Courtney Dziewior​

courtney.dziewior@duke.edu

Third Year Ph.D. Candidate (2021 - Present)

Courtney is investigating the design and fabrication of drug delivery materials for pain management and antibiotic delivery using poly(ester urea) nanodelivery systems. She has a BS in Chemistry and a BA in Music from Converse College (2021) with Honors in Chemistry. Courtney enjoys exploring the outdoors through hiking, painting, digital, and film photography. Courtney has two adorable cats named Luna and Misha. 

Publications:

Dziewior, C. S. Investigation of Ring-Opening Metathesis – Cross-Metathesis Reaction and Synthetic Efforts Towards the Development of Stimuli-Responsive Programmable Polymers. B.S. Thesis, Converse University, Spartanburg, SC, 2021. 

Dziewior, C. S.; Strickland, S. M. S.; Li, P.; and Shimizu, K. D., Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Programmable Polymers Through Ring-Opening–Metathesis Cross-Metathesis (ROM-CM). J. S.C. Acad. Sci., 2019, 17 (2), 1-3.