Andrey V. Dobrynin

August 2005 -- Associate Professor, Institute of Materials Science, & Department

of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

August 2001-August 2005, Assistant Professor, Institute of Materials Science &

Department of Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

October 1995-August 2001, Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University

of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

April 1995-October 1995, Research Associate, Groupe de Physico-Chimie Theorique,

E.S.P.C.I., Paris, France

July 1993-March 1995, Visiting Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University

of Rochester and Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA

1991-1993, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Applied Mathematics, Institute

of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements (IMGRE), Moscow,

Russia

1991, Ph.D. in Polymer Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

1987, M.S. in Chemical Physics, Department of Molecular and Chemical Physics, Moscow

Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia

E-mail: avd@ims.uconn.edu  Tel: 860-486-9061

Full Curriculum Vitae

Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo

2004-- Pursuing Ph.D., in Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, UCONN

2000-2004, Systems Engineer, Petron Bataan Refinery, Philippines

2003, M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman Q.C.,

Philippines

1998, B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman Q.C.,

Philippines

E-mail: jycarrillo@ims.uconn.edu  Tel: (860) 486-9073

Research Topic:

Molecular Simulations of Polymeric and Biological Systems: DNA -Polyelectrolyte Complexes and Layer-by-Layer Self Assembly

Fangxiao Guan

2006 --  Pursuing Ph.D., in Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, UCONN

2006, M.S. Polymer Chemistry, UMass Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA

2003, M.S. Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R.China

2000, B.S in Polymer Materials Science & Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 

P.R.China

E-mail: Fangxiao.Guan@uconn.edu

Research Topic:
Molecular Simulations of  Electrical Properties of Polymers

Former Group Members

Alexander S. Gubarev

2007-- Fulbright Scholar, Visisting Student Researcher in Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

2006 -- Pursuing Ph.D. in Polymer Physics, Department of Polymer Physics, St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia

2006, M.S. Physics of Macromolecular Compounds

(dissertation topic: “Dimensions of polyelectrolyte molecules in different ionic strength solutions and film properties prepared from the same samples”), 

Department of Polymer Physics, St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia.

2003, B.S. Physics of Macromolecular Compounds 

(research topic: “Kerr effect at isotropic flux of mesogenes”),

Department of Polymer Physics, St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia.

E-mail: alexander.gubarev@gradmail.ims.uconn.edu   or  as_gubarev@mail.ru

Tel.:(860)486-9073

Research Topic:

Molecular Simulations of Polyelectrolyte Systems in Solution and Films.
Self-organization of Natural and Synthetic Macromolecules at Interfaces

Daniel J. Sandberg

2007, B.S Chemistry , University of Connecticut

Minor Degree in Mathematics

Minor Degree in Business

E-mail : Daniel.Sandberg@uconn.edu

Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/coolerthanliquidnitrogen/

Phone:

lab1:(860) 486-9073

lab 2:(860) 486-3586

Research Topic: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polymer Silica Nanocomposites

Junhwan Jeon		2006, Post Doc., Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee
		2005,Ph.D. in Polymer Science, Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, UCONN
		June 2003-August 2003, Summer Intern, Materials Research Institute,
		Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, USA
		2001, M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
		1998, B.S. in Geophysics, Geological Science, Seoul National University, Korea
		E-mail: 2junhwan@gmail.com
		Homepage: http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~junhwan.jeon
		Research Topic: Protein-Polyelectrolyte Complexes, Bacterial Gliding Motility
Venkateswarlu Panchagnula			2005-- Post Doc. Perkin Elmer, Boston, MA
			2005, Ph.D. in Chemistry, UCONN
			E-mail: vep99001@sp.uconn.edu
			Research Topic: Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Protein-Polyelectrolyte Molecules
			Co-Advisor: Prof. James F. Rusling (Dept. of Chemistry)

Pritesh Patel		2007, Ph.D., in Chemical Engineering, CWRU
		E-mail: pritesh.patel@case.edu
		Research Topic: Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Polyelectrolytes
		Co-Advisor: Prof. Patrick T. Mather (Macromolecular Science at Case Western Reserve University)

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