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Honors Projects from 2024

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The Influence of Polymers on the Solubility of Flufenamic Acid and Mefenamic Acid Cocrystals, Morgan Adams

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Synthesis of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Coinage Metals and Their Application in the Activation of Hydrogen, Maryam Akramova

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Examining the Effect of Aromatic Substituents in Peptoid Catalysts of Stereoselective Trifluoromethylation, Daniel Chi

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Hemocyte-derived proteins from the lobster, Homarus americanus: Changes in response to an LPS immune system challenge, Olivia Sewon Choi

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Role of Polycomb group proteins in regulation of eyes absent gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster, Joanne Du

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Promoter Choice in Transvection at the eya Gene of Drosophila melanogaster, Victoria Dunphy

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Physiological responses of the American lobster cardiovascular system to neuropeptide SGRNFLRFamide (SGRN), Andre Eden

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Investigating the Impacts of Drought on Turfgrass (Festuca arundinacea) Chlorophyll-a Fluorescence Emission, Ayanna S. Hatton

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Activation of Hydrogen by Sterically Modulated Coinage Metal Catalysts via Mutual Quenching of Hard/Soft Acid/Base Mismatches, Zach Leibowitz

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Evaluation of design parameters for monosaccharide probes used in the metabolic labeling of bacterial glycans, Sophia Elisabeth Nigrovic

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Creating Enantioselective Peptoid Catalysts with 2-Picolylamine and 2-Picolinic Acid Catalytic Sites, Devin Kathleen O’Loughlin

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Investigating the Impact of Helicobacter pylori Glycan Biosynthesis on Host Immune Response, William Joseph Surks

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Fluorescent Sugar Analogs as Probes for Bacterial Monosaccharide Uptake, Foje-Geh Robert Tendoh

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Investigating the effect of Fuc-O-NAP on the glycosylation of Helicobacter pylori, Panhasith Ung

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Ionic Liquids as Additives for Metal-Organic Framework Crystallization, Oliver Wang

Honors Projects from 2023

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Characterization of Spaetzle-Toll Ligand-Receptor Pairs in Gryllus bimaculatus, Tabarak Al Musawi

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Investigating the Role of Helicobacter pylori Glycan Biosynthesis in Modulating Host Immune Cell Recognition, Katharine Barrett

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Developing methods of transient absorption spectroscopy for the study of triplet state photoacids, Jack R. Callahan

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Characterization of Bacterial Glycosylation Pathways with Fluorescent Monosaccharide Probes, Lucas John DiCerbo

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The Photocatalytic Degradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) and Related Estrogens, Kevin Jairre Fleshman

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Structural and methodological factors influencing the sorption of alkylpyridiniums to aluminosilicates, Seamus Frey

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Identifying crustacean neuropeptides and precursor-related peptides by LC/MS: An investigation of strategies for extraction and orthogonal separations, Emily Grace Herndon

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An Exploration of the Room Temperature Growth and Tuning of Cobalt Hydroxide Carbonate Morphologies and Assemblies, Zubin Jay Kenkare

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Phenylisonitrile Ligand Synthesis and Coordination to Cobalt to Form a Catalyst for the Selective Dimerization of Linear Alpha Olefins, Colleen Hughes McAloon

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Sorption of Cationic Heterocyclic Amines to Soils: Effects of Charge Delocalization and other Factors, Mariah McKenzie

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Photoacidic properties of 8-amino-2-naphthol in imidazolium salts, Rachel E. Nealon

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Exploring sex-specific and developmental outcomes of early life adversity on DNA methylation in parvalbumin-containing interneurons, Emma Straw Noel

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Thioglycosides modulate bacterial glycosylation, Isabella de la Luz Quintana

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Synthesis and Metalation of a Bifunctional Ligand for Hydrogen Activation, Eliana Roberts

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Development of a Schiff base Synthetic Platform for 8-phenyliminonaphthol Photoacids, Ibrahim G. Saleh

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The ELMO Family of Pectin Biosynthesis Scaffold Proteins, Margaret Elizabeth Weinstock

Honors Projects from 2022

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Identification of genes involved in Helicobacter pylori glycolipid and glycoprotein biosynthesis, Adedunmola Praise Adewale

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Antimicrobial Compounds in the Lobster, Homarus americanus: An Investigation of Lobster Shell Extracts, Usira Ahmed Ali

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Genetic Analysis of Adhesion Protein ELMO3 in Arabidopsis thaliana, Garrison Asper

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The Role of ELMO5 in Arabidopsis thaliana Cell Adhesion, Isabel Kristina Ball

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Predicting Anionic Pharmaceutical Sorption to Soils Using Probe Compounds, Francesca Ann Cawley

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Impact of SR-Like RNA-Binding Protein (Slr1) Structure on Splicing in Candida albicans, Michael Christopher Dean

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Binding Energy Determination of CO2 Adsorption in MOF-74 with Diffusion Monte Carlo, Yucheng Hua

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Characterizing variation in enhancer usage within and between natural populations of Drosophila by comparing chromatin conformation in non-coding DNA, Serena Jonas

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Bacterial Coat of Armor: Probing how Glycan Biosynthesis in Helicobacter pylori Modulates Host Immune Recognition, Francis Jacob Kassama

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Investigating the Effects of Mixed Solvents on the Excited State Proton Transfer Mechanisms of 8-Amino-2-naphthol, Alexander Avrom Kreines

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Metabolic Glycan Labeling in Bacteria Using Rare Azido L-sugars, Phuong Luong

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Investigating the photoacidic properties of 8-benzylideneamino-2-naphthol, Oliver M. Nix

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Discovery and characterization of novel crustin family antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in the American lobster, Homarus americanus, using transcriptomics and peptidomics, Emily Yuan-ann Pan

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The Photocatalytic Degradation of Ibuprofen and Three Beta-Blockers using BiOCl: An Investigation into the Mechanisms Responsible for Photocatalytic Activity, Jeffrey Charles Price

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Hypersensitization of Helicobacter pylori to Antibiotics Through Perturbation of Bacterial Glycan Armor, William J. Rackear

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Characterization of the ELMO2 Protein that Mediates Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana, Devaki Rajiv

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Comparing natural variation in enhancer usage within and among Drosophila species, Justin K. Yang

Honors Projects from 2021

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Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) in the Lobster, Homarus Americanus: Isolation and Activity, Ruby Chimereucheya Ahaiwe

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Genetic Analysis of Cellular Adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana, Andrew Close Bolender

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Testing conservation of an mRNA transport pathway in yeast, Kyu Young "Kevin" Chi

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Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Probe Compounds at Predicting Anionic Pharmaceutical Sorption to Soils, Ben Cook

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Metabolic glycan inhibitors interfere with glycoprotein biosynthesis in the human pathogen Ralstonia pickettii, Melissa G. Demczak

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Semaphorin-Induced Plasticity in the Nervous System of the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, Alicia G. Edwards

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Reactions Responsible for Aging in Wood-Based Pyrolysis Oil: Synthesis and Characterization of a Coniferyl Alcohol Dimer, Alejandro Garcia

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Radiation-induced changes in gene expression in Sciara coprophila, Kodie R. Garza

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Functionality of Candida albicans She3 in the mRNA transport of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sheikh Omar Kunjo

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Identification and characterization of genes involved in Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide and glycoprotein biosynthesis, Andrew James Mulholland

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Applying IsoTaG to understand Helicobacter pylori’s glycoprotein biosynthesis, Chiamaka Doris Okoye

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Chromatin-conformation differences in natural populations of D. melanogaster, Nicholas J. Purchase

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Assessing the Accuracy of Quantum Monte Carlo Pseudopotentials for CO2 Capture in Metal Organic Frameworks, Chloe Renfro

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The Photocatalytic Degradation of Ibuprofen and Atenolol Using Bismuth Oxychloride and Titanium Dioxide, Kamyron Anthony Speller

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Investigating the role of eyes absent in photoreceptor axon targeting in Drosophila melanogaster, Bethany J. Thach

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Solvent Effect on Excited State Proton Transfer Mechanism of 8-Amino-2-Naphthol, Gabrielle Vandendries

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Photochemistry of Cyano-Substituted 8-Amino-2-Naphthol, Jialin Xie

Honors Projects from 2020

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Characterization of O-Linked Glycosylated Neuropeptides in the American Lobster (Homarus americanus): The Use of Peptide Labeling Following Beta Elimination, Edward Myron Bull

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Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana Adhesion Mutant, Jacob Dexter-Meldrum

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Regulation of eyes absent gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster by Polycomb Group Response Elements, Boris S. Dimitrov

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N,N’-Dimethyimidazolium-2-Carboxylate as a Ligand Precursor for the Accession of a Constrained Olefin Dimerization Catalyst, Michael Harris

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Wnt Signaling is Dispensable to Formation of the First Tooth in D. Rerio, Zachary C. LeBlanc

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Investigating the Effect of Side Chains with Hydrogen Bonding Capabilities on Peptoid Catalysts for Enantioselective Trifluoromethylation of 4-Chlorobenzaldehyde, Rebecca Londoner

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Phenylisocyanide Ligand Synthesis and Coordination to a Cobalt Catalyst for Dimerization of Linear Alpha Olefins, Julia Hazlitt Morris

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Metabolic Inhibitors Induce Species-Specific Defects in Bacterial Glycosylation, Ilana R. Olin

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Using metabolic oligosaccharide engineering to induce immune-mediated cell killing of bacterial pathogens, Brendan H. Pulsifer

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Computational Investigation of the Ground States and Luminescent Excited States of Ruthenium(II) and Platinum(II) Photoactive Complexes: Insights into the Design of New Ruthenium(II)-Based Molecular Photocatalysts and Enhanced Understanding of Metal-Metal Bonded Exciplexes, Thomas Regan

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Determination of the Relationship Between Peptoid Catalyst Oligomeric Length and Catalytic Enantioselectivity of Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes, Katharine Toll

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Metabolic inhibitors reshape Helicobacter pylori glycosylation, Owen Templeton Tuck

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Isolation of Cell Adhesion Mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana, Frances DeCamp Hobart Zorensky

Honors Projects from 2019

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Cell Adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana, Natasha Ann Belsky

Honors Projects from 2017

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Identification of Mutations in WAK Locus in Arabidopsis thaliana, Arman Ashrafi

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Examining the role of GRP and LIK1 in Wall Associated Kinase (WAK) perception of pectin in the plant cell wall, Jack Ryan Mitchell

Honors Projects from 2016

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Characterizing Proteins of the Wall-Associated Kinase Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis, Emily M. King

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Benchmarking Ab Initio Computational Methods for the Quantitative Prediction of Sunlight-Driven Pollutant Degradation in Aquatic Environments, Kasidet Trerayapiwat

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CRISPR Mutagenesis of the WAK Locus, Cody P. Woods

Honors Projects from 2015

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The Roles of ROG1, REM1, and REM2 in a WAK Mediated Pectin Response, Joshua A. Benton

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Characterization and Quantification of AST-C Peptides in Homarus americanus Using Mass Spectrometry, Amanda Howard

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The Role of Protein Kinases ROG1 and SRF6 in the WAK Stress Response Pathway, Jaepil E. Yoon

Honors Projects from 2014

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The role of the ROG1 protein in pectin perception, Divya Hoon

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The Photodegradation of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in Aqueous Solutions, Peyton C. Morss

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The Determination of the Aqueous Oxidation Potentials of Aniline and Sixteen of its Derivatives via Ultrafast Cyclic Voltammetry to Model the Photocatalyzed Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Natural Bodies of Water, Joshua V. Pondick

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Application of the Landau-Zener Model and Fermi's Golden Rule to Estimate Triplet Quantum Yield for Organic Molecules, Nathan D. Ricke

Honors Projects from 2013

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Identification of MPKs Involved in the Wall Associated Kinase Regulated Stress Response in Arabidopsis thaliana, Patrick J. Lariviere