Professor Bridgette Budhlall's Curriculum Vitae

Education

 

2000        Ph.D., in Polymer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. USA.

1992        B.Sc., Natural Sciences, (Hons) majoring in Anal. Chem. & Biochem., Univ. of the West-Indies, Trinidad.

Professional Experience

 

2013- Present     Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. MA. USA.

2007- 2013         Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. MA. USA.

2006- 2007         Research Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. NC. USA.

1999- 2006         Senior Research Chemist, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Allentown. PA. USA.

1995- 1999         Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. PA. USA.

1992-1995          R&D Chemist, SRA International, Inc., Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago. West-Indies.

Honors & Awards

 

2012          Mark and Elisia Saab Endowed Professorship in Sustainable Plastics Engineering.

2011          Dandeneau Endowed Professorship in Green Plastics Materials.

2006          International Network of Emerging Science & Tech. (INEST) Fellow - Phillip Morris USA.

1998          Ticona Award - received for excellence in research, Society for Plastics Engineers.

1998          Ken Earhart Award - received for excellence in research, Emulsion Polymers Institute.

1996          Henry Mason Award - received for highest score in the Ph.D. Qualifying exam, Lehigh University.

1995          SRA International Scholarship - Full Tuition and Living Expenses.

Journal Publications

 

  1. "Probing the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of PEGylated PNIPAm Hydrogels", 2014, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall. (submitted and in review).
  2. "Enhancing the Colloidal Stability, Electronic and Optical Properties of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in Water", 2014, ,R. Devre, B. Budhlall and C. Barry. (submitted and in review).
  3. "Temperature Dependence of Serum Protein Adsorption of Thermoresponsive PEGylated PNIPAm Microgels", T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, 2013, 103, 244-252.
  4. “The Limited Utility of the Dichlorofluorescin (DCFH) Assay for Measuring Oxidative Stress Elicited by Engineered Nanomaterials”, A. Pal, D. Bello, B. Budhlall, E. Rogers and D. K. Milton. Dose-Response, 2012, 10 (3), 308-330.
  5. "Thermoresponsive Semicrystalline Poly(caprolactone) Networks: Exploiting Crosslinking in Cinnamoly Moieties to Design Shape Memory Polymers", A. Garle, S. Kong, U. Ohja and B. Budhlall ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2012, 4 (2), 645-657.
  6. "Multicore/Shell PNIPAm-co-PEGMa Microcapsules for Cell Encapsulation”, T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Langmuir, 2011, 27 (22), 13468-13480.
  7. “Effects of Particle Surface Charge, Species, Concentration, and Dispersion Methods on the Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids. R. Gowda, H. Sun, P. Wang, M. Charmchi, F. Gao, Z. Gu, and B. Budhlall, Advanced Mechanical Engineering, 2010. doi:10.1155/2010/807610.
  8. “Microwave, Photo-, & Thermally Responsive AuNP/PNIPAm Microgels”, B. Budhlall, M. Marquez, and O. Velev. Langmuir, 2008, 24, (20), 11959-11966.
  9. “Monolith Catalytic Process for Producing Sorbitol”, R. Broekhuis, B. Budhlall, and A. Nordquist. Industrial & Engineering Chemical Research, 2004, 43 (17), 5146-5155.
  10. “Characterization of Partially Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol). Effect of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Molecular Architecture on Aqueous Phase Conformation”, B. M. Budhlall, K. Landfester, E.D. Sudol, V. L. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser. Macromolecules, 2003, 36 (25), 9477-9484.
  11. “Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of the Film Surface Characteristics of Poly(vinyl acetate) Latex Prepared with Poly(vinyl alcohol)”, B. Budhlall, O. Shaffer, E.D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser. Langmuir, 2003, 19 (23), 9968-9972.
  12. “Role of Grafting in the Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate I: Effect of Degree of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blockiness on the Kinetics and Mechanism of Grafting”, B. Budhlall, E. D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser. Journal of Polymer Science; Part A-1: Polymer Chemistry, 2001, 39, 3633-3654.
  13. “Characterization of Partially Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol) I : Sequence distribution of Poly(vinyl alcohol) via 13C and 1H-NMR and a reversed-phased gradient elution HPLC technique”, B. Budhlall, K. Landfester, D. Nagy, E.D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser. Macromolecular Symposia, 2000, 155, 63-64.

Patents

  1. Z. Aris, R. Bouldin, R. Nagarajan, B. Budhlall, V. Bavishi; "Hydrophilic modification of water insoluble polysaccharide as surface-active agents", US Patent Application, 2014. US 2014/0045218.
  2. B.M. Budhlall, A. L. Garle; "Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers", US Patent Application, 2013. US 2013/0150533.
  3. B.M. Budhlall, A. L. Garle; “Biodegradable Shape Memory Polymers”, PCT World Patent Application, 2012, WO 2012/027573 A2.
  4. P. Zhang, B.M. Budhlall, G.E. Parris, L. Cox; "Immersion Lithography Fluids”, US Patent, 2011, US 8,007,986 B2.
  5. P. Zhang, B.M. Budhlall, G.E. Parris, L. Cox; “Immersion Lithography Fluids”, US Patent, 2011, US 7,879,531 B2.
  6. P. Zhang, B.M. Budhlall, G.E. Parris, L. Cox; “Immersion Lithography Fluids”, US Patent Application, 2007, US20070229795A1.
  7. P. Zhang, B.M. Budhlall, G.E. Parris, L. Cox; “Immersion Lithography Fluids”, US Patent Application, 2005, US20050173682A1.
  8. P. Zhang, B.M. Budhlall, G.E. Parris, L. Cox; "Immersion Lithography Fluids”, European Patent Application, 2005, EP 1557721A2.

 

Book Chapters (Refereed)

  1. “Synthetic Resins and Plastics”, R. D. Deanin, J. L. Mead, M. Wei and B. M. Budhlall, pp. 623-687. In Kent and Riegel's Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology, (12th ed.), J.A. Kent, Ed., Springer, Germany, 2013.

Conference Proceedings (Refereed)

 

  1. "Synthesis of epsilon-Caprolactone-based Shape Memory Polymers with Antimicrobial Properties", A. Garle and B. Budhlall, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2012, 53 (2) 437.
  2. "Role of Polymer Architecture on the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Swelling and Drug Release from PNIPAm-co-PEG Hydrogels", T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2012, 53 (2) 435.
  3. "Design and Synthesis of a Novel Biodegradable Polymers for Biomedical Applications”, A. Garle, S. Kong and B. Budhlall, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 2010, 51 (2) 255.
  4. "Combination of ROP and RAFT for Synthesis of a Novel Biodegradable, Stimuli Responsive P(CL-ran-CCL)-b-PNIPAm-b-P(CL-ran-CCL) Triblock Copolymer”, A. Garle, U. Ojha and B. Budhlall, Polymer Materials Science & Engineering Preprints (ACS), 2009,101, 1222.
  5. "Synthesis of Thermo-responsive Copolymers composed of Poly(ethylene glycol) and Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) for Cell Encapsulation” T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall, Materials Research Society (MRS) Symposium Proceedings, 2008, 1134 (Polymer-Based Smart Materials-Processes, Properties and Application), Paper #: 1134-BB08-46.
  6. "Microwave, Photo- & Thermally Responsive PNIPAm - Gold Nanoparticle Microgels" B. M. Budhlall, S. T. Chang, M. Marquez and O. Velev. Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Preprints (ACS), 2008, 99, 835.
  7. "Surfactant Free, Solid Stabilized Emulsion as a Template to Synthesize Janus Colloidosomes” N. Pardhy and B. Budhlall, Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Preprints (ACS), 2008, 99, 322.
  8. "High Refractive Index Immersion Fluids for 193nm Immersion Lithography”, B. Budhlall, G. Parris, P. Zhang, X. Gao, Z. Zarkov, B. Ross, S. Kaplan and J. Burnett. Int. Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE): Microlithography, 2005, 5754-58.
  9. “Characterization of Partially Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol)”, B. Budhlall, K. Landfester, D. Nagy, E.D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser. Polymer Materials Science and Engineering (ACS), 1999, 80, 550-551.

 

Invited Talks

 

2014    Merck Sharpe & Dohme Corp., Summit, NJ.

2013    Nanovirusides., New Haven, CT.

2012    MicroChem Corporation., Newton, MA.

2012    Biosurfaces, Inc., Ashland, MA.

2012    US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center, Natick, MA.

2010    Raytheon Corporation, Andover, MA.

2009   International Polymer Colloids Group Conference. II Ciocco, Italy.

2009    New England Society for Coatings Technology, (NESCT) Technical Symposium, Sturbridge, MA.

2009    Rhode Island College Colloquium, Dept. of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.

2008    Nanostructured Polymers Research Center, Dept. of Materials Science, Univ. of New Hampshire, NH.

2008    Invited and Presented a two-day workshop on “Printing Inks” at Hewlett Packard. San Diego. CA.

2008    SI2 Technologies, North Billerica, MA.

2007    Performance Indicator, Lowell, MA.

Papers Presented at Scientific Meetings

 

  • 2013 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 88th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Riverside, CA. June 26th 2013. "Polystyrene-Graphene Oxide Pickering Emulsions for Electronics" S. Muralidhara, M. J. Sobkowicz-Kline, and B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2013 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 88th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Riverside, CA. June 26th 2013. "Nanofluids Effect in Thermoresponsive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Microgels." T. Trongsatitkul and B M. Budhlall.
  • 2013 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 88th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Riverside, CA. June 26th 2013. "Bioconjugation of Quantum Dot Encapsulated in Polystyrene Colloids for Cellular Targeting" S. Muralidhara, K. M. Malu, P. Gaines, and B M. Budhlall.
  • 2013 - American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), National Conference, Atlanta, GA. June 23-26, 2013. "A New Interdisciplinary Engineering Course at University of Massachusetts Lowell - Nanoscale Transport Phenomena for Manufacturing Nanodevices" Zhiyong Gu, Bridgette Budhlall, Hongwei Sun, Carol Barry, Alfred Donatelli, and Jill Lohmeier.
  • 2013 - Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference (ANTEC) Cincinnati. OH. April 21st, 2013. "Novel Prototype to Study the Effects of Helical Spiral Flow on In-Vitro Biodegradation of Polymers for Bioimplants" B. Chasse and B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2012 - American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. October 28th, 2012. "A New Interdisciplinary Engineering Course at University of Massachusetts Lowell - Nanoscale Transport Phenomena for Manufacturing Nanodevices” Zhiyong Gu, Bridgette Budhlall, Hongwei Sun, Carol Barry, Alfred Donatelli, and Jill Lohmeier.
  • 2012 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 87th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland. June 13, 2012, “ Photostable Bioimaging Probes via Pickering Emulsions”. S. Muralidhara, M. Vegliante, K. Malu, P. Gaines and B. Budhlall.
  • 2012 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 87th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland. June 13, 2012, “ Doxorubicin Release Kinetics of Polymer-Liposome Nanocapsules”. T. Trongsatitkul, M. Ruano-Aldea, K. Der and B. Budhlall.
  • 2012 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 87th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland. June 13, 2012, “ The Role of Nanofluids on the Thermal Conductivity of PNIPAm Microgels”. T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall.
  • 2012 - 16th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC. June 18-20, 2012. “Microwave-assisted synthesis and characterization of surfactants from renewable resources” Z. F. M. Aris, R. Bouldin, B. Budhlall and R. Nagarajan.
  • 2012 - American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Northeast Conference, Lowell. MA. April 26-28, 2012. "A New Interdisciplinary Engineering Course at University of Massachusetts Lowell - Nanoscale Transport Phenomena for Manufacturing Nanodevices” Zhiyong Gu, Bridgette Budhlall, Hongwei Sun, Carol Barry, Alfred Donatelli, and Jill Lohmeier.
  • 2011 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 86th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Montreal. Canada. June 19, 2011, “Novel Bioimaging Probes Synthesized by Encapsulation of Quantum Dots in Pickering Emulsions”. N. Pardhy, S. Muralidhara, K. Malu, P. Gaines and B. Budhlall.
  • 2011 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 86th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Montreal. Canada. June 19, 2011, “Drug Delivery from Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-poly(ethylene glycol) Microspheres: Effect of Particle Morphology on Release Kinetics’ T. Trongsatitkul and B. Budhlall.
  • 2011 - 15th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, DC. June 21st 2011. “Enzymatic Synthesis of Polysaccharide-based Biosurfactants” Z. F. M. Aris, R. Bouldin, B. Budhlall and R. Nagarajan.
  • 2011  - American Chemical Society (ACS) 241st National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. March 27th, 2011. Surface Active Polymers Derived from Naturally Occurring Polysaccharides” Z. F. M. Aris, R. Bouldin, B. Budhlall, R. Nagarajan.
  • 2010 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 240th National Meeting, Boston, MA. August 26th 2010. “Protein Adsorption Resistance of Thermoresponsive PEG-co-PNIPAm Microgels” T. Trongsatitkul and B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2010 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 240th National Meeting, Boston, MA. August 26th 2010. “Design and Synthesis of a Novel Biodegradable Polymer for Biomedical Applications” A. Garle, S. Kong and B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2010 - Nanotoxicology 2010, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh. Scotland. June 2nd 2010. “Screening for oxidative damage of engineered nanomaterials: Why the DCFH is of limited utility”. A. K. Pal, D. Bello, B. Budhlall and D. K. Milton.
  • 2009 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 83rd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, New York, NY. June 16, 2009, “Surfactant Free, Solid Stabilized Emulsion as a Template to Synthesize Janus Colloidosomes”. N. Pardhy and B. Budhlall.
  • 2009 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 237th National Meeting, Washington D.C. August 16th 2009 “Combination of ROP and RAFT for synthesis of a novel biodegradable, stimuli responsive P(CL-ran-CCL)-b-PNIPAm-b-P(CL-ran-CCL) triblock copolymer” A. Garle, U. Ojha, B. Budhlall.
  • 2008 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 236th National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. August 21st 2008 “Microencapsulation via Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation” B. M. Budhlall, M. Marquez and O. D. Velev.
  • 2008 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 82nd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Raleigh, NC. June 15, 2008, “Microwave, Photo- & Thermally Responsive PNIPAm - Gold Nanoparticle Microgels” B. M. Budhlall, M. Marquez and O. D. Velev.
  • 2007 - 16th Annual NC State University, Undergraduate Research Symposium, (RISE). Raleigh, NC. “Light Response of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide Hydrogels Containing Gold Nanoparticles” E. Hon, O. D. Velev and B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2006 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 80th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Boulder, CO. June 20, 2006, “Responsive Polymer Microcapsules Prepared by Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation". B. M. Budhlall, S. T. Chang, M. Marquez and O. D. Velev.
  • 2006 - 15th Annual NC State University, Undergraduate Research Symposium, (RISE). Raleigh, NC. “Cell Encapsulation in a Thermoresponsive Polymer Microcapsule”. J. Petitte O. D. Velev and B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2005 - International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE) Microlithography Conference, San Jose, CA., March 3rd, 2005. “High Refractive Index Immersion Fluids for 193nm Immersion Lithography”. B. M. Budhlall, G. Parris, P. Zhang and L. Barber.
  • 2004 - 13th International Conference on the Discrete Simulation of Fluid Dynamics (DSFD 2004), Cambridge, MA., 16-20 August 2004. "Wetting, Nanobubbles, and Interfacial Dynamics near the Liquid-Solid Interface”. X He, S Mehta, G. Parris, and B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2004 - International SEMATECH 157nm & Immersion Lithography Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, August 3rd, 2004. "Thermodynanic and Kinetic Study of Nanobubbles at the Liquid-Solid Interface: A modeling and AFM Study". B. M. Budhlall, I. Hyder, S. Metha and G. Parris.
  • 2004 - International SEMATECH 157nm & Immersion Lithography Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, August 2-5, 2004. New Immersion Fluid for 193nm Immersion Lithography”. B. M. Budhlall, and G. Parris.
  • 2003 - Catalyst Society of Metropolitan New York Spring Symposium, NY, March 21st, 2003, “High-throughput monolithic catalyst testing: A fully automated approach to process optimization and catalyst life testing.” B. M. Budhlall and R. Broekhuis.
  • 2001 - Gordon Research Conference, Polymer Colloids, Tilton, NH. July 1-6, 2001, “Fundamental Study of Surfactants in Emulsion Polymerization: Effect of Surfactant type on Particle Size.” B. M. Budhlall
  • 2001 - Air Products & Chemicals, Annual R&D Conf. Topic Company Confidential. B. M. Budhlall.
  • 2000 - American Chemical Society 74th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Bethlehem, PA. June 19-21, 2000, “Role of Grafting in the Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate I: Effect of Degree of Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blockiness on the Kinetics and Mechanism of Grafting”. B. M. Budhlall, E. D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. El-Aasser.
  • 1999 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 217th National Meeting, Anaheim, California: March 21-25, 1999, “Characterization of Partially Hydrolyzed Poly(vinyl alcohol) I : Sequence distribution of Poly(vinyl alcohol) via 13C and 1H-NMR and a reversed-phased gradient elution HPLC technique". B. Budhlall, K. Landfester, D. Nagy, E.D. Sudol, V. Dimonie and M. S. El-Aasser.
  • 1996-99 - Annual Review Meeting, Emulsion Polymers Institute Liaison Program, Lehigh University; March ‘96, ’97, ’98 & 1999, “Grafting Reactions in the Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate using Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) as Emulsifier". B. M. Budhlall
  • 1998 - Ticona Award Meeting of the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), Bethlehem, PA. Oct 1998, “Characterization of Poly(vinyl alcohol) via 13C and 1H-NMR.”.B. M. Budhlall.
  • 1998 - American Chemical Society (ACS) 3rd National Graduate Polymer Conference, University of Akron, Akron OH; June 1998, “Characterization of Poly(vinyl alcohol) via 13C and 1H-NMR. B. Budhlall.