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Chemistry Student Research

Theses from 2024 2024

The Investigation of the Reaction of 2,3-Dimethylfuran With O(³P) and the Estimate of the Photoionization Cross Section of C-Cl and Absolute Photoionization Cross Sections of Chlorinated Organic Compounds, Yilan Lori Chen

Quantifying Metal Interactions with the Antimicrobial Peptide Holothuroidin-2 and Elucidating Their Structural Effects, Keana R. Davis

2-Tertbutylfuran at 550 and 700 K: A Multiplexed Photoionization Mass Spectrometric Investigation and Determination of Cross Sections of a Carbon- Bromine Bond and Various Brominated Organic Compounds, Ameyali Tapia

Theses from 2023 2023

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

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

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

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

Theses from 2022 2022

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

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

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

Events from 2021 2021

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

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

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

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

Understanding Calcitermin and Metal interactions, Sohee Choi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Absolute Photoionization Cross Section of Alpha-pinene, Ryan Rodriguez

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

Events from 2020 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Electrostatic Denaturation of DNA-Cisplatin Adducts, Eddie Madrigal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Temperature-dependence of electrostatic DNA melting, Jeffrey Taylor

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

Events from 2019 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theses from 2018 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2017

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

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

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

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 2016

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

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

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

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

Theses from 2015 2015

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theses from 2014 2014

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

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

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

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

Theses from 2013 2013

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

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

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

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

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

Theses from 2012 2012

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

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

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 2011

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