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Author:

Di Monte, Kristin

Title:

Morphology Dependent Optical Properties of Mixed Organic/Inorganic Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Aerosol Particles
Aerosol
Optical Growth Factor
fRH
Hygroscopicity
Hygroscopicity Parameter
Water Soluble Organic Compounds
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
CRDS
Multicomponent
Inorganic Salt

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee 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

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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:

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