on Cyclohexyl-Substituted Organic Semiconductors.” Chem. Mater.

2005, 17(13), 3366-3374.

17. Deng, S.; Locklin, J.; Patton, D.; Baba, A.; Advincula, R. “Thiophene Dendron Jacketed

Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimers: Nanoparticle Synthesis and Adsorption on Graphite.” J. Am.

Chem. Soc. 2005, 127(6), 1744-1751.

16. Patton, D; Locklin, J.; Meredith, M.; Xin, Y.; Advincula, R. “Nanocomposite Hydrogen Bonded

Multilayer Ultrathin Films by Simultaneous Sexithiophene and Au Nanoparticle Formation.”

Chem. Mater. 2004, 16(24), 5063-5070.

15. Locklin, J.; Patton, D.; Deng, S.; Baba, A.; Millan, M.; Advincula, R. “Conjugated

Oligothiophene-Dendron-Capped CdSe Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Energy Transfer.” Chem.

Mater. 2004, 16(24), 5187-5193.

14. Katsuki, K.; Bekku, H.; Kawakami, A.; Locklin, J.; Patton, D.; Tanaka, K.; Advincula, R.; Usui,

H. “Preparation of Carbazole Polymer Thin Films Chemically Bound to Substrate Surface by

Physical Vapor Deposition Combined With Self-Assembled Monolayer.” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.

2005, 44(1B), 504-508.

13. Xia, C.; Fan, X.; Locklin, J.; Advincula, R.C. “Characterization, Supramolecular Assembly, and

Nanostructures of Thiophene Dendrimers.” J. Am Chem. Soc., 126(28), 8735-8743.

12. Kato, K.; Watanabe, N.; Katagiri, S.; Shinbo, K.; Kaneko, F.; Locklin, J.; Baba, A.; Advincula, R.

C. “Electrical Properties and Gas Response in Alternate Layer-by-Layer Films of Copper

Phthalocyanine Dyes.” Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 2004, 43(4B), 2311-2314.

11. Park, M.-K.; Onishi, K.; Locklin, J.; Caruso, F.; Advincula, R. C. “Self-Assembly and

Characterization of Polyaniline and Sulfonated Polystyrene Multilayer-Coated Colloidal Particles

and Hollow Shells.” Langmuir 2003, 19(20), 8550-8554.

10. Youk, J. H.; Locklin, J.; Prussia, A.; Advincula, R.C. “Energy Transfer in Poly(3-thiopheneacetic

acid) and Oligothiophene Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Complexes.” Langmuir 2003, 19(19), 8119-

8121.

9. Locklin, J.; Shinbo, K.; Onishi, K.; Kaneko, F.; Advincula, R.C.; Bao, Z. "Ambipolar Organic thin

film transistor-like behavior of cationic and anionic phthalocyanines fabricated using layer-by-

layer deposition from aqueous solution." Chem. Mater. 2003, 15(7), 1404-1412.

8. Fan, X.; Xia, C.; Fulghum, T.; Park, M.-K.; Locklin, J.; Advincula, R. C. “Polymer Brushes

Grafted from Clay Nanoparticles Adsorbed on a Planar Substrate by Free Radical Surface-

Initiated Polymerization.” Langmuir 2003, 19(3), 916-923.

7. Fan, X.; Locklin, J.; Youk, J.H., Blanton, W.; Xia, C.; Advincula, R.C. “Nanostructured

Sexithiophene/Clay Hybrid Mutilayers: A Comparative Structural and Morphological

Characterization.” Chem. Mater. 2002, 14(5), 2184-2191.

6. Xia, C.; Fan, X.; Locklin, J.; Advincula, R.C. “A First Synthesis of Thiophene Dendrimers.” Org.

Lett. 2002, 4(12), 2067-2070.

5. Youk, J.H.; Park, M.-K.; Locklin, J.; Advincula, R.C.; Yang, J.; Mays, J. “Preparation of

Aggregation Stable Gold Nanoparticles Using Star-Block Copolymers.” Langmuir 2002, 18(3),

877-883.

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4. Locklin, J.; Youk, J.H., Xia, C.; Park, M.-K.; Fan, X.; Advincula, R.C. “Nanostructured Ultrathin

Films of Water-Soluble Sexithiophene Bolaform Amphiphiles Prepared by Layer-by-Layer Self-

Assembly.” Langmuir 2002, 18(3), 877-883.

3. Youk, J.H.; Locklin, J.; Xia, C.; Park, M.-K.; Advincula, R.C. “Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles

from a Polyelectrolyte Complex Solution of Terthiophene Amphiphiles.” Langmuir 2001, 17(15);

4681-4683.

2. Xia, C.; Locklin, J.; Youk, J.H.; Fulghum, T.; Advincula, R.C. “Distinct Aggregation and

Fluorescence Properties of a Water-Soluble Oligothiophene (6TN) Bolaform Amphiphile.”

Langmuir 2002, 18(3), 955-957.

1. Youk, J.H.; Locklin, J.; Xia, C.; Park, M.-K.; Advincula, R.C. “Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles

from a Polyelectrolyte Complex Solution of Terthiophene Amphiphiles.” Langmuir 2001, 17(15);

4681-4683.

4C.2. Patents and Copyrights (15) 1. “Cyclopropenones and the photochemical generation of cyclic alkynes therefrom,” US8426649,

Inventors: Vladimir Popik, Jason Locklin, Andrei Poloukhtine, Geert-Jan Boons, Margaretha

Wolfert, Sara Orski. Awarded April 23, 2013.

2. “Synthesis and Application Reactive Antimicrobial Copolymers for Textile Fibers,” US8876914,

Inventors: Jason Locklin. Status: Awarded August 14, 2014.

3. “Synthesis and Application Reactive Antimicrobial Copolymers for Textile Fibers,” US8968421,

Inventors: Jason Locklin. Status: Awarded March 3, 2015.

4. “Devices and methods for forming non-spherical particles,” US8721936, Inventors: Leidong Mao,

Jason Locklin, Taotao Zhu, and Gareth Sheppard. Awarded May 13, 2014.

5. “Pressure sensing apparatuses and methods,” US9281415, Inventors: Zhenan Bao, Jason Locklin,

Stefan Mannsfeld, Benjamin Chee-Keong Tee. Awarded March 8, 2016.

6. “Permanent attachment of agents to surfaces containing C-H functionality,” US9315628, Inventors:

Jason Locklin. Awarded April 19, 2016.

7. “Permanent attachment of ammonium and guanidine-based antimicrobials to surfaces containing -

OH functionality,” US9439421, Inventors: Jason Locklin, Awarded September 13, 2016.

8. “Permanent attachment of pigments and dyes to surfaces containing C.sub.alkyl-OH functionality,”

US9346752, Inventors: Jason Locklin, Awarded May 24, 2016.

9. “Photochemical cross-linkable polymers, methods of making photochemical cross-linkable

polymers, and methods of using photochemical cross-linkable polymers,” US20140242866,

Inventors: Jason Locklin, Ian Hardin, Satyabrata Samanta, and Vikram Dhende. Status: Application.







12. “Permanent attachment of ammonium and guanidine-based antimicrobials to surfaces containing

C-H functionality,” US20140141230, Inventors: Jason Locklin. Status: Application.

13. “Methods for forming self-assembled monolayer film, and structural body and field-effect

transistor having the same,” US20090297868 A1, Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Zhenan Bao, Jason

Locklin. Status: Application.

14. “Compounds, Methods of Making, and Methods of Use,” US2014127517A1, Inventors: Jason

Locklin. Status: Application

15. “Permanently Grafted Glaciophobic Nanomaterials And Methods of Making,” Provisional Filed

January 2016, Full application Filed: January 13, 2017; UGARF Ref. 2016-103.

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4C.3. Research Grants, Awards, and Gifts

External Grants Awarded

Date Title Source Amount Role and

Amount

Awarded to

Candidate

07/2017-

06/2024

Development and Validation of

Biodegradable Polymers

confidential $confidential PI (50%)

$confidential

10/2016-

09/2017

Nitric Oxide Releasing Ultra-low

Fouling Antibacterial Intravascular

Catheters

CDC $180,000 Co-PI (50%)

$90,000

05/2013-

05/2015

Examination of structure and

composition of cellulose derivatives

Georgia

Pacific

$45,000 PI (100%)

08/2014-

07/2019

Unrestricted Gift for research in

biodegradable polymers

Danimer

Scientific

$250,000 PI (100%)

08/2014-

12/2017

Collaborative Research: Controlling

the Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers

through Fundamental Studies of

Mechanisms, Methods, and the Direct

Correlation to Polymer Properties

National

Science

Foundation

(NSF)

$282,200 PI (100%)

10/2012-

9/2015

A Universal Method to Attach

Multiple Functionality to Both

Functional and Chemically Inert

Fibers using Photochemical

Activation Strategies

US Army $145,000 PI (100%)

04/2011-

03/2014

Collaborative Research: Using

Conjugated Polymer Brushes to

Control Interfacial Properties and

Morphology of Polymer Solar Cells

NSF $270,000

PI (100%)

05/2010-

08/2016

CAREER: Tailoring Photo-

Switchable Interfaces using

Functional Polymer Brushes

NSF $490,000

PI (100%)

10/2014-

12/2015

Photochemical Glue Georgia

Research

Alliance

$85,000 PI (100%)

08/2009-

08/2012

Smart Autonomous Nanomotors

through Orthogonal Self-Assembly

NSF $300,009

PI (55%)

$165,005

08/2010-

08/2011

Sponsored Research Agreement TYCO

Electronics

$40,000 PI (100%)

01/2009-

08/2011

Reconstituting Enzymes for Direct

Electron Transfer through Surface

Initiated Polymerization of

Conjugated Polymers

American

Chemical

Society

Petroleum

Research

Fund

$100,000 PI (100%)

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07/2007-

07/2010

Light Responsive Organic Actuators Central

Intelligence

Agency

$442,500 PI (100%)

01/2008-

12/2009

Using Nanotechnology to Create

Antimicrobial Coatings

State of

Georgia

Traditional

Industries

Program

$144,500 PI (75%)

$108,375

Internal Grants Awarded

Date Title Source Amount Role

09/2010-

08/2011

Hydrophobic Bioplastics Made From Potato

Starch

UGA BSRI

Seed Grant

$20,000 PI

(100%)

01/2009-

05/2010

Rapid Screening of Adhesin Binding using

Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging and Sub-

Nanomolar Detection using a Novel Mismatch

Detection Algorithm

UGA OVPR

Infectious

Disease Seed

Grant

$30,000 PI

(100%)

01/2008-

12/2009

Controlled Release of Small Molecule

Therapeutics using Surface Initiated Ring

Opening Metathesis Polymerization

UGA OVPR

Young

Faculty Grant

$10,888 PI

(100%)

4C.4. Invited Seminars and Presentations (65)

Invited International Presentations (9)

1. Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany, May 20, 2015

2. International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials, Singapore, July 2, 2012.

3. Anna University, Department of Chemistry, Chennai, India, January 20, 2012.

4. SRM University, Department of Biochemical Engineering, Chennai, India, January 21, 2012.

5. Peking University, Institute of Microelectronics, Beijing, China, July 19, 2011

6. Niigata University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Niigata, Japan, December 8, 2009

7. Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Shinetsu-Branch, Niigata,

Japan, December 8, 2009

8. Mie University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mie, Japan, September 11,

2008

9. International Symposium on Electrical Insulating Materials, Yokkaichi City, Japan, September 8,

2008

Selected Invited National Presentations and Seminars (since 2012 out of 56 total)

1. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 3, 2017

2. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, December 9, 2016

3. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, November 4, 2016

4. South Eastern Regional American Chemical Society (SERMACS) Meeting, Columbia, SC,

October 24, 2016

5. University of Texas, Dallas, Dallas, TX, September 2, 2016 6. International Symposium of Materials from Renewables, North Dakota State University, Fargo,

ND, July 20, 2016 7. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 16, 2016

8. University of Houston, Houston, TX, December 15, 2015

9. Davidson College, Davidson, NC, November 2015

10. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA. August 20, 2015

11. Meredian Bioplastics, Bainbridge, GA, May 2015

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12. Stanford University, Stanford, CA March 2015

13. University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA March 2015

14. Emory University, Atlanta, GA January 2015

15. University of Texas at Austin, Department of Chemistry, November 2014

16. University of North Georgia, Dalonega, GA, September 2014

17. University of Alabama, College of Engineering, April 2014.

18. University of Alabama Birmingham, Chemistry, April 2014.

19. Waterborne Symposium, New Orleans, LA, March 26, 2014.

20. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX. March 16, 2014

21. Smart Coatings 2013, Orlando, FL, February 20-22, 2013.

22. American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2013.

23. IUPAC-MMC-15, Grenville, SC August 13, 2013.

24. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Indianapolis, IA, September 6, 2013.

25. SERMACS, Atlanta, GA November 15, 2013.

26. Natick Soldier Research and Development Center, May 13, 2013, Natick, MA.

27. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 20, 2012.

4D. PUBLIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND UNIVERSITY SERVICES

4D.1. UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE

1. College and University Committees

New Materials Institute (NMI) Executive Director (2016)

Bioenergy Systems Research Institute (BSRI) Executive Director (2016)

President’s Faculty Advisory Council (2016-present)

Bioenergy Systems Research Institute (BSRI) Executive Council (2014-2016)

BSRI Program Committee (2014-2016)

UGA Office of Vice President of Research Advisory Council (2011-2015)

UGA Faculty of Infectious Diseases Advisory Council (2011-present)

UGA Honors Faculty Mentor (2007-present)

Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NanoSEC) Advisory Board (2009-2016)

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Cleanroom Committee (2009-present)

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Cleanroom Director (2011-present)

Integrated Life Sciences Faculty Member (2014-present)

Search Committee for Georgia Power Professor of Textile Science (2013) (Hired Sergiy Minko)

2. Engineering College Committees

Search Committee Member for School Chair of Biochemical, Biological, Materials, and

Biomedical Engineering (2016)

Search Committee Chair for Sustainable Materials Assistant Professor Position (2016)

Search Committee Chair for Materials, Devices, and Cyber Technologies Cluster Assistant

Professor Positions (2015, position was not filled)

Search Committee Chair for Biological, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering Assistant

Professor positions (2014, hired Hitesh Handa, Cheryl Gomillion)

Search Committee Chair for Joint FCS/Engineering Assistant Professor Position in Polymer, Fiber,

and Textile Engineering (2014, hired Leonid Ionov)

Search Committee for Joint ADS/Engineering Assistant Professor Position in Regenerative

Medicine (2014, hired Luke Mortensen)

Search Committee Member for Engineering Dean Position (2013, hired Donald Leo)

Biochemical Engineering ABET Vice-Chair (2012-2014)

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3. Chemistry Department Committees

Peer review of teaching for Shanta Dhar

Peer review of teaching for Eric Ferreira

Associate Professor Search Committee (2013) (Hired Eric Ferreira)

Assistant Professor Search Committee (2012) (Hired Ryan Hili)

PhD committee for over 40 students in the period of review

Graduate Curriculum Committee (2014-current)

Website committee (2012-2014)

Alumni Homecoming Football Tailgate Organizer (2012-present)

4D.2. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

1. Organization of Professional Conferences

Symposium Organizer, The Fiber Society, Sustainable Polymers and Materials, Athens, GA,

November 8-10, 2017 (Planned)

Organizer of International Symposium on Materials from Renewables, Fargo, ND, July 19-20,

2016

Co-Organizer of the International Meeting of Magnetically Stimulated Soft Materials, Athens, GA,

May 11-12, 2015

Symposium Organizer, Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society,

Conjugated Organic Materials, Nashville, TN, October 18, 2014

Local Organizing Committee, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Macromolecular

Complexes (IUPAC-MMC-15) Conference, Greenville, SC, August 13-16, 2013.

Symposium Organizer, American Chemical Society National Meeting – Carl Marvel Award

Symposium for Zhenan Bao, April 9, 2013, New Orleans, LA

Symposium Organizer, Materials Research Society Spring 2012, “Conjugated organic materials for

energy conversion, energy storage and charge transport” April 9-13, 2012, San Francisco, CA.

2. Manuscript Reviewer

Served as a peer-reviewer of manuscripts for the following professional journals: Nature Chemistry,

Nature Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewangte Chemie International

Edition, Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, Organic Letters, Chemistry of Materials, Journal

of Organic Chemistry, Langmuir, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS

Applied Materials and Interfaces, Chemical Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry,

Polymer Chemistry, ACS Nano, ACS Macro Letters, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering,

Chemistry – A European Journal, Journal of Biological Engineering

3. Grant Review Panels

National Science Foundation (6)

Division of Materials Research - Materials World Network Panel

Division of Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems - Optics and Photonics Panel

Chemistry Division - Macromolecular, Supramolecular, and Nanochemistry Panel (four times)

Department of Defense and the American Society for Engineering Education

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Panel

Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Fund

Chair of panel that reviewed 36 proposal for Chemistry Instrumentation Enhancement in the State

of Louisiana

Grant Proposal Reviews

Served as a peer-reviewer of proposals for the following external funding agencies:

National Science Foundation American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Army Research

Office, Oak Ridge National Lab User Proposals

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4D.3. Public Service

High School Student Mentor

Research mentor to Anne Saunders, high school student from the Classic City Performance

Learning Center High School, Athens, GA.

UGA Young Dawgs Mentor to Crystal Chukwah, Hunter Pearlman, Hailey Clark, Bailey Martin,

and Allie Hamlin

Mentored and developed the app for iPhone and iPad with Chuanbo Pan “Organic Chemistry II

Survival Guide”

4E. STATEMENT OF “MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS”

Research

Since the promotion to the rank of Associate Professor, my research group has been active in four different

areas related to polymer surfaces and interfaces. This work has led to nine Ph.D. graduates (Kyle Sontag,

Gareth Sheppard, Eric Huddleston, Rachelle Arnold, Jenna Bilbrey, Joe Grubbs, Evan White, Jeremy

Yatvin, Anandi Roy, and Jing Gao) and one M.S. graduate (Deborah Lehman) as well as 35 publications

with 504 total citations as of Dec. 2016. Over this time period, I have had funding from NSF (DMR 093112,

2010-2016, $480,000, CHE 1058631, 2011-2014: $270,000; CHE 1412714: $282,000), US Army (2012-

2015, $145,000), Georgia Research Alliance (2014-2015, $85,000), Centers for Disease Control (2016-

2017, $180,000), Georgia Pacific Cellulose (2013-2015, $45,000), Danimer Scientific (2014-2019,

$250,000), and the RWDC Environmental Stewardship Foundation (2017-2024, $5,300,000).

1. Functional Coatings using Post-Polymerization Modification and Click Chemistry. During the past

four years a focus of research in my lab has centered on developing new coating platforms that can be

functionalized using postpolymerizaiton modification (PPM). PPM is a strategy we have used to

immobilize two or more different chemical functionalities onto substrates that contain covalently grafted

polymer films. PPM exploits monomers with reactive pendant groups that are stable under the

polymerization conditions but are readily modified via covalent attachment of the desired functionality. We

have developed “click” or “click-like” reactions that are orthogonal, high yielding, and rapid. Some of these

reactions include activated ester coupling, azide–alkyne cycloadditions, some Diels–Alder reactions, and

the newly discovered sulfur-fluorine exchange reaction (SuFEx). We are a world leader in surface

modification using PPM with 12 publications in high impact journals since 2012 (including Acc. Chem.

Res., Angew. Chem. Inter. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., ACS Nano, among others) and have helped to introduce

these strategies to the materials and polymer science community.

2. Antimicrobial Coatings. Developing antimicrobial coatings to eliminate biotic contamination is a critical

need for all surfaces, including medical, industrial, and domestic materials. The wide variety of materials

used in these fields, from natural polymers to metals, require coatings that not only are antimicrobial, but

also contain different surface chemistries for covalent immobilization. Alkyl “-onium” salts are potent

biocides that have defied bacterial resistance mechanisms when confined to an interface. Over the past

several years, our group has developed a universal photochemical strategy to covalently immobilize

bactericidal polymers to essentially any surface containing C-H bonds. This has resulted in 6 patents and

patent applications, and 3 publications in high impact journals. Furthermore, we have extended this

universal strategy to impart other functionalities to surfaces, such as icephobicity and durable textile dyeing

processes. The patent portfolio based on this technology has received more inquiries than any other

technology developed at the University of Georgia to date.

3. Surface Initiated Kumada Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation. Our group has developed a surface-

initiated chain growth polymerization mechanism for conjugated polymers called Kumada catalyst-transfer

polycondensation that allows one to grow organic semiconducting and conducting polymers directly from

an electrode interface. We have published 10 papers dealing with the organometallic cross-coupling

reaction mechanism, ligand/catalyst design, and surface polymerization and characterization since 2012.

Most importantly, we have used this chemistry to demonstrate three new types of organic semiconductor

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devices that use conjugated polymer brush layers: Organic photovoltaic devices (ACS Appl. Mater.

Interfaces, 2012, 4, 5069-5073); organic spin valves (Adv Funct. Mater., 2016, 26, 3999-4006.); and

thermal conductance management layers (ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 25578-25585).

4. Biodegradable and Bio-benign Materials. In the past several years, through industrial funding, our

group has helped to develop sustainable materials that can be used in a variety of commercial applications.

Much of this work has been funded by industry and has involved developing new hot melt adhesives,

biodegradable waxes, coatings for controlled release fertilizers, and compostable paper coatings. The work

has led to the hiring of 3 PhD students and one former Postdoctoral Scholar by Danimer Scientific (Joe

Grubbs, Rachelle Arnold, and Satya Samanta) and Georgia Pacific (Jing Gao). Our interests now lie in

developing new polymers that can replace persistent, non-degradable petroleum-based plastics in packaging

and single use items that are the cause of plastic pollution around the globe. This has resulted in the

establishment of the New Materials Institute at UGA of which I am the founding Director. The institute

supports interdisciplinary sustainable materials research that takes a systems approach based on green

engineering principles to address waste streams at the front end of materials design resulting in a circular

materials economy that is both environmentally and economically sustainable.

Teaching

The success that I have had in my research has also benefited my other roles as a professor here at UGA.

For example, I have incorporated aspects of my research program into all courses, both graduate and

undergraduate, that I have taught. At the graduate level, I teach students about the thermodynamics of

polymer conformations, and use our research on stretched polymer chains to provide concrete examples of

underlying theories. At the undergraduate level, I have made it a point to educate students about the

amazing properties of polymeric materials and how they differ from small molecules with respect to both

form and function. Furthermore, I have introduced more than 20 undergraduates to hypothesis-driven

research opportunities in my group, which is a direct contrast to the training they receive in their laboratory

classes. Several undergraduates who have worked in my group have co-authored manuscripts and gone on

to pursue Ph.D. degrees after graduating from UGA.

Service

University: I have served as the Director of the Integrated Bioscience and Nanotechnology Cleanroom

since 2011. In this capacity, I have overseen all activities in this Office of the Vice President of Research

user facility (personnel management, student training, reporting, billing, and equipment purchase, facilities

maintenance and day to day activities). I have also served as the Executive director of the Biosystems

Research Institute and revised the name and scope with approval from the University Council to establish

the New Materials Institute at UGA. I have served on the Advisory board for the Vice President of Research,

Faculty of Infectious Diseases, Nanoscale Science and Engineering, and the President’s Faculty Advisory

Council. I have also actively been involved in recruiting new faculty (and administrators) in both Chemistry

and Engineering, having led several searches at the Assistant and Associate Professor levels.

Professional: I have reviewed manuscripts (more than fifty since 2012) for the following professional

journals: Nature Chemistry, Nature Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewangte

Chemie International Edition, Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of

Organic Chemistry, Langmuir, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Applied

Materials and Interfaces, Chemical Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry,

ACS Nano, ACS Macro Letters, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Chemistry – A European Journal.

I have also served as a reviewer and panelist for grants submitted to the National Science Foundation, ACS

Petroleum Research Fund, and the Army Research Office.

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