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Abigail Oelker

Polymer Science

Natick,, Massachusetts

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Expert Details

Dr. Abigail M. Oelker, Ph.D. is a polymer science and materials chemistry expert witness from
Massachusetts. She completed her B.S. in 2003 from Lehigh University and then earned her
Ph.D. in 2009 from Boston University.

Currently, Dr. Oelker is the Senior Scientist in the Department of Polymer Science & Materials Chemistry at Exponent. Prior to this, she was the Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT.

She has additional knowledge in molecular characterization techniques, nuclear magnetic
resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, fluorometry,
dynamic light scattering (DLS), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, circular dichroism
(CD) spectroscopy, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). In addition, she has an extensive background in materials characterization techniques including microscopy (optical, confocal), rheology, nanoindentation, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and profilometry.

A previous Expert Challenge Study on Abigail Oelker's revealed:
Total Challenges 1
Direct Challenges 1
Indirect Challenges 0

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