Dr. Caroline Schauer

Education

• Ph.D., chemistry, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY; April 1997
• Dissertation: “The Development of Strategies for the Design and Synthesis of Molecular Solids”
• MS, chemistry, SUNY at Stony Brook; Stony Brook, NY; December 1994
• BS, chemistry, Beloit College; Beloit, WI; May 1991
  

Professional Experience

• Graduate Advisor, 09/06-09/07
  Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University
• Assistant Professor, 9/03-present
  Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), Drexel University
  Projects: Biosensors and Natural Color
• NRC Research Associate, 9/01- 9/03
  Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory with Dr. Frances S. Ligler
  Project title: Colored chitosan thin films
• Postdoctoral Fellow, 12/98-7/01
  Tufts University with Prof. David R. Walt
  Project titles: Glutamate biosensor, protein cross-reactive arrays, and Enzyme-based biosensors
• Postdoctoral Fellow, 7/97-4/98
  University of Twente, the Netherlands with Prof. David N. Reinhoudt
  Project titles: Liquid crystals and Hydrogen bonded polymers

Featured Publications

• Jessica D. Schiffman; Caroline L. Schauer Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8(9) 2665-2667. “One-step electrospinning of cross-linked chitosan fibers”
• Jessica D. Schiffman; Caroline L. Schauer Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8(2), 594-601. “Cross-linked Chitosan Nanofibers”
• Matthew D. Cathell, Caroline L. Schauer Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8(1), 33-41. “Structurally Colored Films of Ca2+ Crosslinked Alginate”