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.

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”

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”

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”

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”

Jibin Sudha Sobhanakumar
Lit Seminar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Duffy Research Group
Title: “Laser Induced Electron Diffraction: Umbrella Motion in Ammonia”

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”

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”

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

T’ea Cameron
Literature Seminar
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
UNC Greensboro
Oberlies Research Group
Title: Discovering Natural ligands for SARS-CoV-2 using MagMASS

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

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

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

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*

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

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

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

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

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

Joe Wang
Talk Title: Sequencing small non-coding RNA by using PANDORA-seq
Advisor: Dr. Norman Chiu

Jarrod Stanley
Thesis Title: Palladium Catalyzed Dehydration of Primary Amides: Step Economical Synthesis of Vildagliptin
Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Croatt