Dissertations from 2024
ATTOCHEMISTRY REGULATION OF CHARGE MIGRATION, Aderonke Folorunso
Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity of Cationic Co(II) Pre-Catalysts and Cooperative Germylene–Metal Complexes, David R. Holzknecht
Structural Investigation of Chlamydial Chaperone Proteins, Scc4 and Scc1, as Potential Drug Targets, Hemanthie Charya Wickramasinghe Wickramasinghe Thanthirige
Dissertations from 2023
Synthesis of an Acinetobacter Baumannii Lipooligosaccharide Subunit, James M. Armstrong II
Sequence-Defined Ionic Peptoid Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and the Role of Charge Patterning, Bailee N. Barrett
Ligand Modification of Mo(VI) Dioxo Complexes Toward Investigation of Photocatalytic C-H Activation, Courtney Linanne Baumberger
Anionic Supramolecular Coordination Cages Based on Catecholate Ligands: Synthesis, Electrochemical Properties, and Encapsulation of Redox-active Probes, Ryan Joseph Bujol
Computer-aided Drug Design of Bakuchiol-inspired LXRα Modulators Against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Dillon P. Cao
First-principles Simulations of Attosecond Transient X-ray Absorption, Min Chen
Nanosecond Infrared Laser Ablation Dynamics, Achala Priyadarshani Deenamulla Kankanamalage
Probing the Consequences of Irreversibly Trapping Iron in Bacterioferritin Using Chemical and Genetic Approaches--An Omics Study, Leo S. Fontenot Jr.
Computational Investigations of Polymer Electrolytes in Aqueous Solutions, Hishara Keshani Gallage Dona
Cationic Frontal Polymerization: Front Kinetics, Effects of Additives, and Applications, Brecklyn R. Groce
Synthetic Receptors for Anion Binding or Metal-Ion Binding, Xuxian He
Design, Synthesis and Post Functionalization of BODIPY Dyes for use as Chemo sensors., Caroline Njeri Ndung'u
Synthesis and Characterization of Porphyrin-Encapsulated Nanoparticles: Investigations with Scanning Probe Microscopy, Olajumoke Helen Olubowale
Controlling Guest Binding to Transition Metal Hosts Via Redox Stimuli, Jasmine S. Sanford
Deciphering the Role of Molecular Interactions on the Interfacial Structure of Aqueous and Non-aqueous Interfaces, Dodangodage Ishara Indunil Senadheera and D I. Senadheera
Redox and Host-Guest Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes, Ruchika Sharma
Dissertations from 2022
Formation and Stability of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (EPFRs) in Dual-Metal Loaded Clay Surrogates, Emmanuel Ampiah
Novel Synthetic Routes to Functionalized Tetrahydrobenzofurans and Chiral a-Quaternary a'-Hydroxy Ketones, Fatimat Oluwayemisi Badmus
Structure and Dynamics of Fungal Cell Walls Using Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Malitha Chathuranga Dickwella Widanage
Synthesis, Characterization, and Photo-Reactivity Studies on Mo(VI) Dioxo Complexes for C-H Activation and O-Atom Transfer, Saeed Fosshat
New Chemoselective Dehydration and Cyclization Strategies Enabled By Triphosgene, Moshood Oreofeoluwa Ganiu
Kinetics, Characterization, and Applications in the Development of Next-Generation Cure-on-Demand Polymeric Materials through Frontal Polymerization, Daniel Paul Gary
Polymer Mimetics for Soil Modeling and Detection of Biomarkers, Md Ragib Hasan
Determining the 3D Structure and Dynamics of Mouse NOTCH1 Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Repeat 26 Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Kendra D. Jenkins
Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of NQO1-Activatable Luminescent Probes, Ovini Vionika Weeratung Kankanamge
New Synthetic Reactions Enabled by Protected Oxyallyl and Amidoallyl Cations, Binod Nepal
Development of 1,2-cis-Selective Glycosylation Protocols and Multistep Synthesis of Glycans from Acinetobacter baumannii., Dancan Kamau Njeri
Infrared Investigation of Lithium Ion Electrolytes: Characterization of Structure and Dynamics via Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Jeramie Christopher Rushing
Mechanistic Investigations of Direct Photochemical C–H Bond Functionalization Mediated by Mo(VI) and W(VI) Dioxo Complexes, Siddhiaratchige Dinushini Meriam Siddhiaratchi
Electrochemical Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium on Glassy Carbon Electrodes in Acidic Buffers, Callie M. Stern
Data Triangulation of Carbon Species Found in Wetland Soils in Barataria Bay, LA, Elizabeth Cameron Thomas
Synthesis of Carbon Nanohoops and Macrocycles via Alkyne Metathesis, Xin Zhou
Dissertations from 2021
Development of Engineered Soil Surrogates for Modeling Natural Soil Sorption Behavior, Ghada Yehia Abdalla
Investigation on the Structure and Dynamics of Lithium Ion Solvation Shell by Linear and Non-Linear Infrared Spectroscopy, Xiaobing Chen
Colloidal Nanomaterial Surface Chemistry and Characterization Studied by Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopy, Asela Sampath Dikkumbura
High Precision Tissue Sampling for Mass Spectrometry, Chao Dong
Methodology Utilizing Triphosgene to Promote Cyclization of Epoxy Ketones to Pyranoside Derivatives via Proposed Epoxonium Ions, Isaac Camargo Dos Reis
Investigation of the Structure and Dynamics of Novel Battery Electrolytes by Utilizing Multidimensional Infrared Spectroscopic Techniques, Susith Rajitha Abeythunga Galle Kankanamge
3-Dimensional Structural Determination of Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Repeat 27 from Mouse NOTCH1 using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Justin Grennell
Indicators of Senescence and Their Relationship with the Antioxidant Response Element in Ovarian Cancer Cells—Toward a More Encompassing View of Enzyme Activity Levels in Cells, Shaniqua Analycia Hayes
Electrochemical Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium in Acetonitrile using Glassy Carbon Electrodes, Temitope Jegede
Synthesis and Evaluation of Boron Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Bioconjugates for Medical Imaging Diagnostics and Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Applications, Nichole Elaine Kaufman
Functional Structure of Biomacromolecules in Plant Biomass Using Solid-State NMR and Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, Alex Kipchirchir Kirui
Characterization, Immobilization, and Polymer Related Applications of Watermelon Seed Powder, a Practical Source of Urease Enzyme, Anthony Quan Quoc Mai
Non-Adiabatic Excited State Molecular Dynamics Using Ehrenfest and Modulated X-Ray Absorption in Titania, Alexander Matthew Meyer
Manipulating Structure and Membrane Properties of Nano-Scale Model Membrane Systems of Amphiphilic Polymers and Lipids, Mailange Rasangi Perera
Antioxidant Enzyme Bystander Defenses: Environmentally Driven Cellular Protection, Peter Edward Piers Jr
Computational Investigations of Aqueous Interfaces, Visal Kavinda Subasinghe Subasinhege Don
Investigations of the Structure and Protein-Protein Interactions of Chlamydia trachomatis Scc4, Thilini Oshadhi Senarath Ukwaththage
CRYSTALLIZATION-DRIVEN SELF-ASSEMBLY OF COIL-COMB SHAPED POLYPEPTOID BLOCK COPOLYMERS: CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES, Md Asmat Ullah
Investigation of Boron-substituted BODIPY Derivatives and Their Applications, Maodie Wang
Synthesis and Investigation of BODIPY and Chlorin Derivatives for Material and Biomedical Applications, Guanyu Zhang
Dissertations from 2020
New Synthetic Transformations Utilizing Silyloxyallyl Cations and Epoxonium Ions as Reactive Intermediates, Alexander Houston Cleveland
Structure and Dynamics of Phospholipid Vesicles and the Dependence on Nanoscale Interactions with Molecules of Varying Complexity, Lakshapathy Widanelage Judith Upeka De Mel
Methods for 1,2-Cis-Selective O-Glycosylation and Synthesis of an A. baumannii Lipooligosaccharide Core Disaccharide, Ashley Fulton
Transition Metal Complexes of Pyridyltriazole and Bipyridine Ligands, Sen Gao
Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy and Microscopy of Liposomes, Nanoparticles, and Cells, Prakash Hamal
Spectroscopic Study of Natural Organic Matter and Carbon Fluctuation in Environmental Systems, Michael Patrick Hayes
Copper and Ruthenium Pyridyltriazole Complexes and Their Reactivity Toward Carbon Dioxide and Water, Fatemeh Khamespanah
Deep-Ultraviolet Laser Ablation for Biomolecular Analysis, Oluwaremilekun Omowunmi Lawal
Computational Investigations of Battery Electrolytes, Ke Li
Antimicrobial Strategies for Topical Applications, Kelsey Marie Lopez
Synthesis of Structurally Diverse Molecular Scaffolds Enabled by Protected Oxyallyl Cations, Joshua Andrew Malone
Pyrene Pyrimidine Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, John Kihara Mathaga
Behavior of Iron Species and Free Radicals in Ambient PM2.5 and PM Surrogates, Cholena Russo Ren
Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of Metal Ion Quenching in Fluorescent Carbon Dot Surrogates for Particulate Matter Black Carbon and Evaluation of Cellular Health Effects Due to the Surrogate Materials, Christopher Lee Sumner Jr
Dissertations from 2019
Toward the Impact of Particulate Matter on Human Health: Evaluation of Fluorescent Environmentally Persistent Free Radical (EPFR) Surrogates, Ansonia Badgett
Modeling Chemical Reactivity in Aqueous and Organic Systems: From Electronic Structure Methods to Force Field Development, Caitlin Gibson Bresnahan
Influencing Factors on the Velocity and Temperature of Propagating Fronts in Acrylate Composites, Samuel Morris Bynum
Atomic Force Microscopy Tip-enhanced Laser Ablation, Fan Cao
Photo-Physical Properties of Novel GUMBOS for Optoelectronic Applications, Thenahandi Prasanthi Deepthika De Silva
Turn-On Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sensors for Selective Monitoring of Kinase Activity, Gerard Thomas Ducharme
Modeling and Simulations of Peptoids, Pu Du
Cationic Cobalt (II) Hydroformylation, Drew Michael Hood
In Vitro Evaluation of Ovarian Cancer Tumorigenesis as a Function of Quinone Oxidoreducatse-1 and Cell Phenotype, Milcah S. Jackson
Silica and Siloxane Model Systems, Bruno Jakobi
Investigating Cationic Metal Centers for Hydroformylation, Ryan Alexander Johnson
Hierarchical Conjugated Polymer Systems Prepared by Controlled Chain-Growth Polymerization, Chunwa Peter Kei
Application of X-ray Grating Interferometry to Polymer/Flame Retardant Blends in Additive Manufacturing, Omoefe Joy Kio
Chemical Approaches for Nanofabrication Based on Colloidal Lithography with Organosilanes, Nanoparticles and Nickel Films: The Role of Water in Directing Surface Self-Assembly, Neepa Malsi Kumari Kuruppu Arachchige
Thioenamide Synthesis Inspired by Peptide Macrocycles, Joshua Allen Lutz
Content Release and Fusion of Quinone-Based Liposomes: Lipid Distribution and Cleavage Symmetry of the Quinone Headgroup at the Bilayer, Huy Huu Nguyen
Improving Coupled Enzyme Assays With Capillary Electrophoresis, Thu Hoai Nguyen
Development of a Tunable Platform for the Study of Geomacromolecular Matrices Using Controlled Radical Polymerization, Arjun Pandey
Ultrafast and Real-Time Dynamics of Nanomaterials Studied by Advanced Spectroscopic Techniques, Jeewan Chaminda Ranasinghe
Simulations of Strong-Field Ionization in Molecules Using Tuned Range-Separated Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory, Adonay Sissay
Sequence-Defined Ionic Peptoid Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Solution Self-Assembly, Garrett Leigh Sternhagen
Quartz Crystal Microbalance Based Sensors for Detection and Discrimination of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Ionic Materials, Stephanie R. Vaughan
Chemosensors Based on Higher Energy Gap Control of Fluorescence in Conjugated Polymers, Chun-Han Wang