1. UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSITION FROM NON-LIVING TO LIVING: CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTOCELL SYSTEMS BASED ON AQUEOUS PHASE COEXISTENCE Open Access Author: Pir Cakmak, Fatma Title: UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSITION FROM NON-LIVING TO LIVING: CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTOCELL SYSTEMS BASED ON AQUEOUS PHASE COEXISTENCE Graduate Program: Chemistry Keywords: phase separationcoacervateprotocellartificial cell models File: Download Thesis_March_10_Final-_fixed__.pdf Committee Members: Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorChristine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-ChairPhilip C Bevilacqua, Committee MemberPaul S Cremer, Committee MemberPeter J Butler, Outside MemberPhilip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair