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Fourteen Department of Chemistry graduate students participated in the Arts, Sciences, and Engineering Graduate Commencement Ceremony, Friday, April 27. They were honored at a Department of Chemistry reception beforehand.
David Hanna Professor Mark Distefano, adviser
Kyle Christine Bantz Professor Christy L. Haynes, adviser Thesis: Development of a Surface-Enhanced Raman Sensor for Detection in Complex Mixtures
Li Chen Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser
Aalo Gupta Professor William Tolman, adviser
Jun Sung Kang Professor T. Andrew Taton, adviser Thesis: I. Solid-Phase Polymerase Chain Reaction on Gold Nanoparticle Supports. II. α-Azido Ether Reduction: A Bioorthogonal, Chemical Trigger for Degradable Materials
Kelly Kyro Professor Mark Distefano, adviser Doctorate in Chemical Biology
Thesis: Photoaffinity Labeling and Characterization of Protein Targets Using Prenylated Benzophenone-Containing Peptides
Yu-Shen Lin Professor Christy L. Haynes, adviser
Sara A. Love Professor Christy L. Haynes, adviser
Thesis: Assessing Toxicity: Studies with Carbon-Fiber Microelectrode Amperometry & Noble Metal Nanoparticles
Elizabeth C. Lugert-Thom Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser Thesis: Application of Fluorous Polymer Matrixes in Ion-Selective Electrodes
Eric Olson Professor Philippe Buhlmann, adviser
Thesis: Development of a Voltammetry-Based Sensor Platform for Field Detection of Explosives Containing Trinitrotoluene
Hajime Seki Professor Gunda I. Georg, adviser
Thesis: Cyclic Enaminones: Methodology Development, Total Synthesis, and Library Construction
Bo Wang Professor Donald G. Truhlar, adviser
Thesis: Development of New Computational Algorithms and Their Applications in the Study of Zeolites
Tao Yu Professor Donald Truhlar, adviser Thesis: Multi-Path and Multi-structure Variational Transition State Theory and Applications to Hydrogen Transfer Reactions
Pictured, from left, are Sara Love, Kyle Bantz, Kelly Kyro, Eric Olson, Li Chen, David Hanna, Elizabeth Lugert-Thom, Hajime Seki, Yu-Shen Lin, and Tao Yu.