High School Assistant

Daniel Dei, PhD

**** ********** ** **** ******, TX 75254

972-***-**** *********@********.***

Dedicated, hardworking chemist seeking a challenging position in small molecules, synthetic polymers and applied materials research.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (UT-Dallas)

Synthesis

• Synthesized several complex, thermally stable triarylamine chromophores.

• Synthesized and functionalized novel benzodithiophene monomers having tunable electronic properties. Also skilled at asymmetric catalysis.

• Used multi-steps to synthesize complex fluorinated compounds, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, biological buffers.

Polymers / Materials Processing

• Synthesized high performance semifluorinated transparent film-forming polymers and fabricated into hole transport materials and photonic applications.

• Topochemically (solid state) polymerized cyclic diacetylene monomers using Gamma/UV.

• Covalently anchored chromophores into thermally stable fluoropolymers and poled for electro-optic applications.

• Skilled at carbonization and characterization of organic polymers and carbon fibers.

• OFETs (organic field-effect transistors) made from polymers containing rigid benzodithiophene polymer composites. Also made several epoxy resins from acrylics.

Nanotechnology

• Made carbon nanotube / yarn composites with fluoropolymers and tested their improved mechanical properties.

• Designed, synthesized and polymerized cyclic diacetylenes into tubular structures for targeted carbon nanotubes of one type. Analyzed CNTs in zeolites.

Instrumentation

Competent usage / analysis:

• NMR (500 Varian, 400 Bruker, 270 MHz Jeol), AFM, SEM, TGA, DSC, DMA, RAMAN, GPC, ATR/FT-IR, UV-Vis, HPLC, CV, MALDI.

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

• Leader in setting up and furnishing a new laboratory (2010 UT-Dallas)

• Laboratory director / supervisor for graduate, undergraduate and high school students (2009 – present UT-Dallas)

• Led research in organic electro-optic devices that won grant renewal from INTEL Corporation (2010 – present UTD)

• Studied, cultured and cloned Rhizobium bacteria with basic techniques in molecular biology e.g. electrophoresis, PCR; cloning. (2002)

INVITED TALKS

• Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Edwards CA (June, 2011).

PRESENTATIONS (ORAL)

• 2011- IWPMA / CEHMS (International Workshop on Piezoelectric Materials and Applications / Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems) conference, Roanoke VA.

• 2011- 242nd ACS National Meeting, Denver CO

• 2010 - ACS Dallas Forth Worth Regional Meeting – (Dallas TX)

PUBLICATIONS

1) Disclosure submitted 2011 (pending approval to patent) “Semifluorinated Triarylamine Polymers, Crosslinking and Photonic Application Therefrom”. Dei, D.K; Smith, Jr. D.W.

2) Macromolecules (2010), 43, 8063. “Synthesis and Electronic Properties of Semiconducting Polymers Containing Benzodithiophene with Alkyl Phenylethynyl Substituents”. Daniel K. Dei etal.

3) Beilstein J. Org. Chem. (2010), 6, No. 31. “Comparison of zwitterionic N-alkylaminomethanesulfonic acids to related compounds in the Good buffer series”. Robert D. Long, Newton P. Hilliard, Jr, Tatiana V. Timofeeva, Daniel K. Dei, and Enoch A. Mensah.

4) Organic Letters (2009), 11-19-442*-****. “Polymers Containing Rigid Benzodithiophene Repeat Unit with Extended Electron Delocalization”.Daniel K. Dei et al.

5) (In preparation). “Organic Synthetic Steps for Target Single-Wall CNTs of one Type”. Daniel K. Dei, Elizabeth Castillo-Martinez, Javier Carretero-Gonzalez, Noreen Hanly, Joseph H. Reibenspies, Alexandre Fonseca, Sergey Arnautov, Lana Alagha, Douglas Galvao, Michael C. Biewer, Ray H. Baughman.

• Specially trained Clean Room user and certified in safety and handling of hazardous materials.

• Adept at thin film preparations, spin casting, Langmuir-Blodgett.

• Broad knowledge of organic synthesis, biochemistry, polymers and materials science.

• Proficient at dealing with large and diverse group.

• Postdoctoral team leader; with excellent written, oral communication skills.

• Ability to perform multi-task at relatively fast pace.

• PhD The University of Texas at Dallas June, 2010

Organic Synthesis, Polymers and Nanomaterials

Dissertation Title: “Synthesis of Novel pi-Conjugated Nanomaterials”

Advisor: Dr. Michael C. Biewer

• MSc Eastern New Mexico University, NM June, 2005

Organic Chemistry

Thesis Title: “Synthesis and Evaluation of Substituted Morpholine

and Bis-piperazine Aminosulfonic Acid Derivatives for Use as Biological

Buffers”). Advisor: Dr. Robert D. Long

• BSC University of Ghana, Legon Ghana June, 2002

Biochemistry

Thesis: Studies on Rhizobium sp. to improve nitrogen fixation in legumes.

Advisor: Dr. Nana Osei

AWARDS / HONORS

• Co-winner of the Tech Titians of the Future Award (2011)

• Best Teaching Assistant of the Year Nominee (2006)

AFFILIATIONS

• American Chemical Society (ACS) – Division of Polymer Chemistry

• Center for Energy Harvesting and Materials Systems (CEHMS)

• Reviewer for Polymer Bulletin.

1. Prof. Dennis W. Smith Jr. .... UT-Dallas

*******@********.*** Phone: 864-***-****

2. Prof. Michael C. Biewer….PhD. Supervising Professor, UT-Dallas

Email: *******@********.*** Phone: 214-***-****

3. Prof. Ray H. Baughman..(Co-PhD Advisor) Director Nanotech Inst., UT-Dallas

Email: ********@********.*** Phone: 214-***-****

4. Prof. Mihaela C. Stefan …..UT-Dallas

Email: *******@********.*** Phone: 214-***-****

5. Prof. Robert Long…..MSc Supervising Professor, ENMU Email: ******.****@****.*** Phone: 505-***-****

Contact this candidate