Professional Preparation

Georgia Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering B.S., 1989
Georgia Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering Ph.D., 1994
Princeton University Chemical Engineering Postdoc, 1994-95

Professional Appointments

July 2003 – July 2010 Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Chemical & Mat. Eng. Programs
July 2007 – present Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
July 2001 – June 2007 Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
July 1995 – June 2001 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Selected Publications

• Ojogun, V. A., S. Vyas, H.J. Lehmler and B. L. Knutson “Partitioning of homologous nicotinic acid ester prodrugs (nicotinates) into dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC)  membrane bilayers,” Colloids and Surfaces, B: Biointerfaces, 2010, 78(1), 75-84.
• Ojogun, V.A., B.L. Knutson, S. Vyas and H.-J. Lehmler “Fluorophilicity of Hydrocarbon and Fluorinated Nicotinic Acid Esters Prodrugs,” J. of Fluorine Chemistry, 2010, 131(7),  784-790.
• Osei-Prempeh, G., A.F. Miller, H.J. Lehmler, B.L. Knutson and S.E. Rankin, “Comparison of Fluorocarbon And Hydrocarbon Functional Group Incorporation Into Nanoporous  Silica Employing Fluorinated and Hydrocarbon Surfactants As Templates,” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2010, 129, 189-199.
• Ojogun, V.A., H.J. Lehmler, and B. L. Knutson, “Cationic-Anionic Vesicle Templating from Fluorocarbon/Fluorocarbon and Hydrocarbon/Fluorocarbon Surfactants,” Journal of  Colloid and Interface Science, 2009, 338(1), 82-91.
• Xing, R., H.J. Lehmler, B.L. Knutson and S.E. Rankin, “Synthesis and Tuning of Bimodal Mesoporous Silica by Combined Hydrocarbon/Fluorocarbon Surfactant Templating,”  Langmuir, 2009, 25(11), 6486-6492.
• Timmons, M., S.E. Nokes, B.L. Knutson, H.J. Strobel, and B.C. Lynn, “Analysis of Composition and Structure of Clostridium thermocellum Membranes from Wild-type and  Ethanol-adapted Strains” Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2009, 82(5), 929-939.
• Osei-Prempeh, G., H.J. Lehmler, S.E. Rankin and B.L. Knutson, “Application of Fluoro-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica to Fluorous Separations,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2008,  47(3), 530-538.
• Ghosh, K., S. Bashadi, H.-J. Lehmler, S.E. Rankin and B.L. Knutson, “Pore Size Engineering in Fluorinated Surfactant Templated Mesoporous Silica Powders through Supercritical  Carbon Dioxide Processing,” Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2008, 113(1-3), 106-113.
• Lehmler, H.J., L. Xu, S. M. Vyas, V. A. Ojogun, B. L. Knutson and G. Ludewig, “Assessment of Nicotinic Acid Ester Prodrugs for Pulmonary Delivery Using Perfluorooctyl Bromide  (PFOB) as Vehicle” Int. J. Pharmaceutics, 2008, 353(1-2), 35-44.
• Ghosh, K., S.M. Vyas, H.-J. Lehmler, S.E. Rankin and B.L. Knutson, “Tailoring Porous Silica Films through Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Processing of Fluorinated Surfactant  Templates,” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111(2), 363-370.
• Bothun, G.D., B. L. Knutson, H. J. Strobel, and S.E. Nokes, “Liposome Fluidization and Melting Point Depression by Compressed and Liquid n-Alkanes,” Colloids and Surfaces, A:  Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2006, 279(1-3), 50-57.