Graduate
Alumni Theses & Dissertations
The Department of Chemistry would like to proudly present the dissertations and theses of our Alumni. Look below to find the name of the alumnus and click the title of their dissertation to read more on their work. Click here to access all of the dissertations.
2023
Ayesha Farheen
Affordances and Limitations of Molecular Representations in General and Organic Chemistry
Chenhuan Wang
Developing New Strategy toward Ruthenium and Gold Redox Catalysis
Dhanya Dhananjayan
Protein Folding Kinetics Analysis Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Dina M. Swanson
Enhanced Methods in Forensic Mass Spectrometry for Targeted and Untargeted Drug Analysis
Grant Lawrence
Synthesis of cannabinoids
Jamie Nunziata
Synthesis of Small Molecule Modulators of Non-Traditional Drug Targets
Katrinah Tirado
Zinc-Mediated Reductive Acylation and Silylation of Various p-Quinone Derivatives
Khalilia C. Tillett
Diazirines and Oxaziridines as Nitrogen Transfer Reagents in Drug Discovery
Kyle Pedretty
Synthesis of Constrained N-Heterocyclic Peptidomimetics and Development of Strain-Release
Reagents
Meng Gu
Development and Application of γ-AA Peptide on Enzyme Mimetic and Biomolecular Agents
Menglin Xue
Development of Antimicrobial Guanidinylate Polycarbonates
Mengjia Liu
Supramolecular Architectures Generated by Self-assembly of Guanosine and Isoguanosine
Derivatives
Mohammad Nazmus Sakib
Synthetic Studies of Potential New Ketogenic Molecules
Nathan Grimes
Applications in Opioid Analysis with FAIMS Through Control of Vapor Phase Solvent
Modifiers
Paul Orndorff
Conformational Dynamics and Free Energy Studies of DNA and Other Biomolecules
Sandra Khalife
Synthesis, Characterization, and Separation of Loaded Liposomes for Drug Delivery
Sefat E Munjerin
Chemical Analysis of Metabolites from Mangrove Endophytic Fungus
Shun Teng
Study on Versatile S(VI) Reagents Towards Synthesis of S(IV) and S(VI) Functional
Groups
Stephanie B. Feola
Institutional and Individual Approaches to Change in Undergraduate STEM Education:
Two Framework Analyses
Stephanie P. Suarez
Coupling Chemical and Genomic Data of Marine Sediment-Associated Bacteria for Metabolite
Profiling
Songyi Xue
Development of Antiviral Peptidomimetics
Qi Tang
Investigation of Challenging Transformations in Gold Catalysis
Yu Yan
Self-Assembly of Metallo-Supramolecules Based on Terpyridine and Its Derivatives
Zachary L. Magnuson
Syntheses, Photophysics, & Application of Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Frameworks
2022
Chiyu Wei
Developing Efficient Transition Metal Catalyzed C-C & C-X Bond Construction
Jared G. Waters
Bioactivity of Suberitenones A and B
Laxmi Vuppala
Advanced Analytical Method Development: From Highly-Enrolled Classroom to Data-Intensive
Proteomics
Lindsey Blume
Nicole Miller
Interfacing Computational Techniques with Synthetic and Spectroscopic Methods for
Research and Education
Ruixuan Gao
Development of Lipidated Antimicrobial Polycarbonates
Shahedul Islam
Exploring the Structure and Activity of Metallo-Tetracyclines
Shuyao Zhang
Study on New Strategy toward Gold(I/III) Redox Catalysis
Stephen Thompson
Metabolomic Analysis, Identification and Antimicrobial Assay of Two Mangrove
Taranjot Kaur
Large Area Projection Sintering of Semicrystalline Polymers and Part Analysis of the
Printed Specimens
Teng Yuan
Study on New Reactivity of Vinyl Gold and Its Sequential Transformations
2021
Aaron M. Clark
Social Constructivism in Chemistry Peer Leaders and Organic Chemistry Students
Brant H. Tudor
Parallel Computation of Feynman Path Integrals and Many-Body Polarization with Application
to Metal-Organic Materials
Elena Bray
Synthesis of Small Molecules for the Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Imalka Marasinghe Arachchilage
Synthesizing Laccol Based Polymers/Copolymers and Polyurethanes; Characterization
and Their Applications
Jacob M. Mayers
The Photophysical Studies of Transition Metal Polyimines Encapsulated in Metal Organic
Frameworks (MOF’s)
Michael Scott Williams
Novel Synthetic Ketogenic Compounds
Sami Abdulkadir
Design, Synthesis and Testing of Bioactive Peptidomimetics
Xiaoliang Wang
Investigation of Immobilized Enzymes in Confined Environment of Mesoporous Host Matrices
2020
Guizella A. Rocabado Delgadillo
Using Quantitative Methods to Investigate Student Attitudes Toward Chemistry: Women
of Color Deserve the Spotlight
Phillip S. Hudson
Breakthroughs in Obtaining QM/MM Free Energies
James T. Kingsepp
Analyzing the Retention of Knowledge Among General Chemistry Students
Matthew K. Mostrom
Assessing Many-Body van der Waals Contributions in Model Sorption Environments
Vanessa R. Ralph
Advancing Equity Amongst General Chemistry Students with Variable Preparations in
Mathematics
Shanelle Suepaul
Simulations of H2 Sorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Tracess B. Smalley
The Role of aPKCs and aPKC Inhibitors in Cell Proliferation and Invasion in Breast
and Ovarian Cancer
2019
Adam A. Aboalroub
An Insight into the Biological Functions, the Molecular Mechanism and the Nature of
Interactions of a Set of Biologically Important Proteins.
Briana Amaris Aguila
Functional Porous Materials: Applications for Environmental Sustainability
Abdulaziz A. Alanazi
Biomimetic Light Harvesting in Metalloporphyrins Encapsulated/Incorporated within
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs).
Linda Corrinne Barbeto
Design and Synthesis of Novel Agents for the Treatment of Tropical Diseases
Raja Reddy Bommareddy
Effect of Atypical protein kinase C inhibitor (DNDA) on Cell Proliferation and Migration
of Lung Cancer Cells
Darrell Cole Cerrato
The Activity and Structure of Cu2+-Biomolecules in Disease and Disease Treatment
Douglas Franz
Simulation and Software Development to Understand Interactions of Guest Molecules
in Porous Materials
Ying He
Construction of G-quadruplexes via Self-assembly: Enhanced Stability and Unique Properties
S M Anisul Islam
The Role of Atypical Protein Kinase C in Colorectal Cancer Cells Carcinogenesis
Andrea Lemus
Chemical Tools and Treatments for Neurological Disorders and Infectious Diseases
Anne-Claire D. Limon
Antarctic Deep Sea Coral and Tropical Fungal Endophyte: Novel Chemistry for Drug Discovery
Rainer Metcalf
Constituent Partitioning Consensus Docking Models and Application in Drug Discovery
Brian G. O'Flynn
An Investigation into the Heterogeneity of Insect Arylalkylamine N-Acyltransferases
Md Tawabur Rahman
Evaluating the Evidence Base for Evidence-Based Instructional Practices in Chemistry
through Meta-Analysis
Wishrawana Sarathi Bandara Ratnayake
Role of Oncogenic Protein Kinase C-iota in Melanoma Progression; A Study Based on
Atypical Protein Kinase-C Inhibitors
Alejandro Rivera Nicholls
Formulation to Application: Thermomechanical Characterization of Flexible Polyimides
and The Improvement of Their Properties Via Chain Interaction
Andrew Jason Shilling
The Chemical Ecology and Drug Discovery Potential of the Antarctic Red Alga Plocamium cartilagineum and the Antarctic Sponge Dendrilla membranosa
Zachary P. Shultz
Synthesis, Discovery and Delivery of Therapeutic Natural Products and Analogs
Sylvia E. Singh
Development of α-AA peptides as Peptidomimetics for Antimicrobial Therapeutics and
The Discovery of Nanostructures
Bo Song
Self-Assembly of 2D and 3D Metallo-Supramolecules with Increasing Complexity
Santana Alexa Lavonia Thomas
The Potential of Marine Microbes, Flora and Fauna in Drug Discovery
2018
Ryan Anderson
Fatty Acid Amides and Their Biosynthetic Enzymes Found in Insect Model Systems
Wilarachchige D C B Gunatilleke
Analysis and New Applications of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF): Thermal Conductivity
of a Perovskite-type MOF and Incorporation of a Lewis Pair into a MOF
Victoria Izumi
Optimizing Peptide Fractionation to Maximize Content in Cancer Proteomics
Fengyu She
Development of Bioactive Peptidomimetics
Rebecca E. Gibbons
Survey Research in Postsecondary Chemistry Education: Measurements of Faculty Members'
Instructional Practice and Students' Affect
Selam Hagos
Chemical Investigation of Bioactive Marine Extracts
Ankush Kanwar
Studies Aimed at the Synthesis of Anti-Infective Agents
Garrett Michael Craft
Characterization of Nylon-12 in a Novel Additive Manufacturing Technology, and the
Rheological and Spectroscopic Analysis of PEG-Starch Matrix Interactions
Geoffrey M. Gray
Conformational Fluctuations of Biomolecules Studied Using Molecular Dynamics and Enhanced
Sampling
Benjamin Joe Eduful
Synthesis of Novel Agents for the treatment of Infectious and Neurodegenerative diseases
Olapeju Bolawrinwa
Interrogation of Protein Function with Peptidomimetics
Mussie Gide
Design, Synthesis, Application of Biodegradable Polymers
Chengliang Jiang Germania-based Sol-gel Coatings and Core-shell Particles in Chromatographic Separations
Tamalia Julien
Synthesis, Modification, Characterization and Processing of Molded and Electrospun
Thermoplastic Polymer Composites and Nanocomposites
Matthew A. Knestrick
From Florida to Antarctica: Dereplication Strategies and Chemical Investigations of
Marine Organisms
Chavis Andrew Stackhouse
Azamacrocyclic-based Frameworks: Syntheses and Characterizations
2017
Justin K. White
Investigations into the Non-Mevalonate Isoprenoid Biosynthesis Pathway's First Two
Enzymes utilizing Hybrid QM/MM Techniques
Alekhya Nimmagadda
Design, Synthesis, Applications of Polymers and Dendrimers
Kia Williams
Metal-Organic Frameworks and MOF-derived Carbon Materials for Fuel Cell Applications
Faeez Mahzamani
Studies of Polycrylate Based Nanoparticle Emulsions
Josanne-Dee Woodroffe
Design and Synthesis fo CpG-Lytic Peptie Conjugate, Brachytherapy Beads and a Combinatorial
Library of Primary Amines used as Potential Therapeutics in the Treatment of Cancers
Katherine A. Forrest
Understanding Gas Sorption Mechanisms in Metal-Organic Materials via Computational
Experimentation
Boliang Dong
Formation of Carbon-Carbon adn Carbon-Hetero Bonds through Gold Catalysis
Danielle H. Demers
Chemical Investigations of Fungal Natural Products for Drug Discovery
Christian C. Tang
Structure and Activity of Metallo-Peptides
Sean M. Johnson
Toward the Synthesis of Naphthalene-Bridged Bis-Triazole Bimetallic Complexes
Stephen Motika
Diversifying Homogeneous Au(I)-Catalysis through New Reaction Discovery
Ning Ma
On the Conformational Dynamics of DNA: A Perspective from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Courtney A. Smith
Hydroalkynylation of Oxocarbenium Intermediates via Au(I) Catalysis
Seyedmorteza Hosseyni
New Reaction Discoveries in Gold Catalysis
2016
Michale Lawerence Doligalski
Design and Development of Peptidomimetic Ligands for Targeting Radiopharmaceuticals,
Imaging Probes, and Immunotherapeutics in Oncologic Disease
Sri Krishna Nimmagadda
Asymmetric Transformations Catalyzed By Chiral BINOL Alkaline Earth Metal Phosphate
Complexes
Kenneth Kull
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyurethanes and Polyimides
Ali Husain Husain
Spatially Directional Resorcin[4]arene Cavitand Glycoconjugates for Organic Catalysis
in Aqueous Media
Sreya Mukherjee
Applications of Molecular Modelling and Structure Based Drug Design in Drug Discovery
Ge Bai
Cell Permeability Studies of AApeptides and Novel Molecular Probes for AD
Yaqiong Li
Gamma AApeptides as Host Defense Peptide Mimics
Qiagan Cheng
Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis for Asymmetric Radical Cyclopropanation
Marcello Giulianotti
The Use of Synthetic Mixture Based Libraries to Identify Hit Compounds for ESKAPE
Pathogens, Leishmaniasis, and Inhibitors of Palmitoylation
Michael Trent Kemp
Optimizing Protocols for Carbohydrate NMR Chemical Shift Computations
Susana Sorina Lopez
Chiral Boro-Phosphates in Asymmetric Catalysis: 1,4-reduction of Enones and Reductive
Aldol
Yi Liang
Design, Synthesis and Screening of Peptidomimetics for Anticancer and Antiviral Drug
Candidates
Jacqueline Lee Fries
Chemical Investigation of Antarctic Marine Organisms & Their Role in Modern Drug Discovery
2015
Mona Hanfy Mohamed
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Based on Oxyanion Linkers for Selective Adsorption
of Polarizable Gases
Jeanine Yacoub
Synthesis of Agents for the Treatment and Analysis of Tropical Diseases
Matthew R. Battistini
Novel Enzymes Perspectives: Arylalkylamine N-acyltransferases from Bombyx mori & 1-Deoxy-D-Xylulose-5-Phosphate Synthase from Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax
Patrick Stephen Nugent
Tailoring the Pore Environment of Metal-Organic and Molecular Materials Decorated
with Inorganic Anions: Platforms for Highly Selective Carbon Capture
Tarah A. Word
Photoacoustic Calorimetry Studies of the Earliest Events in Horse Heart Cytochrome-c
Folding
Michael Veri
Dead/Live Microbial Culture Technique
Christian R. Cioce
Computational Investigations of Potential Energy Function Development for Metal-Organic
Framework Simulations, Metal Carbenes, and Chemical Warfare Agents
Qiao Qiao
Investigаtiоn оf 3D Structures оf γ-AAрeрtide bаsed Peрtidоmimetics
Yuri Pevzner
Development and Application of Web-Based Open Source Drug Discovery Platforms
Aleksandra Karolak
Application and Development of Computational Methods in Conformational Studies of
Bio-molecules
Sachel M. Villafañe-García
Use of Assessments in College Chemistry Courses: Examining Students' Prior Conceptual
Knowledge, Chemistry Self-efficacy, and Attitude
Chris G. Witowski
Investigation of Bioactive metabolites from the Antarctic Sponge Dendrilla membranosa and Marine Microorganisms
Jordany Richardson Maignam
Development of Orally Bioavailable 4(1H)-Quinolones and 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroacridin-9(10H)-ones
with Potent Anti-malarial Activity
Hasnaa Mouttaki
Quest toward the Design and Synthesis of Functional Metal-Organic Materials (MOMs):
A Supermolecular Building Layer Approach (SBL)
Megan Marie Barber
2,4-Disubstituted Quinazolines with Antileishmanial or Antibacterial Activity
Christopher Lee Lizardi
Aldehydic C–H Amination Reactions via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical Catalysis and Constructionof Novel Chiral meso-Amidoporphyrin Ligands
Perry Robert Mitchell Jr.
The Detection and Quantitative Analysis of Endocannabinoids and Endogenous Fatty Acid
Amides in Apis Mellifera and Tribolium Castaneum
Kristen A. Jeffries
Biosynthesis of Long-chain Fatty Acid Amides
Tony Pham
Theoretical Investigations of Gas Sorption and Separation in Metal-Organic Materials
Frankie Costanza
Design, Synthesis and Applications of Polymer Biomaterials
Haifan Wu
Gamma-AApeptides as a New Class of Peptidomimetics: Synthesis, Structures, and Functions
Yaogang Hu
Design and Synthesis of Bioactive Peptidomimetics
Daniel Robert Dempsey
Identification and Characterization of N-acyltransferase Enzymes that are Involved
in the Biosynthesis of Fatty Acid Amides
2014
Todd Adam Gatlin
Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistants' Experiences in Academic Laboratories and Development
of a Teaching Self-image
Alaa Hassam Hashim
Metallopeptides From Design to Catalysis: Structure, Oxidative Activities, And Inhibition
Studies Of Designed And Naturally Occurring Metallopeptides
Sameh Khamis Elsaidi
Crystal Engineering of Functional Metal-Organic Material Platforms for Gas Storage
and Separation Applications
Tao Liang
Chiral Phosphoric Aids and Alkaline Earth Metal Phosphates Cemistry
Yao Chen
Synthesis, Characterization and Mechanistic Studies of Biomolecules @ mesoMOFs
Adrian Villalta-Cerdas
Development and Assessment of Self-explaining Skills in College Chemistry Instruction
Katherine Cristina Parra
Combination of the Computational Methods: Molecular dynamics, Homology Modeling and
Docking to Design Novel Inhibitors and study Structural Changes in Target Proteins
for Current Diseases
Wenfeng Wang
Investigation of Energy Alignment Models at Polymer Interfaces
Andrii Monastyrski
Synthesis and Evaluation of 3-Aryl-4(1H)-Quinolones as Orally Active Antimalarials:Overcoming
Challenges in Solubility, Metabolism, and Bioavailability
Shruti Padhee
Insights into α-AApeptides and γ-AApeptides as Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Peptidomimetics
and Anti-Biofilm Agents
Josanne-Dee Woodroffe
A Synthesis Approach Of TRP-Like Primary Amine Peptoid Side Chains Used In Cyclic
Beta-Hairpin - Like Scaffolds
Alexander Schoedel
[M3(μ3-O)(O2CR)6] and Related Trigonal Prisms: Versatile Molecular Building Blocks
for 2-Step Crystal Engineering of Functional Metal-Organic Materials
Shi-Yuan Zhang
Homochiral Metal-Organic Materials: Design, Synthetic and Enantioseletive Separation
Zhenjie Zhang
Template-Directed Synthesis and Post-Synthetic Modification of Porphyrin-Encapsulating
Metal-Organic Materials
Pankaj Jain
Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation and Propargylation of Aldehydes
Ranjani Muralidharan
Investigation and characterization of Pt-modified Au catalysts and polymer composites
by electrochemistry, Raman and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)
2013
Jhon J. Figueroa
Immobilization and Characterization of Physisorbed Antibody Films Using Pneumatic
Spray as Deposition Technique
Mohamed N. Amin
Synthesis of Amphiphilic α- and γ-AApeptides for Antimicrobial, Self-Assembly, and
Mineralization Studies
Ashley Lynn Mullen
A Polarizable and Transferable Carbon Dioxide Potential for Materials Simulation
Courtney Jerome Du Boulay
Virtual Screening for Inhibitors of Anti-apoptotic Proteins: DCK, BCL-XL, MCL-1, MDMX,
and MDM2
Ushiri Kumarihamy Kulatanga
Argumentation as a Lens to Examine Student Discourse in Peer-Led Guided Inquiry for
College General Chemistry
Kurt Steven Von Horn
Anti-parasitic and anti-bacterial agents: Studies on 1,4-dihydropyridines and 2,4-diaminoquinazolines
Keily Heredia
Refinement, Application, and Evaluation of Cognitive and Affective Chemistry Measures
for College Students
Jingran Tao
Asymmetric Nitrene Transfer Reactions with Azides via Co(II)-Based Metalloradical
Catalysis (MRC)
William Antonio Maza
Reaction Enthalpy and Volume Profiles for Excited State Reactions Involving Electron
Transfer and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
Matthew Jon Kaplan
Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Acetalization and Iso-Pictet-Spengler Reactions
Sai Lakshmana Kumar Vankayala
Computational Approaches for Structure Based Drug Design and Protein Structure-Function
Prediction
2012
Biplop Bhattacharya
Synthesis and Anti-MRSA Activity of Hydrophilic C3-Acylated N-Thiolated β-Lactams
and N-Acyl Ciprofloxacin-N-Thiolated β-Lactam Hybrids
Gajendrasingh Ingle
Chiral BINOL Metal Phosphate/Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of
Phosphorus and Sulfur Nucleophiles to Imines and Epoxides
Katya Pavlova Nacheva
Development of a Bio-Molecular Fluorescent Probe Used in Kinetic Target-Guided Synthesis
for the Identification of Inhibitors of Enzymatic and Protein-Protein Interaction
Targets
Sameer Shamrao Kulkarni
Development and Optimization of Kinetic Target-Guided Synthesis Approaches Targeting
Protein-Protein Interactions of the Bcl-2 Family
Daniel Navarrete Santiago
Use and Development of Computational Tools in Drug Discovery: From Small Molecules
to Cyclic Peptides
Divya Ramamoorthy
Design of Novel Inhibitors for Infectious Diseases using Structure-based Drug Design:
Virtual Screening, Homology Modeling and Molecular Dynamics
Jeremy Beau
Drug Discovery from Floridian Mangrove Endophytes
Mu Seong Kim
Design, Synthesis, Processing, and Thermal Analysis of Nanocomposites with Tunable
Properties
David Bager
Design and Synthesis of Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitor Scaffolds
Xue Xu
Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Cyclopropanation by Co(II)- Based Metalloradical
Catalysis
Padmini Kavuru
Hierarchy of Supramolecular Synthons in the of Design Multi-Component Crystals
Christi Leigh Whittington
Molecular Dynamics of the RNA Binding Cavity of Influenza A Non-structural Protein
1 (NS1) RNA Binding Domain
Heather Dawn Marie Clarke
Crystal Engineering of Multi-Component Crystal Forms: The Opportunities and Challenges
in Design
Le Meng
Design and Construction of Functional Metal-Metalloporphyrin Frameworks
Rachel Josephine Alessio
Removal of Bisphenol A Model Compounds and Related Substances Using Octolig®
2011
Wei Sheung Ma
Natural Product Drug Discovery against Tropical Diseases
Carissa Marie Vetromile
Probing Molecules in Confined Space
Michelle Yolanda Cortes-Salva
Guanidines, Amidines and Carbamides as Novel Sigma Receptor Ligands for Post-Stroke
Therapeutics
Sebastian Gutmann
Electronic Structure Characterization of Nanocrystalline Surfaces and Interfaces with
Photoemission Spectroscopy
Praveen Ramaraju
Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activities of S,S'-Heterosubstituted Disulfides
Sreya Mukherjee
Crystal Engineering of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals
Jason Alexander Perman
Solid-State Synthesis of Imide Ligands for the Self-Assembly of Metal-Organic Materials
Shradda R. Desai
Role of Protein Kinase C-iota in Glioblastoma
Abdullah Awadh Alhendal
Sol-gel Resorcinarene Sorbent for Capillary Microextraction Coupled to Gas Chromatography
Roger Wesley Bass
Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Healing Poly (Carbonate Urethane) Carbon-Nanotube
Composites
Richard Matthew Cross
Lead Discovery and Optimization Strategies Towards the Development of 4(1H)-Quinolones
and 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroacridone Analogs with Antimalarial Activity
Tien Teng Ong
Crystal Engineering of Molecular and Ionic Cocrystals
David Rudy Weyna
Crystal Engineering of Multiple Component Crystal Forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
2010
Shridhar Reddy Kaulagari
Design, Synthesis & Biological Activity of Novel Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (PTP)
Mimetics
Matthew D. Lebar
Antarctic Tunicates and Endophytic Fungi: Chemical Investigation and Synthesis
Kimberly Bliss Fields
The Design and Synthesis of Functionalized Porphyrins and Their Applications in Group
Transfer Reactions, Medicine, and Materials
Brent Hilker
Electric-Field Effects and Interactions of Dye-Polymer Systems
Ali Husain
Synthesis of Functionalized Resorcin[4]arene via Click Chemistry
Meagan Small
Photothermal studies of carboxymyoglobin
Anthony Green
Applications of Molecular Dynamics Techniques and Spectroscopic Theories to Aqueous
Interfaces
Abraham C. Stern
Computer Simulation of Metal-Organic Materials
Melissa Elizabeth Topper
Design, Combinatorial Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel α-Helical Mimetics
Based on Functionalized Piperazines as Antagonists of p53/ MDM2 Interactions
Carmen Alicia Garcia
Tracking chemistry self-efficacy and achievement in a preparatory chemistry course
Wen-shan Chang
Use of model compounds to study potential removal of pharmaceuticals using Octolig®
Emma K. Farrell
Biosynthesis of fatty acid amides
Jaime Heimbegner Noguez
Chemical Investigation of the Antarctic Marine Invertebrates Synoicum adareanum and Artemisina plumosa
Mohamed H. Alkordi
Metal-Organic Materials: From Design Principles to Practical Applications
Farid Nuoar
Design, synthesis and post-synthetic modifications of functional metal-organic materials
Xiaoying Xu
Refinement of a chemistry attitude measure for college students
2009
Jonathan L. Belof
Theory and simulation of metal-organic materials and biomolecules
Mariangela Dametto
Computer simulations of apomyoglobin folding
Miranda L. Cheney
The Rold of Cocrystals in Solid-State Synthesis of Imides and the Development of Novel
Crystalline Forms of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
John Jackson Perry
Hierarchial complexity in metal-organic materials: From layers to polyhedra to supermolecular
building blocks
Dorina F. Sava
Quest towards the design and synthesis of functional metal-organic materials: A molecular
building approach
Dalia A. Aboarayes
Crystal engineering of nutraceutical cocrystals
Twarita Anil Pujari
Cocrystals of nutraceuticals: Protocatechuic acid and quercetin
Divya Ramamoorthy
Synthesis of small molecule inhibitors targeting signal transduction pathways
Teresa McClain Eckart
Productive whole-class discussions: A qualitative analysis of peer leader behaviors
in general chemistry
Audrey Mokdad
Time-resolved thermodynamics studies of heme signaling proteins and model systems
Anne M. Shearrow
Ionic liquid-mediated sol-gel sorbents for capillary microextraction and challenges
in glass microfabrication
Li Fang
Germania-based sol-gel organic-inorganic hybrid coatings for capillary microextraction
Jacob A. Shafer
N-acyltyramines as substrates for tyrosinase: Enzymatic lag and dopamine precursor
William J. Wagner
Two methodologies in pursuit of the elucidation of copper (II)-centered bioinorganic
chemistry
Audrey Mokdad
Time-resolved thermodynamics studies of heme signaling proteins and model systems
2008
Jacilynn A. Brant Toward the Synthesis of Designed Metal-Organic Materials
Jarrod F. Eubank
Rational Synthesis Toward the Design of Functional Metal-Organic Materials
Milena Ivkovic
N-Acylethanolamines as Novel Alcohol Dehydrogenase 3 Substrates
Bo Jiang
Formal Reasoning and Spatial Ability: A Step Towards "Science for All"
Padmini Kavuru
Crystal Engineering of Flavonoids
Pasha Moeenuddin Khan
Application of Pd Catalyzed Alkylation: Synthesis of Bicyclic Furans, Isoxazolines
and New Cyclopentane Amino Acid Analogs
Edward W. Lowe
Steady-State and Theoretical Investigations of Peptidylglycine a-amidating Monooxygenase
Neil R. McIntyre
Mechanistic Studies of Peptidylglycine Alpha-Amindating Monooxygenase
Gregory J. McManus
Structural Diversity in Metal-Organic Materials
Emily Bretherick Rowland
Enantioselective Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Reaction Methodology: Part A: Enantioselective
Mannich Reaction. Part B: Enantioselective Desymmertrization of Meso-Aziridines
Gerald B. Rowland
Enantioselective Bronsted Acid-Catalyzed Addition of Carbon and Nitrogen Nucleophiles
to Imines
Joshua V. Ruppel
Cobalt (II)-Catalyzed Atom/Group Transfer Reaction: Stereoselective Carbene and Nitrene
Transfer
Chunyan Wang
Development of Novel Biocompatible Hydrogel Coatings for Implantable Glucose Sensors
Hla Yee Win
Role of Protein Kinase C-iota in Prostate Cancer
Sung Wook Yi
Cysteine Based PNA (CPNA): Design, Synthesis and Application
2007
Kerriann R. Greenhalgh
Development of Biocompatible Multi-Drug Conjugated Nanoparticles/Smart Polymer Films
for Biomedicinal Application
Lisa M. Malmgren
Using In Situ Click Chemistry to Modulate Protein-Protein Interactions: Bcl-XL as a Case Study
Sameer M. Kulkarni
Sol-Gel Immobilized Cyano-Polydimethylsiloxane and Short Chain Polyethylene Glycol
Coatings for Capillary Microextraction Coupled to Gas Chromatography
Tanise R. Shattock
Crystal Engineering of Co-Crystals and their Revelance to Pharmaceutical Forms
Brianne Wright-Weber
Physical, Kinetic, And Immunological Studies of Monomeric (Periplaneta Americana)
And Dimeric (Isostychopus Badonotus) Arginine Kinases
Sheshanka Kesani
Crystallization Studies of Epigallocatechin Gallate
Christine L. Neipert
Construction and Application of Computationally Tractable Theories of Nonlinear Spectroscopy
Thotaha Wijayahewage Sampath Chrysantha Abeylath
Glyconanobiotics: Novel Carbohydrated Nanoparticle Polymers
Brenda Christine Held
Examining the Evolution of Phosphagen Kinases: A Study of a Dimeric Arginine Kinase
Form Sea Urchin (Stronglyocentrotus purpuratus) Egg
Mehul J. Ajmera
Synthesis of novel cysteine Peptide Nucleic Acid (CPNA)
2006
Kashmir Singh Juneja
Tyrosinase-like Activity of Several Alzheimer's Disease Related and Model Peptides
and their Inhibition by Natural Antioxidants
Sumedh Parulekar
A Novel Approach to Manipulate Cavity Size In Resorcinarenes
Jennifer Anne McMahon
Crystal Engineering of Novel Pharmaceutical Forms
Zhenqiang Wang
Design of Metal-Organic Framework Materials Based upon Inorganic Clusters and Polycarboxylates
Vasiliki Lykourinou
Copper and Iron Complexes of Linear and Crosslinked Polymers as Catalysts for Phosphoester
Hydrolysis and Oxidative Transformation of Phenolic and Catecholic Substrates
Alfred B. Roney
Structure and Dynamics of Heterogeneous Molecular Systems
Christina Ridley Kaspryzk
Practical Applications of Molecular Dynamics Techniques and Time Correlation Function
Theories
Zhenqiang Wang
Metal-Organic Networks Based Upon Dicarboxylato Ligands
Marci Culbreath
An Investigation into the Antifungal Activities of N-Thiolated Beta-Lactams Against
Selected Candida Species
Beverly Dee Barker
Teaching Philosophy and Practices Among Chemistry Faculty Attending MID Project Workshops:
Implications for Reform in Chemistry
Jason Aaron Matthews
Investigation of the Effects of Increased Levels of O-GlcNAc Protein Modification
on Protein Kinase C and Akt
Joanna A. Bis
Crystal Engineering of Organic Compounds Including Pharmaceuticals
Thushara Kelum Kaviraj Diyabalanage
Chemical Investigation of two Antarctic Invertebrates, Synoicum adraeanum (Chordata:
Ascidiaceae: Enterogona: Polyclinidae) and Austrodoris kergulenensis (Molusca: Gastropoda:
Nudibranchia: Dordidae)
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Chemo-Enzymatic Route to Synthesis of Biodegradable Polymers and Glycolipid Analogs
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Thermal Analysis of Hydrophilic Polymers Used in Nanocomposites and Biocompatible
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Design and Synthesis of Core Structural Intermediates for Novel HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors
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The Theoretical Modeling, Design, and Synthesis of Key Structural Units for Novel
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An Evaluation of a Pedagogical Reform Designed for College Chemistry Teaching with
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A New Approach of Kainoids: Total Syntheses of (-)-Kainic Acid and (+)-Allokainic
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Isolation and Identification of O-linked-β-N-acetylglucosamine Modified Proteins (O-GlcNAc)
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N-Thiolated β-Lactams: Chemistry, SAR and Intracellular Target of a Novel Class of
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Crystal Engineering of Metal-Carboxylate Based Coordination Polymers
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Chemical and Biological Investigation of the Antarctic Red Alga Delisea pulchra
Akihisa Nonoyama
Using Multiwavelength UV-Visible Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Red Blood
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Chemical Investigation of Three Antarctic Marine Sponges
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Supramolecular Metal-Organic and Organic Materials
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Studies in Rhodium Catalyzed Intramolecular C-H Insertion of Amino Acid Derived α-Diazo-α-(substituted)acetamides
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Jeung-Yeop Shim
Studies on Antibacterial Activities of N-Thiolated Beta-Lactams and their Polymeric
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Timothy E. Long
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Characterization and Formation of Particulate Nitrate in a Coastal Area
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Crystal Engineering of Binary Compounds Containing Pharmaceutical Molecules
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Use of Silica-Supported Absorbents, Modified Silica Gel, Modified Montmorillonite
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Brian D. Moulton
"Intelligent" Design of Molecular Materials: Understanding the Concepts of Design
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Kenneth Henry Heffner
Radiation Induced Degradation Pathways for Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) and Polystyrene
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Functionalization of Resorcinarenes and Study of Antimicrobial Activity