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Author:

Ogozaly, Susanna

Title:

Determining the Effect of Silver Concentration on the Formation of Shape Controlled Silver Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

nanoparticles
nanomaterials
silver
catalysis
nanoparticle synthesis
silver nanocubes
silver octahedron
nanocubes
octahedron
inorganic chemistry
materials chemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Chaudhry, Imran

Title:

Using Delta-Machine Learning to Accurately Predict Molecular Polarizabilites

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Raman Spectroscopy
Electronic Structure Theory
Machine Learning
Chemistry

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Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Katzbaer, Julia

Title:

Development of Alkene Difunctionalization As A Versatile Method For Polymerization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Polymerization
Difunctionalization
Ni-catalyzed

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Committee Members:

Ramesh Giri, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Matta, Megan

Title:

Enhancements of the Synthesis and Fabrication of Anion Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Ion exchange membranes
Anion exchange membranes
AEM
IEM
Ionic Polymers
Fabrication of Anion Exchange Membrane
Fabrication of AEM
Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
AEM for ROMP
Quaternary Ammonium polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Ramesh Giri, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Persichetti, Joseph

Title:

Understanding the Role of Multiple Pathways in Enzyme Catalysis with a Hierarchical Markov State Model

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
markov state model
QM/MM
enzyme kinetics
alanine dipeptide
dihydrofolate reductase
computational
free-energy simulations
finite-temperature string method

File:

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Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Howard Salis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Edward O'Brien, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Squire Booker, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mandell, Zachary

Title:

MECHANISMS OF INTRINSIC TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION AND RIBONUCLEOLYTIC DECAY IN Bacillus subtilis

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

transcription
genomics
transcriptomics
RNA biology
translation
Microbiology

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Babitzke, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Istvan Albert, Major Field Member
Timothy Meredith, Outside Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Outside Unit Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Major Field Member
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mattocks, Joseph

Title:

Characterization and Application of Lanthanide-Binding Proteins for Rare-Earth Separations

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Rare earth element
Lanthanide
Protein
Separation
Bioremediation
Extraction

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Committee Members:

Joseph Cotruvo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Lindner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Squire Booker, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mcbride, Molly Jo

Title:

Structural Basis for Cofactor Assembly in the Novel Heme-Oxygenase-Like Diiron Oxygenase Superfamily

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

diiron oxygenase
x-ray crystallography
cofactor instability
biochemistry
metalloenzymes
heme-oxygenase-like diiron oxygenases
HDOs

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Committee Members:

Joseph Cotruvo, Major Field Member
Amie Boal, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
C Okafor, Outside Unit & Field Member
Carsten Krebs, Major Field Member
Joseph Bollinger, Co-Chair of Committee

Author:

Choi, Saehyun

Title:

COMPLEX COACERVATES AS EXPERIMENTAL MODEL SYSTEMS FOR PREBIOTIC COMPARTMENTS AND CELLULAR BIOCONDENSATES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Coacervates
liquid-liquid phase separation
origin of life
protocell
biocondensates
RNA chemistry
thermodynamics

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Christopher House, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Ginder, Nathaniel

Title:

Enhancing the rates of chemical reactions through the photothermal heating of nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

photothermal
nanoparticle
gold nanoparticle
carbon black
AuNP
heat
polyurethane
urethane
polycaprolactone
laser
light to heat
light
extreme temperature
kinetics
dynamics
reaction kinetics
rate enhancement

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wentworth, Ciera

Title:

Investigation into the Partitioning and Behavior of Complex Fluids

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Active droplets
solubilization
chemotaxis
emulsions
micelle
hydrophobic hydration
Raman MCR

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Koehler, Stephen

Title:

Rational Design and Synthesis of Sequence Defined Donor-Acceptor Poly(arylenevinylene)s as Singlet Fission Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Conjugated Polymers
Singlet Fission
Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Density Functional Theory
Molecular Switches

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Helm, Maddy

Title:

Biochemical and structural characterization of the globin-coupled sensor in Klebsiella variicola

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Globin coupled sensor
heme
gas sensor
cyclic-di-GMP
diguanylate cyclase
GGDEF
SAXS
biofilm

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Committee Members:

Emily E Weinert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Mark Hedglin, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Zixuan

Title:

Understanding the morphology at donor-acceptor interfaces in organic semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic semiconductors
Heterojunction
Interface morphology

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Co-Chair & Major Field Member
Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hendrickson-Stives, Albanie

Title:

Towards Responsive Optical Microstructures: Directed Particle Assembly and 3D Microprinting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

directed particle assembly
alternating current
metamaterials
3D microprinting
optical responses

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Committee Members:

Mikael Rechtsman, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chen, Ran

Title:

Understanding Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Using a Raman Bond Model

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering
Plasmonics
Raman Bond Model
Electronic Structure Methods
Density Functional Theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
William Noid, Major Field Member
Lasse Jensen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Janik, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Williams, Allison

Title:

Understanding RNA structure as a function of biological context, metabolites, and cellular influence

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

G-quadruplex
Stress response
Archaea
Polyamines

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Committee Members:

Paul Babitzke, Major Field Member
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wendy Hanna-Rose, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Assmann, Outside Field Member
Timothy Meredith, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Yuan, Zhenghao

Title:

Generation and Detection of Resonant High Harmonic Generation in Few-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

High Harmonic Generation
Molybdenum Disulfide
Solid State

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Marak, Katherine

Title:

Surface Property Impacts on Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation of Engineered Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

aerosol chemistry
silica
silane
silver nanoparticles
thiosilver particles
ice nucleation
heterogeneous freezing
alumina
zeoilite
ZSM-5
air pollution
environmental chemistry

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Committee Members:

Jerry Harrington, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Miriam Freedman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member

Author:

Wickham, Laura

Title:

Nickel Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes with C(sp2) and C(sp3) Coupling Reagents

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

organic chemistry
method development
dicarbofunctionalization
organometallic

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ramesh Giri, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Bert Chandler, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Zaniewski, Taylor

Title:

Chemomechanical Characterization of the Superprocessive Kinesin-3 KIF1A

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

kinesin
enzyme kinetics
single molecule
biochemistry
biophysics

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
William Hancock, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Melissa Rolls, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Co-Chair of Committee
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Corrigan, Patrick

Title:

Oxygen Tolerance in the [FeFe] Hydrogenase from Clostridium beijerinckii CbHydA1

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Bioinorganic chemistry
hydrogenase

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Carsten Krebs, Major Field Member
Squire Booker, Major Field Member
Alexey Silakov, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Golbeck, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Nova, Nabila Nabi

Title:

Study of nano and micro scale functional materials using high pressure and laser writing methods

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

High pressure chemical vapor deposition
Direct laser writing
Nanoscale semiconductors
Graphitic carbon
Nanomaterials
Micropatterning

File:

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Piane, Jacob

Title:

New Catalytic Concepts for Electron-Transfer Promoted Reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Catalysis
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Phenothiazine
Photoredox
Pyrylium
Dehydration
Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
Electron Transfer
Acyl Substitution
Amidation
Oxidation
Dimerization
Esterification

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth Elacqua, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Kuo, Major Field Member

Author:

Winston, Dennis Sean

Title:

Investigating the Role of Conformational Dynamics in Allosteric Regulation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Allostery
Conformational Dynamics
Poliovirus
Chorismate Mutase
Protein NMR

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Committee Members:

David Boehr, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Joyce Jose, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rios, Kelly

Title:

The regulation of gene expression during Plasmodium yoelii host-to-vector transmission

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

malaria
translational repression
parasitology
Plasmodium yoelii

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Committee Members:

Sarah Assmann, Outside Unit Member
Scott Lindner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Manuel Llinas, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Joyce Jose, Outside Field Member
Ken Keiler, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Huss, Steven

Title:

Chemical Reactivity Under Confinement: High-Pressure Synthesis of Carbon Nanothreads and Polymer-Based Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanothreads
Polymers
Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
Photoredox
Catalysis
Electron Transfer
Energy Transfer
High-Pressure

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Committee Members:

Ramesh Giri, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Mc Cormick, Connor

Title:

Discovery and Design of Heterostructured and Solid Solutioned Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanoparticles
High Entropy
Sulfide
Phosphide
heterostructure
Cation exchange

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Unruh, Angus

Title:

Directed Motion of Metallic Active Colloids: Design and Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

colloids
nanoscience
micromotors
active matter

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Committee Members:

Igor Aronson, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gan, Jianing

Title:

Observing Charge Localization and Ligand Dynamics through the Excited State Surface Chemistry of CdSe Quantum Dots via Time-resolved Infrared Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Quantum dots
Cadmium Selenide
Infrared Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
Excited State Surface Chemistry
Carrier Dynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
James Hodges, Major Field Member

Author:

Myers, Ryan

Title:

The Rules of Ion Pairing in Aqueous Solution

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Ion Pairing
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Polymer Solubility

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Schulze, Jessica

Title:

Investigation of organic materials in electrolyte solutions using reactive molecular dynamics with applications in hydrogels, cryo-EM, and planetary science

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
MD
poly(vinyl alcohol)
Enceladus
cryo-EM
mechanical properties
water-electrolyte
computations
chemistry

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Committee Members:

C Okafor, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major & Minor Field Member
Susan Hafenstein, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Munro, Justin

Title:

Acetyl-CoA Production Inside and Outside of the Mitochondrion is Essential for Plasmodium falciparum During Asexual Red Blood Cell and Sexual Stage Development

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Plasmodium falciparum
Acetyl-CoA
Malaria
Metabolomics
HPLC/MS

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Andrew Patterson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Manuel Llinas, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Balaj, Rebecca

Title:

Understanding interfacial transport, reactions, and phase behavior in emulsion systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Emulsions
Phase separation
Capsules
Alginate
Solubilization
Droplets
Complex droplets
Reconfiguration
Surfactants
Surfactant partitioning
Complex fluids
Liquid interfaces
Droplet stability
Polyelectrolyte capsule
Reactions in droplets
Reactions at fluid interfaces
Reconfigurable droplets

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Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Krist, Kathleen

Title:

Understanding the Thermodynamic Driving Forces for Nanoscale Chemotaxis

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanoscale chemotaxis
Irreversible thermodynamics
Catalytic motors
Onsager-Machlup Theory
Gradient flows
McMillan-Mayer Theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
William Noid, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Igor Aronson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Greenberger, Virginia

Title:

Microfluidic Monitoring of Copper Ion Binding to and Oxidation of Phospholipid Bilayers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Microfluidics
Lipid Bilayers
Transition Metals
Oxidation
Copper
Chemistry
Fluorescence

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Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Boehr, Major Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Joyce Jose, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mandalaparthy, Varun

Title:

The Influence of Cosolvent Interactions Upon Interfaces and Macromolecules

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

protein stability
polymers
proteins
osmolytes
thermodynamics
statistical mechanics
lattice models
protein folding
urea
tmao
simulations
theory
solute interactions
molecular dynamics
monte carlo

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Paul Cremer, Major Field Member
William Noid, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward O'Brien, Major Field Member
Xiantao Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Steves, Megan

Title:

Elucidating the Interplay of Optical Function and Structure in Nanomaterials with Nonlinear Optical Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

2D materials
nonlinear optics
ultrafast spectroscopy
2d metals
transition metal dichalcogenides
second harmonic generation
microscopy

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Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wenger, Eliott

Title:

Mechanistic Investigation of Oxygen-Activating Enzymes Using Rapid-Kinetics, Structural, and Spectroscopic Methodologies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Enzyme
Mechanism
Oxygen
Kinetics
Crystallography
Metalloenzyme
Stopped-flow
EPR-spectroscopy
Mossbauer-spectroscopy
Mass Spectrometry

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Committee Members:

Howard Salis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amie Boal, Major Field Member
Carsten Krebs, Co-Chair of Committee
Alexey Silakov, Major Field Member
Joseph Bollinger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bhide, Ashlesha

Title:

Protein Aggregation, Fragmentation and its role in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Protein Aggregation
Protein Fragmentation
Alzheimer's disease
Liposome Aggregation
Alkaline Phosphatase

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Committee Members:

Christine Keating, Major Field Member
Igor Aronson, Major Field Member
James Adair, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tang, Yuqi

Title:

Polarity Disparity Governs Hierarchical Arrangements in Multiphase Condensates

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Phase Separation
Multilayered Condensates
Elastin-like Polypeptides
Tau protein

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tae-Hee Lee, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ruobo Zhou, Committee Member

Author:

Poitras, Haley

Title:

Measuring the water activity of ternary aerosol systems and generating phase diagrams for sub micron aerosol particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Water activity
phase separation

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member

Author:

Mocniak, Leanne

Title:

Progress Towards Understanding the Mechanisms of Specifier Proteins in the Glucosinolate-Myrosinase Defense System of Brassicas

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Glucosinolate
Specifier Protein
Myrosinase
Aglycone

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Committee Members:

Danny Sykes, Major Field Member
Amie Boal, Major Field Member
Marvin Hall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ray Bryant, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Carsten Krebs, Major Field Member
Joseph Bollinger, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kyle Elkin, Special Signatory

Author:

Miller, Jennifer Renee

Title:

Directed Self-Assembly of Disordered Media Towards Optical Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Particle assembly
Lensless imaging
Random laser
Scattering
Electric fields
Particle synthesis
Directed self-assembly
Electrodeposition
Dielectrophoresis
Electro-orientation
Polarization
Disordered optics
Hybrid particles
Quantum dots
Tunable materials
Switchable functionality

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Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Christine Keating, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Darling, Albert

Title:

Engineering Nanostructured Inorganic Materials and Nanoscale Stabilized Structural Features for Heterogeneous Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanomaterials
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Nitroarene Hydrogenation
Catalysis
High Entropy Alloys
Bulk-Immiscible Alloys
Heterogeneous Catalysis

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Robert Rioux, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Biswas, Arani

Title:

Mechanocmicheal Pathways Towards Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Nanothreads

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

nanothreads
high pressure
solid state chemistry
high pressure chemistry

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Committee Members:

Peter Heaney, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Miriam Freedman, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Penrod, Katheryn Anne

Title:

Developing eReaxFF Force Fields for Peroxide and Radical Chemistry in the Contexts of Polymer Dielectric Breakdown and Oxidative Damage Induced by Reactive Oxygen Species

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

ReaxFF
eReaxFF
MD
polymer
dielectric
power cable
ROS
DNA
oxidation
redox
radical
peroxide
chemistry
simulation

File:

Download KAP_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Gerald Knizia, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Edward O'Brien, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

Author:

Cetnar, Daniel

Title:

Predicting Gene Expression For Robust Genetic System Design

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

mRNA
RNA Decay
NGS
Synthetic Biology
Gene Expression
RNase
Machine Learning
Modeling

File:

Download Daniel_Cetnar_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Howard Salis, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fagan, Abigail

Title:

Controlling Post-Synthetic Modifications of Nanoparticle Reagents Towards Increasing Material Complexity

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

nanoparticles
post-synthetic modifications
hybrid nanoparticles
heterostructures
nanoparticle synthesis
cation exchange
seeded growth
phase transformation

File:

Download Abigail_M_Fagan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tirsch, Jonathan

Title:

Characterization of novel lanthanide binding proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

lanthanide
metallo protein
lanthanide binding protein

File:

Download Tirsch_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Alfred Cotruvo, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member