Jeremiah J. ZARTMAN

Department of Chemical Engineering
Engineering Quad, Room A221
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: 609-258-7254
jzartman@princeton.edu

EDUCATION:

Fall 2004- present Graduate Student in Ph.D. program, Department of Chemical EngineeringPrinceton University, Princeton, NJ

May 2004 Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering and Engineering Physics University of Colorado at Boulder

Graduation Honors:Outstanding Graduate for Research, College Academic Achievement Award (highest undergraduate GPA in the College of Engineering), Outstanding Senior Award in Chemical Engineering, CEC Silver Medal Certificate of Merit.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Spring 2005-present
Ph.D. thesis project
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
“The Fundamental Principles in Tissue Engineering: The Role of Crosstalk in Cell Differentiation”
The goal of this research is to elucidate and model the crosstalk between the EGFR and BMP signaling pathways in a relatively accessible and simple model of epithelial morphogenesis (the patterning of follicle cells during Drosophila melanogaster egg development) to gain a deeper understanding of tissue patterning. Current efforts include dissecting the crosstalk between the two pathways, developing models to aid in the formulation of hypotheses, and producing an integrated picture of EGFR and BMP crosstalk in dorsal appendage formation (with an emphasis on the regulation of cell adhesion) and dorsal/ventral patterning.

Summer 2004
Research Assistant
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Performed an economic study on the feasibility of solar production of hydrogen via the Zn/ZnO thermochemical cycle

Summer 2002
Research Assistant in the REU program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Project: Solvent-Vapor-Induced Growth of Oriented Organic Structures on Nano-Patterned SiO2 Gratings Researched the oriented organic crystal growth on grooved silicon substrates with possible applications in manufacturing organic transistors Gained experience with ESEM, AFM, videomicroscopy, and the evaporation of thin films of organic layers on substrates

Spring 1999 – Spring 2001, Spring 2002
Research Assistant
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Awarded three separate grants to research the growth mechanism of macrovoids during the dry-cast process of polymeric membrane formation Helped prepare zero -gravity research aboard KC-135 for Spring 2000 and participated in flights in July 2002 Gained experience with SEM sample preparation and analysis

Summer 2000
NSF/CU REU Research Assistant
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Characterization of a novel catalyst for the partial oxidation of methanol to hydrogen Second place in Departmental Student Poster Competition

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Cell patterning, signaling crosstalk, and cell adhesion during egg formation in Drosophila melanogaster.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

2004-2005 Princeton Hertz Fellowship

2004-2005 Princeton Wu Fellowship

2004 Senior Design Expo Award, University of Colorado, CO

2003-2004 Astronaut Scholar

2002 Goldwater Scholar

2002-2003 NSEP David L. Boren Scholar (for study in Khabarovsk, Russia)

1998 Boettcher Scholar,

1999 Norlin Scholar

1998 Robert C. Byrd Scholar

Other undergraduate scholarships and awards: Roche Colorado Scholarship, David M. Boyd, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, H.V. Foster Memorial Scholarship, Gillespie Engineering Scholarship.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Zartman, J., C. Perkins, and A.W. Weimer, “Preliminary Design and Boundary Economic Evaluation of Solar H2 Production via the Zn/ZnO Thermochemical Cycle,” under review for the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2005).
Pekny, M.R., Zartman, J. Krantz, W.B., Greenberg, A.R., and Todd, P. “Flow-visualization during macrovoid pore formation in dry-cast cellulose acetate membranes.” Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 211, Issue 1, 1 January 2003, Pages 71-90.
M.R. Pekny, A.R. Greenberg, V. Khare, J. Zartman, W.B. Krantz, and P. Todd, "Macrovoid Pore Formation in Dry-Cast Cellulose Acetate Membranes: Buoyancy Studies," Journal of Membrane Science 205, 11-21, 2002.
Vivek P. Khare, Alan R. Greenberg, Jeremiah Zartman, William B. Krantz, and Paul Todd, “Macrovoid Growth During Polymer Membrane Casting, Desalination, 145, 17-23, 2002.
Paul Todd, Matthew R. Pekny, Jeremiah Zartman, William B. Krantz and Alan R. Greenberg, “Instrumentation for Studying Polymer Film Formation in Low Gravity,” Polymer Research in Microgravity: Polymerization and Processing. J. P. Downey and J.A. Pojman, eds., ACS Symposium Series 793, 126-137, 2001.

Conference Proceedings

Matthew R. Pekny, Jeremiah Zartman, Alan R. Greenberg, William B. Krantz, and Paul Todd, “Influence of Buoyancy and Surfactant Solutes on Macrovoid Defect formation in Dry-Cast Cellulose Acetate Membranes,” ACS Polymer Preprints, 41, 1060-61, 2000.
Zartman, J., Pekny, M.R., Greenberg, A.R., Todd, P. and Krantz W.B. “Solutocapillary-Convection-Driven Macrovoid-Defect Formation in Polymeric Membranes.” AIAA Paper 2001-0461, 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 8-11, 2001.
M.R. Pekny, J. Zartman, A.R. Greenberg, P. Todd and W.B. Krantz, “Influence of Solutocapillary Convection on Macrovoid Defect Formation in Polymeric Membranes, Proceedings of the 2000 NASA Microgravity Materials Science Conference, N. Ramachandran, N. Bennett, D. McCauley, K. Murphy and S. Poindexter, eds., NASA/CP-2001-210827, March 2001.
W.B. Krantz, J. Zartman, V. Khare, A.R. Greenberg, and P. Todd, “Observation of Solutocapillary Flow During Polymer Membrane Casting,” AIAA Paper 2001-5022, Conference on International Space Station Utilization—2001, Cape Canaveral, FL, October 15-18, 2001.

Scientific Presentations

Matthew R. Pekny, Jeremiah Zartman, Alan R. Greenberg, William B. Krantz, and Paul Todd, “Influence of Buoyancy and Surfactant Solutes on Macrovoid Defect formation in Dry-Cast Cellulose Acetate Membranes,” 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, March 30, 2000.
Jeremiah Zartman, Matthew R. Pekny, Paul Todd, Alan R. Greenberg, and William B. Krantz, "Microscopic Flow Visualization in Demixing Fluids During Polymeric Membrane Formation," SWARM-AAAS 76th Annual Meeting, Las Cruces, April 9-12, 2000.
Matthew R. Pekny, Jeremiah Zartman, Alan R. Greenberg, William B. Krantz and Paul Todd, “Influence of Buoyancy and Surfactant Solutes on Macrovoid Defect Formation in Dry-Cast Cellulose Acetate Membranes,” Spacebound 2000, Vancouver, May 14-17, 2000.
Matthew R. Pekny, Jeremiah Zartman, Alan R. Greenberg, Paul Todd, and William B. Krantz, “Influence of Solutocapillary Convection on Macrovoid Defect Formation in Polymeric Membranes,” NASA Microgravity Materials Science Conference, Huntsville, AL, June 5-8, 2000.
Zartman, J., Pekny, M.R., Greenberg, A.R., Todd, P. and Krantz W.B. “Solutocapillary-Convection-Driven Macrovoid-Defect Formation in Polymeric Membranes.” 39th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, January 8-11, 2001.
W.B. Krantz, J. Zartman, V. Khare, A.R. Greenberg, and P. Todd, “Observation of Solutocapillary Flow During Polymer Membrane Casting,” Conference on International Space Station Utilization—2001, Cape Canaveral, FL, October 15-18, 2001.
A.R. Greenberg, V.P. Khare, J. Zartman, W.B. Krantz, P. Todd. “Macrovoid Defect Growth During Evaporative Casting of Polymeric Membranes.” NASA Materials Conference, Huntsville, AL, June 28-29, 2002.
Debra J. Mascaro, Jeremiah J. Zartman, Henry I. Smith, Vladimir Bulovic. “Forming Oriented Organic Crystal Needles By Solvent Vapor Annealing of Amorphous Thin films on Nano-patterned Substrates.” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 22-25, 2003.

Grants

Zartman, Jeremiah. "UROP Final Report: Marangoni Convection-driven Macrovoid-defect Formation in Polymeric Membranes" Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant. University of Colorado at Boulder. Spring 1999.
Zartman, Jeremiah. "UROP Final Report: The Relationship Between Surfactants and Macrovoid Formation in Polymeric Membranes." Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant. University of Colorado at Boulder. Fall 1999 - Spring 2000.
Zartman, Jeremiah. "UROP Final Report: Marangoni Convection-driven Macrovoid-defect Formation in Polymeric Membranes." Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant. University of Colorado at Boulder. Fall 2000-Fall 2001.

Other Publications

Zartman, Jeremiah. “A conflict between generations in the West.” Boulder Sunday Camera. Op-Ed Article. January 28, 2001.
Zartman, Jeremiah. “Water Ties.” Honors Journal, The University of Colorado, Volume VII, Fall 2002, 98 – 117.
Zartman, Jeremiah. “Generations of Water.” Voices of the Earth. Vol 1. No. 2, Southwest Research and Information Center Journal, 2000.