Student Seminars

Student Seminars Archive

*All Seminars are scheduled for 1 PM, Patricia A. Sullivan Science Building, 301 McIver Street, Rm 201, unless otherwise stated.

April 19, 2023

Tangela Johnson

Tangela Johnson

M.S. Thesis
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Croatt Research Group

Title: “Synthesis of Vinyl Allyl Ethers and the Study of the Regioselectivity of the Claisen Rearrangement Reaction”

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April 12, 2023

Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith

M.S. Thesis
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Zhang Research Group

Title: “LC-MS Analysis of Gangliosides: Methods Development and Software Solutions”

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April 5, 2023

Frank Morales Shnaider

Frank Morales Shnaider

M.S. Thesis
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Chiu Research Group

Title: “Mass Spectrometric Investigation of Chemical Stability of RNA Modifications within the Glioblastoma Epitranscriptome”

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March 22, 2023

Harris Khan

Harris Khan

M.S. Thesis
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Croatt Research Group

Title: “Synthesis of a m-Allyloxy Benzamides and Analyzing Their Effect on the Regioselectivity of the Aromatic Claisen Rearrangement”

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March 15, 2023

Jibin Sudha Sobhanakumar

Jibin Sudha Sobhanakumar

Lit Seminar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Duffy Research Group

Title: “Laser Induced Electron Diffraction: Umbrella Motion in Ammonia”

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February 15, 2023

Tian Li

Tian Li

Ph.D. Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Croatt Research Group

Title: “Discovery of Medicinal Leads by the Semi-Synthesis of TAK-1 Inhibitors and Development of Novel Reactions of Allenamides”

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February 8, 2023

David Stubbs

David Stubbs

Ph.D. Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Taylor Research Group

Title: “Disruption of host selenobiology by SARS-CoV-2 and Ebolavirus via RNA:RNA antisense interactions”

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November 9, 2022

Reema Al-Qiam

Reema Al-Qiam

Literature Seminar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Oberlies Research Group
Title: Co-Culture as an Efficient Biotechnology Tool for Mining Hidden Biosynthetic Potential

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November 2, 2022

T'ea Cameron

T’ea Cameron

Literature Seminar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Oberlies Research Group
Title: Discovering Natural ligands for SARS-CoV-2 using MagMASS

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October 26, 2022

Moukbel Nasr

Moukbel Nasr

Literature Seminar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Chiu Research Laboratory
Title: The Microbiome-Estrogen Connection And Breast Cancer Risk

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October 21, 2022

Heather Winter

Heather Winter

Public PhD Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Cech Research Laboratory
Title: New Leads Against Drug-Resistant Organisms: Shifting the Focus in Discovery Towards Rapid Screening and Mechanism of Action

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October 19, 2022

Abraham Ustoyev

Abraham Ustoyev

Public PhD Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Croatt Research Laboratory
Title: Towards the Total Synthesis of Ambuic Acid for the Production of Analogues as Therapeutic Agents for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

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October 17, 2022

Ethan Underwood

Ethan Underwood

Public MS Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Chekan Research Laboratory
Title: Discovery of Conserved Peptide Sequences to Gain Insight into Cyclopeptide Alkaloid Formation in Ceanothus americanus.
Location: Sullivan 349*
Time: 9am*

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October 12, 2022

Victoria Meadows

Victoria Meadows

Public PhD Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Reddick Research Laboratory
Title: Investigating the cytochrome P450 enzyme (PksS) from Bacillus species in the biosynthesis of bacillaene

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September 28, 2022

Joe Wang

Joe Wang

Public Ph.D. Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Chiu Research Laboratory
Title: Exploring Alternative Mass Spectrometric Methods For Epitranscriptomic Analysis

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September 21, 2022

Warren Vidar

Warren Vidar

Public Ph.D. Defense
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Cech Research Laboratory
Title: Interaction Metabolomics to Discover Synergists in Natural Product Mixtures

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October 20, 2021

Zoie Bunch

Zoie Bunch

Ph.D. Thesis Defense – 751
Title: “A Review of Research on Chemistry Textbooks”
Advisor – Dr. Nadja Cech

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October 6, 2021

Keelie Butler

Keelie Butler

Ph.D. Thesis Defense – 751
Title: “The Biosynthesis of Colibactin”
Advisor – Dr. Jonathan Chekan

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April 28, 2021

Joe Wang

Joe Wang

Talk Title: Sequencing small non-coding RNA by using PANDORA-seq

Advisor: Dr. Norman Chiu

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April 21, 2021

Jarrod Stanley

Jarrod Stanley

Thesis Title: Palladium Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides: Step Economical Synthesis of Vildagliptin

Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Croatt

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