University of Scranton
B.S., Chemistry, 1989
Excellence in Chemistry Award, Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, Dean's List

Past Employment Experience
Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Taught general chemistry, instrumental analysis, and a remedial course in general chemistry. (1995-1997)

NASA-Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA. American Society for Engineering Education Fellow. Identified polymer matrices for use as pressure sensitive paint coatings in aeronautic wind tunnel testing applications. (Summer of 1997, 1998, & 1999)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD. Oak Ridge Institute Science and Education Fellow. Initiated research in developing attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy as a method for determining the specific binding interaction of a carbonyl-labeled hormonal drug with estrogen receptor sites of ovarian cancer. (Summer 1996)

Publications
Modzelewski, D.G.; Carey, D.H. "The Antimicrobial Effects of Silver-Coated Nylon Fabrics." JPA Acad. Sci. 2001, 75(1), 8.

Carey, D.H.; Grunzinger, S.J.; Ferguson, G.S. "Entropically Influenced Reconstruction at the PBD-ox/Water Interface: The Role of Physical Cross-linking and Rubber Elasticity." Macromolecules 2000, 33, 8802.

Carey, D.H. "The Surface Stability of Polymers with Adsorbed Fibronectin." J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 2000, 49, 12.

Carey, D.H.; Ferguson, G.S. "A Smart Surface: Entropic Control of Composition at a Polymer/Water Interface." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 9780.

Mumbauer, P.D.; Carey, D.H.; Ferguson, G.S. "Organic Chemistry at Polymer Surfaces to Promote Adhesion to Gold and Copper: Surface-Modified Polybutadiene Having Functional Groups Containing Sulfur." Chem. Mater. 1995, 7, 1303.

Carey, D.H.; Ferguson, G.S. "Synthesis and Characterization of Surface-Functionalized 1,2-Polybutadiene Bearing Hydroxyl or Carboxylic Acid Groups." Macromolecules 1994, 27, 7254.

Patents
Upchurch, B.; Olgesby, D.; Carey, D.H.; West, J. "Low Temperature Pressure Sensitive Paints." U.S. Pat. Appl. July 27, 1998.

Carey, D.H.; Pindzola, D.M.; Price, H.L. "Multi-Surfaced, Single-Sided Optical Disc." Eur. Pat. Appl. January 9, 1998.

Instrumental Experience
X-ray photoelectric spectroscopy (XPS); contact angle goniometer; Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy; differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); scanning electron microscopy (SEM); ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy; high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); gas chromatography (GC)

Professional Awards
Who's Who Among American Teachers (March 2004) Nominated by Norina Delonti
Who's Who Among American Teachers (March 2002) Nominated by Kristin A. Jeryga
Judge Award, Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (March 2002) King's College
Chapter Women of the Year (June 1999) Wyoming Valley American Business Women's Association