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Academic Training:

  • 5/2020 M.S. – Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ; Distinction in Thesis/Defense; Chemistry
  • 5/2016 B.S. – Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ; Summa Cum Laude; Chemistry
  • 5/2014 A.S. – Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ; Liberal Arts & Science

 

Academic Appointments

  • 9/2020-present – NTT Assistant Teaching Professor, Rutgers-University Camden, Camden, NJ
  • 9/2018-6/2020 – Teaching Assistant in Chemistry, Rutgers-University Camden, Camden, NJ
  • 9/2017-7/2020 – Part-Time Lecturer in Chemistry, Rutgers-University Camden, Camden, NJ

 

Honors

  • 5/2020 – Distinction in Thesis and Presentation, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ
  • 5/2019 – Thermal Analysis Forum Delaware Valley (TAFDV) Spring Symposium first place poster winner at the University of Pennsylvania
  • 5/2016 – Summa Cum Laude, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ
  • 5/2016 – American Chemical Society Award, Philadelphia Section
  • 5/2015 – Analytical Division of American Chemical Society Award
  • 12/2014-5/2016 – Four semesters on the Dean’s list
  • 9/2014 – Recipient of NJ Stars II Scholarship
  • 5/2014 – Program Excellence Award, Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
  • 3/2013 – Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Member, Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
  • 12/2012-5/2014 – Three semesters on the President’s list; one semester on the Dean’s list, Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
  • 9/2012 – Recipient of NJ Stars I Scholarship

 

Teaching Experience and Responsibilities

  • Student Undergraduate Lab Instructor, 50:160:493 – Fall 2020-present
  • Chemical Principles Lab I, 50:160:125 – Fall 2017-present
  • Chemical Principles Lab II, 50:160:126 – Spring 2018-present
  • Organic Chemistry Lab I, 50:160:339 – Summer 2018 and Summer 2020
  • Organic Chemistry Lab II, 50:160:340 – Spring 2018, Summer 2018, and Summer 2020
  • General, Organic and Biochemistry Lab II, 50:160:105 – Spring 2018-Spring 2020

 

Other Professional Activities:

Professional Societies: Memberships, Offices, and Committee Assignments:

  • 12/2018-present – Member of the American Chemical Society

 

Research/Laboratory Skills:

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, TA Instruments Differential Scanning Calorimeter, TA Instruments Discovery Thermogravimetric Analysis System, Scanning Electron Microscope, Janis VPF-100 Cryostat

 

Invited Lectures and Conference Presentations:

  • 8/18/2020 – Accepted oral presentation: The importance of morphology, elasticity, and conductivity of silk-cellulose biocomposites for biobattery fabrication, American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Presented by Stacy Love
  • 12/18/2019 – Accepted oral presentation: The Relationship between Morphology, Elasticity, and Conductivity of Cellulose-Silk Biocomposites Fabricated from Ionic Liquids and Various Coagulation Agents, American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (cancelled due to COVID-19)
  • 5/16/2019 – Poster Presentation, Thermal Analysis Forum Delaware Valley (TAFDV) Spring Symposium, University of Pennsylvania
  • 3/31/2019 – Poster presentation, American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, Florida

 

Bibliography:

Original, Peer Reviewed Articles:

  1. Blessing, B.; Trout, C.; Morales, A.; Rybacki, K.; Love, S.A.; Lamoureux, G.; O’Malley, S.M.; Hu, X.; Salas-de la Cruz, D. The Impact of Composition and Morphology on Ionic Conductivity of Silk/Cellulose Bio-Composites Fabricated from Ionic Liquid and Varying Percentages of Coagulation Agents.  J. Mol. Sci.2020, 21, 4695.
  2. Blessing, B., Trout, C., Morales, A., Rybacki, K., Love, S.A., Lamoureux, G., O’Malley, S.M., Hu, X. and Salas‐de la Cruz, D. Morphology and ionic conductivity relationship in silk/cellulose biocomposites. Polymer International, 2019, 68(9), pp.1580-1590.
  3. Blessing, B.; Trout, C.; Morales, A.; Rybacki, K.; Love, S.A.; Lamoureux, G.; O’Malley, S.M.; Hu, X.; Salas-de la Cruz, D. Morphology and Ionic Conductivity Study of Silk and Cellulose Bio- composites as a Function of Ionic Liquid. Pending 2020.