Postdoctoral Associate - Organic Chemistry
University of Colorado at Boulder - 1997
Michael Biewer
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education - School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Professor - Chemistry
Professional Preparation
Ph.D. - Organic Chemistry
Yale University - 1995
Yale University - 1995
B.S. - Organic Chemistry
Ohio State University - 1990
Ohio State University - 1990
Research Areas
Research Description
My research is focused on the understanding of intermolecular effects in ordered media. In particular we are investigating the effect different media impart upon chemical reactivity with the goal of designing organic systems with specific functional control. This broad research goal encompasses a number of different fields including semiconducting polymers for molecular electronics, biodegradable polymers for drug delivery and the incorporation of photochromic systems in a variety of devices.Publications
Improved Drug Delivery through Amide-Functionalized Polycaprolactones: Enhanced Loading Capacity and Sustained Drug Release 2025 - Journal Article
Computational design to experimental validation: molecular dynamics-assisted development of polycaprolactone micelles for drug delivery 2025 - Journal Article
Effects of varying chalcogenophene spacer units between indole and benzothiadiazole based D-A-D type semiconducting small molecules on the characteristics of organic field effect transistors (OFETs) 2025 - Journal Article
Fluorescent Poly(ε-Caprolactone)s Micelles for Anticancer Drug Delivery and Bioimaging 2025 - Journal Article
Photochromic Properties of Thiophene and Thiazole-Substituted Bicyclic Aziridine in Solution and Solid State 2025 - Journal Article
Comparative Evaluation of Pyrrole Fused Donor Moieties: 1H-Indole and Pyrrolo[2,3-b] Pyridine in Benzothiadiazole-Based D-A-D Type Conjugated Small Molecules for Organic Field-Effect Transistors 2025 - Journal Article
Effect of aromatic substituents on thermoresponsive functional polycaprolactone micellar carriers for doxorubicin delivery 2024 - Journal Article
Maleimide functionalized polycaprolactone micelles for glutathione quenching and doxorubicin delivery 2024 - Journal Article
Awards
Dean's Teaching Award - NSM [2008]
Dean's Teaching Award - NSM [2006]
Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award - UTD [1999]
Appointments
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics [2017–Present]
School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics [2017–Present]
Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2025–Present]
University of Texas at Dallas [2025–Present]
Associate Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [2003–2025]
University of Texas at Dallas [2003–2025]
Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1997–2003]
University of Texas at Dallas [1997–2003]