Laura K Povlich: Graduate Student, University of Michigan Macromolecular Science and Engineering

lpovlich@umich.edu

Research Summary:

The development of new polymeric materials for neural electrodes. This includes conductive polymers that are covalently linked to biologically important peptides, such as peptide-functionalized PEDOT, and conductive polymers that are present in natural systems, such as melanin.

Education:

• BSE Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2006

Affiliations:

Scientific Society Memberships:

• American Chemical Society POLY division
• Materials Research Society
• Alpha Sigma Mu

Recent Abstracts:

1. LK Povlich, JC Cho, J Kim and DC Martin, Functionalized Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) for Bio-electrode Coatings, Materials Research Society Conference April 2007
2. LK Povlich, JC Cho, S Spanninga, J Kim and DC Martin, Carboxylic Acid-modified EDOT for Bio-functionalization of Neural Probe Electrodes, American Chemical Society Conference March 2007

Recent Publications:

1. K Lee, LK Povlich, and J Kim, Self-signal Amplifying DNA Detection using Completely Water-soluble and Highly Fluorescent Polymer Bioconjugates, Advanced Functional Materials - In Press
2. SM Richardson-Burns, JL Hendricks, B Foster, LK Povlich, DH Kim and DC Martin, Polymerization of the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) around living neural cells, Biomaterials 28, 1539-1552, 2007

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