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Ph.D. Organic Materials Chemist | University Professor

Profile Summary

I hold a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from MIT (USA). Specialties: functional organic materials, polymer chemistry, organic optoelectronics, nanomedicine. Former IBM scientist. Currently a university professor in Canada. My first language is English.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Chemistry
• ☆ Polymer Chemistry
• ☆ Supramolecular Chemistry
• ☆ Nanotechnology
• ☆ Applied Chemistry

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Work Experience

Assistant Professor

University of Ottawa

2015 - Present

Research Scientist

IBM Almaden Research Center

2012 - 2014

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California Berkeley

2010 - 2012

Education

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry (Chemistry)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2005 - 2010

B.S. Chemistry (Chemistry)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2001 - 2005

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2018). Water-Dispersible Bismuth–Organic Materials with Computed Tomography Contrast Properties . ACS Applied Bio Materials.

(2018). Using the Negative Hyperconjugation Effect of Pentafluorosulfanyl Acceptors to Enhance Two-Photon Absorption in Push–Pull Chromophores . Chemistry of Materials.

Liu, S., Ono, R.J., Wu, H., Teo, J.Y., Liang, Z.C., Xu, K., Zhang, M., Zhong, G., Tan, J.P.K., Ng, M., et al.(2017). Highly potent antimicrobial polyionenes with rapid killing kinetics, skin biocompatibility and in vivo bactericidal activity . Biomaterials. 127. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 36-48.

Gautam, P., Yu, C.P., Zhang, G., Hillier, V.E., Chan, J.M.W.(2017). Pulling with the Pentafluorosulfanyl Acceptor in Push-Pull Dyes . Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82. (20). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 11008-11020.

Zhang, G., Chan, J.M.W.(2017). Reversibly thermochromic bismuth-organic materials with tunable optical gaps . Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5. (38). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 10007-10015.

Chan, J.M.W., Wojtecki, R.J., Sardon, H., Lee, A.L.Z., Smith, C.E., Shkumatov, A., Gao, S., Kong, H., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2017). Self-Assembled, Biodegradable Magnetic Resonance Imaging Agents: Organic Radical-Functionalized Diblock Copolymers . ACS Macro Letters. 6. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 176-180.

Ong, Z.Y., Coady, D.J., Tan, J.P.K., Li, Y., Chan, J.M.W., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2016). Design and synthesis of biodegradable grafted cationic polycarbonates as broad spectrum antimicrobial agents . Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry. 54. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1029-1035.

ACS Omega 2016, 1, 1337-1342 .

Chan, J.M.W., Tan, J.P.K., Engler, A.C., Ke, X., Gao, S., Yang, C., Sardon, H., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2016). Organocatalytic Anticancer Drug Loading of Degradable Polymeric Mixed Micelles via a Biomimetic Mechanism . Macromolecules. 49. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2013-2021.

Sardon, H., Tan, J.P.K., Chan, J.M.W., Mantione, D., Mecerreyes, D., Hedrick, J.L., Yang, Y.Y.(2015). Thermoresponsive random poly(ether urethanes) with tailorable LCSTs for anticancer drug delivery . Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 36. (19). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1761-1767.

Chan, J.M.W., Zhang, X., Brennan, M.K., Sardon, H., Engler, A.C., Fox, C.H., Frank, C.W., Waymouth, R.M., Hedrick, J.L.(2015). Organocatalytic ring-opening polymerization of trimethylene carbonate to yield a biodegradable polycarbonate . Journal of Chemical Education. 92. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 708-713.

Pascual, A., Tan, J.P.K., Yuen, A., Chan, J.M.W., Coady, D.J., Mecerreyes, D., Hedrick, J.L., Yang, Y.Y., Sardon, H.(2015). Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Polycarbonate Hydrogels with Fast Degradability . Biomacromolecules. 16. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1169-1178.

Xu, Q., Sardon, H., Chan, J.M.W., Hedrick, J.L., Yang, Y.Y.(2015). Polyurethane-coated silica particles with broad-spectrum antibacterial properties . Polymer Chemistry. 6. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2011-2022.

Engler, A.C., Ke, X., Gao, S., Chan, J.M.W., Coady, D.J., Ono, R.J., Lubbers, R., Nelson, A., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2015). Hydrophilic polycarbonates: Promising degradable alternatives to poly(ethylene glycol)-based stealth materials . Macromolecules. 48. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1673-1678.

Chan, J.M.W., Ke, X., Sardon, H., Engler, A.C., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2014). Chemically modifiable N-heterocycle-functionalized polycarbonates as a platform for diverse smart biomimetic nanomaterials . Chemical Science. 5. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 3294-3300.

Ng, V.W.L., Chan, J.M.W., Sardon, H., Ono, R.J., García, J.M., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2014). Antimicrobial hydrogels: A new weapon in the arsenal against multidrug-resistant infections . Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 78. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 46-62.

Sardon, H., Chan, J.M.W., Ono, R.J., Mecerreyes, D., Hedrick, J.L.(2014). Highly tunable polyurethanes: Organocatalyzed polyaddition and subsequent post-polymerization modification of pentafluorophenyl ester sidechains . Polymer Chemistry. 5. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 3547-3550.

Liu, S.Q., Venkataraman, S., Ong, Z.Y., Chan, J.M.W., Yang, C., Hedrick, J.L., Yang, Y.Y.(2014). Overcoming multidrug resistance in microbials using nanostructures self-assembled from cationic bent-core oligomers . Small. 10. (20). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 4130-4135.

Ke, X., Ng, V.W.L., Ono, R.J., Chan, J.M.W., Krishnamurthy, S., Wang, Y., Hedrick, J.L., Yang, Y.Y.(2014). Role of non-covalent and covalent interactions in cargo loading capacity and stability of polymeric micelles . Journal of Controlled Release. 193. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 9-26.

Engler, A.C., Chan, J.M.W., Coady, D.J., O'Brien, J.M., Sardon, H., Nelson, A., Sanders, D.P., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2013). Accessing new materials through polymerization and modification of a polycarbonate with a pendant activated ester . Macromolecules. 46. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1283-1290.

Sardon, H., Engler, A.C., Chan, J.M.W., Coady, D.J., O'Brien, J.M., Mecerreyes, D., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2013). Homogeneous isocyanate- and catalyst-free synthesis of polyurethanes in aqueous media . Green Chemistry. 15. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1121-1126.

Sardon, H., Engler, A.C., Chan, J.M.W., García, J.M., Coady, D.J., Pascual, A., Mecerreyes, D., Jones, G.O., Rice, J.E., Horn, H.W., et al.(2013). Organic acid-catalyzed polyurethane formation via a dual-activated mechanism: Unexpected preference of n-activation over o-activation of isocyanates . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135. (43). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 16235-16241.

Engler, A.C., Chan, J.M.W., Fukushima, K., Coady, D.J., Yang, Y.Y., Hedrick, J.L.(2013). Polycarbonate-based brush polymers with detachable disulfide-linked side chains . ACS Macro Letters. 2. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 332-336.

Chan, J.M.W., Bauer, S., Sorek, H., Sreekumar, S., Wang, K., Toste, F.D.(2013). Studies on the vanadium-catalyzed nonoxidative depolymerization of Miscanthus giganteus-derived lignin . ACS Catalysis. 3. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1369-1377.

Chan, J.M.W., Sardon, H., Engler, A.C., García, J.M., Hedrick, J.L.(2013). Tetra- N -Butylammonium fluoride as an efficient transesterification catalyst for functionalizing cyclic carbonates and aliphatic polycarbonates . ACS Macro Letters. 2. (10). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 860-864.

Chan, J.M.W., Amarante, G.W., Toste, F.D.(2011). Tandem cycloisomerization/Suzuki coupling of arylethynyl MIDA boronates . Tetrahedron. 67. (24). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 4306-4312.

Chan, J.M.W., Kooi, S.E., Swager, T.M.(2010). Synthesis of stair-stepped polymers containing dibenz[a, h]anthracene subunits . Macromolecules. 43. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2789-2793.

Chan, J.M.W., Tischler, J.R., Kooi, S.E., Bulović, V., Swager, T.M.(2009). Synthesis of j-aggregating dibenz[a,j]anthracene-based macrocycles . Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131. (15). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 5659-5666.

Song, Y., Chan, J.M.W., Tovian, Z., Secrest, A., Nagy, E., Krysiak, K., Bergan, K., Parniak, M.A., Oldfield, E.(2008). Bisphosphonate inhibitors of ATP-mediated HIV-1 reverse transcriptase catalyzed excision of chain-terminating 3′-azido, 3′-deoxythymidine: A QSAR investigation . Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. 16. (19). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 8959-8967.

Chan, J.M.W., Swager, T.M.(2008). Synthesis of arylethynylated cyclohexa-m-phenylenes via sixfold Suzuki coupling . Tetrahedron Letters. 49. (33). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 4912-4914.

Hudock, M.P., Sanz-Rodríguez, C.E., Song, Y., Chan, J.M.W., Zhang, Y., Odeh, S., Kosztowski, T., Leon-Rossell, A., Concepción, J.L., Yardley, V., et al.(2006). Inhibition of Trypanosoma cruzi hexokinase by bisphosphonates . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 215-223.

Kotsikorou, E., Song, Y., Chan, J.M.W., Faelens, S., Tovian, Z., Broderick, E., Bakalara, N., Docampo, R., Oldfield, E.(2005). Bisphosphonate inhibition of the exopolyphosphatase activity of the Trypanosoma brucei soluble vacuolar pyrophosphatase . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48. (19). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 6128-6139.

Ling, Y., Sahota, G., Odeh, S., Chan, J.M.W., Araujo, F.G., Moreno, S.N.J., Oldfield, E.(2005). Bisphosphonate inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondi growth: In vitro, QSAR, and in vivo investigations . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48. (9). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 3130-3140.

Sanders, J.M., Song, Y., Chan, J.M.W., Zhang, Y., Jennings, S., Kosztowski, T., Odeh, S., Flessner, R., Schwerdtfeger, C., Kotsikorou, E., et al.(2005). Pyridinium-1-yl bisphosphonates are potent inhibitors of farnesyl diphosphate synthase and bone resorption . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48. (8). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2957-2963.

Sanders, J.M., Ghosh, S., Chan, J.M.W., Meints, G., Wang, H., Raker, A.M., Song, Y., Colantino, A., Burzynska, A., Kafarski, P., et al.(2004). Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships for γδ T Cell Activation by Bisphosphonates . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 47. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 375-384.

Ghosh, S., Chan, J.M.W., Lea, C.R., Meints, G.A., Lewis, J.C., Tovian, Z.S., Flessner, R.M., Loftus, T.C., Bruchhaus, I., Kendrick, H., et al.(2004). Effects of Bisphosphonates on the Growth of Entamoeba histolytica and Plasmodium Species in Vitro and in Vivo . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 47. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 175-187.