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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.

Effects of Diminazene Aceturate on Drosophila melanogaster : A Lipidomic Analysis , Gabriela Suarez

Introductory Chemistry Student Success: Evaluating Peer-Led Team Learning and Describing Sense of Belonging , Jessica D. Young

Explorations on Non-Covalent Interactions: From Supramolecules to Drug-Like Molecules , Zhanpeng Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

aPKCs role in Neuroblastoma cell signaling cascades and Implications of aPKCs inhibitors as potential therapeutics , Sloan Breedy

Protein Folding Kinetics Analysis Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy , Dhanya Dhananjayan

Affordances and Limitations of Molecular Representations in General and Organic Chemistry , Ayesha Farheen

Institutional and Individual Approaches to Change in Undergraduate STEM Education: Two Framework Analyses , Stephanie B. Feola

Applications in Opioid Analysis with FAIMS Through Control of Vapor Phase Solvent Modifiers , Nathan Grimes

Synthesis, Characterization, and Separation of Loaded Liposomes for Drug Delivery , Sandra Khalife

Supramolecular Architectures Generated by Self-assembly of Guanosine and Isoguanosine Derivatives , Mengjia Liu

Syntheses, Photophysics, & Application of Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Frameworks , Zachary L. Magnuson

Integration of Algae and Biomass Processes to Synthesize Renewable Bioproducts for the Circular Economy , Jessica Martin

Considerations for curricular reform in undergraduate chemistry: Cooperative adoption factors, modeling social influence, and focusing on specific populations , Jacob D. McAlpin

Chemical Analysis of Metabolites from Mangrove Endophytic Fungus , Sefat E Munjerin

Synthesis of Small Molecule Modulators of Non-Traditional Drug Targets , Jamie Nunziata

Conformational Dynamics and Free Energy Studies of DNA and Other Biomolecules , Paul B. Orndorff

Synthetic Studies of Potential New Ketogenic Molecules , Mohammad Nazmus Sakib

Coupling Chemical and Genomic Data of Marine Sediment-Associated Bacteria for Metabolite Profiling , Stephanie P. Suarez

Enhanced Methods in Forensic Mass Spectrometry for Targeted and Untargeted Drug Analysis , Dina M. Swanson

Investigation of Challenging Transformations in Gold Catalysis , Qi Tang

Diazirines and Oxaziridines as Nitrogen Transfer Reagents in Drug Discovery , Khalilia C. Tillett

Developing New Strategy toward Ruthenium and Gold Redox Catalysis , Chenhuan Wang

Gold-Catalyzed Diyne-ene Cyclization: Synthesis of Hetero Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons and 1,2-Dihydropyridines , Jingwen Wei

Development of Antiviral Peptidomimetics , Songyi Xue

Self-Assembly of Metallo-Supramolecules Based on Terpyridine and its Derivatives , Yu Yan

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Synthesis and Antibacterial Testing of Novel Thiosulfonate Compounds , Lindsay I. Blume

Investigating a Potential STING Modulator , Jaret J. Crews

Development of Lipidated Antimicrobial Polycarbonates , Ruixuan Gao

Exploring the Structure and Activity of Metallo-Tetracyclines , Shahedul Islam

Large Area Projection Sintering of Semicrystalline Polymers and Part Analysis of the Printed Specimens , Taranjot Kaur

Interfacing Computational Techniques with Synthetic and Spectroscopic Methods for Research and Education , Nicole Annette Miller

An Investigation into the Protein Dynamics and Proton Transfer Mechanism of Class-A β-lactamase (CTX-Ms) by NMR Spectroscopy , Radwan Ebna Noor

Effects of acid hydrolyzed chitosan derivatives on MHV infection , Krishna Sharma

Metabolomic Analysis, Identification and Antimicrobial Assay of Two Mangrove Endophytes , Stephen Thompson

Advanced Analytical Method Development: from Highly-Enrolled Classroom to Data-Intensive Proteomics , Laxmi Sinduri Vuppala

Measuring and Improving Student Attitude in College-level Chemistry: A Novel Survey Methodology and Social-psychological Interventions , Ying Wang

Targeting the Side-Chain Convergence of α-Helical Hot Spots to Design Small-Molecule Mimetics Disrupting Protein-Protein Interaction , Zhen Wang

Bioactivity of Suberitenones A and B , Jared G. Waters

Developing Efficient Transition Metal Catalyzed C-C & C-X Bond Construction , Chiyu Wei

Chemical Investigation and Drug Discovery Potential of Terpenoid Secondary Metabolites from Three Deep-Sea Irish Soft Corals , Joshua Thomas Welsch

Measurement in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics Education: Student Explanations of Organic Chemistry Reaction Mechanisms and Instructional Practices in Introductory Courses , Brandon J. Yik

Study on New Reactivity of Vinyl Gold and Its Sequential Transformations , Teng Yuan

Study on New Strategy toward Gold(I/III) Redox Catalysis , Shuyao Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Design, Synthesis and Testing of Bioactive Peptidomimetics , Sami Abdulkadir

Synthesis of Small Molecules for the Treatment of Infectious Diseases , Elena Bray

Social Constructivism in Chemistry Peer Leaders and Organic Chemistry Students , Aaron M. Clark

Synthesizing Laccol Based Polymers/Copolymers and Polyurethanes; Characterization and Their Applications , Imalka Marasinghe Arachchilage

The Photophysical Studies of Transition Metal Polyimines Encapsulated in Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF’s) , Jacob M. Mayers

Light Harvesting in Photoactive Guest-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks , Christopher R. McKeithan

Using Quantitative Methods to Investigate Student Attitudes Toward Chemistry: Women of Color Deserve the Spotlight , Guizella A. Rocabado Delgadillo

Simulations of H2 Sorption in Metal-Organic Frameworks , Shanelle Suepaul

Parallel Computation of Feynman Path Integrals and Many-Body Polarization with Application to Metal-Organic Materials , Brant H. Tudor

The Development of Bioactive Peptidomimetics Based on γ-AApeptides , Minghui Wang

Investigation of Immobilized Enzymes in Confined Environment of Mesoporous Host Matrices , Xiaoliang Wang

Novel Synthetic Ketogenic Compounds , Michael Scott Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Biosynthetic Gene Clusters, Microbiomes, and Secondary Metabolites in Cold Water Marine Organisms , Nicole Elizabeth Avalon

Differential Mobility Spectrometry-Mass spectrometry (DMS-MS) for Forensic and Nuclear-Forensic applications , Ifeoluwa Ayodeji

Conversion from Metal Oxide to MOF Thin Films as a Platform of Chemical Sensing , Meng Chen

Asking Why : Analyzing Students' Explanations of Organic Chemistry Reaction Mechanisms using Lexical Analysis and Predictive Logistic Regression Models , Amber J. Dood

Development of Next-Generation, Fast, Accurate, Transferable, and Polarizable Force-fields for Heterogenous Material Simulations , Adam E. Hogan

Breakthroughs in Obtaining QM/MM Free Energies , Phillip S. Hudson

New Synthetic Methodology Using Base-Assisted Diazonium Salts Activation and Gold Redox Catalysis , Abiola Azeez Jimoh

Development and Application of Computational Models for Biochemical Systems , Fiona L. Kearns

Analyzing the Retention of Knowledge Among General Chemistry Students , James T. Kingsepp

A Chemical Investigation of Three Antarctic Tunicates of the Genus Synoicum , Sofia Kokkaliari

Construction of Giant 2D and 3D Metallo-Supramolecules Based on Pyrylium Salts Chemistry , Yiming Li

Assessing Many-Body van der Waals Contributions in Model Sorption Environments , Matthew K. Mostrom

Advancing Equity Amongst General Chemistry Students with Variable Preparations in Mathematics , Vanessa R. Ralph

Sustainable Non-Noble Metal based Catalysts for High Performance Oxygen Electrocatalysis , Swetha Ramani

The Role of aPKCs and aPKC Inhibitors in Cell Proliferation and Invasion in Breast and Ovarian Cancer , Tracess B. Smalley

Development of Ultrasonic-based Ambient Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry , Linxia Song

Covalent Organic Frameworks as an Organic Scaffold for Heterogeneous Catalysis including C-H Activation , Harsh Vardhan

Optimization of a Digital Ion Trap to Perform Isotope Ratio Analysis of Xenon for Planetary Studies , Timothy Vazquez

Multifunctional Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) For Applications in Sustainability , Gaurav Verma

Design, Synthesis of Axial Chiral Triazole , Jing Wang

The Development of AApeptides , Lulu Wei

Chemical Investigation of Floridian Mangrove Endophytes and Antarctic Marine Organisms , Bingjie Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

An Insight into the Biological Functions, the Molecular Mechanism and the Nature of Interactions of a Set of Biologically Important Proteins. , Adam A. Aboalroub

Functional Porous Materials: Applications for Environmental Sustainability , Briana Amaris Aguila

Biomimetic Light Harvesting in Metalloporphyrins Encapsulated/Incorporated within Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs). , Abdulaziz A. Alanazi

Design and Synthesis of Novel Agents for the Treatment of Tropical Diseases , Linda Corrinne Barbeto

Effect of Atypical protein kinase C inhibitor (DNDA) on Cell Proliferation and Migration of Lung Cancer Cells , Raja Reddy Bommareddy

The Activity and Structure of Cu2+ -Biomolecules in Disease and Disease Treatment , Darrell Cole Cerrato

Simulation and Software Development to Understand Interactions of Guest Molecules inPorous Materials , Douglas M. Franz

Construction of G-quadruplexes via Self-assembly: Enhanced Stability and Unique Properties , Ying He

The Role of Atypical Protein Kinase C in Colorectal Cancer Cells Carcinogenesis , S M Anisul Islam

Chemical Tools and Treatments for Neurological Disorders and Infectious Diseases , Andrea Lemus

Antarctic Deep Sea Coral and Tropical Fungal Endophyte: Novel Chemistry for Drug Discovery , Anne-Claire D. Limon

Constituent Partitioning Consensus Docking Models and Application in Drug Discovery , Rainer Metcalf

An Investigation into the Heterogeneity of Insect Arylalkylamine N -Acyltransferases , Brian G. O'Flynn

Evaluating the Evidence Base for Evidence-Based Instructional Practices in Chemistry through Meta-Analysis , Md Tawabur Rahman

Role of Oncogenic Protein Kinase C-iota in Melanoma Progression; A Study Based on Atypical Protein Kinase-C Inhibitors , Wishrawana Sarathi Bandara Ratnayake

Formulation to Application: Thermomechanical Characterization of Flexible Polyimides and The Improvement of Their Properties Via Chain Interaction , Alejandro Rivera Nicholls

The Chemical Ecology and Drug Discovery Potential of the Antarctic Red Alga Plocamium cartilagineum and the Antarctic Sponge Dendrilla membranosa , Andrew Jason Shilling

Synthesis, Discovery and Delivery of Therapeutic Natural Products and Analogs , Zachary P. Shultz

Development of α-AA peptides as Peptidomimetics for Antimicrobial Therapeutics and The Discovery of Nanostructures , Sylvia E. Singh

Self-Assembly of 2D and 3D Metallo-Supramolecules with Increasing Complexity , Bo Song

The Potential of Marine Microbes, Flora and Fauna in Drug Discovery , Santana Alexa Lavonia Thomas

Design, Synthesis, and Self-Assembly of Supramolecular Fractals Based on Terpyridine with Different Transition Metal Ions , Lei Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Fatty Acid Amides and Their Biosynthetic Enzymes Found in Insect Model Systems , Ryan L. Anderson

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Dept. of Chemistry Dissertations and Master's Theses

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Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2024 2024

Chemical Synthesis of Sensitive DNA , Komal Chillar

Small Fluorescent Glycoconjugates as Imaging Agents for GLUT Sugar Transporters , Adelina Oronova

SYNTHESIS OF CHLORINATED DEOXYGUANOSINE NUCLEOTIDES AT THE N2 CARBON TO PREVENT SUBSTITUTION ERRORS DURING THE CAPPING STEP FOR THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF LONG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDES , J. Parker F. Harstad

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2023 2023

DETECTION AND MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF A HUMAN PROTEIN ASSOCIATED WITH CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES , Priyanka Dipak Kadav

EXPLORING TURN-ON PROBES FOR GLUTs TARGETING AND ADVANCING SAFETY EDUCATION IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES: A TWO-PART DISSERTATION , Monica Mame Soma Nyansa

MULTILEVEL COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-1 AND FAT MASS AND OBESITY-ASSOCIATED ENZYME , Ann Varghese

MULTISCALE MOLECULAR MODELING STUDIES OF THE DYNAMICS AND CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF IRON(II)- AND ZINC(II)-DEPENDENT METALLOENZYMES , Sodiq O. Waheed

ORIGINS OF OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER AND FLUORESCENT ANIMALS , Nastaran Khademimoshgenani

Small Molecules Targeting Fructose Transport , Nazar Gora

UHPLC/FT-MS NON-TARGETED SCREENING APPROACH FOR BIOMASS BURNING ORGANIC AEROSOL AND LIQUID SMOKE AS BIOMASS BURNING ORGANIC AEROSOL SURROGATE , D.M.R. Thusitha Dinusha Kumarihami Divisekara

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2022 2022

INTERFACIAL OXIDATION REACTIONS AND FILM NUCLEATION ON IRON SURFACES IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS USING SPECTROSCOPY AT THE LIQUID/SOLID AND GAS/SOLID INTERFACE , Adambarage Chathura de Alwis

ISOLATION AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC SEPARATION OF CYTOTOXIC PLANT COMPOUNDS , Michael C. Hromada

ISOLATION, PURIFICATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NEW MANNOSE-BINDING PLANT LECTIN THAT RECOGNIZES FUNGAL ANTIGENS , Jessica C. Krycia

MULTILEVEL COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE DYNAMICS AND REACTION MECHANISMS OF NON-HEME IRON AND 2-OXOGLUTARATE DEPENDENT ENZYMES , Shobhit Sanjeev Chaturvedi

NON-CHROMATOGRAPHIC OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PURIFICATION AND AUTOMATED POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL SYNTHESIS , Dhananjani N. A. M. Eriyagama

STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF A NEW CYTOLYSIN , Jared L. Edwards

SYNTHESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF FLUORESCENT CARBON DOTS FOR SENSING AND BIOIMAGING APPLICATIONS , Parya Siahcheshm

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2021 2021

BASE-LABILE PROTECTING GROUPS FOR STEPWISE PEG SYNTHESIS , Logan D. Mikesell

COBALT, MOLYBDENUM, AND NICKEL COMPLEXES, NATURAL ZEOLITES, EPOXIDATION, AND FREE RADICAL REACTIONS , Nicholas K. Newberry

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR SENSING pH, HYPOXIA AND PEROXYNITRITE , Shulin Wan

DETERMINATION OF MOLECULAR MARKERS OF VACCINIUM BERRY STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS THROUGH DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS WITH ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION LC/MS , Abby Mikolitis

EXPLORING GLUT5 TARGETING FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY , Avik Ghosh

High-resolution molecular characterization of complex environmental mixtures: Aquatic dissolved organic matter and wildfire-influenced aerosol , Amna Ijaz

INVESTIGATING REDOX CHEMISTRY OF GRAPHITE, IRON OXIDE & IRON SURFACES , Mikhail Trought

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2020 2020

EXPLORING SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY OF FRUCTOSE TRANSPORTERS EN ROUTE TO GLUT SPECIFIC PROBES FOR BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS , Vagarshak Vigenovich Begoyan

Macromolecular strategies for discovering disease-related proteins and new therapeutic agents , Christina Welch

RATIOMETRIC NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR THE SENSITIVE DETECTION OF INTRACELLULAR pH AND BIO-THIOLS IN LIVE CELLS , Shuai Xia

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2019 2019

Characterizing the physicochemical properties of TDP-43 protein and Acetylated Amyloid β peptides to discern its role in neurodegenerative diseases , Rashmi Adhikari

EXTREME MOLECULAR DIVERSITY IN BIOMASS BURNING ATMOSPHERIC ORGANIC AEROSOL OBSERVED THROUGH ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY , Matthew Brege

METHOD CONSIDERATIONS FOR COMPOUND IDENTIFICATION IN COMPLEX MIXTURES USING ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY , Tyler Leverton

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF FREE TROPOSPHERIC ORGANIC AEROSOL AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR MOLECULAR FORMULA ASSIGNMENT , Simeon Schum

NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR SENSITIVE DETERMINATION OF LYSOSOMAL & MITOCHONDRIAL pH IN LIVE CELLS , Wafa Mazi

SMALL MOLECULE-BASED FLUORESCENT MOLECULAR PROBES FOR FACILITATING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: RATIONAL DESIGN AND BIOIMAGING APPLICATIONS , Xin Yan

Synthesis of Oligodeoxynucleotides Containing Sensitive Electrophiles , Shahien Shahsavari

TOWARDS THE DISCOVERY OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CROSS-LINKING AGENTS , Bhaskar Halami

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2018 2018

DEVELOPING NOVEL MOLECULAR IMAGING AGENTS FOR SHEDDING LIGHT ON OXIDATIVE STRESS , Shanshan Hou

DEVELOPMENT OF NEAR-INFRARED FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR MONITORING LYSOSOMAL pH CHANGES , Jianheng Bi

DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF RUPTURE FORCE OF SINGLE TRIAZOLE MOLECULE BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE AND SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS OF MONODISPERSE POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS , Ashok Khanal

NOVEL FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR VISUALIZATION OF pH CHANGES AND Zn (Ⅱ) IONS IN LIVE CELLS , Mingxi Fang

PHYSICOCHEMICAL, SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES, AND DIFFUSION MECHANISMS OF SMALL HYDROCARBON MOLECULES IN MOF-74-MG/ZN: A QUANTUM CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION , Gemechis Degaga

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2017 2017

DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF HISTONE MUTATIONS AND POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS ON NUCLEOSOME STRUCTURE VIA ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY , Chelsea Nikula

Fluorescent Probe Development for Fructose Specific Transporters in Cancer , Joseph Fedie

GLYCOBIOLOGICAL STUDIES THAT CAN HELP THYROID CANCER DETECTION AND THERAPY , Ni Fan

Heterologous Expression and Purification of Full-Length Human Polybromo-1 Protein , Sarah Hopson

NOVEL BIOCOMPOSITES AND NANOFIBERS BASED ON MODIFIED BIOMASS MATERIALS TO FACILITATE GREENER APPLICATIONS , Soha Albukhari

Theses/Dissertations/Reports from 2016 2016

Effect of disulfide bond scrambling on protein stability, aggregation, and cytotoxicity , Colina Dutta

FORMATION AND DEACTIVATION OF TRIMETHYLALUMINUM IN AIR CONDITIONER SIMULATOR AND MCM-41 SUPPORTED SILVER NANOPARTICLES FOR OXIDATION OF OLEFINS , Zhichao Chen

NEAR-INFRARED WATER-SOLUBLE FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR THE DETECTION OF LYSOSOMAL pH AND Zn (II) IONS , Cong Li

Novel Carbohydrate-Dependent Biological Properties of Human Health Related Lectins and Glycoconjugates , Melanie Talaga

SENSING AND MAPPING OF SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY OF PROTEINS BY FLUORESCENT PROBES , Nethaniah Dorh

THE EFFECT OF POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS ON PROTEIN AGGREGATION, MORPHOLOGY, AND TOXICITY , Mu Yang

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS: PART A. TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE POLYMERS AND DRUG DELIVERY AND PART B. POLYMER MODIFICATION OF FISH SCALE AND THEIR NANO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES , Xu Xiang

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF BODIPY-BASED FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR SENSING AND IMAGING OF CYANIDE, Zn (II) IONS, LYSOSOMAL pH AND CANCER CELLS , Jingtuo Zhang

Extracellular expression of alkaline phytase in Pichia pastoris and Development of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy methods for structural investigation of inositol polyphosphates , Sasha Teymorian

ON THE PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF GLYCINE BASED OSMOLYTES IN A THIOL REDUCING ENVIRONMENT , John Michael Hausman

SYNTHETIC OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE PURIFICATION VIA CATCHING BY POLYMERIZATION , Suntara Fueangfung

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS OF FLUORESCENT AND ELECTROCHEMICAL PROBES , Giri K. Vegesna

EVOLUTION OF SELECTED ISOPRENE OXIDATION PRODUCTS IN DARK AQUEOUS AMMONIUM SULFATE , D.M. Ashraf Ul Habib

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ATMOSPHERIC ORGANIC MATTER IN BIOGENIC SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL, AMBIENT AEROSOL AND CLOUDS , Yunzhu Zhao

NON-CHROMATOGRAPHIC PURIFICATION OF SYNTHETIC BIO-OLIGOMERS , Durga Prasad Pokharel

PURIFICATION AND CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROPERTIES OF TWO NEW PLANT PROTEINS , Robert K. Brown

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

ACETYL RADICAL IN TOBACCO SMOKE: DETECTION, QUANTIFICATION AND SIMULATION , Na Hu

CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO NOVEL MONOCOT MANNOSE BINDING LECTINS PURIFIED BY ‘CAPTURE AND RELEASE’ METHOD , Ashli L. Fueri

Development and characterization of fluorescent pH sensors based on porous silica and hydrogel support matrices , Qili Hu

Enhancement of heterologous expression of alkaline phytase in Pichia pastors , Mimi Yang

Modern Computational Chemistry Methods for Prediction of Ground- and Excited-State Properties in Open-Shell Systems , Nina Tyminska

Oligodeoxynucleotide synthesis using protecting groups and a linker cleavable under non-nucleophilic conditions , Xi Lin

STUDIES OF FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES FOR SMART SELF-ASSEMBLY AND AS CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY , Xiaochu Ding

THERMORESPONSIVE PROPERTIES OF GOLD HYBRID NANOPARTICLES OF POLY(DI(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER METHACRYLATE) (PDEGMA) AND ITS BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH DIFFERENT ANCHORING REGIMES , Martha Juliana Barajas Meneses

TUNING FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS , Nazmiye Bihter Yapici

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Biological materials : Part A. tuning LCST of raft copolymers and gold/copolymer hybrid nanoparticles and Part B. biobased nanomaterials , Ning Chen

Characterization of water-soluble organic compounds in ambient aerosol using ultrahigh-resolution elctrospray ionization fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. , Parichehr Saranjampour

COORDINATION CHEMISTRY OF BIS(BENZYL)PHOSPHINATE , John S. Maass

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL SYNTHETIC ANTIOXIDANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OXIDATIVE STRESS RELATED DISEASES , Srinivas Rao Mandalapu

Indole based antioxidants for the treatment of ischemia reperfusion injury , Andrew Chapp

Performance evaluation and characterization of symmetric capacitors with carbon black, and asymmetric capacitors using a carbon foam supported nickel electrode , JinJin Wang

Soft Lewis acid catalyzed cycloisomerization of oxo-alkynes and enynes , Zezhou Wang

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Multimetallic complexes based on phosphine- and phosphine oxide- appended p -hydroquinones , Louis R. Pignotti

Performance evaluation of a novel asymmetric capacitor using a light-weight, carbon foam supported nickel electrode , Padmanaban Sasthan Kuttipillai

Structural characterization of water-soluble atmospheric organic matter by ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry , Jeffrey P. LeClair

Syntheses and structures of molybdenum and tungsten complexes capable of epoxidaton and copper coordination polymers and dendrimers , Linsheng Feng

Synthesis of chiral ferrosalen ligands and their applications in asymmetric catalysis , Xiang Zhang

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Syntheses and characterization of monomeric Mo(VI) complexes with bidentate phosphine oxide ligands and dimeric and tetrameric Mo(V) clusters with benzoic acid and phosphinic acid derivatives, containing MoO 2 , Mo 2 O 2 ( μ -O) 2 and Mo 4 O 4 ( μ 3 -O) 4 , Soumyashree Sreehari

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Molecular interaction between perthiolated [beta]-cyclodextrin (CD) and the guests molecules adamantaneacetic acid (AD) and ferroceneacetic acid (FC); and the effect of the interaction on the electron transition of CD anchored particles , Ming Ning

Reports/Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Sulfoxides as an intramolecular sulfenylating agent for indoles and diverse applications of the sulfide-sulfoxide redox cycle in organic chemistry , Parag V. Jog

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Thesis Preparation & Submission

The following information is provided to assist Chemistry graduate students as they prepare for degree completion. If graduate students have any questions that are not answered by this guide, they should email the Chemistry Education Office (questions about department policies) or MIT Libraries (for questions about thesis formatting, etc.)

Degree candidates must fill out the Degree Application via WebSIS at the start of the term. Important dates and deadlines (including late fees) for the upcoming academic year are listed below.  It is strongly advised that degree candidates apply for the degree list even if there is uncertainty about completing the thesis defense and submission by the  deadline, as there are no penalties for being removed from the degree list.

Students must successfully complete the thesis defense before submitting their final, signed thesis.

**Please note that the Specifications for Thesis Preparation were updated in November 2022. Please make sure you use these new guidelines.**

Important Dates & Deadlines

September 2024 degree list.

• Degree Application Deadline: June 14, 2024 ($50 late fee if submitted after this date, $85 late fee if submitted after July 21, 2024)
• Thesis Title Deadline:July 19, 2024 ($85 late fee if submitted after this date. If your thesis title is not finalized by this date, please enter your current working title and the final title can be updated later)
• Thesis Submission Deadline: August 16, 2024
• Last day of work in the lab: on or before August 31, 2024. If you plan to end your RA appointment earlier than August 31st, please contact Jennifer to review your timeline.
• Your degree will officially be conferred by MIT on September 18, 2024
• Information about the MIT Health Plan and graduation will be available online here.

February 2025 Degree List

• Degree Application Deadline: September 6, 2024 ($50 late fee if submitted after this date, $85 late fee if submitted after December 13, 2024)
• Thesis Title Deadline: December 13, 2024 ($85 late fee if submitted after this date. If your thesis title is not finalized by this date, please enter your current working title and the final title can be updated later)
• Thesis Submission Deadline: January 17, 2025
• Last day of work in the lab: on or before January 15, 2025. If you plan to end your RA appointment earlier than January 15th, please contact Jennifer to review your timeline.
• Your degree will officially be conferred by MIT on February 19, 2025

May 2025 Degree List

• Degree Application Deadline:February 7, 2025 ($50 late fee if submitted after this date, $85 late fee if submitted after April 11, 2025)
• Thesis Title Deadline: April 11, 2025 ($85 late fee if submitted after this date. If your thesis title is not finalized by this date, please enter your current working title and the final title can be updated later)
• Thesis Submission Deadline: May 9, 2025
• Last day of work in the lab: on or before May 28, 2025. If you plan to end your RA appointment earlier than May 28th, please contact Jennifer to review your timeline.
• Your degree will officially be conferred by MIT on May 29, 2025

Scheduling your Thesis Defense

All PhD candidates must have a Thesis Defense. As soon as your defense is finalized, please email the Chemistry Education Office with the date, time, location, and thesis title . Thesis defenses are strongly encouraged to be in-person.  If there are questions or concerns about an in-person defense, please reach out to Jennifer Weisman. When thesis defenses are on campus, we recommend reserving a room once the defense date is finalized, student can reserve department rooms through the online scheduling system or request a classroom via this form .

Degree candidates should provide their advisor with a copy of the thesis at least two weeks before the defense and provide their thesis committee chair and member with a copy at least one week before the defense. However, degree candidates should talk with their advisor, committee chair, and committee member to find out if they need the thesis further in advance or if there are preferred formats. Degree candidates should allow time in between their thesis defense and the submission deadline to make edits and submit the final copies.

Please note that most receiving a PhD degree are required to present a seminar as part of the thesis defense. This seminar is open to the department. The degree candidate is responsible for providing the Chemistry Education Office with information about their thesis defense at least two weeks ahead of time. Following the seminar, the candidate will meet privately with the thesis committee.

Thesis Formatting

The Institute has very specific requirements for thesis preparation, which were updated in November 2022. Specifications for Thesis Preparation is available on the library’s website and should be read very carefully. The MIT Thesis FAQ may answer additional questions and a helpful checklist is also provided. The specifications also include information about copyright and use of previously published material in a thesis . Do  not  rely on any templates or prior theses from your research group – they may not reflect the most current guidelines. We have highlighted some especially important points below.

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Title page & committee signature page.

• The title page of the first copy will be digitally signed by the author, advisor, and Professor Adam Willard. The title page should contain the title, name of the author, previous degrees, the degree(s) to be awarded at MIT, the date the degree(s) will be conferred (May, September, or February only), copyright notice, and appropriate names and signatures. Degrees are awarded in Chemistry, regardless of your specific research area. Regardless of when you defend or submit your thesis, the date of degree conferral must be May/June, September, or February.
• As noted above, the title page will be signed by you, your advisor, and Professor Willard. You do not need to have Professor Willard digitally sign the thesis before you submit it, we will arrange to have him sign it. If your advisor has a title (ex., Firmenich Professor of Chemistry) it should also be included under their name. If you are not sure if they have a title, you can consult the Faculty Directory . Professor Willard should have the following listed under his name, on two separate lines: Professor of Chemistry; Graduate Officer
• Each student should place the appropriate copyright notice on the thesis title page. Copyright notice consists of four elements: the symbol “c” with a circle around it © and/or the word “copyright”; the year of publication (the year in which the degree is to be awarded); the name of the copyright owner; the words “All rights reserved” or your chosen Creative Commons license. All theses should have the following legend statement exactly: The author hereby grants to MIT a nonexclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to exercise any and all rights under copyright, including to reproduce, preserve, distribute and publicly display copies of the thesis, or release the thesis under an open-access license. Please carefully review the copyright information to determine the appropriate copyright ownership.
• The date under Signature of Author should be the date the final thesis is signed and submitted to the department.
• The title page is always considered to be page 1, and every page must be included in the count regardless of whether a number would be physically printed on a page. We recommend that you do not include the page number on the title page.
• There is also a signature page that will be digitally signed by your entire thesis committee. Your advisor will digitally sign your thesis twice, on the title page and signature page. The signature page is right after the title page.
• More details about digital signatures are provided below.

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Final thesis submission, general submission process.

Please carefully review the details below, including the file naming format . There are two steps to the final submissions process:

1. Submit the following documents to the Department of Chemistry:

• An electronic copy of your thesis in PDF/A-1 format (with no signatures)
• A PDF of the digitally signed title page and committee signature page (using DocuSign to obtain signatures)

Please send an email to your advisor, Jennifer Weisman, and Rebecca Drake, which includes the 2 PDFs above and the following text:

“Dear Professor/Dr X: Attached is the final version of my thesis. Please use reply-all to this message to indicate your acceptance of my thesis document and your recommendation for certification by my department.”

**Note: if your thesis document is too large to send via email, your email can include a link to access the document via Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.**

2. Submit your thesis information to MIT Libraries here . Choose to opt-in or opt-out of ProQuest license and publication.  Include the same copyright and license information that is on your thesis title page. Note: this does not involve submitting your actual thesis.

Details for Thesis Submission Process

• After the defense, the student and thesis committee reach agreement on the final thesis document.
• Students should follow the format specifications as stated in the Specifications for Thesis Preparation . Do not print or physically sign pages.
• Students will have the thesis signed electronically through DocuSign. This process is described in detail in the section below.
• The title page is always considered to be page 1, and every page must be included in the count regardless of whether a number is physically printed on a page. The entire thesis (including title page, prefatory material, illustrations, and all text and appendices) must be paginated in one consecutive numbering sequence. Your committee signature page should be page 2. Please see the  Sample Title Page and committee signature page for reference.
• You will still include the title page and committee signature page in the full thesis PDF, they just won’t have any signatures.
• The digitally signed title page and committee signature pages should be in one PDF, separate from the thesis document. This avoids a DocuSign tag at the top of each page of the full thesis. Please use the following naming convention: authorLastName-kerb-degree-dept-year-sig.pdf (ex., montgomery-mssimon-phd-chemistry-2021-sig.pdf).
• Students should save their final thesis document as a PDF using the following file naming convention: authorLastName-kerb-degree-dept-year-thesis .pdf (ex., montgomery-mssimon-phd-chemistry-2021-thesis.pdf).
• Students should not deposit the PDF of their thesis via the Libraries Library’s voluntary submission portal.
• Please send an email to your advisor, Jennifer, and William which includes the final thesis document and file with the digitally signed title/committee signature pages with the following text:

Please also complete the MIT Doctoral Student Exit Survey and your Laboratory Safety Clearance Form .

Digital Signatures

Please see here for a full guide (with screenshots) to using DocuSign to obtain digital signatures

Required Signatures:

These should be everyone’s uploaded digital signatures in their own handwriting, not one of the pre-formatted signatures created by DocuSign.

• Your signature on the thesis title page
• Your advisor’s signature on both the title page and committee signature page
• Your thesis committee chair’s and member’s signatures on the committee signature page
• You do not need to have Adam Willard sign your title page, the Chemistry Education Office will take care of that
• Full thesis with no signatures (including unsigned title page and thesis committee signature page)
• Title page and committee signature page with signatures via DocuSign

Accessing DocuSign

Thesis Hold Requests

Details about requesting a thesis hold are available here and the requests are made to different offices based on the type of request.

Written notification of patent holds and other restrictions must reach the Institute Archives before the thesis in question is received, as under normal circumstances, all theses are open and available for public inspection once they have been received by the Institute Archives.

Graduate Student Exit Interviews

In order to best serve the educational, scientific, and social needs of graduate students in the Chemistry Department, it is critically important that Departmental leadership be appropriately informed of issues of importance to graduate students, ideally on an ongoing basis. Graduate student exit interviews provide information that alert the Department to acute issues that affect graduate students and provide data for longitudinal assessments of graduate student experience within the program.Graduate exit interviews are administered to all graduate students departing the Chemistry Department. The exit interview applies equally to graduate students departing with completed degrees (Ph.D. and M.S.) and without degrees.

• Graduating students will be sent a list of interview questions by the Chemistry Education Office when the student joins the degree list. Instructions about scheduling a time for the in-person or virtual discussion will be included with other informational correspondence from the Chemistry Education Office regarding degree completion. Graduating students will perform their exit interview after the thesis defense so as to avoid making the interview an additional burden.
• For students departing the program without a degree, the interview questions and instructions for scheduling an in-person discussion will be sent by the Chemistry Education Office at the point in time that a date for termination of their appointment in Chemistry is determined.
• For the majority of departing students, this interview coincides with the end of the semester, but a rolling schedule of surveys is anticipated.

Postdoctoral/Research Specialist Appointments

If you plan to transition to a postdoctoral/research specialist appointment within the Department of Chemistry at MIT, please contact Jennifer Weisman and  Chemistry HR as soon as possible. If you are an international student, it is extremely important that you start this process early to allow sufficient timing for visa processing. In addition to talking with Jennifer and HR, please consult with the International Students Office .Your final signed thesis must be submitted before a postdoc appointment can start. IMPORTANT: If you need to enroll in the MIT employee health plan, then your appointment will need to last at least 90 days in order for you to remain benefits eligible. If your appointment were to last less than 90 days, MIT will retroactively cancel your health insurance, and any medical expenses you have during this time will be rebilled to you.

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Characterizing and Developing Chemistry Students’ Data Analysis and Interpretation of Chemical Data , Stephanie A. Berg

Halide Exchange and Transport in Halide Perovskite Lattices , Temban Acha Billy

Soft Microreactors for the Deposition of Microstructures and the Related Surface Chemistries of Polymeric Materials , Jessica Wagner

Synthesis and Study of High-Spin Stable Organic Radicals for Electrical Conductors and Mannosamine Nitroxide for MRI Contrast Agents , Shuyang Zhang

Designing Experiments: The Impact of Peer Review Structure on Organic Chemistry Students' Experimental Designs , Katie Patterson

Study of halide gradient formation via solution-solid halide exchange in crystalline CH 3 NH 3 PbBr 3 thin films , Behnaz Akbari

Oxygen Binding Thermodynamics of Human Hemoglobin in the Red Blood Cell , Kyle K. Hill

Developing Techniques for the Identification of Non-Canonical RNA Pairing and Analysis of LC-MS Datasets , Christopher Jurich

Surface Functionalization of Elastomers for Tunable Crystal Growth and Smart Adhesives , John Kapitan

Issue of False Amphetamine Field Test Positives Caused By Sugar. Use of Baeyer Test as a Secondary Test Solution. , Reed A. Knutson, Jennah Duncan, Kara Peightal, and Samuel Thomas

Harnessing Surface Chemistry and Instabilities in Silicone Elastomers to Synthesize Adaptive Systems with Mechanically Tunable Surface Properties and Functionality , Ali Jamal Mazaltarim

How Oxygen-Binding Affects Structural Evolution of Even-Sized Gold Anion Clusters. (Size Range 20 to 34) , David Brunken-Deibert

Analysis of Hydroxychloroquine Interaction with Serum Proteins by High Performance Affinity Chromatography , Kyungah Suh, Sadia Sharmeen, and David S. Hage

The Application and Development of Metabolomics Methodologies for the Profiling of Food and Cellular Toxicity , Jade Woods

Evaluation of the Overall Binding of Acetohexamide and Tolbutamide with Methyl Glyoxal-Modified HSA by High-Performance Affinity Chromatography , Ashley G. Woolfork and David S. Hage

C(sp2)-C(sp3) Cross-Coupling of Aryl Halides and Active C(sp3)-H Bonds via Dual Catalysis: Organic Photocatalysis/Nickel Redox Catalysis , Nicholas Armada

Phosphonate-Directed Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroboration: Synthesis of Functionalized Chiral Secondary and Tertiary Boronic Esters and Mechanistic Insights , Suman Chakrabarty

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF THERMAL PROPERTIES AND DESALINATION PERFORMANCE OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS , Yang Hong

QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS APPLIED TO SOMO-HOMO CONVERSION AND VIBRATIONALLY AVERAGED NMR SHIELDING PARAMETERS , Erik Johnson

Design and Synthesis of Stable Aminyl and Nitroxide Radical Precursors , Joshua Bryan Lovell

Development of Nanomaterial Supports for the Study of Affinity-Based Analytes Using Ultra-Thin Layer Chromatography , Allegra Pekarek

ANALYSIS OF DRUG-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS DURING DIABETES BY HIGH-PERFORMANCE AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY , Pingyang Tao

Electropolymerization and Characterization of Thin Film Dielectrics , Christopher White II

Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Copper Palladium Oxide Solid Solutions. , Gregory L. Christensen

GLOBAL MINIMUM SEARCH AND CARBON MONOXIDE BINDING STUDIES OF NOVEL GOLD NANOCLUSTERS , Navneet S. Khetrapal

Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the Chemometric Analysis of Cellular Metabolism , Eli Riekeberg

Ultrafast Affinity Extraction and High-Performance Affinity Chromatography Applications for Measuring Free Drug Fractions: Interactions of Sulfonylurea Drugs with Normal and Glycated Human Serum Albumin , Bao Yang

DEVELOPMENT OF ENTRAPMENT COLUMNS FOR THE STUDY OF AFFINITY BASED ANALYSIS OF DRUG-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS , Shiden T. Azaria

Chemical Vapor Deposition of Two-Dimensional Materials and Heterostructures , Alex J. Boson

Bioinformatic and Biophysical Analyses of Proteins , Jonathan Catazaro

Developing Functionalized Peroxide Precursors for the Synthesis of Cyclic and Spirocyclic Ethers , Anna J. Diepenbrock

Decarboxylative Elimination for the Systhesis of Olefins Via Photoredox/Cobalt Dual Catalysis , Renjie Gui

Enantioselective γ- and δ -Borylation of Unsaturated Carbonyl Derivatives: Synthesis, Mechanistic Insights, and Applications. , Gia L. Hoang

Entrapment of proteins in high-performance affinity columns for chromatographic studies of drug-protein interactions , Saumen Poddar, Elliott Rodriguez, Shiden Azaria, and David S. Hage

Genetic Code Expansion in Biochemical Investigations and Biomedical Applications , Nanxi Wang

Applying the Diffusion of Innovation Theory to Characterize STEM Faculty Attending Professional Development Programs , Dihua Xue

Who is attending pedagogical workshops? Applying the Innovation Diffusion to Characterize Faculty Attendees , Victoria Dihua Xue, Trisha Vickrey, and Marilyne Stains

Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Protein Biosensor for Nitric Oxide , Wenjia Zhai

STUDIES IN DIRECTED CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC HYDROBORATION OF 1,2-DISUBSTITUTED UNSATURATED AMIDE , Shuyang Zhang

Synthesis and Applications of Cyclobutenes , Benjamin Enns

Binding of Oxygen to Human Hemoglobin Within the Erythrocyte Using ICAM Spectrophotometry , Kyle K. Hill

Design and Synthesis of Novel Octacarboxy Porphyrinic Metal-Organic Frameworks , Jacob A. Johnson

Development of a Direct Activity Probe for Rho-Associated Protein Kinase , Maia Kelly

Thermolysis of Hypervalent Iodine Complexes: Synthesis of Fluorinated Radiotracers for Positron Emission Tomography and Synthesis of Quaternary α-Alkyl α-Aryl Amino Acids , Jayson J. Kempinger

Synthesis and Applications of Lanthanide Sulfides and Oxides , Christopher Marin

SELECTIVE IODINATION USING DIARYLIODONIUM SALTS , William H. Miller IV

MOLECULAR MECHANISM FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS AND REGULATION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES IN LYSOBACTER , Simon Tesfamichael Tombosa

STUDIES IN ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS: SUPRAMOLECULAR CATALYSIS AND BORANE-ASSISTED HYDROGENATION , Kazuya Toyama

Molecular Mechanism for the Biosynthesis of Antifungal HSAF and Antibacterial WAP-8294A2 , Haotong Chen

Toward the Probing of DHQS Activity by Protein Engineering through the Introduction of Unnatural Amino Acids and the Selection of tRNA/tRNA Synthetase Pairs , Shaina E. Ives

Toward an Expanded Role for Collision-Induced Dissociation in Glycoproteomic Analysis , Venkata Kolli

New Methods for Synthesis of Organic Peroxides and Application of Peroxide Electrophiles to Synthesis of Functionalized Ethers , Shiva Kumar Kyasa

Chromatographic Analysis of Drug-Protein Interactions During Diabetes and Characterization of Human Serum Albumin Through Multidimensional Mass Spectrometry , Ryan E. Matsuda

THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLDS OF GRAPHENE, CARBON NANOTUBES AND TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES FOR APPLICATIONS IN ELECTRONICS, SENSORS AND ENERGY STORAGE , Gilbert N. Mbah

TOWARD THE MEASUREMENT OF BIODISTRIBUTION OF 18 F-LABELED INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET) , Katelyenn S. McCauley

Investigations into the Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogen-Host Interactions: Construction of a Dual Plasmid System for Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids into Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 , Scotty D. Raber

Applications of High Performance Affinity Chromatography with High Capacity Stationary Phases Made by Entrapment , John A. Vargas Badilla

Uses of Diaryliodonium Salts and Methods for their Synthesis , Jordan M. Veness

The intersection of nuclear magnetic resonance and quantum chemistry , Yali Wang

Chemometric and Bioinformatic Analyses of Cellular Biochemistry , Bradley Worley

Analysis of Free Solute Fractions and Solute-Protein Interactions Using Ultrafast Affinity Extraction and Affinity Microcolumns , Xiwei Zheng

The 8-Silyloxyquinoline Scaffold as a Versatile Platform for the Sensitive Detection of Aqueous Fluoride , Xinqi Zhou

Nanostructured Cerium Oxide Based Catalysts: Synthesis, Physical Properties, and Catalytic Performance , Yunyun Zhou

Hydrolytically Stable Analogues of Sugar Phosphates and a Miniaturized in Situ Enzymatic Screen , Xiang Fei

Development and Application of Combined Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Methods , Rui Lai

Syntheses of Aminyl Diradicals and Nitroxide Tetra- and Octaradicals , Arnon Olankitwanit

Analysis of Drug Interactions with Lipoproteins by High Performance Affinity Chromatography , Matthew R. Sobansky

Studies in Asymmetric Synthesis: Supramolecular Catalysis, C-H Activation, and D-Cycloserine Synthesis , Nathan C. Thacker

Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Based Metabolomics to Study the Central Metabolism of Staphylococci , Bo Zhang

IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION OF THE MMFF94 FORCE FIELD , Hongbo Zhu

The Electrochemical Analysis of Bovine Bone Derived Supercapacitors, Organic Peroxide Explosives, and Conducting Polymer Nanojunctions , Paul Goodman

The Development and Applications of NMR Metabolomics Analysis of Bacterial Metabolomes , Steven M. Halouska

Utilizing NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Docking as Tools for the Structural Determination and Functional Annotation of Proteins , Jaime Stark

A. Catalysis of CO-PROX by Water-Soluble Rhodium Fluorinated Porphyrins B. Studies toward Fluorination of Electron Rich Aromatics by Nucleophilic Fluoride , Shri Harsha Uppaluri

Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Lysobacter enzymogenes : Studies of Intercellular and Intracellular Signaling , Stephen J. Wright

DIRECTED CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC HYDROBORATION OF 1,1-DISUBSTITUTED ALKENES , Mohammad Odeh Bani Khaled

I. Synthesis of β-Sitosterol and Phytosterol Esters; II. New Methodology for Singlet Oxygen Generation from 1,1-Dihydroperoxides , Jiliang Hang

Experimental and Theoretical Studies in Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance , Monica N. Kinde

Experimental and Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance , John D. Persons

RHODIUM-CATALYZED HYDROBORATION OF 1,1-DISUBSTITUTED ALKENES , Scott A. Pettibone

INVESTIGATIONS OF INTER- AND INTRAMOLECULAR C-O BOND FORMING REACTIONS OF PEROXIDE ELECTROPHILES , Benjamin W. Puffer

The Use of Rhenium (VII) Oxide as a Catalyst for the Substution of Hemiacetals , Michael W. Richardson

Characterization of Novel Macrocyclic Polyether Modified Pseudostationary Phases for use in Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography and Development of a Chemiluminescence Presumptive Assay for Peroxide-based Explosives , Raychelle Burks

Preparation and Characterization of Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite-Resorbable Polymer Composites for Hard Tissue Repair , Kristopher R. Hiebner

High Yield Synthesis of Positron Emission Tomography Ligands for Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Imaging , Saraanne E. Hitchcock

Optimization and Implementation of Entrapment: A Novel Immobilization Technique for High-performance Affinity Chromatography , Abby J. Jackson

Fabrication and Catalytic Property of Cerium Oxide Nanomaterials , Keren Jiang

Affinity Chromatography in Environmental Analysis and Drug-Protein Interaction Studies , Efthimia Papastavros

Development and Optimization of Organic Based Monoliths for Use in Affinity Chromatography , Erika L. Pfaunmiller

I. An Improved Procedure for Alkene Ozonolysis. II. Exploring a New Structural Paradigm for Peroxide Antimalarials. , Charles Edward Schiaffo

QUANTUM MECHANICAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANICAL STUDY OF SOLVENT EFFECTS , Dejun Si

Resorbable Polymer-Hydroxyapatite Composites for Bone Trauma Treatment: Synthesis and Properties , Troy E. Wiegand

PURIFICATION OF LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE: A MODEL SYSTEM FOR PLP ENZYME INHIBITOR DEVELOPMENT AND STUDY , Leah C. Zohner

Characterization of Glycation Sites on Human Serum Albumin using Mass Spectrometry , Omar S. Barnaby

HIGH TEMPERATURE RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN DEVICE FABRICATION , Joseph R. Brewer

Classification, Synthesis and Characterization of Pyridyl Porphyrin Frameworks , Lucas D. DeVries

Ultrasonic Activation of Triacetone Triperoxide , LaTravia R. Dobson

Characteristics and Stability of Oxide Films on Plutonium Surfaces , Harry Guillermo García Flores

Controlling Reductive Elimination From Novel I(III) Salts Using a SECURE Method , Joseph W. Graskemper

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Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Sciences, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.

In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Dissertation: Exploring Cation Exchange: Unveiling Its Significance in Biochar and Bioenergetics Applications , Gyanendra Kharel

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Dissertation: Structural Insights into the cl-Par-4 Protein: Ionic Requirements, Conformational Transitions, and Interaction With Cisplatin , Krishna Kumar Raut

Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt(III) Complexes and a Vanadium(IV) Complex with Flavonoids as Ligands , Ethan Schroeder

Thesis: Molecular Evidence for the Export of Terrigenous Organic Matter to the North Gulf of Mexico by Solid-State 13 C NMR and Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry of Humic Acids , Sarah Ann Ware

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Dissertation: Investigating the Biorisk of Genetically Engineered Thermosynechococcus Elongatus BP1 , Cherrelle Leah Barnes

Dissertation: Implications of Metal Coordination in Damage and Recognition of Nucleic Acids and Lipid Bilayers , Ana Dreab

Dissertation: Clostridioides Difficile Biofilm and Spore Production in Response to Antibiotics and Immune Stress , Adenrele M. Oludiran

Dissertation: Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Triazole Based Glycoconjugates and 4,6-Acetal Protected D-Glucosamine Derivatives as Low Molecular Weight Gelators , Pooja Sharma

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Dissertation: Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Carbohydrate Based Macrocycles, Photo Responsive Derivatives, and Glycoconjugates Based Low Molecular Weight Gelators , Surya Bahadur Adhikari

Dissertation: Computational and Experimental Investigation into the Determinants of Protein Structure, Folding, and Stability in the β-Grasp Superfamily , John T. Bedford II

Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of 4,6-protected Glucosamine Derivatives and Branched Glycoconjugates , Jonathan Bietsch

Dissertation: Biophysical Characterization of the Par-4 Tumor Suppressor: Evidence of Structure Outside the Coiled Coil Domain and Interactions with Platinum Chemotherapeutics , Andrea Megan Clark

Dissertation: Computational Analysis of Type 3 Iodothyronine Deiodinase: Potential Inhibitors, Substrate Binding, and Dimer Structure , Eric Scott Marsan

Dissertation: The Development of Novel Carbohydrate-Based Gelators and Their Applications as Advanced Soft Materials , Joedian Morris

Dissertation: Genetically Engineered Thermosynechococcus Elongatus BP1: Assessment of Potential Biorisks and Biofuel Production , Thu Ho Anh Nguyen-Jones

Dissertation: Evaluating the Role of the Stringent Response Mechanism in Clostridioides difficile Survival and Pathogenesis , Astha Pokhrel

Dissertation: Mechanisms of Stress Survival in Gram Positive Bacterial Pathogens , Asia Poudel

Dissertation: Improvement of Biochar Through Ozonization and Biosafety of Genetically Engineered Cyanobacteria , Oumar Sacko

Thesis: Evaluation of Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Genetically Engineered Cyanobacteria and Gram-Negative Bacteria , Andriana Chrysovalanti Zourou

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Kinetics Studies of New Cobalt Complexes for the Production of H 2 in Acidic Media , Michael John Celestine

Dissertation: Structural Characterization of Organic Matter in Oil Shales Using Multiple Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Techniques , Wenying Chu

Dissertation: Advances in the Understanding of Sourcing and Fate of Pyrogenic Organic Matter in the Environment , Aleksandar Ivaylov Goranov

Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, Spectroscopic, and Mesomorphic Studies of New Schiff Base Ligands and Titanium, Cobalt, Nickel and Copper Metal Centers , Raj K. Gurung

Thesis: Network Approaches to Elucidate the Determinants of Protein Topology and Stability , Zeinab Haratipour

Dissertation: Lignin: A Likely Precursor of a Significant Fraction of Humic Substances Via Oxidative Transformations , Seyyedhadi Khatami

Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Carbohydrate Based Molecular Gelators and Macrocycles Through Cycloaddition Reactions , Dan Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Drug Delivery Applications of Carbohydrate Based Low Molecular Weight Gelators , Kristen Elizabeth Bashaw

Thesis: A Dual Nanostructured Approach to SERS Amenable to Large-Scale Production , Kory Brian Castro

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Glycolipids, Glycoclusters and Glycomacrocycles , Anji Chen

Dissertation: Development and Evaluation of Post-Production Oxygenation Techniques for the Augmentation of Biochar , Matthew David Huff

Thesis: Characterizing the Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides Against the Pathogenic Bacterium Clostridium Difficile in an Anaerobic Environment , Adenrele Mojeed Oludiran

Dissertation: Computational Investigation of Energetic Materials: Influence of Intramolecular and Intermolecular Interactions on Sensitivity , Ashley Lauren Shoaf

Dissertation: Study of ABC Membrane Transporters in Single Live Cells , Preeyaporn Songkiatisak

Thesis: The Effect of Soxhlet Extraction and Synthesis Temperature on Properties of Polyaniline , Samuel Watson Stahl

Dissertation: Structure of the Picornavirus Replication Platform: A Potential Drug Target for Inhibiting Virus Replication , Meghan Suzanne Warden

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Dissertation: Observations of Greenhouse Gas Isotopologues with ACE-FTS and WACCM , Eric Michael Buzan

Dissertation: Alicyclic and Aromatic Carboxylic Acids in Soil Organic Matter: An Investigation of Potential Origin and Association with Plutonium Using Advanced Analytical Techniques , Nicole DiDonato

Thesis: Characterization of 3-Ester and 3-Carbamate Derivatives of N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine and Their Use in Controlled Drug Delivery , Consuelo Garcia

Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Sugar-Based Low Molecular Weight Gelators , Ifeanyi Simeon Okafor

Dissertation: Lignin Contribution to the Global Carbon Pool: Investigating the Abiotic Modification of Lignin by Reactive Oxygen Species , Derek Charles Waggoner

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Thesis: Synthesis and Mechanistic Investigations of Transition Metal Complexes and Ligands for Chemotherapeutic Applications , Jimmie Lee Bullock Jr.

Dissertation: Design of Drug Nano-Carriers for Study of Multidrug Resistance in Single Live Cells , Pavan Kumar Cherukuri

Dissertation: Synthesis, Morphological Control, Dispersion Stabilization and In Situ Self-Assembly of Noble Metal Nanostructures Using Multidentate Resorcinarene Surfactants , Sangbum Han

Thesis: Discoloration of a Green Pigment in Tintoretto’s Allegorical Figure of Spring and Analysis of the Chemical Properties and Stability of Copper Resinate , Sarah Wells Conner Horn

Dissertation: Low-Temperature Artificial Maturation Studies of Type II and Type III Kerogens: Implications for Biogenic Gas Production , Albert Willy Nguena Kamga

Dissertation: Bioenergetics: Experimental Demonstration of Excess Protons and Related Features , Haitham A. Saeed

Dissertation: Possible Sources and Impacts of Biochar Water Extractable Organic Compounds on Aquatic Microorganisms , Cameron Russell Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Thesis: Synthesis, Characterisation, Electrochemical, and Spectroscopic Studies of Cobaloximes: Unique Clues of Cobalt(I) Species in Various Solvents , Michael John Celestine

Dissertation: Computational Investigation of Pernicious Compounds: Arsenic and High Energy Density Materials and Their relevant Mechanisms , Lenora Kathleen Harper

Dissertation: Artificial Maturation Studies of Polymethylenic Plant Biopolymers: Investigating the Chemical Alterations from Plant Material to Coal , Blaine Elizabeth Hartman

Dissertation: Investigation of the Potential for Algaenan to Produce Hydrocarbon Based Fuels From Algae by Hydrous Pyrolysis , Wassim Adel Obeid

Dissertation: Exploring the Effect of Climate Change on Biological Systems , Nardos Sori

Dissertation: Study of Photochemical Formation of Hydroxyl Radical in Natural Waters , Luni Sun

Dissertation: Source-Specific Molecular Signatures for Light-Absorbing Organic Aerosols , Amanda Susan Willoughby

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Dissertation: Spectroscopic Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter: Insights Into the Linkage Between Sources and Chemical Composition , Xiaoyan Cao

Dissertation: Molecular Characterization and Photochemical Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter From Land to Ocean , Hongmei Chen

Dissertation: Density Functional Theory Modeling of It-Stacking and Electrophilic Donor-Acceptor Interactions with Application to Therapeutic Targeting of Zinc-Finger Proteins , Patricia Beall Lutz

Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Sugar Based Low Molecular Weight Gelators and the Preparation of Chiral Sulfinamides , Hari Prasad Reddy Mangunuru

Dissertation: Advances in Understanding the Molecular Composition of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Reactivity in the Environment , Rajaa Mesfioui

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Dissertation: Novel Algorithms and Instrumentation for Vibrational Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis , Mohamed F. Abdelkader

Thesis: Molecular Characteristics of the Water Soluable Organic Matter in Size Resolved Aerosols Collected Over the North Atlantic Ocean , Sarah Catherine Gurganus

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Dissertation: Spectroscopic Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter: Insights into Composition, Photochemical Transformation and Carbon Cycling , John Robert Helms

Thesis: Multidentate Resorcinarene Surfactants for the Phase Transfer of Metal Nanoparticles and Nanodiamonds: Applications in Catalysis and Diamond Film Growth , Vara Prasad Sheela

Thesis: Identification of Persistent Long Range Interactions in G A 95 and G B 95 Through Thermal Unfolding Simulations , Milen Redai Tesfamariam

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Dissertation: Computational Investigation of the Bioactive Selenium Compounds Ebselen and Selenious Acid , Sonia Antony

Dissertation: Bioinformatics, Thermodynamics and Kinetics Analysis of an All Alpha Helical Protein with a Gree-Key Topology , Hai Li

Thesis: Insights into Chemical Structure Changes of Kerogen from Bituminous Coal in Response to Dike Intrusions Investigated by Advanced Solid-State 13 C NMR , Yuan Li

Dissertation: The Nature, Origin and Preservation of Amide Organic Nitrogen in Organic Matter , Georgina Anne McKee

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Thesis: Comparison of Ice Core Dissolved Organic Matter from a Greenland Ice Core by Nanospray Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry , Joshua Jeremiah Shiloh Marsh

Thesis: Molecular Characterization of The Soluble Fraction of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Obtained by Chemical Oxidation With Nitric Acid , Amanda Susan Priest

Dissertation: Conformational Change and Topological Stability of Proteins , Jeffrey Andrew Tibbitt

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Dissertation: The Use of Fourier Transform (FT) Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for Biochemical Analysis , Robert Butler Jeffers

Thesis: Solvent Dependent Morphologies in Thiol-ene Photopolymerization: A Facile Route to Synthesis of Resorcinarene Nanocapsules , Zaharoula Marie Kalaitzis

Thesis: Development of Chemometric Models and Calibration Transfer for Rapid Diesel and Jet Fuel Analysis Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy , Christopher Matthew Larkin

Dissertation: Export of Terrestrial Dissolved Organic Matter Along a River to Ocean Transect of the Lower Chesapeake Bay Investigated by Advanced Analytical Techniques , Rachel Leigh Sleighter

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Thesis: The Regulation of Endothelial and Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression in the Preglomerular Vessels by the Increase in Intracellular Calcium Concentration , Stephanie Thomas Montgomery

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

Thesis: Development of Single Nanoparticle Optical Assays for Imaging Single Living Cells , William John Brownlow

Thesis: Spectral Shape as an Indicator of Molecular Weight in Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter , John Robert Helms

Thesis: Biochemical Profiling of Gout Patients , Tamera Fayre Schlitt

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Thesis: Development and Application of a GG-IRMS Reductive Pyrolysis Reactor Interface for the δ 34 S Determination of Sulfur in Individual Organic Compounds , N. Deborah Hewlett

Thesis: Natural and Synthetic Viniferins Associated with the Grapevine Disease Young Vine Decline , David Michael McGinnis

Theses/Dissertations from 2004 2004

Thesis: Bacterial Degradation of Disinfection By-Products in Drinking Water , Laura Inga Fauntleroy

Theses/Dissertations from 2003 2003

Thesis: Real-Time Study of Multidrug Resistance Mechanism in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Using Nanoparticle Optics and Single Live Cell Imaging , Sophia Vasou Kyriacou

Thesis: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Capacitative Calcium Entry Blockers , Thadigiri Celina Mala

Theses/Dissertations from 2002 2002

Thesis: Production of a Monoclonal Antibody Against Benzo[α]Pyrene Diol Epoxide DNA Adducts , Brian Peden Austin

Thesis: Styrene Monomer Solubility in Artificial and Natural Seawaters of the Lower Chesapeake Bay , Eric Joseph Miller

Theses/Dissertations from 2001 2001

Thesis: Positive Regulation of PKA on Human Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (hGnRH) Gene Expression in Human Placental JEG-3 Cells , Zhaoyang Wen

Theses/Dissertations from 2000 2000

Thesis: Copper Complexation and Speciation in the Western South and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean , John A. Consolvo

Thesis: Cytotoxic T Cell Response to Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults , Caroline R. Letter

Thesis: Induction of Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells by Resveratrol , Gary Zulfikar Morris

Thesis: Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy for Process Control in the Petroleum Industry , Kent Lawson Wise

Theses/Dissertations from 1999 1999

Thesis: Zinc Speculation and Ligand Fluxes in Chesapeake Bay and Elizabeth River Pore Waters , Duncan Glover Byers

Thesis: Generation of Human chorionic gonadotropin Beta Subunit Specific Monoclonal Antibody Using a Synthetic Peptide , Zhe Huang

Thesis: A Study on the Effects of the N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence on the Activation of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Protease , Hidayah Muhammad Kendall

Thesis: Humic Substances as Interferences in the Analysis of Nitrite in Water , Stephanie Ann Tebault

Theses/Dissertations from 1998 1998

Thesis: Explosive Vapor Generation and Sampling in Conjunction with Ion Mobility Spectrometry , Saeed H. Almeer

Thesis: Determination of the N-Terminal Amino Acid Residues on Polypeptides in Secondary Wastewaters , Edward L. Creecy

Thesis: Developmental and Hormonal Regulation of the Expression of Cytosolic Phospholipase A 2 Protein Levels in Baboon Placenta , Kathleen Elizabeth Dunstan

Thesis: Development of Fluorescent Techniques in the Kinetic Characterization of Reverse Transcriptase , Kevin Kevin Howerton

Thesis: Chemical Modification of CVD Diamond Electrodes , Robert Matthew Johnson

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• A public presentation of the student's Ph.D research to which members of the CCB community will be invited, followed by
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Students must submit the dissertation to the Ph.D. Thesis Committee at least 7 days before the defense date. The final manuscript must conform to the requirements described online on the GSAS website  here .

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A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.  (International Standard ISO 7144: Documentation — Presentation of theses and similar documents ).

For most universities in the U.S., dissertation is the term for the required submission for the PhD, and thesis refers only to the master's degree requirement.

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Carnegie Mellon theses are now ONLINE and can be searched through the ProQuest database Dissertations & Theses @ Carnegie Mellon University that enables access to citations and abstracts of all dissertations and theses, as well as the full text in PDF format.  Scroll down and select Dissertations & Theses, then do a regular search. Print versions are also available in the libraries' collection.

PRIMO ,  the Carnegie Mellon Library catalog, uses the term THESIS to denote both masters' theses and dissertations.  However, the number of master's theses is limited.  Within the libraries, theses are located in designated areas and are shelved in alphabetical order by the author's last name.  The catalog treats theses and dissertations like books, and they can be borrowed as such. Theses may be in print, microfiche, or microform.

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Theses from 2020 2020.

NANODIAMONDS AND CARBON NANO-ONIONS CERAMIC COMPOSITES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS , Ibrahim Munkaila Abdullahi

Theses from 2017 2017

In situ pH determination based on the NMR analysis of ¹H-NMR signal intensities and ¹⁹F-NMR chemical shifts , Ming Huang

Theses from 2016 2016

Tracking silver, gold, and titanium dioxide nanoparticles through drinking water systems by single particle - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry , Ariel Renee Donovan

Theses from 2015 2015

In vitro study of wound-healing capabilities of bioactive glass fibers under various culture conditions , Sisi Chen

CapPack devices for enhanced qNMR measurements in 1 H NMR spectroscopy , Lingyu Chi

Theses from 2013 2013

Part I: Increased leaching of arsenic, selenium, molybdenum, and vanadium from high calcium coal ash containing trona reaction products. Part II: Using agricultural byproduct rice hull as biosorbent to remove and recover metal ions in water , Yongbo Dan

Role of nicotine in oxidative stress , Rakesh Kacham

Comparative evaluation of N-acetylcysteine and N-acetylcysteine amide in acetaminophen-induced oxidative stress , Ahdab Naeem Khayyat

Theses from 2011 2011

Relaxation imaging to characterize lightweight polymer-crosslinked aerogels , Emmalou T. Satterfield

Theses from 2010 2010

Water analysis for emerging environmental contaminants , Xiaoliang Cheng

Comparing the chelating abilities of N-acetylcysteine and N-acetylcysteine amide in vitro for lead poisoning treatment , Weiqing Chen

Theses from 2008 2008

Obscurant oil characterization produced through vaporization by exhaust gas of mini-jet turbine engine , Hossein Daniel Bahaghighat

Polymer reinforced aerogels and composites A. Polyimide crosslinked aerogels B. Silica-polymethylmethacrylate composites , Vishal U. Patil

A rapid method for determination of alpha hydroxy acids in seawater and biological fluids at trace levels , Ryan Lee Schwiderski

N-Acetylcystein amide protects against methamphetamine-induced oxidative stress in human brain endothelial cells , Xinsheng Zhang

Theses from 2007 2007

Physical analysis of human hair , Lea Marie Dankers

Theses from 2006 2006

X-ray photoelectron, Raman and attenuated total reflection-infrared spectroscopy studies of sonochemically oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes , Robert V. Hull

Part I, Synthesis and characterization of biogenic oil esters ; Part II, Assessment of relative antioxidant activities of selected antioxidants in different matrices , Ranjith Kolli

New Schiff base complexes: Synthesis and their properties : [N,N'-bis (3-methoxysalicylidene)-o-phenylenediamine] Nickel (II), [N,N'-bis-salicylidene-3,4-diaminotoluene] Nickel (II) and helical-chain copper (II) complex from 4(5) -imidazolecarboxaldehyde and ß-alanine , Feng Liu

Effect of plasticizer on segmental dynamics of bulk and adsorbed poly(vinyl acetate)-d₃ , Rakesh R. Nambiar

Effects of a newly synthesized thiol antioxidant on doxorubicin-induced oxidative stress , Rong Shi

Enzymatic synthesis and characterization of acidic amino acid oligomers , Hao Wang

Synthesis and characterization of some Schiff base metal complexes , Lili Wang

Functionalization of mesoporous silicas as powders for support and immobilization of Pd catalysts and as monolithic framework for building strong lightweight materials , Xiaojiang Wang

Theses from 2005 2005

Particulate matter (PM) emissions analysis for commercial aircraft operating in the landing and takeoff (LTO) cycle , Niharika Burla

Bound carbonyls in adsorbed PMMA-r-PS copolymers , Pavan K. Challa

Enzymatic synthesis and LC, MS and MS-MS characterization of tailored peptides , Hareesh Kumar Reddy Palli

Oxidation of trichloroethylene by microsomal cytochrome P450 enzymes , Arun Sahu

Effect of chiral solution precursors in the epitaxial electrodeposition of metal oxides , Jonathan Edward Stewart

Theses from 2004 2004

Binuclear phthalocyanine core controversy: aromatic vs. diene core , Srinivas Achanta

Application of soybean oil methyl ester for remediation of PCBs contaminated soil , Lijun Fan

Analysis of transient particulate emissions in jet engine exhausts , Sesha Krishna Kattamuri

Effect of food processing techniques on phytosterol, tocopherol and volatile content in soybean and soybean derived foods , Naga Mallika Surapaneni

Theses from 2003 2003

Polymer-metal interactions , Ayse Beyaz

Glycoprotein characterization by HPLC-ESI-MS and anticancer drug screening and mechanism study , Junnan Chen

Part 1, Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of Ru(3,8-dibromo-1,10-phenanthroline)₃(PF₆)₂ ; Part 2, Magnetic field and temperature effects on the emission properties of d- and 1- tris(2,2'-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) complexes , Penggao Duan

A study of in vitro and in vivo toxicity of 3-nitro-L-tyrosine , Wei Hu

Capillary electrophoresis and its applications in the biological sciences: coenzyme A, polyamines and catecholamines , Guanshu Liu

Assessment of biodegradability and mutagenicity of methyl soyate and mineral oils , Shilpa (Shilpa Suresh Mathkar

In general, the voltammeteric current from a mixture of redox-active substances will not be the sum of the currents that each substance would produce at the same concentration independently , Woon Su Oh

Theses from 2002 2002

Selective recovery of triglycerides, phytosterols, tocopherols and isoflavones from soybean , Sabrina Forni

Glass transition behavior of thin poly(methyl methacrylate) films on silica , Moses T. Kabomo

The aerosol and chemical characteristics of rocket exhaust in the stratosphere , Andrew P. Rutter

Theses from 2001 2001

Characterization of scrap tires and printed circuit boards pyrolysis products , Shuping Ai

The effects of variable molecular weight and solvents, in water-reducible acrylic resins , John Adrion Jones

Catalytic effect of copper ions on homocysteine auto-oxidation to induce oxidative stress , Douglas Robert Krutil

Synthesis of transition metal substituted large crystal zeolite ZSM-5 , Tara Lyn Schaeffer

Applications of supercritical fluid extraction and chromatography for determination of cholesterol oxides in biological matrices , Uma Maheswar Rao Srirangam

Theses from 2000 2000

Synthesis of crosslinkable water reducible acrylic copolymers for coatings , Mandar R. Bhave

Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of 2,7-diazapyrenium compounds , Zhan Mao

Evaluation of (the intrinsic conducting polymer) polyaniline as a corrosion inhibitor on (aircraft grade) aluminum alloys , Matthew Shannon Pittman

Theses from 1999 1999

The role of additives and diluents in copper deposition from organic solutions , David Samuel Gillis

Jet engine particulate emissions as a function of fuel formulation (additives) , Melissa R. Wilson

Plausible antioxidant functions of N-acetylcysteine and D-penicillamine in the treatment of copper toxicity , Mozow Yusof

Theses from 1998 1998

Characterization of petroleum fog oil and vegetable oil smokes , Andrew Oliver LaRouche

A study on degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in contaminated matrices with gamma radiation , Qunhui Liu

Evaluation of the coordination chemistry of 2-(2'-pyridyl)imidazole with selected palladium (II) compounds , Theresa Marie Pierce

Alumoxane-based corrosion resistant coatings for aluminum substrates , Yue Wu

Determination of biological thiols by HPLC following derivatization by ThioGlo[trademark symbol] maleimide reagents , Bing Yang

Theses from 1996 1996

Evaluation of macrocyclic antibiotics as chiral selectors for high performance liquid chromatography , Christina Sue Bagwill

Assessment of entrapped freon in polyurethane foams and its release into the atmosphere , Susrut Kesari

Segmental motion of surface-bound swollen poly(methyl acrylate)-d , Minghua Liang

The effects of 4-Hydroxynonenal and N-Acetyl-L-cysteine on c-Myc induced apoptosis , Deniz Yildiz

Theses from 1995 1995

Synthesis and characterization of water reducible MMA-MMA copolymers , Hua-Jung Hu

The in vitro study of metabolic effects of D- and L- forms of amino acids on tumor cell growth , Xiang Luo

Theses from 1993 1993

Thermal stability of chymotrypsin using UV-VIS and Raman spectroscopy , Ashik Chandra

Thermodynamic investigation of the sphere-rod transition in the presence of organic electrolytes , Yvonne Liske

Organic titanates as coupling agents for Kevlar/phenolic composites , Nalini Menon

Optical emission spectroscopy study of interaction of a metal chelate with RF plasma , Wu-Sheng Shih

Synthetic approaches for intermediates of 1,8-naphthalene phthalocyanines , Alexander Albert Williams

Theses from 1992 1992

The preparation of silicon-containing monomers : dimethylbis(aminophenyl)silane and 1,3-tetramethylbis(p-aminophenyl)disiloxane , Louis Chi-Kuo Hsieh

Effect of in vivo lead exposure on lymphocyte response to in vitro mitogenic stimulation , Chaandini Jayachandran

Removal of organic compounds from water via derivatized cyclodextrins , Deanna Lynn Schmid

Cyclodextrin stationary phases for the chromatographic separation of gases , William Taylor Wall

Theses from 1991 1991

Templating of plastics for coatings , Ree-Hsueh Wang

Theses from 1990 1990

Molecular mobility in a model polymer composite , Joan Ethel Gambogi

Selenium and tellurium in cigarette tobacco, smoke and ash , Se-Il Kim

Interaction of 1,2-dimethoxyethane and 1,2-dimethoxyethane/water mixtures with poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) based hydrogels , Wei Liu

Synthesis of linear aliphatic polysulfides and their corrosion inhibiting effects , Emerentiana Sianawati

The relative rates of tertiary amine oxidations with hydrogen peroxide as measured by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , Patrick L. Weaver

Correlation of corrosion resistance of protective coatings with adhesion, moisture permeability, and oxygen permeability , Wen-Jung Yu

Theses from 1989 1989

The determination of selenium and tellurium in lead alloys by graphite furnace and hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry , Gregory James. Fox

Theses from 1988 1988

High performance liquid chromatography as an analytical method for determining the relative reactivity of the hydroxyl groups of methyl-4,6-0-benzylidene-alpha-D-glucoside and methyl-alpha-D-glucoside , R. Kevin Anderson

Adhesion of polyurethane coatings to an aluminum substrate and glass fiber reinforced polyurethane composites with contact clarity , Michael James Carr

Ultrasonic dispersion of pigment in solvent based paints , James O. Stoffer

Thermal, mechanical and interfacial characterization of a fiberglass reinforced plastic composite , Theodore J. Williams

Adhesion and corrosion testing as a means of coatings evaluation , Jie Xu

Theses from 1987 1987

Temperature dependent ternary solution behavior of aqueous nonionic surfactant systems containing aliphatic ketones , Gregg Alan Barnes

Development of tests for measurement of adhesion of coatings , Surendra Kanhaiyalal Gadodia

The synthesis and characterization of polycarbonates based on 1,1'-dihydroxyethyl-2,2'-biimidazole , Judith J. Garces

Study of glass matrixing of marine antifouling agents for surface coating application , Angela M. Ross

Non-aqueous carboxylic-carboxylate microemulsion , Diep Thi Vo

Theses from 1986 1986

Syntheses and characterization of macromolecules by reaction of diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A and dihydroxyethyl biimidazole , Weichen Chi

Ultrasonic despersion of pigment in water based paints , Maher Fahim

The acylation of primary and secondary amines by the N-hydroxysuccinmide esters of unsubstituted and substituted styrlacetic acids , Lawrence D. Rutledge

Theses from 1985 1985

Nucleation of zinc by electrodeposition onto glassy carbon from acidic zinc sulfate solutions , Beverly J. Flori

The structure of oligomers released by enzymatic hydrolysis of the alkali-insoluble cell wall polysaccharide of Schizophyllum commune , Abbas K. Samadi

Structural determination of an extracellular polysaccharide from Phanerochaete Chrysosporium , Anthony Allan Stevens

Theses from 1984 1984

The preparation and evaluation of alkyd resins that comply with solvent restrictive regulations , Karen Kohl Beckmann

The effect of cobalt driers on the drying and the post-cure embrittlement of Pale Bodied Varnish Linseed Oil in Mineral Spirits and 1,1,1-Trichloroethane , Esin Gunay

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heavy Main-Group Metal Coordination Chemistry: A study of metal size, co-ligand, and secondary interactions , Alan Goos

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

Development of Improved Methodologies Toward the Formation of C-C and C-N Bonds , Ijaz Ahmed

Coordination Chemistry in Biology and Medicine , Christopher Chu

Nanoparticle Biofunctionalization for Self-Assembly and Energy Transfer Applications , Kaitlin Jeanne Coopersmith

IDENTIFICATION OF SUBSTRATE CHEMICAL GROUPS IMPORTANT FOR GHRELIN O-ACYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY , Joseph Edgar Darling

Quantitative Investigation of Factors Impacting Protein Farnesylation Within the Cell , Susan Clare Flynn

Investigation of Electrostatic Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles Mediated by Giant Polyoxomolybdate Clusters , Jonathan Gooch

Synthetic, Structural, and Mechanistic Investigations of Vitamin B12 Conjugates of the Anorectic Peptide PYY3-36 , Kelly Elizabeth Henry

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• No Thumbnail Available Item Auxiliary-Assisted C-H Functionalization: Exploring the Realm of C-C and C-Heteroatom Bond Formation ( 2024 ) Talukdar, Kangkan Show more The thesis is segmented into four chapters. The initial chapter delineates a Rh-Catalyzed Tandem C-C/C-N bond formation of quinoxalines with alkynes leading to heterocyclic ammonium salts. The second chapter explores the Pd-Catalyzed sp3 C-H alkoxycarbonylation of 8-methylquinolines using Mo(CO)6 as a CO surrogate. The third chapter showcases the Rh-catalyzed alkenylation of aryl 2-pyridyl ethers with vinyl acetate via sp2 C-H activation. Lastly, the fourth chapter delves into on Ru-catalyzed site selective acetoxylation of aryl 2-pyridyl ethers exploiting vinyl acetate as acetoxylating agent Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Aqua-Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks and their Composites for the Environmental Remediation and Bio-Molecule Sensing ( 2024 ) Ghosh, Subhrajyoti Show more This thesis investigates the development of aqua-stable Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) designed for potential applications in environmental remediation and bio-molecule detection. It delves deeply into the intricate structures of various functionalized Zr(IV) metal ion-containing MOFs. The functionality of these MOFs was deliberately integrated into their linkers, enabling their practical application in fluorescence-based detection and quantification of bioactive compounds and organo-toxins. Furthermore, the research explores synthetic methodologies aimed at producing hydrophobic MOFs specifically tailored for the selective and efficient adsorption of oil spills from oil-water mixtures. The findings presented in this thesis are critical for advancing sustainable environmental practices and for improving the accurate diagnosis of diseases associated with the uncontrolled release of specific biomolecules. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Expeditious Reactivity of Sulfoximines and o-Alkynylanilines Towards the Construction of C-C and C-Heteroatom Bonds ( 2024 ) Chakraborty, Nikita Show more The contents embodied in this thesis is divided into five chapters including one introductory chapter based on experimental results obtained during the research period. The introductory chapter represents an overview of the utility of sulfoximines and o-alkynylanilines towards the construction of C-C and C-heteroatom bonds. This includes a brief discussion about all the possible reactive sites present in sulfoximines and their possibility of forming different functionalized molecular complexities. Similarly, the reactivity of o-alkynylanilines for the formation of diverse heterocyclic scaffolds has been discussed. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Effects of Addictives on Bio-inspired mineralization of CaCO3 and application of its Composites ( 2022 ) Paul, Debojit Show more The thesis entitled “Effect of additives on bio-inspired mineralization of CaCO3 and application of its composites” is categorized into eight chapters based on the results obtained by experimental works performed during the research period. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Photo and Electrochemical Strategies to C-N Bond Formation ( 2024 ) Alam, Tipu Show more The contents of this thesis have been divided into six chapters based on the experimental works performed and results obtained during the research period. The introductory chapter of the thesis represents a summary of ‘Photo and Electrochemical Strategies to CN Bond Formation’. For simplicity and brevity, Chapter I is divided into two parts. Chapter IA includes a photochemical CN bond formation via difunctionalization of alkenes and indoles, whereas, Chapter IB deals with electrochemical approach for the CN bond construction. The subsections of Chapter IA and IB are based on the mode of reactivity of difunctionalization and cross-coupling reactions. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Self-assemblies of Sulphonamide Derived Urea, Thiourea and Conformational Isomers of a Mercury complex ( 2024 ) Nath, Jitendra Show more The thesis described various solid-state assemblies of urea and thiourea derivatives of sulfa-drugs that had sulphonamide functional group as part of the structural backbone. The hydrogen bonded assemblies of these compounds, solvates, and polymorphic solvates were structurally characterized. The role of dimeric hydrogen bonded moieties within those self-assemblies to modulate the number of solvent molecules in solvates and also providing an aid to understand polymorphs were discussed. A theoretical calculation on dimeric hydrogen bonded assemblies could establish the observed trends in the melting points in a series of positional isomeric compounds. The utilities of these thiourea or urea-based compounds to encapsulate tetrabutylammonium halides, and also in the detection of fluoride ions in solution were described in the thesis. The content had descriptions on the conformational isomers of a mercury complex involving a thiourea based compound linked to an anthracenyl unit where distinctions of the isomers in solution as well as in solid states could be possible. The conformational changes observed from experimental studies were also complemented by theoretical energy optimizations to provide insights to the structure-property relationships Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item N-Propargylamines: A Key Precursor for the Construction of Functionalized Nitrogen and Sulfur Heterocycles ( 2023 ) Behera, Bipin Kumar Show more The contents of the present thesis have been divided into five chapters based on the results achieved from the experimental works performed during the entire course of the PhD research programme. Chapter 1 highlights an overview of N-propargylamines. This includes a brief discussion about synthetic reactivity and utility of N-propargylamines. It emphasizes on its unique structure bearing both free amine and an alkyne group, thus focusing on its dual role either as nucleophile and electrophile or as N-centered radical donor and radical acceptor. Chapter 2 highlights an efficient methodology developed for the synthesis of tetra- and penta-substituted pyrroles via N-centered radical initiated oxidative self-dimerization of N-propargylamines catalyzed by silver benzoate in the presence of K2S2O8. The protocol provides a simple route for the synthesis of highly functionalized pyrroles with two carbonyl groups in the side chain. The methodology can be extended towards the synthesis of fluorescent pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyridazine derivatives. Chapter 3 represents an efficient methodology for the synthesis of both di- and trisubstituted thiazol-2-ones from N-propargylamines via [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/5-exo-dig cyclization. The protocol utilizes silver(I) trifluoromethanethiolate (AgSCF3) as a C–S source and eco-friendly H2O as nucleophile under open air condition. The methodology can be extended for the synthesis of bioactive analog of thiozole-2-thione derivatives and photophysical properties have been studied for some synthesized compounds. Chapter 4 describes an efficient methodology developed for the synthesis of methylene-dihydrothiazole derivatives via Michael-addition followed by hydrothiolation of N-propargylamines. The protocol utilizes silver(I)trifluoromethanethiolate (AgSCF3) as a S source and malonate ester derivatives as nucleophiles. The reaction is compatible with many functional groups with moderated to good yield. Chapter 5 highlights a facile and efficient synthesis of structurally diversified 2-pyridones is demonstrated using the [4+2] annulation of in situ generated azadienes from N-propargylamines and active-methylene compounds. The reaction is promoted by an inorganic base giving moderate to good yields. The developed methodology is applicable for direct and formal synthesis of various bioactive molecules. The synthetic utility of the protocol was also illustrated by late stage functionalization of the products. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Studies Towards C-C and C-N Bond Formation using Strained Rings: A Probe for Heterocycle Formation ( 2024 ) Karjee, Pallab Show more The thesis is organized into four chapters. The initial chapter delineates a tandem C–N bond formation for the oxidative annulation of indolines with aziridines, utilizing a combination of DDQ and NaOCl under ambient conditions. The second chapter addresses the annulative coupling of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes with cyclic secondary amines, employing Ni(OTf)2 and visible light-assisted eosin Y catalysis for tandem C–N and C–C bond formation. The third chapter focuses on the coupling of cyclic secondary amines with donor-acceptor cyclopropanes using MgI2 and Mn(OAc)3•2H2O, leading to the synthesis of fused indolizine derivatives. The fourth chapter showcases an efficient annulation of in situ formed azaoxyallyl cations with diaziridines, yielding 1,2,4-triazines at room temperature. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Site-Selective C-H Functionalization of Indoles: Studies towards C-C and C-N Bond Formation ( 2024 ) Banerjee, Sonbidya Show more The thesis is structured into four chapters. The first chapter describes a Ru-catalyzed regioselective C-N bond formation of indolines and carbazole with acyl azides via C7(sp2)-H activation followed by an intramolecular C-N bond formation for the construction of 7- aminoindoline and 1-aminocarbazole scaffolds. The second chapter deals with Cu-catalyzed C7- selective C-H/N-H cross-dehydrogenative coupling of indolines and azaindoles with sulfoximines. The third chapter demonstrates a Rh-catalyzed site-selective C7 and C6 dual C-H functionalization of indolines expending 7-azabenzonorbornaiene for the formation of functionalized pyrrolocarbazoles. The fourth chapter focuses on Pd-catalyzed weak-coordination facilitated C4- selective redox-neutral nitration of indoles with tert-butyl nitrite under aerobic oxidation catalysis. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Expeditious Thermal(Photo) Induced Functionalization/Annulation: En route to N-Heterocycles ( 2024 ) Khandelia, Tamanna Show more The content of the thesis has been divided into four chapters. The thesis streamlines the synthesis of aromatic and non-aromatic N-heterocycles. It contributes towards the facile formation of C−C, C−N, C−O and C−S bonds using o-alkynylanilines, maleimides, 2-aryl quinoxalines, (benz)imidazoles, boronic acids and disulfides. Chapter I introduces transition metal induced (thermal) and photochemical construction of C−C and C−Heteroatom bonds. The mechanism involved in both transition metal induced (thermal) and photochemical approach are discussed. Both the processes are explained in details with the help of suitable examples. Chapter II describes a Cu(I) mediated cascade cyclization/annulation of unprotected o-alkynylanilines with maleimides in one-pot. The protocol offers sequential formation of one C−N and two C−C bonds to deliver fused benzo[a]carbazoles having free NH skeletons. The annulated products have been exploited towards various applications. Chapter III describes a Cu(OTf)2 mediated regioselective de-aromatized aryl-hydroxylation across C(sp2)=N bond of 2-aryl quinoxalines and bis-N-arylation of (benz)imidazoles using aryl boronic acids. For dearomative aryl-hydroxylation, the C-center should be electrophilic (ca. 0.08), N-center nucleophilic (ca. −0.50), and the C(sp2)=N bond should be polarized (Δe = 0.609). Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Small Molecules and Porous Silica Nanoparticle Encapsulated Gd(III) and Mn(II) Complexes as MRI Contrast Agents ( 2024 ) Mallik, Riya Show more The content of this thesis has been divided into five chapters according to the results of experimental works that have been performed during the research period. Chapter I is the intorductory chapter of the thesis that represents an overview of Gd(III) and Mn (II) based complexex and nanoparticles as alternative MRI contrast agents with enhanced relaxivity and other physiochemical properties to target various endogenous conditions. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Chemically Twisted Superlattices of Two-dimensional Assemblies of Copper Nanoclusters ( 2024 ) Das, Priya Show more The organization of molecules or atoms in a hierarchical manner leads to the formation of complex superstructures with enhanced properties and functionalities, resulting in superior performance when compared to mono-morphological units. Researchers have been motivated by the impact of these achievements to explore the design and fabrication of materials with hierarchical assembly at the nanoscale level. In this regard, research on the hierarchical assembly of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials has led to several exciting discoveries in various fields such as energy storage, optoelectronic devices, chemical sensors, catalytic performance, membranes, and solar cells. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Studies Towards Stereoselective C-C/C-Heteroatom Bond Formations of Strained Rings ( 2024 ) Mishra, Manmath Show more Chapter I. General introduction to ring opening and cyclization of D-A cyclopropanes Nitrogen- and oxygen-containing heterocycles are among the most prevalent moieties found in both pharmaceutical and naturally occurring compounds. Research and development into these compounds is of high interest and of ongoing importance in organic synthesis. Recently, C-C and C-heteroatom bonds formation by ring expansion of three-membered strained ring systems, particularly in D-A cyclopropanes have provided a great synthetic space for easy access to structurally complex scaffolds. The inherent ring strain and electrophilic character made them an attractive building blocks for the selective synthesis of five, six and seven-membered heterocycles through ring-scission. In this chapter, the studies behind the background, reactivity and synthetic methodologies of ring-opening and cyclization of D-A cyclopropanes are discussed. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Facile Chemical Approaches to Derive Scalable and Tolerant Liquid Repellent Surfaces ( 2024 ) Dhar, Manideepa Show more Nature-inspired liquid-repellent surfaces, such as superhydrophobic and slippery surfaces, have gained enormous attention because of their potential applications in environmental remediation, anti-corrosion, self-cleaning, bio-medical devices and so on. In the past, several approaches were adopted to develop artificial surfaces with desired wettability. However, significant challenges, such as poor durability and mechanical and chemical robustness, continue to impede its real-world application. This synopsis report outlines the strategic utilization of a facile and catalyst-free 1, 4-conjugate addition reaction between amine and acrylate functional groups for developing liquid-repellent surfaces with enhanced robustness and durability following a simple, scalable, and rapid fabrication approach. The synopsis report entitled “Facile Chemical Approaches to Derive Scalable and Tolerant Liquid Repellent Surfaces" is divided into six chapters. Chapter 1 gives a concise overview of bio-inspired wettability, general methods adopted to develop artificial anti-wetting surfaces, existing challenges, and objectives behind this thesis work. Chapter 2 demonstrates the strategic use of a catalyst-free 1,4-conjugate addition reaction between distinct and strategically selected small molecules allowed to prepare an active deposition solution with prolonged shelf-life in various and commonly used reaction media to derive optically transparent superhydrophobic coating. Chapter 3 introduces a covalent cross-linking chemistry between selected reactants to achieve tolerant and hard superhydrophobicity. Chapter 4 demonstrates the design of chemically functionalizable coatings with a combination of a physically unclonable porous topography and distinct physiochemical properties (e.g., fluorescence, water wettability, and water adhesion) obtained through orthogonal chemical modifications (i.e., 1,4-conjugate addition reaction and Schiff-base reaction at ambient conditions) for multilevel anti-counterfeiting application. Chapter 5 accounts for the utilization of a crystalline comb-like polymer to derive a non-fluorinated, substrate-independent, and self-healable amphiphobic solid slippery coating following a simple and scalable fabrication process. Chapter 6 provides a comprehensive summary of the presented work and a future perspective of this discussed research work. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Designing of hetero-bimetallic cyclic trinuclear, polymeric chains, and linear trinuclear from Cu(II), Fe(III), and Co(III) complexes using alkali, alkaline, and transition metal ions ( 2024 ) Chanreingam, L Show more A simple ligand, which is chiral and flexible, was used to synthesize Cu(II) complexes such that the resulting complex can act as a chiral host and is flexible enough to obtain a secondary coordination sphere. Cu(II) bis complex, when reacted with K+ ion, forms a cyclic trinuclear, which resembles an inorganic crown ether. In this process, the trans-oriented Cu(II) bis complex was converted to a cis-oriented complex. An excess of [18] crown-6 was added, and the K+ was removed from the assembly, thereby obtaining a cis-oriented Cu(II) monomer. The cis-oriented disassembled Cu(II) monomer, when reacted with K+, forms back the assembly. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Synthesis of Furan, Pyran, Pyrrolidine, and Piperidine Scaffolds via Tandem Prins Cyclization Reactions ( 2023 ) Shit, Sudip Show more The content of this thesis has been divided into five chapters on the basis of results of experimental work performed during the complete course of the PhD tenure. The chapter 1 describes the tandem Prins cyclization reactions and their mechanisms to construct Furan, Pyran, pyrrolidine and piperidine scafolds in brief. The chapter 2 deals with the stereoselective synthesis of hexahydrofuro[3,4-b] furan-4-ol and its dimer via tandem Prins and pinacol rearrangement. The dimer was conveniently converted into its corresponding monomer using aqueous zinc(II) chloride in THF in quantitative yields. Chapter 3 describes synthesis of spiro[furan-2,1′-isoindolin]-3′-ones from 2‑(4- hydroxybut-1-yn-1-yl)benzonitriles and aryl aldehydes under the action of triflic acid. The plausible mechanism of the reactipon has been drawn on the basis of control experiments and literature evidence. The synthetic utility of the reaction was performed using Sonogashira reaction and click reaction conditions. In chapter 4, nitrile stabilized synthesis of pyrrolidine and piperidine derivatives via tandem alkynyl aza-Prins-Ritter reactions is described. In chapter 5, regio- and chemoselective synthesis of 3-(dihydrofuran-3(2H)-ylidene)isobenzofuran-1(3H)-imines via tandem alkynyl Prins- and intramolecular oxycyclization reaction is disclosed. The methodology was extended towards synthesis of its pyran derivatives. The post synthetic applications of the reaction were extended towards synthesis of furanylidene-isobenzofuranones in excellent yields. The mechanistic investigation of the reaction was performed on the basis of controlled experiment. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Design, Synthesis and Investigations of Liquid Crystalline Organic Semiconductors ( 2023 ) Vishwakarma, Vinod Kumar Show more This thesis entitled “Design, Synthesis and Investigations of Liquid Crystalline Organic Semiconductors” describes simple and straightforward synthetic pathways, characterizations and applications of new LC/non-LC organic materials, with their potential applications in acid sensing, optoelectronic devices mainly OLEDs and OFETs applications. A brief overview of the chapters is given. Chapter 1, gives a general introduction to liquid crystals, characterization techniques and their applications. Chapter 2a addresses the synthesis and characterization of pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline (PQ) derivatives where the central pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline central core is substituted with eight peripheral flexible tails of varying lengths. The compounds with very short/branched peripheral chains did not stabilize any liquid crystalline phase, while the medium to long-chain homologs exhibited columnar phases. All the compounds exhibited a high molar extinction coefficient and bright greenish-yellow emission behavior in solution and solid state. One of the columnar liquid crystalline materials was used in the fabrication of host-guest OLED exhibited higher efficiency and bright green emission. Chapter 2b describes the sensing ability of the pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline derivative to volatile trifluoroacetic acid in trace amounts (in parts per billion levels). The reversible detection of acid-sensing behavior was visually perceivable in both solutions as well as in the drop-casted film on a TLC paper-based strip. Chapter 3 explains new design strategies for the synthesis of donor-acceptor-donor pyrazino[2,3-g]quinoxaline carbazole derivatives with straight chain and branched alkyl peripheral chains. The electron-donating carbazole moieties that have been placed in the periphery showed a strong electron-donating ability, high molar extinction coefficients and lower band-gap, bright emission behavior in solution and solid-state, along with positive solvatochromism. One of the branched chain compounds was used in yellow and white OLEDs device fabrications. Chapter 4 describes the detailed synthesis of naphthalene and perylene-based imidazole derivatives with a new donor-π-acceptor-π-donor architecture containing ten flexible chains for solution-processable organic field effect transistor (OFETs) applications. These compounds showed a wide range of columnar LC behavior. One of these naphthalene and perylene bisimide derivatives were evaluated for their application in OFET devices exhibited high hole mobility values. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Stimuli-responsive Turn-on Fluorogenic Donors of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) and the Prodrugs of Anti-cancer Compounds ( 2023 ) Mahato, Sulendar K Show more The dissertation entitled “Stimuli-responsive Turn-on Fluorogenic Donors of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) and Prodrugs of Anti-Cancer Compounds” consists of four chapters based on the results of experimental works performed during the complete course of Ph.D. research tenure. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Stereospecific Opening and Cyclization of the Strained Ring Systems for the Synthesis of Six-Membered Heterocycles ( 2022 ) Das, Bijay Ketan Show more The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter describes the general introduction to the opening and cyclization of the strained ring system for the synthesis of six-membered heterocycles. The second chapter focuses on the synthesis of piperazines and tetrahydropyrazines through stereospecific ring-opening and cycloisomerization of aziridines with N-propargylamines. Third chapter covers stereospecific synthesis of substituted 1,4-oxazine via Zn/Ag Relay catalyzed ring opening/hydroalkoxylation of oxiranes with N-propargylamines. Chapter four deals with the stereospecific assembly of tetrahydroquinolines via tandem ring-opening/oxidative cyclization of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes with N-alkyl anilines. Show more
• No Thumbnail Available Item Application of Modified Smooth Exterior Scaling Method to Study Auger and Shape Resonances in Different Atomic and Molecular Systems ( 2024 ) Banuary, Mwdansar Show more This thesis focuses on the application of modified smooth exterior scaling (MSES) as an efficient method to impose outgoing boundary conditions in e-atom and e-molecule scattering resonances. This is the first time that the MSES method has been applied to calculate energies and widths of Auger and shape resonances in three-dimensional many-body electron systems. MSES converts the divergent resonance wave functions into square integrable ones thereby making the study of temporary bound states (resonance states) amenable to bound state electronic structure methods. The main objective of this thesis is to formulate the MSES method in bivariational SCF and electron propagator methods. Show more
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Theses from 2024 2024.

Synthesis of Novel Tryptophan Drug Candidates for Thera(g)nositcs for the Human Calcium Receptor , Matthew Goodman

Synthesis, Characterization and Optical Properties of New NIR Donor Acceptor Fluorophores for Potential Biomedical Applications , Zaryab Gul

Exploring Calcium Sensing Mechanisms via the Calcium Sensing Receptor , Oluwadamilola Rosemary Ilupeju

Exploration of the Molecular Mechanisms of E3 Ligases RNF216, Rsp5, Parkin and their Novel Substrates Elucidated by the Orthogonal Ubiquitin Transfer Cascade , Savannah E. Jacobs

Theses from 2023 2023

Insights into the Local Structural Impact of Ribonucleotide Inclusion in Duplexed DNA , Steven T. Brenden

Catalytic Production of Carbon Monoxide from Phenyl Pyruvic Acid: Possible Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications , Rujuta Ghorpade

Optimization of the Purification and Formation of hProCA32 for Human Clinical Application , Hyein Kang

The Production of DNA Damaging Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) by Some Natural Products: A Comparative Analysis , Erhunmwense Obayuwana

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Red Shifted Squaraine Dyes Containing Perimidine Moiety as Potential Optoacoustic Imaging Agents , Shahir Sarasiya

Theses from 2022 2022

Negative Differential Resistance in The Rectified Ion Transport Hysteresis in Single Conical Nanopipettes , Yusuff Mobolaji Balogun

Bioreversible Derivatization of Drug Molecules with a Pyridine Ring for Improved Water Solubility: Model Studies , Shubham Bansal

Investigation into Novel Mitochondrial Targeting Cyanine Dyes as Potential Photosensitizing Agents for Photodynamic Therapy , David Brewer

Ultrabright Fluorine Containing Squaraine Fluorophores Used for Biological Imaging , Stefanie Casa

Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Monoxide Prodrugs , David B. Cohen

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Near Infrared Donor-ᴫ-Acceptor Fluorophores for Bioimaging Applications , Ranju Ghimire

Profiling Substrates of HECT and U-box E3 Ligases via Orthogonal Ubiquitin Transfer Cascade and Mimicking the Activity of HECT E3 Ligase with a â-AA Peptide , Geon Jeong

Engineering an Orthogonal Ubiquitin Transfer (OUT) Cascade for Cbl-b, an E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Regulating Innate Immunity against Cancer Cells and Inhibition of the ubiquitin-proteasome system by peptidomimetic foldamer mimicking E2 N-terminal-helix , In Jeong

Calcium Sensing Via The Calcium-Sensing Receptor and Designed Calcium Sensors , Cheyenne T. McBean

Formulation and Production of Collagen Targeting Protein MRI Contrast Agent for Early Detection of Liver Cancer and fibrosis , Brenda-Ruth Mimba

Mechanistic Investigation of a Non-Catalytic Gating Residue in NADH:Quinone Oxidoreductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 , Bilkis Mehrin Moni

Dye-Sensitized DNA Photocleavage Facilitated by Donor-Acceptor Fluorophores in the NIR Wavelength Range , Carine Seudieu

Synthesis, and Characterization of Hemicyanine Dyes as Potential Contrast Agents for Photoacoustic Imaging , Tuyen Tran

Enzyme Kinetics and Structural Studies of Drug Resistant HIV Protease , Sarah R. Verhoff

Theses from 2021 2021

Genomic Epidemiology Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Dynamics in Belarus , Ayotomiwa Ezekiel Adeniyi

Mechanistic Characterization of Active Site Residues in Nitronate Monooxygenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 , Christopher Aguillon

Unprecedented DNA Photocleavage Mediated by Quinolinium Pentamethine Carbocyanine Dyes in the NIR Wavelength Range , Effibe O. Ahoulou

A Comparative Study of Oxycyclobutenolate vs Dicyanomethylene Squaraine Dyes: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and Biological Imaging Application , Babatunde N. Animasaun

Functional Importance of Non-Catalytic Residues in the Active Site of NADH:Quinone Oxidoreductase From Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 , Benjamin Dratch and Gioavanni Gadda

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Red Shifted Donor Acceptor Fluorophores as Potential Agents for Biomedical Applications , Guliz Ersoy Ozmen

Calculated Vibrational Properties of Asymmetrically Hydrogen Bonded Benzoquinones and Naphthoquinones , Mohammadnabi Ilanikashkouli

Enhancement of Anti-tumor Efficacy of an Armed Oncolytic Virus: VSV-SKPC , Breona Luker

Separation of Short and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Using Capillary Electrophoresis with Indirect Photometric Detection , Uyen Pham

An Experimental Benchmark Set for Oscillator Strength Calculations of Small to Medium-sized Organic Molecules , Astrid Tarleton

Theses from 2020 2020

Characterization of Heme Binding to PEFR, A Marr Transcriptional Regulator , Rosemary Andrews

An Innovative Way To Synthesize 2'-SeMeANA-U AND 2'-SeMeANA-C , Mohammad Sazid Hassan

Investigating the Role of Hydration and DNA Dynamic Alterations in DNA Recognition by A Heterocyclic Diamidine , Van Ha

Synthesis, Characterization, Optical Properties and DNA Cleavage Study of Symmetrical Pentamethine Cyanine Dyes Containing Quinoline Moieties , Kristina Ilina

The Synthesis and Optical Properties of the Squaraine Scaffold and Ph Responsive Cyanine Dyes Containing Pyridine at the Meso-Carbon , Wheeler R. Lovett

Simulation of Photoelectron Spectra of Small Organic Molecules , MD Mahbub

Characterization of Heme Uptake Proteins; HtaB, ChtB, and ChtA from Corynebacterium Diphtheriae Approaches to the Reaction of Dechloromonas Aromatica Chlorite Dismutase with Nitrite , Catherine Odhiambo

Theses from 2019 2019

Biophysical Properties of DNA Minor Groove Binding by Heterocyclic Cations of Varying Structures , Noa Erlitzki

Photoelectron Spectra and Formation Mechanisms of Interstellar C3H2O Isomers from Quantum Mechanical Calculations , Rebecca Johnson

Synthesis and Crystallization Study of the 5-Se-Thymidine DNAs and the Complexes with Small Molecules , Shuo Liu

Exploring the Dynamics of Glycolytic Regulation Through Two Enzymes: Human Enolase and Liver Pyruvate Kinase , Abdullah Shouaib

Synthesis and Properties of Lipoic Acid Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters , Minh Tri Tran

Kinetic Viscosity Effects Reveal a Protein Isomerization in the Reductive Half-Reaction of Nitronate Monooxygenase , Maria Vodovoz

Computational Study on Protein Arginine methyl-transferases (PRMTs) , Zhenyu Wang

Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence and Current Signals from Metal Nanoclusters and Their Surface Assemblies by Prototype Tertiary Amines , Meijun Yi

Theses from 2018 2018

Atomic Resolution X-Ray Crystal Structure of HIV-1 Protease in Complex with Atazanavir , Andrew N. Baumert

Elucidating Ubiquitin Chain Formation Catalyzed by E2 Enzymes through use of a Di-Ubiquitin Probe , Tomaya Carpenter

Investigation of Low-Temperature Effects on DNA Photocleavage Using a Novel Thioether Substituted Cyanine Dye , Andrew Clay

Improvement Of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus In Order To Enhance Its Oncolytic Effects , Zahra Enadi

Characterizing the Heme Uptake Proteins HtaB and ChtB in Corynebacterium diphtheriae , Brandon L. Ferrell

Understanding Integrase-DNA Interactions in Retroviruses Through 3'-processing , Zachary E. Ferris and Markus W. Germann

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Phenoxazine Analogs Designed as Potential Antimalarials , Carl Mufungwa Kananda

The Utilization of Alternative Synthetic Methods for Further Optimization of Cyanine Dyes and their Potential Use in Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy , Fahad Marmarchi

The Energetics and Reversibility of Oxyanions Adsorption/Desorption on Pure and Aluminium-Substituted Ferrihydrite , Alireza Namayandeh

Determination of Mouth-level Exposure to Catechol in Mainstream Cigarette Smoke , Phuong K. Ngac

Determining xE2-xE3 Pair of RNF38 by Phage Display for Orthogonal Ubiquitin Transfer , Nicolas Rios

Synthesis and Analysis of Pyridine Derivatives as Small Molecule Antagonists of CXCR4 , Saniya Virani

Temperature Screening Of Trisaccharide (GlcNAc?1, 3Gal?1, 4Glc) Synthesis In Recombinant Escherichia Coli By Fermentation , Chi Zhang

A Novel Method for Synthesis of 2'-SeMeANA-dT , Lingrui Zheng

Theses from 2017 2017

Pirin Allosterically Modulates The Dynamics And Interactions Of The Kappa B DNA In The NF-Kappa B Supramolecular Complex , Charles Adeniran

Organic Carbon Monoxide Prodrugs , Robert Aghoghovbia

Cation Adsorption and Exchange at the Mineral-Water Interface: The Role of Hydration and Hydrolysis , Nicholas Allen

Insulin Nucleation Using Voltage Clamping and Current Clamping Techniques , Michael J. Bowen

Synthesis Of Novel Organic Carbon Monoxide Prodrugs With Tunable Release For Biological Applications , Vayou Chittavong

Analysis Of DNA Interactions and Photocleavage by Phenyl Meso Substituted Cyanine Dyes In The Near-Infrared Range , Christina Fischer

Cloning, Purification, and Biochemical Characterization of PA1225, a Novel FAD Containing NADPH:Quinone Reductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 , Elias Flores

Synthesis & Evaluation Of Thiophene Derivatives As CXCR4 Antagonists , Francisco Javier Garcia Jr.

Investigation and Characterization of Novel Pentamethine Cyanine Dyes for Use as Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy , Kaitlyn Kiernan

Atomistic Insights into Binding Pocket Dynamics and Regulation in the Interleukin-2 T-Cell Kinase SH2 Domain , Mohamed Momin

DNA Encoded Libraries (DEGL) of Glycan Antigens to Detect Antibodies: An Approach Towards Next Generation Functional Glycomics , Aishwarya Parameswaran

Computational Studies of Liver Receptor Homolog 1 in the Presence of Small Molecule Agonists: Allosteric Communication and Virtual Screening for New Potential Drug Candidates , Bernard Scott Jr

Biophysical Heme Binding Studies of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Streptococcus pyogenes , Stephanie Thompson

Determination of Dynamical Conservation in Human Cyclophilin Isoforms , Phuoc Jake D. Vu

Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1-mediated Functions , Lingyun Yang

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-GalNAc Derivatives for Chemoenzymatic Labeling , Yuan Zheng

Theses from 2016 2016

Synthesis of 2SeU-RNAs and RNA Squares , Xinghua Chen

Synthesis and Determination of Optical Properties of Selected Pentamethine Carbocyanine Dyes , Tyler L. Dost

DNA Photo-Cleavage and Interactions by Quinoline Cyanine Dyes; Towards Improving Photodynamic Cancer Therapy , Tayebeh Fatemipouya

Optical Property Enhancement And Characterization Of Fluorescent Protein Based Intracellular Calcium Probes , Demesheka Goolsby

Spectroscopic and Thermodynamic Characterization of Human 3-Hydroxyanthranilate-3,4-Dioxygenase , Calmour Henry

Synthetic Development of Cyanine Dyes and Investigation of Their Interaction with Duplex DNA , Cory Holder

Study Of The DNA Packaging Protein From A Phage That Replicates Under Extreme Conditions , Philip Lessans

Exploring HIV Integrase 3'-processing Using Designed DNA Substrates and Structural Study of HIV DNA Hairpins , Qiushi Li

Modifications To The Benzophenoxazine Architecture: Synthesis And Characterization , Vincent Martinez

An Investigation of the DNA Interactions of Polyamine Anthracene Conjugates under High Ionic Conditions , Khoa Nguyen

Establishing the Relationship Between Function and Dynamics Within the Gated Mechanism of D-arginine Dehydrogenase , Michael Souffrant

Investigation Of A Novel Mammalian Thiol Dioxygenase Structure: Human Cysteamine Dioxygenase , Tseng Xiong and Tseng Xiong

Theses from 2015 2015

Discovery of Potent Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase 1 Inhibitors Using in silico Virtual Screening & Network Analysis for Evolution of Allosteric Communication in 3-ketosteroid Receptors , Shih-Wei Chuo

A Novel Method for Bioanalysis of Dye Covalently Encapsulated in Silica Nanoparticles and Characterization of NIR Dyes for Future Approach , Kyle Emer

Cyanine Dyes Targeting G-quadruplex DNA: Significance in Sequence and Conformation Selectivity , Hang T. Huynh

Spectroscopic Studies of Cyanine Dyes and Serum Albumins for Bioanalytical Applications , Erica Lewis

An Investigation of Autoxidation and DNA Thermal Cleavage by Polymethine Cyanine Dyes and Analogs in Aqueous Solutions , Ziyi Li

Synthesis of Sulfated Polysaccharides for Colitis Mice Model , Qiang Ma

Observation Of Spectral Changes To Trp-214 Residue In Human Serum Albumin Upon Binding With Mangiferin And Near Infrared Dyes , Jennifer Novak

Mechanistic Investigation of the Flavin-Neighboring Residues S45, A46 and I335 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa D-arginine Dehydrogenase , Daniel Ouedraogo and Gioavanni Gadda

Development of New Series of Protein Based MRI Contrast Agents: ProCA1 Variants and Humanized ProCA32 , Anvi N. Patel

Protein Modification of Designed MRI Contrast Agents , Corrie N. Purser

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Theses from 2024 2024

Studies on Human Amyloids and the Effect of Divalent Cations on Insulin Amyloid Formation , Amy Brown

Theses from 2023 2023

Synthesis of Novel Fused-Heterocyclic Scaffold Via Disasteroselective Decarboxylative [3+2] Cycloadditions and Aza-Wittig Reactions , Lee Price

Synthesis of Novel Fused-Heterocyclic Scaffold Via Diastereoselective Decarboxylative [3+2] Cycloadditions and Aza-Wittig Reactions , Lee A. Price

Synthesis and Characterization of Earth Abundant Metal Catalysts for Photothermochemical Dry Reforming of Methane , Catherine Marie Schrader

Theses from 2022 2022

Non-Traditional Methods for the Green Synthesis of Fine Chemicals , Tara Renée Mooney

Environmentally Benign K-10 Montmorillonite-Catalyzed Processes: Synthesis Development and Exploration of Changes in the State of Catalyst During Reactions , Yizhou Shi

DRIFTS Analysis of Methanol Oxidation on CeO2 and Ag/CeO2 , Victoria Yen

Theses from 2021 2021

Visualization and Quantification of the Laser-Induced Art of TiO2 by Photoexcitation of Adsorbed Dyes , Daniela (Labadini) Graf Stillfried Barreto

Theses from 2020 2020

Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of Co2 To CO with Iron Nheterocyclic Carbene Complexes and Near-Infrared Absorbance of Ruthenium(II) Photosensitizers Containing a Merocyanine π-Acceptor , Peter Andrew Catsoulis

Studying the Effect of a Preformed Protein Corona Around Gold Nanoparticles Used for Immunoassays , Alyssa Jean Pimentel

Development and Evaluation of an LC-MS3 Method Based on TOMAHAQ for the Relative Quantification of GADD45α, CKDN1A, and p53 , Anna Qiu

Development of Environmentally Benign Reductive Methods through Metal-Al-Water Facilitated Hydrogenolysis , Naranchimeg Zorigt

Theses from 2019 2019

Structural and Kinetic Characterization of Two Reduced-Flavin Dependent Monooxygenases Involved in Bacterial Sulfur Assimilation and Their Link to Climate Regulation , Jess Soule

Spectroscopic Investigation and Identification of the 1-Vinylpropargyl Radical and the 1-Ethynylcyclopenten-1-yl Radical , Meredith Lair Ward

Theses from 2018 2018

Systematic Evaluation of the Influence of Co-Isolation on the Accuracy of TMT Quantification Using Synchronous Precursor Selection MS3 with 1D and 2D Reversed Phase HPLC Nanoflow Mass Spectrometry , Dennis Zeh

Theses from 2017 2017

Photophysical & Photoacoustic Properties of Dimethylamino Terminated Curcuminoid Dyes Containing the Phenyl, Napthyl and Thienly π-Spacers , Raymond Edward Borg

Theses from 2016 2016

A Comparative Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Case Study for Mutagenic Potency on Aromatic Amines with Mechanistic Implications , Mitchell Joseph Sumner

Structural Studies of Two Functional Domains in Hybrid NRPS/PKS Systems: The Cyclization and Interprotein Docking Domains , Yuan Xia

Theses from 2015 2015

Exploring Alternative Cobalt Redox Mediators and β-diketonate Non-Innocent Ligands for Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells , Nicholas Anthony Lee

Quantitative Analysis of Amyloid Fibrils using Atomic Force Microscopy , Christine L. Schifone

Activity of Mannanase in Relation to Mixed Micelle Formation of Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate with Linear Ethoxylated Alcohol , Jeannine D. Seyfert

Theses from 2014 2014

Effect of π-Extension and Peripheral Redox Active Groups on the Non-Innocent Character of Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl 8-Oxyquinolate Complexes , Stephanie Erin Bellinger

Investigation of Amyloidogenic Systems by the Application of Small Molecular Probes , Sanjukta Ghosh

Flow Tube Calibration and Infrared Product Studies Using Hydrogen and Hydroperoxyl Gas-Phase Radical Reactions with Nitrogen Oxides , Christopher C. Koutros

A Hybrid Supercapacitor Based on Chemically Modified Manganese Dioxide and Active Carbon in Alkaline Electrolyte , Quan Li

Theses from 2013 2013

Determination of Absolute Rate Constants for the Reaction of OH with Cyclopentane and Cycloheptane from 233 K to 351 K , Michael A. Gennaco

An Investigation of 8-Oxyquinolate Non-Innocence in d6 Transition Metal Complexes , Helen Cuiyun Zhao

Design and Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds and their Application in Protein Self-Assembly and Enzyme Inhibition Studies , Weihong Zhou

Theses from 2012 2012

Investigating the Biochemistry of Cuticle Formation in Insects Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry , Qun Fang Kuang

Development of Multifunctional Anti-Alzheimer's Compounds , Rekha Tulsan

Theses from 2011 2011

Microwave-Assisted and Fluorous Benzaldehyde-Based Synthesis of Heterocycles , Shan Ding

Multicomponent Reactions for the Preparation of Fluorous Taged Pyrimidines and Thiopyrimidines and their Derivatisation to Obtain Biaryl-Substituted Heterocycles , Bruno Piqani

Investigation of Oxygen Reduction on the Carbon Gas-Diffusion Electrode in Non-Aqueous Electrolyte , Chris Duc Tran

Theses from 2010 2010

Environmentally Benign Oxidative Coupling of Benzylamines with Anilines: A Synthetic and Mechanistic Study , Valentina T. Atanassova

Electrochemical Investigation of Nafion-clay Nanocomposite Membranes for Use in Fuel Cells , Christine E. Felice

Analysis of Triacylglycerols in Drosophila Larvae by Reversed-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray-Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Excel-Solver , Fengying Zhu

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• 2 Kumar, Neeraj
• 2 Kumar, Rajeev
• 2 Prakash, Om
• 2 Sharma, Rashmi
• 2 Singh, Pallavi
• 2 Singh, Rashmi
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• 1 Abdullah, Adil Ali
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• 21 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
• 13 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL
• 11 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STUDIES
• 10 AMINO ACIDS
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• 6 PEROXYDISULPHATE ION
• 5 BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
• 129 2010 - 2020
• 94 2000 - 2009
• 69 1990 - 1999
• 84 1980 - 1989
• 64 1970 - 1979
• 33 1964 - 1969
• 72 Malik, Wahid U.
• 37 Goyal, R. N.
• 35 Jain, A. K.
• 32 Gupta, V. K.
• 27 Bhushan, Ravi
• 23 Srivastava, S. K.
• 18 Mahesh, V. K.
• 18 Singh, A. K.
• 17 Sharma, C. L.
• 16 Tandon, S. N.

Dissertation Defense

Things to consider before you defend.

Have you completed your coursework and do you have at least a 3.0 GPA? Additional requirements met (RP's), if applicable? You may consider requesting N grades be changed to letter grades. This can be done with the Student Services Manager.

Find a Chair for your Oral Defense Committee. The Chair is a non-reader. This must be a faculty member outside of the Chemistry Department and outside your advisor's department if you work for a non-chemistry professor.  It can be a Professor Emeritus outside of chemistry or a Courtesy Professor as long as they don't have a joint appointment (e.g., like Chaitan Khosla). If you need help with this, ask your advisor for assistance. The Chair is doing you a favor, be sure to extend courtesy to him/her (e.g., a thank you note). You also need a second non-reader -- the fifth member of your oral exam committee. This could be a faculty member inside or outside of the chemistry department. Please have this person be outside your immediate field (e.g., an organic chemist should get physical or inorganic chemist).

You will need to set-up a time for your defense and reserve a room with the chemistry receptionist 3-2501, e.g., the Gazebo or Sapp Center. You must be registered the quarter you defend.

Complete the Oral Examination form. This form must be signed by the Chair of the Graduate Study Committee, Professor Cegelski. Roger will obtain her signature for you. Along with the orals form, submit a one or two-page abstract at least a week prior to your defense date . Let the External Relations group ( chemistry-events [at] stanford.edu (chemistry-events[at]stanford[dot]edu) ) know about your defense early so they can publicize it in  This Week in Chemistry . Roger will distribute copies of your oral form and abstract to members of your oral committee. The original will be sent to the chair of your orals committee in a special folder. However, it is your responsibility to let your committee know when and where your defense will be held.

Apply to graduate. Go into Axess and indicate the quarter you want your degree conferred (i.e., the quarter you submit your dissertation). Keep in mind, you must have valid candidacy through your conferral date. See Axess or Directions for Preparing Doctoral Dissertations for specific deadline dates.

If you use the Graduation Quarter to submit your thesis/dissertation, then you must complete the Petition for Graduation Quarter form by the first day of the term designated to be your Graduation Quarter. You may defend and submit your dissertation during a Graduation Quarter or you may defend and use the Graduation Quarter in a future quarter. You get only one Graduation Quarter with a lower tuition rate, $150. Among the pre-requisites for submitting the Graduation Quarter form, are enrolling in chem 802 and applying to graduate in Axess. Students on Graduation Quarter are registered at Stanford and, therefore, have the rights and privileges of registered students. Students will be assessed University health insurance (unless waived), campus health services fee, and ASSU fees (except during summer).

Please give a draft of your dissertation to your reading committee at least two weeks prior to your defense. Be mindful of faculty travel schedules, especially when looking for your readers to sign off on your dissertation! Make sure your reading committee is accurately reflected in Axess. If a member has been replaced, you must submit a Change of Reader form to Roger. 

The Academic Calendar  has many useful deadlines including the quarterly deadline to apply to graduate and the dissertation submission deadline.

If you have CardinalCare, it is for the entire academic year regardless of the quarters you are enrolled. If you leave before the end of the academic year, you will be charged for CardinalCare unless you waive it. Contact Vaden Health Center if you have other arrangements for health insurance (e.g., from your new employer).

Keep your address up-to-date in Axess because diplomas may be mailed to the last address given. Also, indicate in Axess whether or not you will participate in the department commencement exercises. You will receive a degree in chemistry; no subspecialty will appear on your diploma. If you want to assure that your name is in the University commencement program, then the Axess deadline is usually the third week of February.

Let Roger know your forwarding address, include job information. Please send this information via e-mail to  roger.kuhn [at] stanford.edu (roger[dot]kuhn[at]stanford[dot]edu)  and complete the Alumni Update Form .

Letter of completion: Students will receive email confirmation once the dissertation submission is approved by the Registrar's Office.  This email confirmation will provide instructions for obtaining the letter by essentially logging on to Axess, and going to the eDissertation/eThesis Center, where it should be ready and available as a link to the student.

Submit your dissertation electronically to the Registrar's Office . (See steps below.) There are two critical issues you need to be aware of:

• The electronic version is put on the internet soon after submission. This can be a huge problem for time-sensitive material and future publications. To protect your science and to permit future work to be published in a journal, you and your advisor must agree on an appropriate embargo period, up to two years. As part of the submission process, you declare via Axess your embargo period.
• Your advisor will not get a hard copy of your dissertation. Ask if she/he would like a copy. If yes, then you need to get one bound at a private printer.

Submitting Your Dissertation

See the Registrar’s Office website for all dissertation information.

The following steps are required, in order, to complete the dissertation submission process:

Go to the e-dissertation/thesis center in  Axess  (see the Registrar’s website for instructions).

Select your final reader.  They will need to log in to Axess and approve your dissertation before the deadline once you’ve uploaded your dissertation.

In lieu of actual paper signatures approving your dissertation from your reading committee, the process changed because of the pandemic. Now your readers must send you an e-mail from their @stanford.edu email address stating that they approve your dissertation. Those e-mails can be saved as PDFs and uploaded as part of the submission process.  **Only your reading committee should be included on your signature page. Do NOT include your defense chair or any committee members only present for the defense.

Upload/Submit dissertation.

Useful Websites

• Registrar's Office Directions for Preparing Doctoral Dissertations
• UMI: Publishing Your Dissertation
• Registrar's Office Website

Geosciences Princeton University

Congratulations to dr. naomi intrator for successfully defending her ph.d. thesis.