Congratulations to our recent graduates.
December 2023
Austin Vincent Carr (Smith)
Novel Algorithms and Software for the Acquisition and Analysis of Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Data
Hillary Dequina (Schomaker)
Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Nogalamycin and Expanding the Scope of Heterocycles in DNAEncoded Libraries
Catherine Elisabeth Earl (Hamers)
Reciprocal Redox of Biomolecules on Metal Oxide Nanomaterial Surfaces
Jonathan M. Ellis (Buller)
Biocatalytic Synthesis of γ-Hydroxy Amino Acids and Computational Exploration of SequenceActivity Landscapes
Laura Dynan Elmendorf (Brunold)
Combined Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Free and Enzyme-Bound B12 Species
Adam Michael Hilbrands (Choi)
Development of Bi-Based Photoelectrodes for Solar Fuel and Chemical Production
Louis V. Morris (Hamers)
Understanding the Reactivities and Mechanisms of Action of Organosilicons As Additives for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes
Ashley Phetsanthad (Li)
Developing Mass SpectrometryBased Strategies for the Enhanced Characterization of Biomolecules in the Nervous System
Thomas John Polaske (Blackwell)
Discovery and Development of Small Molecule Probes for the Study of Quorum Sensing in the Bacterial Pathogen Staphylococcus aureus
Madeleine Grace Roberts (Burstyn)
Carbon Monoxide-Dependent DNA Binding of Heme-Containing Transcription Factors CooA and RcoM
Cody Alan Schilling (Boydston)
Towards Chemical Length-Scale Control in Additive Manufacturing: Innovations in Polymer Material Design and Technology
Chase Parker Schultz (Widicus Weaver)
Rotational Spectroscopy of Prebiotic Molecules
Karina Targos (Wickens)
New Strategies in Oxidative Bond Formation
Zhongrui Zhang (Tang)
Expanding the Horizon of Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs) in Rapid Platforms, CLIPTAC, and the Exploration of E3 Ligase Substrate Receptors
Min Zhu (Gong)
Guanidium-Rich Lipopeptide-Based Nanoparticles Efficiently Deliver Genome Editors in Skeletal Muscles and Retinal Pigment Epithelium
May 2024
Brett Daniel Akana-Schneider (Weix)
Expansion of Reductive CrossCouplings: Reductive Arylation of Nitroarenes and Improved Methods for Nickel-Catalyzed CrossElectrophile Coupling
Michelle Elizabeth Akana (Weix)
Computational Approaches to Improve Catalyst Design in Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling
Hung H. Dang (Cavagnero)
Exploring Kinetic Controlled Protein Solubility Under Physiologically Relevant Conditions
Sean Richard Gitter (Boydston)
Polymer Design Enabled by Catalysis
Ruixian (Eric) Han (Rienstra)
Solid-State NMR Methods and Applications at High Magnetic Fields
Delaney Brenna Kilgour (Bertram)
Marine Reactive Trace Gases and Their Impacts on Atmospheric Chemistry in the Marine Boundary Layer
Joseph Yoojong Kim (Wright, E.)
Development and Application of CryoElectron Tomography Technologies for Neuronal Cell Biology
Tae Wook Kim (Gellman)
Study of Ligand-Receptor Interaction of the Parathyroid Hormone Receptor Type 1 and Its Intracellular Trafficking
Xin Yi Amber Lim (Fredrickson)
18-n+m Isomerism in Transition MetalMain Group Intermetallics: Chemical Pressure-Directed Configurations of Electronically Viable Structures
Karli Ashton Lipinski (Hoskins)
Influence of Spliceosome Proteins on RNA Interactions in Pre-mRNA Splicing
Nathan Lee Loud (Weix)
High-Throughput Enabled Cross-Electrophile Couplings of Heteroaryl Electrophiles
Connor Robert Protter (Hamers)
Surface Interactions and Applications of Copper Sulfide
Vincent P. Rigoglioso (Boydston)
Assessing and Optimizing the Performance of PhotoredoxMediated Metal-Free Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization in Batch and Flow Reactors
Christopher Robert Roy (Jin)
Heterostructures and Hyperspectral Microscopy of Lead Halide Perovskite Semiconductors
Emily Zerull Schroeder (Schomaker)
Expanding the Scope of Intramolecular Silver-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer: Enantioselective Aminations and Chemoselective Dearomatizations
William Thompson (Widicus Weaver)
Tracing Chemical Complexity From the Laboratory to the Cosmos Alicia Marie Tripp (Hamers) Surface Functionalization of 2D Nanomaterials
August 2024
Meghan Elise Campbell (Buller)
Stereoselective Biocatalytic C–C Bond Formation for the Generation of γ-Hydroxy Amino Acids and Exploration of Promiscuity-guided Engineering Methods for the Development of Generalist Biocatalysts
Alyah Faith Chmiel (Wickens)
Potent Photoreductants for Organic Synthesis
Mario A. Cribari (Martel)
Enzymatic Catalysis With Applications in Organic Synthesis and Plastic Waste Degradation
Kimberly Sue Deglopper (Stowe)
How Assessments Influence the Conceptual Ideas Students Invoke for Explaining Chemical Phenomena and Modeling and Characterizing Epistemic Ideas for Teaching and Learning Chemistry
Mareena Cindy Franke (Weix)
Selectivity, Scalability, and Sustainability in Cross-Electrophile Coupling Using Electrochemistry
Melissa Nicole Hall (Stahl)
Leveraging Heterogeneous Metal on Nitrogen-doped Carbon Materials for Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis: Fundamentals and Application to Diazo Compound Synthesis
Yun Hu (Schomaker)
Design, Synthesis, and Applications of Heterocyclooctynes and Small-Strained Rings: Advancing Bioorthogonal Chemistry and DNAEncoded Libraries
Jacob Henry Jansen (Hermans)
Heterobimetallic Lewis Acid Catalyst Development for Polyesterification and Depolymerization
James Christopher Langford (Yang)
Accurate Quantum Descriptions of Proton and Electron Motion in Molecular Systems
Yejung Lee (Ediger)
Stability and Structure of TwoComponent Vapor-Deposited Glasses of Organic Semiconductors
Matthew Steven Lish (Golden)
Development of a QuinazolinoneFocused, Mannich-Coupled, Domino Rearrangement and Its Utility in the Discovery and Optimization of AntiAmoebic Scaffolds
Ashley Nicole Ogorek (Martell)
Design and Evolution of Biological Macromolecules for Applications in Proximity Labeling and Plastic Degradation
Katherine Anne Parrish (Goldsmith)
Investigating Chiral Light-Matter Interactions in Photonic Materials
John Gerrit Pavek (Smith)
Development of Methods to Improve the Efficiency of Proteoform Identification by Mass Spectrometry in Complex Systems
Edward Bay Pimentel (Martell)
Development of DNA-Based Tools for Enzyme-Mimicking Catalysis and Catalyst Discovery
Kyana M. Sanders (Fredrickson)
Designing Modular Intermetallic Compounds with Chemical Pressure: Intergrowth Assembly Principles Derived from the Entanglement of Interface Nuclei
Emma E. Santa (Blackwell)
Investigating the Mechanisms of LuxR-Type Quorum Sensing Receptor Activation and Inhibition in the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Jason Michael Scheeler (Wright)
Spatially and Temporally Resolved Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors
Cara Elizabeth Schwarz (Stowe)
Exploring Students’ Conceptual and Epistemic Learning in Model-Centered Chemistry Courses
Jamorious Smith (Buller)
Leveraging the Promiscuity of PLPDependent Enzymes to Generate Useful Biological Tools
Julia Devorah Byron Smith (Gopalan)
Synthetic Methodologies to Tune Mixed Polymer Brush Morphology
Zhiming Su (Stahl)
Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling: Methodology Development and Mechanistic Insights
Jonathan Samuel Van Buskirk (Fredrickson)
Identifying Solutions to Packing Frustrations in Complex Intermetallics
Zhongyi Wan (Schmidt)
Computational Modeling of Solidphase Epitaxy in Polymorphic and Complex Oxides
Fengrui Wang (Lynn)
Design of Functional Soft Materials for Environmental Sensing and Antifouling Applications
Rui Wang (Jin)
Modular Electrochemical Synthesis and Resource Recovery Using Ion-Selective Redox Reservoirs
Eric Paul Weeda (Stahl)
Single-Step Aerobic Depolymerizations of Lignin to Oxidized Aromatics
Xin Yuan (Choi)
Mechanism and Control of Reductive Pathways in Electrochemical Biomass Upgrading
Zhijun Zhu (Li)
Deep Structural Omics: Enhancing Precision to Facilitate Characterization of Molecular Mechanism of Diseases