Education

• 2006-2010 Postdoctoral Fellow: Rutgers University (New Jersey Center for Biomaterials) / University of Pennsylvania; Mentors: Joachim Kohn / Christopher Chen
• 2000-2005 Postdoctoral Associate: Georgia Institute of Technology; Mentor: Gary Schuster
• 1995-2000 Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Tulane University; Mentor: V. Ramamurthy
• 1992-1994 M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Hyderabad

Research Interests

• Development of functionalized biomaterials with tunable properties for the regulation of cell functions
• Development of photo-responsive materials
• Synthesis of polymers and oligomers for drug delivery
• Value added engineering of readily available natural biopolymers

Awards

• 2010: 3M Non-tenured faculty award
• 2006–2008: NIH Ruth Kirschstein postdoctoral fellowship

Contact Information

Abraham Joy
Department of Polymer Science
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio 44325-3909

E-mail: abraham@uakron.edu
Voice: (330) 972-6004

Recent Publications

1. J. Ghosh, D. Lewitus, P. Chandra, A. Joy, J. Bushman, D. Knight, J. Kohn; Computational modeling of in vitro biological responses on polymethacrylate surfaces; Polymer, 2011, 52, 2650
2. A. Joy, D. Cohen, A. Luk, E. Anim-Danso, C. Chen, J. Kohn; Control of surface chemistry, substrate stiffness and cell function in a novel terpolymer methacrylate library; Langmuir 2011, 27, 1891
3. H.-J. Sung, A. Luk, N.S. Murthy, Er Liu, M. Jois, A. Joy, J. Bushman, P.V. Moghe, J. Kohn; Poly(ethylene glycol) as a sensitive regulator of cell survival fate on polymeric biomaterials: The interplay of cell adhesion and pro-oxidant signaling mechanisms; Soft Matter 2010, 6, 5196
4. A. Joy, E. Anim-Danso, J. Kohn; Simple, rapid and highly sensitive detection of diphosgene and triphosgene by spectrophotometric methods; Talanta, 2009, 80, 231
5. A. Ghosh, A. Joy, G. B. Schuster, T. Douki and J. Cadet; Selective one-electron oxidation of duplex DNA oligomers: Reaction at thymine; Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008, 6, 916
6. R. N. Barnett, A. Bongiorno, C. L. Cleveland, A. Joy, U. Landman, G. B. Schuster; Oxidative Damage to DNA: Counterion-assisted addition of water to ionized DNA; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 10795
7. A. Joy, A. Ghosh, G. B. Schuster; One-electron oxidation of DNA oligomers that lack guanine: Reaction and strand cleavage at remote thymines by long-distance radical cation hopping; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 5346

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society
Society for Biomaterials
Materials Research Society