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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Intezyne has created a Scientific Advisory Board with expertise in a wide range of scientific disciplines. The members are leaders in their respective fields and aid Intezyne in its continued growth and development.
 Craig J. Hawker, Ph.D. Director of the Materials Research Laboratory, Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Materials Science and Engineering, University of California (Santa Barbara, CA)
Craig J. Hawker, Ph.D. is currently Director of the Materials Research Laboratory and a Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1993-2004, he was a Research Staff Member and an investigator in the NSF Center for Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies at the IBM Almaden Research Center. He received a B.Sc. (Honors) degree and University Medal in Chemistry from the University of Queensland in 1984 and a Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 1988 under the supervision of Professor Sir Alan Battersby. Jumping into the world of polymer chemistry, he undertook a post-doctoral fellowship with Professor Jean Frchet at Cornell University from 1988 to 1990 and then returned to the University of Queensland as a Queen Elizabeth II Fellow from 1991 to 1993. Professor Hawker has been honored by the 2000 Young Scientists Award from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists, the 2001 Carl S. Marvel Award in Creative Polymer Science, the 2003 Cooperative Research Award with Professor Thomas P. Russell, 2004 Industrial Scientist Award, 2005 ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science from the American Chemical Society and the 2005 Dutch Polymer Award. In addition to a variety of named lectureships, Professor Hawker is Editor of the Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry, Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at the University of Queensland, and serves as a consultant to Intermolecular Inc., Eastman Kodak, and Intezyne. His research focuses on the interface between organic and polymer chemistry with emphasis on the design, synthesis, and application of well-defined macromolecular structures in biotechnology, microelectronics, and surface science.
 John Pochan, Ph.D. Visiting Scientist, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
John Pochan, Ph.D. earned his B.S. ChE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Dr. Pochan gained industrial research experience in corporations including Xerox Corporation, S.C. Johnson and Sons, and Eastman Kodak. He worked as a scientist and subsequently Technical Specialist/Project Manager during his time at Xerox. While at S.C. Johnson and Sons, Dr. Pochan worked as a Research Fellow in the Polymer Physics group and Manager of the Polymer Science Laboratory, eventually becoming the Director of Corporate Research. During his tenure at Eastman Kodak, Dr. Pochan served in various scientific and management roles including Adhesion Research Project Leader, Laboratory Head, Unit Director, and Technology Director. He is noted on 17 patents and has over 130 publications.
In addition to his industrial experience, Dr. Pochan is an adjunct professor at the University of Florida (Materials Science Department). He is a member of the American Physical Society and a Fellow of the Society of Plastic Engineers. He is involved in the American Chemical Society where he is currently a Councilor for the ACS Polymer Division and has also volunteered as a member of the National Education Committee, Program Chairman for the Polymer Division, and Co-chairman for the ACS Symposium on Polymer Surfaces. In 1999, he was awarded the Maurice Huggins Memorial Award in Polymers by the Gordon Research Conferences. Dr. Pochan has also served as Chairman for both the Polymers West Gordon Conference and the Dielectric Phenomena Gordon Conference.
 M.G. Finn, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA)
M.G. Finn, Ph.D. received his B.Sc. degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1980 with research training in inorganic chemistry and electrochemistry with Professors Robert Gagne and Fred Anson. Under the direction of Professor K. B. Sharpless, his Ph.D. research (MIT, 1986) focused on the mechanism of the titanium-catalyzed asymmetric epoxidation reaction. Following a NIH-funded postdoctoral position with Professor J.P. Collman at Stanford (metalloporphyrin catalysts of oxygen reduction), he started his independent career at the University of Virginia in 1988. In his nine years there, Finn's group developed novel metallocarbene and ylide reagents for organic synthesis. Professor Finn moved to The Scripps Research Institute in 1998, where for the past several years his group has pioneered the use of virus particles as molecular building blocks and platforms for polyvalent display of biologically active structures, and has developed new methods of bioconjugation based on azide-alkyne "click" chemistry.
 Mokenge Malafa, M.D. Division Chief, Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Section Head Pancreatic Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa, FL)
Mokenge Malafa, M.D. is the Gastrointestinal Malignancies Division Chief and Pancreatic Oncology Section Head at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. He received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, followed by a surgical residency at the Medical College of Ohio, and a surgical oncology fellowship at City of Hope National Medical Center. Dr. Malafa received a Golden Apple Award for "best faculty member" and also an excellence in teaching award presented by the Student National Medical Association chapter as an assistant professor of surgery at Southern Illinois University. His clinical research interests are in pancreas, liver, colon and esophageal tumors. In addition, Dr. Malafa leads a research group investigating the pre clinical potential of specific vitamin E compounds in the prevention and therapy of breast, melanoma, and colorectal cancers. He has published over 25 scientific publications on clinical and preclinical research findings, and has an NCI sponsored grant to study the intervention of pancreatic oncogenic pathways with Tocotrienol (a form of Vitamin E).
 Thomas P. Russell, Ph.D. Director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers, Professor of Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
Thomas P. Russell received his Ph.D. in 1979 in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He was a Research Staff Member at the IBM Research Center in San Jose, CA (1981-96) and became a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1997. His research interests include the surface and interfacial properties of polymers, phase transitions in polymers, directed self-assembly processes, the use of polymers as scaffolds and templates for the generation of nanoscopic structures, the interfacial assembly of nanoparticles, and the influence of supercritical fluids on phase transitions and dynamics in polymer thin films. Professor Russell is the Director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers, an Associate Director of MassNanoTech, Director of the Multi-University Research Initiative on Nanoscopic Assembly of Biologically Active Materials, and an Associate Editor of Macromolecules. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Professor Russell received the A. K. Doolittle Award (1984), the Cooperative Research Award from the American Chemical Society (2002), the Dutch Polymer Award (2004), and the Polymer Physics Prize of the American Physical Society (2005). He was named a Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts in 2004 and received the Silvio O. Conte Chair in 2006.
 Andre M. Striegel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).
Professor Striegel received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 1996 and his BS in Chemistry in 1991, both from the University of New Orleans. From 1996 to 1998 he performed postdoctoral research for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research. For the next six years he worked for Solutia, at their Springfield, Massachusetts R&D center, first in the Physical & Analytical Sciences Center and then in Films R&D, achieving the rank of Research Specialist. Since 2004, he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Florida State University. His research interests are in the area of polymer characterization, in particular applying polymer separations to determining structure-property relations of complex macromolecules, and in the fundamental aspects of separation and detection methods. He has received the Eli Lilly Analytical Chemistry Grantee Award, the inaugural ACS-DAC Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, and an FSU First Year Assistant Professor Award. He also received a Solutia Technical Achievement Award for his research in private industry and served as inaugural Professor in Residence for Preservation Research and Testing at the U.S. Library of Congress.
 Todd S. Emrick, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA)
Todd Emrick is an Associate Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst, MA). His expertise is in organic chemistry and polymer synthesis and the application of synthetic polymer chemistry to problems in bionanotechnology. Professor Emrick earned a B.S. (1992) in Chemistry from Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA), and a Ph.D. (1997) in organic chemistry from the University of Chicago. Following postdoctoral work in synthetic polymer chemistry (1997-2000) at the University of California Berkeley under Professor Jean Frchet, he moved to the University of Massachusetts in 2001 as an Assistant Professor. Professor Emrick's honors include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and Omnova, Inc. Signature Young Faculty Award. During his time at the University of Massachusetts, his research has focused on polymer therapeutics and the "biotailoring" of conventional synthetic polymers in order to improve their effectiveness in encapsulation and delivery applications.
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