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Author:

Hoelzel, Conner

Title:

Controlling the Environmental Sensitivity of Small Molecule Fluorophores for Cellular Imaging

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

fluorescence
solvatochromism
brightness
excited state
non-radiative decay
internal conversion
external conversion
twisted intramolecular charge transfer
rhodamine
proteostasis
cell imaging
protein misfolding
aggregation
neurodegenerative disease
microscopy

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Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily E Weinert, Outside Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tackman, Emma

Title:

Advances in Measurements of the Properties of Aerosol Particles: Acidity, Phase State, and Surface Interactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol
microscopy
nanoparticle
acidity
transmission electron microscopy

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Committee Members:

Jose Fuentes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Miriam Freedman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pfaff, Sarah

Title:

Unraveling Plant Cell Wall Assembly: From Cellulose Synthesis and Xylan Patterning to Lignification

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology

Keywords:

plant cell wall
cellulose
xylan
lignin
microscopy
cryoEM
X-ray scattering
NMR
CBM
cellulose synthase
xylem vessels
primary cell wall
secondary cell wall
cryoET
microtubules
actin
golgi
protoplasts
FIB milling
tomography

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Committee Members:

Ying Gu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Daniel Cosgrove, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gabriele Monshausen, Major Field Member
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair
B Nixon, Major Field Member

Author:

Steves, Megan

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

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:

Crowe, Charles

Title:

Aqueous Phase Separation within Water-in-Oil Emulsions as Cellular Models

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

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