Skills

Synthesis: 

• Solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS)

• Monomer and polymer synthesis 

• Polymer cross-linking

• Peptide-polymer conjugation

• Hydrogel and organogel formation

Chromatography:

• Analytical and preparative reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

• Size exclusion chromatography (SEC)

• Thin layer chromatography (TIC)

Characterization techniques: 

• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

• Infrared (IR) spectroscopy

• Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy

• Matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI)

• Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)

• Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC)

• X-ray diffraction (XRD)

• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

• Dynamic light scattering (DLS)

• Oscillatory shear rheology

• Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA)

Computer Language and software

• MATLAB

• FORTRAN

• ChemDraw

• MestReNova

• OriginPro

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Powerpoint

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Visio