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
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
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
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
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
2022
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
Design of novel metalloenzymes and investigation of protein-metal interactions, Alona Kulesha
The Design, Synthesis, and Investigation into Small Molecule Modulators of the Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing Inositol 5’-Phosphatase (SHIP), Shea Thomas Meyer
A New Class of Antibiotic That Prevents Drug Tolerance, Persistence, and Resistance By Controlling Emergence of Phenotypes., Pankaj Dinkar Patil
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
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
Characterizing Multivalent Interactions Between Folded Protein Domains and Intrinsically Disordered Regions or Peptide Substrates, Tongyin Zheng
2020
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
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
2019
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
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
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
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
2017
Synthesis of heteroaromatic ruthenium dyes for use as electron reservoirs in dye-sensitized solar cells, Andrew David Basner
DIRECTED EVOLUTION FOR THE DESIGN OF NEW CATALYSTS, Tiffany Dunston
Synthesis and Characterization of First Row Transition Metal Polyphosphates, Tiffany Jo Greenfield
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
Vitamin B12 Bioconjugates In Pharmaceutical Design, Jayme Leigh Workinger
2016
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
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
Laboratory Investigations Into the Fate of Aromatic Pollutants in Natural Waters, Jarod Nathaniel Grossman
CONVENIENT ETHERIFICATION USING TRICHLOROACETIMIDATES AND SYNTHESIS OF AMINOSTEROID SHIP INHIBITORS, Kyle Timothy Howard
DNA-Mediated Nanoparticle Clustering: Exploring the Role of Size Ratio and DNA Hybridization Energy, Alisha Janae Lewis
The Multi-Substrate Binding Specificity of Saposin B, Yan Nie
Elucidating the Electronic Origins of Intermolecular Forces in Crystalline Solids, Michael Thomas Ruggiero
A Modular Approach to Highly Functionalized Indole Derivatives and Syntheses of Tryptamine-based SHIP Inhibitors, Jigisha Shah
Trichloroacetimidates as Alkylating Reagents in C-N Bond Formation and Synthesis of Aminosteroid and Quinoline Inhibitors of Src Homology 2 Domain-Containing Inositol Phosphatase (SHIP), Daniel Ryan Wallach
Deprotection and Reductive Amination Methodology of N-Boc-3-amino-4-halopyridines, Christopher Alexander Wilhelmsen
2015
Development of Improved Methodologies Toward the Formation of C-C and C-N Bonds, Ijaz Ahmed
