Research in Science 2015
Presentations form the Undergraduate Research Fellows and Associates in Chemistry
| Eric Arsenault, '17, Junior. "Coriolis Coupling and Structual Determination of Octafluorocycopentene(C5F8)" Mentor: Professor Stewart E. Novick |
| Annee Barrett, '17, Junior. "The Use of the "Interrupted" Feist-Bénary Reaction in the Synthesis of (-)-Rocaglamide" Mentor: Professor Michael A. Calter |
| Thomas Blackburn, '16, Senior. "" Mentor: Professor Albert J. Fry |
| Paul Brauchle, '17, Junior. "A Simple Method for the Determination of Coordination Number of a Series of Transition Metal Complexes DOTAM [1,4,7,10-Tetrakis(carbamoylmethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane]" Mentor: Professor T. David Westmoreland |
| Sarah Briggs, '16, Senior. "Structual and Stability Analysis of Potential Mn(II)-based MRI Contrast Agents from pH and Temperature Dependent 17O NMR Relaxitivity Measurements" Mentor: Professor T. David Westmoreland |
| Yael Davidov, '16, Senior. "Preassociation in the Transesterification of Ethyl 2-(1,1'-biphenyl-4'-[2-(dimethylamino)ethoxy]-4-oxy) Acetate and other Biphenyl Esters" Mentor: Professor Michael A. Calter |
| David Hong, '17, Junior. "Ways of (Re)Thinking: Synthesis and characterization of a Cobalt(III) complex of H4 DOTA[1,4,7,10-Tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid]" Mentor: Professor T. David Westmoreland |
| Keonmin Hwang, '16, Senior. "" Mentor: Professor Erika A. Taylor |
| Daniel Laorenza, '16, Senior. "Determination of Free Manganese through Relaxation Rates" Mentor: Professor T. David Westmoreland |
| Lexie Malico, '16, Senior. "Design of O-Aryloxycarbonyl Hydroxamate Inhibitors for Serine β-lactamases" Mentor: Professor Rex F. Pratt |
| Innocent Mashinyire, '17, Junior. "Ubiquitin activism using organic catalysts" Mentor: Professor Michael A. Calter |
| Hanna Morales, '17, Junior. "Synthese of fluorinated trehalose to test their impact protein stability" Mentor: Professors Erika A. Taylor |
| Rohit Murthy, '16, Senior. "A study of Thiol-Michael Reactions for Multifunctional Polymers" Mentor: Professors Brian H. Northrop |
| Sarah Newman,'16, Senior. "Diacyl Hydroxylamines as β-lactamase Inhibitors" Mentor: Professor Rex F. Pratt |
| Jesse Mangiardi, '15, is a rising senior. "Zero-Point Energies from Extended Huckel Bond Orders." Summer Research Fellow - Mentor: Professor George A. Petersson |
| Lexie Malico, '16, is a rising junior. "Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis of Hydroxamic Acid Derivatives as Serine beta-lactamase Inhibitors." Summer Research Fellow - Mentor: Professor Rex F. Pratt |
| Angela Yoo, '15, is a rising senior. "Synthesis and Efficacy of Non-beta Lactams as beta-Lactamase Inhibitors." Summer Research Fellow - Mentor: Professor Rex F. Pratt |
| Erin Cohn, '15, is a rising senior. "Characterization of DesB, An Extradiol Dioxygenase Enzyme Involved in Lignin Degradation." Summer Research Fellow - Mentor: Professor Erika A. Taylor |
| Hanseol Song, '15, is a rising senior. "Synthesis of 6,6'-dideoxy-6,6'-difluorotrehalose." Summer Research Follow - Mentor: Professor Erika A. Taylor |
| Paul Brauchle, '17, is a rising sophomore. "Synthesis and Characterization of a Cobalt(III) Complex of H4DOTA." Summer Research Follow - Mentor: Professor T. David Westmoreland |
| Inha Cho, '15 is a rising senior. "Disaccharide Biopreservation via Molecular Dynamics." Summer Research Follow - Mentor: Professors Erika A. Taylor and Christina Othon |
| Wilson Fong, '15 is a rising senior. "Smart Materials Made From Mechanically-Linked Star Polymers." Summer Research Follow - Mentor: Professors Brian H. Northrop and Francis Starr |