Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong - Associate Professor



Contact Information

Office Address:
EMS 1261
3200 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-5946
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: sgong@uwm.edu

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

or

P.O. Box 784
Department of Materials
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong

Education

Ph. D. - Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1999
M.S. - Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1994
B.E.- Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1991
B. Economics-Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1991

Research Interests


Biomaterials (e.g., drug delivery, tissue engineering scaffolds), biosensors, functional polymer nanocomposites (e.g., actuators, sensors), biobased plastics, and microcellular plastics.

Prof. Gong’s lab currently has two openings for post-docs/Ph. D. students with a strong background in polymer chemistry. Researchers with expertise in developing novel biomaterials and biodevices or functional polymer nanocomposites are strongly encouraged to apply. We intend to fill these positions ASAP. If you are interested in joining Prof. Gong’s group, please send your complete CV to her via email.

Selected Awards

  • NSF CAREER Award 2007-2012
  • UWM Research Foundation and Graduate School Outstanding Research Award 2007

Selected Publications

  1. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J. J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D. A., and Gong, S., “Gold Nanoparticles with a Monolayer of Doxorubicin-Conjugated Amphiphilic Block Copolymer for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery,” Biomaterials, 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.07.048
  2. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J. J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D. A., and Gong, S., “Amphiphilic Multi-Arm-Block Copolymer Conjugated with Doxorubicin via pH-Sensitive Hydrazone Bond for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery,” Biomaterials, 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.07.020
  3. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J. J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D. A., and Gong, S., “Folate-Conjugated Amphiphilic Hyperbranched Copolymers Based on Boltorn® H40, Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(ethylene glycol) for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery,” Biomaterials, 2009, 30: 3009-3019.
  4. Tiwari, A., Grailer, J. J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D. A., and Gong, S., “Biodegradable Hydrogels Based on Novel Photopolymerizable Guar Gum-Methacrylate Macromonomers for in situ Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds,” Acta Biomaterialia, 2009, in press.
  5. Li, S., and Gong, S, “A Substrate-Selective Nanoreactor Made of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Containing Catalytic Silver Nanoparticles,” Advanced Functional Materials, 2009, in press.
  6. Tiwari, A., Aryal, S., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “An Amperometric Urea Biosensor Based on Covalently Immobilized Urease on An Electrode Made of Hyperbranched Polyester Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles,” Talanta, 78 (4-5), pp. 1401-1407 (2009).
  7. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J. J., Steeber, D. A., and Gong, S., “Thermo-Sensitive Micelles Based on Folate-Conjugated Poly(N-vinylcaprolactam)-block-Poly(ethylene glycol) Copolymers for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery,” Macromolecular Bioscience, in press, 2009.
  8. Prabaharan, M., Grailer, J. J., Pilla, S., Steeber, D. A., and Gong, S., “Amphiphilic Multi-Arm-Block Copolymer Based on Hyperbranched Polyester, Poly(L-lactide) and Poly(ethylene glycol) as a Drug Delivery Carrier,” Macromolecular Bioscience, 9 (5), pp. 515-524 (2009).
  9. Aryal, S., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “Multifunctional Nano-micelles Formed by Amphiphilic Gold-Polycaprolactone-Methoxy Poly(ethylene glycol) (Au-PCL-MPEG) Nanoparticles for Potential Drug Delivery Applications,” Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, in press, 2008.
  10. Pilla, S., Kim, S. G., Auer, G. K., Gong, S., and Park, C. B., "Microcellular Extrusion of Polylactide with Chain-Extender," Polymer Engineering and Science, 49 (8), pp. 1653-1660 (2009).
  11. Aryal, S., Prabaharan, M., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “Biodegradable and Biocompatible Multi-arm Star Amphiphilic Block Copolymer as a Carrier for Hydrophobic Drug Delivery,” International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 44 (4), pp.346-352 (2009).
  12. Pilla, S., Kramschuster, A., Yang, L., Gong, S., Chandra, A., and Turng, L-S., "Microcellular Injection-Molding of Polylactide with Chain-Extender," Materials Science and Engineering: C, 29 (4), pp. 1258-1265 (2009).  
  13. Yang, L., Setyowati, K., Li, A., Gong, S., and Chen J., “Reversible Infrared Actuation of Carbon Nanotube-Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Nanocomposites,” Advanced Materials, 20, pp. 2271-2275 (2008).
  14. Yang, L., Zhang, C., Pilla, S., and Gong, S., “Polybenzoxazine-Core Shell Rubber-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites,” Composites Part A 39 (2008), pp. 1653-1659.
  15. Zhang, C., Liao, L., and Gong, S., “Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of PLLA-PEG-PLLA Triblock Copolymers,” Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 28, pp. 422-427 (2007).
  16. Zhang, C., Liao, L., and Gong, S., “Recent Developments in Microwave-Assisted Polymerization with a Focus on Ring-Opening Polymerization,” Green Chemistry, 9, pp. 303-314 (2007).
  17. Liao, L., Zhang, C., and Gong, S., “Microwave-Assisted Ring-Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonate in the Presence of Ionic Liquid,” Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 45, pp. 5857-5863 (2007).
  18. Liao, L., Zhang, C., and Gong, S., “Preparation of Poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/Clay Nanocomposites by Microwave-assisted in situ Ring-Opening Polymerization,” Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 28 (10), pp. 1148-1154 (2007).