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Phillip D. Pickett (Assoc)
Research Chemist (NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate)
Phillip D. Pickett received his Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi. He currently holds a Research Chemist position at NIST through the NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateship program. Phillip's research interests include stimuli-responsive polymers for targeted drug delivery and environmental remediation applications. In order to conduct research in these areas, Phillip relies heavily on his expertise in the design and synthesis of "smart" water-soluble (co)polymers, polyelectrolytes, and biopolymers. Having the ability to develop such materials is critical for understanding their structure-property relationships.
Current Research Efforts:
Structure and dynamics of polyzwitterionic-based assemblies
Thermal-responsive properties of UCST-block-LCST copolymers
Thermodynamics of zwitterionic ion-dipole interactions in polymeric systems
Aqueous size exclusion chromatography methodologies
Awards
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associateship, 2018
Outstanding Graduate Student Poster Award, 254th National ACS Meeting, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 2017
1st Place Graduate Student Oral Presentation, USM 2017 Graduate Research Symposium, 2017
1st Place Graduate Student Oral Presentation, USM 2016 Graduate Research Symposium,2016
1st Place Graduate Student Poster Award, USM 2015 Graduate Student Symposium,2015
Honorable Mention Graduate Student Poster Award, 2015 MS INBRE Graduate Scholars Symposium, 2015
Attendee's Choice Poster Award, 2015 Waterborne Symposium, 2015
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Scholars Program, Research Scholar, 2014 - 2016
1st Place Graduate Student Poster Award at 2014 Waterborne Symposium, 2014