Dain B. Beezer

Nashville, Tennessee

acz706@r.postjobfree.com

615-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/dain-beezer-69826a114

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Seeking a position as a research and development chemist taking advantage of my knowledge of polymer science and organic synthesis.

Strong background in polymer science (chemistry) with more than 6 years of experience, focusing on the formulation of synthetic methods to fabricate advanced polymeric materials for medical applications.

Highly skilled in synthesis and structure-property characterization of organic molecules and polymers.

Highly proficient in a full range of analytical techniques for molecular characterization and problem solving.

Proven team leader with excellent interpersonal, communication and project management skills developed through teaching, mentoring, and collaborative research.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, TN 2013-present

Graduate Research Assistant in Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis and post-polymerization modification of branched polyglycidol.

Utilized cationic ring-opening polymerization to synthesized branched polyglycidol.

Characterized polyglycidol using NMR, IR, SEC and MALDI-ToF MS.

Performed reaction optimization to achieve control polymerization.

Fabrication of biomaterials from functional polyglycidol building blocks.

Synthesized and characterized novel hydrogels from functional polyglycidols.

Instituted collaborative research to construct a polyester/polyglycidol hybrid hydrogel for drug release applications.

Designed experiments that successfully demonstrated the ability of polyglycidol oxime-based hydrogels to release bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) for bone fracture healing.

Degradable polymeric nanoparticles as theragnostic agents.

Collaboratively synthesized and characterized a polyester nanoparticle, and post modified the particle’s side chains to form a targeted nanoparticle capable of delivery to the islets of Langerhans for the treatment of type 1 diabetes.

Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, TN 2010-2013

Graduate Research Assistant in Organic Chemistry

Synthesized, purified and characterized a variety of novel chiral small molecules.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2013-2017 (expected)

Dissertation (proposed): Novel Biocompatible Branched polyglycidol Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization and Biological applications

Advisor: Dr. Eva Harth

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2010-2013

Thesis: The Application of Umpolung Amide Synthesis to the enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydroxyamides

Advisor: Dr. Jeffery N. Johnston

B.S. in Chemistry, Fisk University, Nashville, TN 2006-2010

Chemistry GPA 3.9/4.0, overall GPA 3.79/4.0

PUBLICATIONS

Jacob N. Lockhart, David M. Stevens, Dain B. Beezer, Ariel Kravitz and Eva Harth. “Dual drug delivery of tamoxifen and quercetin: Regulated metabolism for anticancer treatment with nanosponges.” Journal of Controlled Release, 2015, 751-757.

Dain B Beezer and Eva Harth. “Post-polymerization modification of semi-branched polyglycidol with N-hydroxy phthalimide to give ratio controlled amino-oxy functionalized motifs Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2016, 54, 2820-2825.

Jacob N. Lockhart, Dain B. Beezer, David M. Stevens, Benjamin R. Spears and Eva Harth. “One-pot polyglycidol nanogels via liposome master templates for dual drug delivery.” Journal of Controlled Release, 2016, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.07.013.

PATENTS

Harth, E. M.; Beezer, D. B.; Li, G. Z.; Spears, B. R.; Stevens, D. M. “Linear polyester and semi-linear glycidol polymer systems: formulation and synthesis of novel monomers and macromolecular structures” U.S. Patent 9, 161,983, 2014.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition August 21-25, 2016

Tuning of polyglycidol network densities to prepare optimized material for drug delivery and tissue engineering. Dain B. Beezer and Eva Harth

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

47th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, May 18-21, 2016. “Post-polymerization modification of branched polyglycidol with N-hydroxyphthalimide to give ratio-controlled amino-oxy functionalized species for biomedical application” Dain B. Beezer and Eva Harth

67th Joint Annual National Institute of Science/Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society Conference, March 24-28, 2010. “Determination of the impact of different reheating parameters on the temperature and the differential emission measure along a heated coronal loop” Dain B. Beezer and Amy Winebarger.

60th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Nov 12-15, 2008. “Fishing for danger: The selective capture and release of proteins adducted with 4-hydroxynonenal in human plasma” Dain B. Beezer, Hye-Young Kim, Ned A. Porter

HONORS AND RECOGNITION

Award for best poster in physics and engineering at the 67th Joint Annual National Institute of Science/Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society Conference, March 24-28, 2010.

Travel Award for the 67th Joint Annual National Institute of Science/Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society Conference, March 24-28 2010.

Erastus Milo Cravath Presidential Scholarship, Fisk University, 2007-2010.

AFFILIATIONS/SERVICE

American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Polymer Chemistry

Vanderbilt Students Volunteer for Science

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