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Professional Preparation

B.S., Chemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH 1999.
B.S., Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 1999.
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2002.
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2004.

Appointments

Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Mat. Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2010–present.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Mat. Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2004–2010.
Thrust Graduate Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, 2003-2004.
NSF IGERT Graduate Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemical Eng., Purdue University, 2000-2002.

Selected Publications

• H.D. Chirra, J.Z. Hilt. Nanoscale Characterization of the Equilibrium and Kinetic Response of Hydrogel Structures. Langmuir, 26: 11249-11257, 2010.
• S.A. Meenach, K.W. Anderson, J.Z. Hilt. Synthesis and Characterization of Thermoresponsive Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Hydrogels and Their Magnetic Nanocomposites.  Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 48: 3229–3235, 2010.
• N.S. Satarkar, J.Z. Hilt. Magnetic Hydrogel Nanocomposites for Remote Controlled Pulsatile Drug Release. Journal of Controlled Release, 130: 246-251, 2008.
• N.S. Satarkar, J.Z. Hilt. Hydrogel Nanocomposites as Remote-Controlled Biomaterials. Acta Biomaterialia, 4: 11–16, 2008.
• N.A. Peppas, J. Z. Hilt, A. Khademhosseini, R. Langer, “Hydrogels in Biology and Medicine: From Molecular Principles to Bionanotechnology” Advanced Materials 18: 1345-1360, 2006.
• N.S. Satarkar, W. Zhang, R.E. Eitel, J.Z. Hilt. Magnetic Hydrogel Nanocomposites as Remote Controlled Microfluidic Valves. Lab-on-a-Chip, 9: 1773-1779, 2009.
• A.M. Hawkins, N.S. Satarkar, J.Z. Hilt. Nanocomposite Degradable Hydrogels: Demonstration of Remote Controlled Degradation and Drug Release. Pharmaceutical Research, 26: 667-673, 2009.
• R.A. Frimpong, J.Z. Hilt. Poly(n-isopropylacrylamide)-based hydrogel coatings on magnetite nanoparticles via atom transfer radical polymerization. Nanotechnology 19: 1-7,  2008.
• D. Biswal, H.D. Chirra, J.Z. Hilt*. Fabrication of Hydrogel Microstructures Using Polymerization Controlled by Microcontact Printing (PCμCP). Biomedical Microdevices 10:  213-219, 2008.
• R.A. Frimpong, S. Fraser, J.Z. Hilt. Synthesis and Temperature Response Analysis of Magnetic-Hydrogel Nanocomposites. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 80A: 1-6, 2007.