Sumerlin Research Group
Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University
3215 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75275-0314

News


11/14/08	Brent presented at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Nashville, TN.
10/28/08	Brent delivered a lecture at the International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi.
10/06/08	A publication entitled “Development of biodegradable crosslinked urethane-doped polyester elastomers” resulting from a collaboration with Prof. Jian Yang at UT Arlington is now available online in Biomaterials.
09/12/08	Drew's paper entitled "Tuning the Temperature Response of Branched Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Prepared by RAFT Polymerization" is now available in Macromolecules.
09/09/08	Dr. Priyadarsi De is no longer with the group after accepting a job at PhaseRx Pharmaceuticals in Seattle, WA. We will miss him dearly but wish him all the best!
08/18/08	Brent presented (x3) at the National ACS Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
08/12/08	Drew's paper entitled "Tuning the Temperature Response of Branched Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Prepared by RAFT Polymerization" has been accepted to Macromolecules.
08/05/08	De, Ming, and Gondi's paper entitled "Temperature-Regulated Activity of Responsive Polymer-Protein Conjugates Prepared by Grafting-from via RAFT Polymerization" is now available online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
07/02/08	A review entitled "RAFT-synthesized diblock and triblock copolymers: thermally-induced supramolecular assembly in aqueous media" coauthored by Charlie McCormick and Brent is now available online in Soft Matter.
07/02/08	Brent presented at the NERM of the ACS in Burlington, VT.
05/01/08	Ming, De, and Gondi's paper entitled “End Group Transformations of RAFT-Generated Polymers with Bismaleimides: Functional Telechelics and Modular Block Copolymers” is now available online in the Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry.
06/10/08	De's paper on folate conjugated micelles was the #3 most accessed article in Biomacromolecules during the first quarter of 2008.
06/05/08	Ming's paper on responsive polymer-protein conjugates will be highlighted in the June edition of Materials View.
06/01/08	A review article entitled "Cylindrical molecular brushes: Synthesis, characterization, and properties" coauthored by Sergei Sheiko, Brent, and Kris Matyjaszewski is now available online in Progress in Polymer Science.
05/26/08	Welcome to our newest group members - Abhijeet Bapat and Hongmei Li!
04/24/08	Brent presented a seminar in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA.
04/19/08	Drew, Jennifer, and Ming all delivered oral presentations at the DFW ACS Meeting in Miniature. Congratulations to Drew for winning a 3rd place award for Best Oral Presentation!
04/14/08	Ming's paper entitled "Responsive Polymer-Protein Bioconjugates Prepared by RAFT Polymerization and Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Click Chemistry" is now available online in Macromolecular Rapid Communications.
04/10/08	All members of the group presented at the National ACS Meeting in New Orleans, LA. In all, there were 5 oral and 5 poster presentations.
03/03/08	Roy's paper entitled "Sugar-Responsive Block Copolymers by Direct RAFT Polymerization of Unprotected Boronic Acid Monomers" is now available online in Chemical Communications.
03/24/08	Congratulations to Ming for successfully defending his original research proposal!
03/07/08	Congratulations to Drew for successfully defending his original research proposal!
01/22/08	De's paper entitled "Folate-Conjugated Thermoresponsive Block Copolymers: Highly Efficient Conjugation and Solution Self-Assembly" is now available via Biomacromolecules ASAP.
02/19/08	Congratulations to Jennifer and Drew who tied for Best Chemistry Poster during the SMU Graduate Research Day!
02/07/08	Brent presented a seminar at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
12/18/07	Drew's paper on the combination of RAFT polymerization and click chemistry to prepare well-defined responsive hyperbranches is in the top 10 most-read papers in the Australian Journal of Chemistry during the past 12 months.
11/15/07	Brent presented a seminar at the Colorado School of Mines.
11/08/07	Brent received a Sam Taylor Fellowship to fund a project entitled "Self-Assembly of Responsive Nanomaterials."
11/06/07	Congratulations to Drew for being chosen to deliver an oral presentation during the "Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research" symposium at the spring ACS National Meeting in New Orleans! The symposium is designed to highlight the best polymer chemistry graduate students in the nation.
04/12/07	Brent was awarded the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award that will fund research to develop new methods of preparing novel polymer-protein bioconjugates.
02/23/07	Brent was appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Macromolecular Science, Pure & Applied Chemistry.
04/12/07	Brent was awarded the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award that will fund research to develop new methods of preparing novel polymer-protein bioconjugates.
02/23/07	Brent was appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Macromolecular Science, Pure & Applied Chemistry.
12/18/07	Our paper on the combination of RAFT polymerization and click chemistry to prepare well-defined responsive hyperbranches is in the top 20 most-read papers in the Australian Journal of Chemistry during the past 12 months.
11/15/07	Brent presented a seminar at the Colorado School of Mines.
11/08/07	Brent received a Sam Taylor Fellowship to fund a project entitled "Self-Assembly of Responsive Nanomaterials."
11/06/07	Congratulations to Drew for being chosen to deliver an oral presentation during the "Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research" symposium at the spring ACS National Meeting in New Orleans! The symposium is designed to highlight the best polymer chemistry graduate students in the nation.
10/30/07	Brent delivered a plenary lecture at the International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials at the University of Southern Mississippi.
10/19/07	Brent presented a seminar at Texas Lutheran University.
10/05/07	Brent will present a seminar at Baylor University.
09/07/07	Welcome back to Myomi Tse, who rejoins the group as an undergraduate researcher.
08/06/07	Our paper describing the synthesis and preliminary solution characterization of well-defined boronic acid-containing polymers is available online via J. Am. Chem. Soc.
6/27/07	Our paper on thermoresponsive hyperbranched polymers being prepared by RAFT polymerization and click chemistry is available in, and was featured on the cover of the Australian Journal of Chemistry.
05/07	Our paper on the combination of RAFT polymerization and click chemistry to prepare functional telechelics was the sixth most-accessed article in Macromolecules during the first quarter of 2007.
05/04/07	Congratulations to Drew for winning the departmental award for the 2007 Outstanding Research Assistant!
04/12/07	Brent has been awarded the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award that will fund research to develop new methods of preparing novel polymer-protein bioconjugates.
02/23/07	Brent was appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Macromolecular Science, Pure & Applied Chemistry.
07/12/07	Congratulations to Sara who has been named to the SMU Honor Roll with High Distinction!
6/27/07	Our paper on thermoresponsive hyperbranched polymers being prepared by RAFT polymerization and click chemistry is available in, and was featured on the cover of, the Australian Journal of Chemistry.
05/07	Our paper on the combination of RAFT polymerization and click chemistry to prepare functional telechelics was the sixth most-accessed article in Macromolecules during the first quarter of 2007.
05/04/07	Congratulations to Drew for winning the departmental award for the 2007 Outstanding Research Assistant!
05/03/07	Brent will present a seminar at CUNY - College of Staten Island.
04/30/07	Dr. Debashish Roy joins the group as a postdoc from Perrier's group at Leeds.
04/12/07	Brent has been awarded the ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award that will fund research to develop new methods of preparing novel polymer-protein bioconjugates.
04/29/07	Jennifer, Ming, and Drew present at the DFW ACS Meeting in Miniature held at TCU.
04/22/07	Drew's article concerning the preparation of temperature-responsive hyperbranched polymers has been accepted to the Australian Journal of Chemistry.
02/23/07	Brent was appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Macromolecular Science, Pure & Applied Chemistry.
02/22/07	Two papers coauthored by Brent while in the Matyjaszewski group at CMU have been named the #1 and #2 hottest papers in Macromolecules. From ACS: "As defined by Thomson ISI®'s Essential Science Indicators, Hot Papers are articles published within the last 2 years receiving the most citations over the most recent 2-month period."
02/21/07	Brent will present a seminar at the University of Texas at Dallas
02/13/07	Brent will present a seminar at the University of Vermont
02/08/07	Brent will present a seminar at the University of Tennessee
02/07/07	Brent will present a seminar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
01/06/07	Our paper (PDF) entitled "Versatile Pathway to Functional Telechelics via RAFT Polymerization and Click Chemistry" is now available online (link) via Macromolecules.
01/15/07	Dr. Priyadarsi De joins the group as a postdoc from Faust's group at UMass, Lowell. Jennifer Cambre joins the group as a new graduate student.
11/21/06	Our paper on the synthesis of macromonomers via ATRP and click chemistry was the third most-accessed article in Macromolecules during the third quarter of 2006 and number 18 for the entire year.
10/17/06	Brent will present at the Rocky Mountain Regional ACS Meeting in Tucson, AZ
10/20/06	Brent will present at the Southwest Regional ACS Meeting in Houston, TX
10/09/06	Brent will present a seminar at Stephen F. Austin State University
10/04/06	Brent will present a seminar at Texas Christian University
09/11/06	Brent will present in and preside over a session at the National ACS Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
08/01/06	Brent will present at the Macro Group UK International Conference on Polymer Synthesis at the University of Warwick in Coventry, UK.
7/13/06	Our paper on the synthesis of macromonomers via ATRP and click chemistry is now available online via Macromolecules ASAP.
7/3/06	Quang Le, a high school student from the area, joined the lab as our newest member.
6/14/06	Welcome to our new lab members - Myomi Tse and An Qi.
6/13/06	Drew's paper on the synthesis of macromonomers via ATRP and click chemistry is accepted for publication in Macromolecules.
6/07/06	Brent will present at the DFW ACS meeting on June 8th at 7:30 pm in the Dedman Life Sciences Building at SMU.
5/23/06	Research concerning the reversible self-assembly of boronic acid block copolymers has been funded by The ACS Petroleum Research Fund (2006-2008).