Education

• B.S., Bradley University
• Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia
• Postdoctoral, Caltech University

Research Interests

Organic, Organometallic and Material Chemistry: Development of Catalysts for Lightweight Fuel Cells; Late Transition Metal Catalysis; Study of Catalysts Using Microwave Irradiation; and Preparation of Self-Healing Bone Cement

Recent Presentations and Publications

• Biggs, P.; Jones, L., II; Lewis, G. (2009) “An Autonomically-Healed PMMA Bone Cement: Influence of the Crystal Size of Grubbs’ Catalyst on Fracture Toughness and Polymerisation Rate,” Int. J. Nano and Biomaterials," 2(6) 494.
• Lewis, G.; Wellborn, B., Jones, L., II, Biggs, P. (2009)“A Room-Temperature Autonomically-Healing PMMA Bone Cement: Influence of Composition on Fatigue Crack Propagation Rate,” Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Biomechanics,"  7(2) 90.
• Biggs, P.; Jones, L., II; Lewis, G. (2007)“Incorporation of Microencapsulated Dicyclopentadiene into an Acrylic Bone Cement Matrix,” PMSE, 96, 498.

Memberships

• Member, American Chemical Society
• Project Director, NSF Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program