Chemical and Materials Engineering Department 2017 – Present
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Amherst – Amherst, Massachusetts 2007 – 2013
Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering
Thesis Advisor: Thomas P. Russell
Master of Science in Polymer Science and Engineering, 2008
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, Massachusetts 2003 – 2007
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Minor in Music
Bannon, M. S., López Ruiz, A., Corrotea Reyes, K., Marquez, M., Wallizadeh, Z., Savarmand, M., LaPres, C. A., Lahann, J., McEnnis, K., Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis of Polymer Nanoparticles in Blood Plasma. Part. Part. Syst. Charact. 2021, 38, 2100016. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.202100016
McEnnis, K.; Rahmani, S.; McDermott, S.; Roghani Esfahani, S. R.; Lahann, J. Surface Modification of Alkyne-Functionalized Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Particles for Breast Cancer Stem Cell Targeting. Transactions of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Society For Biomaterials 2018. 2018. ISBN: 978-1-5108-6302-6
McEnnis, K.; Dinsmore, A. D.; Russell, T. P. Solid Particles Adsorbed on Capillary-Bridge-Shaped Fluid Polystyrene Surfaces. Langmuir. 2015, 31, 5299−5305. 10.1021/Acs.Langmuir.5B00372 *Featured in a news article in MRS’s Materials360 Online. 2015, 15, (16).
Lutkenhaus, J. L.; McEnnis, K.; Serghei, A.; Russell, T.P. Confinement Effects on Crystallization and Curie Transitions of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene). Macromolecules. 2010, 43, (8), 3844-3850. 10.1021/Ma100166A
Serghei, A.; Lutkenhaus, J. L.; Miranda, D. F.; McEnnis, K.; Kremer, F.; Russell, T. P. Density Fluctuations and Phase Transitions of Ferroelectric Polymer Nanowires. Small. 2010, 6, (16), 1822-1826. 10.1002/Smll.201000562
Supalo, C. A.; Mallouk, T. E.; Amorosi, C.; Lanouette, J.; Wohlers H. D.; McEnnis, K. Using Adaptive Tools and Techniques to Teach a Class of Students Who are Blind or Low-Vision. Journal of Chemical Education. 2009, 86, (5), 587-591.
Lutkenhaus, J. L.; McEnnis, K.; Hammond, P. T. Nano- and Microporous Layer-by-Layer Assemblies Containing Linear Poly(ethylenimine) and Poly(acrylic acid). Macromolecules. 2008, 41, (16), 6047-6054. 10.1021/Ma800003X
Lutkenhaus, J. L.; McEnnis, K.; Hammond, P. T. Tuning the Glass Transition and Ionic Conductivity of Poly(ethylene oxide)/Poly(acrylic acid) Layer-by-Layer Assemblies. Macromolecules. 2007, 40, (23), 8367-8373. 10.1021/Ma0713557
Lutkenhaus, J. L.; Hrabak, K. D.; McEnnis, K.; Hammond, P. T. Elastomeric Flexible Free-Standing Hydrogen-Bonded Nanoscale Assemblies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2005, 127, (49), 17228-17234. 10.1021/Ja053472S