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Author:

Watson, Kelsey

Title:

INVESTIGATING ZNSE MN2+ DOPED NANOCRYSTALS FOR USE IN PHOTOCATALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Mn:ZnSe
doped
nanocrystal
photocatalysis
green energy

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cheon, Seong Ik

Title:

EMERGING BEHAVIORS FROM PARTICLES AT LIQUID INTERFACES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Pickering emulsions
Active emulsions
Oil-oil Emulsions
Particle adsorption at interface

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Gentile, Kayla

Title:

Transport and Assembly in Active Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

micropumps
fluid motion
catalysis
enzymes
protein aggregation

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Committee Members:

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

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:

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:

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:

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:

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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Committee Members:

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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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

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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Committee Members:

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