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2024 2024

Directional Dopant Migration by ‘Atomic Trapping’ in Core/multi-shell Quantum Dots, Chun Chu

A Molecular Toolbox to Study Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for the Development of Improved Therapeutics, Emma Joanna Doukmak

Development and Progress Towards Functional Photoresponsive Systems, Jasmine Gomez

Development and Application of Photoresponsive Small Molecule Probes to Modulate and Characterize Neuroreceptors, Spencer Kim

Development and application of small-molecule probes targeting ghrelin O-acyltransferase, Jacob Moose

Investigating the cellular localization, trafficking, and biological function of ghrelin O-acyltransferase, Sadie Xiao Hua Novak

Synthetic Studies on SHIP Modulators, HIF-2α Antagonists, and New Rhodium Carboxylate Catalysts, Angela Pacherille

Development of Stochastic and Time-Dependent Quantum Chemical Methods for Accurate Description of Light-Matter Interactions with Applications in Photoionization and Inverse Photoemission in Nanomaterials, Nicole Spanedda

2023 2023

NMR-Guided Directed Evolution, Sagar Bhattacharya

Design, synthesis, and characterization of monomeric peptide multiagonists for the mitigation of CNS-associated side effects in the treatment of Type II diabetes and Obesity, Kylie Sloane Chichura

Synthetic Studies on Small Molecule Src Homology 2 Domain Containing Inositol 5’Phosphatase (SHIP) Modulators and Studies towards the Design and Synthesis of a SHIP PROTAC, Shawn Dormann

LEVERAGING THE POST-TRANSLATIONAL LIPIDATIONS TO MODULATE THE ASSEMBLY AND PHASE-BEHAVIOR OF PROTEINS, Md Shahadat Hossain

Studies of New Tandem Oxidative Methods in Organic Synthesis, Katelyn Ann Leets

Design, synthesis, and bioconjugation of novel peptide-based drugs to mitigate negative hindbrain side effects for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity, Amber Liles

Alkylation of Carboxylic Acids And 1,2,3-Triazoles Using Imidates, Wenhong Lin

Synthesis of Polyacetylene Through Photopolymerization of Conjugated Diiodopolyenes in Urea Inclusion Complexes, Michael Moskowitz

Development of a Novel Bistable DNA Sensor for Anti-HIV Drug Discovery and Re-engineering of Recombinant Cyclin T1-Tat Protein with SUMO Fusion in Escherichia Coli, Nan Thuzar Myint

Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Enzymes Involved in Ghrelin Signaling, Mariah Pierce

Synthetic Studies on Quinoline SHIP Inhibitors and New Methods for C-O and C-C Bond Formations Using Trichloroacetimidates, Christopher Russo

Small molecule and peptide redox reactions using rare and earth abundant metal complexes, Alyssa Spear

CsPbX3 Nanoparticle Synthesis Via Nonpolar Solvent Choice and Microwave Heating, Growth Mechanism and CsPb(Br/I)3 Stabilization by Halide Exchange, Hediyeh Zamani

2022 2022

A COHERENCE-COLORED LOOK INSIDE REVERSE MICELLES: ADVANCING MAGNETIC RESONANCE RELAXOMETRY TO CHARACTERIZE INTERNAL WATER POOL DYNAMICS, Alec Beaton

Synthesis, Characterization and Cellular Uptake of Magnesium Complexes of Pyrones and Amino Acids, Derek Robert Case

Evaluation of the Energetic Factors in Crystalline Pharmaceuticals Using Solid-state Density Functional Theory and Low-frequency Vibrational Spectroscopy, Margaret P. Davis

Chemical Control and Understanding of Horizontal Gene Transfers, Drug-Resistance Development, and Filament and Biofilm Formation, Yuchen Jin

Design of novel metalloenzymes and investigation of protein-metal interactions, Alona Kulesha

Trichloroacetimidates As Outstanding Electrophiles for the Carbon-nitrogen, Carbon-oxygen and Carbon-carbon Bonds Formation and Synthetic Studies of Protein Phosphatase-5 (pp5) Small Molecule Inhibitors, Nilamber Mate

The Design, Synthesis, and Investigation into Small Molecule Modulators of the Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing Inositol 5’-Phosphatase (SHIP), Shea Thomas Meyer

Monitoring Bacteria Cultures Using Near Infrared (nir) Binary Spectronephelometry (bsn), Raman Spectra and Principal Component Analysis (pca), Steven Ortiz

A New Class of Antibiotic That Prevents Drug Tolerance, Persistence, and Resistance By Controlling Emergence of Phenotypes., Pankaj Dinkar Patil

2021 2021

Structure-activity Relationships Of Pili-binding Ligands Reveals Mechanisms For Controlling Phenotypes Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Felicia N. Burns

Structure-activity Relationships of Pili-binding Ligands Reveals Mechanisms for Controlling Phenotypes of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Felicia N. Burns

Computational Methodologies for the Simulation and Analysis of Low-frequency Vibrations in Molecular Crystals, Sara Jean Dampf

Design and Development of 2d Functional Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Andrew Hunter Davis

Photovoltages in Polycrystalline Mosaic Solar Cells, Steluta A. Dinca and Eric A. Schiff

Formation of Pyrroloindolines and Alkylation of N-heterocycles With Trichloroacetimidates and Synthesis of Quinoline Based Small Molecule Inhibitors of Ghrelin O-acyltransferase (goat), Bhaskar Joshi

Exploration of Carbon-oxygen and Carbon-nitrogen Bond Formation Utilizing Trichloroacetimidates and Investigations of New Reactions Mediated By Oxoammonium Salts, Rowan Meador

Drug Polypharmacy: From Rational Design of Multi-agonists for Type 2 Diabetes to Off-target Effects of Lysosomotropic Drugs, Brandon Milliken

Peptide Corrination for the Mitigation of Nausea and Emesis in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes, Ian Tinsley

The Phase Behavior of Ubqln Proteins and Implications for Protein Quality Control, Yiran Yang

Coordination Geometries in Metallobundles Enforcing Oxidative and Hydrolytic Catalysis and Designing Biomaterials for Use As Antimicrobials, Jennifer Yoon

Characterizing Multivalent Interactions Between Folded Protein Domains and Intrinsically Disordered Regions or Peptide Substrates, Tongyin Zheng

2020 2020

EXPANDING THE POTENTIAL PRENYLOME: PRENYLATION OF SHORTENED TARGET SUBSTRATES BY FTASE AND DEVELOPMENT OF FRET-BASED SYSTEM FOR DETECTING POTENTIALLY “SHUNTED” PROTEINS, Sudhat Ashok

Structural and Functional Insights into Ghrelin Acylation by Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase, Maria Campana

Spectroscopy versus turbidity: non-invasive in vivo monitoring of living systems, Seth Fillioe

Elucidating Dopant Migration Mechanism for the Controlled Dopant Locations/Distribution within Core/Shell Nanocrystals, Elan Hofman

Natural and Synthetic Ligand-Binding Induce Different Pilin Assemblies in vitro and Control P. aeruginosa Bioactivities in vivo, and Development of Bacterial-Motility Enabled Binding Assays, Arizza Chiara Siwa Ibañez

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF A BISTABLE APTAMER BASED THREE-SEGMENT SWITCH AS A DIAGNOSTIC INDICATOR FOR HIV-1 NCp7 DETECTION, Raghuvaran Mani Iyer

Expanding the Role of Proteins and Peptides for Biochemical and Therapeutic Applications, Megha Jayachandran

CHARACTERIZATION OF CRYSTALLINE PIGMENTS WITH LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND SOLID-STATE DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY, Elyse M. Kleist

Atmospheric Chemistry of Outdoor and Indoor Environments: Physical and Chemical Characterization of Urban Grime and Measurements of Oxidants in Vehicle Cabins, Corey Richard Kroptavich

Reactions for rapid access to C3a oxygenated pyrroloindolines and its application towards a novel route to pestalazine A, Nivedita Mahajani

Development and Efficient Implementation of Electron-Hole Interaction Kernel for Investigation of Electronic Excitations in Semiconductor and Metallic Nanoparticles, Peter Francis McLaughlin

Development and Application of Effective Stochastic Potential Method for Investigating Temperature-dependent Electronic Properties of Nanomaterials, Jeremy Scher

2019 2019

Understanding the Role of Anisotropy on the Optoelectronic and Colloidal Properties of Quantum Rods for Programmable Self-Assembly with DNA Origami, Yuetian Chen

A Closer Look at the Synthesis and Characterization of Alkaline Earth Metal Tetraarylborates and Heteroleptic Tetraarylborate Pyrazolates, Ashley Clements

Design and Application of Transition Metal Complexes for Catalysis, Martin Dolan

Synthetic Studies on Small Molecule Modulators of Src Homology 2 (SH2) Domain-Containing Inositol 5’-Phosphatase (SHIP), Otto Milhous Dungan

Synthesis and comparative structural analysis of metal diphosphonates, Valerie Lopez

Towards real-time monitoring of bacterial cultures without the need for physical sampling: elastic scattering, fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy of Escherichia coli cultures., Richard Thomas McDonough

Development and Application of NMR Diffusometry and Relaxometry Methodologies to Study Organic-Inorganic Interactions at Nanomaterial Surfaces, Emily Grace Ripka

Applying Trichloroacetimidates to the Synthesis of Benzylic Trichloroacetamides & Functionalized Indoles, Tamie Suzuki

2018 2018

Synthesis and Characterization of Group VII Transition Metal Tricarbonyl Complexes for Photphysical and Biological Applications, Nicholas Azzarelli

Development of explicitly correlated and many-body diagrammatic techniques for the investigation of electron-hole correlation in nanomaterials, Michael Gray Bayne

REDEFINING THE SCOPE OF PRENYLATION: DISCOVERY OF “FORBIDDEN” SUBSTRATE RECOGNITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS UTILIZING PRENYLATED PROTEINS, Melanie Jane Blanden

Ghrelin Processing and Maturation: Developing a Molecular-Level Framework for Hormone Activation and Biological Function, Elizabeth Rose Cleverdon

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF RELATIVE ENERGETIC STABILITIES OF CRYSTALLINE ANHYDROUS POLYMORPHS AND PSEUDOPOLYMORPHS, Teresa Dierks

Exploration of Transition Metal Catalyzed C−C and C−N Bond Formation to Access Synthetically Elusive Small Molecules, Alexandre Dixon

Designing Proteins and Peptides for Catalysis, Biophysical Studies and Therapeutic Applications, Pallavi Gosavi

The Bio-Nano Interface: Investigating the Roles of Nanoparticle Morphology, Microstructure, Optoelectronic Properties, and Surface Chemistry for Biological Applications, Liliana Karam

Indoor Photochemical Radical Production: Wavelength-Resolved Photon Fluxes and Rate Calculations, Shawn Kowal

Designing Proteins and Short Peptides for Biochemical Applications, Zsofia Lengyel

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF STAINLESS-STEEL NANOPARTICLES: OXIDATION BEHAVIOR AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, Laxmikant Pathade

A Solid-State Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Nitroguanidine and Gunshot Residues, Rebecca Prendergast

EXPLORING SPECIFICITY AND STABILITY OF A MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMER, Stephen Robert Shepherd

Photolysis Kinetics of Aromatic Pollutants in Liquid and Solid Environmental Condensed Phases, Alexa Stathis

Adapting Proteins for Clinical and Industrial Use, Michelle Takacs

Exploration of the Binding Behavior and Function of Saposin B, Jay Tinklepaugh

Evaluation of Thermal Effects and Lattice Vibrations in Molecular Crystals, Adam Joseph Zaczek

Chimera Ligand for Pili and Lectin A Protein Controls Antibiotic-Promoted Biofilm Formation, Swarming Motility, Tolerance and Persister Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Hewen Zheng

2017 2017

Trichloroacetimidates as Alkylating Reagents and Their Application in the Synthesis of Pyrroloindoline Natural Products and Synthesis of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Src Homology 2 Domain- Containing Inositol Phosphatase (SHIP), Arijit Anand Adhikari

Synthesis of heteroaromatic ruthenium dyes for use as electron reservoirs in dye-sensitized solar cells, Andrew David Basner

Effects of Sodium Chloride on Anthracene Photolysis Kinetics in Aqueous-Organic Solutions, Kyle Blaha

DIRECTED EVOLUTION FOR THE DESIGN OF NEW CATALYSTS, Tiffany Dunston

The use of radiative transfer theory, quantitative spectroscopy and physical optics to advance noninvasive monitoring of living systems., Seth Fillioe

Synthesis and Characterization of First Row Transition Metal Polyphosphates, Tiffany Jo Greenfield

Synthesis of substituted tetrahydropyrans using metal-catalyzed coupling reaction, Amanda Lieu

Investigating The Effects Of Environmental Solutes On The Reaction Environment In Ice And At Ice Surfaces, Philip Malley

Enzymology and inhibition of ghrelin acylation by ghrelin O-acyltransferase, Kayleigh McGovern-Gooch

NEW CARBON-CARBON BOND-FORMING REACTIONS OF ENDOCYCLIC AND EXOCYCLIC ENOL ETHERS, Michael Richard Robinson

Studies towards the synthesis of (-)-centrolobine via the carbonyl ene reaction of exocyclic enol ethers, Brianna Shores

Vitamin B12 Bioconjugates In Pharmaceutical Design, Jayme Leigh Workinger

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Mn(II) and Co(II) Pyrophosphate Complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione, Elaina Zito

2016 2016

Ruthenium Hydride Catalyzed Silylvinylation of Terminal and Internal Alkynes and Synthesis of Poly(trimethylenecarbonate) and Poly(dimethylacrylamide) Block Copolymer, Alec Beaton Jr.

Exendin 4 Conjugation and Sequence Modification to Treat Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity, Ronald Bonaccorso Bonaccorso

The Design of Allosterically Regulated Protein Catalysts, Elizabeth Anne Caselle

Plasma Volume Hematocrit (PVH): “Big Data” Applied to Physiology Enabled by a New Algorithm, Paul Washington Dent

Thioetherification and Etherification Utilizing Trichloroacetimidates Under Thermal Conditions & Progress Towards an Efficient Synthesis of AQX-1125, Brian C. Duffy

Development of multicomponent coupled-cluster theory and its application to nanoclusters and molecular systems, Benjamin Harrison Ellis

PROTEIN PRENYLATION BY GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE TYPE I (GGTASE-I): UNDERSTANDING THE SUBSTRATE RECOGNITION AND ACTIVITY REGULATION OF A MULTISPECIFIC ENZYME, Soumyashree Ashok Gangopadhyay