Will Koshut

Up next, is our senior undergrad, Will! Will was the first undergraduate researcher to join the Sydlik Group, and consequently is getting ready to submit his first paper as he applies for graduate school.

Will is a senior in Chemistry here at Carnegie Mellon. In the group, his project focused on the development of a curriculum for a graduate course that will investigate the mechanical properties of homopolymers, block copolymers, and random copolymers. Will is a member of the Carnegie Mellon Joint Funding Committee, All-Greek Community Standards Board, and Delta Tau Delta.  Will also volunteers for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, United Way, and Meals on Wheels. In his free time, Will enjoys playing golf, chess, and hanging out with friends. 

Group Picture, Fall 2015

Hello world! Here's our first official picture as the Sydlik Group at Carnegie Mellon. Taken Prof. Sydlik's first day of classes as a professor!

Sydlik Group, Fall 2015

Left to Right: Stefanie Sydlik (Professor), Zachary Smith (postdoc), Zoe Wright (GS2, Chem), Anne Arnold (GS2, Chem), Brian Holt (postdoc) Missing: Will Koshut (junior, Chem)

Dr. Brian Holt

Today, we'll have the first of our posts introducing group members. Up first, is postdoc extraordinaire, Brian Holt! Brian joined the Sydlik Group in July of 2015 and has been an essential member of the team ever since. Brian is a wealth of information, always willing to help, and an all around nice guy.

Dr. Holt received his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from CMU studying sub-cellular localization and processing of single wall carbon nanotubes. After switching to Materials Science and Engineering but remaining in his PhD group for a brief stint as a postdoc, he then joined The Sydlik Group in the Department of Chemistry. His biomedical engineering background and expertise in carbon nanotube/cell interaction will complement the group’s expertise in materials and polymer chemistry as he works on the project to develop osteomimetic graphene composite scaffolds for bone regeneration.

Education

Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014

B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2009

Professional Experience

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Chemistry

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2015 – Present

Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Research Associate, 2014 – 2015

Links

Publications: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/brian.holt.1/bibliography/48327362/public/

ACS Colloids Symposium

This week the Sydlik Group is attending our first conference! The ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium is being hosted at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, so we didn't have to travel far. ;) Annie and Zoe will be presenting a poster and Prof Sydlik will be giving a talk on the biocompatibility of our osteomimetic graphene materials for bone regeneration.

Our first "official" Sydlik Group picture! June 2015 (left to right: Prof. Sydlik, Zoe Wright, Anne Arnold)

Group Picture (May 2015)

In preparation for some upcoming talks, we took our very first group picture! Annie says we have to take a new one next week when we're better dressed.

Sydlik Group, June 2016: Anne Arnold (GS1), Stefanie Sydlik (Professor), Zoe Wright (GS1)