Peter N. Coneski
Peter Coneski, Ph.D., is a senior scientific advisor in the firm's Health Care and FDA practice. Peter provides technical assistance in evaluating the regulatory compliance of food additives and food-contact materials in the US and other jurisdictions (e.g., Canada, the European Union, South America, and Asia). He also develops strategic testing plans and protocols for analytical data acquisition that support industry filings to regulatory agencies globally. Peter also assists clients with the preparation of declarations of compliance, assurance statements, and general product stewardship activities for regulated products and has extensive experience in developing quantitative exposure models and performing risk assessments for evaluating the compliance of consumer products with the labeling requirements prescribed by California’s Proposition 65.
In addition to his work related to food additives and food packaging materials, Peter advises clients on global sustainability initiatives, Extended Producer Responsibility schemes, and compliance with emerging legislations impacting companies operating in a global marketplace. He maintains a particular interest in the regulatory considerations associated with the development and use of novel, sustainable technologies in the specialty chemicals sector and in exploring the effectiveness of recycling processes and the resulting purity implications for a circular economy.
Having a technical background in synthetic polymer chemistry and analytical chemistry also enables Peter to support specialty chemicals and manufacturing clients as they navigate risks associated with emerging contaminants and other alleged toxins, including consumer class actions and securities litigation.
Peter also has an extensive research background, authoring numerous peer-reviewed publications and holding several patents related to his work. He was granted an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Postdoctoral Fellowship at the US Naval Research Laboratory, where he focused on the development and characterization of novel, high-performance polymeric and composite materials including antifouling and corrosion-resistant marine coatings and self-decontaminating paints and fibers. While earning his Ph.D., he developed absorbable and persistent polymer with enhanced biocompatibility for use as implantable biomaterials.
Patents
- Carboxybetaine-functionalized diols, US Patent 9,206,114, 2015
- Carboxybetaine-functionalized diols and zwitterionic polyurethane hydrogels derived therefrom, Patent Number 9,139,684, 2015
- American Chemical Society, 2006 - present
- Materials Research Society, 2009 - present
- “Using Analytical Tools to Assess Compliance with the Purity Requirements in Global Food-Contact Regulations” P.N. Coneski, 254th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, 2017
- “From Benchtop to Marketplace: Using Analytical Chemistry to Support Regulatory Compliance” P.N. Coneski, 252nd ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
- "The Complex Challenges Facing Sustainable Food Packaging," Law360, 8 October 2024
- L.L. Bischel, P.N. Coneski, J.G. Lundin, P.K. Wu, C.B. Giller, J.H. Wynne, B.R. Ringeisen, and R.K. Pirlo, “Electrospun Gelatin Biopapers as Substrate for in vitro Bilayer Models of Blood-Brain Barrier Tissue,” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2016, 104, 901-909
- P.N. Coneski, P.A. Fulmer, S.L. Giles, and J.H. Wynne, “Lyotropic Self-Assembly in Electrospun Biocidal Polyurethane Nanofibers Regulates Antimicrobial Efficacy,” Polymer, 2014, 55, 495-504
- J.G. Lundin, P.N. Coneski, P.A. Fulmer, and J.H. Wynne, “Relationship Between Surface Concentration of Amphiphilic Quaternary Ammonium Biocides in Electrospun Polymer Fibers and Biocidal Activity,” Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2014, 77, 39-46
- R.T. Gephart III, P.N. Coneski, and J.H. Wynne, “Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants by Polymer Surfaces Doped with the Singlet Oxygen Generator Zinc Octaphenoxyphthalocyanine,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2013, 5, 10191-10200
- P.N. Coneski, N.K. Weise, P.A. Fulmer, and J.H. Wynne, “Development and Evaluation of Self-Polishing Urethane Coatings with Tethered Quaternary Ammonium Biocides,” Progress in Organic Coatings, 2013, 76, 1376-1386
- R.A. Hunter, W.L. Storm, P.N. Coneski and M.H. Schoenfisch, “Inaccuracies of Nitric Oxide Measurement Methods in Biological Media,” Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85 (3), 1957-1963
- P.N. Coneski, N.K. Weise, and J.H. Wynne, “Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(silyl urethane)s Derived from Glycol-Modified Silanes,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013, 129 (1), 161-173
- P.N. Coneski, P.A. Fulmer and J.H. Wynne, “Thermal Polycondensation of Poly(diol citrate)s with Tethered Quaternary Ammonium Biocides,” RSC Advances, 2012, 2 (33), 12824-12834
- P.N. Coneski and J.H. Wynne, “Zwitterionic Polyurethane Hydrogels Derived from Carboxybetaine Functionalized Diols,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2012, 4 (9), 4465- 4469
- P.N. Coneski, P.A. Fulmer, and J.H. Wynne, “Enhancing the Fouling Resistance of Biocidal Urethane Coatings via Surface Chemistry Modulation,” Langmuir, 2012, 28 (17), 7039-7048
- P.N. Coneski and M.H Schoenfisch, “Nitric Oxide Release Part III: Measurements and Reporting,” Chemical Society Reviews, 2012, 41, 3753-3758
- D.A. Riccio, P.N. Coneski, S.P. Nichols, A.D. Broadnax, and M.H. Schoenfisch, “Photoinitiated Nitric Oxide-Releasing Tertiary S-Nitrosothiol-Modified Xerogels,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2012, 4 (2), 796-804
- P.N.Coneski and M.H. Schoenfisch, “Synthesis of Nitric Oxide-Releasing Polyurethanes with S-Nitrosothiol-Containing Hard and Soft Segments,” Polymer Chemistry, 2011, 2, 906-913
- P.N. Coneski, J.A. Nash, and M.H. Schoenfisch, “Nitric Oxide-Releasing Electrospun Polymer Microfibers,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2011, 3, 426-432
- S.M. Deupree, B.J. Privett, C.J. Backlund, K.S. Rao, C.B. Johnson, P.N. Coneski, and M.H. Schoenfisch, “Synergy of Nitric Oxide and Silver Sulfadiazine Against Gram-Negative, - Positive, and Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens,” Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2010, 7(6), 2289-2296
- P.N. Coneski, K.S. Rao and M.H. Schoenfisch, “Degradable Nitric Oxide-Releasing Biomaterials via Post-Polymerization Functionalization of Cross-linked Polyesters,” Biomacromolecules, 2010, 11(11), 3208-3215
- P.N. Coneski and M.H. Schoenfisch, “Competitive Formation of N-Diazeniumdiolates and N-Nitrosamines via Anaerobic Reactions of Polyamines with Nitric Oxide,” Organic Letters, 2009, 11(23), 5462-5465
- Mentioned, “Patent Picks: Marine Coating Technologies” Chemical and Engineering News, 25 January 2016
