Jeremiah Johnson. American Chemical Society Organic Division Fellowship (2007)

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1 Jeremiah Johnson HIGHLIGHTS Creative application of organic synthesis to the design of functional polymeric materials Participation in numerous national and international research collaborations Winner of the Columbia University Hammett Award for outstanding graduate research (one of two awards given each year, typically only to 5 th year PhD students but awarded here during 4 th year in recognition of advanced accomplishment) EDUCATION PhD, Chemistry, Columbia University, New York NY, anticipated 2009 Advisers: Professor Nicholas J. Turro and Professor Jeffrey T. Koberstein BS, Biomedical engineering and second major in chemistry (cum laude, GPA 3.60/4.00), Washington University, Saint Louis MO, 2004 Adviser: Professor Karen L. Wooley HONORS & AWARDS Department of Chemistry Columbia University 3000 Broadway New York, New York Selected to present at the Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium at the 2009 national ACS meeting in Salt Lake City (2009) Recent article (Chem. Commun. 2088, ) was recognized in the weekly ACS online publication Noteworthy Chemistry (25 August 2008) Columbia University Hammett Award (2008) jaj2109@gmail.com (lab) (mobile) (fax) American Chemical Society Organic Division Fellowship (2007) Selected for and attended the Lindau meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau Germany (2006) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2004-Present Graduate Research, Columbia University, New York NY Advisers: Professor Nicholas J. Turro and Professor Jeffrey T. Koberstein

2 Combination of click chemistry and controlled polymerization methods for the synthesis of photodegradable and ozone-degradable plastics and polymer gels for drug delivery, tissue engineering, and waste reduction applications Application of strain-promoted click chemistry to the crosslinking of polymer gels in collaboration with Professor Carolyn R. Bertozzi (University of California, Berkeley) Synthesis of polymeric nanocapsules capable of controlled release in response to light Summer 2008 Research Collaboration, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan Adviser: Professor Koichi Komatsu Synthesis of C60 fullerene encapsulating H 2 and HD gases for hydrogen storage studies Summers Research Collaboration, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla CA Adviser: Professor M.G. Finn Solid-phase peptide synthesis combined with click chemistry for the synthesis of enzymatically degradable hydrogel materials Development of norbornadiene/quadricyclane isomerization as a tool for reversible surface patterning Undergraduate Research, Washington University, St. Louis MO Adviser: Professor Karen L. Wooley Synthesis of fluorinated polymers for application in high-performance anti-fouling coatings TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007-Present Graduate Student Mentor, Columbia University, New York NY Teaching organic synthesis and ATRP technique to first year chemistry PhD student 2005-Present Chemistry Department Tutor, Columbia University, New York NY Tutoring more than 20 students in General Chemistry I & II and Organic Chemistry I & II Undergraduate Student Mentor, Columbia University, New York NY Teaching organic synthesis and ATRP technique to two undergraduate chemical engineering students Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, New York NY Lecturing for General Chemistry I & II 2004 Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, New York NY

3 Lecturing and supervising for General Chemistry Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Washington University, St. Louis MO Lecturing and supervising for General Chemistry Laboratory I & II PUBLICATIONS Johnson, J. A.; Finn, M. G.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J. Construction of linear polymers, dendrimers, networks, and other polymeric architectures by copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition click chemistry. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2008, 29, Johnson, J. A.; Baskin, J. M.; Bertozzi, C. R.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J. Copper-free click chemistry for the in situ crosslinking of photodegradable star polymers. Chem. Commun. 2008, Johnson, J. A.; Finn, M. G.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J. Synthesis of photocleavable linear macromonomers by ATRP and star macromonomers by a tandem ATRP-click reaction: precursors to photodegradable model networks. Macromolecules 2007, 40, White, M. A.; Johnson, J. A.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J. Toward the syntheses of universal ligands for metal oxide surfaces: controlling surface functionality through click chemistry. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, Johnson, J. A.; Lewis, D. R.; Diaz, D. D.; Finn, M.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J. Synthesis of degradable model networks via ATRP and click chemistry J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, Gudipati, C. S.; Greenlief, C. M.; Johnson, J. A.; Prayongpan, P.; Wooley, K. L. Hyperbranched Fluoropolymer (HBFP) and Linear Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) Based Amphiphilic Crosslinked Networks as Efficient Anti-fouling Coatings: An insight into the surface compositions, topographies and morphologies J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2004, 42, PATENTS Johnson, J. A.; Koberstein, J. T.; Turro, N. J. New macromonomers e.g. difunctional macromonomers and star polymer block macromonomers, useful to prepare e.g.

4 degradable polymer model network, hydrogels, tissue scaffolding, nail polish, bags, films and nanoparticles, US Patent WO A1, February 7, REFERENCES Professor Nicholas J. Turro Wm. P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry Columbia University Dept. of Chemistry 3000 Broadway, MC 3119 New York, NY Phone: FAX: Professor Jeffrey T. Koberstein Percy K. and Vida L.W. Hudson Professor of Chemical Engineering Columbia University Dept. of Chemical Engineering 810 Sw Mudd, MC 4721 Phone: FAX: Professor Ronald Breslow S.L. Mitchill Professor of Chemistry and University Professor Columbia University Dept. of Chemistry 3000 Broadway New York, NY Phone: FAX: Professor M.G. Finn Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology The Scripps Research Institute N. Torrey Pines Rd. La Jolla, CA Phone: FAX:

5 Professor Karen L. Wooley James S. McDonnell Distinguished Professor McMillen 509 Washington University in St. Louis Dept. of Chemistry St. Louis, MO Phone: FAX: