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Pamela Knight

Postdoctoral Fellow

DEGREE:
PhD in Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western       Reserve University, 2009
BS in Chemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005

CURRENT RESEARCH: Exploring affinity-based drug delivery using hydrogels synthesized from cyclodextrin polymers, delivery of DNA from electrospun fibers for the treatment of ocular diseases.

CONTACT: pamela (dot) knight (at) case (dot) edu

RÉSUMÉ
 

POSTERS & PRESENTATIONS:

Knight PT, Kirk JT, Anderson JM, anD Mather PT. In-vivo biocompatibility and kinetic degradation analysis of aliphatic polyester polyurethanes. Poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility/Tissue Engineering, Holderness School (Holderness, NH), July19-24, 2009.

Knight PT and Mather PT. Degradable polyurethanes strengthened by POSS. Poster presentation at World Biomaterials Congress (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), 2008.

Knight PT and Mather PT. POSS-PEO hemi-telechelics: Synthesis, characterization, and micellization. Platform presentation at the American Chemical Society National Spring Meeting (New Orleans, LA), 2008.

Chung T, Lee K, Knight PT, and Mather PT. Shape memory effects in semicrystalline networks. Platform presentation at the American Chemical Society National Spring Meeting (New Orleans, LA), 2008.

Knight PT and Mather PT. Biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites using POSS. Poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility/Tissue Engineering, Holderness School (Holderness, NH), July 22-27, 2007.

Guo Q,Knight PT, Cho H, and Mather PT. Tailored drug delivery from biodegradable nanostructured polyurethanes. Poster presentation at the Gordon Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility/Tissue Engineering, Holderness School (Holderness, NH), July 22-27, 2007.

Knight PT, Qin H, Lee KM, Bobiak J, and Mather PT. Synthesis and accelerated degradation of tunable biocompatible TPUs containing POSS. Poster presentation at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Boston, MA), 2006.

Knight PT, Qin H, Lee KM, and Mather PT. Reinforced biodegradable polymer systems with tunable degradation rates. Poster presentation at Research ShowCase at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH), 2006.

Parekh B, Debies T, Knight PT, Santhanam KSV, and Takacs GA. Photo-oxidation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. Poster presentation at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting (Boston, MA), 2006.

PUBLICATIONS:

Knight PT, Lee KM, Chung T, and Mather PT. PLGA-POSS end-linked networks with tailored degradation and shape memory behavior. Macromolecules 2009;42:6596-605.

Guo Q, Knight PT, and Mather PT. Tailored drug release from biodegradable stent coatings based on hybrid polyurethanes. Journal of Controlled Release 2009;137:224-33.

Knight PT, Lee KM, Qin H, and Mather PT. Biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethanes incorporating polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane (POSS). Biomacromolecules 2008; 9:2458-67.

Lee KM, Knight PT, Chung T, and Mather PT. Polycaprolactone-POSS chemical/physical double networks. Macromolecules 2008;41:4730-8.

Parekh B, Debies T, Knight PT, Santhanam KSV, and Takacs GA. Surface functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes with UV and vacuum UV photo-oxidation. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 2006;20(16):1833-46.

FUNDING:

NIH Exploratory Development Grant

PREVIOUS LABS:

Mather Research Group, previously at Case Western Reserve University and currently at Syracuse University

Syracuse Biomaterials Institute at Syracuse University