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05/05/2011

Graduating graduate students honored

Thirty-one Department of Chemistry graduates students earned their master's degrees, and 33 graduate students earned their doctorate degrees in 2010-2011.

Please note, we will be adding names of graduate students earning their master's degrees and doctorates as those become available.

Master of Science in Chemistry

Karen Beckman
Assistant Professor Andrew Harned, adviser

David William Boyce
Professor William Tolman, adviser

Antonio R. Campos
Assistant Professor Valerie Pierre, adviser

Junhua Chen
Professor Thomas Hoye, adviser

Angel D. Cortes
Professors Alon McCormick & J. Ilja Siepmann, advisers

Veronic Diaz Rodriguez
Professor Mark Distefano, adviser

Tram Anh Thi Do
Associate Professor R. Lee Penn, adviser

Allison Lee Dzubak
Professor Laura Gagliardi, adviser

Glen C. Gullickson
Professor Wayland Noland, adviser

David Edward Hays
Associate Professor Michael Bowser, adviser

Michelle M. Henderson
Professor Edgar Arriaga, adviser

Brady T. Jones
Professor T. Andrew Taton, adviser

Katie L. Klotz
Assistant Professor Valerie Pierre, adviser

Theodore R. Knutson
Associate Professor R. Lee Penn, adviser

Drew E. Koballa
Professor Laura Gagliardi, adviser

Stuart G. Kohl
Professor Christopher Cramer, adviser

Amanda L. Maxwell
Professor T. Andrew Taton, adviser

Maria Olivia Miranda
Professors Marc Hillmyer and William Tolman, advisers

Charuta Chandrakant Palsuledesai
Professor Mark Distefano, adviser

Makenzie R. Provorse
Professor Jiali Gao, adviser

Chandrasekhar R. Rajagopalan
Professor T. Andrew Taton, adviser

Mohammad Rashidian
Professor Mark Distefano, adviser

Stephen G. Rudisill
Professor Andreas Stein, adviser

Kairat Sabyrov
Associate Professor R. Lee Penn, adviser

Nicole Marie Settergren
Associate Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser

Carly Danielle Andresen Snee
Assistant Professor Christopher Douglas, adviser

Zahra Sohrabpour
Assistant Professor Aaron Massari, adviser

Suqin Tan
Professors Thomas Hoye & Chris Macosko, advisers

Alison M. Thorsness
Assistant Professor Andrew Harned, adviser

Susith Samira Kumara Wickramaratne
Professor Mark Distefano and Associate Professor Natalia Tretyakova, advisers

Brian P. Woods
Professor Thomas Hoye, adviser

Xu Zou
Associate Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser

Master of Science in Chemical Physics

Mohammadhasan Dinpajooh
Professors J. Ilja Siepmann and Donald Truhlar, advisers

Run Li
Professor Donald Truhlar, adviser

Sijie Luo
Professor Donald Truhlar, adviser

Doctorate in Chemistry

Mark Andrew Amendt
Nanoporous Thermosetting Membranes using Reactive Block Polymer Templates
Professor Marc Hillmyer, adviser
Erik Rejman Farquhar
Metal Substitution Studies of an Extradiol Dioxygenase and X-Ray Absorption Studies of High-Valent Nonheme Iron Complexes
Professor Lawrence Que Jr., adviser

Neil Joseph Graf
Fabrication and Characterization of a Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Pump for Direct-Sampling Neuroscience Experiments with In-Line Capillary Electrophoresis Laser-Induced Fluorescence Chemical Analysis
Associate Professor Michael Bowser, adviser
George Madalin Giambasu
Theoretical Studies of RNA Catalytic Activity
Professor Darrin York, adviser

David P. Gingery
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Development of Tips for Contrast Enhanced Imaging and Imaging of Mixed Monolayers
Associate Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser
Sungjun Hong
Reactions of Cooper Complexes with Dioxygen and Oxo Transfer Reagents: Toward Elusive Copper-Oxyl Species
Professor William Tolman, adviser

Adam Stephen Huss
Energy and Electron Transfer in Photovoltaic Materials
Associate Professor David Blank, adviser
Joseph B. Katzenmeyer
High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Laser Induced Fluorescence and Mass Spectrometry Detection Methods to Monitor the Metabolic Profile of Doxorubican and its Alteration with Age
Professor Edgar Arriaga, adviser

Chunze Lai
Ion-Selective Electrodes with Polymeric Fluorous Matrixes and Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Carbon Contacts for Enhanced Robustness, Selectivity and Stability
Associate Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser
Erick K. Leggans
Design and Synthesis of Polyketide-Based Labels for Polyketide Synthase Thioesterase and Ketoreductase Domains
Professors Mark Distefano and Robert Fecik, advisers

Stepan Lenevich
Kinetic Isotope Effects Based Analysis of the Transition State Structure in yPFTase Catalyzed Geranylation Reaction
Professor Mark Distefano, adviser
Qing Li
Chemically Self-Assembled Antibody Nanorings (Csans): Design and Characterization of an Anti-CD3 IgM Biomimetic
Professor Carston Wagner, adviser

Jennifer R. Lowe
Development of Renewable Resource Polymers from Dihydrocarvone and Other Natural Product Starting Materials
Professors Marc Hillmyer and William Tolman, advisers
Katie A. Maerzke
Monte Carlo Simulations of Fluids: Microheterogeneity and Electric Field Effects
Professor J. Ilja Siepmann, adviser

Bryce James Marquis
Development of an In Vitro Electrochemical Toxicity Assay and its Application to Nanotoxicology
Associate Professor Christy Haynes, adviser
Aaron E. May
Model Studies, Methodologies, and Progress Toward A Synthesis of Lyngbyaloside B.
Professor Thomas Hoye, adviser

Anne P. Mohns
Development of Online High Speed Capillary Electrophoresis Assays for 3', 5' - cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate (cGMP) and Pharmacokinetic Monitoring of Intranasal Administration of Drugs to the Mammalian Brain
Associate Professor Michael Bower, adviser
Kristopher D. Murphy
Syntheses Toward 5-Methylcytosine Analogs & Synthesis and Reactivity of Novel SHEA Acids Utilizing Hydrogen Bonding Networks
Professor Steven Kass, adviser

Jason C. Myers
Linking Morphology and Reactivity: Growth and Ligand-Assisted Dissolution of Cobalt Oxyhydroxide
Associate Professor R. Lee Penn, adviser
Chang-yub Paek
Development of High Surface Area of Carbon Packing Materials for High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Professors Peter Carr & Alon McCormick, advisers

Satish Prakash Patil
Preclinical Development of a Novel Triptolide Prodrug for Cancer Treatment
Professor Gunda Georg, adviser
Marc D. Rodwogin
Polylactide Containing Block Polymers for Nanolithography
Professor Marc Hillmyer, adviser

Uthpala Indrajith Seneviratne
Exocyclic Deoxyadenosine Adducts: From Environmental Carcinogens to Antiviral Drugs
Associate Professor Natalia Tretyakova and Professor Darrin York, advisers
Conor Sylvester Smith
Molecular Oxygen Sensing Utilizing Crystalline Copper(I) Complexes
Professor Kent Mann, adviser

Kristen A. Thoreson
Probing Reduced Metal Center-Mediated Dechlorination Mechanisms Through the Use of Model Complexes and Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
Professor Kristopher McNeill, adviser
Scott N. Thorgaard
Self-Assembled Monolayers Observed Using Electrochemical Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Cyclic Voltammetry
Associate Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser

Ryan T. Turgeon
Applications Utilizing the Continuous Flow Separations of Micro Free Flow Electrophoresis
Associate Professor Michael Bowser, adviser
Dong Wang
Nonheme High-Valent Mono- and Dinuclear Oxoiron(IV) Complexes: Generation, Characterization, Electrochemistry and Reactivity
Professor Lawrence Que Jr., adviser

Yaohua Wang
Development of Capillary Electrophoretic-Based Techniques to Analyze Doxorubicin in Tissues, Cells and Subcellular Fractions
Professor Edgar Arriaga, adviser
Xin Xu
Monitoring Superoxide Levels in Skeletal Muscle and Cell Models by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-induced Fluorescence Detection
Professor Edgar Arriaga, adviser

Elisey Yagodkin
Electrical Properties and Synthesis of Tetracene and Rubrene Derivatives
Professor Michael Ward, adviser

Won Cheol Yoo
Morphology Control of Porous Materials and Molecular Sieve Membrane Applications
Professor Andreas Stein, adviser

Doctorate in Chemical Physics

Yan Zhou
Computational Study of Solvation Effects on Isomerizations of Organic Acids and the Decomposition of Chloroform
Professor Jiali Gao, adviser