Ethan frome

Education: Ph.D. Chemistry - Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1967, B. A. Chemistry
- Cornell University, 1963
Career Highlights:
One of four Hoechst Celanese Research Fellows
Led the teams that invented and commercialized high Invented high modulus, low
shrinkage polyester tire cord
Led the teams that invented Vectra Liquid Crystalline Polyester, played leadership
role in product commercialization
Academic Experience: Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Materials Program, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Director, Medical Device
Concept Laboratory, 1998 - New Jersey Center for Biomaterials and Medical Devices,
Chemistry Department, Rutgers University, Chief Scientist, Industrial Programs
Non-Academic Experience: 1986 - 1998 - Hoechst Celanese Corporation, 1991-
1998: Research Fellow, 1967 -1986 – Celanese Corporation, Central Research, Research
chemist, Group leader, Manager, Research Associate
Professional Organizations: AAAS, ACS, APS, IUPAC, NATAS, Fiber Society
Honors and Awards: ACS Fellow - 2012, 2011, 1995 Thomas Alva Edison Patent
Award presented by the Research and Development council of New Jersey, North
American Thermal Analysis Society Lifetime Achievement Award – 2010, Polymeric
Materials: Science and Engineering Divisions of the American Chemical Society
Distinguished Service Award – 2010, National Associate of the National Research
Council – 2008. IUPAC Fellow – 2006, Chairman of the Polymeric Materials: Science
and Engineering Division of the American Chemical Society – 1991, Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science – 1993, Chairman – United States
IUPAC Policy Committee – 2002 – 2005, Member of the National Materials Advisory
Board – 1991-2001
Service Activities: Fiber society Editor, Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics –
2008 – 2011, Editor of Journal, “Polymers for Advanced Technologies” – 1989 – 2001,
NRC ARL Boards on Armor and Armament, 2011 -, NRC ARL Board of BioSciences,
2012, NMAB 1991 -2001, Globalization of Materials R&D Committee (2004 - 2006),
Defense after Next Committee (1999- 2003), Liquid crystal Polymer Committee (1987-
1988), High Performance Fiber Committee (1989-1990), Hierarchical Structures in
Biology as Paradigms for New Material Development Committee (1995-1996), American
Chemical Society: Member – Budget and finance committee (2007 - ), Member -
Committee on Professional Training (1991-2000), Member – Committee on Science
(2001 - 2010), Chair, subcommittee on Science Policy (2005-2009), Polymeric Materials:
Science & Engineering Division, Member of Executive Board (1984-Present), Treasurer
(1987-1988), Vice Chairman (1989), Chairman (1991), Councilor (1998 -)
Recent Publications:
1.T. Arinzeh, M. Jaffe, and S. Shanmugasundaram, “Substrate Recognition by Differentiable, Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells”, U.S. Pat. Appl Publ. (2006) 2.Y. Gafni, Y. Zilberman, Z. Ophir, R. Abramivutch, M. Jaffe. Z. Gazlit, A. Domb and D. Gazlit, “Design of a Filamentous Polymeric Scaffold for in Vivo Guided Angiogenesis”, Tissue Engineering (2006), 12(11), 3021-3034 3. S. Malhotra, V. Kumar, A. East and M. Jaffe, “Applications of Corn-Based Chemistry, The Bridge (NAE), 2007(Winter), 37(4), 17 4.H. Dodiuk Kenig, K. Lizenboim, S. Roth, B. Zalsman, W. A. McHale, M. Jaffe and K.Griswold., “Performance Enhancement of Dental Composites Using Electrospun Fibers”. J. of Nanomaterials (2008) 5.N. Tovar, S. Bourke, M. Jaffe, S. Murthy, J. Kohn, C. Gatt and M. Dunn, “A Comparison of Resorbable Synthetic Fibers for Anterior Crusiate Ligament Reconstruction”, J. Biomed.Matls. Res. (2008) 6. Casarano, R., Bentini, R., Bueno, V., Iacovella, T., Monteriro, F., Iha, F., Campa, A., Denise, F., Jaffe, M., and Catalani, l., (2009), Enhanced fibroblast adhesion and proliferation on electrospun fibers obtainied from poly(iososrbide succinate-b-lactide) block copolymers, Polymer, 50(26) 6218-6227 7.Casarano, R., Petri, D., Jaffe, M., Catalani, L., Synthesis and structural characterization of block and random low molecular weight copolymers composed of L-lactic acid and isosorbide succinate moieties, (2009) J. Brazilian Chemical Society, 20(8), 1414-1424 8.Tovar, N., Bourke, S., Murthy, S. N., Kohn, J., Gatt, C., Dunn, M.G., “A comparison of degradable synthetic polymer fibers for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Part A (2010), 93A(2), 738-747 9.Casarano, R., Petri, Denise, F.S., Jaffe, M., Catalani, L. H., Copolymers Containing (R)-3-Hydroxybutyrate and Isosorbide Succinate or (S)-Lactic Acid Mers, Journal of Polymers and the E (2010), (18)1, 33-44nvironment 10. M. Jaffe and A. J. east, “Polyester Fibers” in handbook of Fiber Chemistry. M. 11. Eichhorn, S., Hearle, j., Jaffe, M., and Kikutani, T.eds. (2009), Handbook of textile fibre structure, vol. 1&2, Woodhead, 1024pg) 12. Feng, X., East, A. J., Hammond, w., Jaffe, (2010) M. Sugar-Based Chemicals for Environmentally Sustainable Applications, in Contemporary Science of Polymeric Material American chemical Society, 3-27 13. East, A., Jaffe, M., Hammond, W., Feng, X. New Polyesters derived from asymmetrical monomers based upon bisanhydrohexitols, PCT Int. Appl. WO 2011116270 A1 20110922 14. Wang, S., Banerjee, A., Maatario, B., Arinzeh, T., Ophir, Z., Jaffe, M., Collins, G., Structure and Morphology of electrospun collagen blends, Bioinspired, biomimetic and Nanomaterials (2012), 1(4), 202-213 15. Feng, X., East, A., Hammond, W., Ophir, Z., Zhang, Y., Jaffe, M., Journal of Thermal analysis and Calorimetry (2012), 109(3), 1267-1275

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