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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.
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
Mohammadhasan Dinpajooh Professors J. Ilja Siepmann and Donald Truhlar, advisers
Run Li Professor Donald Truhlar, adviser
Sijie Luo Professor Donald Truhlar, adviser
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
Yan Zhou Computational Study of Solvation Effects on Isomerizations of Organic Acids and the Decomposition of Chloroform Professor Jiali Gao, adviser