MEGAN L. ROBERTSON Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston

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1 MEGAN L. ROBERTSON Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston EDUCATION Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Dec B.S. Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis May 2001 PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, University of Houston Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Sept present Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota Feb July 2010 Department of Chemistry, advised by Prof. Marc A. Hillmyer Senior Scientist, Rohm and Haas Company, Spring House, PA Oct Jan Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, Berkeley Sept Sept Department of Chemical Engineering, advised by Prof. Nitash P. Balsara HONORS AND AWARDS ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science, American Chemical Society, 2006 University of California Dissertation Year Fellowship, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2003 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Design Competition, First Place Team, 2001 TEACHING APPOINTMENTS Instructor, University of Houston Fall 2010 Introduction to Polymer Science (CHEE 5377/6377) Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley Fall 2004 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley Spring 2003 Introduction to Polymer Science MEGAN L. ROBERTSON, CURRICULUM VITAE PAGE 1

2 PUBLICATIONS Megan Lind Robertson was previously Megan Lind Ruegg 1. Phase Behavior of Asymmetric Multicomponent A/B/A-C Blends with Unequal Homopolymer Molecular Weights. Nedoma, A. J.; Lai, P.; Jackson, A.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N. S.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2010, 43, Biorenewable Multiphase Polymers. Robertson, M. L.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Mortamet, A. C.; Ryan, A. J. MRS Bulletin 2010, 35, Reactive Compatibilization of Poly(L-lactide) and Conjugated Soybean Oil. Gramlich, W. M.; Robertson, M. L.; Hillmyer, M. A. Macromolecules 2010, 43, Toughening of Polylactide with Polymerized Soybean Oil. Robertson, M. L.; Chang, K.; Gramlich, W. M.; Hillmyer, M. A. Macromolecules 2010, 43, Phase Inversion in Polylactide / Soybean Oil Blends Compatibilized by Poly(isoprene-blactide) Block Copolymers. Chang, K.; Robertson, M. L.; Hillmyer, M. A. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2009, 1, Measurements of the Composition and Molecular Weight Dependence of the Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameter. Nedoma, A. J.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N. S.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2008, 41, Measurements of the Flory-Huggins Interaction Parameter Using a Series of Critical Binary Blends. Nedoma, A. J.; Robertson, M. L.; Wanakule, N. S.; Balsara, N. P. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 2008, 47, Characterization of Micron-Sized Periodic Structures in Multicomponent Polymer Blends by Ultra-Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Optical Microscopy. Wanakule, N. S.; Nedoma, A. J.; Robertson, M. L.; Fang, Z.; Jackson, A.; Garetz, B. A.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2008, 41, Interfacial Concentration Profiles of Rubbery Polyolefin Lamellae Determined by Quantitative Electron Microscopy. Gomez, E. D.; Ruegg, M. L.; Minor, A. M.; Kisielowski, C.; Downing, K. H.; Glaeser, R. M.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2008, 41, Scattering from Polymer Systems, Ruegg, M. L.; Balsara, N. P. Invited submission, Macromolecular Engineering, Matyjaszewski, K.; Gnanou, Y.; Leibler, L., editors, Wiley-VCH, Minimizing the Concentration of Diblock Copolymer Needed to Organize Blends of Weakly Segregated Polymers by Tuning Attractive and Repulsive Interactions. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2007, 40, MEGAN L. ROBERTSON, CURRICULUM VITAE PAGE 2

3 12. Effect of Pressure on a Multicomponent A/B/A-C Polymer Blend with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2007, 40, Condensed Exponential Correlation Functions in Multicomponent Polymer Blends Measured by X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy. Ruegg, M. L.; Patel, A. J.; Narayanan, S.; Sandy, A. R.; Mochrie, S. G. J.; Watanabe, H.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2006, 39, Diblock Copolymer Surfactant Transport across the Interface between Two Homopolymers. Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Mates, T. E.; Radke, C. J.; Balsara, N. P. Langmuir 2006, 22, Relationship between Macroscopic and Microscopic Models of Surfactant Adsorption Dynamics at Fluid Interfaces. Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Balsara, N. P.; Radke, C. J. Langmuir 2006, 22, Microphase and Macrophase Separation in Multicomponent A/B/A-C Polymer Blends with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Balsara, N. P. Macromolecules 2006, 39, Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Adsorption of a Diblock Copolymer to Interfaces between Two Homopolymers. Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Mates, T. E.; Radke; C. J.; Balsara; N. P. Macromolecules 2005, 38, Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends Organized by Balanced Block Copolymer Surfactants Studied by Mean Field Theories and Scattering. Reynolds, B. J.; Ruegg, M. L.; Balsara, N. P.; Radke, C. J.; Shaffer, T. D.; Lin, M. Y.; Shull, K. R.; Lohse, D. J. Macromolecules 2004, 37, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering from Nonuniformly Labeled Block Copolymers. Ruegg, M. L.; Newstein, M. C.; Balsara, N. P.; Reynolds, B. J. Macromolecules 2004, 37, Phase Behavior of Highly Immiscible Polymer Blends Stabilized by a Balanced Block Copolymer Surfactant. Lee, J. H.; Ruegg, M. L.; Balsara, N. P.; Zhu, Y. Q.; Gido, S. P.; Krishnamoorti, R.; Kim, M. H. Macromolecules 2003, 36, MEGAN L. ROBERTSON, CURRICULUM VITAE PAGE 3

4 PRESENTATIONS 1. Toughening Polylactide with the Addition of Castor Oil, Robertson, M. L.; Paxton, J. M.; Hillmyer, M. A. Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June 2010, poster presentation. 2. Microstructured Polymers: Fundamental Studies and Applications in Renewable Materials, Robertson, M. L., American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting, November 2009, Nashville, T.N., poster presentation. 3. Toughening of Polylactide with Triglyceride Oils, Robertson, M. L.; Chang, K.; Gramlich, W. M,; Hillmyer, M. A. American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting, November 2009, Nashville, T.N., oral presentation. 4. Toughening of Polylactide with the Incorporation of Polymerized Soybean Oil, Robertson, M. L.; Chang, K.; Hillmyer, M. A. American Chemical Society meeting, August 2009, Washington, D.C., oral presentation. 5. Renewable Polylactide / Polymerized Soybean Oil Blends Compatibilized with Block Copolymers, Robertson, M. L.; Chang, K.; Hillmyer, M. A. Polymer Gordon Research Conference, June 2009, Mt. Holyoke College, poster presentation. 6. Toughening of Polylactide with the Incorporation of Polymerized Soybean Oil, Robertson, M. L.; Chang, K.; Hillmyer, M. A. Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, May 2009, oral presentation. 7. Morphology of Renewable Polylactide / Soybean Oil Blends Compatibilized by Block Copolymers, Robertson, M. L.; Chang, K.; Hillmyer, M. A. American Physical Society meeting, March 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, oral presentation. 8. Minimizing the Concentration of Diblock Copolymer Needed to Organize Blends of Immiscible Polymers, Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Balsara, N. P. American Chemical Society meeting, session for the finalists of the ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science, September 2006, San Francisco, CA, oral presentation. 9. Effect of Pressure on A/B/A-C Blends with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Balsara, N. P. Polymer Physics Gordon Research Conference, July 2006, New London, CT, poster presentation. 10. Designing Balanced Surfactants for the Organization of Immiscible Polymers. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Balsara, N. P. American Conference on Neutron Scattering, June 2006, St. Charles, IL, oral presentation. MEGAN L. ROBERTSON, CURRICULUM VITAE PAGE 4

5 11. Designing Polymer Surfactants with Attractive and Repulsive Interactions. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Balsara, N. P. American Physical Society meeting, March 2006, Baltimore, MD, oral presentation. 12. Organizing Immiscible Polymers with Balanced Diblock Copolymer Surfactants. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Balsara, N. P. Spallation Neutron Source & High Flux Isotope Reactor user meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, October 2005, poster presentation. 13. Minimizing the Diblock Copolymer Content in Polymer Microemulsions. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Radke, C. J.; Shaffer, T. D; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Shull, K. R.; Balsara, N. P. American Physical Society meeting, March 2005, Los Angeles, CA, oral presentation. 14. Designing Balanced Surfactants for Organizing Immiscible Polymers. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Shaffer, T. D.; Lin, M. Y.; Lohse, D. J.; Shull, K. R.; Balsara, N. P. National Institute of Standards and Technology, January 2005, Gaithersburg, MD, invited oral presentation. 15. Stabilizing Immiscible Polymer Blends with Balanced Surfactants. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Shaffer, T. D.; Lohse, D. J.; Lin, M. Y.; Balsara, N. P. American Physical Society meeting, March 2004, Montréal, Québec, oral presentation. 16. Immiscible Polymer Blends Stabilized by a Balanced Surfactant. Ruegg, M. L.; Reynolds, B. J.; Hammouda, B.; Lin, M. Y.; Shaffer, T. D.; Balsara, N. P. American Physical Society meeting, March 2003, Austin, TX, oral presentation. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE Spallation Neutron Source & High Flux Isotope Reactor User Group Executive Committee Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2005 Co-Chair, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Member of American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers Reviewer for Macromolecules and for proposals for neutron experiments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD MEGAN L. ROBERTSON, CURRICULUM VITAE PAGE 5