Dias Linton

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dias Linton University of Akron Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 170 University Avenue, Goodyear Polymer Center, Rm 413 Akron, OH USA 44325 Email: dlinton@uakron.edu Biographical Sketch: Dias Linton was born in 1982 in Malaysia. After graduating high school, she accepted a scholarship by the Public Services Department of Malaysia and pursued her undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, in September 2001. In August 2005, she moved to Knoxville, TN to continue her graduate career with a specialization in Polymer Chemistry, under the direction of Professor Mark Dadmun. Her graduate work involves the understanding of multicomponent system and focuses on the characterization of polymer nanocomposite’s homogeneity and extent of interaction between polymer matrix and nanofiller through the utilization of techniques such as small angle x-ray/neutron scattering, Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, wide angle neutron diffraction and molecular modeling. She successfully defended her dissertation on September 20th 2010 and received her Ph.D. in December 2010. On October 1st 2010, she became a research scholar in Professor Judit Puskas’ research group at the University of Akron, Ohio.