2024
Synthesis of DDT-Related Pollutants tris(4-chlorophenyl) methane (TCPM) and tris(4-chlorophenyl)-methanol (TCPM-OH) for Investigations into Environmental Persistence, Chloe Anderson and Gregory O'Neil
Biophysical and Structural Characterization of Blood Coagulation Factor VIII Lipid Binding with Lipid Nanodiscs, Nathan G. Avery
Examining the Nexus between Scientific Literacy and Identity in General Chemistry, Tiffany Chamberlain
Revealing Binding and Unbinding Pathways of Small Molecules and Peptides to Enzymes with Enhanced Sampling Methods, Kayla Ariana Croney
Transition State Kinetics Through Kramers’ Rate for Variationally Enhanced Sampling., David Cummins
Hydrophobicity of Factor VIII on Membrane Binding, Mady Jacobs
MSG and the Maillard Reaction: Exploring Food Additives and Browning through Organic Chemistry, Jasper Kerns
Optimization of Metal Nanostructure Growth on Chemically Modified Silk Films for SERS Biosensors, Marie Kerns and Amanda Murphy
Post polymerization Modification and Preparation of Dynamic Polymer Networks via Guanylation of Aryl Carbodiimides, Conner J. Klingler
Design of Experiments Analysis of Crosslink Density and Plasticizer Effects on Rheological Properties of Guanidine-based Covalent Adaptable Networks, Adelle L. Koenig and Michael B. Larsen
Total Synthesis of Rupestines H and I, Aimee Long and James Vyvyan
Composition of weathered oil residues: changes with depth and toxicological implications, Irene Noelle Maye
Accelerating Sortase-Mediated Ligation Reactions with N-terminal Substrate Elements, Noah Noah Goodwin-Rice
Synthesis and DFT Investigations of Silver Nanocubes Coated with Gold Layers for Enhanced Stability, Ayomide Daniel Oluwafemi
Deoxygenating Nitrogen Oxides Using Coordination Complexes and Anionic Activity, Allison Teigen
Elucidating The Binding Characteristics of LRP1 in Factor VIII Blood Coagulation, Nicole Topor-Madry
Sustainable Lab Certification Project Report, Alyssa White and Megan Ellis
2023
Kinetic analysis of the grafting thermal ring-opening polymerization reaction of benzoxazine with sulfonyl-ester functionalized polymers, Tawakalt Adetoun Akinjobi
Development of nickel phosphide-indium oxide photothermal catalysts for the reverse water gas shift reaction, Michael S. Baldwin
Development of Silk Microparticles Capable of Bioluminescence, Monique Berg
New Synthetic Methods Based on Silicon-Tethered Nucleophilic Addition Reactions, Alexie W. Clover
Tuned gold layer growth onto plasmonic sensing silver nanocubes via synthetic control of reduction potentials., Nicolas Hall
Structural, Mutational, and Kinetic Characterization of URA4, an Isocytosine Deaminase, Ashlee Hoffman
Stereoselective Synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Cananodine, Haley Holliday
Activity and Selectivity of Class B Sortase Enzymes, Sophie Jackson
Blood Coagulation Factor IX: Purification, Activation, Crystallization, Juliet McGill
Investigations on the Active Catalyst in Pd Catalyzed Organic Reactions, Riley McGraw
Synthesis and characterization of hydroxy-functionalized copper indium disulfide quantum dots, Julia Schexnayder
Regio- and Diastereoselective Samarium-Mediated Allylic Sulfone Reductions, Cody Schwans
Selectivity and structure of chimeric loop swaps in SH2 domains, Sarah N. Smith
Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of Antibody Binding to Blood Coagulation Factor VIII, Jordan Vaughan
Class A Sortases: Structures and Alternative Substrate Binding and Cleavage, Brandon Vogel
Using QM/MM methods to explore Sortase Enzyme Intermediates, Kinetics, and Stability, Kyle Whitham
2022
Synthesis and characterization of PLGA capped gold nanoparticles for use in cancer therapeutics, Tara Chin
Nickel Phosphide Photothermal Catalyst Development for CO2-Derived Solar Fuels, Hannah K. Hennig
Blood Coagulation Factor IX: Purification, Isolation, Activation, Alex MacNeil
Covalent Modifications as Targets and Means for Research in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Derek McCaffery
Chemical and Physical Tailoring of Guanidine-based Covalent Adaptable Networks, Kate A. McConnell and Michael B. Larsen
Structural Characterization of Factor VIII-Inhibitor Complexes and Factor VIII Lipid Binding Mechanics, Corbin Mitchell
Sortase-Mediated Ligation to Investigate Large IDR-Containing Cytoskeletal Regulators, Melissa Oueld Es Cheikh
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Thiolated Silk Fibroin, Jeremy Martinez Talusig
Blood Replacement Therapy by Generation of Polymeric Recombinant Hemoglobin Using “Click Chemistry” and Circular Tandem Repeat Proteins, Johanna Hamilton Urbach
2021
Insulin: Roles and Functions in Biochemistry and U.S. Healthcare, Mia Brinkley
Implementation of a Constraint and Configuration Interaction Methodology Into Density Functional Tight Binding, Gunnar J. Carlson
Pyridinediimine Complexes with Coordination Sphere Interactions Relevant to Copper and Non-Heme Iron Enzymes, Pui Man Audrey Cheung
Enhancing Plasmonic Nanomaterials: Colorimetric Sensing and SERS, John Crockett
Exploring Biochemical Mechanisms with Hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics and Enhanced Sampling Methods, Edwin Enciso
Synthesis and Reactions of Medium-Ring Silyl Ethers, Inna A. Fomina
Structural Analysis of Protein-Peptide Interactions, Melody Gao
Indium Oxide-Based Catalysts for Solar Fuel Generation, Ryan Hagmann
Redox-Active Coordination Complexes for Small Molecule Activation with Environmental Applications, Hanalei Lewine
Demystifying Denitrification: Coordination Complexes Give Valuable Insight into the Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides, Walker R. Marks
Synthesis of guaipyridine alkaloids rupestines C, D and K with studies toward the synthesis of rupestines B, J, L and M, Briana J. Mulligan
Living With It: A Patient’s and a Biochemist’s Perspective on Kidney Disease; A Historical Review of Alport Syndrome, Jacob Olson
Structural and Mutational Characterization of the Blood Coagulation Factor VIII C Domain Lipid Binding Interface, Shaun C. Peters
Multifunctional Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications, Aliandra E. Pierce, Samantha A. Patrick, and Steven R. Emory
Structure of Blood Coagulation Factor VIII in Complex with Anti-C2 Domain Inhibitory Antibody, Estelle K. Ronayne, Shaun C. Peters, Joseph Gish, Celena Wilson, H. Trent Spencer, Christopher B. Doering, Pete Lollar, P. Clint Spiegel Jr., and Kenneth C. Childers
Engineering Segmentally Labeled Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Erin Rosenkranz
Chemical Modification of Silk Protein via Palladium-Mediated Suzuki-Miyaura Reactions, Racine Santen
Extension of Restricted Open-Shell Kohn-Sham Methodology to a Density-Functional Tight-Binding Framework, Reuben Szabo
Computational Design of Novel Materials for Solar Energy Conversion and Catalysis, Corey Teply
Structural Studies of the von Willebrand Factor D’ domain and its Binding Mechanism to Factor VIII, AP Wang
Signaling and Trafficking in Choanoflagellates and Humans: A Study of Conserved Peptide-Binding Domains, Haley Wofford
2020
Activation of Nitrite and Carbon Dioxide by Cobalt Centered Redox Active Ligand Featuring a Hemilabile Pendant Amine, Douglas F. Baumgardner
Polybenzoxazine-Grafted Composites: Accelerated Polymerization of Benzoxazine Resins from Bulk- to Microscale Mesylated Materials, Cassidy L. Crickmore
Development of TI-DFTB: Transition Dipole Moment Calculations in a Time-Independent Density Functional Tight-Binding Framework, Megan Deshaye
Submonolayer Nucleation in Ultrathin Liquid Films: Scaling Properties and the Effects of the Critical Nucleus Size, Haley Doran
LSC Fabrication and Design: Bulk Polymerization and Ultrathin Architectures, Justin T. Doyle
Identification, Quantification, and Catalytic Relevance of Nanoparticles Generated In Situ During Polyol Deoxygenation, Rachael Gitnes
Sorting Out Sortases: Designing a Better Enzyme and Synthesizing Trapping Peptides Towards Capturing a Bound-State Structure, Katherine Johnston
Uniform Dispersion of Nanoparticles in PMMA Waveguides for Luminescent Solar Concentrators, Daniel Korus
Allylic Benzoate Reductions: A Study on Stereospecificity, Michael A. Leitch
Carbodiimides: Templates for Covalent Adaptable Networks and Post Polymerization Modification, Alberto J Melchor Bañales
Investigating Transfer of Energy Concepts Learned in Physics to Biology Contexts, Brittany Mureno and Eric McKenzie
Organic Molecular Crystal Engineering via Organic Vapor-Liquid-Solid Deposition, Griffin Reed
Synthesis and Characterization of Earth Abundant Metal Phosphide Photocatalysts for the Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction, John D. Springer
Synthetic Studies on Guaipyridine Alkaloids: Rupestines B and C, Evangeline Starchman
Synthesis of a Stimulus Responsive LX-type ligand, Jason Stockwell
Engineering Class A Sortases: Activity and Selectivity of Hybrid and Ancestral Variants, Sarah Struyvenberg
Seasonal Differences in the Optical Properties of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter at Hoag’s Pond, WA, Kimberly Wallace
Plasmonic-based hybrid nanomaterial: from synthesis to application, Maggie Wang
2019
Synthesis of a stimulus responsive phosphine ligand and metal binding studies, Gabriel Bourne
Isopeptide Ligations Catalyzed by Streptococcus Suis Sortase A, Sarah Bowersox
Calculation of excited state characteristics and electronic transition dipole moments in time-independent DFTB, Megan Deshaye
The Role of Non-Motif Selectivity Determinants in PDZ Domain-Binding Interactions, Melody Gao
Structural Studies of Complexes of Blood Coagulation Factor VIII, Joseph S. Gish
Equity in STEM: Utilizing Student Experience to Better Inform Policy and Practice, Natasha Hessami
Efforts Toward the Structural Characterization of Sortase A from Streptococcus pneumoniae, Nicholas M. Horvath
Progress Towards the Substrate-bound Structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae Sortase A, Nicholas M. Horvath
Generation of Polymeric Recombinant Hemoglobin Using DBCO-modified Hemoglobin, Sifora lebeneh and Rahwa Demoz
Surface modified gold nanorods based mercury sensor, Tianqi Luan
Polycarbodiimides and Polyguanidines : Their reactivity and applications in covalent adaptable networks, Alberto Melchor Bañales
Bottom-Up Shape Engineering of Organic Molecular Single-Crystals, Griffin Reed
Multifunctional Microgels for Nanoparticle-Based Detection Methodologies, Alyson Silva
Exploring Postpolymerization Modification of Reactive Polymers, Tierra Smith and Connor Gallagher