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Haley Barnett
Assistant Professor
School of Sciences
CNSB 327
318-342-1798
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Haley Barnett, PhD
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Chemistry Program Coordinator

Education

Ph D

2020, Molecular Science and Nanotechnology
Louisiana Tech University

MS

2020, Engineering and Technology Management
Louisiana Tech University

BS

2015, Biology
University of Louisiana Monroe

Licensure & Certification

Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance. (December 2023 - Present)
Six Sigma Black Belt, Louisiana Tech University. (May 2020 - Present)

Recent Publications

Barnett, H., Sheychuk, M., Peppas, N., Caldorera-Moore, M. Influence of Extracellular Cues of Hydrogel Biomaterials on Stem Cell Fate. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition.
Lee, L., Austin, P., Liu, M., Venigalla, S., Barnett, H. H., Jackson, C., Matthews, J., Newmna, J. Wastewater analysis of SARS-CoV-2 concentration may be indicative of ICU bed population. Infections, Genetics and Evolution.
Barnett, H. H., Pursell, I. A., Lee, L., Perez, N., Caldorera-Moore, M. E., Newman, J. J. (2020). Combination of soluble factors and biomaterial scaffolds enhance human adipose-derived stem/stromal cell myogenesis (pp. 1180-1185). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.
Heimbuck, A., Priddy-Arrington, T., Padgett, M., Llamas, C., Barnett, H., Bunnell, B., Caldorera-Moore, M. (2019). Development of Responsive Chitosan-Genipin Hydrogels for Treatment of Chronic Wounds (pp. 2879-2888). ACS Applied Bio Materials.
Barnett, H. H., Heimbuck, A. M., Pursell, I. A., Hegab, R. A., Sawyer, B. J., Newman, J. J., Caldorera-Moore, M. E. (2019). Poly (Ethylene Glycol) Hydrogel Scaffolds with Multiscale Porosity for Culture of Human Adipose- Derived Stem Cells (pp. 895-918). Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition.
Whitehead, A. K., Barnett, H. H., Caldorera-Moore, M. E., Newman, J. J. (2018). Poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel elasticity influences human mesenchymal stem cell behavior (pp. 167-175). Regenerative Biomaterials.

Research Grants

Rakus, J. (Principal), Barnett, H. (Co-Principal), El-Giar, E. (Co-Principal), Murru, S. (Co-Principal), Barnett, H. (Supporting), Findley, A. (Supporting), Findley, G. (Supporting), Garlapati, S. (Supporting), Jois, S. (Supporting), "Use of State-of-the-Art Instrumentation to Enhance Undergraduate Chemistry Education at UL-Monroe" (Pending Funding Decision), Sponsored By Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $14429. (June 2023 - May 2028).
Barnett, H. H. (Principal), Barnett, H. (Co-Principal), "Investigating the Influence of Extracellular Cues on Stem Cell Fate Utilizing Hydrogel Biomaterial Scaffolds" (Pending Funding Decision), Sponsored By Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $148938.13. (June 2023 - May 2026).
Barnett, H. (Principal), Barnett, H. (Co-Principal), Harris, A. (Co-Principal), "Development of a modeling system for hydrogel-based drug delivery predictions" (Pending Funding Decision), Sponsored By Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN), External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $50025.00. (May 2023 - April 2025).
Barnett, H. H. (Principal), Barnett, H. (Co-Principal), "Development of a tailorable chitosan-PEGDMA hydrogel scaffold for tissue engineering in microgravity environments" (Funded), Sponsored By Louisiana Space Grant Consortium (LaSPACE), External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $53743.82. (September 2022 - August 2023).
Barnett, H. (Principal), Barnett, H. (Co-Principal), "Development and characterization of a novel, smart chitosan/PEGDMA biomaterial" (Funded), Sponsored By University of Louisiana at Monroe, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $9730.29. (August 2022 - August 2023).

Awards & Honors

January 2024 3rd Place Best Oral Presentation.

October 2023 Woman of the Week.

2020 Three Minute Thesis Competition Runner-Up.

January 2020 Honorable Mention-Best Graduate Poster.

2020 Best Graduate Oral Presentation in Microbiology/Molecular & Biomedical Biology.

2019 College of Applied and Natural Science Featured Student.

2019 Outstanding PhD Student Award.

2019 Research and Industry Day - Graduate Student Poster - Second Place.

2018 Best Graduate Oral Presentation in Microbiology/Molecular & Biomedical Biology.

2018 College of Applied and Natural Science Featured Student.

2018 Graduate Student Spotlight.

Courses Taught

BIOL 1020PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY I, 4 course(s)

BIOL 2015INTRO MICRO LABORATORY, 4 course(s)

BIOL 2026HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY, 1 course(s)

BIOL 3005GENETICS, 3 course(s)

BIOL 3006GENETICS LABORATORY, 2 course(s)

BIOL 4099SENIOR BIOLOGY SEMINAR, 1 course(s)