Professor, Fowler School of Engineering
Email: lyon@chapman.edu
EDUCATION/TRAINING
1997 - 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Penn State University (Mentor: Prof. Michael Natan)
1992 - 1996
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, Northwestern University (Mentor: Prof. Joseph Hupp)
1989 - 1992
B.S. in Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, Rutgers University (Mentor: Prof. Stephan Isied)
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Lyon’s research interests center around the design, synthesis and application of soft (synthetic and natural polymer-based) nanomaterials in bioanalytical and regenerative medicine applications. Specific projects under investigation include the development of artificial platelet technologies, colloid-modified biopolymer scaffolds, self-healing polymer films, new bioanalytical sensors, and reconfigurable materials to direct cell proliferation and differentiation.