Quirk, Roderic

Quirk, Roderic P. You, Fengxiang., Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 2003,88, 540-541. 

Quirk, Roderic P. Gomochak, Deanna L. Wesdemiotis, Chrys Arnould, Mark A., Journal of Polymer Science, Part A Polymer Chemistry, 2003,41, 947-957. 

Roderic P. Quirk and Janies H. Dunaway1 Institute of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325... 

RODERIC P. QUIRK, WEI-CHIH CHEN, and PAO-LUO CHENG Michigan Molecular Institute, Midland, MI 48640... 

Anionic Polymerization Principles and Practical Applications, Henry L. Hsieh and Roderic P. Quirk... 

Roderic P. Quirk, Sung H. Jang, Kwansoo Han, Huimin Yang, Brad Rix, and... 

Deanna L. Pickel joined the research staff at the Center for Nanophase Materials Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in July 2007. Her research interests are in the precise synthesis and characterization of well-defined materials, both in functionality and in architecture, to better understand the relationship between molecular structure and self-assembly at the nanoscale. In particular, she is interested in the use of MALDI-TOF MS to better understand the mechanism of various polymerization and functionalization chemistries. Deanna received her BS in chemistry and BA in mathematics in 1999 from Saint Mary s College in Notre Dame, IN, and PhD in 2003 from the University of Akron in polymer science under professor Roderic Quirk. Her doctoral research focused on the anionic synthesis and characterization of end functional polymers. She then joined Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, TN, where she worked on various process improvement projects and was a project leader for work on the weatherability of copolyesters. She moved to the Center for Nanophase Materials Science in July 2007, where she is a member of the Maaomolecular Nanomaterials Group. She is the recipient of the 2002 Eastman Chemical Company Fellowship, as well as a finalist in the 2002 Id Student Award in Applied Polymer Science. 

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