• 1980-82: BS, Chemistry, Manhattan College, Presidential Scholarship, Magna Cum Laude
• 1991-97: PhD, Chemistry, Seton Hall University, Merck EAS Program 1 Scholarship

• Dr. Hicks joins the Stevens faculty as adjunct professor primarily responsible for the instructing the Advanced Biomedical Engineering Laboratory a hypothesis driven experimental lab
• Dr. Hicks has an industrial background in solid state polymer chemistry, polymer-drug delivery systems on medical devices and bioanalytical R & D
• Dr. Hicks has over 14 years experience in pharmaceutical development from Merck & Co. Inc (Rahway, NJ)
• He also is well versed in nucleic acid biochemistry and pharmacokinetics
• Dr. Hicks supervises all aspects of bioanalytical and analytical drug development from pre-IND through pre-approval at Cambrex North Brunswick
• He holds one patent, eight publications and over ten presentations at National and International Meetings

• 1989-1998: Research Chemist, Merck & Co. Merck Research Labs Rahway, NJ
• 1998-2000: Senior Research Chemist, Merial Ltd (Merck-Rhone Poulenc), North Brunswick,NJ
• 2000-2002: Senior Research Chemist, Merck & Co. Merck Research Labs Rahway, NJ
• 2002-2005: Senior Research Scientist, Polymerix Corporation, Piscataway, NJ
• 2005-present: Senior Analytical Chemist, Cambrex Corporation, North Brunswick, NJ

Duties at Cambrex North Brunswick:

• He facilitates method transfer from research to quality control
• Dr. Hicks also assists quality control to support kilo scale production campaigns from method qualification to final release
• Dr. Hicks continually contributes to many projects at Cambrex North Brunswick in various stages of development
• During his short time at Cambrex he has completed over five projects with positive customer feedback and has been involved with the analytical aspects of all projects at the site
• He has also trained and supervised LC-MS bringing this and viscometery to the Cambrex North Brunswick site
• Other contributing factors to his background include fourteen years experience in various aspects of pharmaceutical research and drug development