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 the title of there dissertation. To read more on their work, click here.
Douglas Franz
Simulation and Software Development to Understand Interactions of Guest Molecules
in Porous Materials
Ryan Anderson
Fatty Acid Amides and Their Biosynthetic Enzymes Found in Insect Model Systems
Ma Su
Structure-based Design, Synthesis and Applications of a New Class of Peptidomimetics:
'Y-AA Peptides and Thier Derivatives
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
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
Sheshanka Kesani
Sol-gel Niobia-based Sorbents for the Enrichment of Organophosphorus Compounds by
Capillary Microextraction Online Coupled for High Performance Liquid Chromatography
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
Siqi Sun
Magnetic Nanostructure Application in SERS Detection of Melatonin and Resonance Ramen
Characterization of Binding of Catechol Moieties with Antibiotic Iron(III)-Bacitracin
Yujuan Liu
Investigating Students' Basic Needs and Motivation in College Chemistry Courses with
the Lens of Self-Determination Theory
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 Napthalene-Bridged Bis-Triazole Bimetallic Complexes
Stephen Motika
Diversifying Homogeneous Au(I)-Catalysis through New Reaction Discovery
Emre Seyyal
Germania- and silica-based perfluorinated and non-fluorinated sol-gel sorbents for
capillary microextraction in chromatographic analysis
Li Ye
Exploring Student learning in Post-Secondary General Chemistry: Novel Tool for Measuring
Linked Concepts and Study Habits
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
Abdullah Awadh Alhendal
Hydrolytic and Nonhydrolytic Sol-gel Zirconia-, Titania-, and Niobia-based Capillary
Microextraction Coatings for the preconcentration and HPLC Analysis of Catecholamine
Neurotransmitters and Phosphorylated peptides
Wenyang Gao
Metal-Organic Frameworks as Potential Platforms for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Chemical
Transformation
Michale Lawerence Doligalski
Design and Development of Peptidomimetic Ligands for Targeting Radiopharmaceuticals,
Imaging Probs, 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 Modeling and Structure Based Drug Design in Drug Discovery
Ge Bai
Cell Permability Studies of Aapeptides and Novel zmolecular 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 Hot Compounds for ESKAPE
pathogens, Leishmaniasis, and Inhibitors of Palmitoylation
Michael Trent Kemp
Optimizing Protocols for Carbihydrate 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 of Anticancer and Antiviral Drug
candidates
Jacqueline Lee Fries
Chemical Investigation of Antarctic Marine Organism & Thier Role in Modern Drug Discovery
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 Wardare Agents
Qiao Qiao
Investigation of 3-D Structures of y-Aapeptide Based Peptidomimetics
Yuri Pevzner
Development and Application of Web-Based Open Source Drug Discovery Platforms
Aleksandra Karolak
Application and Development of Computational Methods in Confrontational Studies of
Biomolecules
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
Youngran Ji
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and Porous Organic Polymers (POPs) for Heterogeneous
Asymmetric Catalysis
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 Construction
of Novel Chiral meso-Amidoporphyrin Ligands
Perry Robert Mitchell Jr.
The Detection and Quantitative Analysis of Endocannbinoids 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
Sungyub Han
Optimization of Aggregating agents and SERS Substrates for SERS detection of Continue
and trans 3'-hydroxycotinine
Daniel Robert Dempsey
Identification and Characterization of N-acyltransferase Enzymes that are Involved
in the Biosynthesis of Fatty Acid Amides
Todd Adam Gatlin
Chemistry Graduate Teaching Assistants' Experiences in Academic Laboratories and Development
of a Teaching Self-Image
Xiaoying Xu
Evaluation and Application of Instruments Measuring Spatial Ability and Attitude for
College Chemistry Students
Alaa Hassam Hashim
Metallopeptides From Design to Catalysis: Structure, Oxidative Activities, and Inhibition
Studies of Designed and Naturally Occurring Metallopeptides
Michael M. McLean
Phenyl Functionalized Sol-gel Silica Sorbent for Capillary Microextraction and Chromaia-Based
Sol-gel Ucon Stationary Phase Capillary gas Chromatography
Sameh Khamis Elsaidi
Crystal Engineering of Functional Metal-Organic Material Platforms for Gas Storage
and Separation Applications
Tao Liang
Chiral phosphoric acids and alkaline earth metal phosphate chemistry
Fenger Zhou
Synthesis of [1,2,4]-Triazines as Kinase Inhibitors and of Novel Fluorine Capture
Reagents for PET probes
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
Hyun Joo Kil
Design & Synthesis of Peptidomimetics Adopting Secondary Structures for Inhibition
of p53/MDM2 Protein-protein Interaction and Multiple Myeloma Cell Adhesion
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 [aacute]-AA peptides and a-AA peptides as broad spectrum antimicrobial
peptidomimetics and as 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, Synthesis and Enantioselective Separation
Zhenjie Zhang
Template-Directed Synthesis and Post-Synthetic Modification of Porphyrin-Encapsulating
Metal-Organic Materials
Pankaj Jain
Bro[o/]nsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation and Proparglyation of Aldehydes
Ranjani Muralidharan
Investigation and Characterization of Pt-modified Au catalysts and polymer composites by
electrochemistry, Ramen and Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS)
Jhon J. Figueroa
Immobilization and Characterization of Physisorbed Antibody Films using Pneumatic
Spray as Deposition Technique
Mohamed N. Amin
Synthesis of Amphiphilic a-and-y-AApeptides for Antimicrobial, Self-Assembly, and
Mineralization Studies
Seongmin Hong
Optimization, Modification and Application of Gold nanoparticles as the Substrates
of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
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: Students on 1,4-dihydropyridines and 2,4-diaminoquinazolines
Keily Heredia
Refinement, Application, and Evaluation of Cognitive and Affective Chemistry Measures
for College Students
Bernard Knudsen
A Rheological Examination of Polymer Composites: Including Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes,
Viable Polyurethane Alternates, and Contact Lens Hydrogels
Parul Jain
Characterizing Interactions between Chromophores in Synthetic and Natural Macromolecular
Films via MALDI-TOF, IBF and Dielectric Analyzer
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
Chrial Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Acetalization and Iso-Picket-Spengler Reactions
Sai Iakshmana Kumar Vankayala
Computational Approaches for Structure Based Drug Design and Protein Structure-Function
Prediction
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
Chrial BINOL Metal Phosphate/Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of
Phosphorus and Sulfur Nucleophilies 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 Bcl-2 Family
Shawn E. Larsen
Enantioselective Bronsted and Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Reaction Methodology: Aziridines
as Building Blocks for Catalytic Asymmetric Induction
Daniel Navarrete Santiago
Use and Development for Computational Tools in Drug Discovery: From Small Molecules
to Cyclic Peptides
Divya Ramamoorthy
Deisgn of Novel Inhibitors for Infectious Diseases using Structure-based Drug Design:
Virtual Screening, Homology Modeling and Molecular Dynamics
Jeremy Beau
Drug Disovery from Floridian Mangrove Endophytes
Mu Seong Kim
Design, Synthesis, Processing, and Thermal Analysis of Nanocomposites with Turnable
Properties
Arun Babu Kumar
Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Diazirine Photolabels with Improved Ambient
Light Stability and Fluorous-Based Enrichment Capacity
Ryan Cormier
N-Acyl Ciproflozacins: Synthesis, Antibacterial Activity and Effects on Molecular
Loading Poly(vinyl benzoate) Nanoparticles
David Bager
Design and Synthesis of Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitor Scaffolds
Xue Xu
Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Cyclopropanation by Co(II)-Based Metalloradicals
Catalysis
Padmini Kavuru
Hierarchy of Supramolecular Synthons in the Design of Mutli-Component Catalysis
Christi Leigh Whittington
Molecular Dynamics of the RNA Binding Cavity of INfluenza A Non-Structural Protein
1 (NS1) RNA Binding Domain
Ramakanth Ananthoji
Hydrophilic Polymers of Po (2-Hydroxyl Ethyl Methacrylate) with Tunable Properties
for Drug Release, Sequestrian of Blistering Agent, Preparation of Ultra-Strong Hydrogels
& Thermal Stability of Various Organic Azides
Shikha Mahajan
Protein Profiling of Adenine Nucleoside and Nucleotide Analogs Binding Proteins Using
N6-Bitinylated-8-azidoadenosine Analogs as Affinity based Protein Profiling Probes
Heather Dawn Marie Clarke
Crystal Engineering of Multi-Component Crystal Forms: The Opportunities and Challenges
in Design
Sumit Handa
1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate Synthase (DXS) Mechanisitic Study and its Implication
in the Devlopment of Novel Antibiotics and Antimalarials
Philip Murray
cHyd1 Solution Phase Synthesis Optimization and the Devlopment of a Novel Human Growth
Hormone Antagonist and Agonist
Le Mang
Design and Construction of Functional Metal- Metalloporphyrin
Rachel Josephine Alessio
Removal of Bisphenol A Model Compounds and Related Substances Using Octolig
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 Activites 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
Meghanatha Gali
Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Janus Kinase 2, Phosphodiesterase IV, GABAA
and NMDA receptors: Investigation of Mcmurry, Mannich and Chemoenzymatic Strategies
Shradda R. Desai
Role of Protein Kinase C-iota in Glioblastoma
Prajit P. Pillai
Virtual Screening for Inhibitors of Anti-apoptotic Proteins: DCK, BCL-XL, MCL-1, MDMX,
and MDM2
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
John Alan Maschek
Chemical Investigation of the Antartic Marine Invertebrates Austrodoris kerguelenensis
& Dendrilla membranosa and the Antartic Red Alga Gigartina skottsbergii
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
Shridhar Reddy Kaulagari
Design, Synthesis & Biological Activity of Novel Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase (PTP)
Mimetics
Zhenming An
New Peptide-paie Screening Strategy and Peptidylglycine a-Hydroxylating Monoxygenase
(PHM) Based Enrichment for the Discovery of Novel a-Amidated Peptides
Matthew D. Lebar
Antartic 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
Chung Sik Kim
Corrole Synthesis and Catalytic Applications Toward Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Epoxidation,
N-H Insertion, and Cyclopropanation
Ali Husain
Synthesis of Functionalized Resorcin[4]arene via Click Chemistry
Meagan Small
Photothermal studies of carboxymyoglobin
Anthony Green
Applications of Molecular Dynamis 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
Priyesh Jain
Design and Synthesis of Beta-Hairpin Peptidomimetics for Modulating Integrin Mediated
Cell Adhesion, Abeta Fibrillogenesis and p53-MDM2 Protein-Protein Interactions
Mingzhou Zhou
Design and Combinatorial Synthesis Approach of Non-peptidic Trimeric Small Molecules
Mimicking i, i + 4(3), i + 7 Positions of alphaHelices
Carmen Alicia Garcia
Tracking chemistry self-efficacy adn achievement in a preparatory chemistry course
Amy J. Cains
Structural Diversity in Crystal Chemistry: Rational Design Strategies Toward the Synthesis
of Functional Metal-Organic Materials
Wen-shan Chang
Use of model compounds to study potential removal of pharmaceuticals using Octolig
Emma K. Farrell
Biosyenthsis of fatty acid amides
Jaime Heimbegner Noguez
Chemical Investigation of the Antartic Marine Invertebrates Synoicum adareanumand
Artemisina plumosa
Scott S. Sergo
Surface-bonded sol-gel sorbents for on-line hyphenation of capillary microextraction
with highperformance liquid chromatography
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
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 moleculare
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
Laura Anderson
Design and synthesis of substituted 1,4-hydrazinelinked piperazine-2,5- and 2,6-diones
and 2,5-terpyrimidinylenes as [alpha]-helical mimetics
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
Shisi Liu
Synthesis and characterization of a novel Poly(methyl methacrylate) Composites using
Copper-4,4'-Trimethylenedipyridine Metal Organic Frameworks as Fillers
Ruizhi Wu
Enzymatic and chemical synthesis of polyesters and polycarbonates derived from L-tartaric
acid and synthesis of polycaprolactones initiated by cavitands
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
Mehul J. Ajmera
Synthesis of novel cysteine Peptide Nucleic Acid (CPNA)
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 Monoxygenase
Neil R. McIntyre
Mechanistic Studies of Peptidylglycine Alpha-Amindating Monoxygenase
Gregory J. McManus
Structural Diversity in Metal-Organic Materials
Emily Bretherick Rowland
Enantioselective Bronsted 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
William Maung Tray
Metallopeptides As Model Systems for the Study of Cu(II)-Dependent Oxidation Chemistry
Chunyan Wang
Development of Novel Biocompatible Hydrogel Coatings for Implantable Glucose Sensors
Hia Yee Win
Role of Protein Kinase C-iota in Prostate Cancer
Sung Wook Yi
Cysteine Based PNA (CPNA): Design, Synthesis and Application
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-Polydimethylsilozane 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 Pharamaceutical 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
Giordano Faustini Zimmerer Da Silva
The Bioinorganic Chemistry Of Copper-Containing Systems: From Type-3 Systems Pertinent
To Alzheimer's Disease To Mononuclear Hydrolysis Involved In Biological Development
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
Tae-Young Kim
Novel Sol-Gel Titania-Based Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Coatings for On-Line Capillary
Microextraction Coupled to High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
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 Pharmeceutical Forms
Zhenqiang Wang
Design of Metal-Organic Framework Materials Based upon Inorganic Clusters and Polycarboxylates
Russell H. DeVane
Molecular Dynamics and Time Correlation Function Theories
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. Ronery
Structure and Dynamics of Heterogeneous Molecular Systems
J. Michelle Leslie
N-Thiolated β-Lactam Antibiotics: Synthesis and Structure-Activity Studies of C3-Oxygenated
Derivatives and Attachments to New, Functionalized Caprolactone Monomers and Polymers
Christina Ridley Kaspryzk
Practical Applications of Molecular Dynamics Techniques and Time Correlation Function
Theories
Zhenqiang Wang
Metal-Organic Networks Based Upon Bicarboxylato 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 Antartic Invertebrates, Synoicum adraeanum (Chordata:
Ascidiaceae: Enterogona: Polyclinidae) and Austrodoris kergulenensis (Molusca: Gastropoda:
Nudibranchia: Dordidae)
Surbhi Bhatt
Chemo-Enzymatic Route to Synthesis of Biodegradable Polymers and Glycolipid Analogs
Yang Wang
Antibiotic-Conjugated Polyacrylate Nanoparticles: New Opportunities for Development
of Anti-MRSA Analogs
LeNetra Clayton
The Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Composites
Kadine Mohomed
Thermal Analysis of Hydrophilic Polymers Used in Nanocomposites and Biocompatible
Coatings
Kiran Kumar Venkata Raja Avancha
Design and Synthesis of Core Structural Intermediates for Novel HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors
& Synthesis, Biological Activity and Molecular Modeling of Novel 20S Proteasome Inhibitors
Stephanie Tara Weiss
The Theoretical Modeling, Design, and Synthesis of Key Structural Units for Novel
Molecular Clamps and Pro-Apoptotic Alpha Helix-Peptidomimetics
Scott Edwin Lewis
An Evaluation of a Pedagogical Reform Designed fr College Chemistry Teaching with
Large Classes
Kevin David Revell
Mode of Action and Structure-Activity Studies of N-Alkylthio-b-Lactams and N-Alkylthio-2-Oxazolidinones,
and Synthesis of Second-Generation Disulfide Inhibitors of b-Ketoacyl-Acyl Carrier
Protein Synthase III (FabH) as Potent Antibacterial Agents
Young Chun Jung
A New Approach of Kainoids: Total Syntheses of (-)-Kainic Acid and (+)-Allokainic
Acid
Wen Li
Electrically Charged Sol-Gel Coatings for On-Line Preconcentration and Analysis of
Zwitterionic Biomolecules by Capillary Electrophoresis
Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter
Enzyme Linked Spectroscopic Assays for Glyoxylate; The Use of Peptidoglycine alpha-Amidating
Monoxygenase for the Discovery of Novel alpha-Amidated Hormones
Angela S. Perry
A Theoretical Description of the Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
of Interfaces
Abuzar Kabir
Polytetrahydrofuran-and Dedrimer-Based Sol-Gel Coatings for Capillary Microextraction
(CME) Providing Parts Per Trillion (ppt) and Parts Per Quadrillion (ppq) Level Detection
Limits in Conjunction With Gas Chromatography and Flame Ionization Detection (FID)
Sreekatha Paspueti
Isolation and Identificatoin of O-linked-β-N-acetylglucosamine Modified Proteins (O-GlcNAc)
in the Developing Xenopus laevis Oocyte
Heba Abourahma
Structural Diversity in Metal-Organic Nanoscale Supramolecular Architectures
Jason A. Carr
The Utilization of Enzymes in th Synthesis and Modification of Natural and NonNatrual
Compounds: A Chemo-Enzymatic Approach to Enantiomerically Pure Compounds
Chiliu Chen
Efforts toward the First Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Praziquantel and Synthetic
Model Studies on Ecteinascidin 743 by Novel Aromatic C-H Insertion Methodology
Bart Allen Heldreth
N-Thiolated β-Lactams: Chemistry, SAR and Intracellular Target of a Novel Class of
Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents
Jianjiang Lu
Crystal Engineering of Metal-Carboxylate Based Coordination Polymers
Santhisree Nandiraju
Chemical and Biological Investigation of the Antartic Red Alga Delisea pulchra
Akihisa Nonoyama
Using Multiwavelength UV-Visible Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Red Blood
Cell: An Investigation of Hypochromism
Young Chul Park
Chemical Investigation of Three Antartic Marine Sponges
Elisabeth Rather
Supramolecular Metal-Organic and Organic Materials
Jeung-Yeop Shim
Studies on Antibacterial Activities of N-Thiolated Beta-Lactams and their Polymeric
Nanoparticles Against MRSA
Timothy E. Long
N-thiolated I2-Lactams: Chemistry and Biology of a Novel Class of Antimicrobial Agents
for MRSA
Kenneth Henry Heffner
Radiation Induced Pathways for Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) and Polystyrene Polymers
as Models for Polymer Behavior in Space Environments
Geoffrey H. Chew
Substrate-Based Inhibitors of Peptidylglycine a-amidating monoxygenase (PAM) as anti-proliferative
drugs for cancer
Melissa Cheryl Foster Evans
Characterization and Formation of particulate nitrate in a costal area
Leslie Ann Morales
Crystal Engineering of Binary Compounds Containing Pharmaceutical Molecules
Craig Alcindor Ivan Bowe
Use of Silica-Supported Absorbents, Modified Silica Gel, Modified Montmorillonite
KSF and magnetite in the Remediation of Selected Heavy Metals from Aqueous Media
Brian D. Moulton
"Intelligent" Design of Molecular Materials: Understanding the Concepts of Design
in Supramolecular Synthesis of Network Solids
David L. Flanigan Jr.
Studies in Rhodium Catalyzed Intramolecular C-H Insertion of Amino Acid Derived αDiazo-α-(substituted)acetamides
and its Application to the Total Synthesis of clastoLactacystin β-Lactone
Paul Tate
Ammonia Sampling using Ogawa passive Samplers
Functionalization of Resorcinareenes and Study of Antimicrobial Activity