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PhD Dissertations in Chemistry

Below is a list of Ph.d Dissertations from 2004.

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Graduate & Title
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2006 Rogers, James William. 1-Benzotriazolyl-2-propynones as novel 1,3-biselectrophiles, benzotriazole-assisted thioacylation and synthesis of energetic materials William Dolbier

2006 Op't Holt, Bryan T. Computational studies of the structure and function of metalloenzymes and the performance of density functional methods Kenneth Merz

2006 Wu, Xihong. Design, construction, and experimental characterization of a versatile apparatus for detecting individual aerosol particles James Winefordner

2006 Wang, Lin. Development of bio/nano-materials for ultrasensitive and multiplexed bioanalysis Weihong Tan

2006 Pacheco, Alexander. First principles dynamics of transient light absorption and emission of alkali atoms interacting with rare gas atoms

2006 Baughman, Travis W. Functionalized ethylene copolymers and materials via olefin metathesis polymerization
Kenneth Wagener

2006 Bougioukou, Despina. I. Nadph regeneration sources in non-growing, engineered escherichia coli cells II. Old and new alkene reductases as potential biocatalysts Jon Stewart

2006 Garrett, Timothy J. Imaging small molecules in tissue by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization tandem mass spectrometry Richard Yost

2006 Gutierrez, Jemy A. Inhibition and functional characterization of asparagine synthetase Nigel Richards

2006 Vinslava, Alina. Manganese complexes as molecular nanomagnets: alcoholysis and carboxylate abstraction routes to nanoscale magnetic materials George Christou

2006 Cardasis, Helene L. Mass spectrometric analysis of two phosphorylation-based signal transduction systems: site-specific effects of the circadian clock on Limulus Myosin III phosphorylation, and binding selectivity of the Arabidopsis family of 14-3-3 isoforms John Eyler

2006 Abbatiello, Susan E. Mass spectrometric studies of asparagine synthetase and its role in the drug-resistant form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia John Eyler

2006 Cai, Chunming. Microwave mediated synthesis of nitrogen- and/or oxygen-containing compounds Alan Katritzky

2006 Mishra, Abhudaya. Mixed-metal molecular complexes [electronic resource] : single-molecule nanomagnets and bioinorganic models of the water oxidizing complex of photosystem II      George Christou

2006 Yang, Chaoyong. Molecular engineering of nucleic acid probes for intracellular imaging and bioanalysis Weighong Tan

2006 Foguet-Albiol, Maria D. Molecular nanomagnets: syntheses and characterization of high nuclearity transition metal complexes   George Christou

2006 Angrish, Parul. N-(protected-alpha-aminoacyl)benzotriazoles: chiral acylating reagents for N- and O-aminoacylation Alan Katritzky

2006 Khashab, Niveen M. Novel guanylating and imidoylating reagents Alan Katritzky

2006 Low, Tammy Karrie C. Olefin metathesis in peptidomimetics, dynamic combinatorial chemistry, and molecular imprinting    Eric Enholm

2006 Hastings, Jedidiah M. Olefin metathesis in supramolecular and ring-opening polymerization    Eric Enholm

2006 Galand, Emilie M. Processable variable band gap conjugated polymers for optoelectronic devices    John Reynolds

2006 Hillebrenner, Heather Lee. Self-assembling nanoscale delivery vehicles    Eric Enholm

2006 Anthony, Corey. Study of homogeneous and heterogenized ruthenium / tin heterobimetallic complexes: synthesis, electrochemistry and catalytic properties Lisa McElwee-White

2006 Matloka, Piotr Pawel. Synthesis and characterization of latent reactive oligo (oxyethylene)/carbosilane and carbosiloxane/carbosilane copolymers via acyclic diene metathesis polymerization (admet) for thermoset materials Kenneth Wagener

2006 Jovanovic, Aleksa V. Synthesis and characterization of oil core silica shell nanocapsules for biomedical applications    Randolph Duran

2006 Lampkins, Andrew J. Synthesis and supramolecular chemistry of 1-aza-adamantanetriones    Ronald Castellano

2006 Tao, Hui. Synthetic application in thioacylation, acylation, and sulfonylation Alan Katritzky

2006 Grenier, Christophe R. G. Synthetic control of order in soluble dioxythiophene polymers John Reynolds

2006 Matloka, Kornelia Karolina. Synthetic development of Câ‚ƒ-symmetric triphenoxymethane-based reagents for selective recognition and sequestration of lanthanides and actinides     Michael Scott

2006 Walczak, Ryan Michael. Synthetic methodology as a basis for conducting polymer design John Reynolds

2006 Joncheray, Thomas Julien. Two-dimensional self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers at the air/water interface and nanoparticles for drug detoxification applications    Randolph Duran

2006 Atas, Evrim. Ultrafast time resolved excitation dynamics in conjugated dendrimers Valeria Kleiman

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Date:	Graduate & Title	Advisor:
2005	Schweigert, Igor Vitalyevich. Ab initio Density Functional Theory	Rodney Bartlett
2005	Mitchell-Roberts, Alisha C. Advanced techniques in mass spectrometry for forensic applications	Richard Yost
2005	Jiang, Rong. Benzotriazole auxiliary in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds and amino acid derivatives	Alan Katritzky
2005	Zhai, Yian. The chemistry of 1,1,2,2,9,9,10,10-octafluoro[2.2] paracyclophanes	William Dolbier
2005	Greene, Shannon Nicolle. Computational studies of Fe-type nitrile hydratase and related mononuclear, non-heme Fe(III) complexes	Nigel Richards
2005	Sismour, A. Michael. The design and synthesis of a genetic system for a synthetic biology	Steven Benner
2005	Heins, Elizabeth A. Development of biomimetic sensing elements based on synthetic nanopores	Charles Martin
2005	Valle-Mercado, Jose Juan Differentiation of carbohydrate stereoisomers by infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy using a free electron laser and a fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer	John Eyler
2005	Cunningham, Garry Brian. Electroluminescence and photophysical properties of near-infrared luminescent lanthanide (III) monoporhyrinate complexes and pendant polymers	Kirk Schanze
2005	Ortiz, Wilfredo. Energy transfer in dendrimers	Jeffrey Krause
2005	Li, Qian. Exploring desorption/ionization on porous silicon mass spectrometry and its applications	James Winefordner
2005	Hilliard, Lisa R. Fluorescent dye-doped silica nanoparticles for bioanalysis	Weihong Tan
2005	Cardolaccia, Thomas. From molecular oligomers to supramolecular gels: photophysics of conjugated metal-organic systems	Kirk Schanze
2005	Aksenov, Alexander A. Gas phase structure and reactivity of zirconocene cations	John Eyler
2005	Burke, Erin E. Heavy atom and hydrogen kinetic isotope effect studies on recombinant, mammalian sialyltransferases	Nicole Horenstein
2005	Cradlebaugh, Joseph Aaron. Hydrogen atom abstraction reactivity of a primary fluoroalkyl radical in water	William Dolbier
2005	Burke, Andrew P. Hydrogen peroxide disproportionation and organic compound oxidation by peroxycarbonate catalyzed by manganese(ii) : kinetics and mechanism	David Richardson
2005	Wang, Haiyan 1976- Laboratory studies of astrophysical molecules	Martin Vala
2005	Dancel, Maria Cristina Argel. Mass spectrometric studies of estrogen receptors from largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)	John Eyler
2005	Petkovska, Violeta. Mass spectrometry characterization of acyclic diene metathesis polymers and ethylene oxide/propylene oxide copolymers	Kenneth Wagener
2005	Tipton, Jeremiah D. Mass spectrometry for structural proteomic analysis of recombinant human sialyltransferase and identification of nanoparticle harvested oligonucleotides	Nicole Horenstein
2005	Svedruzic, Drazenka. Mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by the oxalate decarboxylase from bacillus subtilis	Nigel Richards
2005	Courchay, Florence C. Metathesis and isomerization activity of ruthenium carbene catalysts in acyclic diene metathesis polymerization	Kenneth Wagener
2005	Amponsah-Manager, Kwabena. Microchip lasers as sources of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy	James Winefordner
2005	Vicens-Contreras, Marie Carmen Molecular beacon aptamers: fundamentals for fluorescence-based detection and for protein studies	John Eyler
2005	Drake, Timothy J. Molecular beacons: mechanisms of action and uses in monitoring gene function	Weihong Tan
2005	Chakov, Nicole E. Molecular manganese compounds as single-molecule magnets: a molecular approach to nanoscale magnets	George Christou
2005	Ananthakrishnan, Nisha. Morphology effects on the light emitting properties of conjugated polymer blends	John Reynolds
2005	Kose, Muhammet. Multi-luminophore coatings for pressure sensitive paint applications	Kirk Schanze
2005	Odom, Damian Nanoporous anodic alumina membranes: transport properties and replication	Charles Martin
2005	Sides, Charles Robert. Nanoscale energy storage electrodes by template-synthesis	Charles Martin
2005	Young, Janice Elaine Polo New approaches to inhibitor design for glycosyltransfer enzymes	Nicole Horenstein
2005	Brockman, Jonathan T. New manganese nanoparticles as single-molecule magnets	George Christou
2005	Killian, Benjamin. On electronic representations in molecular reaction dynamics	Yngve Ohrn
2005	Strachan, Camille Phosphoproteomics of Arabadopsis thaliana	Richard Yost
2005	Silverman, Eric Ely. Photophysics of single chain poly(arylene ethynylene)s	Kirk Schanze
2005	Logan, Jennifer. Polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) stars: surface films at the air/water interface	Randolph Duran
2005	Reeves, Benjamin D. Processable disubstituted poly(propylenedioxythiophenes)	John Reynolds
2005	Witek, Rachel M. Studies in synthetic methodology : routes to Sulfur- and Nitrogen-containing compounds	Alan Katritzky
2005	Estrella-Jimenez, Maria E. Studies on the ring-opening/cross metathesis of 8-Oxabicyclo [3.2.1]Octene derivatives and its application toward the synthesis of Latrunculin B	Dennis Wright
2005	Baker, Chris Martin Studies towards the synthesis of Viridin, Colchicine, and highly diverse polymers with Polypeptide-like features	Dennis Wright
2005	Wilder, Corey B. Study of tungsten(IV) and tungsten(VI) imido complexes	Lisa McElwee-White
2005	Pooput, Chaya. Syntheses and studies of perfluoroalkyl substituted compounds	Lisa McElwee-White
2005	Knefely, Alison Steele. Synthesis and characterization of lanthanide complexes for use in near-infrared light emitting diodes	James Boncella
2005	Feske, Brent D. Synthetic applications of homochiral glycidic esters derived from enzymatic reductions	Jon Stewart
2005	Woodling, Kellie. Using electron capture dissociation fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry to study modified polypeptides	John Eyler
2005	Thompson, Barry C. Variable band gap poly(3,4-alkylenedioxythiophene)-based polymers for photovoltaic and electrochromic applications	John Reynolds

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Date:	Graduate & Title	Advisor:
2004	Zhang, Yue. Application of catalytic oxidative carbonylation to cyclic ureas and oxidant studies	Lisa McElwee-White
2004	Benitez, Isa O. Applications of Langmuir-Blodgett films and Langmuir monolayers : supported catalysis and membrane models for urinary stone formation	Daniel Talham
2004	Yang, Hongfang. Benzotriazole intermediates in organic chemistry	Alan Katritzky
2004	Suzuki, Kazuyuki. Benzotriazole-mediated syntheses of heterocyclic compounds and acylations utilizing N-acylbenzotriazoles	Alan Katritzky
2004	Ricardo, Alonso. Bioorganic molecules in the cosmos and the origins of Darwinian molecular systems	Steven Benner
2004	Hylton, Keisha-Gay. Catalytic carbonylation of amines and diamines as an alternative to phosgene derivatives: application to syntheses of the core structure of DMP 323 and DMP 450 and other functionalized ureas	Lisa McElwee-White
2004	Amaral, Katie Elizabeth Collaborative learning and testing in introductory general chemistry	Martin Vala
2004	Shelton, G. Robert . Computational investigation of 1-fluorocyclopropenes	William Dolbier
2004	Tan, Chunyan. Conjugated polyelectrolytes : amplified quenching, self-assembly and sensor applications	Kirk Schanze
2004	Koroniak, Lukasz Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel Î²-aspartyl-amp analogs	Nigel Richards
2004	Cao, Zehui. Designer oligonucleotides for probing dna-protein and protein-protein interactions	Weihong Tan
2004	Harrell, Christopher Chad Designing abiotic single nanotube membranes for bioanalytical and biomedical applications	Chuck Martin
2004	Rodriguez-Garcia, Valerie. Efficient methodology for the synthesis of 2,4-benzodiazepin-1-ones, sulfonylbenzotriazoles, sulfonamides, ethylene sulfonamides, thiocarbamates, dithiocarbamates and thioamides	Alan Katritzky
2004	Kaluzna, Iwona Agata Evaluation of saccharomyces cerevisiae reductases as practical catalysts for ketone reductions	Jon Stewart
2004	Blagojevich, Tamara Exploring neuropeptide metabolism in the brain by mass spectrometry	John Eyler
2004	Turney, Kevin. Extending atmospheric pressure mass spectrometry: desorption and ionization considerations	Willard Harrison
2004	Zientek, Keith David External ionization source improvements for fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry	John Eyler
2004	Martinot, Theodore A. From sugars to nucleic acids: synthesis of an N-linked inositol dimer and advances toward a fully functional expanded genetic information system	Steven Benner
2004	Schertz, Tyler Dean. Hypervalent compounds of sulfur, iodine, and oxygen bearing fluorinated substituents
2004	Allais, Florent. Important interactions in peptide-based transfection agents, sugars as chiral scaffolds, and molecular imprinting of nerve gases	Eric Enholm
2004	Beste, Ariana. Independent particle theory with electron correlation	Rodney Bartlett
2004	Caldwell, Joshua D. Investigation of electron-nuclear spin interactions in two-dimensional electron systems via magnetoresistively detected magnetic resonance	Russell Bowers
2004	Gibb, Emily Mehgan Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy of gases and aerosols : fundamental studies and analytical applications	James Winefordner
2004	Dickinson, Danielle Nicole. Maldi-tofms based protein profiling as a diagnostic tool for the analysis of bacillus spores and cells	James Winedordner
2004	Jonsson, Stefan. The mechanism of Formyl-Coenzyme A transferase, a family III CoA transferase, from Oxalobacter formigenes	Nigel Richards
2004	Sworen, John Christopher. Modeling linear-low density polyethylene : copolymers containing precise structures	Kenneth Wagener
2004	Miller, Scott Allan Nanofluidics in tailored carbon nanotube membranes	Charles Martin
2004	Patel, Anil Hasmukh. Nuclear magnetic resonance study of optically pumped semiconductors	Russell Bowers
2004	Masiello, David John. On the canonical formulation of electrodynamics and wave mechanics	David Micha
2004	Ison, Elon Ayinde. Orbital interactions in group 6 imido diamido complexes	James Boncella
2004	Yau, Anthony. A parallel direct open-shell Coupled-Cluster Singles and Doubles algorithm	Rodney Bartlett
2004	Argun, Avni Anil. Patterning of conjugated polymers for electrochromic devices	John Reynolds
2004	Liu, Shengxia. Photophysics of conjugated polymers and oligomers that contain transition metal chromophores	Kirk Schanze
2004	De Kee, Danny W. Protein sequence divergence relative to protein folding	Steven Benner
2004	Hastings, Elizabeth Pierz Reactive gases in glow discharge ion sources : sputtering and ionization considerations	Willard Harrison
2004	Correll, Tiffany Lee The role of coherent excitation and collisional energy transfer in atomic vapor filters and photon detectors.	James Winefordner
2004	Oakley, Garrett W. Solid-state olefin metathesis	Kenneth Wagener
2004	Bozidarevic, Ivana. Syntheses, reactivity, and physical properties of spiro-tricyclic porphodimethenes, and porphyrins with exocyclic rings	Michael Scott
2004	Yang, Ying. Synthesis and characterization of heterobimetallic Ru/Pd, Ru/Pt, Ru/Au, and Ru/Cu complexes and their application for electrooxidation of methanol	Lisa McElwee-White
2004	Liu, Chen Synthesis and Characterization of low-dimensional molecular magnetic materials	Daniel Talham
2004	Stefan, Carmen Mirela. Synthesis of c-nucleoside analogues for mechanistic study of uracil dna glycosylase	Nicole Horenstein
2004	Gill, Hubert S. Synthesis of dispiro-porphodimethenes and their transformations to otherwise inaccessible porphyrin products	Michael Scott
2004	Joshi, Aarti L. Synthesis of new photocurable polymers as biomaterials for artificial bones	Eric Enholm
2004	Taylor, DeCarlos E. The transfer Hamiltonian : a tool for large scale, accurate, molecular dynamics simulations using quantum mechanical potentials	Rodney Bartlett