Previous Dissertations

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Doctoral Dissertations

SemesterStudentDissertation Title
Summer 2025Kiran AgrahariDesign, Synthesis, and Investigation of the Structure-Property Relationships of Nematic Liquid Crystals
Bijaya BagaleInter- and Intramolecular Transition Metal-Catalyzed Relations of α-Alkyl-α-diazoesters
Rupak KharelExploring Ent-kaurene and Grayanane Diterpene Natural Products
Pravin PokhrelModulation of Phase Separation Dynamics During Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Arpit SharmaDevelopment of Clickable Photoactive Platinum Complexes for NIR Light Triggered Bioactive Molecule Release
Spring 2025Amjad AlidreesSynthesis and Characterization of Fe (III) Complexes of 8- Hydroxyquinolines and Their Antimicrobial Activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Dinesh MarasingheRotational Spectra, Conformational Structure, and Methyl Internal Rotation Analysis of Biomolecules
Summer 2024Wjdan JogadiDevelopment of Novel Photoactivable Platinum (IV) Prodrugs Based on Click Chemistry
Deepak KarnaSynthesis and Characterization of DNA Origami Nanosprings to Study Cellular Functions
Khalil MudarmahSynthesis and Characterization of Novel Zn Complexes of 8-Hydroxyquinolines to Disrupt Zn Homeostasis to Kill Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Spring 2024Mary Brintha Croos AnburajRole of guanine oxidation on RNA structure and function
Will JenciusSynthesis and Mechanistic Development of Photoreactive HNO (Nitroxyl) Donors
Michelle LofinkSynthesis and Photolytic Analysis of 6,2- and 3,2-Disubstituted Naphthalenylmethyl Nitroxyl Donors (and a Related Binol System) with Various Substituents at the α-Methine Position
Thulasi MahendranOxidation of Selective mRNAs Corresponding to Mitochondrial etc Complex Subunits Dysregulate Energy Production in Neurogenerative Diseases
Fall 2023Parikshit GuragainSynthesis and Properties of Ferronematic and Short Tail Columnar Liquid Crystals
Mohamed Rushdhi Mohamed RauffRole of N6-methyladenosine in regulating RNA-protein interactions and its effect on cancer cell viability
Summer 2023Sudeshi AbedeeraInvestigation of the roles of nucleotide modifications and their respective modification enzymes on bacterial ribosome assembly and eukaryotic epitranscriptomic regulation
Spring 2023Shankar PandeyMechanochemical Investigation of Intermolecular Mechanical Force via Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy
Fall 2022Nalin Krishantha Abeydeera Kekiriwara GodageSynthesis, Characterization and Biological Applications of Iron-Based Compounds as New-Generation Antibacterial Drugs
Thiloka DassanayakeDevelopment of novel nanomaterials containing antimicrobial metals for treating topical bacterial infections
Mohammed Enamul HoqueRegulation of gene expression by small non-coding RNA and CRISPR-dCas9
Mohammad Akter HossainSingle-Molecule Catalysis by TiO2 Nanocatalysts
Bishnu PantPotent Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Activity of Bismuth-Based NPs Prepared by a Top-Down Method
Brad PopovichDevelopment of Therapeutics, Models and Diagnostics for Multiple Sclerosis and Neurodegeneration Research
Summer 2022Payel DattaImproving the Efficacy and Utility of Platinum-based Anticancer Agents
Amarasooriya Mudiyanselage Dinusha Sandamali JayawardhanaDevelopment of Photoactivatable Platinum Therapeutics to Eradicate Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells
Pawan NepalDesign and Synthesis of Novel Organic Materials for Liquid Crystal Applications
Fall 2021Kumudie JayalathInvestigation of the Roles of Pseudouridine Synthases in Ribosome Biogenesis and Epitranscriptomic Gene Regulation
Nicholas PenmanSilver Halide Nanoparticles as Antimicrobial Agents Against Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Summer 2021Keshav GCInvestigation of the Role of Bacterial Ribosomal RNA Methyltransferase Enzyme RsmC in Ribosome Biogenesis
Sagun JonchheSingle-Molecule Mechanochemical Study of DNA Structures Inside Nanoconfinement
Spring 2021Jenjura PhuriragpitikhonDevelopment of tannin-derived porous carbons with tailored porosity for carbon dioxide adsorption
Fall 2020Srijana BhandariAn Electronic Structure Approach to Understand Charge Transfer and Transport in Organic Semiconducting Materials
Summer 2020Hadeel Al-LayeithZinc-Based Nanoparticles Prepared by a Top-Down Method Exhibit Extraordinary Antibacterial Activity Against Both Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus
Morgan StilgenbauerDevelopment of New Platinum-Based Anticancer Agents Targeting Ovarian Cancer Stem Cells
Han WangDeveloping Novel Drug Delivery Systems For Platinum-based Anticancer Drugs Using Coordination-driven Self-assembly
Spring 2020Huda AlamriSynthesis, Characterization and Biological Applications of Iron and Gallium Nanomaterials as New-Generation Antibacterial Drugs
Ronghui SongSynthesis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Properties of Novel Naphthoquinone Derivatives
Fall 2019Arosha DassanayakeOne-Pot Synthesis and Functionalization of Porous and Graphitic Carbon Spheres for Adsorption and Supercapacitor Applications
Anthony GiovengoB12 Conjugates for Intracellular Tracking and Drug Delivery
Pramila Poudyel GhimireDevelopment of Phenolic Resin-Derived Carbons and their Composites with Tailored Composition, Porosity and Morphology
Mohammad RahmanSynthesis and Photochemical Studies of New Photoactivatable Nitroxyl (HNO)-Releasing Compounds
Jiuhong ZhangPart I: Development of a Synthetic Approach to O-thienyl Carboxylate Esters and Their Application in the Synthesis of Liquid Crystal Exhibiting SmC Phase; Part II: Synthesis and Photolytic Studies of pHP-and 1-Substituted-6,2-HNM-based HNO Donors
Summer 2019He LiuEukaryotic Initiation Factor 2-associated glycoprotein P67 inhibits the tumorgenicity of Alveolar Rhabdomysarcoma (ARMS) and involves its differentiation and migration
Spring 2019Shankar MandalDevelopment of Single-Molecule Mechanochemical Biosensors for Ultrasensitive and Multiplex Sensing of Analytes
Fall 2018Alexandre GoncalvesDevelopment of Nanostructured Ceramic Catalysts Based on Mixed Metal Oxides
Prakash KharelRNA Oxidation in Multiple Sclerosis Neurodegeneration
Yuanyuan LiuDevelopment of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Nanoporous Materials for Adsorption Applications
Donald PryorSynthesis and Bioactivity Studies of Nanoparticles Based on Simple Inorganic and Coordination Gallium Compounds as Cellular Delivering Vehicles of Ga(III) Ions for Potential Therapeutic Applications
Junren WangResponsive liquid crystal films and fibers
Liping ZhangDevelopment of Bismuth Oxide-Based Materials for Iodide Capture and Photocatalysis
Summer 2018Sumirtha BalaratnamBiogenesis and Functional Applications of Piwi Interacting RNAs (piRNAs)
Nathan BealsEvaluation of the Delivery and Targeting of Nucleic Acid Based Nanomaterials for Therapeutic Application
Spring 2018Jibin Abraham PunnooseInvestigation on the Secondary Structures Formed in Full-length Telomere Overhang and Rational Design of Ligands for Targeting Telomere G-quadruplexes
Sangeetha SelvamMolecular Population Dynamics of DNA Tetraplexes Using Magneto-Optical Tweezers
Prakash ShresthaFolding Dynamics of G-Quadruplexes During Transcription and in a Nano-Confinement
Summer 2017Chiran GhimireFusion of Lipid Droplets and Submolecular Dissection of DNA G-Quadruplex Using Optical Tweezers
Lin LiChiral Interaction Between Nanomaterials and Soft Matter
Yang ZhouDevelopment of Photoactivatable Nitroxyl (HNO) Donor Molecules Using Photolabile Protecting Groups
Spring 2017Chamila GunathilakeSoft-Templating Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica-Based Materials for Environmental Applications
Jowita MarszewskaDevelopment of microporosity in carbons for carbon dioxide adsorption
Kunlun WangDesign and Synthesis of Novel Liquid Crystals and Organic Semiconductors
Sriramakrishna YarabarlaSynthesis and Application of Polymer Stabilized, Water Dispersible Copper Based Nanoparticles as Anti-cancer and Diagnostic Agents
Yi YouDevelopment of Software and Hardware Tools to Improve Direct Mass-Spectrometric Analyses
Fall 2016Yunxi CuiRegulation Analysis of DNA G-quadruplex and i-Motif by Single-Molecule Laser Tweezers
Mohamed FarhathDifferential Regulation of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Transcription Through Highly Conserved G-Quadruplex Forming Sequence in the Promoter
Ranil GurusingheMethyl Internal Rotation Probed by Rotational Spectroscopy
Michal MarszewskiDevelopment of highly porous crystalline titania photocatalysts
Summer 2016Debmalya BhattacharyyaTranslation modulation of cellular mRNA by G-Quadruplex structures
 Gayan Mirihana ArachchilageRegulatory roles of g-quadruplex in microRNA processing and the mRNA translation
Spring 2016Sonya AdasPart 1: Synthesis and structural investigation of group 11 1,3-dicyclohexyl-2,2-diethylguanidinate complexes; Part 2: Synthesis and kinetic studies of N-hydroxysulfonamide nitrosyl hydride donor molecules and their reactions with cob(III)alamin
Fall 2015Zhe LiPhotocyclodehydrofluorination (PCDHF) – A synthetic method for fluorinated polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
Matthew WordenAqueous syntheses of transition metal oxide nanoparticles for bioapplications
Summer 2015Shuo LiMechanisms of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis: Possible roles of N-acetylaspartate, hemoglobin and myelin basic protein
Spring 2015Murthi KandanapitiyeSynthesis of biocompatible nanoparticulate coordination polymers for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Fall 2014Rohan DassanayakeKinetic and mechanistic studies on the reactions of reactive nitrogen and oxygen species (RNOS) with vitamin B12 complexes
Zachary GraberElectrostatics and binding properties of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate in model membranes
Vindya PereraSynthesis and characterisation of novel inorganic nanoparticles for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
Suvagata TripathiDesign and synthesis of liquid crystals with controlled absorption properties in the midwave infrared region
Nilantha WickramaratnePhenolic resin-based porous carbons for adsorption and energy storage applications
Summer 2014Harishchandra SubediMechanistic studies on the reactions of vitamin B12 complexes with the nitroxyl (HNO) donors Angeli's salt and Piloty's acid
Philip YangyuoruInvestigation of the formation of some biologically relevant small molecules using laser tweezers and capillary electrophoresis
Spring 2014Deepak KoiralaMechanochemistry, transition dynamics and ligand-induced stabilization of human telomeric G-quadruplexes at single-molecule level
Summer 2013Preeti PathakRetinoic acid related orphan nuclear receptor a (RORa) regulates diurnal rhythm and fasting induction of sterol 12a-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) in bile acid synthesis
Prabin RaiDesign and synthesis of fluorescent probes
Pritha SubramanianDevelopment of synthetic approaches towards 2-substituted 3-and 4-fluorothiophene building blocks and their application in liquid crystal synthesis
Zhongbo YuMechanochemistry of human DNA G-quadruplexes revealed by single-molecule optical tweezers
Spring 2013Laurie BroadwaterDifferential proteomic investigations of normal appearing gray matter in multiple sclerosis and control post-mortem brain tissue
Soma DhakalMechanical stability evaluation of i-motif and G-quadruplex structures under diverse circumstances
Summer 2012Mark MorrisTranslational regulation of mRNA by G-quadruplex structures
Eric SoehnlenNovel nanomaterials for tumor targeted imaging and therapy
Jarrod WilliamsDesign and synthesis of superresolution imaging agents
Fall 2011Stacy GrantPolymer templating synthesis, adsorption and structural properties of alumina-based ordered mesoporous materials
Alan GrubbPreparation of heteroatom-substituted 1,3-thiazoles as building blocks for liquid crystal synthesis
Shihai GuAdsorption and structural properties of polymer-templated ordered mesoporous organosilicas synthesized by using reactive organosilanes
Stephan WoodsVibrational spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging of biological cells and tissue
Summer 2011Yasmin Blaih IslerInfrared spectroscopic characterization of phosphoinositide signaling pathway components
Andrew ConradRotational spectroscopy of biomolecules
Spring 2011Sausan AzzamProtein profiling analysis of multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis brain tissue
Riya MukherjeeStudies on the coordination chemistry of vanadium, barium and cobalamins
Fall 2010David BensonLaboratory kinetic studies on binary and ternary homogenous nucleation under lower tropospheric conditions 
Joanna GorkaPolymer-based mesoporous carbons: Soft-templating synthesis, adsorption and structural properties
Bogna GrabickaMicrowave-assisted synthesis of ordered mesoporous organosilicas with surface and bridging groups 
Zhiping JiangCharacterization of phosphoinositide and sphingolipid domain formation in model membranes 
Spring 2010Edward Suarez-Moreira (BMS)Vascular biochemistry of vitamin B12: Exploring the relationship between intracellular cobalamin and redox status in human aortic endothelial cells
Asanka WijekoonPreparation and characterization of multifunctional stationary phases for multimode separations
Jing ZhaoProtein kinases can differentially regulate transactivation activities of hLRH-1 through the modulation of cofactors interactions
Fall 2009Pasquale FulvioSynthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous inorganic nanocomposite materials
Summer 2009Luciana Hannibal-Lopez (BMS)Intracellular processing of cobalamins in mammalian cells
Fall 2008Rafal GrudzienSynthesis and characterization of ordered cage-like siliceous mesostructures with organic pendant and bridging groups
Melati KhairuddeanSynthesis of fluorinated liquid crystals
Summer 2008Na LiuNovel dicyanomethylenedihydrofuran (DCDHF) fluorophores synthesis
Roberta RedfernCharacterization of binding of PTEN and its disease related mutants to phospholipid model membranes
Spring 2008Kamil GierszalSynthesis, adsorption and structural properties of carbons with uniform and ordered mesopores
Avijit Majumdar (BMS)Regulation of the activation and activity of the extra-cellular signal regulated kinases 1 & 2 MAP kinase pathway by eukaryotic initiation factor 2 associated glycoprotein p67
Summer 2007Ewa CelerThermal and hydrothermal stability of polymer-templated siliceous mesostructures
Yulia GetmanenkoDesign, synthesis and mesomorphic behavior of 2,5-disubstituted pyridine liquid crystals
Hui WangTuning DCDHF (dicyanomethylenedihydrofuran) fluorophores and their applications in biological systems
Spring 2007Oksana OlkhovykEnvironmental applications of ordered mesoporous materials: Organosilicas with multifunctional ligands for adsorption of mercury ions
Fall 2006Arnab GhoshStudies of protein-protein interactions between P67 and subunits of eIF2: Identification of other proteins interacting with P67
Gang LiEffect of water and polyols on the dynamics of lysozyme studied by solid-state NMR
Spring 2006Nataliya Chumachenko[Beta]-acryloyloxysulfonyl tethers for intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions
Paul LuchetteNovel methods for investigating membrane proteins by NMR
Yehor Novikov1-Bromo-1-lithioethene as a building block for organic synthesis
Ke ZhangMicroparticles as a new analytical method to study liquid crystal colloids
Fall 2005Mi Jung KimDevelopment of NMR imaging techniques
Fall 2004Jabari FarrarAFM and imaging XPS data correlation
Duane RedfernCharacterization of domain formation in phosphoinositide model membranes
Doris ZimmermanAdsorption, chromatographic, and thermogravimetric studies of mesoporous carbon materials with deposited silica
Summer 2004Zhikuan LuCopper-catalyzed aromatic amination and applications to materials synthesis
Spring 2003Lamis JoudahInsight into the mechanism of chromium(V) mediated DNA damage
Zuojiang LiNovel mesoporous carbonaceous materials: Synthesis, characterization and applications in liquid chromatography
Fall 2002Betty Jo ChitesterSite directed mutagenesis studies on substrate recognition by ribonuclease T1
Meng HeSynthesis of organic molecules for photorefractive applications
Rebecca Spooner KorwinSynthesis of silica-peo composite materials for use as solid-state electrolytes
Linli SuStudies on non-contact alignment of liquid crystals
Summer 2002Valentyn AntochshukOrdered organic-inorganic mesostructures: Properties, structure and nanospace design
Andre KiryanovDevelopment of synthetic methodologies toward five-membered S-heterocycles and their fluorinated derivatives: Applications to liquid crystal synthesis
Erika VolckovaChromatographic and spectroscopic characterization of DNA/protein adducts of platinum anticancer drugs
Spring 2002Amy FerrymanHigh energy and spatial resolution XPS characterization of heterogeneous specimens
Richard LavrichStructure determination of biologically relevant molecules and their Van der Waals complexes using Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy
Paula MazzerDNA damage by chromium carcinogens: Chromatographic, mass spectroscopic, and kinetic characterization
Fall 2001Katerina ArtyushkovaApplication of multi technique correlation and multivariate analysis to heterogeneous polymer systems
Summer 2001Leon GardnerArgon adsorption studies of porous carbons
Kapil Kumar (BMS)Probing functional perfection in substructures of ribonuclease T1: Double combinatorial random mutagenesis involving Asn43, Asn44, and Glu46 in the guanine binding loop
Summer 2000Michael WagnerSeparation and characterization of dinucleotide atropisomers formed by the anti-tumor drug cisplatin using micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography
Spring 2000Anima BoseSurface and structural properties of porous silica coated with polysiloxanes
Wei-wen YangNMR structures of zinc finger domain of human DNA polymerase-α and structural perturbations upon coordination by the anti-cancer drug, cisplatin
Fall 1999Michael PullinThe thermodynamics and kinetics of iron-dissolved organic matter interactions in model fresh waters
Elizabeth ThomasHigh energy and spatial resolution XPS of polymers and polymer blends
Spring 1999Yuri BereznitskiComparative studies of surface properties and chromatographic selectivity of silica-based octyl-bonded phases
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