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Perry A. Wilbon; University of South Carolina

Perry A. Wilbon

Graduate Student

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of South Carolina

Horizon I Room 210, 541 Main St., Columbia, SC 29208

Email: ***********@*****.*** or w *****@*****.**.***

Phone: 615-***-****

EDUCATION

U niversity of South Carolina

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Aug 2010 – Present; PhD Candidate

Expected graduation: April 2015.

Advisor: Dr. Chuanbing Tang

Thesis ti tle: “Novel Sustainable Polymers Derived from Renewable Rosin and Fatty Acids”

M iddle Tennessee State University

Department of Chemistry, 2005 – 2007; Degree: M.S.

Thesis ti tle: “Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic

H ydrocarbons in Sediment and Stormwater Runoff Samples: Toxicological Impact on

L umbriculus Variegatus”

M iddle Tennessee State University

D epartments of Chemistry and Environmental Science, 2000 – 2005; Degree: B.S.

EXPERIENCE

University of South Carolina

G raduate Research Assistant 2010 - Present

• Designed, synthesized, and characterized novel renewable resource based polymers

(Rosin, fatty acids, lignin, etc.)

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• Techniques such as Step-Growth Polymerization, Ring-Opening Polymerization,

A tom Transfer Radical Polymerization, Acyclic Diene Metathesis Polymerization,

and Click chemistry were utilized in polymer production

• Familiar with characterization techniques such as Differential Scanning

Calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Gel-Permeation

Chromatography (GPC), Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Mass Spectroscopy (GCMS),

and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)

• Collaborated with USC School of Public Health and USC Medical School to test

antimicrobial properties of Rosin based polymers and monomers

Mott Community College

Chemistry Instructor 2009 - 2010

• Taught Introduction to General Chemistry courses

• Duties included test design, lecture planning, and evaluation of student progress.

University of Connecticut

G raduate Research Assistant 2007 – 2008

• Designed and tested (in vitro) novel implantable glucose biosensors

M iddle Tennessee State University

G raduate Research Assistant 2005 – 2007

• Thesis research focused on analysis of storm water runoff and aquatic sediment for

organic contaminants; two years of GCMS experience

• Toxicological testing (LD50) on freshwater blackworms

AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Graduate School T ravel Award (2012, 2014), University of South Carolina

James R. Du rig T ravel Award (2012), University of South Carolina

Eastman T ravel Award (2014), University of South Carolina

Leon Schechter Fellowship (2011-2012), University of South Carolina

SELECTED PUBL ICATIONS

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1. P. Wilbon, A.L. Gulledge, B.C. Benicewicz, C. Tang. “ Renewable Rosin-Fatty Acid

Polyesters: the Effect of Backbone Structure on Thermal Properties”, G reen Materials,

2013, 1, 96-104.

2. P. Wilbon, F. Chu, C. Tang. “Progress in Renewable Polymers from Natural Terpenes,

Terpenoids and Rosin”, M acromol. Rapid Commun . ( review article), 2013, 34, 8-37.

Selected as Cover

3. P. Wilbon, Y. Zheng, K. Yao, C. Tang. “Renewable rosin acid-degradable caprolactone

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copolymers by atom t ransfer radical polymerization and r ing-opening polymerization”,

M acromolecules, 2010, 43, 8747-8754.

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