Professor, Chemistry
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science
office: MSB 333
phone: (256) 824-6188
fax: (256) 824-6349
email: Carmen Scholz
Résumé
Research Assistant at the University of Dresden, Germany 1987-92
Postdoc in Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1992-94
Research Scientist at the International Center for Biomaterials Sciences, Noda, Japan, 1994-96
Research Associate in Chemistry, Univ. of Massachusetts, 1996-98
Assistant Professor, UAHuntsville, 1998-2004
Associate Professor, UAHuntsville, 2004-2009
Professor, UAHuntsville, 2009-
Research Interests
Research concentrates on the synthesis and characterization of biocompatibel and biodegradable polymers. We collaborate closely with the Boston Retinal Implant Project http://www.bostonretinalimplant.org on the hermetic and biocompatible encapsulation of retinal implants. We study methods of deposition, physical properties and biocompatibility of materials that provide barrier properties and amphiphilic block copolymers that convey biocompatibility.
Natural-synthetic hybrid block and graft copolymers are synthesized and studied for the ability to self-assemble into nano and microparticles that can potentially act as drug delivery vehicles.