Erik_Berda

Erik Berda

Department Chair and Professor, Chemistry
PROFESSOR
Phone: (603) 862-1762
Office: Chemistry, Parsons Hall Rm N227, Durham, NH 03824
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Pronouns: He/him/his

Erik Berda joined the Materials Science Program and Department of Chemistry in 2010 after 2 years in the Netherlands as a postdoctoral research with Bert Meijer at Eindhoven University of Technology. Erik's research focuses on the synthesis of nanostructured polymer building blocks from single polymer chains and methods to tailor these materials towards real world applications.

Courses Taught

  • CHEM 400: Freshman Seminar
  • CHEM 545: Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 547: Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 548: Organic Chemistry II
  • CHEM 651: Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 696: Independent Study
  • CHEM/MS 795/918/905: Top/Macromolecular Synthesis
  • INCO 790: Adv Rsrch Exp/Chemistry
  • LAP 501: Top/Intro to Martial Arts

Education

  • Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Florida
  • B.S., Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University

Selected Publications

  • Reville, E. K., Sylvester, E. H., Benware, S. J., Negi, S. S., & Berda, E. B. (2022). Customizable molecular recognition: advancements in design, synthesis, and application of molecularly imprinted polymers. POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 13(23), 3387-3411. doi:10.1039/d1py01472b

  • Patenaude, B. F., Berda, E. B., & Pazicni, S. (2022). Probing secondary coordination sphere interactions within porphyrin-cored polymer nanoparticles. POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 13(5), 677-683. doi:10.1039/d1py01005k

  • Chen, R., & Berda, E. B. (2020). 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Re-examining Single-Chain Nanoparticles. ACS MACRO LETTERS, 9(12), 1836-1843. doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00774

  • Cole, J. P., Lessard, J. J., Rodriguez, K. J., Hanlon, A. M., Reville, E. K., Mancinelli, J. P., & Berda, E. B. (2017). Single-chain nanoparticles containing sequence-defined segments: using primary structure control to promote secondary and tertiary structures in synthetic protein mimics. POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 8(38), 5829-5835. doi:10.1039/c7py01133d

  • Hanlon, A. M., Martin, I., Bright, E. R., Chouinard, J., Rodriguez, K. J., Patenottea, G. E., & Berda, E. B. (2017). Exploring structural effects in single-chain "folding" mediated by intramolecular thermal Diels-Alder chemistry. POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 8(34), 5120-5128. doi:10.1039/c7py00320j

  • Hanlon, A. M., Lyon, C. K., & Berda, E. B. (2016). What Is Next in Single-Chain Nanoparticles?. MACROMOLECULES, 49(1), 2-14. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01456

  • Lyon, C. K., Prasher, A., Hanlon, A. M., Tuten, B. T., Tooley, C. A., Frank, P. G., & Berda, E. B. (2015). A brief user's guide to single-chain nanoparticles. POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 6(2), 181-197. doi:10.1039/c4py01217h

  • Tuten, B. T., Chao, D., Lyon, C. K., & Berda, E. B. (2012). Single-chain polymer nanoparticles via reversible disulfide bridges. POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 3(11), 3068-3071. doi:10.1039/c2py20308a

  • Berda, E. B., Foster, E. J., & Meijer, E. W. (2010). Toward Controlling Folding in Synthetic Polymers: Fabricating and Characterizing Supramolecular Single-Chain Nanoparticles. MACROMOLECULES, 43(3), 1430-1437. doi:10.1021/ma902393h

  • Foster, E. J., Berda, E. B., & Meijer, E. W. (2009). Metastable Supramolecular Polymer Nanoparticles via Intramolecular Collapse of Single Polymer Chains. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 131(20), 6964-+. doi:10.1021/ja901687d

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