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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida
Faculty Member UF Department of Chemistry

UF Department of Chemistry

Leigh Hall 340

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Laura Bailey

Assistant Scientist & Director of PCCL

Polymer Chemical Characterization Lab

Research and Education Focus

The Polymer Chemical Characterization Lab (PCCL, pronounced pickle) was developed through collaboration between chemistry polymer groups—Butler Polymer research groups—and a desire to provide their students “real-world” instrumentation education. PCCL strives to continue that collaboration while providing comprehensive macromolecular chemical characterization to all within as well as outside the University of Florida. We provide a supportive teaching environment where graduate and undergraduate students not only learn to instrument operation but also valuable maintenance skills. We offer characterization services on a variety of spectral, thermal, and mechanical instrumentation, both for self-operation as well as submission-based with expert materials’ analysis by our senior graduate students.

Education and Training

2015–2016: Postdoc and Staff, Mass Spectrometry Research & Education Center, University of Florida (director Kari B. Basso)

2013–2019: Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Florida (lab of Nicolas C. Polfer)

2009–2013: B.S. Chemistry and Mathematics minor, Wright State University (lab of David D. Dolson)

Selected Publications

Bailey, L. S.; Basso, K. B. Evaluating the Sulfo-Phospho-Vanillin Assay for Total Lipid Sample Normalization as Compared to Gravimetric and Protein Sample Normalization Methods for Untargeted Lipidomic LC–MS/MS. JASMS 2026, 37 (5), 1149–1159.

Park, J.; Liu, R.; Kim, A. S.; Cyr, N. N.; Boehlein, S. K.; Resende, M. F. R., Jr.; Savin, D. A.; Bailey, L. S.; Sumerlin, B. S.; Hudalla, G. A. Sweet corn phytoglycogen dendrimers as a lyoprotectant for dry-state protein storage. J. Biomed. Mater. Res., Part A 2024, 112 (12), 2026–2041.

Young, J. B.; Hughes, R. W.; Tamura, A. M.; Bailey, L. S.; Stewart, K. A.; Sumerlin, B. S. Bulk depolymerization of poly(methyl methacrylate) via chain-end initiation for catalyst-free reversion to monomer. Chem 2023, 9 (9), 2254–2265.