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Theses from 2023

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Effects of posttranslational modifications on metal ion binding to the antimicrobial peptide PG-KI, Tiffany Alvarez

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Covalent Inhibition of Enzyme Sortase A as a New Pathway Against Bacterial Resistance of Staphylococcus Aureus, Umyeena Bashir

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Synchrotron Photoionization Study of Two Reactions, Alpha Angelica Lactone and Propargyl Alcohol Oxidation Initiated by O(3P) Atoms, Golbon Rezaei

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Nanodiscs: A novel approach to the study of the Methionine ABC Transporter System, Michael T. Winslow

Theses from 2022

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Mechanisms of Substrate Selectivity and Transport by Escherichia coli ATP- binding cassette (ABC) transporter MetNI, Yuchun Chen

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Acetylacetone Oxidation at Room Temperature: A Multiplexed Photoionization Mass Spectrometric Investigation, Study of the Russell Intermediates in Gas Phase Reactions, and the Investigation of Oxidation Reaction Products of Ethanol at Room Temperature, Sara Gallarati

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Understanding the Effects of Temperature on Electrostatic DNA Denaturation, Jeffrey Taylor

Events from 2021

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Contribution of Quantum Tunneling to Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reactions, Mikail G. Alejandro

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Covalent Inhibition Against Sortase A Activity in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteria, Umyeena Bashir and Jaycee Peng

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Effect of Tunneling on 6-Electron Electrocyclizations, Angela Dawn Castile-Krasuski

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Decoding the Mechanism of the Methionine ABC Transporter, Yu-Chun Chen

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Understanding Calcitermin and Metal interactions, Sohee Choi

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Effect of Ligand Side-chain Identity on the Electrochemical Properties of Eu(III) Complexes, Chance Christian, Matthew Derfus, and Marisa Poveda

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Investigating the mechanism of the Escherichia coli ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter MetNI, Matthew Foronda

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Investigation of oxidation reaction products of acetylacetone using synchrotron photoionization carried out at the Advanced Light Source in the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sara Gallarati

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Modulating the Cytotoxicity of DNA Alkylators through Intramolecular Deactivation, Nathaniel Garrison

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Computational Study of Tunneling in the Electrocyclic Reactions of Helical Systems, Mariana Jimenez

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A Synchrotron Photoionization Investigation of the Model Biofuel Dimethoxymethane, Rory McClish

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Characterization of the CH Addition Product from Meta- and Ortho-Xylene + CH Reaction and Direct Experimental Observation of the Tetrabromine Cluster Br4 using Synchrotron Photoionization Mass Spectrometry, Rory R. McClish

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Barrier Width and Tunneling Probability in Dynamic Processes of Fluorinated Cyclooctatetraenes, Tyler Raaymakers

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Exploring the Mechanism of the Electrostatic Denaturation of Double-Stranded DNA, Gayatri Raghu

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Exploring the Mechanism of the Electrostatic Denaturation of Double-Stranded DNA, Gayatri Raghu

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Synchrotron Photoionization Study of the O(3P) + Alpha-Angelica Lactone (AAL) at 298, 550, and 700K, Golbon Rezaei

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Absolute Photoionization Cross Section of Alpha-pinene, Ryan Rodriguez

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Investigating The Potential Arrhenius Behavior of 18 Base-Pair DNA Duplexes Via Electrostatic Denaturation, Jeffrey Taylor

Events from 2020

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Synthesis of Self-Immolative Rhodamine Based Theranostic Agent, Jonathan Alexander, Alessandra Rivera, and Nathaniel Garrison

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Effect of Quinoline Amide Substituents on the Luminescence and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Properties of Bimodal Europium (III) Complexes, Brooke Aloe and Marisa Poveda

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Development of Hyperpolarizable Macrocyclic 13C-Probes for the Quantification of Metals In Vivo, Holly Clancy

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Towards the Development of Redox-Responsive Eu(III) Complexes for Cancer Imaging, Matthew Derfus

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Design and Synthesis of Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticle Conjugates for Metal Ion Sensing Applications, Hank Deuermeyer

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Extraction of Thyme Leaves and Analysis of Antibacterial Properties: An Adaptation for USF Analytical Chemistry Lab Course, Kevin Do and Matthew Barnett

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Investigating the mechanism of the E.coli ATP-binding cassette transporter MetNI, Matthew Foronda

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Exploring the Effect of Tris Buffer Concentration on Electrochemical Biosensors, Lucas Galante

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Synthesis of Sultams from Vinyl Aziridines and 1,4-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bis(sulfur dioxide), John Gandara

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A Ficellomycin Inspired Platform: Modulating Cytotoxicity by Tuning the Instability of Substituted Azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes, Nathaniel Garrison

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Purification and Preparation of MSP1-D1 protein to construct Nanodiscs, Abdullah Qhathim Latiff

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Electrostatic Denaturation of DNA-Cisplatin Adducts, Eddie Madrigal

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Probing the Oxidation Chemistry of Dimethoxymethane, a Model OME Fuel, Rory McClish

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An Investigation of Antenna, Ligand Side-chain, and Metal Ion Effects on the Optical and MRI Properties of Bimodal Lanthanide (III) Complexes, Marisa Poveda

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Side-Chain Effects on the MRI and Optical Properties of Bimodal Imaging Agents, Marisa Poveda

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Determining the Impact of Double-Layer Formation on Electrostatic DNA Melting, Gayatri Raghu

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Synchrotron Photoionization Study of the O(3P) + Alpha-Angelica Lactone (AAL) at 550 and 700K, Golbon Rezaei

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Optimizing the Synthesis of a Theranostic Rhodamine, Alessandra Maisielou Rivera, Jonathan Alexander, and Nathaniel Garrison

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Oxidation of Alpha-pinene initiated by O(3P) and analyze via Synchrotron Radiation, Ryan Rodriguez

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Temperature-dependence of electrostatic DNA melting, Jeffrey Taylor

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Determining the Mechanical Properties of the E. coli Methionine Transporter, Kha Andy Tran

Events from 2019

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Electropolymerization of Polyaniline in the Presence of Ferricyanide, Farhad Akrami, Lucas Marinelli, and Ryan M. West

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The Investigation of Methylidyne Radical (CH) Reactions with Furan, 2-Methylfuran, and 2,5-Dimethlyfuran and the Photoionization and Photodissociation of Valeric Acid, Erica Carrasco

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Effect of Salt Concentration on Electrochemical Detection of DNA, Ziming Dong, Eddie Madrigal, and Ryan West Dr.

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The Effects of pH on the Kinetics of the Follow-up Reaction of Dopamine o-quinone, Cyril Fong and Ziming Dong

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NaAtm1: Examining the mechanism of a Heavy-metal ABC Exporter, Dennis Hicks

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Heavy-Atom Tunneling in the Planar Bond Shifting of [16]Annulene, Philip Lampkin and Jon Shezaf

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Synthesis of a Zn(II)-Responsive ParaCEST MRI Agent for Improved Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer, Megan Martin and Holly Clancy

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Heavy Metal Detection with Bismuth Film Electrode, Jen Olivero, Iain Laprade, and Gabby Servito

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Synchrotron Photoionization Study of 2,5-Dimethylfuran Oxidation Initiated by O(3P) Atoms, and Computational Studies of Superalkali Species: Li3F2, Heejune Park

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Investigation of 2,5-dimethylfuran oxidation reaction initiated by O(3P) atoms via synchrotron photoionization, Heejune Park and Giovanni Meloni

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Effect of a coordinating pyridine moiety on the SAP and TSAP isomer populations of bimodal Lanthanide (III) complexes, Marisa Poveda and Osasere M. Evbuomwan

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Examining the Bacterial Methionine Transporter Utilizing Soluble Lipid Bilayer Systems, Gabrielle Isabelle Servito, Michael Winslow, and Janet G. Yang Dr.

Theses from 2018

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Detection and Melting of Surface-Bound DNA using a Purely Electrochemical Approach, Denny Ho

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Part 1: Synthesis of 3,7 dimethyl-7-methoxyoctane-2-ol (Osyrol) from Citronellol utilizing the Wacker Process Part 2: Developing a methodology for C(sp3)-H Arylation on the β Position of a Carboxylic Acid using a Removable Directing Group, Stephen Lo

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Electropolymerization of Polyaniline in the Presence of Ferricyanide: Electrochemical, Spectroscopic and Gravimetric Studies, Lucas Marinelli

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The Investigation of the Chlorine Initiated Oxidation of 2-Phenylethanol and Stability of Superalkali Lithium Substituted Silyls., Adam Otten

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Examining the Bacterial Methionine Transporter Utilizing Soluble Lipid Bilayer Systems, Gabrielle Isabelle Servito, Michael Winslow, Dennis Hicks, and Lyle Patrick Ureta

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Ligand Substitution of Ruthenium (II) Complexes that Elicit Physical and Chemical Changes, Dakota Tan, Megan Farley, Jeff Curtis, and John Hendrix

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Investigation on the Dissociative Photoionization Mechanism of Furfural, Investigation of the Absolute Photoionization Cross Sections of Three Potential Propargylic Fuels, and ab initio Analysis on Potential Superbases of Several Hyperlithiated Species: Li3F2O and Li3F2(OH)n (n = 1, 2, 3), Matthew Winfough

Theses from 2017

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The Investigation and Characterization of the Reaction of 2-Methylfuran and 2-Methyl-3-Buten-2-Ol with O(3P) and the Photodissociation of Xylyl Bromide Isomers, Yasmin Fathi

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C(sp2)–H Functionalizations Employing 2-Aminophenyl-1H-pyrazole as a New Removable Directing Group, WAN-CHEN LEE

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Investigation of Absolute Photoionization Cross Sections of Cyclic Ketones, Low Temperature Combustion of Propargylamine by Synchrotron Photoionization Mass Spectrometry, and Computational Study of Hypersalts, Chelsea Liliana Price

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Development of an Improved Synthesis of S-D-Ribosyl-L-Homocysteine (SRH) and Progress Toward SRH Analogs Modified at the C3 Position, Emily Rouse

Events from 2016

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Modulated Hydrothermal Synthesis and Optimization of Hf/Zr-Fumarate Metal-Organic Frameworks, Ioannina Castano

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The acidic sulfonimidation of aryl–oxazolines and the electrophilic fluorination of aryl–oxazolines, David Gutierrez

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Dendrimer Modified Silica Nanoparticles as Fluorescent Chemosensors for the Detection of Copper and Cyanide Ions, Alicia Luhrs

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Characterization of ETBE + Cl and Isooctane + Cl Combustion Products using Synchrotron Photoionization, rong yao

Theses from 2015

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Investigations of Thioether Generation for S-D-Ribosyl-L-homocysteine Synthesis, Brendan Corcoran

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Electrolyte Effects on the Kinetics of Comproportionation Electron-Transfer Reactions and on Intervalence Charge-Transfer Band Energies of Binuclear Ruthenium Ammine Complexes, Zhiji Han

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Terpyridine Functionalized Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles (DDSN) for Detection of Metal Ions, Jonathan J. Liu

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Photooxidation Reactions of Small-Chain Methyl Esters, Aerosol Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and the Photodissociation of Ethylenediamine, Giel Muller

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The Investigation of the Low Temperature Combustion of Mesitylene and Tert-Amyl Methyl Ether by Synchrotron Photoionization Mass Spectrometry, Martin Yu-Hin Ng

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Furanic Molecules: Multiplexed Synchrotron Photoionization Investigations and Aerosol Studies, Audrey R. Smith

Theses from 2014

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Glass Foundation Chemosensor Synthesis and Functionality Analysis, Justin D. Dancer

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Mechanistic Studies of Salt Effects on Bimolecular Electron-Transfer Reactions of Pentaamine Ruthenium Pyridyl Complexes Studied by 19F NMR Line-Broadening and T2 Spin-Echo Techniques, Nicholas J. Magarian

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Investigation of Oxidation Reaction Products of 2-Phenylethanol using Synchrotron Photoionization, Magaly Wooten, Anthony Medrano, David Osborn, Craig Taatjes, and Giovanni J. Meloni

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Combustion Products of Ethyl Tert-Butyl Ether using Synchrotron Photoionization, Rong Yao, Martin Ng, David Osborn, Craig Taatjes, and Giovanni Meloni

Theses from 2013

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Photoionization Mass Spectrometry and Photoelectron-Photoion Coincidence (PEPICO) Spectroscopy Studies of Select Biofuel Molecules, Joseph G. Czekner

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Surface Tethered PAMAM Dendrimers On Controlled Pore Glass As Color Release Sensors For Phosphates, Chang Liu

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Probing the Low Temperature Oxidation of Furanic Biofuels, 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran and 2,5-Dimethylfuran, Utilizing Orthogonal Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Coupled to Synchrotron Radiation, Matthew McManus

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Mechanistic Studies of Bimolecular Electron Transfer Self-Exchange Rates of Ruthenium Ammine Pyridyl Complexes Measured by NMR Line Broadening Techniques, Yishun Qin

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Biochemical Assay Optimization and Computational Screening Efforts to Identify Potential LuxS Inhibitors, Keeshia Q. Wang

Theses from 2012

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Biochemical Evaluation of SRH Analogs as Potential LuxS Inhibitors, richa gupta

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Synthesis of S-Ribosyl-L-homocysteine and Analogs Modified at the Homocysteine-C3 Position, Ruoyi Liu

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Establishment of an Efficient Method for the Synthesis of SRH, an Important Molecule in Bacterial Quorum Sensing, Emily Showell-Rouse and Ruoyi Liu

Theses from 2011

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Unusual Electron Transfer Rate Effects due to Pyridyl Ring Substituents and Trace Group VIII b Hexacyano Complexes as Added Salts, Faisal Mehmood