Dissertations from 2015
I. Synthesis of Ascarosides for Biological Evaluation and II. Development of Visible Light-Promoted Selenofunctionalization and Grafting of Aryl Iodides, Elizabeth Susan Conner Balapitiya
A Monte Carlo Approach to Studying the Hydrogen Storage Capabilities of Potassium Magnesium Hydride (KMgH3), Brandon L. Borill
Method Development for the Assignment of NMR Peaks and the Determination of Quaternary Protein Structure using Reductive Methylation, Pamlea Nicole Brady
Development of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Polymerization Reactions and their Applications for the Preparation of Well-Defined Conjugated Polymer Architectures, Carlos Anthony Chavez
Computational Studies on Bimetallic Catalysis and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Sayakkarage R. G. Fernando
Photoelectrons and Recombining Electrons in Atomic and Molecular Systems, Kristen D'Ann Fulfer
Design and Application of Task-Specific Organic Salts for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing, Waduge Indika Subodha Galpothdeniya
Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of Small Molecule-based Fluorogenic Probes for the Detection of Cellular Thiols, Rasika Ranatunga Nawimanage
Boron Functionalization of BODIPY Dyes, and Their Evaluation as Bioimaging Agents, Alex Long Nguyen
Expression and Characterization of Mouse Notch1 Abruptex EGF Repeats in E. coli, Amid Paudyal
The Electronic Structure of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Formed on Metal Oxide Surfaces, Chad Allen Thibodeaux
Synthetic Methods Development Towards the Total Synthesis of Chlorosulfolipids, Andres Villalpando
Synergistic Properties-Driven Synthesis of Aluminides, Antiomonides, and Bioceramics, Pilanda Watkins-Curry
Single Molecule Electrophoresis and Optical Detection Using Thermoplastic Nanofluidic Devices: An Experimental and Simulation Study, Kumuditha Madushanka Weerakoon Ratnayake
Investigating the Photorecombination Dynamics in Molecular High-Harmonic Spectra, Benjamin Parker Wilson
On the Development of Analytical Methodologies to Interrogate the Lipid Dynamics and Phase Transition Resulting from the Reduction of Stimuli-responsive Vesicles, James Edward Winter
Dissertations from 2014
Bio-imprinted hydro-gels (BIGS) for protein and virus detection, Wei Bai
Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of the Catalytic Activity of NiO, CuO, and NiO-CuO Nanoparticles on Silica as Surrogates of Combustion-Generated Nanoparticles, Nuwan Nilanka Balapitiya Liyanage
Synthetic Routes to Therapeutic Agents Via Masked Functionalities: From Orthogonal Peptide Crosslink to Photothermal Cancer Prodrug, Chyree Shantel Batton
From Micro- to Nano-Scale: Applications of Solid-Phase Enzymatic Reactors for Biopolymer Disassembly, Nyote J. Calixte
Synthesis and Analysis of Copper Beta-Diketonate Complexes, Jonathan Stephen Casey
“Trans-Positioning” Carbons within Strained Caged Bicyclic(s): ROM/RCM (Ring-Opening/Ring-Closing) Metathesis and Dieckmann/Retro-Dieckmann Condensation Routes to a Cis-Decalin Infrastructure, Stefan Malone Cooper Jr
Scanning Probe Investigations of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Protein Binding and the Synthesis of Rare Earth Oxide Nanoparticles Using Nanoscale Lithography, Lauren Elizabeth Englade-Franklin
Expression of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine modified proteins and production and characterization of chlamydia trachomatis CT663, Octavia Y. Goodwin
Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of Novel BODIPY Dyes With Theranostic Applications, Jaime Suzanne Hayes
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Small Molecule-based, Profluorogenic Activatable Substrate Probes for Detection and Visualization of Human Cancer Enzyme NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase-1, Suraj Uditha Hettiarachchi
Characterization of a water soluble, non-ionic, helical poly(α-amino acid), Wayne Huberty
Improved Synthesis, Separation, Transition Metal Coordination and Reaction Chemistry of a New Binucleating Tetraphosphine Ligand, Ekaterina Kalachnikova
Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Studies of Fluorescent GUMBOS and NanoGUMBOS, Chengfei Lu
Ionic Liquids and GUMBOS for Biomedical and Sensing Applications, Paul Kipkorir Sang Magut
Design, synthesis, and exploration of a chimeric antioxidant and new crosslinkers for molecular imprinting, Danielle Songe Meador
Particle formation in ambient mass spectrometry, Thabiso Musapelo
The Contribution of Fly Ash Components to PCDD/F Formation, Phillip M. Potter
Polymer Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems for In Vitro Diagnostics: Analyzing Single Cells and Molecules, Swathi Reddy Pullagurla
GUMBOS- and Ionic Liquid-Coated Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensors for Detection and Molecular Weight Determination of Organic Vapors, Bishnu Prasad Regmi
Reductive Alkylation of Proteins Towards Structural and Biological Applications, Kevin Jerome Roberson
Substitution and Disorder Effects in Ternary Intermetallics, LaRico Juan Treadwell
Application of Scanning Probe Microscopy to Characterize Physical Properties of Polymer Brushes, Photoactive Polymers and Rare Earth Oxide Nanostructures, Susan Denise Verberne-Sutton
Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices - Mixed Scale Systems For Bioanalytical Applications, Michael David Vincent
Syntheses and characterization of isoporphyrins and BODIPYs for PDT and imaging, Haijun Wang
Dissertations from 2013
Microfluidics for the Analysis of Integral Membrane Proteins: A Top-down Approach, Katrina Nychole Battle
Synthesis, characterization and biological studies of carboranyl-porphyrin bioconjugates for treatment of brain tumors, Naga Venkata Satya Dinesh Kumar Bhupathiraju
The development of capillary electrophoresis assays to study enzyme inhibition, Sherrisse Kelly Bryant
Phase behavior of silica-polypeptide hybrid particles immersed in cholesteric liquid crystals, Melissa Elizabeth Collins
Luminescence studies : Part I. Lanthanide nanoGUMBOS Part II. Near infrared photothermal nanoGUMBOS, Jonathan Carver Dumke
Crystal Growth and an Investigation of Structural Stability: Synthesis, Structure, and Physical Properties of Yb(Mn,M)xAl12-x (M = Fe, Ru; x < 2.5) and LnMnxGa3 (Ln = Ho-Tm; x < 0.15), Bradford Wesley Fulfer
Super-aptamer bio-imprinted hydrogels : an investigation into the optimization and characterization of cross-linked polymeric materials displaying macromolecular amplified responses, Nicholas Alexander Gariano
Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in PM₂.₅ : their contribution to hydroxyl radical formation and atmospheric transformation, William Micheal Gehling, Jr.
Detection of Microorganisms using MALDI and ion mobility mass spectrometry, Juaneka Monet Hayes
Studies of Enzyme Kinetics and Inhibition Through Capillary Electrophoretic Enzyme Assays, Rachel Henken
New strategies for the synthesis of porphyrinoids, Moses Inyanje Ihachi
Fluorescent Materials for Chemical Sensing, Brian Gerard Imsick
Design, synthesis, and characterization of porphyrin derivatives for biological applications, Raja Gabadage Waruna Eranga Jinadasa
GUMBOS and NanoGUMBOS: Applications as Photosensitizers in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Atiya Nicole Jordan
Polymer Microsystems for the Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells and their Clinical Demonstration, Joyce W. Kamande
Structural and synthesis studies of the Pro¹⁴³ region Skp1 in Dictyostelium discoideum, Chamini V. Karunaratne
Molecular Products from the Thermal Degradation of Selected Tobacco Components: Lignin, Tyrosine, Glutamic Acid, and Modeling of Lignin Pyrolysis using CHEMKIN Combustion Suite, Joshua Kiprotich Kibet
Experimental and Computational Studies of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (EPFRs) Formation, Lucy W. Kiruri
Advancing the field of polypeptoids through the synthesis of novel architectures and thermoresponsive polymers, Samuel Henry Lahasky
Cyclic block copolypeptoids : synthesis, self-assembly and macroscopic properties, Chang-Uk Lee
Surface studies of organic thin films using scanning probe microscopy and nanofabrication, Venetia DeNae Lyles
A microfluidic bacteria culturing device with MALDI mass spectrometry detection, Pratap reddy machavaram siva
Challenges and Rewards of Single Crystal Flux Growth: Physical Properties of Structurally Related Ln-Ru-Al Intermetallics, Gregory Morrison
Amplifying Conjugated Polymers for Fluorescent Chemosensing, Deepa Pangeni
Laser ablation sample transfer for mass spectrometry, Sung-Gun Park
Toward the advancement of tetraphosphine ligand synthesis for homogeneous bimetallic catalysis, Marc Anthony Peterson
Analysis of Protein Aggregates and Synthetic Nanoparticles Using Capillary Electrophoresis with Light Scattering and Fluorescence Detection, Suresh Chandra Regmi
Silica Polypeptide-Based Colloids: Physical Properties and Novel Materials, Cornelia Rosu
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry for identificaiton of shrimp, Venkatesulu Salla
Molecular-Level Investigations Combining Nanoscale Lithography and Atomic Force Microscopy, ChaMarra Karmelia Saner
Complexity-driven properties of the intermetallic compounds Gd₁₁₇Co₅₆Sn₁₁₂ and Ln₃₀Ru₄Sn₃₁ (Ln = Gd and Tb), Devin Charles Schmitt
Investigations into alkene hydration and alkene oxidation catalysis, William Schreiter
Synthetic efforts toward the eastern hemisphere of theonellamide C, Douglas D. Wong
Studies of core-shell nanoGUMBOS and liposomal ionogels, Ashleigh Renee' Wright
Synthesis of the western hemisphere of theonellamide C, Saroj Yadav
Dissertations from 2012
Studies of a dirhodium tetraphosphine catalyst for hydroformylation and aldehyde-water shift catalysis, Aaron Rider Barnum
Beta-diketone and beta-ketoenamine based molecular squares, Jackson Kiplagat Cherutoi
Chemical and biological evaluation of antibiotic-based ionic liquids and GUMBOS against pathogenic bacteria, Marsha Rae Cole
Detection and characterization of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in soils and sediments from superfund sites, Albert Leo N. dela Cruz
Ionic Materials for Applications in Sensing and Optoelectronics, Sergio L. de Rooy
Total synthesis of a virotoxin and analogs for conformational studies, Benson Jumba Edagwa
Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Peptides as Different Medical Treatment, Krystal Renee Fontenot
Novel nonresonant and resonant mechanisms leading to the breakdown of the Franck-Condon approximation in photoionization, David Adam Hardy
Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of porphyrins conjugated to superparamagnetic colloidal particles for enhanced photodynamic therapy, Javoris Hollingsworth
Infrared laser ablation for biological mass spectrometry, Fan Huang
Synthesis of fluorescent poly(styrene sulfonate), Wayne Alfred Huberty
On the synthesis, characterization, and magnetization of Ln-M-X (Ln = lanthanide; M = Ti-Cr, Cu, Mo, Pd; X = Al, Ga) intermetallics, Michael James Kangas
Investigation of electroosmotic flow dynamics and reproducibility in capillary electrophoresis, Funda Kizilkaya
Synthesis, cellular studies, and computational analysis of porphyrin and BODIPY conjugates with affinity for epidermal growth factor receptor, Alecia Michelle McCall
Chemical crystallography at the interface of physics, chemistry, and in engineering: structure determination of highly correlated extended solids, main group compounds, coordination complexes, and bioceramics, Gregory Todd McCandless
Development of innovative stationary phases for chiral and protein separations in open tubular capillary electrochromatography, Leonard Moore, Jr.
Investigations into the Role of Humic Acid in Biomembrane Permeability and the Effects of Naturally Formed Gold and Silver Nanoparticles on These Interactions, Loice Marklyne Ojwang