Assistant Safety Officer

RYAN L. WEBER

University of Wisconsin Madison abo9qb@r.postjobfree.com

Department of Chemistry Phone: 330-***-****

**** ********** ****** ****://softmatter.chem.wisc.edu/group/ryan

Madison, WI 53706

EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin Madison, Ph. D. Candidate in Chemistry Madison, WI

Aug 2008 present

Thesis Advisor: Mahesh K. Mahanthappa

Design and Synthesis of Polyelectrolyte Homopolymers and Block (anticipated graduation May 2013)

Copolymers for Energy Storage and Utilization

B.S. with University Honors, Chemistry, Kent State University Kent, OH

Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.98) 2008

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI

Nov 2008 present

NSF Graduate Research Fellow in Chemistry

Advisor: Mahesh K. Mahanthappa

Synthesized and characterized polymerized ionic liquid homopolymers and block copolymers to interrogate

the effects of chemical structure and nanoscale morphology on ion conducting properties

Designed and synthesized novel lithium ion polyelectrolytes for use in next generation lithium ion batteries

Conducted numerous polymerization methods including NMP, RAFT, ATRP, ADMET, ROMP, and ROP

Polymer characterization by NMR spectroscopy, size exclusion chromatography (SEC), differential scanning

calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and synchrotron X-ray scattering

Kent State University Kent, OH

2005 2008

Undergraduate Research Assistant in Chemistry

Advisor: Robert J. Twieg

Synthesized organic small molecule fluorescent dyes for use in single molecule fluorescence imaging

Characterized these materials using NMR, UV-vis, and FTIR spectroscopies and fluorimetry

Stanford University Stanford, CA

Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies, Summer Research Intern Summer 2006

Advisor: Robert M. Waymouth

Elucidated the reaction mechanism of an organocatalytic transformation of esters to amides

Employed time-lapsed 1H NMR to monitor reaction kinetics and analyzed data to determine a rate law

AWARDS & HONORS

Harry and Helen Cohen Graduate Research Award, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison 2012

ACS Polymer Division Graduate Student Travel Award 2012

GSFLC Department Travel Award, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison 2011

2010 present

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

Department of Energy, The Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program, Award Declined 2010

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Award Declined 2010

Distinguished Student Leadership Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Kent State U. (KSU) 2008

Merck Handbook Award, Department of Chemistry, KSU 2008

Chemistry Undergraduate Student Excellence Award, Department of Chemistry, KSU 2008

Lubrizol Scholarship in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, KSU 2007

John Wiley Award in Physics, Department of Physics, KSU 2007

CRC Press Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award, Department of Chemistry, KSU 2005

2004 2008

Founders Scholar, Leppo Family Medallion Scholarship, KSU

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Mahanthappa Group Chemical Hygiene and Safety Officer Madison, WI

Responsible for ensuring safe laboratory practices by researchers 2009 present

Coordinated proper disposal of chemical waste

UW Madison NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Madison, WI

Graduate Student Mentor for Fran ois Payen (B. S., New York University-POLY, 2011) Summer 2009

UW Madison Laboratory Teaching Assistant Madison, WI

2008 2009

Undergraduate Organic Chemistry

Boy Scouts of America Kent, OH

Eagle Scout 2004

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

2011 present

American Chemical Society Member

2006 present

Phi Beta Kappa

PRESENTATIONS

243rd ACS National Meeting, contributed talk San Diego, CA

Nanostructured Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers Mar 2012

Gordon Research Conference in Polymers, poster Mt. Holyoke, MA

Structural and Morphological Effects on Ionic Conductivity in Styrenic Jun 2011

Polymerized Ionic Liquid Homopolymers and Block Copolymers

PUBLICATIONS

1. S.M. Banik, B.L. Monnot, R.L. Weber, M.K. Mahanthappa, Tandem ROMP-NMP Synthesis of Multiblock

Copolymers Containing Linear Poly(ethylene) Segments. Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 7141-7148. (link)

2. R.L. Weber, Y. Ye, S.M. Banik, Y.A. Elabd, M.A. Hickner, M.K. Mahanthappa, Thermal and Ion Transport

Properties of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Polymerized Styrenic Imidazolium Ionic Liquids. Journal of Polymer

Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2011, 49, 1287-1296. (link) Article featured on journal cover. (link)

3. R.L. Weber, Y. Ye, A.L. Schmitt, S.M. Banik, Y.A. Elabd, M.K. Mahanthappa, Effect of Nanoscale Morphology

on the Conductivity of Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers. Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 5727-5735. (link)

4. M.H. Repollet-Pedrosa, R.L. Weber, A.L. Schmitt, M.K. Mahanthappa, Poly(vinyl acetate-b-vinyl alcohol)

Surfactants Derived from Poly(vinyl ester) Block Copolymers. Macromolecules, 2010, 43, 7900 7902. (link)

5. M.K. Kiesewetter, M.D. Scholten, N. Kirn, R.L. Weber, J.L. Hedrick, R.M. Waymouth, Cyclic Guanidine Organic

Catalysts: What's magic about triazabicyclodecene? Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009, 74, 9490-9496. (link)

6. S.J. Lord, H.D. Lee, R. Samuel, R. Weber, N. Liu, N.R. Conley, M.A. Thompson, R.J. Twieg, W.E. Moerner,

Azido Push-Pull Fluorogens Photoactivate to Produce Bright Fluorescent Labels. Journal of Physical Chemistry B,

2010, 114, 141**-*****. (link)

7. Lord, Samuel J.; Conley, Nicholas R.; Lee, Hsiao-lu D.; Nishimura, Stefanie Y.; Pomerantz, Andrea K.; Willets,

Katherine A.; Lu, Zhikuan; Wang, Hui; Liu, Na; Samuel, Reichel; Weber, Ryan; Semyonov, Alexander; He, Meng;

Twieg, Robert J.; Moerner, W. E. DCDHF fluorophores for single-molecule imaging in cells. ChemPhysChem,

2009, 10 (1), 55-65. (link)

8. Li, Haowen; Mao, Guilin; Singer, Kenneth D.; Lu, Zhikuan; Weber, Ryan; Twieg, Robert J. Solvent effects on the

nonlinear optical response of a potentiometric biological imaging dye. Journal of the Optical Society of America B:

Optical Physics, 2007, 24 (6), 1310-1318. (link)

9. Lu, Zhikuan; Weber, Ryan; Twieg, Robert J. Improved synthesis of DCDHF fluorophores with maleimide

functional groups. Tetrahedron Letters, 2006, 47 (40), 7213-7217. (link)

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