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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:

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:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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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Committee Members:

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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Committee Members:

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