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Author:

Xu, Jiansong

Title:

Reconsidering the czcD (NiCo) riboswitch as iron (II) riboswitch

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Irving-William series
metalloregulation
RNA
iron
metal selectivity
riboswitch
metal sensor
czcD riboswitch
NiCo riboswitch
metal overload

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Major Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Veenis, Andrew

Title:

Towards a Better Understanding of the Influence of Noncovalent Interactions on RNA Catalysis and the Properties of RNA Moieties

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

RNA
Ribozyme
pKa
Cheminformatics
Bioinformatics
Molecular Dynamics

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Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Song Tan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bui, Pho

Title:

Nonadditive Effects of Cosolvent Mixtures on Protein Stability in Aqueous Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

nonadditivity
ion specific effects
ion-pairing
cosolvent
protein stability
complex solutions
vibrational spectroscopy

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Noid, Major Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Judd, Kenneth Duane

Title:

Investigating Specific Cation Interactions with Anionic Surfactant Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface Using Nonlinear Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

ion pairing
ion specific effects
monolayers
spectroscopy
nonlinear optics
vibrational spectroscopy
thermodynamics
surfactants

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark Maroncelli, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dey, Madhuri

Title:

Reconstituting the 3D Breast Cancer Microenvironment for Chemo and Immunotherapy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Breast cancer
3D tumor models
Chemotherapy
Immunotherapy
MAIT-MR1
3D bioprinting
Perfusion
Tumor Angiogenesis
Cancer Invasion

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
James Connor, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ibrahim Ozbolat, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Crowe, Charles

Title:

Aqueous Phase Separation within Water-in-Oil Emulsions as Cellular Models

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

liquid-liquid phase separation
phase separation
microfluidics
neutral polymer phase separation
emulsion
water-in-oil
coacervation
bioinspired
artificial cell
microscopy
droplet

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
Peter Butler, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Tanygin, Vivian Sergei

Title:

Surface Chemistry of Transition Metal Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

nanoparticles
xps
epr
chalcogen
noble metal
nanomaterials
inorganic
electronic properties
esr
morphology
surface chemistry
nmr

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Chair & Major Field Represnt
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
Raymond Schaak, Committee Member & Major Field Represnt
John Golbeck, Committee Member & Related Areas Repres
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Torres, Vincent

Title:

Polymer grafting of unsaturated polymers to provide new material properties: A new avenue for polymer upcycling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Polymer upcycling
Grafted polymers
Polymer chemistry
Tensile properties
Nanostructure
Allylic radical
Post-polymerization functionalization

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Boehr, Co-Chair of Committee
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Julie Fenton, Major Field Member

Author:

Sheffield, Sarah

Title:

Using Single-Ion Conductors as Dielectrics in Organic Transistors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic Semiconductor
Organic Single Crystals
Single-Ion Conductors
Polymer Dielectric
Organic Transistor
Polymer Thin Films
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Rubrene
Nafion
Ionomers

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Larry Cheng, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Santos, Alyssa

Title:

An Exploration of Potential Energy Surfaces with an Application in N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Metal Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Potential Energy Surface
Geometry Optimization
Density Functional Theory
N-heterocyclic Carbenes
Metal Nanoparticles
Sigma Donation
Pi Backbonding
Graduate Education

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Committee Members:

Gerald Knizia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair